"IF YOU SAVE ME, I WILL FIGHT YOU AGAIN, AND I WILL KILL YOU. I'LL KILL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PRECIOUS TO YOU FIRST, AND THEN YOU. AND YOU WON'T BE THE LAST. I'LL CONTINUE TO KILL EVEN AFTER THAT."
a mysterious game that came from the future.
this was noriaki okamura's big directorial debut, but unfortunately the depth just isn't there.
it feels uncomfortable at parts just how little is given to you plotwise in what is clearly trying to be something grounded in morality. there's a bad end just for deliberately destroying every single building and making sure all survivors end up dead -- something that is not possible unless done on purpose, to which leo says "i was... just playing...", and that's fantastic! but nothing past this extremely interesting detail is really given to the player to latch onto, and the game ends up becoming what i would assume it didn't want to be: an action game instead of a cinematic action game, a la mgs.
atmosphere, sound effects, music, and visuals are all top-notch. this is a konami game being produced by kojima, and all the assets are amazing. i can only imagine how this game felt to play on launch. it truly must've seemed otherworldly -- and im sure the intense care that went into the battle system both feeling and looking great was not by pure coincidence. the game features an awe-inspiring OP, "kiss me sunlights", a beautiful classical piece that only emphasizes the feeling of starting something you've never experienced before. you would think this is where a konami game being produced by kojima and directed by a man that has worked closely with kojima would put in some over the top anime cg cutscenes, at the very least custom visuals to match the epic swell of the music -- but half of the opening is just the regular mecha battles you do in the game. it's why i get so emotional watching the opening to ZONE OF THE ENDERS; i can truly feel how proud they were of the gameplay. how it looked, how it felt, how it immersed you into jehuty, how it immersed you into fighting. i consider this game to have one of the best OP's for any video game ever. in spite of this being an obvious cheese-fest of gundam and general mecha anime, they did not go crazy. there is nothing they could've created for the OP that could beat what they had already made in-game. and that's wonderful to me.
ZoE is a little strange and all over the place, but i think its soul is genuine.
"Boy, will you answer one stupid question?"
"Yes, what is it?"
"Was I strong?"
"...It's hard to believe that I'm still alive."
"Is that so?
Thank you.
...
Beautiful. You knew how beautiful the stars really are."
a mysterious game that came from the future.
this was noriaki okamura's big directorial debut, but unfortunately the depth just isn't there.
it feels uncomfortable at parts just how little is given to you plotwise in what is clearly trying to be something grounded in morality. there's a bad end just for deliberately destroying every single building and making sure all survivors end up dead -- something that is not possible unless done on purpose, to which leo says "i was... just playing...", and that's fantastic! but nothing past this extremely interesting detail is really given to the player to latch onto, and the game ends up becoming what i would assume it didn't want to be: an action game instead of a cinematic action game, a la mgs.
atmosphere, sound effects, music, and visuals are all top-notch. this is a konami game being produced by kojima, and all the assets are amazing. i can only imagine how this game felt to play on launch. it truly must've seemed otherworldly -- and im sure the intense care that went into the battle system both feeling and looking great was not by pure coincidence. the game features an awe-inspiring OP, "kiss me sunlights", a beautiful classical piece that only emphasizes the feeling of starting something you've never experienced before. you would think this is where a konami game being produced by kojima and directed by a man that has worked closely with kojima would put in some over the top anime cg cutscenes, at the very least custom visuals to match the epic swell of the music -- but half of the opening is just the regular mecha battles you do in the game. it's why i get so emotional watching the opening to ZONE OF THE ENDERS; i can truly feel how proud they were of the gameplay. how it looked, how it felt, how it immersed you into jehuty, how it immersed you into fighting. i consider this game to have one of the best OP's for any video game ever. in spite of this being an obvious cheese-fest of gundam and general mecha anime, they did not go crazy. there is nothing they could've created for the OP that could beat what they had already made in-game. and that's wonderful to me.
ZoE is a little strange and all over the place, but i think its soul is genuine.
"Boy, will you answer one stupid question?"
"Yes, what is it?"
"Was I strong?"
"...It's hard to believe that I'm still alive."
"Is that so?
Thank you.
...
Beautiful. You knew how beautiful the stars really are."