I said "pretty much every" which means there are some exceptions to the rule and I definitely agree with you about the games you mentioned.
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What The Hell Happened To Gravity Rush?
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Gravity Rush and 2 was a real gem of a game series. The series was really niche though, and had some poor gameplay moments (like the stealth sections).
The only thing that bothered me is with the DLC and online content wasn't put up online. I never got the white Kat costume and never completed her home and never will :(
The only thing that bothered me is with the DLC and online content wasn't put up online. I never got the white Kat costume and never completed her home and never will :(
These games are charming. GR2 had so much going for it: charming characters, beautiful aesthetics, fantastic OST, great mechanics. The story was decent if needing more focus. What let the game down was the level design. Why in heck did they have so many sections where you lose your powers? Very bad design decision. Still, this series has A LOT of potentail. Like it has many ingredients to be up with the best on the system, but was let down in a somewhat bizarre way. I think the series is too good to let go though...I think it could be a better series than say Ratchet and Clank. More originality and creativity, more charming characters, at least as good aesthetic, mechanically more interesting, and more depth in general. I hope they return to it. In fact, a soft reboot would be good since changing the overall narrative wouldn't be a big deal given how garbled the story is, but keeping the excellent characters, mechanics and aesthetic. The world needs more Kat!
I personally loved Gravity Rush 1 and 2. It had its flaws but I never felt they were really massive flaws. But maybe my opinion is skewed because I was so enamored by the world and it's characters. To this day tho it remains one of my favorite games of all time.
It bombed, im surprised it got a sequel. Sequel to me looked way more visually pleasing. More color. Questions.
Are the games short?
Are they easy trophies?
^ if both are true. Ill play both and see what the fuss is about. Or if shes just getting that anime girl hype for no reason. Dont really have a positive memory when I tried this game long ago.
Are the games short?
Are they easy trophies?
^ if both are true. Ill play both and see what the fuss is about. Or if shes just getting that anime girl hype for no reason. Dont really have a positive memory when I tried this game long ago.
Are you me? Sony Japan Studios have been mostly bad for like 20 years, if not longer.
Can't say I like any of those. Absolutely detest SotC. Awful game.
I loved the world, the art and the characters but i could just not make it work. The missions were dull and i found the gameplay itself not very enticing. Talking about the first game here. I also own the second but never felt any desire to play it after i experienced the first one.
Beautiful environmental visuals and soundtrack
original genre and gameplay but bad combat and overall mediocre gameplay
dumb character designs aimed at horny boys
look at the bright side: the game got 3 games: One vita game, one Bluepoint remaster, and a really long and meaty sequel with a free DLC expansion even.
original genre and gameplay but bad combat and overall mediocre gameplay
dumb character designs aimed at horny boys
look at the bright side: the game got 3 games: One vita game, one Bluepoint remaster, and a really long and meaty sequel with a free DLC expansion even.
Even as someone who enjoys a lot of Japan Studios work (I think they make some of Sony's most innovative new IPs), GR2 was simply not fun. I'm playing Puppeteer right now and it's one of the most ambitious games I think I've ever played. It's completely unique in presentation and executed to perfection. I'm a bit bummed it took me so many years to get around to it.
I reckon Sony is publishing games on PC that they want to see sell.
Spider-Man and God of War are far more likely PC releases in the run up to their PS5 sequels.
GR2 and TLG were ridiculous suggestions at the time and seem to make less sense now.
Well, I love Demon's Souls and Bloodborne, so I guess I'm not you :D But we all know Japan Studio is not the reason those games are great.
I got GR2 for like five bucks. Gave it a chance because of the few people that seemingly really like the game.
It's just kinda bad, man. Awful mission design and piss poor combat (of which there's a LOT of it), full of camera issues. It looks pretty and floating around and playing with the gravity mechanics is fun, but there's nothing else to it unfortunately.
It's just kinda bad, man. Awful mission design and piss poor combat (of which there's a LOT of it), full of camera issues. It looks pretty and floating around and playing with the gravity mechanics is fun, but there's nothing else to it unfortunately.
