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Wildstar - for adults right?
I just watched Ripper X's video and for the whole way I'm thinking that it reminded me straight away of Crash Bandicoot that G rated game my kids used to play, with the character movement anyway. It looks like its being made, very much with consoles in mind and the hand holding made me cringe - do this do that, follow the pretty arrows in the air. My 10 ten yr old would definitely have a lot of fun with this I think, but the video gave me 0% interest in playing. You cant tell me this is being marketed towards an adult market.
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I know that feeling, I though about buying this game conkers bad fur day but it looked like a cartoony game so i gave it to my 7 year old.
lol and when he was fighting a giant pile of shit did you come running to unplug the tv?
I'm not sure what you're talking about it looked like a cartoony game therefore it was for kids. I'm sure the OP will agree with me here.
lol and when he was fighting a giant pile of shit did you come running to unplug the tv?
I'm not sure what you're talking about it looked like a cartoony game therefore it was for kids. I'm sure the OP will agree with me here.
WoW has stylized graphics, plenty of adults play that, EQ, Lost of shooter games, Vanguard, DCUO, etc etc most games look more like cartoons than RL. So, they are all for children then? Scarelet Blade is pretty cartoony, let your 7 year old play that.
If you want to judge a book by it's cover it is not my place to try and change your mind, I will however point out that your statement sounds to me, very unfounded and at a minimum very immature. Just my opinion of course, and much like you I am entitled to mine.
If you want a new idea, go read an old book.
In order to be insulted, I must first value your opinion.
I guess my sarcasm was too subtle then. Google conkers bad fur day and then re-read the OP's and my first post again.
Yes it is being marketed towards adults! Surprise!
Your posturing in regards to the graphics is overtly subjective.
Dismissing a game based on "cartoony" graphics because you are "too old" is a sure sign the the converse is true.
lol and when he was fighting a giant pile of shit did you come running to unplug the tv?
I'm not sure what you're talking about it looked like a cartoony game therefore it was for kids. I'm sure the OP will agree with me here.
WoW has stylized graphics, plenty of adults play that, EQ, Lost of shooter games, Vanguard, DCUO, etc etc most games look more like cartoons than RL. So, they are all for children then? Scarelet Blade is pretty cartoony, let your 7 year old play that. If you want to judge a book by it's cover it is not my place to try and change your mind, I will however point out that your statement sounds to me, very unfounded and at a minimum very immature. Just my opinion of course, and much like you I am entitled to mine.
I guess my sarcasm was too subtle then. Google conkers bad fur day and then re-read the OP's and my first post again.
It is hard to get sarcasm to come out when writing. I suggest using: /sarcasm at the end of your post if you want people to understand what you are going for, or take a writing class so you can express yourself how you see fit. However, to answer your observation no, I did not pick up the sarcasm in your post. In any event, I stand bye what I wrote in mine.
If you want a new idea, go read an old book.
In order to be insulted, I must first value your opinion.
Simply put games are for gamers. Some will like some will dislike certain games.
There are games I feel look childish, yet I don't consider those who enjoy them to be kids or adults, I just see them as gamers who might have different taste.
I do adult in real life, in games I let my inner-child have fun.
Still looking forward to both Wildstar and TESO. And have a opinion after I actually have experianced the game(s).
Well, I just watched some as well and your 10 yr old could play it easily. Now that doesn't mean that all the content would be appropriate for that 10 yr old. I don't plan on finding out either. The read ring of flesh wounds, err death, being on the ground for what seems an eternity tells me this game is yet another game designed for those that don't list analysis and critical thinking as strong points. Don't get me wrong, sometimes we all want to play something that is easy but my goodness, it looks like it would put me to sleep its so easy.
Interesting that everybody answered to a point the OP never made...
He was not judging from the cartoony gfx in any way, but from the movement (to a lesser degree) and from the fact that handholding is overboard with reducing players to blindly follow the games' hints.
And yes, I concur there. This is ridiculously dumbed down gameplay. For the people who are still interested in this title it is nly to hope that this gets less with progressing into the game and is only so blatant in the first few levels.
i personally think it was pretty obvious he was using sarcasm but then again, maybe thats because i understood the reference(as in i knew about conker's bad fur day already).
