Update on our upcoming iPhone/iPod/iPad game Munch Time. We've shot some quick gameplay footage. Release trailer coming soon, and the game soon after :)
I think video games are too demanding for a comprehensive list to ever actually be made. Movies are 2 hours, and a person can probably watch the majority of the world's best cinema. With video games there are so many which are loved, and some of them require 100 hours to fully understand them.
Then with interactive media and its methods of storytelling, there's really no definite type of ending that is universally accepted as the best. I would assume that the list is listing off the best movie-style endings.
Long story short, an expectation of a quality list with video games is a little unrealistic. #speakup
Yes, but number one being blops is kind of a joke. A lot of the games do not deserve even being on the list. This is what happens when public opinion is regarded as an official list, that's why proper awards are thought out by experts in their fields and given to those most deserving. #tips(Edit comment)
That entire list is a joke. Beyond just the Black Ops thing, there are multiple games on there that don't even really have endings. It's all absurdity. People should simply pass on by it. Instead, because it is -so- stupid, people are giving them the publicity that they wanted. #speakup(Edit comment)
So, I was never able to get the $60 I paid at launch back from Bethesda, despite Skyrim being broken on the PS3 (and despite it breaking MY PS3, by corrupting my HDD) and their being a 90-day warranty Bethesda wouldn't honor (of course the store wouldn't take it back, as it had already been opened -- which goes against the ridiculous DMCA). Think Bethesda will do right and at least honor their warranty by giving me a code to play the game on Steam on my PC?
I really, really want to finish the game. And after paying $60, having it break my 360, dealing with Sony for hours, I think a code to play the PC version isn't asking to much. Anyone think this would be possible, or does Bethesda really not care that they sold me (and all PS3 owners) a broken game that still hasn't been fixed?
Oh come on, then why have they improved their bugs and have been working on new patches for months? They aren't just leaving gamers out in the cold. It's a shame that the PS3 version has had problems, but that does not speak to the bigger game or what Bethesda cares about. You can believe them to be the big white devil, but they're just another game developer that is trying to fix what is wrong with their game. From what I've heard, the latest patch has helped most people with the PS3 version, and I wish that were the case for Sloopy here. #speakup(Edit comment)
They are a company, so I dont think theyll give you an extra steam code, honestly if you find the game you purchased too buggy you could always torrent it. #speakup(Edit comment)
"but they're just another game developer that is trying to fix what is wrong with their game"
It would help if they actually waited till their game was actually stable until they stopped patching it instead of "slightly more stable than launch" or they weren't so lazy or blatantly lieing (New engine!) during the dev process. Oblivion remains the ONLY game I have had 3 fan patches for and STILL encounter regular obvious bugs and crashes. #speakup
I've already explained to you before that it -is- a new engine. When you start out with an engine and then replace parts until none of the original parts remain, causing you to not have to even pay for licensing on the original engine, that's a new engine.
Skyrim is a lot less buggy than any previous Elder Scrolls game, and while I do wish they had a little more time on debugging, that doesn't mean they don't care about gamers or don't care enough to work on getting the game working. The PS3 was a unique case thanks to the console's memory infrastructure, and it has fortunately been fixed for most. As a developer, they are at least going in the right direction. I look forward to their next game that should be even more refined than this one.
The Elder Scrolls games will never be Japanese games, but they're still good games. With the new Creation Kit out, the game will continue to be fun for quite a while to come. #speakup
"I look forward to their next game that should be even more refined than this one."
This was their third game on the PS3, and apparently they still couldn't get it right. Second game with the same equal problem, Fallout 3 also had the framerate issues.
I don't see how they are improving, better animations that seem like they came from 2007?
They really should be more about quality over quantity. They obviously can't do open world game right, they should take a break till they get better at coding and not release patches that break the game even more. #speakup
Exactly: New engine=we replaced the parts we have to licenses.