Everything is gonna come anyway, these might have been considered as tests at the time before deciding on Horizon.
I love the world and traversal, and I think Kat is a very underrated protagonist. All those things combined pushed me through some quite dull missions and repetitive combat, even if there was a certain amount of charm to the dialogue and situations you found yourself in.
The second game's representation of a class system in its world was also quite interesting and didn't get as much attention as it probably deserved. Nothing mind blowing but it's something that relatively few games seem to tackle.
Also both game's soundtracks are some of the best of the decade.
The second game's representation of a class system in its world was also quite interesting and didn't get as much attention as it probably deserved. Nothing mind blowing but it's something that relatively few games seem to tackle.
Also both game's soundtracks are some of the best of the decade.
I agree here - don't be be upset at what won't be, enjoy what there is.
Does the combat really get criticised that much? I loved having to manipulate gravity to do Liu Kang kicks and chuck stuff around like I'm Jean Grey.
I admit, the combat isn't as good as it it should be but it is really unique and fun to play with. I feel a bit more work into it and it would become perfection.
I really want to see a sequel. The game is really unique and I still want a third game that fleshes things out even more.
Gravity Rush 2 basically felt like Gravity Rush 2 and 3 in one game and it kinda sickened me off wanting any more.
I'd much prefer it if Toyama does something new or goes back to horror.
I'd much prefer it if Toyama does something new or goes back to horror.
GR2 finally and thankfully cuts out the awful bullshit missions for the last few (of the semi-hidden "true ending") but even so it's an incredible shame how underused Jirga Para Lhao is. The entire downtown section of Lei Colmosna gets nothing besides a few challenge missions and a couple of short side missions, when it deserves its own epic boss fight.
It's also a shame that the music is so great if you make it a point to burn through the story missions as fast as possible. The ambient music is dreadfully repetitive and there's only one song per town region. So the game is a bummer to play for many side missions and even some story missions, while free roam is always awesome — but the musical experience during free roam is a drag.
It's also a shame that the music is so great if you make it a point to burn through the story missions as fast as possible. The ambient music is dreadfully repetitive and there's only one song per town region. So the game is a bummer to play for many side missions and even some story missions, while free roam is always awesome — but the musical experience during free roam is a drag.
Still to this day think GR1 missions are better than GR2. No forced stealth, no numerous camera taking quest I don't know how you go a step backwards when designing missions from a prequel. I understand trying to play up features for the system but there was so much of them it was obnoxious. I still love the game but more could have been done.
Yeah, I don't get it either. I thought the combat was a lot of fun.
It pretty much finished? The second game was pretty much two or three games in one and tied up everything. GR was awesome and I would take more of that gameplay but not sure where it would go storywise
Well, aside from the fact that the second one bombed (and was clearly a more expensive production than the first), it didn't improve on the first one enough to warrant further iteration, I think. The mission design was still really uneven, and it isn't clear to me that the designers knew what bits of the mechanics were fun and which were not. The instant fail stealth missions should not have been in the game, and looking for microscopic details in the environment probably not either when your main character can literally fly and bounce off walls. The game starts extremely slowly (like super slowly) and it lasts forever. And then, oh my god, like Chapter 12. The puke hallway. Just imagine vertically kicking down a hallway while the frame rate chugs and the camera spins around in circles for like 20 minutes.
I was so disappointed. They fixed some things (stasis is really effective) and just made a super unfunny game. Kat's personality can only take it so far.
edit: I'm watching this video, and like Gravity Rush 2, I think it's twice as long as it needs to be and makes very little sense.
I was so disappointed. They fixed some things (stasis is really effective) and just made a super unfunny game. Kat's personality can only take it so far.
edit: I'm watching this video, and like Gravity Rush 2, I think it's twice as long as it needs to be and makes very little sense.
I mean, it's not that much of a mystery. It had its run. Sony tried to make it a flagship Vita title but Vita just didn't catch on and Gravity Rush somewhat failed alongside it. it sold well enough that Sony gave it another chance to find a bigger audience on the much more successful PS4 and that flopped too, or failed to grow the franchise enough. That's about it. 🤷♂️
And if you want Tanaka you should make sure you play Resonance of Fate.
