30th August 2009, 10:28 PM
SFA was retarded, it's only saving grace was the feeling of playing something breathtakingly beautiful such as the depth of field during battles, the bump mapping and fur, all next gen and all beautiful. But like Banjo was Rare's take on Mario SFA was their attempt at a Zelda but I think whoever said that once the MS deals were in question a lot of quality slipped. Banjo~Kazooie held a deeper and more meaningful story construction than SFA. I believe that if the story maintained its original ideas, it would have been a huge success.
As far as Andross at the end, I could buy that because this is Rare we're talking about. Look at the end boss of Conker's BFD, though in all fairness Conker's is a tragic/comedy with SFA trying to be a serious take on a lighthearted fantasy and role playing game. So instead of a plot twist, it just felt like a plot gap. And no newgame+ to play as Krystal with a harder difficulty setting? Come on Rare.
There is a strong rumor of Killer Instinct being redone for 360, there's also PD this Christmas for download and a whisper of an original Blast Corps redux on XBL soon. All of which are equally welcomed. VP was ingenious but it lacked anything for us old, crusty hardcore types who just want to kill things. MS said its going to be focusing on bringing Rare up and putting them more in the spotlight. This, with info of Bungie quitting the Halo series, could mean that the test of PDZ being a replacement for Halo with PD2 hitting sometime next year could put Rare in top form as the new FPS multiplayer go-to. All of that depends on whether or not Rare will step up and address why the quality of games have slipped and what's being done to fix it.
As far as Andross at the end, I could buy that because this is Rare we're talking about. Look at the end boss of Conker's BFD, though in all fairness Conker's is a tragic/comedy with SFA trying to be a serious take on a lighthearted fantasy and role playing game. So instead of a plot twist, it just felt like a plot gap. And no newgame+ to play as Krystal with a harder difficulty setting? Come on Rare.
There is a strong rumor of Killer Instinct being redone for 360, there's also PD this Christmas for download and a whisper of an original Blast Corps redux on XBL soon. All of which are equally welcomed. VP was ingenious but it lacked anything for us old, crusty hardcore types who just want to kill things. MS said its going to be focusing on bringing Rare up and putting them more in the spotlight. This, with info of Bungie quitting the Halo series, could mean that the test of PDZ being a replacement for Halo with PD2 hitting sometime next year could put Rare in top form as the new FPS multiplayer go-to. All of that depends on whether or not Rare will step up and address why the quality of games have slipped and what's being done to fix it.