The guys over at ZTGD take a look at the recently released demo of Midway's upcoming Stranglehold for the XBox 360.
TNB: It is thanks to all the developers and publishers who made these games a reality, though you didn't get what you deserve, your hard-work and zeal to do things outside the box will never be forgotten.
Demon Souls underrated ? I don't think so. 1.7 copies sold (VG Chartz) and often considered as one of the greatest RPGs of this gen. I think the game has the recognition it deserves and has nothing to do on that kind of list, in my opinion.
Demons Souls definitely shouldnt be on the list, fantastic game, I kinda prefer it to Dark Souls, although I prefer Dark Souls for other reasons, both SUPERB games
Singularity was pretty good and underrated, and Warhammer 40k: SM, its really fun online
Some of the best games are remembered as being amazing due to having such great characters. It takes a lot of effort to make a cast of characters truly likable. Have you ever considered how much effort goes into creating just one character? They are carefully sketched countless times, modeled and animated, voiced... Their personality is carefully sculpted along with the story, and eventually the character comes to life.
Sometimes, however, developers can get away with skipping some of these steps. Maybe it's a marketing cash-in on a famous figure. Maybe it's use of a franchise license. Maybe the developers were just fanboys of certain people like the rest of us are. Whatever the reasoning, the fact remains that recognizable figures have been finding their ways into video games for years now. Here is a list of the ten most stylized of these figures: the ten that have been blown up into something truly special.
Gackt has quite a few characters based off him in the Final Fantasy series, namely Squall and Genesis (and probably other games). Could have done a little better than mostly sports game spinoffs and pop culture games though, I mean come on, they're a dime a dozen.
I'm surprised they put Gackt's Bujingai character on the list instead of Genesis from Crisis Core. More people know about Genesis than Lau, tbh.
Reportedly, two Hollywood writer types are working on a script for the film adaptation to John Woo Presents Stranglehold, which was a sequel to John Woo's Hard Boiled. Full circle, man. Now Hollywood is trying sequels out as games before they make them.
Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizio are currently writing the script (or "penning" it as the Hollywood Reporter likes to call the practice), but there isn't any news of casting. Nor is there any whether Chow Yun-Fat will even be a part of the film based on a game that is a sequel to a film.
Now if only someone will make a movie of Peter Jackson Presents King Kong: The Movie: The Game. It would be Peter Jackson Presents King Kong: The Movie: The Game: The Movie. Awesome.
Pretty cool, that reminds me, I need to finish Stranglehold at some point, pretty good game though.
well the game was actually pretty decent....wouldn't mind a sequel at all..dunno about the movie though unless the director of the game will also be directing the movie
Isn't Stranglehold based off the movie "Hard Boiled"? Or is it just a coincidence that they both include Chow Yun Fat and are directed by John Woo?
It's not on PSN yet, and I don't think it's coming out this Thursday.
Any 360 owners care to share impressions to those less fortunate demo-wise? :P It's a game I'm getting anyways because I loved hard-boiled, just curious to know how the gameplay holds up. The gameplay demonstrations didn't impress me and the action looks choppy from what I'm seeing in videos.
I think the graphics from a production standpoint looked undervelming, if you pay attention to the character shadowing you will see the same issue that was in hour of victory, and the shooting secueces are soo chaotic its hard to know where the enemies are.
JUST TELLING THE TRUTH
This is one the best demos I have ever played its long and after you beat it you unlock new powers for the next run through. My favorite power is the one where you can aim a shot with time slowed down gotta love the groin shots.
personally i thought the game play was good fun and all, but the graphics i didn't like.
Am i the only person who thought the character models looked very plastic and stiff, even the environments, somehow everything just looked very artificial. it did remind me of Hour of Victory and i am wondering if its cos it uses the unreal engine aswell.
with so many other games coming out, i am not sure this is a must have game, more of a rent game for me.