Compile Heart’s saucy console war anthropomorphisation RPG Neptunia, comically reviled in the western gaming press for not being filled with butch old hags ala Dragon Age and Mass Effect, is to receive a sequel in the form of Neptunia mk2, and early glimpses reveal the game is not only even sexier than before, it actually looks to have some rather nice graphics this time.
The impressive graphics (for a JRPG at any rate) have already enthused many.
The game itself is due for release in August of 2011 – no English language version has been announced, although if one is forthcoming it will presumably attract even lower scores.
Useless. If you are going to burn someone, at least add some flavor to it.
First two are just sad and pathetic.
Third one just tries to hard to ride the wave.
And to the last user....I mean...."Zing"...really? It doesn't sound like that to me; more like the Squeaaal of a little piggy. Go back to choir, zinger.
I'd elaborate; but sadly enought the R-Idiot rating is too high for you guys.
I won't say much, but I expect the same tribute/parodies of various videogame characters and scenarios, the shame 'shady' NPC's (that are literally NPCs), and the sweet yuri undertones between certain girls in this sequel...
Be sure to reserve your "Special Edition" copies from NISA like the previous one to receive extra goodies...
The last one that was a Deluxe Edition (different from the Special Edition) only sold in NISA's website had playing cards (along with a hard-cover, 60-page artbook) depicting all the girls in their normal and 'goddess' forms...
(Compa x Nep-Nep...I trust you all remember THAT scene that the reviewer was bitching about...Nothing like seeing two Disturbingly Sexualized Young ANIME Girls in that position...)
"because it works, why fix soemthign that isnt broken. and why are you even here?"
What do you mean by that..?
I merely complimented this wondrous game full of MOE~ goodness and reminded those interested to reserve their Special Edition copies of NISA's website to get the most goodies (artbook, OST CD, etc.)...
I never said anything about fixing anything...
And as for the reason I'm here...
Do I really need one..? You are here, are you not..? We are free to comment and give our thoughts on these articles, aren't we..?
Besides, I rarely comment unless an article catches my interest...
So don't worry about seeing me a lot if my presence is unwanted...
Well my dear Anonymous, it's not like I play it with a boner, but you know, cute is sexy, so every once in a while, they act so cutely they do trigger DEH BONEH! and it's easier to fap when they are already half naked... truly, it's more about their actions really, I get boners on extremely non-sexualized games, it's just harder to fap when u gotta imagine what's underneath, so this actually makes the mid-game fapping faster so u can go back to playing sooner... That's my logic at least. It's like mid-night snacks, you can't run into a wall if u leave them beside your bed =D
You actually liked the gameplay in the first one?...
I really liked the artstyle, but the writing was just too uninspired to me. Also the gameplay is just an unbalanced mess.... not that one needs to worry since the game was ridiculously easy most of the time. Or at least when the AI doesn't forget to heal characters on their own.
I'm already in love with HDN so i'll definitely get HDNMKII if it gets an english adaptation... and since it's NIS who's more than likely bringing it over since they brought over the first one... we'll get a sequal no doubt... they never dissapoint unlike NamdaiBanco >.>
I bought it to support 'em, since I'll play it eventually anyway. Right now I'm working on Cross Edge (Yeah... I know... work, ya know?) but I hear from my friends with a forlorn look downward that "Yeah the animations... are pretty bad..." I sincerely hope they've gotten the kinks out of their transition into 3D and are rising to the quality level. It's not even that hard to animate a halfway decent run cycle or a sectioned off 5-part jump for a game so they feel like they have some weight.
Maybe this time though they'll get someone to play it who actually has a modicum of interest in a JRPG. And someone tell me if they do, because I have to prepare for the monkeys flying out of my butt.
its about cost, iv played games with shitty animations, most aren't AAA because they have a budget... aside from anything elder scrolls, or fallout 3+
really its about getting a mocap studios help, or having really talented animators. the talent goes to big publishers, and most of the talent that creates animation from next to nothing doesn't exist any more.
mocap costs a fuck ton, and is why everyone who knows anything about it is excited about the kinect.
That's not really true. Decent animators are easier to come by than you might imagine. I'd like to believe I'm one of them, but I also notice there are those who are slower, less experienced, or get a little complacent in the jobs. A lot of it isn't whether the animator is good, but whether the workplace is good, the project is good, or the communication is good.
