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Information on the dark story of Sadness for the Wii

Sadness is a horror game made for the Wii. The game plays in black and white and the style goes towards photorealism which is to increase the realism of the game atmosphere.

SuperSaiyan46170d ago

Thank the heavens I got rid of my Wii, its getting soo hard for developers they can only make games in Black and White now? LMFAO!!

eclipsegryph6169d ago

Have you ever heard of art style/direction? The game is trying to set up an atmosphere, and obviously the developers think that black and white filters will help them with that.

You ever seen the two movie adaptations of "Lord of the Flies"? There's a black and white version, and a color version a few years later. The black and white version will always be my favorite, since it toyed with the themes of shadow and light in ways that the color version just couldn't match.

I guess this is one of those "don't knock it until you've tried it" situations.

gaffyh6169d ago

This game looks like it may be quite good, I like the fact that they are trying something different, but being all in Black & White, reminds of the PS1 days when I was trying to play US/Jap games without a SCART cable and it came out Black & White.

M_Prime6169d ago

this game has been in developement for a LONG time.. from what i recall the original team dropped it and it was picked up by a new team..

i think its going for the HORROR genre so it will be dark anyhow.. not like there is a lot of colour there anyways.. but looks good.. i'm glad people try new things.. i don't think i played a game in black and white b4.. i mean its different if the game was made in colour and cause of some errors shows up black and white but if its made to be black and white i think it can look pretty damn good..

we'll see when the final version comes out..

PS360WII6169d ago

you guys are seriously talking bad of a game becuase it's in black and white?... you've reached a new low guys really it's just sad...ness?

So when one wants to add a hint of suspence or a lack of help you can go into black and white to get a more realistic feeling of dread. When is bright and shiny scary?

This game DOES look like it'll be a fun horror survival game. Hope to hear more on it as well

ChickeyCantor6169d ago

The fact that allot of people here don't have a clue what it takes to make a good video game they just blindly follow the hype of one.

I remember a game...that was voor the PSP? if i recall, it was made by one man...and the whole game was in black and white but it looks amazingly stunning.
( was about a kid who had to survive some obstacles)

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9 Huge Games That Somehow Got Canceled

8CN: Games get canceled all the time, but rarely do we ever hear very much about them. Usually, they're canned well before the public is aware of their existence, with the studios quietly pushing the project under the rug (or recycling the work into new games entirely). These games however, failed pretty spectacularly.

Svinya3451d ago

Prey 2 sure looked interesting. The first one gave me motion sickness with the sudden inversions.

DragoonsScaleLegends3450d ago

The Legend of Dragoon 2 got canceled back in the PS1 era.

Adrian_v013450d ago

The first one's concept sounds amazing! I hope they, or someone gets back to it. The outlook should be different now with the new gen consoles...

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Sadness Should Stay Dead

CCC Says: "Sadness has been resurrected. Remember it? You're forgiven if you don't. It was originally Wii Vaporware. NIBRIS was going to make it for the Wii way, way back when the console was first announced in 2006, but it didn't happen. Instead, it officially drifted away into ephemeral vaporware in 2010. It came back to our attention on May 20, 2014, when HullBreach and Cthulhi said they wanted to revive the Sadness IP as a 2D RPG with puzzle elements in a NintendoLife interview. Except a day later, on May 21, it was revealed that there are four studios trying to call dibs on Sadness and that HullBreach and Cthulhi don't have the rights or access to the concept."

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HullBreach Studios and Cthulhi Games Retract Claim to Sadness IP

The Sadness IP is in the hands of a consortium with 4 studios currently fighting for the bid, and that while we at HullBreach and Cthulhi would like to make a competing bid and secure rights to Sadness, unfortunately we cannot at this time. Sorry to fans for any inconvenience.

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mikel10153634d ago

So 4 studios out of nowhere are now fighting over this game that has never gotten attention, nor any info? It just seems like they came to claim it from the hype the internet had because people heard it's returning. Maybe because of these four studios fighting over the game, maybe eventually someone will actually make the dang thing.

Mikito113633d ago

So they mis lead us... Got us hopeful again for no reason... Nice :(

stragomccloud3633d ago

This is exactly why I didn't get my hopes up. Freaking lame.