Yay! I have the tribute edition and after hours of playing I got the hang on it xD It IS hard to get used at first, honestly xD really want to play it when it is ready! Also the my little investigations is also in progress. I hope the second case is ready soon :3
I was a bit disappointed when they got C&Dd and honestly lost interest. Looking at it now though I'd say it looks better this is the best thing that could of happened to the project, in my opinion anyway. A really cool thing they've said is there is also gonna be a dynamic music system in the game as well. the 2 character themes are competing for dominance, and when someone is going in, their theme takes over. That to me sounds like a cool idea. Looks like its gonna be great. To bad the crowdfunding hasn't eevn started yet so it's gonna be a while. :c
Yeah, i really hope they make a really good case. Also, when Pinkie came reading the walkthrough made me laugh. Lets see if they do similar things in this case
Eeehh...I found it funny for a few minutes and then it got annoying as it would completely ruin the flow of gameplay because the team found someone with an excellent Pinkie Impression. I hope they figure out a better way of including her because I fondly remember everything but Pinkie's bit just because it stopped me from playing the game for up to a few minutes at a time, just to tell me where a necessary button was.
Not to sound like a downer or complainer, but I don't see this as worth getting. The original Fighting is Magic is leaps and bounds better than this by a long shot though it was still early in production at the time. I suppose this would be a good game but it's kinda not that interesting anymore with all the hard work of the original destroyed essentially due to Hasbro needing to ruin it for all of us. I know it was due to copyright issues and whatnot, but I will never see it the same way again. I looked at the trailer for this, it's a mock version of Fighting is Magic. It just too copy-paste and dull. I know I'll get some serious opposition for this but I really don't care. The old one is better no matter how others will try to change my thoughts on it. What Hasbro did was necessary but it brought a lot of backlash in the fan community in my opinion. I remember a lot bronies being super disappointed when it would be announced by Mane 6 that Hasbro issued a 'Cease and Desist' notice on it.
Ah, yes. I remember, way back in the day, when people were surprised at the quality of this new show about colorful talking ponies, fully expecting it to be just another piece of trash aimed at little girls. But now, it's like "Giving a new IP a chance? Bah! If it's not pony, I'm not interested." I remember, way back in the day, when people cited as one of their reasons for liking MLP that Lauren Faust worked on it, so it was bound to be good. But now, it's like "Lauren Faust works with the Mane6 on Them's Fighting Herds? Bah! If it's not pony, I'm not interested." I remember, way back in the day, when people praised the Mane6 for not only making any random fangame but were determined to deliver a high quality product. But now, it's like "The Mane6 are working on a spiritual successor for the ill-fated game that will be much improved in every possible way and safe from Hasbro's wrath? Bah! If it's not pony, I'm not interested." Fine. Go back and play your Luna Games and all of the not even half-finished demos that exist. You deserve it. But I for one look forward to seeing this project develop.
Woah, man. Passive aggressive much? I'll be honest, I don't like it for the fact that it got taken over, but it's not strictly due to it 'not being ponies'. I just feel that removing it for certain reasons, that shall not be discussed further, was move by corporate and not in the consideration of the fans in the slightest bit. I'll admit that it was nice that Lauren Faust helped in refurbishing it into a new game. I am happy that it's coming out anew. It's just that I feel that it isn't the same old game. It feels less like something that had a lot of hard work put into it and more a game that used the old resources, not trying to do it from scratch. Yes there are new characters, yes there are now powers, but it feels... souless. Manufactured. I guess it would of been inevitable one way or another. I know I don't speak for everypony that opposes this new version of Fighting is Magic, but that is just my opinion on the matter. I get what you mean about the complaints against the new game, but the assumptions that everyone thinks that way is a bit of a low blow. I also am sorry if I came off a bit undesirable in my opinions, but I wan't trying to be aggressive or pick fights.
My comment was not directed at you personally, but at everyone who said "Bah! If it's not pony, I'm not interested." Sorry if I didn't make it clear enough. Also sorry if my aggression came across as passive. I'll try to make it a bit more overt next time. That said, I don't really get what your problem is with the new game. Don't you like it because it's not the same old game, or don't you like it because Mane6 didn't just scrap all of their ideas as if they were garbage and made something completely different from scratch? You seem to be kinda flip-flopping between those two things, with your main concern being that the new product lacks ponies, which you seem to think was done by Mane6 just to annoy the fans. You may call it "soulless", but to me it looks like you're saying "Bah! If it's not pony, I'm not interested." On a more personal level, of course you may like or dislike things for whatever reason you have. Like I said, I didn't mean to attack you specifically. It's just that this general mentality a lot of people seem to have really rubs me the wrong way.
