Seeing the quick overview of Suda's next "trip", I can't help but feel like he's going out of his way to make game themes that maybeslightlyplayedoutalready. It seems like just as something that sounds like a typical videogame with very safe and predictable play - like Man vs Hell or Zombies - Suda and friends swing in and while not exactly reinventing it, at least remind you why it was fun in the first place.

I know two doesn't quite make a trend, and I may be just being daft, but if I'm right I'm all for it.

I think Suda51 vs Tired Game Tropes would be a fucking phenomenal title and premise for a game.

I'll buy Suda 51 games just for being Suda 51 games. The older I get and the longer I play videogames the more I just want something thats interesting.

@benjaebe: Coming Holiday 2012.

@mrangryface: There might be a formula out there along the lines of (Years alive / Years playing games) / Level of Jadedness x Volume of Cliche = Appeal of Suda 51 ???

@CptPanda29 said:

Seeing the quick overview of Suda's next "trip", I can't help but feel like he's going out of his way to make game themes that maybeslightlyplayedoutalready. It seems like just as something that sounds like a typical videogame with very safe and predictable play - like Man vs Hell or Zombies - Suda and friends swing in and while not exactly reinventing it, at least remind you why it was fun in the first place.

I know two doesn't quite make a trend, and I may be just being daft, but if I'm right I'm all for it.

He does that. He considers it to be an "active commentary" on gaming culture and how we're conditioned to accept certain things and reject others. It's a little annoying at times.

As long as he has people to reel him in, it's fine. Look at Shadows of the Damned; that game was, functionally, pretty okay. Yes, it was pretty much a carbon copy of RE4 and yes it that means it came with all the bugs that RE4 had (which was odd), but it kept itself from making stylistic choices hinder the gameplay choices, something that No More Heroes and Killer 7 suffers from IMMENSELY.

As for the new game...it looks like XBlades, which isn't helping things. I'm all for super short skirts and super big breasts, but I really hope there's more to this game than simply a zombie laidened skin fest.

@Mesoian: Ahh, I didn't realize he was so self aware when doing it, seems to make more sense as a parody of western development now. I quite like it when games go for style over substance, on something as stylized as Suda anyway I'd usually let it go, so long as the game works. But some of the shifts in gear into random genres from the early 90s can be a bit jarring...

Yes, it was pretty much a carbon copy of RE4

@CptPanda29: Entirely possible. I still enjoy a few AAA titles here and there- but I play and complete far more b-list games these days.

How did Onechanbara not make that list of zombie games?

Charged melee kill,..that one has been passing me by. All I know is to stun them slightly with a melee. But then I didn't know I had a shottie till I hit the d-pad for the teether.I wondered why I wuz gettin' green bones. As for this game, holding my tongue for a bit, see iff'n it has the Suda51 spin to it. SotD most cirtaintly does. :)

@mazik765: Oh Christ, that should have been the full stop...