Azure Phoenix
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It's probably best if all Ridge Racer fans try to pretend this isn't happening, my blood boils every time I think about it.PepsimanVsJoe said:
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Ridge Racer Unbounded Announced (BugBear, PC/PS3/360) - Drive, Destroy, Dominate
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Sho_Nuff82
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So the Namco girl steps out of her Ridge Racer car into a Midnight Club-mobile and kills a cab driver? Never been a fan of Ridge Racer but that's kind of bizarre.twinturbo2 said:
Capcom: Uhhhhh...I don't know, man. Don't know WTF I'm going to DO, man!
Random Dude: Well, what are your options?
Capcom: Well, I can trot the same ole, same ole Ridge Racer whore out and make her dance for her dinner one more time. No surprises there...
Random Dude: Or?
Capcom: Or, I can give it to these guys that may actually do something worthwhile with the franchise.
Random Dude: That doesn't sound so bad.
Capcom: Naaaaah, man...you don't understand! It's going to be fucking terrible! They're great developers, but no one really played their games! Especially those freaks that haven't given up on the RR franchise. I mean, it's been years since we've done anything interesting with the property!!! The vocal minority is going to be absolutely deafening!!!
Random Dude: Oh...hmmm...I see your point. Well, let me ask you a question.
Capcom: Go on...
Random Dude: Do you want folks bitching now, and talking about how awesome it is later? Or do you want folks kinda' stoked about it now, and wanting to shove a pitchfork up your ass and the rest of Japanese gaming industry later?
Capcom: The first one...
Random Dude: Give it to Bugbear.
Random Dude: Well, what are your options?
Capcom: Well, I can trot the same ole, same ole Ridge Racer whore out and make her dance for her dinner one more time. No surprises there...
Random Dude: Or?
Capcom: Or, I can give it to these guys that may actually do something worthwhile with the franchise.
Random Dude: That doesn't sound so bad.
Capcom: Naaaaah, man...you don't understand! It's going to be fucking terrible! They're great developers, but no one really played their games! Especially those freaks that haven't given up on the RR franchise. I mean, it's been years since we've done anything interesting with the property!!! The vocal minority is going to be absolutely deafening!!!
Random Dude: Oh...hmmm...I see your point. Well, let me ask you a question.
Capcom: Go on...
Random Dude: Do you want folks bitching now, and talking about how awesome it is later? Or do you want folks kinda' stoked about it now, and wanting to shove a pitchfork up your ass and the rest of Japanese gaming industry later?
Capcom: The first one...
Random Dude: Give it to Bugbear.
chaostrophy
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What's next? Hood-mounted machine guns in the next Outrun game?
so you're saying that this is all an elaborate attempt by capcom to sabotage namco's ridge racer franchise
leaving that aside, if this direction alienates ridge racer fans (and the teaser seems almost calculated to do so), and perhaps interests people who are hostile or indifferent to ridge racer, WHAT'S THE VALUE OF CALLING IT RIDGE RACER?
i haven't played any of bugbear's games, i'm perfectly willing to believe they're a competent developer, and it's fine if namco wants to make a nu-skool arcade racer. but this is clearly a grotesque misuse of a brand, and it isn't even going to help bugbear finally -- it's a product with the wrong label on it
leaving that aside, if this direction alienates ridge racer fans (and the teaser seems almost calculated to do so), and perhaps interests people who are hostile or indifferent to ridge racer, WHAT'S THE VALUE OF CALLING IT RIDGE RACER?
i haven't played any of bugbear's games, i'm perfectly willing to believe they're a competent developer, and it's fine if namco wants to make a nu-skool arcade racer. but this is clearly a grotesque misuse of a brand, and it isn't even going to help bugbear finally -- it's a product with the wrong label on it
Lost in all the hubub about how terrible people think this looks is the fact that this is Namco's first PC game in 4 years. Their last was a Warhammer game they presumably published as an experiment, so this is their first (ahem) "main" franchise game on the PC in... a very long time.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
chaostrophy said:
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Wrong. R4s style was totally different than any of the ridge series. Ahead of it's time really. It's absurd that in a industry that's supposed so be full of "creativity" that they'll try to cash in on fads that are already growing stale instead of crafting something from their own history.gkryhewy said:
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
A name is just a name. Although had it been called Destruction Derby this thread would have gone to 11.faridmon said:
Dammit, Namco. you could just re-release R4 without any enhancements at all and it would still be better reviewed and commercially received than any other efforts for the franchise in the last 13 years.
Seriously, make a game that properly iterates on R4 or just remake it. Stop trying anything else.
Seriously, make a game that properly iterates on R4 or just remake it. Stop trying anything else.
Lagspike_exe
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Opiate said:
I think that's mostly down to Bugbear. If this was done by a Japanese team, it would have been PS360.
What was the name of that dissolved European dev team that did Terminator and some other awful games? Apparently, they had a Final Fantasy game in development which was PC/PS3/360 as well.
PepsimanVsJoe
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They could have just called it Unbounded: Triple Ds or whatever.
But NNOOOOOOOOO
Japan sucks.
Europe sucks
America sucks.
The whole fucking world fucking sucks.
Look this is the way I see it. Namco is already putting Ridge Racer 3DS out, and they're sure to follow up with a Ridge Racer on the PSP2 (NGP can get fucked).
