It doesn't look very bad. At least it has better character design than the game with name of an aircraft.
Slitterhead Gameplay debunks Japan Studio rants
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That's a reflection of the Japanese industry at the moment.
While not SUPER expensive, they aren't super cheap either. The cost of studios generally doesn't pay off.
The original plan was to really build out Team Asobi but they elected to stay smaller. They were supposed to double in size to 100 for Astrobot, but they realized adding more people at the time wouldn't have made a better game. Maybe they'll still grow in the future, but Japan has a massive problem right now.
Without Team Ico, present Japan Studio was barely a studio. Sony wanted bigger games and Team Siren didn't want to deliver, so they restructured around Asobi which was the only studio left, since Polyphony Digital had already move out.
Shuhei Yoshida gets a ton of love on the forums, but if he had taken a different approach FromSoftware likely would have been part of PlayStation Studios, although they probably wouldn't be the studio they are today if that happened.
Others have said that Sony should buy Square Enix despite the company being a shell of its former self.
I think mostly they just out right don't understand the mentality in Japan that a lot of these major designers want to build their own studios rather than work for a big publisher and they want to call their own shots. That's largely a recipe for failure.
they only released one of the most unique and fun games of the ps4 gen, people who actually plays games instead of obsessing over company money agree
idk, you showing a rad piece of game probably isnt helping with that, i need slitterhead NOW, better try harder when the next ueda game releases (we all know it will still be a banger lol)
you looking at this game and thinking about watch dogs instead of siren tells me everything i should know lmfao
thats the thing, some people out there dont care about games being 100% polished, there are a lot of classics with some jank to it, but they always compensate with atmosphere, story, music, experimental mechanics
the swap character mechanic looks like watch dogs but in siren years ago we also had this and it was used in such a cool way to surprise survival horror fans, we dont know yet how far toyama pushed this to spice things up on the action character genre, but we know the dude has the brains to that
so if you look at slitterhead with general eye you would think its slop, but being a fan of his job and other small japanese devs you have all the reasons to hype this, its like a garage rock band delivering the fun despite their shortcomings instead of a fancy orchestra
Correction: I had not actually watched the gameplay video in the OP until now. I'm confused now that this is being used to dunk on it?? This game looks cool! Constantly being chased by a Nemesis/Mr X style monster while being able to move from person to person and even animals to escape is a really cool and tense concept and I'm actually kinda excited for this game now. Its still not a must buy day one for me, but this is a game I actually really wanna play now!
Watch Dogs isn't a horror game where you're being chased by a creature. A similar mechanic being used in a different context can be interesting.Rad? The game looks like a vastly worse version of Watch Dogs: Legion.
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Completely agree.
If Japan studios were profitable for Sony they would never have closed down.
What type of games and budgets is irrelevant.
Reality is Japan studios were bleeding money before they closed down.
Our nostalgia and feelings means fuck all to Sony.
Sony is a business not a charity.
If Japan studios were profitable for Sony they would never have closed down.
What type of games and budgets is irrelevant.
Reality is Japan studios were bleeding money before they closed down.
Our nostalgia and feelings means fuck all to Sony.
Sony is a business not a charity.
