When we last heard from our old friend Luc Bernard, the outspoken designer announced that he was leaving the games industry for less stressful pastures. However, and perhaps unsurprisingly, it would seem that Bernard can't keep away, and an Eternity's Child 2 is going to happen.
Eternity's Child 2: Retro Child comes from a canceled GBA version of the game which is apparently going to be released to cash in from the retrocentric love sparked by Mega Man 9. Bernard says the game will head to WiiWare and is slated for a mid 2009 release.
The game will feature play control using the Wii Remote held sideways like an NES controller. There will be all new flying/gliding moves for Angel, 2-player cooperative mode, the ability to take control of a whole host of interesting vehicles and different endings depending on how many of the winged creatures you save along the way throughout your adventure.
Bernard, who is currently working on a cartoon series, will return to game making as the producer and artist for Retro Child. He also states that the WiiWare release of Eternity's Child is being delayed, but will return with an extra challenge mode. The game should be ready by the end of the year.
What review score do you think Retro Child will receive?
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11:51 AM on 09.29.2008
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Unless he was just throwing a hissy fit. Not that anyone would do such a thing on the internet.
AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!
Oh god I love life.
Luc Bernard Won, LOL. None of you is going to admit it though, LMAO.
I hope this means he hasn't abandoned graphic novels, though.
Luc Bernard Won, LOL. None of you is going to admit it though, LMAO."
Things that Luc Bernard has won at:
Drinking
Trolling the internet
Making excuses
Throwing temper tantrums
Making sub-par games
Releasing unfinished products
Bad-Mouthing websites that give honest reviews.
Quitting
Not being able to quit
Shifting blame
Things that Luc Bernard does not win at:
Life, Succeeding, and making video games.
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You can't make this shit up. Truth is stranger than fiction
{
make an ass of oneself(true);
release (substandard product);
}
while (smart_and_educated_public_slams_it == true)
if (substandard product == true)
///then
blame others and make it harder for ALL other indie devs(true);
else if (not getting enough media/press == true)
open drunken mouth and get as much *negative* -1 * attention as possible(true);
if ((unknowing_public_buys_it == true) && (money_still_comes_in == true))
Congratulations.Win();
Wow.. I have learned something today.. I didn't know his formula for success 'til now.
"...and all thanks to a site that is populated by people who find it impossible to form coherent sentences without resorting to expletives." - Quote WiiWare World about Dtoid's community bashing of Luc Bernard. Do you guys really wanna be that?
How many people downloaded and played the first game? Give the new game a chance before you gang-decapitate it.
Glad to see Luc back, but Alten8 should reprogram that game in porting if it's as bad as the review says...
btw guys do read well the news really because im not on it full time either just really part time
Luc is not working on this title directly only story game design and concept art.
since i am now working on cartoons, it kind of sucks that youre going to get more EC than you thought you would lol just don't try to watch too many cartoon channels next year or you might have the displeasure to have your eyes burned by watching one
bring on the f word lol
And whatever rating your guess is as good as mine.. But, I played the demo (for the record) and I wouldn't purchase it, sorry Luc.
"There's no business like show biz.."
"There's no such a thing as bad press, except no press.." or something..
Fuck you Luc but only because you litterally (and sortof by making the game shit) asked for it.
Despite what some may have said, EC certainly isn't the disaster it is made out to be, not by a long shot. However, it feels like it is brushing up against greatness only to have its wings burned and that makes the short-comings feel all the more painful.
bam bam bammmmmmmmmm :P and its the biggest indie review site
oki it got a 6.3 but hey its better than what dtoid gave it
Hey come on kids you must be happy, you got into GamesTM and well the WHOLE FUCKING INDUSTRY saw what happened
But yes I am going to tell you my secret, I actually plan to kidnap maybe a few of you and torture you by making you play EC2 for hours, it will be so painful that you will probably die
actually the USA republicain party has contacted me to use the game in Irak to torture terrorists
but now for some shameless PR well EC2 is handled by different people so it's a different game and the inspiration behind it is Goemon 2 on SNES
oh hey how's it goin? Seriously, Eternitys Child 1 is not on WiiWare yet. So why are you making Eternitys Child 2?