Ouch, the PS3 version of the game was just given 4.5/10 by Gamespot.
Gamespot's main gripe with the game is that it's apparently a very boring, very generic sidescroller with generic platforming and generic combat, topped off with unnecessary cut-scenes. The game's trying to make sales purely from people's nostalgia, even though it has none of the personality or charm that the original game had.
If I had to guess, it's probably an OK platformer... just not as great as everyone's hyping it up to be (I never played the original Ducktales game so I can't comment on that.)
From what I read before the release, it was just an HD remake of the original game. Basically, the same game with just updated sprites. And this worked great for Capcom with games like Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo and Marvel Vs Capcom 2, but that is because at their core, they were amazing games. I played DuckTales on the NES, and I can't recall anything about it other than it being a Duck Tales game. It was probably mediocre at the time.
Sounds like "they've grown up" and forgotten that this is basically a remastering of the original game. This is exactly what people wanted... remake the original game without screwing with the gameplay at all. It's funny that they bitch about it.
The original did not suck. It was actually one of the best platformers on the NES. Following closely behind the release of Megaman which was one of the first games to use player selected level order, Capcom continued this idea in Ducktales. The controls were top notch. The story, well it was Ducktales, find $$$, the more the better. The fact that there were multiple endings based on how much $$$ you found was also an interesting addon which not many games at that time had done.
It wasn't that great. Ninja Gaiden was better and it came out before then. Then we have Castlevania and Metroid, both of which were superior to Ducktales.
The original did not suck. It was actually one of the best platformers on the NES.
I hope this new one ends up being good. DuckTales was a great show. Also, it recently became available for streaming on Amazon Prime video.
And again, those were also different games. I wouldn't necessarily say Ninja Gaiden was better or not. It was focused on a completely different demographic than Ducktales, same with Castlevania and Metroid. I personally was not a fan of the original Metroid (I loved Super Metroid, and consider it one of the best games ever made). Castlevania was an entirely different animal, more like Ninja Gaiden than Ducktales (ever look at the game mechanics? Both used collectable power-ups which fell from attacking certain items in the game (candles, torches, lights, etc.), both had character hit bars, both had similar limited uses of the special weapons.... really these were very much similar games, simply one was ninja with added climbing/grappling mechanics).
Ouch, the PS3 version of the game was just given 4.5/10 by Gamespot.
I never understood why that dude didn't put his money in the god damn bank.
I heard a new DuckTales game was coming out. So, this is a remake of the NES version? I never played that one. I had the old DuckTales PC game. I remember playing it on our 286. It was actually pretty decent in it's time.
I hope this new one ends up being good. DuckTales was a great show. Also, it recently became available for streaming on Amazon Prime video.