It's astounding this studio made Oni. (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, February 06, 2015, 14:37 (3375 days ago) @ iconicbanana

I don't know how people feel about it here, but that game was such a brilliant execution of an idea from top to bottom. It had artistic, philosophical, and narrative reasons for its design choices (3rd person with fist-fights actually looks like a damn comic book), and it executed those choices (fights playing out actually made you feel like you were in a damn comic book)...

In my opinion Oni was flawed in a ton of ways. I guess you can give it a pass because most of the problems have been worked out since in other similar games and it was before that time, but the level design was bland, the gunplay was poor, and a lot of the moves were useless. Like, the crescent moon kick is supposed to knock enemies out of the air, but if the enemy is jumping at you are you really going to have time to press back-back-forwards-kick?

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Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - roland, 2015-02-06, 09:38
- Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-06, 09:44
  - Not a very big step... - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-02-06, 10:22
    - Not a very big step... - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-06, 10:41
      - Not a very big step... - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-02-06, 10:46
    - Not a very big step... - stabbim, 2015-02-06, 11:45
      - +1 - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-06, 12:30
        
        +1 - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-02-06, 15:46
      - Not a very big step... - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-02-06, 15:45
- Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 09:51
  - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Kahzgul, 2015-02-06, 11:05
    - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? *edit - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 11:14
      - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? *edit - Kahzgul, 2015-02-06, 11:38
        
        It's astounding this studio made Oni. - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 11:44
        
        Loved Oni. Not at all astounded. - Kahzgul, 2015-02-06, 11:52
        
        Loved Oni. Not at all astounded. - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 11:58
        
        Loved Oni. Not at all astounded. - Malagate, 2015-02-06, 12:24
        
        This was the biggest missed opportunity in Destiny - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 12:57
        
        This was the biggest missed opportunity in Destiny - Malagate, 2015-02-06, 13:12
        
        This was the biggest missed opportunity in Destiny - Cody Miller, 2015-02-06, 15:04
        
        This was the biggest missed opportunity in Destiny - Kermit, 2015-02-06, 15:22
        
        The patrol bounty name was a big hint. - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 15:23
        
        Loved Oni. Not at all astounded. - Claude Errera, 2015-02-06, 18:20
        
        Technically - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-06, 12:27
        
        It's astounding this studio made Oni. - Cody Miller, 2015-02-06, 14:37
        
        I was a boss at Oni and it enriched the experience immensely - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 15:20
        
        I was a boss at Oni and it enriched the experience immensely - Ragashingo, 2015-02-06, 16:00
        
        I was a boss at Oni and it enriched the experience immensely - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 16:34
      - Starcraft Manual - Cody Miller, 2015-02-06, 15:08
        
        Starcraft Manual - General Battuta, 2015-02-06, 19:38
        
        Any Blizzard Manual - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 20:39
        
        I see you the Blizzard Manuals... - Quirel, 2015-02-07, 00:25
        
        I see you the Blizzard Manuals... - General Battuta, 2015-02-07, 14:43
        
        Any Blizzard Manual - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-11, 12:23
    - *sad, begrudging thumbs up* - Ouranje, 2015-02-06, 11:15
    - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Kermit, 2015-02-06, 11:58
      - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Kahzgul, 2015-02-06, 12:18
        
        Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Kermit, 2015-02-06, 14:35
        
        Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Kahzgul, 2015-02-06, 22:38
- Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Cody Miller, 2015-02-06, 10:21
  - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Ragashingo, 2015-02-06, 10:31
    - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - yakaman, 2015-02-06, 11:52
      - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Ragashingo, 2015-02-06, 13:02
  - +1 - INSANEdrive, 2015-02-06, 11:04
  - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - roland, 2015-02-06, 13:42
    - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - ckamp, 2015-02-06, 13:53
      - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - roland, 2015-02-06, 13:57
        
        The more you know... - ckamp, 2015-02-06, 13:59
- Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Ragashingo, 2015-02-06, 10:23
  - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Kahzgul, 2015-02-06, 11:48
    - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Ragashingo, 2015-02-06, 12:39
      - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Malagate, 2015-02-06, 13:06
        
        The Library displayed brilliant in-game storytelling - ckamp, 2015-02-06, 13:52
        
        Persistent World Issues. - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 13:59
        
        Persistent World Issues. - ckamp, 2015-02-06, 14:17
        
        Persistent World Issues. - iconicbanana, 2015-02-06, 14:19
        
        The sad thing here... - Kahzgul, 2015-02-06, 14:23
        
        Future War Cult. - Ragashingo, 2015-02-06, 14:56
    - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Malagate, 2015-02-06, 12:45
      - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Cody Miller, 2015-02-06, 15:01
        
        Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-11, 14:09
- Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Kermit, 2015-02-06, 10:26
  - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-02-06, 10:30
  - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Cody Miller, 2015-02-06, 15:03
    - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - roland, 2015-02-06, 15:05
    - + 1 million - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-02-06, 15:20
  - With ya Kerm - Leviathan, 2015-02-06, 15:48
    - With ya Kerm - Kermit, 2015-02-06, 16:16
- Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Durandal, 2015-02-06, 11:24
  - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Kahzgul, 2015-02-06, 11:50
  - +1 to NPCs in the wild - ckamp, 2015-02-06, 12:56
  - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Cody Miller, 2015-02-06, 14:38
- Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Old Fire Thief, 2015-02-09, 19:04
  - Maybe this is why Bungie hates story-telling now? - Ragashingo, 2015-02-09, 20:20

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