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Gamescom we got a new scale down trailer and it looks really good it shows a lot
of detail so you want to talk about that so first off smooth by Platinum Games
which is known for innovating and don't really like really cool action and
everything that everything that we know already shows in this trailer but it
looks first off the differences I would say is that it looks bigger is kinda
notably open world but the level themselves look very open which is very
very different scale the scale of the Dragon particular environment seems
interesting in itself because I don't think I can't think of a game that that
action-oriented dead does that my head i mean in Bayonetta and in wonderful 101
they had large scale stuff but I think this really takes it to a new level it's
it's slightly bigger than that and it is there is a more sense of scale as your
character is you know life size and the dragon is huge
both both of these being at a wonderful 101 room very fantasy this one it's
fantasy but it's more realistic fantasy right and and I'm not sure about you but
the first sort of vibe I got off of it was he being influenced by like Final
Fantasy games almost to the day when they first saw that she was like that
element showing up on my ok that it feels very Final Fantasy asked to me and
then the little touches like the character having headphones leg ok that
came like I did expect there but it does sort of Riga style that platinum is sort
of known for its a little bit different from what you would expect but it sort
of works some surprisingly well they also said although this the trailer
doesn't show too much this game is actually very heavily story driven
compared to other pleasant dreams aloft the unlimited going to be much more
stories which is gonna be interesting because I mean they haven't been bad but
they're not definitely not a focus of there's a ban on the game plan action
see more stories from them I mean I am it benefits you had some good elements
in terms of storytelling that I like I like to see where they're going with
this and you know if they can improve in one area would say that's media focus
think they could put on all right let's see what they do now in terms of what
they presented I do like the back and forth and I do get the the impression
they really understood what they want to do with the character in the dragon
question so that back and forth banter banter they used to having the playful
nature which is why I like seeing that I like the focus on that early on you want
to show gameplay but sort of getting used to these characters and ghetto
introducing them that was a good first impression for me ok I want to see what
happens with this and we got a lot of character just that little bit because
he seems like he's kinda cocky but he knows what he's doing and he's in touch
with the Dragon obviously they have you know when existing relationship maybe
they've been allies for a while now I did you know I'm not sure if you watch
it did you get impressions of sort of like How to Train Your Dragon kind of
thing format so that I can picture what you saying I mean in the playful nature
and in particular the feeling that we will be able to control the dragon in
some way even if it's not directly back and I do like the fact that they decide
mean you you obviously can seemingly direct the dragon at least within
gameplay with the idea of you know go and take that out it seemed relatively
quick and relatively easy to deal I will see I wonder how many options like that
are in terms of like controlling the dragon ok go and attack that or maybe
defend kinda stopped it'll be interesting how because I don't think
that's a wonderful 101 it again and again I need to play I'm not sure how
much control you head here if you decide control of one character or
or it was more it was no I played it was weird is kinda like it was one character
but it was also all the characters that it was kind of like a macro and micro
with the same time it's very difficult to describe as part of the reason why
the game had like a mixed reception
had this interesting stuff but it was also kinda hard to have a handle on it
I'm gonna take a guess and it just seemed from the way that they presented
the trailer that simple
cracked and I think that's a good motion to it again I have to admit I'm a
platinum like of all the companies that I'd eyesore to follow platinum soared
about the top of that list and even though I don't have an xbox one this may
be on a game that game makes me get it because it's just okay I like what I saw
its Platinum they've got a good history with them and I do i mean i i
name dragged X the first part is drag and yeah the other thing I notice is
that it's it looks like there's gonna be loot to get to cease after week bites
the big the first batch of enemies he picks up some loose right and and that
was that was interesting I mean you'll see when I had before you comment on
that is that you'll see the hit points you see how much damage is doing any
character correct i mean very RPG RPG like now what I did notice is that it
would did did the dragon have any health health bar as I noticed the trailer ok I
see my health bar and what seems to be a magic bars I'm sorry but or maybe a
situation like out which time are they transformation sequence to the his armor
portion but I didn't see the dragons and I was wondering about that like does
address can you drag about then we knocked out in combat he does get
knocked over by the larger creatures later on in the trailer but he's he's
still up at that point so that'll be interesting to see if you can imagine
that I would imagine there is some kind of health system for him because
