stonechalice wrote:Got to say I thought SotC was over rated. The controls were flaky at best and the repetitive, 'climb up big thing until you're shaken off then repeat until brain dead' gameplay was nothing to write home about. Great graphics and atmosphere though. I'm still amazed we're on to page four of a thread about a game that doesn't exist, nor ever will. In its original form anyway.
I can live with that. It's never been the gameplay mechanics that impress with Team Ico's efforts.Brooks wrote:I think that's probably on the money. I mean if you made a list of stuff one could do with the setup I forsee a lot of standing on floorplates, pushing blocks and ordering a massive thing to do likewise. Still, the previews suggest that Escher-like spatial deviousness isn't entirely beyond the team as was.
g.man wrote:I can live with that. It's never been the gameplay mechanics that impress with Team Ico's efforts.I think that's probably on the money. I mean if you made a list of stuff one could do with the setup I forsee a lot of standing on floorplates, pushing blocks and ordering a massive thing to do likewise. Still, the previews suggest that Escher-like spatial deviousness isn't entirely beyond the team as was.
Brooks wrote:g.man wrote:I can live with that. It's never been the gameplay mechanics that impress with Team Ico's efforts.Brooks wrote:I think that's probably on the money. I mean if you made a list of stuff one could do with the setup I forsee a lot of standing on floorplates, pushing blocks and ordering a massive thing to do likewise. Still, the previews suggest that Escher-like spatial deviousness isn't entirely beyond the team as was.
I dunno, the hang-on-for-dear-life-stamina-management thing in Colossus was pretty fresh by most standards. Granted they probably pushed it as far as it could go without turning into a ruddy chore.
Childintime wrote:Oh yar, and The Last Guardian will come out and it will be special and I will buy a machine for it. The likes of Dyno and Chalice can play with whatever shite brings them joy...do they still make Army Men games?
stonechalice wrote:I don't need an 'Army Man game' and not sure where you're getting that shite from?
I'm particularly touchy today so watch it.
...and yet, it's still incredibly repetitive.stonechalice wrote:Souls games. There's a variety of gameplay options available to you at all times, no single play through is ever the same.
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