P.N.03 - official

This game - and Vanessa - kick your ass. I think it's unbelievably fun, but it's firmly set in the "love-it-or-hate-it" genre. Vanessa is *ahem* beautifully animated - I think all the dance stuff is super cool and gives the game its own identity. I'm happy they trashed the guns. Oh, and the soundtrack is amazingly good, and makes the backtracking in the trial missions more than worth it. Vanessa's got quite a snappy mouth on her, too: "I think the transporter is bad for my skin."

I cannot understand why this game is getting trashed (glares at IGN & Gamespot). The controls are fine - they're just different, much like GunValkyrie's. I can see why some think the gameplay repetitive, but I think going for combos and no-damage clears is what the game is designed around, so that makes each room a fresh challenge, as you get graded between rooms, not just between missions. Sure, the environments are repeated, but the gameplay is so fun and compelling it doesn't matter. The camera is never a problem, the controls work perfectly once you get used to them (it took me like five minutes), and the audio/visuals are very well-done. It feels a lot like a puzzle shooter, as you quickly view the environments for hiding spots, track enemy types (each one gives a unique timer extension, so if you want to combo the entire room, better kill them in a certain order) and movement patterns.

kabuki, did you unlock the Blackbird suit when finishing Easy?

First Otogi, now PN03 - it's a great time for action games. I don't think it's going to be a major hit because it's got such a niche kind of vibe to it - you'll either dig it or get totally turned off by Vanessa's gesturing - hence the poor scores and such.

"The controls are fine - they're just different, much like GunValkyrie's."

The controls are fine but let's not misread the man. They are nothing like Gunvalkyrie's controls. GV's truly have a learning curve. PN03's can be picked up in about two minutes, much less curve.

And I feel the reason it won't be big is because the sorryass magazines (whose employees rarely, if ever, spot a good game until it's time to put it in the retro pages where it will undoubtedly score and 8.5) have all gotten together and unilaterally decided to pan it. Of course those pussies rarely score a true action game anywhere near what it's worth. They gotta save all those high marks for some schlocky "adventure" title or the next Madden.....

Pa

I feel as though the reason for the controls getting bashed like they do is that Vanessa can't shoot and run at the same time. At least, that's what everyone who played the game at my store tonight was saying. People want to keep moving while they attack the oncoming masses of monsters. Dante does it. Hotsuma does it. Maximo does it. Why the Hell doesn't Vanessa do it?

They don't really get that confronting the enemy, in-your-face style, is what Vanessa's character is all about. Flipping left or right just as some rockets are about to blow a football sized hole in your ass, and railing on the attack button until your enemy's next attempt at your life is ready is what this game is all about. And Capcom forces you to play that way, and I think that's what these people don't like about it. In that reguard, it is much like Gun Valkyrie, in that it's play style was forced upon you, rather than letting you feel it out for yourself.

Oh well. Their loss.

Vanessa's attacks are ranged. Being able to do both simultaneously would make chaining and staying alive easy.

People don't want that challenge, though.

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Originally Posted by BoBVila

Vanessa's attacks are ranged. Being able to do both simultaneously would make chaining and staying alive easy.

People don't want that challenge, though.

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Chaining and staying alive are easy.

And as far as I can tell, your complaint justifies how challenging the gameplay actually is. It is possible, but because you can't do it (yet), you pan it and say it's not challenging?! I must be missing something.

Yes, you are ;p I'm saying that it's a GOOD thing she can't do both.

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Originally Posted by BoBVila

Yes, you are ;p I'm saying that it's a GOOD thing she can't do both.

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Ah! I had a feeling you were agreeing with me, but I couldn't tell 100%. ;)

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Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

I feel as though the reason for the controls getting bashed like they do is that Vanessa can't shoot and run at the same time. At least, that's what everyone who played the game at my store tonight was saying. People want to keep moving while they attack the oncoming masses of monsters. Dante does it. Hotsuma does it. Maximo does it. Why the Hell doesn't Vanessa do it?

They don't really get that confronting the enemy, in-your-face style, is what Vanessa's character is all about. Flipping left or right just as some rockets are about to blow a football sized hole in your ass, and railing on the attack button until your enemy's next attempt at your life is ready is what this game is all about. And Capcom forces you to play that way, and I think that's what these people don't like about it. In that reguard, it is much like Gun Valkyrie, in that it's play style was forced upon you, rather than letting you feel it out for yourself.

Oh well. Their loss.

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Exactly. The dumbasses want the same shit over and over. If it's different it must be wrong. As you said, their loss.

A proper review:
http://www.hanisbottomline.com/revie...w-GC-PN03.HTML

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