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Dracko
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Richard Morgan is writing Crysis 2.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:59 pm |
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| Richard Morgan wrote: |
I thought Modern Warfare 2 was an immense disappointment. It was a massive stepdown from Call of Duty 4. What I thought when I played it was, 'Jesus guys, what have you been doing? You've not ramped anything up. The story is worse and the game doesn't really hang together, it's just a bunch of mission levels.'
It made no sense. It was totally implausible. It doesn't resolve. Basically, all the things that bad storytelling does. I just think they were way too impressed with themselves and that's always a danger. It's just unfortunate.
Conversely, with Uncharted 2, those guys went back and look at the first game. Everything that didn't work very well, they fixed or ramped up or did something with.
They really took it to a new place and you can honestly say to people if you played the first game, the second one is the same but better. Modern Warfare 2 is the same but... way worse. And it cost more money. |
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Dracko
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:08 pm |
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| Tempest 1610 wrote: |
| Dracko wrote: |
| Richard Morgan is writing Crysis 2. |
If by "writing" you mean "spearheading the movement to misappropriate salient iconography for cheap thrills and a Gears-of-War-2 level of idiotic marketing" |
Such as?
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Dracko
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:20 pm |
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How did you feel about Call of Duty 4?
If this sounds like shrug's question, I'm just mainly curious as to what your impression is of most mediums being obsessed with apocalyptic and terrorist/revolutionary iconography as of late.
I was not aware the teaser aired in Times Square, mind you. I can see how that would be troublesome. Was there any fallout to it?
I'm not entirely certain what point you're trying to make about Morgan, though.
shrug, read Black Man.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:53 pm |
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No, really.
It's a good book.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:07 pm |
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Fair enough.
Save it for until dhalgren beats you once more. :(
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Dracko
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| Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:33 am |
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Broco: http://livingepic.blogspot.com/
Honestly, if this line of observation and commentary interests you, that's a further reason to dip into the Halo games.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:39 am |
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| Roger Travis wrote: |
The Iliad actually starts with a general who won't give up his slave-girl. At some point, that story was new, maybe--but it wouldn't have been new to the audience of the Homeric bards.
The Iliad had a plot just as hackneyed as Halo's. |
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Dracko
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| Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:26 am |
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I thought Capcom's position was that Poison was cissexual.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:38 am |
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| Dracko wrote: |
| I thought Capcom's position was that Poison was not a TG. |
dumbed down for daisy
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Dracko
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| Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:46 am |
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dumbed down for c(r)apcom
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Dracko
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| Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:11 pm |
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Was it good?
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Dracko
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:20 am |
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Oh well, hey!
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Dracko
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:11 pm |
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Take it up with Obama, it's not my problem.
You should still read it, either way.
It kicks off with a manhunt in the middle of Jesusland, which is essentially a slum.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:38 pm |
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It's likely just bad-mouthing to promote Crysis 2 anyway.
I mean, Combat Evolved's plot was straight-forward military sci-fi fluff, and did the job well at that, but even the biggest fans recognise that the sequels are pretty much torrents of bullshit.
But hey, playing Halo for story is like playing Megaman for character development.
P.S. It's kind of funny though that he brings up his problems with archetypes because his Takeshi Kovacs character basically becomes an even more bastardly Indiana Jones crossed with Master Chief as his novels progress.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:08 pm |
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Oh, it's certainly a well marketed franchise, and it's definitely telling that ODST went for its own interpretation of ARG memetics.
I'd be curious to know if they have anything planned along those lines for Reach. Even Halo 3's terminals were welcome.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:13 pm |
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Beards and jRPGs models? Mark Kozelek music? Pompei imagery? What's going on?
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Dracko
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:59 am |
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Dracko
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:14 pm |
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i heard wes posted here was it dumb?
Demon's Souls is getting a European release, guys.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:01 pm |
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Two peas in a pod.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:21 pm |
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On the subject of the XCOM news, Something Awful actually drops the patented sarcasm and has an earnest critique.
| Dennis Farrell wrote: |
The franchise's main appeals were its multi-layered and relatively complex strategy, the ability to personalize your squads to feel an actual connection to them and piece together your own story entirely through the things that happened when you pitted your wits against the computer, and the constant reminder that you were working against the clock with failure a very real possibility.
It would be great to be wrong about this, but it's not likely that any of the above qualities will be at the forefront of a story-based first person shooter that lists the Xbox 360 as its primary platform. A "strategic core" is mentioned, but way more emphasis is placed on the shooting and story. Let's hope that's just PR attempting to emphasize the bits that they think will sell more copies. |
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| It's been a long time since a game like the original X-COM has come around. Why not make an update - not just more of the same but an evolution of the concept that stays true to the original's spirit, something that will do what Civilization IV did for its series? I can only imagine that the reluctance to do so is based on the (in my opinion, bogus) belief that there aren't enough modern gamers capable of understanding or enjoying a complex strategy game to justify the cost. |
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Dracko
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:03 pm |
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You say that like it's a bad thing.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:21 pm |
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Ubisoft: "We wouldn't know shit from our arseholes."
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Dracko
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:56 pm |
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Yeah, this too.
how many gamer girrrls bought conviction???
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Dracko
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:02 pm |
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Shaun White can fuck off too.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:42 pm |
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Which is worse than standard paper.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:59 am |
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thx for getting my hopes up rr ;_;
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Dracko
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:20 pm |
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In the end, it depends on how it's implemented, but they're doing away with specifically one of the signature restrictions of the title.
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Dracko
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:09 pm |
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Deadpool vs. B.B. Hood, or no sale.
Also, lol Tony Stark vs. Morrigan. Naturely.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:41 pm |
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SPOILERS: He's right.
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| I allow Sangtiago the last word. Toward the end of her presentation, she shows a visual with six circles, which represent, I gather, the components now forming for her brave new world of video games as art. The circles are labeled: Development, Finance, Publishing, Marketing, Education, and Executive Management. I rest my case. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:03 pm |
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braid = art
another world = not art
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Dracko
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:39 pm |
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| amadeus3000 wrote: |
aka
braid = good game ?
another world = bad game ? |
efff you
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Dracko
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:56 pm |
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| shrugtheironteacup wrote: |
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I have absolutely no idea what the thesis of this article is. Especially because what little press I've seen on Red Dead Redemption emphasizes the fact that one of the central conflicts of the game is the encroachment of modernity onto "traditional" "Western" life. |
His working thesis was "I spent twenty minutes on wikipedia and will now return from this flaming informational mountaintop to bestow self-evident knowledge on the interplebes."
It was cut in later drafts. |
blood potion
ps toups :|
pps ebert wrote a review of cosmology of kyoto i think that means he's perfectly allowed to take part in the debate if he feels compelled to
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Dracko
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:20 pm |
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That's pretty incredible, actually. I'll be keeping an eye out for that.
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