Topic: RE4...on cell phones?

[idolminds]

Damn thats impressive.

[iPPi]

Yea, phones have primitive 3d capabilities nowadays.  Though, it would still run really sluggishly.

[MysterD]

Cool.

RE4 was pretty good.

[Xessive]

Now that would be the pinnacle of irritating controls! I have enough trouble playing Snake on my phone, and that's just directions let alone aiming!

[MysterD]

Now that would be the pinnacle of irritating controls! I have enough trouble playing Snake on my phone, and that's just directions let alone aiming!

RE4: Cell Phone Edition's probably better than the PC Version's KB controls.

(RE4: Cell Phone Edition's controls won't beat a good PC controller, though).

[Xessive]

RE4: Cell Phone Edition's probably better than the PC Version's KB controls.

(RE4: Cell Phone Edition's controls won't beat a good PC controller, though).

Hehe I'd say you're right on both accounts, considering how bad the KB controls are in that game (it's kinda like how classic DOS FPS games used to be ), but I'll take that over cell phone buttons. The easiest comparison would be Snake, I had it (or one of its many clones) and it's a lot easier to control it with one hand (only 3 fingers specifically) on the arrow keys.

I actually have Sands of Time on my phone too and the controls are also frustrating at times.

[Quemaqua]

Games should not be made for cell phones. It's a stupid waste of resources that could be spent making better games for better systems that could be played by better people who aren't stuck to their fucking cell phones all day.

Um ... I mean ...

That's pretty amazing that they can get RE4 on a cell phone.

[gpw11]

The logical error you made there is that the installed user base for cellphones is huge.  Thus, you'd imagine by spending a relatively small amount of resources in order to create a shitty port of an already milked game over you could maximize returns because it's a cross cutting platform.  Thus, it would actually hypothetically increase resources for Capcom...which they could then use to make more games.  Ideally, this increase would create more of a buffer zone, enabiling them to create more original content -like Okami.

[Quemaqua]

Firstly, I never said anything about them not making money.  Of course they'll make it, hand over fist.  My argument is ideological, not financial.  Resources are nothing if you don't use them for anything *good*.

Secondly, and this carries over from the first, Capcom axed Clover, the studio who created Okami, so my guess is they don't really give a flying fuck about buffer zones or the creation of original content.