Earlier in the week we reported that there would be no fix coming for the barely legible text in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. The text was so small that it rendered the game practically worthless for SDTV owners, and wasn't much easier to read in Hi-Def.
Rare was quoted as saying that a fix would be far too expensive to implement but it seems that, possibly due to nasty fan backlash, minds have been changed and the text will now be altered.
"It has come to our attention that people are experiencing subtitle readability issues with Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts on Standard Definition TVs," stated community manager George Kelion. "We would like to assure you that contrary to earlier reports, we are aware of the issue and currently working on a title update to be released within the next 30 days that will fix it for those with Standard Definition TVs. We're committed to ensuring all fans of the franchise are able to have the best experience possible with Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts."
Quite the turnaround, but it's good to know. Tiny text has become some sort of fad lately and there really is no need for it. Just because games can appear in Hi-Def now, it doesn't mean everyone has also gained some sort of ultravision. Keep text clear and functional ... it should really be a design basic, shouldn't it?
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2:06 PM on 11.08.2008
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Glad they're doing this now I'm not so desperate about getting a new TV
Yeah, just pretend we didn't make that previous comment, it was just a big typo. What we meant to say was that even though it would be so expensive to make the text larger, we were ALWAYS going to do it. I think they just realized that a huge part of their fanbase would not be buying their game because of an issue like this.
Come to think of it, how fucking hard is it to give people a choice? Not many games seem to offer different text sizes these days... surely they can spare a tenner from the art budget for a couple of different font sizes?
I'm still majorly on the fence about this game. The demo did nothing for me but create frustration. The vehicle controls felt terrible.
Can't wait for the reviews.
I will say that what bVork says is interesting.. developers should be made to play the game on a small crt monitor. That way when someone who has a small standard definition TV they can actually play/read it.
I like what Jim said about this.. " Just because games can appear in Hi-Def now, it doesn't mean everyone has also gained some sort of ultravision."
And I agree wholeheartedly. "Not everyone has a high definition TV, so stop making ALL the games in High Definition!"
I thought that was hilarious, if a little too acute and insensitive.
I played the demo of that game even though I think the n64 games sucked monkey balls, I gave it another shot, and it still sucks.
But On my my tv that Text is god damn huge I could even read it with out my reading/monitor glasses and that is saying something since years of games and my job in front of a PC has ruined my damn eyes.
are you people telling me you cant read this text? I can see it as plain as day and i can even spot the jagges from the total lack of any decent anti-aliasing you can eve see the damn problems with the xbox low res output and it up converting it.
I have more trouble reading the text on this site with a 30 inch monitor than I do in any xbox 360 game.
and yes lost planet and all the other games people complained about also had damn huge text/typefaces.
Good to see that they learned their lesson the hard way. Here's hoping they'll keep other usability issues in mind in the future.
I've yet to try the demo, though.
But at Topic:
What bothers me the most at this side is that at this half of the year this like the.... not exactly shure here... fourth or fifth game (?) wich has an Update coming BEFORE it even came out to be actually played without any Problems before release!
Does that mean that Console Players ave now the same GREAT opportunity as the PC-Gamers, to be the BetaTesters of GamePublishers, just cause they can update those Games now via Internet Connections.
Has that normaly great Feature become a Problem to us at the End?