The exact same bugs fans have identified and fixed were still present. That isn't "didn't have enough time for perfect QA", it's "we're incompetent". #speakup
ha. "They obviously can't do open world game right"? Despite the fact that they released the highest-lauded and best-received open world game of the last decade?
Come on. They remade the engine and that improved things. They do need to start from the ground up on it, but I don't think there's any reason for them to just stop making games like this. No one else truly makes games like this, but they seem to make it work. Sure they're rough, but it's not a lack of polish. It's just an odd part of this sub-genre of sandbox RPG games. They're far from a perfect developer, but they're also trying and achieving things many other developers simply couldn't do.
I don't appreciate the bugs either, but I've only personally seen a few. In comparison to their past games, this has been an amazingly smooth experience. No one in their right mind could consider Skyrim "not getting it right" in comparison to the past. They got it right. Not perfectly right, but right.
truthtellah, somehow I think if you played my PS3 copy, you would change your mind.
If getting it right means playing the game for 10 minutes before the frame rate drops, stuck on loading screens, backwards flying dragons, textures not loading up properly, not being able to enter cities then I can't imagine what it's like if they get it wrong.
I played STALKER, every single one of them. They are the buggiest fucking games I've ever played and I still think they are the best franchise out there. Skyrim is not, not even close will ever be to achieving that in my mind. They need to go back to Morrowind and see what they did right, with story, actual interesting characters and an amazing experience all around. #speakup
Also, I think we're off topic. I'm not saying I think they shouldn't help Sloopy out. I think they should, as the PS3 version has had real problems due to its unique architecture. I was simply disagreeing with deux who gets in his jabs whenever given the opportunity. He can't seem to let any opportunity go by without petulantly spouting unrelenting vehemence on Western RPGs of this type. Sloopy has good reason to be complaining here, but deux is just bandwagoning on any possible discontent like a leech on negativity. He has no concern for anyone but himself and his own dogmatic view of how things are. #speakup(Edit comment)
I'm sorry that your experience with the PS3 version has been so bad, but that hasn't been the case for all of us who have enjoyed the game on various platforms. I've enjoyed it on the 360 and PC with few bumps in the road. So, you certainly have a case for complaining about the PS3 version and possibly getting some help from Bethesda or Sony, but as for the larger game, it is still far better and more stable than previous entries in the franchise. You can like Stalker more, but I would disagree. I have no issue with you having your own opinion on this, and I hope you will get appropriate help for your time with Skyrim. #speakup(Edit comment)
I don't have a problem with WRPGs at all, in fact I bought Recoking to support 38 Studios since I don't want Bioware and Bethesda to be the only ones around.
I just feel that people who defend the game and say that it's still fun despite the bugs, they obviously didn't have a firsthand experience on what we are going through.
We are paying customers, they even seem to be AWARE of the problem since they didn't ship out PS3 copies to reviewers. They wanted to hide it, it's obvious that they did. #speakup
They replaced a few parts and then replaced every previous part left over from the old engine. That's a new engine. They didn't just stop with a few parts. You can say they're lying when they say they've rebuilt every part of it, but that's what the developers themselves have said happened. I do believe there are legitimate issues here, but not on the absurd scale that you suggest with every comment. You'd think Bethesda had killed your mother or something the way you go around to anyone who mentions a Bethesda or Western RPG game and just lambast them. People know how you feel about the games, deux. We know where you stand. There's no reason to continue your campaign against any Western game that isn't perfect or any Japanese game that doesn't live up to your vision of how they should be. At a certain point, your unrelenting complaining just becomes like the horrible buzzing of an old television set. If you are going to complain, you're going to have to at least change it up a bit and perhaps get some new tactics, but right now, it has simply become stale and sad. #speakup(Edit comment)
I know you aren't against WRPGs. Anything like that is me referring to deux and his obsessions. You're free to be displeased with the PS3 version. I can't vouch for how bad that version is. I can only say that the 360 and PC versions have been quite nice. I'm sorry to hear how bad your PS3 experience was. My issue isn't with you. I wish you the best of luck in convincing the developer to help you out and accommodate your concerns. (Edit comment)
"developers themselves have said " is only good when the developers in question haven't blatantly flat out lied during hype in the past. #speakup(Edit comment)
LEGO have revealed at the New York Toy Fair that they're going to release two sets based off Star Wars: The Old Republic later this year - their first Lego sets to feature Star Wars video game content since 2008's Rogue Shadow set from The Force Unleashed.
