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Akvod on 20 July 2009
NoCtiS_NoX said:
selnor said:
NKAJ said:
NoCtiS_NoX said:
selnor said:
Ninja Gaiden series is better than GOW, so it's not a major loss. But GOW is a cool game, so another great Hacker on 360 wouldn't go a miss. To be honest though I'm more waiting to see what the NG creator comes up with next now he left Tecmo for his own company.

Why am I not surprised?


same here


WTF!?

Certain Sony Fanboys are getting really bloody annoying on this site. You guys constantly enter M$ forum threads and spout BS. Don't give the oh 'HOT TOPIS' BS either. It's green in the hot topics for a reason. *sigh*

Amongst Hack'n'slash fans Ninja Gaiden Series is considered the pinnacle. Not for it's story ( GOW is much better story wise ) but the gameplay is so much better. The combat is a real art, as is the mastery of each weapon kind. Not to mention the insane speed of the game. GOW is a good series, but it's alot easier and no way as intricate as NG in the combat ( which is the actual point of a Hacker game. )

I said GOW was a good series didn't I? Jeez.

Wow! oversensitive much? It's a joke BTW. A smiley is there for a reason.

I am a fanboy and trolling MS forums? Please post me a link that I am doing what you're accusing me of and please stop with the accusations, you know I can report you for that. SIGH!

BTW I didn't like GOW that much. I am more of a DMC guy and If you bothered looking at my profile I bought Ninja Gaiden Sigma and I'll take NG for GOW any day. Just like what Akvod said.

@AKVOD

Thanks for defending me or us? Don't know the other guy.


Selnor can get a bit too pationate sometimes XD



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Onyxmeth on 20 July 2009

Huh? If anything isn't it the other way around? Let's assume this scenario is true that first party companies are funding hack n' slash games to combat each other (HAHA!), wasn't it God of War (released in March 2005) that was the answer to Ninja Gaiden (released in March 2004)?



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Blacksaber on 20 July 2009
Onyxmeth said:

Huh? If anything isn't it the other way around? Let's assume this scenario is true that first party companies are funding hack n' slash games to combat each other (HAHA!), wasn't it God of War (released in March 2005) that was the answer to Ninja Gaiden (released in March 2004)?

Bad Onyx! Don't start putting logic into the fourms you don't know what will happen!



Former something....

NightAntilli on 20 July 2009

There's no need to answer God of War III. I bet almost no X360 user cares about God of War III unless they are a hardcore fan of the series, which would probably mean they have a PS3 or will buy one anyway. Besides that, though it's multi-platform, Dante's Inferno is coming out and is something similar. So X360 users can always get that instead. All God of War III has is a name.. Other than that, it's not impressive, and even though people are going to bash me for it, in my book, God of War is basically like Ninja Blade. That's how it looks like to me. Never played it and I'm not interested either.



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CMoney on 20 July 2009

GOW actually stands for GATES OF WAR - As in BILL GATES and his war on all competitors. Final boss is a giant monster with the head of an apple, they body of google, and the limbs of sony.....DESTROY THAT MOTHER******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tHEN microsoft will create a game called HALO-KART.

That would be the ultimate nintendo-like prostitution of their exclusive characters



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luvtospooge on 20 July 2009

Dante's Inferno is god of war like. Saying a copy is better than an original is...



arsenicazure on 20 July 2009

bayonetta might help sort of.. but since its on both consoles that might be a moot point



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richardhutnik on 20 July 2009

Isn't God of War supposed to be Sony's version of Devil May Cry? The 360 has Devil May Cry, so curious what is being said here.



Nightwish224 on 20 July 2009

I don't think Microsoft needs one. That's just my opinion anyway. I'm more than happy with Ninja Gaiden II.



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Squilliam on 20 July 2009

In my opinion the only exclusives which require answers are the ones which define their respective genres. Its a catch 22 because genre defining games cannot be answered easily by other games as they rise above almost every game. You can tell a genre defining game because it doesn't matter when its released, the market will respond to it and it will sell. It also doesn't matter what other games are released the same day, week, month, or even holiday season because the genre defining game will sell. It must also sell enough copies to warrant enough interest in someone copying so over 2M is usually the mark I use.

So whats the difference between a genre defining exclusive game and a regular exclusive? A genre defining game sells comparably with the big selling games in its genre or its the highest selling game. Im talking market impact rather than any subjective notion that one game is 'better' than another. If say for instance hack n slash games rarely sell over 2M and the game tops the genre at 3M its a genre defining game. However if say an exclusive shooter sells 2M copies and other shooters sell over 5M copies its not genre defining. You cannot have multi-plat games selling significantly more than an exclusive and call it genre defining, because you could easily say that someone deprived of that exclusive would have the chance to get a more popular alternative.

Genre defining exclusives from Sony

  • Gran Turismo 5 (Top of racing, defines popular race car games)
  • God of War (Top level hack n slash, but we'll see if its still the case next year)
  • Metal Gear Solid 4 (Top level action stealth, defines the genre)

Not Genre defining or not important exclusives from Sony

  • Uncharted: (Will probably be with U2 though)
  • Heavenly Sword: Didn't sell enough to get a sequel.
  • Little Big Planet: Mario is king, yes?
  • Motorstorm: Heavily bundled and sales of the sequel are poor
  • RFOM: Doesn't really rise above the multiplat COD, also sales are too low.
  • Infamous: Not enough sales, GTA IV is king here.
  • Valkyria Chronicles: Not enough sales to care about it
  • Killzone 2: Sales are too low, too slow and nothing compared to COD IV
  • etc

Genre defining exclusives from Microsoft

  • Halo 3/ODST/Reach: 10M+ sales, hangs with COD IV or even beats it depending on perspective.
  • Gears 1/2: 5M+ sales, defines the 3rd person shooter genre can hang with COD.
  • Fable 2: About the best selling WRPG this generation, released a week apart from the fantastic Fallout 3 and still sold well.

Not Genre defining or not important exclusives from Microsoft

  • Forza: Though with the new Forza 3 it may become one.
  • Mass Effect: Flawed masterpiece, may also with the new one
  • Alan Wake: May not sell enough copies
  • Crackdown: Didn't sell enough though Crackdown 2 might
  • Left 4 Dead: The other series have a bigger footprint. May break out this year though
  • etc I think you get where im coming from.

 



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