Well, one can't present a flagship title in early stages of development and expect to hear standing ovations. Even if it shows promise, it's likely ridden with all kinds of bugs and glitches that will make it seem really unappealing to most gamers. However, you also don't want to tantalize audiences with cryptic images in an effort to generate hype. As much as I love Konami, their marketing division has stupid ideas. The best way to make us enthusiastic is to simply display the best things your game has to offer. It's not that complicated!
@YHWHMystic: Yeah, sounds like he learned the lession that Too Human taught everyone about showing your game too early.
I think waiting until you have something polished to show would be good for the industry as a whole but for some reason I don't think the pr/marketing types would go for that.
My guess is that he will definately show something at E3 but not in public or to press. Alot of "backroom" things happen at E3, that being said why else would Mr. Jaffe be in LA?
For a moment, I was going to give you a 'HIYOOOOO!' because I thought you were responding to BritBloke916's post. Then I realized you were making a serious response to Jesse.
Oh, and I didn't realize they were behind War of the Monsters. I'm going to have to go to the store and pick up a copy today. I traded it in, way back in the day when I actually traded in games, and have regretted it ever since.
Warhawk was, up until Killzone 2, my favorite PS3 game so far. Absolutely incredible.
What killed it for me was the expansions kind of killed the experience. That's not to say the expansions weren't incredible, because they were. The problem was that not everyone bought them, and it thus fragmented the community to the point where only a few people actually had the latest content. What was the point of spending $8 if no server was going to run it?
I think a lot of that could have been fixed if they had the official servers always running the latest expansion, and keeping those lagging behind stuck to the personal servers being run by random people online. Sure, it would have seemed a bit underhanded to force everyone to upgrade, but it would have at least forced a basic standard rather than making it feel like I just wasted my (admittedly little) money.
I bought every expansion save the last one, the one with jet packs. All the new content was great, but no one was really using it. Kind of frustrating.
holy crap War of the Monsters geez this is up there in my favorite fun games of all time i need to look for the game and get some nostalgia going.but i hope is all good for them but like crecente say what about Incognito?
@Grind_Axis: I could be wrong, but a few people on various podcasts (listenUP; Podcast Beyond I think) were hinting about new Warhawk updates around E3. If so, I'd be into it. Warhawk is a game I really love playing since there are so many ways to go about playing it. I realy should start playing it more often. Killzone 2 and Bioshock are kicking my ass right now.
@Black-Dog-Howls: i would go for warhawk with campaign i mean c'mon i stop playing for about 2 months(long list of games)but when i got back i couldn't move a inch with out getting beating like a conga in a parade by group of people so i just stop.i don't even want to go back to get the trophies i just don't care any more.
P.S give me a remake heck even the old one of Macross Scrambled Valkyrie and i'm good
I fail to see what's so awesome about the word "fuck".
Curse if you want, but not being able to control your tongue, especially while being interviewed about your line-of-work, is just pitiful and unprofessional in my opinion.
@Compensido: I'm sure that had the interview been conducted in a traditional manner the expletives would have been kept to a minimum. However when you talk to someone via Xbox LIVE it is easy to forget that people can hear everything you say. It's the difference between telling your parents about your day at work round the dinner table and talking about it with your mates down the pub. Put someone in an environment where they are more comfortable and they may forget their manners from time to time. It's hardly pitiful and I very much doubt that anyone who knows the word hasn't ever used it in conversation.
Never really heard a Jaffe interview. he sounds pretty cool. I like his colorful language, goes to show that even in a position like his, he'll express himself as honestly as feels to. We need more people there doing that instead of following their post-PR training dialouge.
"He also surprised quite a few people recently when he called Gears of War 2 not only the best game of the year, but the best console game he's ever played."
@symphony_of_the_night: "Jaffe knows his stuff. He also surprised quite a few people recently when he called Gears of War 2 not only the best game of the year, but the best looking console game he's ever played."
It says best "looking"...unless of course it was edited after the fact...
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I think waiting until you have something polished to show would be good for the industry as a whole but for some reason I don't think the pr/marketing types would go for that.
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For a moment, I was going to give you a 'HIYOOOOO!' because I thought you were responding to BritBloke916's post. Then I realized you were making a serious response to Jesse.
Awwwww. :(
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You know there something really great you could see, if only they would show.
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What killed it for me was the expansions kind of killed the experience. That's not to say the expansions weren't incredible, because they were. The problem was that not everyone bought them, and it thus fragmented the community to the point where only a few people actually had the latest content. What was the point of spending $8 if no server was going to run it?
I think a lot of that could have been fixed if they had the official servers always running the latest expansion, and keeping those lagging behind stuck to the personal servers being run by random people online. Sure, it would have seemed a bit underhanded to force everyone to upgrade, but it would have at least forced a basic standard rather than making it feel like I just wasted my (admittedly little) money.
I bought every expansion save the last one, the one with jet packs. All the new content was great, but no one was really using it. Kind of frustrating.
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Maybe.
Also, someone gave them Macross Zero. Crazy missile sequences. Imagine that.
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P.S give me a remake heck even the old one of Macross Scrambled Valkyrie and i'm good
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Curse if you want, but not being able to control your tongue, especially while being interviewed about your line-of-work, is just pitiful and unprofessional in my opinion.
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Jaffe never said that Kotaku...
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Didn't he say that GeoW 2 was the best-LOOKING console game so far this gen or something like that?
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that Gears2 was the best looking game released so far this gen.
I don't know how best looking game now its equal to best game ever played. XD
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It says best "looking"...unless of course it was edited after the fact...