2010-03-05, 06:15 PM
[video=youtube;sbZr3hBdwMo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbZr3hBdwMo[/video]
Remember this baddie right here? A refresher: Doritos has this similar contest going on, except it's a challenge for game developers to come up with a neat-o game for Xbox Live Arcade incorporating the Doritos brand. I don't believe the prize was as big as the one Nexon was offering here, though. If you're watching the video here, you might think it sounds vaguely familiar. It is. It's Touhou. The creator pretty much just took whatever features he liked best from his favorite "SHMUPS" and then shoved them into this thing. He made it to the top 8 with that. Then- on the video I couldn't find: he presented the concept poorly, and was pretty much afraid to correct them on their misconceptions. "It's kind of a traditional Japanese RPG scrolling fighter", goddamn. My favorite part was when he described the way the bullets appeared on the screen: 'Big mess of crap'; and then when the judges laughed at his poor description, he apologized and said "Sorry, I'm from Texas". The judges had no clue what they were talking about when they started tossing around terms to use for this game like "traditional Japanese RPG" and one of them was totally clueless on what a "schmup" was.
I hope Nexon knows what they're going to be doing unlike the judges behind that; and I hope we don't see another pile of crap like "Skies Ablaze" get supported by Nexon. I'd like to see something good and truly original.
Remember this baddie right here? A refresher: Doritos has this similar contest going on, except it's a challenge for game developers to come up with a neat-o game for Xbox Live Arcade incorporating the Doritos brand. I don't believe the prize was as big as the one Nexon was offering here, though. If you're watching the video here, you might think it sounds vaguely familiar. It is. It's Touhou. The creator pretty much just took whatever features he liked best from his favorite "SHMUPS" and then shoved them into this thing. He made it to the top 8 with that. Then- on the video I couldn't find: he presented the concept poorly, and was pretty much afraid to correct them on their misconceptions. "It's kind of a traditional Japanese RPG scrolling fighter", goddamn. My favorite part was when he described the way the bullets appeared on the screen: 'Big mess of crap'; and then when the judges laughed at his poor description, he apologized and said "Sorry, I'm from Texas". The judges had no clue what they were talking about when they started tossing around terms to use for this game like "traditional Japanese RPG" and one of them was totally clueless on what a "schmup" was.
I hope Nexon knows what they're going to be doing unlike the judges behind that; and I hope we don't see another pile of crap like "Skies Ablaze" get supported by Nexon. I'd like to see something good and truly original.