Here's the YT link for anyone who missed it. Looks awesome graphically speaking.
That was pretty badass! Animations and graphics are quite nice!
The gameplay though was a little stale but nothing terrible.
Here's the YT link for anyone who missed it. Looks awesome graphically speaking.
All games could have had better spent resources. Balancing resources to create a complete and inviting package is what it is all about, att least from a business perspective. Like I said, ignoring this trend, this expectation, could prove costly for RAD and this game. That is not to say the game will be bad. It just may not project enough value to warrant a purchase from the masses. We have already seen a number of people dismiss it because of the exclusion of MP.
So, I say again, having a priority is fine, but ignoring trends and almost universal expectations could prove costly.
I get what you are saying but again this game was never meant to have MP, RAD never designed it to have MP so why force them to put it in because some people may complain? Trend or not if it ends up taking away from the limited resources the studio has just to add MP so they can say they have it makes no sense at all. One thing RAD has going for them is that Sony as a publisher will continue with an IP if it's a moderate success unlike many other publishers who seem to think anything below 3 million in sales isn't worth bothering with.
As far as balancing resources yes you do that when you start the project and I'm sure plenty of them were put into creating the tech that powers the game along with obviously getting the studio staffed up. As far as people dismissing the game because there is a lack of MP I don't think that'll matter if the game turns out to be really good. If it's a quality single player game people will buy it. Just look at The Last of Us, it has MP but nobody ever talks about it, the talk is always about the story and the characters, do you really think it would have done much worse when it comes to sales without MP? I don't.
We shall see. I hope it is not costly for them, but I fear it may well be.
As for the post: I would like to address your example game. It is a poor choice. #1-It is not a straight up shooter like The Order appears to be.#2-It has MP. Curious, can anybody name 2 story driven shooters without MP that were a big success(lets say sold 2.5 million) in the last 5-6 years ?
The Uncharted games have MP, it's average at best and some people play it but I doubt many actually buy the games for the MP portion of the game. Infamous has no MP and you shoot lasers or fireballs instead of guns but it has no MP and it's doing just fine...
Is the new Batman game not worth full price because there is no MP? doubtful, were the Elder Scrolls games not worth full price? was GTA not worth it until they added MP? it's a silly statement to make and one that's not true.
Just because a game is a cover based shooter doesn't mean it has to be put into a box where they all have to include the same content. It's a story driven game and they are going for a cinematic experience, it's not a MP focused game. I'm sure it'll do just fine without the message board whiners who say they are going to skip it, half of them probably don't even have a PS4 anyway.
It looks lovely, but the gameplay looks really generic right down to the "Here comes another one" prompt, which made me groan.
I'm still interested though, I don't mind if it's linear and story centric as long as the story is good. The setting, characters and potential for the story I'm still liking.
I'm getting pretty bored of delays though. DC, I:SS and now this (potentially). Yes I'd rather have a game when it's done, but these constant delays are getting annoying. DC alone is not enough first party for the rest of the year. Sony need to step it up in the first party dept. Let's hope E3 does that.
I picked that game because it was a huge success that was a 3rd person action game that had MP put in that was based on shooting and nobody cared about it. They really didn't need to spend that money on MP, the single player component was strong enough to sell the game on it's own. The Uncharted games have MP, it's average at best and some people play it but I doubt many actually buy the games for the MP portion. Infamous has no MP and you shoot lasers or fireballs instead of guns but it has no MP and it's doing just fine. Just because a game is a cover based shooter doesn't mean it has to be put into a box where they all have to include the same content. It's a story driven game and they are going for a cinematic experience, it's not a MP focused game. I'm sure it'll do just fine without the message board whiners who say they are going to skip it, half of them probably don't even have a PS4 anyway.
My main reason for even bringing this whole thing up was a post in this thread that said single player only games aren't worth $60, that's just bulls***. Is the new Batman game not worth full price because there is no MP? doubtful, were the Elder Scrolls games not worth full price? was GTA not worth it until they added MP? it's a silly statement to make and one that's not true.
It'll be good people don't worry...
People should expect MP when it's announced for a game, when it's said from the very beginning to be a single player only game than you shouldn't expect MP to be in it, it's just that simple.
People shouldn't put every game that has a similar mechanic into the same box and if they do and they are disappointed when things don't go their way that's their problem.
It's like people being upset that there wasn't any single player in TF, trends are that every FPS has a single player story right?
hell even BF added it in when that used to be a MP only game but did it hurt the sales of the game? nope.
If the game is good and it clicks with people it will be a success, if there is something wrong with it and it flops that's because it wasn't up to snuff not because it didn't have MP.
But it had it. It may have been crap, but it had it.
Honestly, I do not understand the whole, "No MP, No Buy," mentality either. One of my most anticipated games( Murdered: Soul Suspect) does not have MP-as far as I know- and it looks worth every penny I will spend on it. We have to remeber though that we are talking about gamers here. Gamers have expectations. They have their own ideas as to what makes a game a complete game, and in today's world that means MP is a must.
Yes since everyone should and will follow up on the details of every game as soon as they get announced :|
It's not "their problem" it's simply what they expect especially after years of the feature(s) being the norm.
...And people were upset that it didn't have single player and refused to buy Titanfall due to it.
It didn't greatly hurt the sales of the games because the number of people who play these games only for MP are obviously greater than the number of people who play them only for SP. The reason why these games get played for months isn't due to people replaying SP over and over again.
No one is saying that The Order will flop. The game will more than likely sell well simply due to it being a new exclusive on a system that doesn't have a large library of games.
However, I don't see why it's so "controversial" to say that a game could have better sales potential if it featured modes that people expect.
Would it be controversial to say that a sports game won't get as many sales as it could have had if it didn't have online multiplayer? I mean again, these genres have been known for MP on consoles for almost a decade now. There's nothing wrong with the expectations.
Now I'm confused. People on GAF fighting over gameplay and possible graphical downgrade, so they made this GIF (I do see a difference but isn't it due to the type of video...?):
And now the Shinobi guy is saying this:
Now I'm confused. People on GAF fighting over gameplay and possible graphical downgrade, so they made this GIF (I do see a difference but isn't it due to the type of video...?):
And now the Shinobi guy is saying this:
Now I'm confused. People on GAF fighting over gameplay and possible graphical downgrade, so they made this GIF (I do see a difference but isn't it due to the type of video...?):
And now the Shinobi guy is saying this: