Heavenly Sword producer hits back at Itagaki

http://www.psu.com/Heavenly-Sword-producer-hits-back-at-Itagaki-News--a879-p0.php

Kyle Shubel, producer of the upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavenly Sword, has responded to criticism from Team Ninja's Itagaki Tomonobu who in recent interview with EGM labelled the game as "half assed."

Itagaki, an outspoken critic of other developers and game series stated "I've never played a good game where the developers put a big icon of the button you're supposed to press onscreen. I look at Heavenly Sword and it seems really half-assed, because it's asking you to do all these button-timing sequences but you are not getting much payoff from it."

The disparaging comments immediately provoked a response from Shubel, who replied: "My response to Mr. Itagaki would be that the intent of the Hero sequences is to empower the player to experience events that would be nearly impossible to play in a natural platforming state... for example, making the player run down ropes, leaping from rope to rope as they're being cut from underneath you, all while dodging other objects - that would be a frustrating experience to 99 percent of our users if we were to force them to do that manually."
In related news, the latest issue of PlayStation Magazine details several new features on the game, including the proposed availability of six anime clips on PlayStation Network, which will be used to tell the game's story. No further details are available at this time, however. In addition, the article reveals that motion-sensing controls in the game have also been improved upon, and confirms the title will include a total of 48 missions spread across six acts.

Heavenly Sword is scheduled for release in North America from September 12th; stay tuned to PSU for a full review in the near future.

WTF? thats all the HS dev can say?

http://www.psu.com/Heavenly-Sword-producer-hits-back-at-Itagaki-News--a879-p0.php

Kyle Shubel, producer of the upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavenly Sword, has responded to criticism from Team Ninja's Itagaki Tomonobu who in recent interview with EGM labelled the game as "half assed."

Itagaki, an outspoken critic of other developers and game series stated "I've never played a good game where the developers put a big icon of the button you're supposed to press onscreen. I look at Heavenly Sword and it seems really half-assed, because it's asking you to do all these button-timing sequences but you are not getting much payoff from it."

The disparaging comments immediately provoked a response from Shubel, who replied: "My response to Mr. Itagaki would be that the intent of the Hero sequences is to empower the player to experience events that would be nearly impossible to play in a natural platforming state... for example, making the player run down ropes, leaping from rope to rope as they're being cut from underneath you, all while dodging other objects - that would be a frustrating experience to 99 percent of our users if we were to force them to do that manually."
In related news, the latest issue of PlayStation Magazine details several new features on the game, including the proposed availability of six anime clips on PlayStation Network, which will be used to tell the game's story. No further details are available at this time, however. In addition, the article reveals that motion-sensing controls in the game have also been improved upon, and confirms the title will include a total of 48 missions spread across six acts.

Heavenly Sword is scheduled for release in North America from September 12th; stay tuned to PSU for a full review in the near future.

WTF? thats all the HS dev can say?

Mad_Rhetoric

Im sure as of now Xbox360 exclusive NG2 will put to bed any doubts who knows more about videogames.

first off ninja gaiden is superior to heavenly sword

that producer dude wasn't hitting back at all

Hahah, I'm looking forward to HS a lot, but it would be cool if Team Ninja took this as a challenge and actually implimented an outrageous acrobatic stunt scene into NG2 where the player actually controls it. :D

BTW, Itagaki said RE4 sucked too, and that game made button timing events popular. HOU DAR HE! :evil:

first off ninja gaiden is superior to heavenly sword

that producer dude wasn't hitting back at all

Poisin

Im sure as of now Xbox360 exclusive NG2 will put to bed any doubts who knows more about videogames. Reyes360

And i'm sure this has nothing to do with NG.

@TC: I'm glad he made a professional response, Itagaki's just angry that Nariko's cup size is below DD.

Hahah, I'm looking forward to HS a lot, but it would be cool if Team Ninja took this as a challenge and actually implimented an outrageous acrobatic stunt scene into NG2 where the player actually controls it. :D

BTW, Itagaki said RE4 sucked too, and that game made button timing events popular. HOU DAR HE! :evil:

Timstuff

BTW, Itagaki said RE4 sucked too, and that game made button timing events popular. HOU DAR HE! :evil:

Timstuff

Actually I think GoW had a bigger hand in that than RE4.