So that means handheld-GAF is gonna be all up ins posting their stupid smirking smilies and being all "hell yeah...handheld gaming is the only gaming that matters."
See but I don't wanna play games on handhelds. I kind of have to because there's some goodass games but handhelds stink. I'm never comfortable playing them and in one hour of handheld play I do everything from sitting, standing, lying down, lying against something, bent over, rolling around, attempted backflips. Thing is it looks more like I'm fighting off a face-hugger rather than playing a handheld.
R4 is overrated as well. Yeah it was awesome as hell...back in whatever year it came out. Time to move on.
But NNOOOOOOOOO
Japan sucks.
Europe sucks
America sucks.
The whole fucking world fucking sucks.
Look this is the way I see it. Namco is already putting Ridge Racer 3DS out, and they're sure to follow up with a Ridge Racer on the PSP2 (NGP can get fucked).
So that means handheld-GAF is gonna be all up ins posting their stupid smirking smilies and being all "hell yeah...handheld gaming is the only gaming that matters."
See but I don't wanna play games on handhelds. I kind of have to because there's some goodass games but handhelds stink. I'm never comfortable playing them and in one hour of handheld play I do everything from sitting, standing, lying down, lying against something, bent over, rolling around, attempted backflips. Thing is it looks more like I'm fighting off a face-hugger rather than playing a handheld.
R4 is overrated as well. Yeah it was awesome as hell...back in whatever year it came out. Time to move on.
Unknown One
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It's so sad that this news is making the 3DS version is looking good about now...
Rhazer Fusion
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This just further proves my fear of this industry in the future. Changing games around so they will cater to the....mainstream, short attention span gamers. As someone said, Outrun Demolition-Apocalypse styles will probably be next.
SolidSnakex
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Alcahest said:
That's not really surprising. Look at the quote in the OP from the director of RR3DS. He doesn't seem all that fond of this game.
GitarooMan
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In what way?Dan Yo said:
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Rhazer Fusion said:
The brilliant thing is right now that some dude at Sega is probably mulling over Full Auto 3 but they'll decide it needs a better IP to sell more.
I can see "Outrun-and-Gun" already. The first trailer will use the phrase "Outrun this, bitch" while some shitty rock band wails over in the background.
I'm guessing no-one in Japan learnt anything from Bomberman Zero.
Whaaa @ trailer.
When I saw the logo, I thought for a second it said "Need for Speed: Underground", not Ridge Racer Unbounded.
Sigh, I was hoping they'd finally put car damage into the next RR, and more variety in the tracks, but the ideas they're throwing around makes it sound very Un-Ridge like.
Oh well. I hope they keep the classic drift mechanic and the music, at least.
When I saw the logo, I thought for a second it said "Need for Speed: Underground", not Ridge Racer Unbounded.
Sigh, I was hoping they'd finally put car damage into the next RR, and more variety in the tracks, but the ideas they're throwing around makes it sound very Un-Ridge like.
Oh well. I hope they keep the classic drift mechanic and the music, at least.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Ooooooooooooooooooooooookaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay....
That teaser was unimpressive. :/
That teaser was unimpressive. :/
That's a very good point, although their acquisition of Atari (Or one of them, Europe I think), is probably more to do with this than anything else.Opiate said:
That said, why didn't Namco Bandai just buy the Flatout IP and call it that instead? After all, this is frankly a Flatout game hilariously tagged as a Ridge Racer, which doesn't make any sense.
Anyway, as I like Flatout, and Bugbear, I'll buy this most probably, but I can see why RR fans are a bit pissed right now.
Community Forum
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This saddens me to no end.
Maybe I'll just delete my save data and start Ridge Racer 7 again. That game is the bee's knees.
Maybe I'll just delete my save data and start Ridge Racer 7 again. That game is the bee's knees.
Like I said earlier r4 style meets classic ridge gameplay. Or the optimum would be cross balancing all play styles from all the ridge games and throwing them all in tracks expanding from the true ridge city into r4s countrysides. I don't even know why they are bothering with a full release honestly. Ridge would be perfect for psn/live/steam.gkryhewy said:
DidntKnowJack
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Ugh. If true, WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO MY RIDGE RACER?!?!?
Truespeed
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One thing I've never liked about Ridge Racer is how the car behaves after touching the barrier. The amount of speed that's scrubbed is just ridiculous - it's like coming to a complete stop. This is why Ridge Racer needs a fresh perspective from another developer - so that they break the cycle of game breaking mechanics that have been inherited from the very first Ridge Racer.
SolidSnakex
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Truespeed said:
They're actually fixing that issue in RR3DS.
TxdoHawk said:
Good food is good food, too. But when you order your favorite burger and get served a chicken sandwich instead, it's annoying. It doesn't matter whether or not it's a good chicken sandwich - it's still not what you wanted.
That's how I feel about this game. It may turn out to be a great game, but it's still not Ridge Racer. And I want more real RR games from Namco. They've always been a favorite of mine, and Namco's the only company who can produce those. This just feels like another one of these halfassed attempts to appeal to Western audiences - bring in a Western dev to 'reinvent' the franchise (read: crank out an open world racer because they seem to sell better than traditional arcade-style racing games in the West nowadays), then shoehorn in some RR-style car designs (and Reiko Nagase), slap the RR name on it, and call it a day.
SolidSnakex
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Truespeed said:
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