The two sets, a Fury-class Interceptor (the Sith classes personal ship) and a Republic Striker Fighter (not seen before in the game) will also come with minifigures of several TOR characters - the Fury Interceptor will come with Darth Malgus and two Sith Empire Troopers, and the Striker Fighter with Jedi Master Satele Shan, Jace Malcom (the republic trooper who appears in the CGI trailers Hope and Return) and T7-01, the Jedi Knight classes' first companion character.
More pictures of the sets can be found here and here. Both sets are due for release in June.
To Pokémon Black and White players, the Mewtwo Wi-Fi event (download it from Nintendo WFC under "Mystery Gift" in the main menu) apparently began a day early.
My pleasure! I didn't think it was going up until tomorrow, so I'm happy. I do hope Nintendo didn't screw anything up on their end, though. [serebii.net]
I read you dont have to battle him like Victini ( thank god ) but I also read he was level 70 which... makes him way...way too OP for where my Black game is at ( I think around the 30's, never played it much after I got it ) which will make me a little sad. Hopefully theres some kind of level balance :/ #speakup(Edit comment)
I agree with you man. I think the old art is very distinctive and makes the monsters stand apart. Why did they stop with it after Gold/Silver? #speakup(Edit comment)
Yep. He's level 70 (legitimate ID: "FEB2012" and origin: "Wi-Fi Gift"), and he comes with a King's Rock and the moves Psystrike, Shadow Ball, Aura Sphere, and Electro Ball. It's not "really" that overpowered -- remember that until you earn certain badges, Pokémon above a certain level often won't obey you in battle. #speakup(Edit comment)
New painting by G-e-e-r-s. And it is truly amazing haha. It even includes that dagger from that infamous webcam photo of Gabe that's floating around. #tips
I have to tell anyone who hasn't gotten this to get it, if only for being the rare game competent, non-angsty, adult protagonist (there are plenty of other things this game does great, but that's one really neat thing). #tips(Edit comment)
Damn, I should have checked here before I posted the same news in the Open Thread! Oh well, the more exposure for this good news the better! #tips(Edit comment)
David Jaffe, "Games can't tell emotional stories... yet."
[beefjack.com]
#speakup
(Edit comment)#tips
#davidjaffe
#ohreally
Update on our upcoming iPhone/iPod/iPad game Munch Time. We've shot some quick gameplay footage. Release trailer coming soon, and the game soon after :)
Check our facebook for more screenshots & info: [www.facebook.com] #tips
(Edit comment)Lisa Foiles in a funny video! About Valentine's Day! And video games are mentioned!
[www.smbc-comics.com]
#tips
(Edit comment)Guiness Video Game Best Ending Award
[games.on.net]
#speakup
#tips
#WTF
This proves that just because something is popular, doesn't make it good.
(Edit comment)I think video games are too demanding for a comprehensive list to ever actually be made. Movies are 2 hours, and a person can probably watch the majority of the world's best cinema. With video games there are so many which are loved, and some of them require 100 hours to fully understand them.
Then with interactive media and its methods of storytelling, there's really no definite type of ending that is universally accepted as the best. I would assume that the list is listing off the best movie-style endings.
Long story short, an expectation of a quality list with video games is a little unrealistic. #speakup
(Edit comment)A lot of those popular games have really great endings. Some of 'em, not so much.
Not the worst I've ever seen, at the very least.
