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July 19, 2015   Wii U   27 Comments

Itadaki is Blaming poor Critical Reception to Devil’s Third on Player Skill

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In a move that is never a good idea from a game developer or publisher, Tomonobu Itagaki, has blamed some of the poor reception Devil’s Third is getting to the player’s skill.

[ about previews ]Guys,At last, I was be able to understand about the reactions.Devil’s Third is the game which reflects the player’s skill directly/vividly.This is truth.

Posted by Tomonobu Itagaki on Saturday, July 18, 2015

I don’t know about this one Itagaki, the game has some framerate issues from what I’ve heard. I’ll see for myself when I play the game.

Author: Francis@PE (19166 Posts)


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  • Kris Godwin

    Itagaki going into full-on damage control mode.

    The game is bad. Just admit it. Anyone with functioning eyeballs can see that. It spent five years in development hell, with three engine switches and a switch of formats.

    Blaming the previewers’ supposed lack of skill and the Wii U GamePad is just petty and ridiculous.

    Maybe the online multiplayer will fare better, but the single-player mode is simply unacceptable. Ugly visuals, erratic framerate, glitches galore and humdrum gameplay are all very evident.

    Again, like I said in another thread, I’ve already got Devil’s Third paid-off (for collection’s sake), but I’m not blinded to its glaringly-obvious faults.

  • Saleem Rasul Abdul Aziz

    Lolz Itagaki is hilarious,The game is up there with Too Human IMHO. That too was a deeply flawed game but once you learnt how to play it it became very fun.

    This game is definitely not what we expected it to be, I will chalk that up to Itagaki and Valhalla themselves being unwilling or unable to effect the changes. That said though I do not doubt that the reviewers are being overly harsh on this game simply because it is a Nintendo exclusive.

    We must remember the team at Valhalla is small and I doubt Nintendo gave much in the way of money for production. This is a classic B-Tier game and there is nothing wrong with that. Some of the most memorable games I have ever played were B-Tier. Adjust your expectations when playing it and it will probably turn out fine.

    That said Itagaki NEEDS to address the issues with patches, especially with the checkpoint system. Zen Gamer mentioned that there isnt one before the boss so dying sends you back to the beginning.That will be almost as frustrating as Too Human’s 7 second death animation if not more.

  • Kidking17

    What ? Lol Damage control at its finest.

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  • ednice

    He’s too atached.

  • getagrip

    im 43 years of age iv gamed from 1980 i was programming games aged 11 in the early 80s on my sinclair spectrum

    the next 15 year old to call twin anolog stick CORE SHOOTER il put across my lap and give a OLD FASHIONED SCOLDING

    twin stick shooting is retarded

  • getagrip

    IT ISNT A NINTENDO GAME FULL STOP

    THEY SAVED A PROJECT THEN TRIED TO DISTENCE THEMSELVED WHEN IT TURNED OUT ASS

    CAN FELLOW NINTENDO FANS HERE >>>KINDLY<<<< STOP THE DEFENCE FORCE MUCH FANBOYING

    THE GAME STINKS ADMIT IT

    AND IN 2015 NOT SUPPORTING WII REMOTE AND CHUCK AND OR GYRO AIMING IS A SIN

    GAMERS HE SAYS,,,IM A GAMER I STOPPED TWIN STICKING SHOOTERS IN 2006

    ONLY CASUAL PLAYSTSTION MORONS DO THAT AND XBOTS

    GAMERS MOUSE AIM -MOUSE POINTER AIM-OR MOUSE GYRO AIM

    TWIN STICK SHOOTERS IS LIKE USING A BOW AND ARROW IN WORLD WAR 2 VS MACHINE GUNS

    DUMB AS HELL

    • Ryuken13

      Is it as dumb as using ALL CAPITALIZATION in posts?? That is irritating as hell, is considered YELLING when you do so, and makes you look like an absolute idiot..

      Turn the caps lock off or be branded a moron online.

    • Kris Godwin

      LOUD NOISES

  • awang0718

    So the atrocious frame-rate, PS2-level visuals, outdated game design, and uninspiring boss battles are all due to “player’s skill”…

    Ok…seem legit…

    …smh

    • uPadWatcher

      You do realize that Devil’s Third was supposed to launch on PlayStation THREE and Xbox 360, but THQ had went out of business.

