Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread

[Pyro]

Originally Posted by K.D!

I'm not sure about NA but Nintendolife have just tweeted that the Resident Evil: Revelations demo will be available in the European eShop from tomorrow (along with Cooking Mama 4) which seems about right given that the full game releases here in just over a week.

Yeah a bunch of sites are reporting that the demo is gonna be available tomorrow. It's about flippin' time.

You Europeans get the full game about a week or so earlier than us though.

[dumaz1000]

I still say that if you are a fan of console-quality games; of so-called "hardcore/dedicated" games on a handheld device, that Splinter Cell 3D is the best game on the 3DS. Impressive, both as a handheld game, and for the way in which it utilizes 3D in a mature "life-like" setting. There is nothing on the 3DS like it. And yet, the game was largely panned, and that baffles me. It has a PSP-1000 control scheme, which the NDS rarely even utilized. Using face buttons as a de facto second analog stick. If you had never owned a PSP before, it might feel initially awkward, but still--. I don't get it. The game retails for 19.99 now, I think. I suppose the plot is convoluted and doesn't make enough sense, but I never really saw anyone complaining about that particular shortcoming.

Anyway, Resident Evil will obviously bypass Splinter Cell 3D. I'd be shocked if it didn't. Resident Evil is going to cost 49.99 though. I'm buying the game anyway. Prices don't concern me anyway; only quality of the game.

[backtothis]

Demo for RER is now available in Europe and the US.

[Fireball926]

Originally Posted by backtothis

Demo for RER is now available in Europe and the US.

Demo's mind blowing to me because of how underrated the graphical capabilities are on the 3ds. Take that haters

[backtothis]

Just realized I've never shared my friend code here. Add me guys: 2363-5700-7791.

[squarezero]

Originally Posted by Fireball926

Demo's mind blowing to me because of how underrated the graphical capabilities are on the 3ds. Take that haters

Frankly, I was underwhelmed. Visually it's not that much of a step up from Dead Space or Shadowgun on iOS (at least on my 4S) and I can easily think of better looking games on the PSP. I particularly found the atmosphere to be rather lacking for a survival horror game -- few particle effects (though the ballroom had nice fog), no persistent blood, no decay effects, etc. The cut scenes are pretty but pre-recorded and clearly made with a different engine. Outside of the cut scenes, character animation is pretty stiff, with canned moves for things like picking up objects. The controls are okay, but unless you have eight fingers on your right hand forget about using the touch screen for camera movement (a big flaw on other DS shooters). Creature design was top-notch (as you would expect on a RE game) but the monsters were so well lit that they weren't really that scary, just annoyingly resilient. Oh, and the 3D was woefully underutilized: depending on your perspective that's either a plus or a minus.

Now, if this were $12 iOS game, or a $20 downloadable one, I would think it looked great. But at $50 it needs to be compared with full console titles (or in my case, OnLive/PC games). I paid $50 for DeusEx: Human Revolutions, which blows this game away in every possible way. I paid much less for Arkham Asylum, Borderlands, and Splinter Cell Conviction, etc. Since I play 3DS games on my couch most of the time, the portable aspect of the experience does little for me.

After playing through the demo, I am far more excited by game like the Tales of the Abyss port.

[Fireball926]

Originally Posted by squarezero

Frankly, I was underwhelmed. Visually it's not that much of a step up from Dead Space or Shadowgun on iOS (at least on my 4S) and I can easily think of better looking games on the PSP. I particularly found the atmosphere to be rather lacking for a survival horror game -- few particle effects (though the ballroom had nice fog), no persistent blood, no decay effects, etc. The cut scenes are pretty but pre-recorded and clearly made with a different engine. Outside of the cut scenes, character animation is pretty stiff, with canned moves for things like picking up objects. The controls are okay, but unless you have eight fingers on your right hand forget about using the touch screen for camera movement (a big flaw on other DS shooters). Creature design was top-notch (as you would expect on a RE game) but the monsters were so well lit that they weren't really that scary, just annoyingly resilient. Oh, and the 3D was woefully underutilized: depending on your perspective that's either a plus or a minus.

Now, if this were $12 iOS game, or a $20 downloadable one, I would think it looked great. But at $50 it needs to be compared with full console titles (or in my case, OnLive/PC games). I paid $50 for DeusEx: Human Revolutions, which blows this game away in every possible way. I paid much less for Arkham Asylum, Borderlands, and Splinter Cell Conviction, etc. Since I play 3DS games on my couch most of the time, the portable aspect of the experience does little for me.

After playing through the demo, I am far more excited by game like the Tales of the Abyss port.

Shadowgun and dead space don't have any of the depth this does. Don't forget the 3ds is early game wise... graphics will probably get much better latter on with better engines. I still think its a good demonstration of one beautiful looking portable games

[5duc29]

Originally Posted by Fireball926

Shadowgun and dead space don't have any of the depth this does. Don't forget the 3ds is early game wise... graphics will probably get much better latter on with better engines. I still think its a good demonstration of one beautiful looking portable games

Never thought about Dead Space (iOS) for 3ds but if they add that it'll be awesome. Too bad it will probably never happen

[MidianGTX]

The Resident Evil graphics, while decent, look like they've had a noticeable downgrade from early images/videos. I'm not as impressed as I wanted to be.

[squarezero]

Originally Posted by Fireball926

Shadowgun and dead space don't have any of the depth this does. Don't forget the 3ds is early game wise... graphics will probably get much better latter on with better engines. I still think its a good demonstration of one beautiful looking portable games

I was referring specifically to the graphics, not gameplay. Then again , from what we saw on the demo, Dead Space is no slouch in the gameplay department. Heck, Jill can barely run .

But my point, again, is that you need to compare apple to apples. RE is $50.00 game -- pretty much AAA priced -- and from what we saw in the demo, it's not really delivering a AAA experience. That doesn't mean that the final game won't be worth playing, however, especially for RE fans.

@MidianGTX: yeah, compared to those videos that came out when the 3DS was announced, the demo looks like significant downgrade.