You've seen the 3DS video, right? This series is dead. Shitty western devs don't get Ridge Racer, and the Japanese don't get 3D.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
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You've seen the 3DS video, right? This series is dead. Shitty western devs don't get Ridge Racer, and the Japanese don't get 3D.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
That about sums it up. Why does Ridge Racer 3DS look so low-rent? I'm honestly surprised considering every game in the series to date at least had amazing art direction and flawless graphics tech (RR7 - 1080p @ 60fps in 2006).
I'm not sure if Western devs don't 'get' Ridge Racer. I think they get that a Ridge Racer that isn't a launch title will sell precisely 10 copies (and even the launch ones don't sell either). Not to say this would sell any better, but there is some element of unknown there.
Either way, until there's gameplay footage, I'm not going to judge
If Nintendo's next Mario game has a teaser trailer where he is shooting things up with a machine gun and fucking dogs, I will judge it immediately.
That is basically the level of disgust I felt watching this.
All I see is a crash involving cars. I can think of games with crashes involving cars that were fun, some of which were really fun. I can think of games with crashes involving cars made by this developer that were fun.
I can't even tell if you're serious. Have you even played Ridge Racer? Any of them? It's not that crash crash crash can't be fun, it's that it's not Ridge Racer.
The only thing Namco cares about is that plastering the name on the cover will probably result in more sales than a brand new IP. And if it happens to destroy an old IP in the process, who really cares, right? Endlessly cynical, just like the SSX and X-COM revivals.
I've probably played more Ridge Racer than you have. NFS involves crashing cars. Didn't used to.
I get what Namco is thinking. Everyone does. But I also don't really care. Neither does anyone else because the previous RR games have sold absolutely horribly. If the game is fun, it's fun. If it isn't then they can go to hell.
Seeing a Bugbear logo in the trailer left me concerned. I'd rather get a genuine Namco developed Ridge Racer 8 before the next generation of systems hits (yeah, let RR9 be the launch title for PS4/next Xbox).
It may be good after all, but it just doesn't deserve the name. Namco should've found something else to call this.
I imagine this is intended as a spin-off while the main series will continue on being made in-house. Also, Bugbear's Glimmerati is rad.
Japanese racers outside of GT (ie arcade racers) can't sell anymore as they don't have the scope (# of cars, tracks, options, etc) nor tech of the Western games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi