Epic VP slams Rev and others

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

Sony brought a Boomerang

Hahahahaha, oh god. Greatest memory ever. Foxxy knows what I am talking about.

[Krypton]

burn to nintendo.

[Teuthida]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...vomarkrein.swf

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...vomarkrein.swf

Just what the doctor ordered!

[BreakABone]

Well, I just saw this thread and figured I post the follow up he had with another site in which he clarifies.. aka.. backpedals.. on his comments.

So it's a no to handhelds, and a yes to PS3... But (deep breath) is there any chance of Epic ever making a Nintendo game? After all, at an IGN event recently Rein did suggest that the Revolution controller would inspire developers to produce "gimmicky, crappy, cheap, I-wish-I-hadn't-bought-it games"...

"I actually said Nintendo's going to make amazing games. I never really passed a judgement on the controller itself. I think the controller's cool!" Mark says.

"I wasn't bashing Nintendo, I wasn't bashing the controller, I was really just saying that a byproduct of having a device like this is that people are going to make games that possibly are just there because of the controller, as opposed to being great games of themselves, and I said it badly... I regret that."

There will be plenty of great titles that make use of the controller, too, Rein adds. "Nintendo and some of the best third parties are going to make amazing games for it."

We mention a recent interview Eurogamer did with Nintendo's Jim Merrick, where we asked him what he thought of Rein's comments.

"You know, I read your article and I called him up right afterward," Rein says. "We had a long, very good chat."

So he wasn't, shall we say, a bit cross? "Didn't seem to be!"

And what about Merrick's suggestion that Rein get a Revolution dev kit for himself so he can see exactly what the machine can do?

"I told him we've absolutely love to take him up on that."

That doesn't mean Epic has signed up to develop for Revolution, but it's certainly something worth looking into, says Rein.

"I think Unreal Engine 3 and Nintendo Revolution would be very well suited to each other.

"We don't know right now what the machine's capable of or not capable of, and we've built Unreal Engine 3 to a certain specification. If the machine can run the engine, it'd be fantastic to have it on there."

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=61668

[DeathsHand]

I don't really see how that's backpedaling...

He did state that Nintendo would make amazing games (and adding "the best third parties" to that is just stating the obvious)...

And he really didn't bash the controller itself... He pointed out only one thing, which was the analog stick's ridges or whatever, and mentioned that he didn't think the Rev controller would replace the Keyboard/Mouse combo as having the best controls for FPS...

As I said before, I sort of "half agree" with his views on the Revolution in the sense that I think it's very possible that developers will think up these neat ideas of how to use the controller, but they just won't come off as very fun or interesting as a game...

Of course, developers come up with neat ideas that end up sucking all the time... But that's what I'm saying, many Nintendo fans seem to think that this new controller will automatically create a flood of innovative (and therefore), amazing games...

Innovative? Maybe... Amazing? Probably about as much of a chance as a game has to be amazing on PS3/Xbox360... It all depends on the developer, their vision, and their execution...

*shruggers*

[Jonbo298]

Stupid god damn Gametavern..I typed up a moderately long reply then it says Server busy and hitting back it wasnt there.

I am not retyping that...