I actually never played Red Steel, but I know reviews were mixed. A handful of players said they liked it. And handful said they hated it. I’ve heard that about a lot of games, many of which I personally liked. Regardless, after seeing the above trailer, with its slick Prince of Persia cel-shaded graphics, I think I’ll plop money down on the sequel. Anyone else?
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I wonder what is the "destination playstation trailer" message at the very beginning of the video. Other than that, looks sweet for a Wii game – but rather mediocre for a PS3 one.
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Red Steel 2, $50.00
Motion Plus, $20.00
A decent third party Wii game, Priceless.
Since Red Steel 2 is Wii Motion+ only, it will HAVE to be bundled with a unit, so the price will be $59.99 for game and WM+.
Looking forward to it. Had a lot of fun with Red Steel at launch.
Well this one looks too good for a Wii game, I'm kind of suspicious…
Time will tell;-)
I REALLY want the game to look this good, but as people are saying… it seems doubful the Wii could pull off such smooth animations.
Looks like fun though.
Holy crap, I just realized he shot him in the face! Minus any blood of course. look at those mask shards fly!
ok you can have my money…
@ Jonkind
its obviously(?) a cut scene.
either way… of thats the style the cel-shaded graphics are taking, then i take back my previous comment.
@ Eden:
yea, they are probably taking the EA approach and having two versions. One with WM+ at 60 bucks and one without it at 50.
@droop4
Yeah, I realize it's in all likelihood a cutscene. I just WANT it not to be. If it was on the 360/PS3 I'd believe it was real based on how great Prince of Persia looks, also by Ubisoft.
Couple of things…
1) I had to laugh a bit at the "#1 3rd Party Launch Title on the Wii" line….not exactly a lot to brag about.
2) Can we please stop having Wii commercials/trailers where they show the person playing it, because I've yet to see one where the people playing the game don't look completely idiotic.
3) As far as the game itself, it looks like a HUGE improvement over the first one. I've gone from not really caring to now I'll probably pick it up.
After getting burned by the sh!t that was Red Steel, I dont feel like giving any more money to Ubisoft. That is, unless the game turns out ot be terrific, only then will it be worth buying.
In other words, it looks good, but so did Red Steel and it turned out to be crap, so my wallet is not ready just yet to be convinced….
Yeah, what's up with that? When I saw this on Joystiq and YouTube, there were a lot of comments on that Destination PlayStation banner, even though this is a game specifically designed for the Wii.
Oh well. It's pretty badass. But right now, The Conduit is a lot closer to reaching then a badass holiday release.
it's a cut scene? ugh- so misleading. didn't gearbox and EA get a little wrist-slapping for passing the pre-rendered thing as gameplay? isn't that what this would be?
also, it's creepy that he smiles before the final headshot…
Heyyyy no credit? I twittered this to you!
I dunno, I think this could potentially be real-time footage. I think the Wii can handle it. No More Heroes had a similar art style…not quite as polished, but close. And consider how simple all of the details in the environments are.
Of course, I could be wrong, too.
Anyway, I love what I see! It's such a huge improvement over Red Steel and the art style is just perfect. I'll wait to see more before I determine whether or not I wish to buy it, but it's looking promising.
And if it's worth anything, I'm a cel-shading nut. I think Wind Waker is one of the artistically best games in existent, and games like MadWorld, Viewtiful Joe, and Okami do things creatively that just aren't convincing otherwise. Since the Wii is underpowered when compared to its competition, I like to see developers taking this kind of approach. Good on you, Ubisoft!
I'll admit, that was a pretty cool trailer.
I still have my doubts, but I'd be pretty pleased if this lives up to the hype. I'll have to wait and see – until now, most of the "motion control" examples we see in example have had no relation to the actual product, but motion plus might change that.
Ubisoft has my attention now.
Trailer is down… I didn't see it, Grah.
Good thing I downloaded it with Keepvid.com!