What has to change in the industry for us to get competent pro wrestling games again? Another wrestling boom period? A group of talented, inspired indie devs kickstarting something? Or is it just as simple as people not buying lazy trash because it has a popular name on the box? ...man, we're fucked, aren't we?
So, I started playing this game last night, and, honest to anything and everything worth swearing to, I found the zombie bird monolith (on a different planet, of course) not 5 minutes after I heard Alex talking about it today. Like, it just happened right before I started this comment. I can't tell if that's just a weird coincidence or this game being really shallow and everyone experiencing it more or less the exact same way. Probably a little of both.
This game is the Shenmue 3 we deserve. It's also the River City Ransom 2 we deserve. And what that trailer doesn't mention is that this game takes place in 1985. And has a ton of 1980's AM2 classics available in the local arcade.
Also, @hott8bitaction: Yakuza 4 is dirt cheap, and features a lengthy series recap of the previous games so you can get all caught up. It also suffers from possibly the worst quick look on this entire website. Seriously, I didn't play that game for a long while because of that horrible misinformation. What a fool I was!
@2-d:Yakuza 6 is getting at least a pity translation. That game looks like it has way too much money behind it to not at least try. Takeshi Kitano is in it! And he hates videogames!
There is one incredible thing about this that's impossible to know about unless you played this game for yourself. The original SNES version had to scroll the screen heavily in order to fit all those huge sprites in a 4:3 space. Now, all but the largest stages fit on a single screen. To use a somewhat topical (and nerdy) reference, It's basically the difference between watching Hateful Eight in 16:9 and watching Hateful Eight in 2.76:1.
Oh god, Mai's face...why would you put that on the disc? Why the hell are her eyes yellow now? Is this that same weird 3D modeling fuckup that gave Ken and Karin yellow eyes?
Also, I thought I was the only Vanessa fan out there. But hey, if Ramon and Angel can come back, anything is possible!
@knightdehumidifier: Holy crap, that dude moves better than I ever have at BJJ class. I guess that's years of training for you. By any chance, did you notice the gentleman next to Mr. O'Neill?
Incredible Technologies never really stopped loving golf as a sport, even as the audience for Golden Tee shifted to pure bar game. Hell, they went and hired Pat Summerall for a few years to do commentary work. Also, now I have an excuse to post this:
So I found both of those skate tapes on youtube, cause of course I did. Having never seen a skate tape before, I had no idea what I was walking into. I cannot accurately describe what I saw, cause it was batshit, but it was very entertaining. If you go looking for a good time, make sure to type "Destroying America Skate", as those first two words have unfortunate connotations today. The End is a good watch too, and I hope one or both of them end up on Game Tapes due to the tangential connection of skaters and locations from the Tony Hawk series.
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