#speakup
(Edit comment)So, I was never able to get the $60 I paid at launch back from Bethesda, despite Skyrim being broken on the PS3 (and despite it breaking MY PS3, by corrupting my HDD) and their being a 90-day warranty Bethesda wouldn't honor (of course the store wouldn't take it back, as it had already been opened -- which goes against the ridiculous DMCA). Think Bethesda will do right and at least honor their warranty by giving me a code to play the game on Steam on my PC?
I really, really want to finish the game. And after paying $60, having it break my 360, dealing with Sony for hours, I think a code to play the PC version isn't asking to much. Anyone think this would be possible, or does Bethesda really not care that they sold me (and all PS3 owners) a broken game that still hasn't been fixed?
#speakup
(Edit comment)#tips
#ps3
#pc
#steam
#bethesda
"but they're just another game developer that is trying to fix what is wrong with their game"
It would help if they actually waited till their game was actually stable until they stopped patching it instead of "slightly more stable than launch" or they weren't so lazy or blatantly lieing (New engine!) during the dev process. Oblivion remains the ONLY game I have had 3 fan patches for and STILL encounter regular obvious bugs and crashes. #speakup
(Edit comment)I've already explained to you before that it -is- a new engine. When you start out with an engine and then replace parts until none of the original parts remain, causing you to not have to even pay for licensing on the original engine, that's a new engine.
Skyrim is a lot less buggy than any previous Elder Scrolls game, and while I do wish they had a little more time on debugging, that doesn't mean they don't care about gamers or don't care enough to work on getting the game working. The PS3 was a unique case thanks to the console's memory infrastructure, and it has fortunately been fixed for most. As a developer, they are at least going in the right direction. I look forward to their next game that should be even more refined than this one.
The Elder Scrolls games will never be Japanese games, but they're still good games. With the new Creation Kit out, the game will continue to be fun for quite a while to come. #speakup
(Edit comment)"I look forward to their next game that should be even more refined than this one."
This was their third game on the PS3, and apparently they still couldn't get it right. Second game with the same equal problem, Fallout 3 also had the framerate issues.
I don't see how they are improving, better animations that seem like they came from 2007?
They really should be more about quality over quantity. They obviously can't do open world game right, they should take a break till they get better at coding and not release patches that break the game even more. #speakup
(Edit comment)Exactly: New engine=we replaced the parts we have to licenses.
The exact same bugs fans have identified and fixed were still present. That isn't "didn't have enough time for perfect QA", it's "we're incompetent". #speakup
(Edit comment)ha. "They obviously can't do open world game right"? Despite the fact that they released the highest-lauded and best-received open world game of the last decade?
Come on. They remade the engine and that improved things. They do need to start from the ground up on it, but I don't think there's any reason for them to just stop making games like this. No one else truly makes games like this, but they seem to make it work. Sure they're rough, but it's not a lack of polish. It's just an odd part of this sub-genre of sandbox RPG games. They're far from a perfect developer, but they're also trying and achieving things many other developers simply couldn't do.
I don't appreciate the bugs either, but I've only personally seen a few. In comparison to their past games, this has been an amazingly smooth experience. No one in their right mind could consider Skyrim "not getting it right" in comparison to the past. They got it right. Not perfectly right, but right.
(Edit comment)truthtellah, somehow I think if you played my PS3 copy, you would change your mind.
If getting it right means playing the game for 10 minutes before the frame rate drops, stuck on loading screens, backwards flying dragons, textures not loading up properly, not being able to enter cities then I can't imagine what it's like if they get it wrong.
I played STALKER, every single one of them. They are the buggiest fucking games I've ever played and I still think they are the best franchise out there. Skyrim is not, not even close will ever be to achieving that in my mind. They need to go back to Morrowind and see what they did right, with story, actual interesting characters and an amazing experience all around. #speakup
(Edit comment)I don't have a problem with WRPGs at all, in fact I bought Recoking to support 38 Studios since I don't want Bioware and Bethesda to be the only ones around.
I just feel that people who defend the game and say that it's still fun despite the bugs, they obviously didn't have a firsthand experience on what we are going through.
