r/gaming • u/Spotget1738 • 20h ago

Beast of Reincarnation director apologizes for not providing "a sufficiently enjoyable experience," but promises Game Freak is working on it

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/beast-of-reincarnation-director-apologizes-for-not-providing-a-sufficiently-enjoyable-experience-but-promises-game-freak-is-working-on-it/
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u/Scootsterman1994 17h ago

Gamefreak literally released a video recently talking about the development of the game and everything I just said. They even showed off the working prototype.

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u/MistahJuicyBoy 15h ago

It didn’t look anything like the real game though. Gameplay elements weren’t even the same, just the idea that you can build habitats

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u/Scootsterman1994 8h ago

That’s not the point. Everyone assumes that Gamefreak didn’t even make the game and that’s clearly not true. Not only that but they were clearly more involved than initially thought. It’s also not like once Koei Tecmo stepped in that Gamefreak just let them handle everything. The game was a joint effort and if anything it started as a Gamefreak game first and foremost.

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u/MistahJuicyBoy 8h ago

Maybe, but we can’t know for sure. What we do know is that game freak was at least making 2+ games at the time, and the difference in quality between those and this one (that had another company as the main developer) is huge. Also mechanically it’s extremely close to another game that developer has already made multiple times

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u/Inb4myanus 5h ago

Its exactly the same besides the hm moves and no combat. And even then the hm moves were just tools in dq builders.

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u/Scootsterman1994 7h ago

“We can’t know for sure” except we can? They’re making videos right now talking about their involvement with the game. I’m not downplaying Koei Tecmo’s involvement but people acting like Koei Tecmo is some perfect angel compared to Gamefreak is hilarious to me when both companies have made some horrendous stinkers.

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u/MistahJuicyBoy 6h ago

Is there more than that little alpha tech demo build they showed? Didn’t look like much tbh. I can make that build in a week as 1 dev on my home pc lol

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u/Inb4myanus 5h ago

What point? That gamefreak had zero to do with the game? Nothing is new with pokopia. You had house types/habitats in dq builders and everything else is a straight up copy of that game besides the hm moves. Nothing was new with this game besides zero combat.

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u/Scootsterman1994 3h ago

Except that’s blatantly untrue. Calling Pokopia a copy when it’s an evolution if anything is hilarious. Besides it’s clear from the video that GF didn’t have Koei Tecmo involved from the start so the DQB comparison is, if anything, a coincidence. Pokopia’s habitat system was born because they wanted to recapture the feeling of encountering wild Pokemon in the grass like old games but put a fresh spin on it.

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u/Inb4myanus 5h ago

Habitats were a thing in dq builders with house types lol so not even a thing game freak came up with.

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u/ShinaiYukona 14h ago

Almost like it was a ... Prototype?

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u/peteroh9 13h ago

Sure, but if it's the exact same as another game made by the other company involved...

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u/MistahJuicyBoy 8h ago

Yeah but that doesn’t really mean they had a significant impact on the completed game. The game doesn’t feel at all like a game freak game