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03/09/09
Very interesting article, I particularly like Jeramy Cooke's statement about the look of the games.
03/09/09
At least Co-op is enjoyable for folks.
03/09/09
Would you recommend KZ2? I really might have to get it after all but I haven't finished Resistance 2 yet so I'm hemming and hawing about it
03/09/09
One thing that really stands out though is just how impressive the graphics are.
If you are into vs MP then Ive heard lots of good things about KZ2s mp mode. I havent played yet. Waiting for a friend to get the game since didnt want to go up in rank ahead of him.
Also gotta patch up the game and see how that is.
Im quite happy with it. Sound effects are also exquisite!
03/09/09
03/09/09
One thing I wasnt too happy about was weapon accuracy and such since they made the spread of the weapons occur a bit too fast. Still though another personal pref issue of my own when it comes to game design, granted I still find the different weapons highly enjoyable plus the sound effects once again is what makes shooting with all of them rewarding.
Also the game has some of the best reload animations I have seen in a while. Quite nice.
Since really do think sound effects is a good part of the games overall experience itself. Attention to detail and level designs is quite excellent also.
03/09/09
03/09/09
Though if you didnt notice it then Im sure you will be just fine. Still yet it doesnt eat into the experience that much. And am happy that the devs at GG really do seem to be listning to the fans and making fixes. Good sign there.
03/09/09
03/09/09
Kudos to Owen for the write-up and the interviewees for the time and insight.
03/09/09
I can handle space marines fighting aliens anyday, or anything supernatural/horror-esque. But games like Call of Duty...I cannot play.
Nothing against those who do, just not my piece of pie.
03/09/09
This is something I've found myself experiencing, particularly during this generation of games, most certainly due to the increase in artificial intelligence of your opponents and the ever increasing realism with how they look and move.
It's one thing to kill 'evil' monsters or aliens, but to be faced with opponents that are deliberately intended to mimic real people and especially those who you can be somewhat sympathetic toward (the Helghast come to mind) it's growing increasingly difficult to want to "blow them all away".
03/09/09
As for story-telling, I'm sure you'd be hard pressed to find a game better than Modern Warfare, that is, before it gets a little too convoluted towards the closing of the game. The nuclear explosion for example, is a moment I often look back on and think: yeah, that was a great piece of direction.
Metal Gear can be accused of the same, if you squint really, really hard. The messages are there, they're just hidden behind a veil of ninja and mech-warriors.
Anyway, what really gets to me is that people continually say 'Oh no, another WWII game.' When, in fact, the story has never really been told to its full potential. We should be excited, if anything, when one is announced - I am, it's an important part of most people's heritage. That is, of course, just my opinion.
03/09/09
I guess this is one aspect other media format triumps over video games. With the silver screen, you can at least focus on some results or personal aspect, but with video games, there's only so many ways you can present the same war.
03/09/09
The war was possibly the most monumental and influential event to truly occur in our history, but so little of the overarching events and the human element is lost in an effort to develop an action game.
Yes, the battles were important, the weapons development was key and the magnitude of the entire thing will have repercussions for centuries, but so little of that is properly translated into the context of a game. Why? Because you need to entertain the player more than you educate them. They need cool weapons, new modes of play and great visuals. It's incredibly hard designing a truly emotional impacting story around this.
03/09/09
It's the medium itself. The war, and events surrounding it, was far more than the sum of it's battles. And due to their nature video games cannot traverse into that emotional intimate zone that movies such as Schindler's List and like can.
It may happen eventually, but with the current model of development and the target audiences it will take quite a bit of effort.
12/02/08
maybe I'll wait for the 3G instead. which should be in about 9 months or so.
11/22/08
THANK GOD!
I've always been happy to see Gearbox grow and succeed. Last gen, the Brothers in Arms series gave the played out WWII genre a shot in the arm with true innovation and an attempt at dramatic storytelling few games could claim of offer.
Which is why Hell's Highway was such a tremendous disappointment for me. It's not a terrible game, just completely mediocre in every way, making it play like a paint-by-numbers version of their previous titles.
Having already been extremely excited by the prospects Borderlands and Aliens, after being so underwhelmed by HH, my anticipation has turned to skepticism regarding Gearbox's future offerings (much like my feelings towards Silicon Knights changed after playing Too Human).
Hell's Highway demoted them from being a dev whose games I'd buy without thinking twice to a dev whose games I'll rent before buying, so I hope this corporate mantra guff is true- they really need it going forward if they want to protect the quality perception behind their name.
Getting bigger has certainly not made their games better, so maybe this is good news.
11/22/08
11/22/08
11/21/08
Can't wait to see it in action!
11/21/08
I want Alien horror.
11/21/08
Sorry, couldn't resist that.
11/22/08
11/21/08
My point across yet?
11/21/08
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...