The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.

Ninety Nine Nights 2: STEALTH RELEASE GO. Also Demo on XBL.

MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
edited July 2010 in Games and Technology
This game is now out. No one knew this.

There is a demo. This was also part of the stealth marketing campaign.

Well done, Konami.

XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI - PSN: Mercy XXVI
MayGodHaveMercy on
«1

Posts

  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    "WTF?" pretty much sums up my thoughts when I heard about it as well. If ever a game did not deserve a sequel...

    That said, I know nothing about the sequel. Sorry.

    Drez on
    Switch: SW-7690-2320-9238Steam/PSN/Xbox: Drezdar
  • AntihippyAntihippy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Does it suck?

    Only if you press the XXX and the YYY and the XXX and the YYY.

    Antihippy on
    10454_nujabes2.pngPSN: Antiwhippy
  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    To be honest, I've been looking forward to it. I enjoyed the first N3. It left a lot to be desired, but I felt it looked and played well. It was a prettier, bigger Dynasty Warriors, and that's exactly what I wanted. I played through each character's storyline before I traded it in. Not a whole lot of replay value, unfortunately. The one hands-on I did read says that it plays very similarly to N3, and also has some sort of level up system with selectable/purchaseable skills. So... sounds promising. But why the lack of ... any news or advertising whatsoever? And why the lack of reviews? :(

    MayGodHaveMercy on
    XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI - PSN: Mercy XXVI
  • Liquid GhostLiquid Ghost DO YOU HEAR THE VOICES, TOO?! Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Complete silence after a game is released usually doesn't bode well.

    That said, I liked the story of the first game. If they tuned down some of the stupidity in the boss battles and worked out some more interesting combat options and character upgrades/customization, I'll be happy.

    Liquid Ghost on
  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Does it have mid level checkpoints now?

    -SPI- on
  • BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    -SPI- wrote: »
    Does it have mid level checkpoints now?

    I would like to know this as well.

    Bartholamue on
    Steam- SteveBartz Xbox Live- SteveBartz PSN Name- SteveBartz
  • SixfortyfiveSixfortyfive Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Antihippy wrote: »
    Does it suck?

    Only if you press the XXX and the YYY and the XXX and the YYY.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOfUnxFGPY0

    Sixfortyfive on
    poasting something foolishly foolish.
  • FireflashFireflash Montreal, QCRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Drez wrote: »
    "WTF?" pretty much sums up my thoughts when I heard about it as well. If ever a game did not deserve a sequel...

    That said, I know nothing about the sequel. Sorry.

    Aside from boss battles I found the combat much more interesting than the borefest that is the Dynasty Warriors games.

    Fireflash on
    PSN: PatParadize
    Battle.net: Fireflash#1425
    Steam Friend code: 45386507
  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Fireflash wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    "WTF?" pretty much sums up my thoughts when I heard about it as well. If ever a game did not deserve a sequel...

    That said, I know nothing about the sequel. Sorry.

    Aside from boss battles I found the combat much more interesting than the borefest that is the Dynasty Warriors games.

    To be fair, I'm surprised any of the Dynasty Warriors series got sequels either.

    I never understood the love for these games.

    Drez on
    Switch: SW-7690-2320-9238Steam/PSN/Xbox: Drezdar
  • Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Looking forward to reviews of this, loved Dynasty warriors up to 5, just bought samurai warriors 3 for the wii. Hated the first ninety nine nights though.

    Canada_jezus on
  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Drez wrote: »
    Fireflash wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    "WTF?" pretty much sums up my thoughts when I heard about it as well. If ever a game did not deserve a sequel...

    That said, I know nothing about the sequel. Sorry.

    Aside from boss battles I found the combat much more interesting than the borefest that is the Dynasty Warriors games.

    To be fair, I'm surprised any of the Dynasty Warriors series got sequels either.

    I never understood the love for these games.

