Commented 13 years ago2011-02-10 20:36:29 UTC
in journal: #7033Comment #44707
Lifeless characters, horrible combat, horrible animation, glitches en masse, copy-pasted dungeons... I could go on for a while.
The entire way the games were designed just left me with zero motivation to actually progress the story. They're incredibly dull, but this is a problem with all open world games, I think. Needs to be a lot tighter and more interesting to actually give me a reason to move forward. Definitely among the most flat, glitchy and unrewarding games I've ever played.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-25 00:00:02 UTC
in journal: #6954Comment #44643
Looks great.
I've been playing DKCR lately. It is a great game, but suffers from awful controls. You have to waggle the damn Wiimote to roll, pound and... blow air, believe it or not.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-24 08:02:54 UTC
in journal: #6948Comment #57159
I think Portal 2 was already announced when he said that. I think one of the surprises was the Mann Co store, and the next was DotA 2. Hopefully the third one is something about Half-Life.
Crollo: that reasoning doesn't make any sense to me.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-23 23:11:11 UTC
in journal: #6948Comment #57157
I can't speak for Conviction, but the only time I've seen mocap used well is when the developers have gone over everything afterwards and thoroughly cleaned it up.
Valve are super lazy. They haven't made what I'd call a 'full' game since Half-Life 2. They've completely fallen behind other developers who can make and polish excellent, lengthy games, packed with content, in a much more reasonable timeframe. Bioware/Mass Effect 2 + 3 and Naughty Dog/Uncharted 2 + 3 come to mind.
After making Half-Life 2 they estimated making Half-Life 3 would take six years, so they switched to the episodic structure. And hey, six years have passed. Go figure.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-21 22:33:49 UTC
in journal: #6945Comment #66283
My PS3 is in constant use. Not just for gaming. Blu-ray and painless streaming of my entire music/video collection are big positives for me.
I would also get a 360, but there are only about 3 games on it that interest me (and I already own Alan Wake) and that dreaded red ring of death is still hanging around. It's tanked 2 of my brothers 360's, so I don't have any faith in it.
'Sup dude.
Hides in shame
The entire way the games were designed just left me with zero motivation to actually progress the story. They're incredibly dull, but this is a problem with all open world games, I think. Needs to be a lot tighter and more interesting to actually give me a reason to move forward. Definitely among the most flat, glitchy and unrewarding games I've ever played.
"Berrs" on an empty stomach = not good!
She deserves worse.
Guess I don't have any advice, I can't remember how I got mine working, sorry.
That just sounds entirely wrong.
Not expecting much, though.
EDIT: Took a look at the new trailer... it makes Bulletstorm look like a masterpiece. Awful.
Rocksteady are a talented bunch, good luck!
And thanks to the rest of you for reminding me I need to upgrade my RAM.
Where am I?
What is this place and who are you people?
Methinks they should fix that calculator.
I've been playing DKCR lately. It is a great game, but suffers from awful controls. You have to waggle the damn Wiimote to roll, pound and... blow air, believe it or not.
Crollo: that reasoning doesn't make any sense to me.
Telling us it's longer than Portal doesn't really say much, heh.
Valve are super lazy. They haven't made what I'd call a 'full' game since Half-Life 2. They've completely fallen behind other developers who can make and polish excellent, lengthy games, packed with content, in a much more reasonable timeframe. Bioware/Mass Effect 2 + 3 and Naughty Dog/Uncharted 2 + 3 come to mind.
After making Half-Life 2 they estimated making Half-Life 3 would take six years, so they switched to the episodic structure. And hey, six years have passed. Go figure.
Also, Amnesia is $10 today for those who were interested (in Madcow's journal). Go go go.
I would also get a 360, but there are only about 3 games on it that interest me (and I already own Alan Wake) and that dreaded red ring of death is still hanging around. It's tanked 2 of my brothers 360's, so I don't have any faith in it.
And yeah, the Uncharted series. Best ever!!1
Or you just have a different opinion?
I've only played the basic browser version. It was sort of fun, but I'm probably not going to try the full version, despite all the additions.
EDIT: I do find the whole survival idea really cool, and those creepers are... creepy, but it's the tedious building methods that turn me off it.
Not a bad map, but pretty messy, and faaaar too open. Major performance drop when you're looking at one end of the map from the other.
Ant and I got gold simply camping at the top of a fire escape with pistols and a machete, might want to work on the nav around those tricky places.
And yeah - no shooting or fighting in this game. It's purely survival (escaping and hiding) and puzzle solving.
The atmosphere is perfect, and the amount of environmental interaction Frictional throw into their games is great.
The first time I ran into... them, in the basement area, bricks were shat.
Don't do that, Dimbark.
At least that way it's half true.
Ant sucks!