otherwise it would be over power to ya
would seemingly nm with the idea of being able to play as a dragon of course
you would need it
I I will see the one thing that sort of turn me off in the trailer I'm not sure
if it was just me it seemed like any news went down way too quickly to me I
mean like the soldiers yeah the foot soldiers but it was a one hit from the
protagonist in question I mean I do wonder about difficulty from what I saw
there now you do get a little bit more difficulty with the sort of monster two
shows up later on but I don't know why I guess again this is another situation
where mike is the game being played on easy I hope that that's not
representative of what the gameplay will be like in terms of that you know
difficulty but then again knowing platinum knowing their history with
games I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on that because
they've had good difficulty levels of normal and hard and you know super hard
with a bayonet and Metal Gear Rising I mentioned those individual guys are more
like the grunts and the real battles is probably gonna be like a boss rush late
but in a different would definitely in a different way since it's a story based
but you know it is really a boss rush team gets it
the court is actually fighting the bosses the other part in between is that
filler but it is just kind of the lead up to that so maybe but maybe the little
guys or you know what's leading up to the big battles against the other
dragons I guess I disagree with little bit on on the band apart only because of
what difficulty do you play on that both normal and easy being a 2012 ok I can be
difficult on harder difficulties against the smaller guys in particular some of
the the enemy variations like you know made in late on the game just completely
destroy you if you do anything wrong so I mean again
enough I mean
regardless there was enough in that trailer in enough of a feeling of ok I i
I see good things coming out of this where I'm very skeptical in a chair very
skeptical of trailers and footage shown
of what has been shown at Gamescom listen just cause three are the two
games that I like yes yes yes I want to see more of this right now so you know
what do you think about the ending a lot of people are saying that they just
tease that is gonna be multi player in the game which is unexpected especially
since this story driven
emergence co-op multiplayer I mean it will end I think there was an article
you sent me regarding the possibility of four player co-op yeah because of the
Enders when he fights the big boss there is a couple of the guys do and there's
names or the guys they're they're yeah I'm it'll be interesting I mean again
you saw some cool features in being a tattoo and things like that I do wonder
how that will scale and how that will do
performance wise I don't know did when watching the truly did you notice some
performance issues as I think I did things like things like slow down a
little bit but again it is a demo it is you know early on trailer footage and it
looks like it was an engine so that's good I don't go up the idea of co-op in
that doesn't really appeal to me only for the fact that you know sort of
seoul-based campaigns and things like that I'd I'm not a co-op player unless
of every beat the game ones so it isn't holding element they began added to it
medical it'll be an attitude coop was kinda like what you're saying it's for
actually beat the game kind of people did you play as it for granted for a
score and be able to get more items so maybe right they might implement
replayability into this one definitely possible at this point I mean I could be
a monster hunter aspect to it I mean there's definitely the idea of these
huge bosses may be teaming up with a bunch of people and go on after you know
these huge enemies would be a game of that would make a lot of sense in this
situation
cool so you're optimistic for it you know I'm not very optimistic for a lot
of trailers in and things like that
very i'm very cynical nature I like the games that are out now and I can get my
hands on this is one of them where I'm like ok I admit I'm I'm hyped for it I i
want to see more from platinum I mean and I'm kind of bias cuz I like all the
plan is pretty much the only one to have an earthy rains caused a missile launch
and there was a multiplayer game so I don't these people play and now i mean
the thing with platinum is is that they can they can take a concept and and and
sort of twisted a little bit more where it's something completely unique I mean
I remember the first time I played vanquish where it it it felt completely
different from every action game that I had played up to that point and that
really got me you know going I remember like playing a game two or three times
which is a rarity for me where I played her game multiple times in a very short
amount of time so yeah platinum coming out with another game in the genre
seemingly RPG like which is again again general that I grew up with yeah I
definitely can go for that looks really cool to me I don't know I just blow away
right now a lot of the Gamescom game's richest there was an impressive lineup I
wish is keen the three I guess they were ready yet I mean and I mean it's obvious
that to me that they they they were waiting and maybe they wasn't ready for
either in Dayton want to show off you know a bunch of a bunch of unlinked
footage or anything like that but it's a good it was good for platinum show it
there and it is obvious it it shined in that sense in my opinion shine in terms
of it stood out to me for a call for the listeners out there let us know what you
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