    I love the games and I couldn't tell you either

    Olivaw on
    signature-deffo.jpg
    PSN ID : DetectiveOlivaw | TWITTER | STEAM ID | NEVER FORGET
  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Looking forward to reviews of this, loved Dynasty warriors up to 5, just bought samurai warriors 3 for the wii. Hated the first ninety nine nights though.

    Has the THIS is why people bought n3 joke been posted yet?

    Cantido on
    3DS Friendcode 5413-1311-3767
  • Asamof the HorribleAsamof the Horrible Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    -SPI- wrote: »
    Does it have mid level checkpoints now?

    I would like to know this as well.

    same.

    for all the flaws that the first game had, I still enjoyed it a fair bit. I'm a little disappointed that they switched from a colorful whimsical fantasy setting a generic gritty grey setting, but meh

    apparently they added in puzzles too, that consist of moving boxes so you can jump on them to get to higher areas. horrible horrible move imo. I just want to smash shit! not be stopped by crappy puzzles for their attempt at variety

    Asamof the Horrible on
  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Drez wrote: »
    "WTF?" pretty much sums up my thoughts when I heard about it as well. If ever a game did not deserve a sequel...
    Two Worlds would like a word with you.

    OptimusZed on
    We're reading Rifts. You should too. You know you want to. Now With Ninjas!

    They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    So I've heard that none of the characters from the first game are in this one? And it's made by a different company?

    Why did they bother calling it N3 II instead of an original property then? Does that brand name really have anything behind it?

    Lars on
  • AlgertmanAlgertman Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I heard this game is extreeeeme. I love you guys.

    Algertman on
  • PureauthorPureauthor Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    Fireflash wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    "WTF?" pretty much sums up my thoughts when I heard about it as well. If ever a game did not deserve a sequel...

    That said, I know nothing about the sequel. Sorry.

    Aside from boss battles I found the combat much more interesting than the borefest that is the Dynasty Warriors games.

    To be fair, I'm surprised any of the Dynasty Warriors series got sequels either.

    I never understood the love for these games.

    I love the games and I couldn't tell you either

    You press buttons and things die. There's not a whole lot more to it than that.

    Pureauthor on
    SS FC: 1334 0950 5927
    Platinum FC: 2880 3245 5111
  • solsovlysolsovly Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I don't understand how this (or dynasty warriors) have such a stupidly simple combat system. The only thing I do in the game is beat up tens of thousands or soldiers and I have to use 3 combos the entire game? Give me God Hand customizable combos and we'll talk.

    solsovly on
  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I honestly don't know, part of me thought N3 was really cool, and the other part of me thinks that it was utter garbage. I've actually traded in that game and then bought it again months later when I saw it on sale. The only real thing stopping me from going and finishing it is the lack of checkpoints so you loose hours of time if you die on a boss.

    The characters look really cool, as expected from a korean production, and the world is kind of interesting. Well, not really, it's kind of generic shit. But maybe not... Sort of.

    Maybe I just want a real sequel to the first xbox Kingdom Under Fire (KuF2 is coming but it doesn't sound promising with all the development issues and talk of MMO). N3 I might permanently be on the fence with, it's kind of cool and kind of poop from a butt.

    -SPI- on
  • LucedesLucedes Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I always liked Dynasty Warriors, but I used to play it with my younger sister all the time, and it's definitely more fun in co-op. Multiplayer Co-op is the whole point of the game, as far as I'm concerned, and it was one of the few games you could find for PS2 that had multiplayer co-op that wasn't shooting things.

    Possibly one of the only games?

    Lucedes on
  • brynstarbrynstar Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I bought it. It exists. The combat is more smooth and chain-able than the first game. It has mid-level checkpoints now. It's a different story and different characters, but the world has the same feel.

    That's about all the relevant information I can think of. :)

    brynstar on
    Xbox Live: Xander51
    PSN ID : Xander51 Steam ID : Xander51
  • KazakaKazaka Asleep Counting SheepRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    brynstar wrote: »
    I bought it. It exists. The combat is more smooth and chain-able than the first game. It has mid-level checkpoints now. It's a different story and different characters, but the world has the same feel.