And motion capture isn't near as expensive as a small team of animators for a year unless you're hiring movie stars. The problem is motion capture isn't often a good solution for most games. We have to edit the shit out of most mocap data, and to give you an idea of how annoying that is, you know how 2D animators have to draw every frame? In 3D, once the model is done, you can do keyframes very quickly, and rely on the software to interpolate in an arc. Motion capture data we receive like 2D animations sometimes, with a keyframe every frame, which makes our jobs harder. It becomes problematic to work with, and the programs and methods we use that shave off keyframes still tend to sacrifice some initial quality.
I just had to animate several dance animations for example. They were only a few seconds long each, but they took two weeks of work for about 16 seconds. That's about as complex as you can get in games besides interacting characters. Would have taken longer without reference, of course, but that's why we have libraries of it.
And Kinect is impressive, but a long way from viable motion capture. It needs some tweaks to be reasonable. I personally would love to be able to use it to do my own mocap to get an animation started, but most of the animations you see in games are too short to make mocap viable. Most 1-2-second loops take more work to record, convert, and edit motion capture in most cases than it would be do to from scratch, depending on the case of course.
What is a "Good" review in your opinion then? A review is just an persons opinion on a game, just because you like a game that they gave a bad review does not make then a bad reviewer.
Its ez to say that, however, professional critics like these guys does influence customers. Sure, opinions are like assese, everyone has one. But opinions and reviews from people from GameInformer weighs more than say just a regular gamer.
Basically most of the western official reviews on this game was sexist based. It got low scores because the game was all about the sexualization of anime girls, not because of the gameplay or anything like that (I still have to play the game so I can't comment). Sure, gameplay might be an issue, but its not enough to give it like a 2. This would of been like a 6 or a 7. The sexualization aspect made the game a 2 in many of these reviewers mind.
Im just saying, reviewing the game and giving it a bad mark is fine. But dont give it a horrible mark because you find the game offensive. As a critic reviewer, ur job is to report on how it is or how bad it is, not on how it offended you.
You must really feel good knowing you "went and raged against the critics", buddy. Congratulations. Don't stroke that toothpick you call a penis too much watching these anime chicks eh?
A pedophile for ignoring the critics for really over blowing the sexualization, which in and of itself is an exaggerated joke? Good logic there, and ironic that a sheep calls someone else a sheep. You may die now, by the way.
Who said it was a rage against critics? And why are you showing such interest in my penis? What a pervert... now I know why you're doing this, you're trying to draw attention away from yourself. It's okay to be gay. We all understand, you're among friends. You don't have to feel ashamed for taking it up the ass.
Nice to see Bioware astroturfing over here. shouldnt you fags be on metacritic rating your own games?
zzzz....i look at neptunia and i just think : nice battle suit~
any dumbshit who wanks and that is just epic fail and weak
Shouldn't you pedofreaks be in jails getting assraped by inmates?
that'd be you, my dear .
or did your father make sure you didn't had to go there to get ass-raped?
this entire exchange was fucking depressing to read, you should both go hurt yourselves. god damn.
"His father was too busy fucking your mother and sister to do that."
Can't blame it for that .
With a mother like his,i'm sure the father needed some real woman once in a while !
fuahahahah!
Useless. If you are going to burn someone, at least add some flavor to it.
First two are just sad and pathetic.
Third one just tries to hard to ride the wave.
And to the last user....I mean...."Zing"...really? It doesn't sound like that to me; more like the Squeaaal of a little piggy. Go back to choir, zinger.
I'd elaborate; but sadly enought the R-Idiot rating is too high for you guys.
Bazinga.
His father was too busy fucking your mother and sister to do that.
ZING.
Fuck yeah! LOLI FTW eat that Ishihara!
Disturbingly sexualized my ass! Wait I meant that ass http://img4.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/misc-ero-x/neptunia-mk2-005.jpg.
-->face<--
That "Oh no, you are looking my butt" face is priceless.
It's okay they're lolis because they are video game systems.
that link doesn't go anywhere
I think Artefact killed it?
fuck yeah, give me some more "Disturbingly Sexualized Young Girls"
Disturbingly Sexualized Young anime Girls = win
Disturbingly Sexualized Young Anime Girls = MUST PLAY!
How about boring. Nothing new you retards.
btw how would you knwo if it ha snew stuff or not, there is almost no informarion abotu the new this now so you really have no clue.
This is the best news I have heard all year...
I won't say much, but I expect the same tribute/parodies of various videogame characters and scenarios, the shame 'shady' NPC's (that are literally NPCs), and the sweet yuri undertones between certain girls in this sequel...
Be sure to reserve your "Special Edition" copies from NISA like the previous one to receive extra goodies...
