TGS 2009: Quantum Theory Update

mastiffchild - 52 days 20 hours ago

QT is one of those games that people want to dislike. Whether it's the Gears comparisons or ragging on the stupidly named meathead main char and I've never quite got why people want it, or seem to want it, to fail so badly.

There's more to the combat than I imagined already and as it's only half done there's plenty of room for more improvement and all the while those enviroments are looking better and better. With some of the promised texture improvements it might look much better by the time we get a release out of them(though Q1 is VERY optimistic, IMO). Dissapointingly splitscreen is left out(again!)but if they only look at two online modes they might as well not bother at all-I realise this shooter thing is a new effort for Tecmo but, still, they need a LOT more than a TDM and DM variant in todays market.

Still, much more promising than some of the post TGS reports led me to feel it would look right now(though understandably if people were comaring this to a finished Gears, as seems the fashion, it WOULD seem a little unpolished atm wouldn't it?)and , given polish, better enemy AI and, importantly, some better online modes(and more really) it could surprise people. It'll have a different play style to western shooters in some ways(bound to) so we don't know how exactly it's going to tyrn out just yet so I'd not write it off just yet.

Better to have lower expectations and be pleasantly shocked than go the "Haze" route anyway. I do feel, however, that a lot of people just saw it the first time, dism,issed it as a Gears clone and decided to hate on it without giving it a real chance. Besides there is no real TPS exclusive to the PS3 so there could be a decent market for the game if it's half decent.

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talltony - 52 days 20 hours ago

not quite sold on this game yet, but he said its only 50% done.

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Doletskaya - 52 days 19 hours ago

The multiplayer part of it sounds really lame.But after all,its tecmo thats developping the game,so I really don't expect much from this game from day one.I really wish they just copied GoW2 rather than made their own stuff.The majority of Japanese PS3 owners don't like shooters,while this game won't succeed in other regions either unless it got a decent multiplayer.

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The gaming GOD - 52 days 17 hours ago

So far the game looks fine and worth buying to me

But remember back last year. From software introduced demon soul's for the ps3 and ninja blade for the 360. I remember CLEARLY how everyone was trying to hype ninja blade as a ninja gaiden (and more) kind of game while people CONSTANTLY said every bad thing about demon souls they could come up with

Fast forward a year. Ninja blade turns out average and is considered a flop by both review and game sales standpoint. And demon soul is on the verge of being considered being one of the greatest games of all time.

Point of the rambling, you can never be too sure of what game is good and what game is crap until you play it yourself. The only review and sale that should EVER count to you is your OWN

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Doletskaya - 52 days 8 hours ago

I really want to give this game a chance,but from the tone of the developer when he was talking about multiplayer,it seems like he doesn't even plan to focus on multiplayer or make it as great as the singleplayer.To me,if this game doesn't have a decent multiplayer,I may rent it or simply just pass it.

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Nuri - 52 days 8 hours ago

Hmm, my eyes are still on this game though just not as heavily as say a few other games. I'll give it the fact that it looks interesting so far, but other than that I'll just wait for a while until I pass judgment for myself as to whether or not I'll spend money on it (which I'll probably end up doing) or renting it.

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Rmagnus - 52 days 8 hours ago

first time i saw Demon Soul i was laughing at the bad animation, the clumsy rolls etc. Demon Soul later turn out to my fave game this gen so far

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gareno - 52 days 7 hours ago

so if this game is 50% and coming out in Q1 of 2010 thats only a couple months away, i hope this game gets delayed for a couple reasons 1) Q1 of 2010 is flooded 2) this game needs way more polishing and more online modes and coop!!!

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Doletskaya - 52 days 7 hours ago

And apparently,this game isn't getting any first-party support from Sony.Guess even Sony knows Tecmo can't come up with anything ground-breaking or outstanding,especially for shooters.And your right.How can a game be only 50% finished when it has only half a year before its release date.I suspect that we are looking at a major flop here.

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MattOG711 - 52 days 7 hours ago

I saw this game live in person at E3, and came away very impressed.

Comparing this game to Gears is like comparing Halo 3 to Resistance 2. Yeah they are both shooters, and yeah they are cover based but Quantum Theory is a very unique title.

Also, I've played both Gears 1/2 and while the gameplay is very good, the game is missing a lot in terms of story and enviorment.

Quantum Theory has levels that are always changing, a great art style, and a interesting story. The gameplay has a interactive AI/combo-style fighting.

I think this game has a lot of potential to be very solid.

One Question:
At E3, The Director told me they changed the name to just "Quantum" and now it's back to Quantum Theory?

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Ninjamonkey - 52 days 6 hours ago

Right now this game graphically at least isnt looking great.

But they said that theyre working on the textures so to be honest i will reserve judgement unitl its released, or until we see gameplay footage representitive of the final game.

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DigitalAnalog - 52 days 1 hour ago

So, I see some benefit. PS3 exclusive version of Gears of War, count me in! First-day purchase.

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NegativeCreep427 - 52 days 7 hours ago

The first couple seconds of gameplay shown in the background almost had me completely fooled; I thought they were just showing Gears of War 2 with the television set's brightness and contrast reduced.

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