I actually just finished watching this over Netflix, I saw it was viewable and thought, "ohh I haven't seen this in years, who's up for some nostalgia?"
My wife and one of her friends laughed at me pretty much the entire time.
One thing I didn't remember was how many boobies are in the original movie! I do love me some boobies!
@Rompehamster: Exactly. Those poor, completely underpaid actors can't have their perfect skin damaged! We must recreate the grand canyon on a green screen! No one will know the difference...
@D-K, it's not butter? no way!: yeah anytime you killed a badie, you had to flick your sixaxis up capture their soul. Fun for about the first 10 enemies. Then got old quick.
But the game was still extremely twisted and creepy.
I've never been sold on a game based on a single screenshot. Until today, that is.
I'm getting that adventure-vibe again. This is a feeling i get exclusively when gems are in the making. I had it with Shadow of the Colossus, Psychonauts, Zelda link to the past and Yakuza.
This and The Last Guardian will keep me anxiously awaiting their release..
It just makes me furious everytime I see someone blatantly copy other's work like this. When I saw the screenshot, my initial reaction was "Ooo, new ICO screenshots". My god, at least change the art style.
Ive been tempted to get Folklore ever since it was released but I keep hearing bad stuff about it, and I wasn't that enthralled by the demo (though I wanted to be)...
Now that I can pick the game up for under a tenner I'll likely grab it in the next few weeks... The positive comments on Kotaku have convinced me :P
@exion: There is only one truly bad thing about the game... The camera. There are annoying things (lack of voice acting, comic book cut scenes) but just think of it as playing a game on the PS1, when no one cared that you had to read in RPGs, and you'll be fine.
@bobtheduck: I'm sure I'll get over it... I mean heck, at least I won't be able to complain about dodgy voice acting like I do with 90% of RPGs nowadays...
@Placentasaurus: Yes you do... And in advance I apologise for the camera... Being a game I hoped would attract more RPG devs to the PS3, I feel somehow responsible for the camera in this game... Like I feel responsible for lair and the GNP of France.
Folksoul is one of my favorite PS3 games so far and I have a really hard time understanding why alot of people seem to hate on it. It must be because Genji wasn't all that great that they say the same about Folksoul however that's BS and you need to play the game and not just randomly judge it.
@Reibooi: Not many hate on Folklore / Folkssoul... Just not many know about it... That, and it has a terrible camera... That's one thing Game Republic should outsource in their games.
@MentalNote: Sort of like Final Fantasy 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Vs Infinite Undiscover and Last Remnant... FFXII was the sign of things to come. Maybe Folklore is like the reverse of that! Swimming UNDER the shark?
@Intellectualdiot: Try out the Master System Tom & Jerry game. It's AMAZING. It's got a Prince of Persia classic gameplay, combined with chase elements as you're pursuing Jerry. Great levels and environments, as well as colorful scenery and detailed stuff for an 8-bit game.
@animexplorer: I agree, except for the absoltely hideous camera... The stupid camera was the single greatest cause of death for me when fighting folklore.
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My wife and one of her friends laughed at me pretty much the entire time.
One thing I didn't remember was how many boobies are in the original movie! I do love me some boobies!
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Filming can be tough if mother nature is being a bitch.
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That game is twisted!
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The whole waggle thing really threw me off that game, that and i'm guessing the demo was all there was to the game.. could be wrong though
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But the game was still extremely twisted and creepy.
08/20/09
I'm getting that adventure-vibe again. This is a feeling i get exclusively when gems are in the making. I had it with Shadow of the Colossus, Psychonauts, Zelda link to the past and Yakuza.
This and The Last Guardian will keep me anxiously awaiting their release..
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Unless you are talking about the ambiance in general, in which case I'd ask how you'd ask them to change "pretty".
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It's not a knock-off game, it's just really, really similar. I'll buy both though.. sometimes more of the same isn't so bad
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Now that I can pick the game up for under a tenner I'll likely grab it in the next few weeks... The positive comments on Kotaku have convinced me :P
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For what it's worth, I'd be highly skeptical of watching any film based on the property either. It's best years are long behind it, it seems.
12/26/08
Maybe my memory is hazy, but I recall that Super NES Tom & Jerry game being alright.
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Here's a gameplay video if you're curious.
I have no idea what the general opinion of this game is, but I loved it.
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Folklore was wicked.