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But, once you do, you will definitely feel the control. We went with a skill-based swing mechanic that will take most players about 5-10 minutes to pick up. So for Bionic Commando, we choose to stay true to the game’s roots. I was able to hammer on a single “attack” button in other games but in the end, it was mastering the fireball in SFII that’s the memory I won’t forget. But once I got it… boy, was it rewarding. I remember the first time I tried to “roll a fireball” in Street Fighter II. Now, I’m not a big fan of making a game artificially hard so that hard-core gamers have “bragging rights,” but there are some game mechanics that just aren’t going to be easy to pick up right away. And the harder the challenges, quite frankly, the more rewarding it feels to complete them. There is a certain sense of gratification that only comes if you overcome a challenge yourself. Well, that’s good in theory, but some of the best and most memorable games I’ve played challenged you to overcome the obstacles set before you. The thinking behind this strategy is that players nowadays don’t want to be frustrated and want to have their fun right away. There are a lot of games these that put you on auto-pilot straight to the end with very few deaths or real skill-based challenges. Just as the name suggests, if you want to get better at the game, you need to increase your skill level. ![]() They both have a swing mechanic, but Bionic Commando plays very differently from Spider-man in that it uses a skill-based mechanic. ![]() The game, for very obvious visual reasons, gets compared to Spider-man a lot. Speaking of the swing mechanic, it’s taken a VERY long time to make it into exactly what we wanted it to be. Oh yeah, it also has a really damn cool swing mechanic. It’s one of the few big releases in May to feature a 20-plus-hour-long single-player campaign and several multiplayer modes. I’m fortunate the folks at the PlayStation.Blog have allowed me two golden opportunities to share some information with you here.Īs some of you may already know, Bionic Commando will be released on May 19th for the PLAYSTATION 3. Hello, folks! Ben Judd, producer on Bionic Commando here.
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