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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Ichirou on February 26, 2007, 09:42:57 AM

Title: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2007, 09:42:57 AM
Warp was one of the most ass-kickingly brilliant video game makers in the 32-bit era.  D was a fantastic game, then came the inimitable Real Sound and Enemy Zero, games which revolutionized how sound was used in gaming.  However, their masterpiece was definitely D2.  Unfortunately, the US version had all scenes of tentacle sex removed, but the censorship did nothing to diminish the power of that particular magnum opus.

The Silent Hills, the Resident Evils, they are nothing before the power of D.  When will Kenji Eno return? They say a hero is commiiing, I don't want to stand in his waaayyyyy...

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Seriously, Warp sucked, but they dropped off the face of the Earth quite suddenly...and then in 2006 Kenji Eno revealed he's working on a game that features a new controller...D3 for the Wii...I guarantee it, dudes.
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Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: Himu on February 26, 2007, 10:40:41 AM
So is D good, or are you just pulling shit? You say Warp sucks but D is good? I've wanted to try D. I doubt it'd top the plot and themes from SH though. Since that entire genre has shit gameplay, the only thing thriving on it is the plot: SH does this miraciously.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: MrAngryFace on February 26, 2007, 10:57:37 AM
D was ok, but iirc it was slow as fuck. I mean Silent Hill managed to give me greater chills at a faster pace. I played through most of D on the PSOne and god damn did it move slow.

I think this is one of those nostalgia fueled things. Kinda like me and Tech Romancer.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: Himu on February 26, 2007, 10:58:34 AM
Silent Hill 1 is pretty bad I think. The controls are so ugh.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: MrAngryFace on February 26, 2007, 11:00:04 AM
2 was the best, complete package wise. I think SH1 kinda beats D in terms of creeping me the hell out tho.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: TVC15 on February 26, 2007, 02:14:44 PM
D was good for its time, but I don't think most people were exposed to it until after RE made survival horror chic.  By RE standards, it's kind of tame and easy, but it's still atmospheric.  It's more of a graphic adventure than anything else.  Don't hold it against it that it was made in an era when 3d gaming was still largely trial and error.

Enemy Zero isn't great, but it gets credit for trying something new and almost making it work.

I dig D2 a lot, though.  By no means perfect, it's Warp's best game.  Or at least I found it neat at the time.  And yes, I do think a Wii take on D2 could be fun.  Too bad the Wii can't even meet the image quality of the Dreamcast :(
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on February 26, 2007, 02:48:49 PM
(http://www.links.net/vita/trip/japan/folks/kenji/pix/cabhand-md.jpg)

eat you

He started a company FYTO (From Yellow to Orange) to design vending machines.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: TVC15 on February 26, 2007, 03:41:46 PM
I like him because heis named Eno and he was crazy.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2007, 05:53:56 PM
Kenji Eno gave fun interviews, he came across as so pompous and arrogant on the page!

I used to have fond memories of D (I rented it three or four times until I beat it), but I replayed it several years later, after FFVIII came out and was shocked at how badly it had aged.

I'm still thinking D3's gonna be on the Wii.  I believe it to be true.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: TVC15 on February 26, 2007, 05:58:16 PM
All their games (that I have played) always seemed to reach just a bit beyond their grasp.  They just about got everything right, but there'd always be a few little things that would prevent their games from reviewing well or becoming that attractive to gamers.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2007, 06:03:45 PM
Wikipedia says one of the folks from Warp ended up working on ICO.  Doesn't surprise me at all.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: The Sceneman on February 26, 2007, 06:12:34 PM
Because Ico is shit?
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2007, 06:13:40 PM
Yes, that's it, Scenester.  Because ICO is shit.  That's exactly why.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on February 26, 2007, 06:15:04 PM
Quote from: Ichirou on February 26, 2007, 06:03:45 PM
Wikipedia says one of the folks from Warp ended up working on ICO.  Doesn't surprise me at all.

Fumito Ueda did monster and sound design on two Warp projects.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: The Sceneman on February 27, 2007, 12:44:21 AM
Quote from: Ichirou on February 26, 2007, 06:13:40 PM
Yes, that's it, Scenester.  Because ICO is shit.  That's exactly why.

Exactly. Fuck I know so much about videogames
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: MrAngryFace on February 27, 2007, 01:07:27 AM
No way! I do!
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: The Sceneman on February 27, 2007, 01:15:24 AM
Maybe we both do. Thats a compromise right there.

You did introduce me to the sexy world of Ninja Warriors  :-*
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: MrAngryFace on February 27, 2007, 01:25:04 AM
its so so very sexy
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2007, 03:54:01 AM
Not as sexy as nude nippleless Laura from Enemy Zero.
Title: Re: When will Warp and Kenji Eno return to save us from gaming mediocrity?
Post by: MrAngryFace on February 27, 2007, 10:53:09 AM
No Nipples :(