The last one that was a Deluxe Edition (different from the Special Edition) only sold in NISA's website had playing cards (along with a hard-cover, 60-page artbook) depicting all the girls in their normal and 'goddess' forms...
(Compa x Nep-Nep...I trust you all remember THAT scene that the reviewer was bitching about...Nothing like seeing two Disturbingly Sexualized Young ANIME Girls in that position...)
@Keitarou
Amen to that..! The previous reviewer forgot to include the ANIME part...
In anime, girls are eternally young, beautiful, perfect, and pretty much all things real women are not...
MOE~ at it's finest...And the various companies who made this game knows what the fans want!!!
@Anonymous 02:11 22/04/2011
"Why fix what's not broken?"
@Anonymous 02:21 22/04/2011
"because it works, why fix soemthign that isnt broken. and why are you even here?"
What do you mean by that..?
I merely complimented this wondrous game full of MOE~ goodness and reminded those interested to reserve their Special Edition copies of NISA's website to get the most goodies (artbook, OST CD, etc.)...
I never said anything about fixing anything...
And as for the reason I'm here...
Do I really need one..? You are here, are you not..? We are free to comment and give our thoughts on these articles, aren't we..?
Besides, I rarely comment unless an article catches my interest...
So don't worry about seeing me a lot if my presence is unwanted...
@Anonymous 01:50 22/04/2011
"SAME OLD,SAME OLD LOLI BORING SHIT FROM LAME ASS JAPAN.
They never come up with anything new."
The same could be said to American videogames with their steroid-induced cavemen and repetitive FPS...But enough of this..!
HAVE AT NEP-NEP!!!
Originality does not exist dear friend, everything has already been made.
Much unlike FPS games, which are the epitome of innovation.
Why fix what's not broken?
because it works, why fix soemthign that isnt broken. and why are you even here?
SAME OLD,SAME OLD LOLI BORING SHIT FROM LAME ASS JAPAN.
They never come up with anything new.
for me its
Disturbingly Sexualized Young Girls > Overly Buffed Old Men
anytime of day
where are these overly buffed old men?
I think you are imagining them
nier was ok, fighting papas ftw.
i suppose there's worse ..
think theyre talking about NIER, but come on that had Kaine in it
I find your lack of sexualized young girls disturbing.
Sexualized young girls have you? Share with Yoda you will.
are you questioning the existence of pixelphiles? :P
Sure I could pop a boner over the lolis in 004, 006, 016, and 019.
Well my dear Anonymous, it's not like I play it with a boner, but you know, cute is sexy, so every once in a while, they act so cutely they do trigger DEH BONEH! and it's easier to fap when they are already half naked... truly, it's more about their actions really, I get boners on extremely non-sexualized games, it's just harder to fap when u gotta imagine what's underneath, so this actually makes the mid-game fapping faster so u can go back to playing sooner... That's my logic at least. It's like mid-night snacks, you can't run into a wall if u leave them beside your bed =D
I can't stop fapping!! MUST PREORDER GAME!!
@anon02:36
"To each their own."
I'm curious, do you really get hard ons with these type of images? Do not misunderstand me, I find them cute, but they don't have any sex-appeal
God damn Megidola, every time, you leave me in stitches.
Seriously speaking, ain't the girls getting into puberty too early?
If you want something really disturbing try searching on the channel (guro,...) This game is not so disturbing.
A Needless chaacter has joined the fight to change US laws to make sex with little girls (age 7 and up) legal.
http://img3.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/misc-ero-x/neptunia-mk2-017.png
You know... Disk would actually do that.
Can you play with only 1 hand ?
it's an rpg, you can do everything with one hand
Go Disc!!
must buy! loved first one!!
You actually liked the gameplay in the first one?...
I really liked the artstyle, but the writing was just too uninspired to me. Also the gameplay is just an unbalanced mess.... not that one needs to worry since the game was ridiculously easy most of the time. Or at least when the AI doesn't forget to heal characters on their own.
Shit... If it comes out fo english, Ill buy it.
Fuck the reviews. They already proved that they can't review anything.
But they were right about the gameplay. It just wasn't that well made of a game.
But the girls, man. the giiiiirls.
That may be true, but if you read a lot of these people's reviews, thats not why this game got rated so low. Thats what Im having a problem with.
If you dont like the game, thats fine, but its another issue to be a critic/review and rate a game atrociously because it offended ur senses.
