We know that Genji didn't fare very well in the eyes of critics and gamers alike. Some will forgive the game, as it was no more than a launch title. Others will keep a grudge, vowing never to play a mediocre game again (so... they'll play about five games a year?). However! For people on both sides of the lawn there is hope, as Yoshiki Okamoto, executive producer of Genji (and brains behind Street Fighter), promises that the next title will harness much more of the Playstation 3's power. Will it be Street Fighter 4?! No.The new title in the works will be using the same engine used to create Genji. Hopefully they'll get rid of the invisible walls, though. Whether or not it will be a new title in the same series, Okamoto would not say. He did say how the development team is used to programming for the PS3 now and is excited to see how much more they can do. He said, "If Genji shows what we can achieve with a launch title then think what we will be able to do in the years to come, when we are harnessing the true power of PlayStation 3." Yeah, Genji was pretty gorgeous, but the gameplay kind of fell on its face. Not entirely, but it wasn't "new"... or "fresh"... or something. A good game, a great launch game, but a mediocre next-gen experience? Whatever, you get the idea.
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1-18-2007 @ 4:14PM
Szu said...
Well, whatever the game is, it better have some giant enemy crabs.
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1-18-2007 @ 4:27PM
PS-ft... said...
Say what you want about Genji, but it DID have real-time weapon-change. I hope they find the time to implement it into further titles as well.
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1-18-2007 @ 5:19PM
LunarDuality said...
Doesn't this seem like a "no sh!t" moment? I would sincerely *hope* that with the experience of building Genji under their belt, the team could harness more of the PS3's power the 2nd time around.
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1-18-2007 @ 7:17PM
SuicideNinja said...
"promises that the next title will harness much more of the PlayStation 3's power. "
As with internet naivite, patience only dissipates in time.
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1-19-2007 @ 1:28AM
JK said...
Personally, if next-gen titles play just as good as the best of the last-gen, I'm satisfied. Considering your hands can only manage so many buttons on a controller anyway, "new" gameplay isn't going to be that much more different than last-gen. It's about the graphics and sound and load times and immersiveness. Until we can hook our minds directly into a game, that's about as close as you'll get. If Devil May Cry 4 and Metal Gear Solid 4 or Final Fantasy XIII plays the same as their last titles, then I'm pretty satisfied.
Btw, just a question, but wasn't Genji mediocre even on PS2?
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1-19-2007 @ 2:21AM
Alijah Green said...
maybe he didn't understand the 4th dimension. ps the invisible walls is the 4th dimension
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1-19-2007 @ 3:28AM
FoneBone said...
huh - So the next game from the Genji devs will be BETTER?!? Thats WONDERFUL news guys. Can't wait.
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1-19-2007 @ 11:30AM
Pointing_and_Laughing said...
Awsome, more promises of POTENTIAL. I shudder to think what these games would have been like had Sony not delayed this system.
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1-20-2007 @ 12:12AM
Thomas said...
Genji imo, is a beautiful game.. I definitely don't want them to give up on it.. I bed they didn't even use 25 percent of the ps3's power...
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