Shenmue Dojo

mue 26 wrote: To place my post in the correct thread:

Amazon, how long am I to wait for my copy of Bioshock infinite? Next day delivery and no sign yet. What am I to do, I've been sitting down starring at the front door like since 11am... and I'll keep waiting till it arrives, damn it!

Anyone think it'll actually come today?

The inspiration Monochromo pulls from Limbo is obvious: A little boy wanders through a dark, oppressive world filled with dangerous obstacles. Developer Nowhere Studios is quick to acknowledge how important Limbo was in the creation of Monochroma. Players solve environmental puzzles involving pushing boxes and leaping across floating logs, but the game adds new wrinkles to the formula. The little boy must lead his younger sister through the deadly world.

I began my hands-on time with Monochromo by guiding the little boy through dark cornfields as rain pours around him. The keyboard controls are simple. Players make the boy run, jump, and interact with objects like switches or boxes. Lighting crashes in the background as I pass by quiet farmsteads and abandoned grain silos. Eventually I see a kite appear in the distance, which I instinctively follow. After running in parallel for sometime, the boy meets with the kite’s handler: his little sister. From there it’s up to players to guide their scared sibling through the treacherous world towards salvation.

Unfortunately, the boy’s sister is afraid of the dark, which makes traversing this dark world tricky. Players can run and climb with the little girl clutching to their back, but certain puzzles require the boy to act alone. Because of her phobia, the little sister can only be left in the light. Sometimes this requires climbing ladders and swinging across ropes to open shutters to let the sun shine through. It’s an interesting dynamic that adds complexity to both the characters and the game design.

Crimson Ryan wrote:

mue 26 wrote: To place my post in the correct thread:

Amazon, how long am I to wait for my copy of Bioshock infinite? Next day delivery and no sign yet. What am I to do, I've been sitting down starring at the front door like since 11am... and I'll keep waiting till it arrives, damn it!

Anyone think it'll actually come today?

Foolish boy! These Easter times!

OL wrote: The gameplay just looks like an uninspired repeat of No More Heroes...
BUT, I love the fact that these trailers don't come off as desperately trying to be funny, as Suda's other post-NMH game trailers have. That says to me, in very subtle words, that this really may be a return to form for Suda; a game that isn't just about ridiculous humor, but might actually have some kind of subtext or meaning behind all of the surreal craziness going on (which is why I took note of his name in the first damn place).
Color me interested. Might even preorder it.

Samanosuke Akechi wrote: If Sony still had control of the Fatal Frame series,no doubt they would've brought over Mask of The Lunar Eclipse.The import prices are quite high.

Kenny wrote:

OL wrote:

The gameplay just looks like an uninspired repeat of No More Heroes...
BUT, I love the fact that these trailers don't come off as desperately trying to be funny, as Suda's other post-NMH game trailers have. That says to me, in very subtle words, that this really may be a return to form for Suda; a game that isn't just about ridiculous humor, but might actually have some kind of subtext or meaning behind all of the surreal craziness going on (which is why I took note of his name in the first damn place).
Color me interested. Might even preorder it.

Humor or not, I'd like to play something more than just merely playable from him. Shadows and Lollipop, even with their pluses, ended up being weighed down by the minuses. I have a feeling that even if he made something that doesn't resemble NMH it'd be disappointing in some way.