I always thought SC4 was alright, not great, but also not deserving of the vast scorn it garnered. An average game. Yes, it was shameless. Its not like the series had vast amounts of pathos beforehand, its DOA with swords and a slightly straightforward story that tries to sound more epic. Its unbalanced and goofy, but it was fun to mess about with your friends on and the singleplayer is competent yet challenging enough for the completionists and skillmonkeys.
I consider its flaws to be that it was a relic from times past and has been for over 10 years. If they put up another challenging and interesting sprawling one player with lots of variety, if they put in a ton of character customization (both in stats to reward those that want to really munchkin out and in appearence for those just having fun playing dress up...you know who you are.), then yeah, I'll probably buy it. For a low price, a long time after it comes out. And that feels like the niche it holds.
Edit: I hear that it might be Final Fantasy characters that fill the guest spots this time. Considering Square Enix and the recent Final Fantasy outings, its a little hard to tell "who's second hand now" there.
</dorky reference that doesn't quite make sense...though on hindsight, Jehuty and Vic Viper in SC would be stupid but just a little awesome>
I consider its flaws to be that it was a relic from times past and has been for over 10 years. If they put up another challenging and interesting sprawling one player with lots of variety, if they put in a ton of character customization (both in stats to reward those that want to really munchkin out and in appearence for those just having fun playing dress up...you know who you are.), then yeah, I'll probably buy it. For a low price, a long time after it comes out. And that feels like the niche it holds.
Edit: I hear that it might be Final Fantasy characters that fill the guest spots this time. Considering Square Enix and the recent Final Fantasy outings, its a little hard to tell "who's second hand now" there.
</dorky reference that doesn't quite make sense...though on hindsight, Jehuty and Vic Viper in SC would be stupid but just a little awesome>