      • awang0718

        So…the atrocious frame-rate, PS2-level visuals, outdated game design, and uninspiring boss battles are now acceptable…??

        Ok…

        • uPadWatcher

          It’s pointless to exaggerate, Wang. Secondly, the PS2 cannot handle high definition visuals.

          • awang0718

            This game looks like an up-rezzed PS2 game.

    • Travis Touchdown

      All of that will be disproven with time. For example, the ‘PS2′ visuals claim is just pure exaggeration. Try watching the treehouse footage from last year: they were climbing all over buildings, fighting ninjas. That alone looked more interesting to me than Uncharted. And of course, the boss battles… I think that guy who made the ‘5 bad things’ video mentioned how he had a lot of fun battling one of the bosses. I imagine he’ll elaborate when he releases the next video.

      • awang0718

        The game is already complete. Barring dramatic post-launch patches, this game is what it is.

        • Travis Touchdown

          And it looks great, game play wise.

          • awang0718

            Ok that’s your opinion. From what I have seen, it looks quite uninspiring and dull. There are SO many better alternatives out their on the market. Sadly, none of them are on Wii U.

          • Ryuken13

            Sorry Travis I disagree. But the story could be great and the scenes we have seen may nit be the best to showcase the game’s strengths.. Hope you are right but current evidence points in a different direction.

  • PRIMUS

    This game is great. Third person shooter with first person shift, am I the only one bugging and loving this? First day purchase hahahaha.

    • getagrip

      GREAT IT HAS OBSOLETE DUMMY CONTROLS

      THERE WAS A MOUSE POINTER MADE BY NINTENDO ITS FULLY SUPPORTED ON WIIU

      PREHISTORIC GARBAGE TWIN ANOLOG IS OUT DATED AND RETARDED AS HELL

      I DETEST THOSE WHO FAN IT

      • PRIMUS

        You know though that it has more for it than the COD mess we keep on getting. LOL. I see your point though.

        • getagrip

          cod is a mess(cheap port) but at least they supported every controller option on wiiu

          sadly the wii remote setting was not optermized like on wii and results in NON HIT ISSUES that again was done DELIBRATLY

          i am a GOD with a wii remote i am a mm perfect aimer and will challenge any PRO fps gamer at fps if wii remote is supported

          iv had people holding there heads going WOW at how perfect and sweet my aiming is

          its 2015 its not 1996 REWL GAMERS USE A IR MOUSE POINTER NOT A PREHISTORIC OUTDATED NEVER SUITED TO FPS SECOND STICK

          IM SICK OF THIS CASUAL BOT AIM BOX WAY OF FPS-ING BEING CALLED CORE BY PATHETIC FANBOYS

          A SECOND STICK IS NO MATCH FOR A SKILLED REMOTE AIMER

          I WILL CHALLENGE ANYONE ON EARTH MONEY ON THE TABLE IM THAT GOOD

          I WON 1000S OF FREE FOR ALLS ON COD WII ALL VERSION THOUSANDS OF GAMES

          BLOPS 1 AND MW3 because rhe wii remote set up was spot on and CORE AS HELL

  • Travis Touchdown

    He’s not wrong.

    The game certainly isn’t the disaster that people are making it out to be.

    • http://www.mariowiki.com/User:Jackpot_Jordan Jackpot_Jordan

      Have you played the game yourself? Look, don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge Ninty fan and am all for 3rd party exclusives, but there’s no denying gameplay footage has this as a very generic game. I’ll wait for official reviews from multiple sources before I decide on whether to get it or not. One thing’s for sure tho, no pre order.

      • Travis Touchdown

        Actually, watching gameplay footage has made me even more excited. The game wasn’t even really on my radar until I saw the Treehouse footage, and I didn’t get really excited about it until looking into the backlash towards the title myself.

        Comments from the press really don’t match up with what they were showing on screen, so I’m inclined to not believe them. At the absolute worst, the frame rate could be a little more consistent.

        This really does reek of the same, exact thing that happened with the Wonderful 101. Remember how the controls were ‘broken?’ I think they brought up frame rate then as well, but it’s not the critque that people remember.

    • Ryuken13

      Actually, he is totally wrong IMO..

      Calling the game a disaster is going a bit too far. I will save final judgment for release..

      The things I didn’t like: Floating jumps that looked strange and the clunky look of the game in first person mode shooting..

      IMO the game needs another 4 to 6 months polish.