"You know, there are many different approaches you can take to game design. One approach, which we took in SF3, is to design your game around "unanswerables." I think with any game, players will search for the best tactic, the best strategy... like, if X happens, you should always do Y; if you do this here, you'll always win. There's competitive games like that, where the match is essentially a confrontation of theoretical knowledge that each player has built up. But Street Fighter 3 is a game that, by design, doesn't have a fixed answer to those questions. There is no "best" tactic; you can spend your whole life trying to find the perfect theoretical approach to a situation in SF3, but it will never be quite right. You always have to be reading your opponent in the moment; you can't just fall back on your theories. It's a game that lets you search for answers... Forever."
- Shinichiro Obata, Street Fighter III planner, Capcom Japan

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amazingly detailed presentation, from cleverly reusing assets to creatively using original ones, level design that never gets old, whether it's a gimmick or different terrain combinations that requires all of your character tools to be used effectively. with these different characters that encourage your own way of approaching the game. Each one being special in their own way. the game just screams pure fun and sense of comfort.

not only is it a good game in its own way, it also greatly enhances the flow of it's inspiration, Sonic, on a moment to moment basis. having an I-FRAMES on command move helps a lot when navigating levels at high speed, and when you don't have one, smart use of your other tools means you don't have unfortunate crashes that can cause frustration with the level.

if I could describe this game in a way that would entice anyone to give it a chance, it would be SONIC 3&K + MEGAMAN X, especially with its collision system. a pity that the storyline offered is a fucking embarrassment.

I think I'm not the only one who was attracted to this game for it's supposed exploration of taboo concepts. many games nowadays and media in general are cowardly in exploring "uncomfortable" topics.
I think games like these should be made even if they are disgusting and repulsive. even if what they have to say is basic or inconsequential, helps the medium we love so much to evolve and give us new things to talk about, to explore, to connect with.
this game is bad though, but that just means that someone else will play this, be inspired to make something similar and good, and we'll have more games worthy of being proud to call art.

everyone knows this game is great. I'm here to tell you WHY. the REASON, it came out great, not what makes it great.

Shinji Mikami is a game designer first, director second. RE1, REmake1, RE4, Vanquish and God Hand were conceived as things he'd seen or played that he HATED so much of how bad they were, he wanted to solve their issues with his own version of them in game form. He UNDERSTANDS games, he knows what makes games good and what makes them bad, and he is the KING of innovations because he has this eye for it.

the thing is, God Hand was one of the smallest, and more importantly, shortest, project he had done so far (with experience as a designer and director). It allowed him to not worry about expectations and just be creative and have fun. THIS is him being a director first and a game designer second.

and what's sad, is that he never got the chance to have that admosphere of development, that small scale project again, and fuck, HE WANTED to, he was PISSED how all his other pitches to smaller and simpler projects were rejected because people just wanted more RE1 and RE4 from him. a lot of his future and the things he did were because of his experience that he had in God Hand

the reason God Hand came out as a great game, is because mikami gave his all just once to want a chance to fully express himself.

but there is a good part of this story, and it is YOU can find more games like this RIGHT NOW!

THIS game is in the dictionary as THE synonym for weird, awkward and obtrusive. so take in Mikami's desire and EXPLORE WEIRD OBSCURE GAMES that you would never in A MILLION years expect to like, and don't just try them for an hour, give it them a real chance, because Mikami WANTED you to give him that chance before but unfortunately his art was too advanced for our time, but for other creators... the time is NOW!!!