by OL » Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:30 pm
I might be the only one who's gotten this vibe, but does "Swery" strike anyone else as kind of an annoying narcissist by this point? I mean, seriously... "From acclaimed director Swery65?"
Acclaimed?
For what... one game?
A single game which was wildly divisive across the entire gaming community?
I think it's a little early to be claiming greatness in the guy after one game. Sure, he also did Spy Fiction -- which I actually enjoyed -- but nobody gave two shits at the time.
And even the "Swery65" moniker strikes me as a little too reminiscent of a certain someone else...
I realize it's a number pun, but that along with the way he strives to do weird shit in an effort to be artistic and expressive? How very original.
I'm also trying not to outright claim D4 as a ripoff of something else... but come on. Scenes of a passenger jet crashing, paired with a white expanse of snow, all under the title "D4?"
Seriously? And so soon after Kenji Eno's passing.
Not to mention the fact that Spy Fiction, as much as I enjoyed it, was an obvious swipe of the MGS series, while Deadly Premonition was just a weirder Twin Peaks...
People are really just letting him get away with this shit? And not only that, but praising him for all of it at the same time?
I don't really get it. Granted, I have yet to play all the way through Deadly Premonition; it might be a great game for all I know. But that doesn't make the swiping any less apparent.
OL has received a thanks from: *Kenshin Himura*