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1. Worker
2. Priest
3. Mage
4. Warrior/Ranger/Catapult
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That's not nice (T~T)
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cutesy characters + Sony = "imaginative ""hardcore"" strategy experience"
Wii Fit tells people to lose weight? "geez Nintendo, what the hell is your problem?!"
people complain about steering around a fat woman with cake? "geez, people, what the hell is your problem?!"
.... just some observations.
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Cutesy characters + Sony + A team based capture the flag game that obviously deals with fighting, blood loss and online multiplayer that cannot be rated by the ESRB = "Hardcore strategy experience".
Notice I still used quotations. I don't like using the terms casual and hardcore too much. Point is, no matter what kind of graphical style a game may use, the genre and the game play usually decides if it's "Casual" or "Hardcore".
Don't mind me. Maybe I took your comment the wrong way, and you meant something completely different! I'm just full from Dinner and saw this Fat Princess news.
I wanted dessert. ^_^
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I think you are reading me correctly and you make good points.
but your main differentiating factor seems to be violence. is that really the only thing """hardcore""" gamers need enjoy a game?
isn't that something we should try to change as this industry GROWS?
also, you're comparing apples and oranges to generalize Nintendo games as just simple and charming but use specifics like CTF for this game.
you should compare this more with games like some of the WiiWare FFCC strategy titles.
I don't see them adding cutesy pirates or ninjas, yet which do you think the """hardcore""" are more receptive to?
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Even though I am against announcing new DLC just after the game has been released.
Let's hope this is a free update.
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People aren't going to pay too much for DLC to a 15 dollar game.
But the way Fat Princess works, odds are there has to be a building for pirates and a building for ninjas, so if its not free then the people with it will probably not have too many others to play with. But seeing as how there is already a pirate ship board it will probably be free.
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Not good so soon after launch.
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These 2 kind of don't really fit the trend though, Isn't a ninja and a pirate essentially just a different kind of warrior...then again I guess it could be argued that a priest could be argued as another kind of mage.
Still seem like a bit gimmicky classes though
*pirate and ninja* "If you like pirates or ninjas you'll like this game."
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Ninjas are peasant-class citizens, and medieval settings have plenty of peasants.
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Ninjas are peasant-class citizens, and medieval settings have plenty of peasants.
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I'm still yet to pick this up... but when I get that student loan.... oh baby!
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Somewhat ironic length representations, too, being as cutlasses (the classic pirate sword) are one-handed shorter swords, while katanas (and the fictional ninja-tou) are usually longer two handers. Seriously, those pirate swords are bigger than they are..
And yes, I'm over-analyzing.
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[en.wikipedia.org]
Another example, a 1917 US Naval cutlass replica:
[www.coldsteel.com]
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Because realism is PARAMOUNT to success in a game where feeding cake to a princess instantly makes her go up 3 dress sizes.
Artistic liscense. As long as its recognizable for what it needs to be, then its fine. The rest is just their for stylistic purpose.
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However, Willy626 has come in and admonished us for being too realistic, so no more! Too much seriousness has backfired!
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I think the body-length cutlass looks awesome, while that tiny wimp of a ninja-dagger...not so much.
@MrBionic: Yeah, the flaring and squaring is much more scimitar like.