Hahah, I'm looking forward to HS a lot, but it would be cool if Team Ninja took this as a challenge and actually implimented an outrageous acrobatic stunt scene into NG2 where the player actually controls it. :D

BTW, Itagaki said RE4 sucked too, and that game made button timing events popular. HOU DAR HE! :evil:

Timstuff

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]Im sure as of now Xbox360 exclusive NG2 will put to bed any doubts who knows more about videogames. DementedDragon

And i'm sure this has nothing to do with NG.

@TC: I'm glad he didn't he made a professional response, Itagaki's just angry that Nariko's cup size is below DD.

first off ninja gaiden is superior to heavenly sword

that producer dude wasn't hitting back at all

Poisin

Because you've played the full version of Heavenly Sword.. :roll:

you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Reyes360

how old are you again?

you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Reyes360

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Reyes360

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]Im sure as of now Xbox360 exclusive NG2 will put to bed any doubts who knows more about videogames. DementedDragon

And i'm sure this has nothing to do with NG.

@TC: I'm glad he made a professional response, Itagaki's just angry that Nariko's cup size is below DD.

Heroine from Heavenly Sword:

Heroine from Ninja Gaiden

:lol:

BTW, I think Nariko is hotter.

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half xDonRobx

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half NuclearFreedom

how old are you again?

old enough my friend and enjoy Lair.

[QUOTE="xDonRobx"]

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Reyes360

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

You fail at life and I will NEVER read anything you have to say for the rest of my stay on Gamespot.

[QUOTE="Reyes360"][QUOTE="xDonRobx"]

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half xDonRobx

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

You fail at life and I will NEVER read anything you have to say for the rest of my stay on Gamespot.

ok haha sorry to make the truth obvious.

seriously itagaki has madethe greatest action game, he knows what he's talking aboutMad_Rhetoric

so just insulted hs,re4 and god of war all had button sequences

[QUOTE="xDonRobx"][QUOTE="Reyes360"][QUOTE="xDonRobx"]

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Reyes360

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

You fail at life and I will NEVER read anything you have to say for the rest of my stay on Gamespot.

ok haha sorry to make the truth obvious.

Ninja Gaiden is one of the greatest action adventure games ever made, no question, but I just cannot respect someone who is such a hot shot, smart mouthed, disrespectful of others, douche bag like Itagaki just because he makes cool games, lol.ironcreed

Ontop of that he likes to shove his tongue into womens' mouths without their permission.

Itagaki made an awesome game, but I can't say I respect him much as a person.

[QUOTE="ironcreed"]Ninja Gaiden is one of the greatest action adventure games ever made, no question, but I just cannot respect someone who is such a hot shot, smart mouthed, disrespectful of others, douche bag like Itagaki just because he makes cool games, lol.Timstuff

Ontop of that he likes to shove his tongue into womens' mouths without their permission.

lol I hope he keeps NG2 exclusive to 360

[QUOTE="Reyes360"][QUOTE="xDonRobx"][QUOTE="Reyes360"][QUOTE="xDonRobx"]

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Ragashahs

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

You fail at life and I will NEVER read anything you have to say for the rest of my stay on Gamespot.

ok haha sorry to make the truth obvious.

well you and him are laughing good for you, YOu know what I meant, enjoy Lair.

[QUOTE="xDonRobx"]

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Reyes360

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]

[QUOTE="ironcreed"]Ninja Gaiden is one of the greatest action adventure games ever made, no question, but I just cannot respect someone who is such a hot shot, smart mouthed, disrespectful of others, douche bag like Itagaki just because he makes cool games, lol.Reyes360

Ontop of that he likes to shove his tongue into womens' mouths without their permission.

lol I hope he keeps NG2 exclusive to 360

You would, wouldn't you?

[QUOTE="Reyes360"][QUOTE="xDonRobx"]

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half 4_Horsemen

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

wrong. A game like Heavenly Sword would be more fun if you can jump. Im glad you can jump in Ninja Gaiden.

[QUOTE="4_Horsemen"][QUOTE="Reyes360"][QUOTE="xDonRobx"]

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Reyes360

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

wrong. A game like Heavenly Sword would be more fun if you can jump. Im glad you can jump in Ninja Gaiden.

Oh well. At least you can do epic maneuvers with the right analog stick.

[QUOTE="Reyes360"][QUOTE="4_Horsemen"][QUOTE="Reyes360"][QUOTE="xDonRobx"]

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Timstuff

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

wrong. A game like Heavenly Sword would be more fun if you can jump. Im glad you can jump in Ninja Gaiden.

Oh well. At least you can do epic maneuvers with the right analog stick.

I hope it gets AAA but lets be fair here.

