The Player 2 team discuss their biggest gaming surprises for 2017. The games and systems that beat all expectations and turned out wonderfully despite the worry pre-release.
Stellar Blade's creative director, Hyung Tae Kim, has also claimed that the game is deeply inspired by Nier: Automata.
I feel like Yoko is downgrading Automata because he has expressed multiple times he'd like to revisit the universe, but Squenix hasn't been keen about it. We know he loves 2B and would love to take her out for another spin, so maybe this is how he gets the company to think about it.
u do realise that Square made Nier a franchise after Automata right?
Taro is downplaying it cause hes not a snob like most of the directors that think their games are gods gifts to the human race.
he said the same thing when being interviewed during the development of Automata too, that he couldnt have done it without the devs.
hes just a humble guy rly.
I mean, Neir existed before Automata with both OG Niers and Drakenguard. I don't count NieR Replicant, since it's a remake of the OG games. Sure, we have Reincarnation, which is still stuck on mobile devices (quite a damned shame). I just remember Taro saying he'd love to revisit Automata if Square Enix lets him. I do recall there was supposed to be a sequel to Automata, but it wasn't confirmed and I'd imagine it was just for Reincarnation.
Enjoy Taro, he seems like a cool guy, who loves the ladies and is humble. But damn, don't put down one of your masterpieces.
I get he's giving them some credit, but i strongly disagree based on the demo. I honestly don't think any aspect of it feels good, it's not bad, it's just kinda ok but definitely a little jank. Also the souls like formula it is adopting does not help it imo. I was looking forward to this for years, now im just kinda let down honestly 🫤
Its not a souls like, its a dmc-ish game with rpg elements. Any game with a third person camera and a sword is souls like to these buffoons
Man exputer can you stop putting words like that after someone's name, i read Yoko Taro Passes and just went blank
They sent in XDEV one of their traveling support studios to Korea to lend a hand if I’m not mistaken, Sony pulled out the big guns to help this studio
(From the demo) Stellar has better direction in terms of stage layout if you like that ninja gaiden type feel. Nier is more polished by far.
IGN: "We talk to Yoko Taro and Hyung-Tae Kim about the ways that Stellar Blade is inspired by NieR: Automata, comparisons between EVE and 2B, and much more."
There’s a Co-op game in the Indie gaming space to suit everyone from casual to hardcore. Unfortunately, typing keywords like ‘Co-op’ into Steam does little to separate the good from the bad, and there are some awful games you can unearth doing so.
The biggest surprise is that the Switch has sold 10 million by December ( official Nintendo sales figures )
Xbox vs Playstation this gen the playstation is the clear winner. But Nintendo also appears to be the winner as well with their top rated exclusives and massively selling new console.
2017's biggest gaming surprises for me:
1. Nintendo Switch: its exclusives were insanely fun (Zelda, Mario, and Kingdom Battle, seriously, who expected the last one to be that fun?!) and I'm very much looking forward to the future with it.
2. Star Fox 2: I never thought we would ever get a proper release. About time.
3. Star Wars Battlefront 2 fiasco: EA proves again why I dislike them in the highest sense, but the community uniting was fantastic!
4. Last but not least, not in any way, you guys on n4g. Its been a fun year griping with, agreeing on, and pissing off every single one of you. Best social gaming site since gamecubeland. Seriously, though. You guys are great.
My biggest surprise was how amazing Yakuza 0 is. How many games I bought in 2017.