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Don wrote:I don't see them putting enough money in to make anything revolutionary so I doubt it's anything that fancy.
Yep, should be the same old drudge we've seen before with absolutely nothing different whatsoever1up article wrote: Capcom has announced Mega Man Universe, an ambitious and mysterious new title in its long-running franchise.
"This is something that you have never seen before, and we have included some hints into this teaser trailer," series creator Kenji Inafune said in a GameSpot interview, who in a similarly vague way also said that "imagination is the star of the game."
Yeah, cause you know, it's not like companies release marketing statements saying their games will suck.Zeus wrote:Don wrote:I don't see them putting enough money in to make anything revolutionary so I doubt it's anything that fancy.Yep, should be the same old drudge we've seen before with absolutely nothing different whatsoever1up article wrote: Capcom has announced Mega Man Universe, an ambitious and mysterious new title in its long-running franchise.
"This is something that you have never seen before, and we have included some hints into this teaser trailer," series creator Kenji Inafune said in a GameSpot interview, who in a similarly vague way also said that "imagination is the star of the game."
We weren't talking about quality but rather game and art direction. With MM9 and MM10, they never pretended them to be anything other than NES-style remakes. With this one, they're at least trying to do something new. Don was sayin' there's no chance on that based mainly on their last two downloadable titles, I was disputing that fact with direct quotesEric wrote:Yeah, cause you know, it's not like companies release marketing statements saying their games will suck.Zeus wrote:Don wrote:I don't see them putting enough money in to make anything revolutionary so I doubt it's anything that fancy.Yep, should be the same old drudge we've seen before with absolutely nothing different whatsoever1up article wrote: Capcom has announced Mega Man Universe, an ambitious and mysterious new title in its long-running franchise.
"This is something that you have never seen before, and we have included some hints into this teaser trailer," series creator Kenji Inafune said in a GameSpot interview, who in a similarly vague way also said that "imagination is the star of the game."
Innovation doesn't necessarily required a big budget. In fact, most innovative games are made on a small budget 'cause no one knows how it's going to sell. The fact that this is coming out as a downloadable title suggests that Capcom isn't really going to be sinking a lot of money into a (sadly) dying franchise. This is the extent of their commitment, it's up to the developers to give them a reason to spend more next time.Don wrote:No I'm saying there's very little chance it'll be something very big especially if it's only going to sell for $15 because big things require a lot of budget. But if they're going to stick with something relatively cheap on budget the trailer would make no sense whatsoever since they could've shown some stock footage, so I'm going with the assumption that they just made up a random trailer that will not have anything to do with the actual game.
There are three active Mega Man fans here, it's not OK for us to discuss the series?SineSwiper wrote:Prediction: the game will suck and will be the same old shit. Now quit talking about it!
If it's supposed to be one of those create your own world game the scope necessiates a largeish budget or it'll just not work. Based on the trailer that's the only kind of conclusion you can draw. Now if the game turns out to be just like a 2.5D scroller but you can throw fireballs instead of shooting at stuff with X-Buster then you wouldn't need very much budget at all, but then that kind of defeats the point of putting a trailer that's so off from the eventual game.Zeus wrote:Innovation doesn't necessarily required a big budget. In fact, most innovative games are made on a small budget 'cause no one knows how it's going to sell. The fact that this is coming out as a downloadable title suggests that Capcom isn't really going to be sinking a lot of money into a (sadly) dying franchise. This is the extent of their commitment, it's up to the developers to give them a reason to spend more next time.Don wrote:No I'm saying there's very little chance it'll be something very big especially if it's only going to sell for $15 because big things require a lot of budget. But if they're going to stick with something relatively cheap on budget the trailer would make no sense whatsoever since they could've shown some stock footage, so I'm going with the assumption that they just made up a random trailer that will not have anything to do with the actual game.
They released that trailer as a teaser, not as a gameplay trailer. It's supposed to portray an idea (ie. retro evolved) not give details about the game itself.
And that's the thing, we know absolutely zero other than they're promising big changes. I'm a MM fanboy, never argued that point, so I'm hoping it's something good. And with Inafune directly involved, I have guarded hopes. But until they full reveal the game, they're just that, hopes. I have no expectations yet other than trust in Inafune who's done pretty good in the past IMO.Don wrote:If it's supposed to be one of those create your own world game the scope necessiates a largeish budget or it'll just not work. Based on the trailer that's the only kind of conclusion you can draw. Now if the game turns out to be just like a 2.5D scroller but you can throw fireballs instead of shooting at stuff with X-Buster then you wouldn't need very much budget at all, but then that kind of defeats the point of putting a trailer that's so off from the eventual game.Zeus wrote:Innovation doesn't necessarily required a big budget. In fact, most innovative games are made on a small budget 'cause no one knows how it's going to sell. The fact that this is coming out as a downloadable title suggests that Capcom isn't really going to be sinking a lot of money into a (sadly) dying franchise. This is the extent of their commitment, it's up to the developers to give them a reason to spend more next time.Don wrote:No I'm saying there's very little chance it'll be something very big especially if it's only going to sell for $15 because big things require a lot of budget. But if they're going to stick with something relatively cheap on budget the trailer would make no sense whatsoever since they could've shown some stock footage, so I'm going with the assumption that they just made up a random trailer that will not have anything to do with the actual game.
They released that trailer as a teaser, not as a gameplay trailer. It's supposed to portray an idea (ie. retro evolved) not give details about the game itself.
Simple: hype and awareness. That's why we see teasers for films all the time a year or more before release that have nothing to do with the film in any way (considering no shooting has taken place yet). This is no differentDon wrote:I don't see the point to release a trailer if it turns out to have nothing to do with the eventual product, but it's hard for me to imagine how a game that looks anything remotely like the trailer would work, especially not for a relatively low budget game. So something has to give here. I think it's more likely the game just turns out to be nothing like the trailer, but then why release the trailer? It's not like the trailer was particularly impressive so this isn't exactly like say Square releasing the opening of FF7 even if the rest of the game looks nowhere near the quality of the teaser.
Inafune wrote:Moving on to Mega Man Universe, Inafune admitted that the recent trailer announcing the title was vague, and he began to explain the thinking behind it. Everyone has their own idea of what Mega Man is or should be, Inafune said. So the idea behind the game was to retain as much of the 8-bit look and feel of Mega Man as they could, while at the same time allowing people to project their own idea of what the character should be on the game. The goal is to let gamers play as the Mega Man of their dreams.
Another big goal for the game is to unite Mega Man fans from around the planet in one place. Unfortunately, Inafune said he couldn't get into any more detail. However, he did say he would let the crowd in on a little information against his better judgment. Mega Man Universe is not the only game currently in the works starring the Blue Bomber. There's at least one more, and Inafune said it was a project people had requested for quite a while. That brought scattered calls for Mega Man Legends 3 from the crowd, to which Inafune simply responded, "Thank you."
The producer then threw armfuls of foam Mega Man blaster arms into the audience, bringing an end to the show
I think that says it all.Zeus wrote:The producer then threw armfuls of foam Mega Man blaster arms into the audience, bringing an end to the show