[QUOTE="4_Horsemen"][QUOTE="Reyes360"][QUOTE="xDonRobx"]

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Reyes360

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

wrong. A game like Heavenly Sword would be more fun if you can jump. Im glad you can jump in Ninja Gaiden.

Besides from your "I'll throw my PS3 in the Atlantic.."topic. I can see you're backing up Ninja Gaiden because part 2 will be a 360 exclusive. You don't critisize games for the right reasons.

http://www.psu.com/Heavenly-Sword-producer-hits-back-at-Itagaki-News--a879-p0.php

Kyle Shubel, producer of the upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavenly Sword, has responded to criticism from Team Ninja's Itagaki Tomonobu who in recent interview with EGM labelled the game as "half assed."

Itagaki, an outspoken critic of other developers and game series stated "I've never played a good game where the developers put a big icon of the button you're supposed to press onscreen. I look at Heavenly Sword and it seems really half-assed, because it's asking you to do all these button-timing sequences but you are not getting much payoff from it."

The disparaging comments immediately provoked a response from Shubel, who replied: "My response to Mr. Itagaki would be that the intent of the Hero sequences is to empower the player to experience events that would be nearly impossible to play in a natural platforming state... for example, making the player run down ropes, leaping from rope to rope as they're being cut from underneath you, all while dodging other objects - that would be a frustrating experience to 99 percent of our users if we were to force them to do that manually."
In related news, the latest issue of PlayStation Magazine details several new features on the game, including the proposed availability of six anime clips on PlayStation Network, which will be used to tell the game's story. No further details are available at this time, however. In addition, the article reveals that motion-sensing controls in the game have also been improved upon, and confirms the title will include a total of 48 missions spread across six acts.

Heavenly Sword is scheduled for release in North America from September 12th; stay tuned to PSU for a full review in the near future.

WTF? thats all the HS dev can say?

Mad_Rhetoric

Has he ever played GOW?

[QUOTE="Mad_Rhetoric"]

http://www.psu.com/Heavenly-Sword-producer-hits-back-at-Itagaki-News--a879-p0.php

Kyle Shubel, producer of the upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavenly Sword, has responded to criticism from Team Ninja's Itagaki Tomonobu who in recent interview with EGM labelled the game as "half assed."

Itagaki, an outspoken critic of other developers and game series stated "I've never played a good game where the developers put a big icon of the button you're supposed to press onscreen. I look at Heavenly Sword and it seems really half-assed, because it's asking you to do all these button-timing sequences but you are not getting much payoff from it."

The disparaging comments immediately provoked a response from Shubel, who replied: "My response to Mr. Itagaki would be that the intent of the Hero sequences is to empower the player to experience events that would be nearly impossible to play in a natural platforming state... for example, making the player run down ropes, leaping from rope to rope as they're being cut from underneath you, all while dodging other objects - that would be a frustrating experience to 99 percent of our users if we were to force them to do that manually."
In related news, the latest issue of PlayStation Magazine details several new features on the game, including the proposed availability of six anime clips on PlayStation Network, which will be used to tell the game's story. No further details are available at this time, however. In addition, the article reveals that motion-sensing controls in the game have also been improved upon, and confirms the title will include a total of 48 missions spread across six acts.

Heavenly Sword is scheduled for release in North America from September 12th; stay tuned to PSU for a full review in the near future.

WTF? thats all the HS dev can say?

MGS9150

Has he ever played GOW?

Ninja Gaiden=greatest game of all time.

Heavenly Sword will be good, but not as good as Ninja Gaiden Black or Sigma. The only next-gen game that could even give Ninja Gaiden a run for its money is Bioshock. Although, Heavenly Sword will probably score as high as Sigma since Sigma was shafted by the Xbox fanboys who voted it as abysmal just to piss me off.

[QUOTE="xDonRobx"]

[QUOTE="Reyes360"]you cant even jump in Heavenly Sword of course it is half Reyes360

Yet you name Gears of War as a great 360 game.

You do realize you can't jump in that game? I guess that sucks too. You cant jump in Forza either, I guess that sucks.

Oh well..its settled then. 360 really doesn't have any good games

:roll:

Gears is a FPS whereas Heavenly Sword is a button masher. Please and Gears won GOTY and totally kills HEavenly Sword in graphics.

:lol: Oh this is so funny; but moreso sad..

:| FPS=First Person Shooter TPS=Third Person Shooter GeoW=TPS :lol:

Itagaki is the 50 Cent of the video game industry, if HS end up being better than NGS he won't be making games anymore. :lol:

But we all know that won't happen.