I'm already in love with HDN so i'll definitely get HDNMKII if it gets an english adaptation... and since it's NIS who's more than likely bringing it over since they brought over the first one... we'll get a sequal no doubt... they never dissapoint unlike NamdaiBanco >.>
I bought it to support 'em, since I'll play it eventually anyway. Right now I'm working on Cross Edge (Yeah... I know... work, ya know?) but I hear from my friends with a forlorn look downward that "Yeah the animations... are pretty bad..." I sincerely hope they've gotten the kinks out of their transition into 3D and are rising to the quality level. It's not even that hard to animate a halfway decent run cycle or a sectioned off 5-part jump for a game so they feel like they have some weight.
Maybe this time though they'll get someone to play it who actually has a modicum of interest in a JRPG. And someone tell me if they do, because I have to prepare for the monkeys flying out of my butt.
its about cost, iv played games with shitty animations, most aren't AAA because they have a budget... aside from anything elder scrolls, or fallout 3+
really its about getting a mocap studios help, or having really talented animators. the talent goes to big publishers, and most of the talent that creates animation from next to nothing doesn't exist any more.
mocap costs a fuck ton, and is why everyone who knows anything about it is excited about the kinect.
That's not really true. Decent animators are easier to come by than you might imagine. I'd like to believe I'm one of them, but I also notice there are those who are slower, less experienced, or get a little complacent in the jobs. A lot of it isn't whether the animator is good, but whether the workplace is good, the project is good, or the communication is good.
And motion capture isn't near as expensive as a small team of animators for a year unless you're hiring movie stars. The problem is motion capture isn't often a good solution for most games. We have to edit the shit out of most mocap data, and to give you an idea of how annoying that is, you know how 2D animators have to draw every frame? In 3D, once the model is done, you can do keyframes very quickly, and rely on the software to interpolate in an arc. Motion capture data we receive like 2D animations sometimes, with a keyframe every frame, which makes our jobs harder. It becomes problematic to work with, and the programs and methods we use that shave off keyframes still tend to sacrifice some initial quality.
I just had to animate several dance animations for example. They were only a few seconds long each, but they took two weeks of work for about 16 seconds. That's about as complex as you can get in games besides interacting characters. Would have taken longer without reference, of course, but that's why we have libraries of it.
And Kinect is impressive, but a long way from viable motion capture. It needs some tweaks to be reasonable. I personally would love to be able to use it to do my own mocap to get an animation started, but most of the animations you see in games are too short to make mocap viable. Most 1-2-second loops take more work to record, convert, and edit motion capture in most cases than it would be do to from scratch, depending on the case of course.
Hell yea. Reviews failed. That was a pretty decent RPG. I'm currently on my 2nd play through to unlock all the characters.
Right on! Stupid critics. They can't do some good reviews. I gotta buy this game!
What is a "Good" review in your opinion then? A review is just an persons opinion on a game, just because you like a game that they gave a bad review does not make then a bad reviewer.
Its ez to say that, however, professional critics like these guys does influence customers. Sure, opinions are like assese, everyone has one. But opinions and reviews from people from GameInformer weighs more than say just a regular gamer.
Basically most of the western official reviews on this game was sexist based. It got low scores because the game was all about the sexualization of anime girls, not because of the gameplay or anything like that (I still have to play the game so I can't comment). Sure, gameplay might be an issue, but its not enough to give it like a 2. This would of been like a 6 or a 7. The sexualization aspect made the game a 2 in many of these reviewers mind.
Im just saying, reviewing the game and giving it a bad mark is fine. But dont give it a horrible mark because you find the game offensive. As a critic reviewer, ur job is to report on how it is or how bad it is, not on how it offended you.
You are free to have an opinion, but you can't slander a product with false or misleading accusations such as "overly sexualized little girls".
Bleat on, you pedophile sheep.
@HouseLife
You must really feel good knowing you "went and raged against the critics", buddy. Congratulations. Don't stroke that toothpick you call a penis too much watching these anime chicks eh?
A pedophile for ignoring the critics for really over blowing the sexualization, which in and of itself is an exaggerated joke? Good logic there, and ironic that a sheep calls someone else a sheep. You may die now, by the way.
@ Anon 17:02
Who said it was a rage against critics? And why are you showing such interest in my penis? What a pervert... now I know why you're doing this, you're trying to draw attention away from yourself. It's okay to be gay. We all understand, you're among friends. You don't have to feel ashamed for taking it up the ass.
@HouseLife
It's good to see that you gayfags are admitting to being dickhumpers. Not ewveryone can be as admitting. Keep it up.
When It come to English, all the character will gain muscle.
They will also add 30 lbs age 10 years and talk with some stupid southern accent.
The only thing that will stay the same is that the game will continue to play like a pile of shit and sell to dorks.
and then all the climate that game have to offer goes to hell...