A compelling main character can make or break a game. Add in a classic icon like Mario and you instantly have the foundation that a large fan base can relate to and get excited about. Not every game has the luxury of a franchise protagonist though, putting a great weight on the designer's shoulders to deliver a character that players will be drawn to. For From Software's upcoming action title, Ninja Blade, the company even went so far as to collaborate with Capcom for the creation of Ken Ogawa.
IGN spoke to Mr. Masanori Takeuchi, Director and Producer at From Software, for insight on the Capcom collaboration, the inspiration for this character, and why he believes players around the world will be able to relate to Ninja Blade's main character.
Ninja Blade is From Software’s best ninja game of all time, including Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. At least it’s the best version of a specific type of ninja game.
Well aren't you cool? Taking a game that was pretty much universally acclaimed and then saying that one that received mediocre to bad reviews across the board is better... There's always one "hipster" out there with a contrarian opinion.
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I don’t remember much of it but wasn’t it a QTE heavy game like Asura’s Wrath and GOW3?
It was like the Xbox Ninja Gaiden with an insane amount of QTEs. Not bad but not innovative.
FromSoftware is a game developer that has found popularity in the gaming industry thanks to their widely popular and best-selling series, Dark Souls. They may have gained notoriety from this series, but they have been around since 1986 with their first video game published in 1994 and have produced many popular games. Here are 5 games they have made that are not Dark Souls.
The Adventures of Cookie and Cream (Or Kuri Kuri Mix as is known in PAL territories) is actually a pretty good game, and gets damn hard in the latter stages.
I'd love to see FromSoft make King's Field 5, or maybe another Armoured Core. I love the Souls games, but I don't want to see it milked for all its worth.
Didn't they also make the 3D Dot Game Heroes (or something like that).
I actually enjoyed that a lot on PS3
They actually only handled publishing in Japan. It was developed by Silicon Studio.
I wanted to keep the entries to their own respective genres. Chromehounds and Armored Core are both mecha. I almost included it though.
...I'm saying I knew FromSoft had a hand in all of these games. I would know, I own/ed most of them.
Armored Core series producer left From Software.
My guess is the company shifted all focus to Souls series... :(
RIP Armored Core....
I would love to see them come out with a new IP in the mecha genre. Armored Core was cool, but I think they have expanded their skills to make a more unique game.
"In Mortal Kombat X, Most of the cut scene fights are just there for you to watch, then every once in a while unannounced, the game goes to a quick time event." -Play Legit
Play Heavy Rain and the walking dead series then see if that question is even worth asking.
Remove the button prompts and release it as a movie, then see if the question is worth asking again.
Well I guess every game that is ever beeing watched on any videoplatform and peoplr enjoy it, should then not be a game. Very thoughtful
Lol, people complaint that all games are similar, and when a game comes out that's different, people complaint that it's different.
You mean remove the gameplay, take away all the player choices that make each playthrough unique, and release it as a movie....it would be a terrible movie. One of the best things about Heavy Rain was that all my friends had different playthroughs and endings making the game unique and fun to talk about and replay. Terrible argument, you can say that about any game.
For me it depends on the game. TWD, Beyond two Souls, they're fine and they work really well. And I don't mind QTEs in other types of games as long as they aren't heavy.
QTE's are an old tired design and Heavy Rain is definitely not a good example to use in defense of QTE's.
QTE's in a lot of games have become pointless and a cop out for boss battles (Dying Light, ugh) or unnecessary for mundane actions during a cut scene just to make sure the player is paying attention.
It's time for developer's to come up with something else or just drop this tactic all together.
Heavy Rain is THE most perfect example to use in defense of QTE's. That entire game was QTE's and these were the review scores of that game:
1UP.com A-
Edge 7/10
Eurogamer 9/10
Famitsu 37/40
G4 4/5
Game Informer 9.5/10
GamePro 5/5
GameSpot 8.5/10
GameSpy 4.5/5
GameTrailers 8.9/10
GameZone 9/10
IGN 9.0/10
That game was critically acclaimed by reviewers and users alike and made the entire world know the name Quantic Dream.
Also The Walking Dead series and The Wolf Among Us are 90% QTE's and they have also received critical acclaim from reviewers and gamers alike. There is no justification for getting rid of QTE's except for gamers whose brains are incapable of comprehending anything other than aiming down their sites and pulling a trigger.
Heavy Rain was a commercial and critical success. If I recall, TWD Season 1 was also a dominant GOTY winner. I have no problem with games designed around the concept. There is room for games of all kinds in my library. Now when QTE's are shoved in like RE6, Dying Lights' boss(you mentioned), and Shadow of Mordors' boss, it does get disappointing.
Most of what people are calling QTEs in Heavy Rain aren't even QTEs. They are simply dialog choices that seldom have a time limit, and even when they do the timeout is usually quite long, certainly not quick. If they had used a different UI for dialog choices then there wouldn't have been any discussion about them.
The real QTEs in Heavy Rain are primarily in the fight scenes and there their use is perfect. Because there are no do-overs in Heavy Rain using QTEs is a great way to build tension. Every time you miss one things get more desperate because you know if your character dies then they really are dead for good.
QTE's are insulting to peoples reactions times.
* Imagine if EVERY single jump in a Mario game was a QTE......
They had their 15 minutes.....lets move on.
Heavy Rain was critically acclaimed for that time, but the more recent Beyond Two Souls wasn't, The Order has just been ripped for having too many QTE's, a lot of people were disappointed with a certain handling of Dying Light. And I remember Heavy Rain was also criticized for its over use of QTE's also by a lot of reviewers and gamers.
More games recently have been criticized and reviewed harshly for having to rely too much on QTE's. Sure their are a few games that are the exceptions like the Walking Dead or Wolf Among Us where the story trumps all but that is a small percentage with other games that have you press X to pay your respect, or repeatedly press X to open a door, or press Y, A, B and the end boss is defeated.
"There is no justification for getting rid of QTE's except for gamers whose brains are incapable of comprehending anything other than aiming down their sites and pulling a trigger."
How is that anymore braindead like then hitting the shiny red button when the big TV says so? Just recently I was playing the MK X storyline and right off the bat Johnny Cage starts fighting Scorpion in a cinematic, all of a sudden...press X...why? The real gameplay didn't even start and there was no reason or warning that a QTE was going to happen in the very beginning of the game.
I have Heavy Rain and it's only fun playing through it once even though the game has multiple endings. The game is a novelty, but that's about it.
Personally I want more control over the action rather than press X O X ◻ ◻ O △ X X △ or die, fail, branch out, etc. Now, I forgot quite a bit about Heavy Rain since that was many years ago, but I do remember the entire game being QTE laden.
Yes, yes they should. They've always been an excuse to escalate drama through lazy button prompts than any game design.
title. Glad its only on 360. FLOP
I am Glad Is Not for the Delay Station 3.
im really looking forward to ninja blade, im still trying to finish ninja gaiden 2 and love this style of game, pitty there isnt more decent ninja action games out there.
i loving the art direction i hope after they finished this the make otogi 3 imagine the chaos u can do with a next gen system