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Gaming / Re: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (Wii, PS3, 360, iPhone)
« on: September 05, 2010, 01:21:28 AM »
I can't counter all of your points due to not being familiarized with some of them. But I will answer on what I know.
- Being a BIG fan of the Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza franchise, I completely agree on how the franchise should have more attention over here. There isn't a very big fanbase for the game, but it is an incredible franchise that deserves way more attention than it has. If the first two games could be widely accepted as underappreciated hits online, they would gain at least a bigger fan following, and possibly Sega's attention. As far as the content they removed from the localized Yakuza 3... I've played the taken-out-content, and I can honestly say that this is a completely overblown issue everywhere. Uninformed people keep spreading that Sega took out a third of the game, and that people shouldn't buy Yakuza 3 for that reason alone. The GAME itself is fine. They took out a few unimportant missions, a japanese trivia game (which involves stuff from JAPAN, which I don't think would travel well) and they removed the hostess' minigames, which honestly, were something to throw away and forget about, every single second I played of them. Yakuza is a franchise that likes to put in too much stuff in its games, and as any other game with minigames with different gameplay which involve using its regular engine, many don't travel well. This is one of them, something which is quite popular in japanese culture, but which I think even the most dedicated weeaboos have a bit of trouble loving.
- Playing the PS3 build of Bayonetta, along with the patch they provided, the game doesn't really seem that bad. Sure, there are a few slowdown and texture issues, but I imagine this must have been a somehow rushed port. They're not commiting the same mistake with Vanquish, as far as I can tell. So they learned from their blunder.
- Valkyria Chronicles on the PSP was most likely a Japan-centric decision, as the PSP is quite alive over there, and they wanted to cash in on the Monster Hunter multiplayer craze that goes around there, like they did with the Phantasy Star Portables. The game IS very good, and it didn't have quite alot of success on the PS3, so maybe it'll do better over there on the PSP. Not to mention we're getting the game quite early when we think about how long the first game took between its japanese and western release dates. I'm not saying this is good, just that it's not as bad as it seems.
Honestly, tl,dr, I am AGREEING with you. These are big mistakes by Sega. I just think that they're a bit blown out of proportion.
- Being a BIG fan of the Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza franchise, I completely agree on how the franchise should have more attention over here. There isn't a very big fanbase for the game, but it is an incredible franchise that deserves way more attention than it has. If the first two games could be widely accepted as underappreciated hits online, they would gain at least a bigger fan following, and possibly Sega's attention. As far as the content they removed from the localized Yakuza 3... I've played the taken-out-content, and I can honestly say that this is a completely overblown issue everywhere. Uninformed people keep spreading that Sega took out a third of the game, and that people shouldn't buy Yakuza 3 for that reason alone. The GAME itself is fine. They took out a few unimportant missions, a japanese trivia game (which involves stuff from JAPAN, which I don't think would travel well) and they removed the hostess' minigames, which honestly, were something to throw away and forget about, every single second I played of them. Yakuza is a franchise that likes to put in too much stuff in its games, and as any other game with minigames with different gameplay which involve using its regular engine, many don't travel well. This is one of them, something which is quite popular in japanese culture, but which I think even the most dedicated weeaboos have a bit of trouble loving.
- Playing the PS3 build of Bayonetta, along with the patch they provided, the game doesn't really seem that bad. Sure, there are a few slowdown and texture issues, but I imagine this must have been a somehow rushed port. They're not commiting the same mistake with Vanquish, as far as I can tell. So they learned from their blunder.
- Valkyria Chronicles on the PSP was most likely a Japan-centric decision, as the PSP is quite alive over there, and they wanted to cash in on the Monster Hunter multiplayer craze that goes around there, like they did with the Phantasy Star Portables. The game IS very good, and it didn't have quite alot of success on the PS3, so maybe it'll do better over there on the PSP. Not to mention we're getting the game quite early when we think about how long the first game took between its japanese and western release dates. I'm not saying this is good, just that it's not as bad as it seems.
Honestly, tl,dr, I am AGREEING with you. These are big mistakes by Sega. I just think that they're a bit blown out of proportion.
