Archangel3371 said:

Damn. I'd rather it to have been influenced by Shadow of the Colossus.

Yup.

darthhomer said:

Sure. I'll try answer as much as I can. If you've got questions, lemme know.

I played a demo version of the game - presumably the opening 30 minutes or so. Game controls mostly like your standard platformer - complete with a Mario Galaxy esque spin attack. The paint & thinner mechanic works really well - thinning out and painting parts of the world to move through feels good - though I didn't see anything too complex with this stuff. Admittedly, it was more the early stuff, so I'd love to see some of the puzzles involving the mechanic later on.

Probably the weakest part of the demo was the "moral choice" put in. Specifically, I had the choice to either save a dude or gain a lot of treasure. I chose to save the guy, and I liked how I wasn't told I was the antichrist for not saving the dude, or that I was the best person in the world for saving him, which was really refreshing. Course, I'd love to see the consequence if I didn't save him, but that was in a later part in the game. I'd be interested to see what more of the choices are like, and whether or not they play a huge role.

Best part though? All the awesome obscure Disney stuff put in.  During the intro, after Mickey cocks up and accidentally summons the Phantom Blot, you can clearly hear "The Sorcerors Apprentice" playing, which was fantastic. Hell, after the choice i mentioned above, the next part saw me enter a 2D level based on an old Mickey short - specifically, Mickey & The Beanstalk. Wasn't too great of a level, but I was able to pick up an item that unlocks the short in the full game. Although I'm not sure if it's the full thing, or a clip, it'd be bloody fantastic if it was the former. That was where the demo ended though. Though on a personal nitpick - was kinda weird playing as the older version of Mickey Mouse and constantly seeing images of the version we're all familiar with.

Generally looks great - I love the visual style that the Junction Point dudes are going for, taking a more...gothic (kinda Tim Burton-esque) take on Disney. Didn't get to hear much of the sound (thanks the TV being super low), but it generally sounded decent enough.

Was quite impressed, and I'd get it if I had the means. Questions?

I hope its the full cartoon, how awesome would that be. Glad to hear it plays well.

ASK_Story said:

Nah, I'd rather it be influenced by Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones with Gears of War shooting...

...oh wait!

Joking aside, Ico is a odd choice. I wonder if they're focusing more on environmental puzzles and platforming more than the action. But Uncharted 2 is going to be hard to surpass, like how the first Super Mario Galaxy was tough to outmatch. Nintendo did it, hope Naughty Dog can do it too.

Typical of MCVUK that headline was completely misleading -- I changed it.  The Naughty Dog dude said that ICO had been an influence on the series. MCVUK extended that to UC3 for link bait (since UC3 is not even confirmed as being in the works).

Until SMG2 I didn't think it was possible to top the untoppable either -- that's a good point.  ND's going to have to pull out all the stops to top UC2.

8.0 at GS? System Wars must be having a meltdown.

Damn, this game hasn't aged as well as I thought, visually. It's not awful though, it has nicer and worse moments.

Will it have inflatable rubble for you to duck behind?

Archangel3371 said:

Damn. I'd rather it to have been influenced by Shadow of the Colossus.

And Too Human?

gamingeek said:

Hecker: I stand by my Wii is Shit rant

"If I had known it was going to get covered in the mass market press as opposed to just development press, I would have chosen my works more carefully. But I didn't. It was obviously my opinion, not the Spore team's opinion.



          "The Wii is a piece of sh*t and it's two GameCubes duct taped together are quotable quotes, and I should have chosen my words more carefully with at least some of them.



          "I wasn't thinking that because E3 closed down there would be a lot of people sniffing around for news stories in the mainstream press. It never used to be like that at GDC.



          "But then aiming the article for maximum headline controversy, that's journalism's issue.



          "In more ways than people even know, that night was the Electronic Arts and Nintendo executive dinner. They were announcing a joint venture for the first time. It was disastrous. It was awful.

Wow, LOL that must have been a comfortable dinner.

I wonder who picked up the cheque?

Talk about an ignorant troll, just like GG.

Ravenprose said:

Gears of War rail-shooter?

Gears of War Dance Central edition!

aspro said:

I'd like to see a Gears of War top-down dual-stick shooter.

That'd be pretty cool, although the thought reminds me of the Alien Breed series. I only played the demo of the first one on XBLA awhile back. It was also made with the Unreal engine.

A Gears of War game like that would be pretty cool. Maybe Epic should do something like that before they release Gears 3, kind of like how Capcom did Case Zero before Dead Rising 2? Just don't do a crappy spin-off like Dead Space Ignition though, ugh!