| Skullwaker said:
I think the problem is its visuals. It just doesn't look like a Gen 8 game. Hell, it doesn't even look like a Gen 7 game. It's also very niche in terms of gameplay. And I don't believe localized footage has been shown yet. |
I can kind of understand niche gameplay comment. It's not so much niche as barely explored as a gameplay idea - when it has been explored before (Nights; Gravity Rush) it's at least been well-regarded among the people who enjoyed it.
Lack of localized gameplay? I mean, this title looks like there's barely anything to localize. It's not a menu or stat-drive title really. You can get more than enough of an idea of what it's about from what's out there.
And visuals is where I'm going to have to cause a bit of a kerfuffle with some generalizations. I mean, yes, it's an up-rezzed 3DS game and it looks like it. But it's releasing to a fanbase where I've seen multiple requests for things like Luigi's Mansion 2 HD and Kid Icarus Uprising HD. There seems to be some hype around Devil's Third, too, which looks like an early-seventh-gen game :P
The one thing I can understand about it is that it doesn't look like a full price release. But it's something I've learnt over the past year or two where I've started working more hours and having less free time, that I can't really value games based on production values and length. If anything I'd say I prefer titles with a lower budget these days because they spend more time focusing on doing a couple of things well rather than the mess that AAA has become these days where every title has to do a bit of everything.
I can sort of see a few things going against Rodea to keep people from buying it, but in my own personal view - if this was coming to a platform I owned I'd already have pre-ordered it by now because I think it looks unique and a lot of fun. Graphics be damned. As it is, I don't know whether I'll be getting a WiiU or 3DS first so haven't ordered it yet, but I will be doing soon enough.