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Lei Havina though is such a fucking bop I can't help but stan.
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Lei Havina though is such a fucking bop I can't help but stan.
I find it terribly boring and repetitive. It would not be so bad if the game focused more on the parts of platforms but there is a lot and it is always the same.
Yeah, I don't get what's wrong with the combat, the first game is a classic, perfect length and no bloat. GR2 is great, but not as focused or as tight as the first game. I would love a GR3.
More frustrating is that some of these people probably love the first Last of Us which was definitely the definition of a game that is just "okay," but super polished. The hype around the first game made zero sense to me, but I haven't played the new one.
GR1 was just such a perfect game. Y'all don't appreciate actual greatness.
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More frustrating is that some of these people probably love the first Last of Us which was definitely the definition of a game that is just "okay," but super polished. The hype around the first game made zero sense to me, but I haven't played the new one.
GR1 was just such a perfect game. Y'all don't appreciate actual greatness.
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This right here. The art style and world is incredible, but the games themselves just weren't fun to play.
I'm just glad we got a sequel which wrapped things up nicely.
There were aspects of the gameplay they never quite nailed but overall these are fantastic games. It's a crime they didn't sell.
There were aspects of the gameplay they never quite nailed but overall these are fantastic games. It's a crime they didn't sell.
Pretty much. Impressive aesthetics and core gimmick aside, I finished the first game and gave it's problems a pass for being a Vita release that was hamstrung by its hardware.
I just couldn't believe the second game was built for the PS4 and stuck so closely to the original design. I suppose I was hoping or imagining a retooling of the flight and combat to better fit the hardware. It showed a lack of imagination or creativity to stick so closely to the blueprint of the first game, warts and all, while any potential for expanding the concept felt squandered.
I didn't spend too long playing the sequel and dropped it a few hours in, even after multiple attempts to win me over during that deadline countdown when some bonuses were going away when the servers dropped. The motivation that carried me past a lot of the flaws in the first just wasn't there.
Gravity Rush Remastered is one of my favourite games this gen, easily. The sequel was a step back in a lot of ways, but I still enjoyed my time with it.
The story was fairly conclusive in GR2, but the traversal and art style and particular the character of Kat are all so wonderful that it would be a crime to never revisit the franchise again. Maybe now that Shawn is gone and Jim is calling the shots, we can get some higher management that actually gives a shit about GR next time around. Remember when Sony completely ignored GR2 at E3 '16 even though it was scheduled to come out that year? That was a shitty move.
The story was fairly conclusive in GR2, but the traversal and art style and particular the character of Kat are all so wonderful that it would be a crime to never revisit the franchise again. Maybe now that Shawn is gone and Jim is calling the shots, we can get some higher management that actually gives a shit about GR next time around. Remember when Sony completely ignored GR2 at E3 '16 even though it was scheduled to come out that year? That was a shitty move.
That's such a weird idea, turn based combat? The combat is good. I don't really see how it being turned based would've made it sell more on PS4. It would've been so jarring.
The missions are pretty standard for open-world titles. The difference is that the game uses narrative contextualization to develop its world in a way that most open-world games, especially western games, don't do. The world doesn't serve to be a glorified menu screen between missions to fill an exp bar. That's what sets GR2's open-world apart from competitors. The missions transcend "busy work" because you're playing a slice of life simulation at that point, similar to Persona's social aspect.
It's what makes it a niche title. It hinges heavily on how invested in the world and characters you are, but it does a great job of that and it's why the fans the game does have ardently support it. Gravity Rush isn't too dissimilar from Shenmue in that regard.
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How about no?
Gravity Rush had some of the most unique gameplay ever. If you want turn based games then fine but don't change something that a lot of people like.
Lmao like what, you may as well make a completely different game at that point. It would have sold even less had they done this because the few fans the first game did have wouldn't have purchased it.
I can fully understand why some people wouldn't like GR but I am a bit perplexed as to why it garners so much vitriol on this website. It shouldn't really be a divisive game, but you have people, even in this thread, voicing vehement disdain for it.
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