    That's about all the relevant information I can think of. :)

    Damn...

    This is some real under-the-radar stuff.

    I love Dynasty Warriors as well, and I seriously have no idea why. Examined objectively, the games are trash. But while I'm playing it's like "YYYYYYYYYEEEEAAAAAHHHHH MOTHA FUCKAS WASSUP NOW" *slashslashslash*

    Kazaka on
  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    brynstar wrote: »
    I bought it. It exists. The combat is more smooth and chain-able than the first game. It has mid-level checkpoints now. It's a different story and different characters, but the world has the same feel.

    That's about all the relevant information I can think of. :)

    It's so incredibly sad that that's really all I needed to hear. I do have the sense to at least try to find it for rent before I break down and buy it, though.

    MayGodHaveMercy on
    XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI - PSN: Mercy XXVI
  • FireflashFireflash Montreal, QCRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    brynstar wrote: »
    I bought it. It exists. The combat is more smooth and chain-able than the first game. It has mid-level checkpoints now. It's a different story and different characters, but the world has the same feel.

    That's about all the relevant information I can think of. :)

    Do attacks still become crazy and over the top as you get more powerful? I'm talking about stuff like that barbarian doing earthquakes and meteors in the first game.

    Fireflash on
    PSN: PatParadize
    Battle.net: Fireflash#1425
    Steam Friend code: 45386507
  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Fireflash wrote: »
    brynstar wrote: »
    I bought it. It exists. The combat is more smooth and chain-able than the first game. It has mid-level checkpoints now. It's a different story and different characters, but the world has the same feel.

    That's about all the relevant information I can think of. :)

    Do attacks still become crazy and over the top as you get more powerful? I'm talking about stuff like that barbarian doing earthquakes and meteors in the first game.

    From the short Hands-On I read, there are still some crazy attacks. It doesn't sound like you'll be doing those MEGA attacks that would wipe out several hundred enemies at a time, though. I think it's been toned down just a bit.

    MayGodHaveMercy on
    XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI - PSN: Mercy XXVI
  • KazakaKazaka Asleep Counting SheepRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Fireflash wrote: »
    brynstar wrote: »
    I bought it. It exists. The combat is more smooth and chain-able than the first game. It has mid-level checkpoints now. It's a different story and different characters, but the world has the same feel.

    That's about all the relevant information I can think of. :)

    Do attacks still become crazy and over the top as you get more powerful? I'm talking about stuff like that barbarian doing earthquakes and meteors in the first game.

    From the short Hands-On I read, there are still some crazy attacks. It doesn't sound like you'll be doing those MEGA attacks that would wipe out several hundred enemies at a time, though. I think it's been toned down just a bit.

    That guy's narration is utter garbage. He's like describing every game ever. "Cinematics move the story along..."

    Game actually looks pretty sweet though. I don't really like Galen 'cause he's got asymmetrical swords (yeah I have a problem).

    Kazaka on
  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    5 min Game play video


    Looks similar. He didn't use his "Orb Spark" in the video, though. I think that's the big attack.

    MayGodHaveMercy on
    XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI - PSN: Mercy XXVI
  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Kazaka wrote: »
    I don't really like Galen 'cause he's got asymmetrical swords (yeah I have a problem).

    Oh God me too!

    High-five!

    MayGodHaveMercy on
    XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI - PSN: Mercy XXVI
  • KazakaKazaka Asleep Counting SheepRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Kazaka wrote: »
    I don't really like Galen 'cause he's got asymmetrical swords (yeah I have a problem).

    Oh God me too!

    High-five!

    Woo!
    Vaguely obsessive-compulsive character designers represent.

    Kazaka on
  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    So does it actually have one million troops?

    Cherrn on
    All creature will die and all the things will be broken. That's the law of samurai.
  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Cherrn wrote: »
    So does it actually have one million troops?