But yes, essentially what you and he said are the exact same thing.
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Its hard to to argue a point when you don't understand the reference, understand or know what the person typing is referencing.
I take it you failed at Googling Conkers Bad Fur Day with this response.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker's_Bad_Fur_Day There is a wiki to it. To post anything other than a wiki would probably get me suspended.
There is more than just gfx to a game and so long as the rest of it is playable and enjoyable does it really matter so much that you will not even consider it.
Sadly, it is a sub game, so not for me, but if it goes f2p than maybe!
I think it's being marketed more for vanilla wow players. But since wow was designed as a 'childrens game' and wildstars look(like so many) is designed to copy wow you could argue it's being marketed for your 10yr old, by proxy if nothing else.
I'm a 50 year old who watches Family Guy, Archer, Futurama
my housemate calls it all kids cartoons...
to some people - any animation is kids stuff
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It seems to be having an identity crisis in my opinion. On one hand it's clearly appealing itself to the carefree have fun attitude and as you said in the questing process there seems to be a lot of hand holding with big arrows pointing where to go for each quests. Then at the same time they talk about how they are going to bring back the hard core raiding mentality with difficult 40 man raiding gear progression.
There are Cartoons out there that are specifically created for mature audiences.
Some are for the whole family (Loony toons/Bugs Bunny, Tom&Jerry etc.)
Cartoons are specifically created for a target audience just like movies and games or any other product on the market.
The actual content (what is the message) of the product is key here.
It has allot more to do with people being insecure about themselves it seems.
I see a bit of irony in the video to be honest. Ripper picked the explorer path, then he is given a giant arrow to follow for his quest. Am I the only one that does not think that is exploring?
The OP commented on more things then just visuals, and in all reality he is right, it appears to easy/simplistic.
Ok, so it's cartoony, yes, so is Anime and Hentai, and that's not for my 3 yr old to watch (then again, he most likely would ignore it, and just keeps playing with his trains cause he's not in to that stuff yet) call that for kids and i call u a perv
Handhelding, i can agree with, but what i think we all need to realise, is that all we've seen so far from Wildstar, is tutorial/starters area. So i get it, when there's handhelding there, as long as it moves up a bit when we get out of the newbie zone.
What i find far more interesting on Wildstar, are some questions that haven't been answered. F.i. This game gives u 6 active abilities, which is ok, if implemented right, but when u can see telegraphs with a mouse over, i wonder how i see m, when i use the keyboard for spell hitting? Does it mean i fire on release? then how do i cancel a spell? But ok, not gonna hyjack here, bottomline is don't complain about handholding in a game in the newbie zone
First s small giggle... Where i come from having something marketed towards the adult market would.., well... you know... have to be sold in a special roped off section or have a blank cover put over it.
Now on yo what you actually was talking about... To answer your question... No.. No it is not because adults are boring creatures that have left any sense of wonder and amazement behind, having it replaced with a dull nagging reminder of their own mortality and futility of everyday life.
WildStar is a game for the people who still enjoy life.
This have been a good conversation
Well considering the first part of the game is a tutorial, i'm not surprised if it seems like there is a lot of hand holding. From what iv'e seen the game gradually incresess in difficulty, mobs, telegraphs, dungeons and many other things becoming more intense and difficulty. Like telegraphs, all of them wont be your typical cone, line or circle, but a varitey of awkward hard-to-read shapes that make you sit there thinking "wtf", which i think quite a few people overlook. So i would say, make a judgement call when you see a bit more high level stuff or just watch some of the live stream of them doing dungeons and PvP
The amount of people patting themselves on the back for liking cartoons like anyone who doesn't like the art style is somehow close minded is pretty funny.
Just because someone doesn't like cartoon graphics in games doesn't mean they are trying to prove anything. Some people just don't like that style. Just like anime graphics which also do nothing for me. If you like that stuff, fine but it doesn't make me close minded for not liking it and liking my games more lifelike looking.