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11/06/09
I'll be picking this up. #kanelynch2dogdays
11/06/09
Technical foibles and difficulty spikes aside, this was one of those few games that was more than the sum of its parts.
Both my housemate and myself toiled away for hours trying to take out that fucking truck at the buld site, or getting out of that fucking plaza in Havana, but we kept at it till the end.
There aren't a lot of games I'd give such a wide berth, so they must have been doing something right. #kanelynch2dogdays
11/05/09
I never finished the first game. I have it here for PC too. THe story was good, great even but the game was let down by it's mechanics, it just didn't feel liek a tight gaming experiance.
If they've tightened up the gameplay though, I'd be interested in checking out a sequal, it certainly has promise. #kanelynch2dogdays
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Not a very good trailer #kanelynch2dogdays
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Compared to that expectation the video was a let down but still cool. #kanelynch2dogdays
11/05/09
"beats the dog away with some type of blunt object"
It's that even legal? :3 #kanelynch2dogdays
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Halo on the other hand, you dont even have a face for the main character... same with Bioshock. When you say bioshock, most gamers or nongamers can tell you about that water suit monster. That's about it. #brucewillis
10/22/09
Eg: The designs for the X-Men characters probably wouldn't go so well on the silver screen, but they work fine in the comics. Or, for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within-- the plot and the aesthetic would have worked for video games, but they sure as hell didn't for the movie unfortunately.
I think for video games in general (and perhaps comics), the experience is so much more extensive, it's difficult to translate that feeling to film, unless you can pull something of like Lord of the Rings or any truly epic movie. And when I say extensive, I mean that people spend hours upon hours playing a single title, but a movie lasts only a few 2 to a few hours.
In terms of Halo or Bioshock, the content in those games are very high-risk for studios to push, at least to me. A larger audience is likely to accept Kane and Lynch over the other two games. Sucks, but it's probably true.
To capture the essence of Halo or Bioshock, the budget would most likely be insane-- plus, the producers will have to deal with video game sensibilities. Their respective studios are probably aware of that too and are unlikely to be so clairvoyant in allowing third parties to meddle with he lore of their big name titles.
Apparently, there are some differences in the movie script of Kaine and Lynch, so who knows, maybe it'll be good. #brucewillis
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umm...the story and characters were actually good even if the gameplay wasnt steller #brucewillis
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but hey since I'm broke maybe I'll go pick it up used for cheap... #brucewillis
10/21/09
@bwwardiii: They made a movie together you know as a bank robbers. #brucewillis
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its actually a fun game for you and your buddy to chill out to with a case of beer and a pizza, assuming you dont get too wasted before you get done with the Cuba levels because the difficulty curve bitch slaps you around that sixth beer #brucewillis
10/21/09
The best mission was the one in tokyo, walking down the streets shooting at cops. #brucewillis
10/21/09
I loved the one where you are robbing the bank and if you play as Lynch when he freaks out and thinks the hostages turned into cops, they actually do that (if youre playing as him) #brucewillis
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are you kidding? granted I think Halo is over rated, but have you gotten three of your mates in the living room and go on a Xbox Live match making bout all night on a nice big screen with beer and what not?
and I didnt mention drugs, but smoke some pot (or be a man and do shrooms/LSD) and play Geometry Wars 2...its amazing... #brucewillis
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"....and I didnt mention drugs, but smoke some pot (or be a man and do shrooms/LSD) and play Geometry Wars 2...its amazing..."
wow, dude, you are THE COOLEST guy in the world. Seriously, you're soooooo hardcore b/c you smoke weed and do 'shrooms when playing games.
Guys want to be you. Ladies want to have your children.
/sarcasm #brucewillis
10/22/09
you missed my sarcasm when I made that 'be a man' joke
and why yes, I am pretty cool, but its more so the tattoos that make me hardcore and not the drugs though
and on that note, ladies line up on the left for the sexin, men on the right for high fives #brucewillis
10/21/09
Jeff Gerstmann gets a paid cameo, perhaps one in which he tells the main characters that one of their ideas has "really neat ideas built deep within them, but that he'll have to do more digging than he wants to do to find them."
It would be still-hilarious to the layman, and make those in the know wet themselves. Also: "Is every third word out of your moths the F-Word? It's not a big problem, it's a great word when properly used... But you guys are coming off as just lazy."
God bless Gerstman for being this late-20-something's lifelong sign that speaking the truth usually works out in the end. #brucewillis
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