    No, but it does have wan mirrion troops.

    Wow.

    Renzo on
  • KazakaKazaka Asleep Counting SheepRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Renzo wrote: »
    Cherrn wrote: »
    So does it actually have one million troops?

    No, but it does have wan mirrion troops.

    Wow.

    Damn dude


    that was just fucked up

    Kazaka on
  • Page-Page- Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    The demo showed that there was more rpg-ish stuff for the characters than in the first game, but the combat was about the same. And the one boss was just stupid to play against. If you're going to have a really imprecise camera and poor blocking or dodging mechanics then don't put put segments in the game where you have to block or dodge huge attacks that you can't see coming. Unless they were going for a Contra vibe, because you need to figure out the patterns through trial and error to get anywhere.

    But maybe the boss would have been easier in context, with better equipment and higher levels.

    Page- on
    Competitive Gaming and Writing Blog Updated in October: "Song (and Story) of the Day"
    Anyone want to beta read a paranormal mystery novella? Here's your chance.
    stream
  • DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I thoroughly enjoyed Ninety Nine Nights... after I played it the 8th or 10th time. The first time I played it I thought it was crap and took it out of my xbox and lost it. When I found it again I forgot about it totally and played it again... only to take it out and lose it again. I found it the third time and (I have a terrible memory btw) and played it... lost it. One day, when I had run out of any other games to play, I decided to try to dig into it and figure it out and played for three or four days, beat 4 or 5 of the campaigns, then traded it in for something else.

    I'm excited for N3-II.

    Dyvion on
    Steam: No Safety In Life
    PSN: Dyvion -- Eternal: Dyvion+9393 -- Genshin Impact: Dyvion
  • Zilla360Zilla360 21st Century. |She/Her| Trans* Woman In Aviators Firing A Bazooka. ⚛️Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Page- wrote: »
    The demo showed that there was more rpg-ish stuff for the characters than in the first game, but the combat was about the same. And the one boss was just stupid to play against. If you're going to have a really imprecise camera and poor blocking or dodging mechanics then don't put put segments in the game where you have to block or dodge huge attacks that you can't see coming. Unless they were going for a Contra vibe, because you need to figure out the patterns through trial and error to get anywhere.

    But maybe the boss would have been easier in context, with better equipment and higher levels.
    Yeah, totally, I was actually getting some enjoyment out of the demo up until that boss.

    Then I was all "Fuck this shit."

    I only tried it out of curiosity after watching that trainwreck of a press conference anyway. :lol:
    ONE MIRRION TROOPS!

    Zilla360 on
  • Zilla360Zilla360 21st Century. |She/Her| Trans* Woman In Aviators Firing A Bazooka. ⚛️Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Renzo wrote: »
    Cherrn wrote: »
    So does it actually have one million troops?

    No, but it does have wan mirrion troops.

    Wow.
    This is my new favourite E3 meme, even topping 'GIANT ENEMY CRAB'. :P

    Zilla360 on
  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Zilla360 wrote: »
    Renzo wrote: »
    Cherrn wrote: »
    So does it actually have one million troops?

    No, but it does have wan mirrion troops.

    Wow.
    This is my new favourite E3 meme, even topping 'GIANT ENEMY CRAB'. :P

    Ruv you guys.

    Renzo on
  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Yeah, so... demo out. How about that? Downloading it now...

    MayGodHaveMercy on
    XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI - PSN: Mercy XXVI
  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    The demo...no sir. I don't like it. Dynasty Warriors is so last decade.

    Cantido on
    3DS Friendcode 5413-1311-3767
  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Yeah... I mean, I loved Dynasty Warriors (4 and 5) and I felt N3 had a lot of potential, but the demo is definitely not selling me on the game. It's missing something, though I can't put my finger on what.

    MayGodHaveMercy on
    XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI - PSN: Mercy XXVI
Sign In or Register to comment.