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Banjo Kazooie-Nuts and Bolts Impressions
drogaz1 \| 6:55 PM on 05.13.2008	6 comments

After reading the comments on the new Banjo Kazooie trailer I couldn't help but to be somewhat annoyed by the cynicism displayed by the Dtoid community toward the new direction the franchise is taking. Sure it's different from what we where expecting but it looks very fun and quite innovative actually. Watch this video interview and see what I mean.

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/15334/banjo-kazooie-3/videos/banjo_interview_051308.html

As you can see the new vehicle creation system has a sort of "do it you're own way approach"
sort of similar to the gameplay style of Bioshock. And I don't see how Rare has made anything that sucked other then Grabbed by The Ghoulies. I liked Kameo quite a bit actually, sure it wasn't perfect(the controls where flawed among other problems) but it was a fun and very pretty looking game and one of the best of the 360's launch. I haven't played Perfect Dark Zero or Viva Pinata but I'd heard mostly good things about the latter and will probably get the sequel. The complaint I found most silly was the graphics. Everyone was saying how the graphics didn't look that good but they looked jawdropping to me. The textures where clean and attractive and the style was creative and colorful. And if you notice in the video interview, the framerate is not that bad. One last thing I'd like to mention is that when Super Mario Galaxy was first revealed, many people where quite skeptical but it turned out to be one of the best games of this generation and it's currently the fourth best reviewed game on Game Rankings. BK:N&B could turn out to suck for all I know but so could any other upcoming game.

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6 comments | showing # 1 to 6

Ian Roberts

I'm reserving judgement on this one until we've got more to go with. I think a lot of people were disapointed that this is essentially a reinvention of the franchise regardless of of how interesting the new gameplay may look which IMO is kind of fair enough. Rare had to know that there was expectation on this game to be a platformer, the same as the previous two games and the trailer mostly showed only this new assemble-a-vehicle mechanic despite the game still featuring the more traditional platforming.

I don't think people would be taking issue with Nuts & Bolts right now had Rare presented it differently.

Jonathan Kerr

I like the idea behind the game and have no doubt it won't be a success, but this is not what I want the Banjo game that I waited years for to be. I guess I'm an ass like that.

Also, "Everyone likes to build things, everyone likes to create things," from what I know, this is not true.

Iolaus

the vechiles "replace banjo's moveset"
"moved away from the platforming"
this is literally breaking my heart.

razerangel

No, your quiet wrong Perfect Dark Zero was a mess of a game. In the case of BK:N&B, Ill wait till Ive seen more or played it before I cast it to the unwanted pile.

drogaz1

@razrangel, where did I say PDZ was a good game? I haven't played it so how would I know if it was a good game or not. @Johnathan Kerr, my blog post wasn't directed at people like you who liked the idea but found the new Banjo to have been kind of weird but people who think the games going to suck just because it was not what they are expecting. I was a little surprised to but I think that changing the formula might be a good idea. You don't want Banjo to go the way of Spyro and Crash where it is the same now outdated and generic gameplay from the Playstation era do you? Because lets face it, if Banjo where exactly the same but with prettier graphics I doubt the game would do very well. Also, I think this game is still going to be a platformer, just a new kind of platformer.

PetiePal

I'm reserving any scathing judgment until the game comes out. I think it's way too early and the screen shots and videos we've seen were in response to a leak and they're running damage control now.

A good platformer stays true to its roots while bringing innovation and new elements to the game. It remains to be seen if this is really the case with Nuts and Bolts

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