I think maybe you're simplifying the reason people are not quite so attracted to this game as they were to the previous one. Sure, part of it has to do with ponies. But I think another big reason people aren't as interested is because it used to be ponies, and now it's not. If the game had been cows to begin with, I think it would be received a lot better, but as it stands, it's hard to appreciate the game as it is because it was, in my opinion, better beforehand. It's like if Nintendo were to release a teaser of the next Super Smash Bros game, and then after much hype, they said "Sorry guys, we're selling the rights to this to Sega, and they're making a Sonic-only game but with the exact same engine. But it's pretty much the same!" I doubt people would be happy.
well sonic sucks and the same people are still working on the game. and it's a completely new IP they aren't just changing it to a different IP. so no it's not 'pretty much the same' I can get people just not being interested in the not ponies more then what you tried to explain. Heck I'm the same way. I have no interest in the Equestria Girls because it's not ponies, and I never will be interested.
Again, Mane6 didn't sell the rights. It wasn't their decision to not make the game about ponies anymore. Your example doesn't even come close to describing the reality of the situation. Also, do you honestly believe that, had the game been about cows and deers from the start, it would have been received better? I seriously doubt that. If it wasn't for ponies, we wouldn't be talking about this now, we wouldn't even been aware of it, Lauren Faust wouldn't have offered her support for it and chances are there wouldn't even be a game to speak of because Mane6 would probably not have come up with the idea of a fighting game with quadruped characters on a whim. It all started with ponies. But that doesn't mean it has to end with it. I understand the fans' disappointment for not being able to get the game they wanted, it's just that some take it a bit far, I think.
Okay, I'll admit that I am disappointed that the elements couldn't stay. But as I stated before, I understand there were copyright ramifications behind that. I'm not going to get butthurt about it as much as other bronies seem to be about it. Secondly, when I said 'soulless', I was referring to the fact the game was essentially a direct rip from Fighting is Magic with hardly any of it's own charm outside the new and different characters. If it applies a bit more in a form of uniqueness in addition of using old elements, it would be less dull looking and more desirable to play. For example, Say if they added some aesthetic touches to the power bars or the life meter which have some additional flash. Such as the power bar being engulfed in flames or something like that. Or it could be something with the move sets that may be unique and spread out among characters. You know something that this game can call it's own. That's what I mean. Something that can grab the eye that would make the game more interesting and pique the interest of those who may consider getting it. In anycase, I do appreciate you clearing up what you meant and I hope my explanation for what I meant is a bit more clear.
I remember seeing the reindeer character on Lauren Faust's DA page a year or so back. Nice to finally see it in action.
I'm well aware of all that, I was simply trying to make a comparison to a similar game that is also popular. Would the point get across better if Nintendo bought out Sega and made the game all-sonic? Seems it would have the same result, to me. Angry fans. I feel like you're nitpicking a technical dissimilarity in my example that doesn't make that big a difference. Again, I was trying to make a more abstract point but you've taken it too literally and technically. Yes, I do think the game would receive much less hate if it had been cows and deer from the start. Perhaps it wouldn't be on the radar so much for fans of MLP, but it would be much more on the radar for others, and it wouldn't be weighed down by the fact that it "used to be ponies and now it isn't". Overall, the game would have been better received. Even if the same people wouldn't play it because it wasn't ponies, they also wouldn't be complaining that they "lost" the old game to this new one. Yes, some fans are taking it a bit far, and perhaps you do understand their disappointment, but that's not how you made it sound prior to this clarification. Your initial posts made it sound like it was unreasonable for somebody to be upset that the game no longer featured the much-loved characters from MLP, and now instead featured, what, random characters that have no personality or background beyond what the game superficially gives them? Characters that are clearly just different animals with a similar art style and color scheme? I don't agree with their reasons, but I don't think they are unjustified in any way for disliking the game for this reason. You were very aggressive towards anyone in general, in fact, that disliked the game for this reason, insinuating in your first post that they were hypocrites, haters of Mane6 and Lauren Faust, and/or were blind to the great progress the game had obviously made since it stopped being a pony game. It was a post that was, ironically, very butthurt towards anyone that expressed uncertainty about the quality of the game due to its new cast. I know you probably didn't mean it this way, since you have clarified since, but as a few of the responses indicate, it sounded like it. Do you see why some people are disagreeing with you?
How is there this much discussion on what has to be about a minute of gameplay footage for what looks like an alpha build? I get it though. There's baggage here that can't be ignored. I'm reserving judgement for now. Till then... Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!