We are paying customers, they even seem to be AWARE of the problem since they didn't ship out PS3 copies to reviewers. They wanted to hide it, it's obvious that they did. #speakup
(Edit comment)LEGO have revealed at the New York Toy Fair that they're going to release two sets based off Star Wars: The Old Republic later this year - their first Lego sets to feature Star Wars video game content since 2008's Rogue Shadow set from The Force Unleashed.
The two sets, a Fury-class Interceptor (the Sith classes personal ship) and a Republic Striker Fighter (not seen before in the game) will also come with minifigures of several TOR characters - the Fury Interceptor will come with Darth Malgus and two Sith Empire Troopers, and the Striker Fighter with Jedi Master Satele Shan, Jace Malcom (the republic trooper who appears in the CGI trailers Hope and Return) and T7-01, the Jedi Knight classes' first companion character.
More pictures of the sets can be found here and here. Both sets are due for release in June.
#speakup
(Edit comment)#tips
I just finished making this. :D #tips (Edit comment)
Super Mario Bros. Crossover 2.0 is out!
You can play it at [www.explodingrabbit.com]
#tips
(Edit comment)Via [indiegames.com]
To Pokémon Black and White players, the Mewtwo Wi-Fi event (download it from Nintendo WFC under "Mystery Gift" in the main menu) apparently began a day early.
#speakup
(Edit comment)#pokemonblackandwhite
#tips
My pleasure! I didn't think it was going up until tomorrow, so I'm happy. I do hope Nintendo didn't screw anything up on their end, though. [serebii.net]
Have a nice weekend, God bless! #speakup
(Edit comment)Lucy Prebble: 'Gaming is an artform just like theatre'
Enron playwright Lucy Prebble became hooked on computer games as a child. And, she says, they are as well crafted as works for film, TV or the stage
[www.guardian.co.uk] #tips
(Edit comment)A video game based on a movie that based on a board game? The BWAAAAAAAAAAH is strong in this one.
#tips
(Edit comment)#speakup
[www.joystiq.com]
So Hasbro and Zynga made a deal, be prepared for CybertronVille and Pony.....Ville.
#tips
(Edit comment)#speakup
[www.grimrock.net]
Indie RPG Legend of Grimrock now have a compatibility build that you can download to test it with your PC. #tips
(Edit comment)[apps.facebook.com]
If you have Facebook, you can try to get access to the Mass Effect 3 demo and some exclusive items here. #tips
(Edit comment)This tumblr has some scans from the Mass Effect artbook. Needless to say, loads of ME3 spoilers.
[creepinitreal.tumblr.com]
#spoilers
(Edit comment)#tips
#speakup
[g-e-e-r-s.deviantart.com]
New painting by G-e-e-r-s. And it is truly amazing haha. It even includes that dagger from that infamous webcam photo of Gabe that's floating around. #tips
(Edit comment)PlayStation Blog has posted a Welcome to PlayStation Vita video.
[blog.us.playstation.com]
#speakup
(Edit comment)#tips
#playstation
Woah! Atlus has officially announced that Radiant Historia will be getting a re-release in late March! Fantastic!
[trendygamers.com]
[www.atlus.com]
Atlus's Facebook page said it today:
"Historia in the making: Radiant Historia for Nintendo DS will be back, available in late March! Pre-order your copy today!
[amzn.to]
For more information about Radiant Historia, visit: [www.atlus.com] "
(if someone has already announced this, sorry, but it deserves saying again and again! ha)
#tips
(Edit comment)#speakup
Wonderful news. One of the best JRPGs I've played in recent memory, a modern classic. Any fan of the genre owes it to themselves to play it!
#speakup
(Edit comment)I honestly didn't know there was a shortage till I checked Amazon O.o, geez.
Haven't gotten the chance to play it yet though, once I finish DQ9 I will give it a go. #speakup
(Edit comment)Atlus just announced via Twitter that they're reprinting Radiant Historia. New copies will be coming out starting late March.
[twitter.com]
#speakup
(Edit comment)#tips
#YAY
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