Wednesday, March 15, 2006
The Real news of the day
Super early this morning, Sony announced a simultaneous worldwide release of the PS3 before Thanksgiving (but after Halloween), along with the revelation that, while they may be able to go toe-to-toe with Microsoft in the realm of online gaming, they still are light years behind in name-coming-up-with ability. The PlayStation Network Platform - which is a shortened version of PlayStation Network Platform In Which You Can Play Games Against Your Friends, Or Sometimes Even With Them, Or Even With Some of Your Friends While Against Other, When You're Not Even Next To Them. It's Online Baby! Wave of the Future! - will be free, like Xbox Live Silver. They haven't announced pricing of any kind, but the way in which they dropped bombshells last night, I imagine they will actually pay you to play online. Sorry Microsoft, probably should have released games when people cared.
Wait a second? You say people do care? Are you saying that, while you're happy Sony finally acknowledged the PS3, you really just care about games? Well, I'm with you buddy. Three cheers to Sony's commitment to getting a PS3 into every child's hands this holiday (they are producing 1 million a month... which means it will take 427 years to make enough systems for every person in the world, if the rate of population increase remains steady), but who cares about a system without games? Or, worse still, games where Box Guy is the star?
And you thought Wall Guy was bad
Without further ado, I present to you Rare's new title. Be warned, Rare has been known through their existence for making fun games that don't necessarily push gameplay to places unknown. But they are always fun, funny and look stunning. I have no idea why Microsoft is positioning them as some uber-developer, capable of convincing people to buy an Xbox with the mere mention of their name. Rare is at their best when they make quirky titles that appeal to a relatively small section of the populace. Diddy Kong Racing, their First Person Shooters and Banjo obviously sold really well, but Blast Corps and Jet Force Gemini, games which bombed but are still great, are much more indicative of what Rare is capable of.
Please, judge this game based on how much fun it will be rather than if it's the next fucking Halo or whatever people expect from Rare.
Welcome to Viva Pinata
This is my favorite character
I love Rare
I don't know anything else about the game at this point, except it's going to be great. I am so happy Rare isn't making a sequel to Killer Instinct or whatever the lames are clambering for. This game looks completely different from anything else out there. Even though it will inevitably bomb since Xbox owners don't play kiddie games, I am glad Rare is making something original rather than just updating Banjo or Perfect Dark each year.
I'll update the G later when they announce some actual details about this game. Hopefully there will be a movie or two as well. I bet this looks stunning in motion.
Minor Update - If anyone is interested, it seems as though this is being worked on by the Banjo Kazooie team. Rare has five non-handheld development teams right now. Since they released 3 games last year (Conker, Perfect Dark and Kameo) that left the development team of Viva Pinata down to two - the Banjo team or the Diddy Kong Racing/Jet Force Gemini guys.
Since it looks like it is the guys who brought Grabbed by the Ghoulies to the world, that means we still don't know what the JFG guys are up to. I'm going to guess it's another racing title. Not like the Xbox needs any more, but they were making Donkey Kong Racing for the Gamecube at one point, which obviously didn't come out, and they have been rumored to be working on a game called Saberman Stampede since then - another racing title. I certainly wouldn't mind another racing game, but I'm still waiting for my Anticipation meets Snake Rattle 'N Roll monstrosity.
The Banjo team is also responsible for Blast Corps - a game that I would actually want a sequel to. I guess this rules out the possibility of a X360 Blast Corps 2. However, we may still get a sequel on the NDS. Online co-op city destruction? Yes please.
Wait a second? You say people do care? Are you saying that, while you're happy Sony finally acknowledged the PS3, you really just care about games? Well, I'm with you buddy. Three cheers to Sony's commitment to getting a PS3 into every child's hands this holiday (they are producing 1 million a month... which means it will take 427 years to make enough systems for every person in the world, if the rate of population increase remains steady), but who cares about a system without games? Or, worse still, games where Box Guy is the star?
And you thought Wall Guy was bad
Without further ado, I present to you Rare's new title. Be warned, Rare has been known through their existence for making fun games that don't necessarily push gameplay to places unknown. But they are always fun, funny and look stunning. I have no idea why Microsoft is positioning them as some uber-developer, capable of convincing people to buy an Xbox with the mere mention of their name. Rare is at their best when they make quirky titles that appeal to a relatively small section of the populace. Diddy Kong Racing, their First Person Shooters and Banjo obviously sold really well, but Blast Corps and Jet Force Gemini, games which bombed but are still great, are much more indicative of what Rare is capable of.
Please, judge this game based on how much fun it will be rather than if it's the next fucking Halo or whatever people expect from Rare.
Welcome to Viva Pinata
This is my favorite character
I love Rare
I don't know anything else about the game at this point, except it's going to be great. I am so happy Rare isn't making a sequel to Killer Instinct or whatever the lames are clambering for. This game looks completely different from anything else out there. Even though it will inevitably bomb since Xbox owners don't play kiddie games, I am glad Rare is making something original rather than just updating Banjo or Perfect Dark each year.
I'll update the G later when they announce some actual details about this game. Hopefully there will be a movie or two as well. I bet this looks stunning in motion.
Minor Update - If anyone is interested, it seems as though this is being worked on by the Banjo Kazooie team. Rare has five non-handheld development teams right now. Since they released 3 games last year (Conker, Perfect Dark and Kameo) that left the development team of Viva Pinata down to two - the Banjo team or the Diddy Kong Racing/Jet Force Gemini guys.
Since it looks like it is the guys who brought Grabbed by the Ghoulies to the world, that means we still don't know what the JFG guys are up to. I'm going to guess it's another racing title. Not like the Xbox needs any more, but they were making Donkey Kong Racing for the Gamecube at one point, which obviously didn't come out, and they have been rumored to be working on a game called Saberman Stampede since then - another racing title. I certainly wouldn't mind another racing game, but I'm still waiting for my Anticipation meets Snake Rattle 'N Roll monstrosity.
The Banjo team is also responsible for Blast Corps - a game that I would actually want a sequel to. I guess this rules out the possibility of a X360 Blast Corps 2. However, we may still get a sequel on the NDS. Online co-op city destruction? Yes please.
// posted by Tom @ 7:54 AM 
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