it's probably more interesting and fun to play than jak ii at least. although to be fair, what isn't
That's for true
it's probably more interesting and fun to play than jak ii at least. although to be fair, what isn't
Ugh I hate that there's a tiny nagging part of me that still wants to play this.
I mean, when I think of "off brand" platformers, I think of stuff like Ty, Kao, Vexx, etc.
All of which had more going for them than Balan, based on the demo.
After playing something like Mario Odyssey this game looks like absolute worthless trash. Slow, clunky, confusing but at the same time not deep at all, hilariously bad visuals, etcetera. And it's $60 lol.
Not just that but apparently they were assholes as well 😂
This is fucking stupid take along with Anihawk.
For the record this is what Anihawk was probably talking about:
Plenty of people worked on the Snyder Cut and it's 4 hours of worthless trash imo. It is what it is sometimes.The devs worked years day in day out on this game. Its not nice to use the term 'worthless'. You can be negative if you dislike the game but atleast choose better words.
For the record this is what Anihawk was probably talking about:
I can't believe a dev actually said this, maybe this wasn't ridicule worthy back then or something lolFor the record this is what Anihawk was probably talking about:
As you can see above, it kinda is true that Rubin and the gang thought that platformers like Mario were kiddy shit and old hat and that's why they made Jak 2 darker and edgier.
(yeah i know this is kinda off topic but yeah)
By your definition Balan Wonderworld must also be a modern platformer. The review being criticised seems to have a very different definition of modern.Crash 4 is a modern platformer. The formula being based on old games doesn't change that.
For the record this is what Anihawk was probably talking about:
As you can see above, it kinda is true that Rubin and the gang thought that platformers like Mario were kiddy shit and old hat and that's why they made Jak 2 darker and edgier.
(yeah i know this is kinda off topic but yeah)
We've moved the entire atmosphere of the game to a higher age group. Gamers like me are still playing. I'm 33 and what I want now is very different from what I wanted ten years ago. Ten years ago you didn't have the choice to play Grand Theft Auto. You played Mario because Mario was what's available.
Well, Pandora's box has opened and younger kids want to play what older kids are playing and older kids are playing Grand Theft Auto.
This isn't about saving a princess; it's about revenge, betrayal. You might think that doesn't sound original, but think of Mario going out for revenge, or Sonic. It's not a character action thing to do.
Balan is so unnoteworthy this thread is discussing an interview about Jak II instead.
I hate Jak II but comparing Balan Wonderworld to that Game is an insult to Jak II lol. In that Game jumping at least didn't feel like shitit's probably more interesting and fun to play than jak ii at least. although to be fair, what isn't
jason rubin was in an interview about how when he played super mario 64 that there wasn't any motivation other to get a cake from peach. and it was like, way to miss the actual point of the genre and why people play it.
By your definition Balan Wonderworld must also be a modern platformer
And it is horrible because of all that.It has a lot of modernisations that make it a modern platformer. Removing the ability to lose lives, for instance. A focus on replayability and longevity (it's maybe 3 times longer than any of the original games). Lots of unlockables too. It feels like a pretty modern platformer to me.
I can't believe a dev actually said this, maybe this wasn't ridicule worthy back then or something lol
They remind me of what I often heard from men in that age group around that era. I was 15-16 in 2003, but through my mother's boyfriend I heard a lot of 30-something opinions of how video games had suddenly changed and stuff like Mario was being left in the dust possibly forever.
lol.
I plays the demo expecting it to be baaad, but I kind see this charm , it's like a game straight off the Dreamcast
I was in elementary-middle school and sometimes kids would talk about that shit too. On forums there were also pretty widespread debates about whether or not certain games were "kids stuff" around then as well. There definitely felt like a divide between Nintendo/Nintendo-esque games that followed design ideologies not too different from what games 10 years prior followed and everything else, in a way that would seem extremely quaint less than a decade later. It's part of why I think that a Nintendo console that was more of a direct competitor to the XSX/PS5 would do better now than the Gamecube did against the PS2, though I still think continuing with the Switch ecosystem is ultimately the right move for them.
I was about to say. I grew up on PS2 performers like Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, Ratchet & Clank, Ape Escape 2, and so much more that play a lot better than Balan.Assuming BW isn't radically different from the demo, that is a huge, undue insult to PS2-era platformers.
Ugh I hate that there's a tiny nagging part of me that still wants to play this.
Not sure what you mean considering their past platformers were enjoyable.on the other hand, it's an edgy trend-chasing embarrassment made by cynical assholes who hate platformers.
I like how every positive user review so far across every platform was blatantly written by a botYou weren't lying
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And now the Jak series is dead and Mario is still trucking onFor the record this is what Anihawk was probably talking about:
As you can see above, it kinda is true that Rubin and the gang thought that platformers like Mario were kiddy shit and old hat and that's why they made Jak 2 darker and edgier.
(yeah i know this is kinda off topic but yeah)
Don't forget Left Alive! They're on a roll when it comes to these side games.Bless Square Enix, a few years ago they gifted us The Quiet Mand and now this, we are not worthy