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Re: Torment Kickstarter Concludes |
Apr 6, 2013, 12:21 |
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Slashman wrote on Apr 6, 2013, 08:36:
Playing a game should be a different experience than reading a book. The problem is that most developers cannot properly marry the two types of story telling and pick one over the other instead of achieving a decent synergy of both. There are situations and events in a game that may be better related through actions and animation than through reading words on a page.
You need to take into account that Torment is going on 14 years old. Portraying a deep story through graphics and animation simply wasn't possible back then. If you wanted to have deep characters, you had to describe everything they did in words, because on screen they were half an inch tall and looked like amorphous brown blobs. (or yellow blobs, if you had given them the yellow armor.)
I don't want to play a game that feels like a choose-your-own path novel. I want it to be a game. I want it to use the capabilities of my computer to let me feel like I'm living it while remaining a deep experience.
That's fine, but don't expect that out of a Kickstarter. What you describe costs a metric shitload of money. While it is certainly possible with the power of today's PCs, it also requires an incredible amount of work. I believe Bioware had somewhere between 30 to 50 animators working on the Mass Effect series (IIRC) for all the animation in their dialogues. And apparently the average salary for these guys is around 80 grand a year.
Also, writing words is cheap. A good writer can churn out around a few thousand words a day. While doing so for a game is probably impossible, since there are far more varieties in what you have to write compared to a novel, I'm sure that Avellone can still take an area and put a thousand words of dialogue and descriptions in there in a day. If said dialogue doesn't have to be voiced and animated, he's done. On to the next area. If it DOES have to be voiced and animated, it's probably going to be worked on for the next few months by the equivalent of a small development house.
This next Torment game is going to be a massive BOOK, and in very many ways a choose-your-own-path novel. It's not going to be what you are describing. If they wanted to do that, they'd have needed around 10 times what they hauled in.
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Apr 6, 2013, 12:11 |
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Now let me find something else around here that's not broken so I can "fix" it.
Okay Jeremy Clarkson 
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| News Comments > No One Knows Who Owns NOLF |
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Re: No One Knows Who Owns NOLF |
Apr 6, 2013, 12:08 |
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It's a good thing publishers have become such an integral part of gaming. Because as you can see, the minor stuff that they are supposed to do, such as keep track of who owns IP, they absolutely fucking suck at.
Yay publishers!
I still have both games, but they mess up on Win7. They install and play, but cutscenes get really weird. Characters are missing when they are supposed to speak, and then the cutscene won't progress, and you can't skip them. Weirdest bugs I'd ever seen.
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| News Comments > On Sale |
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Re: On Sale |
Apr 6, 2013, 02:34 |
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PHJF wrote on Apr 6, 2013, 00:15:
Your order confirmation from Amazon includes the cdkey, and you can view any cdkeys directly from your amazon account page.
Huh, I never knew that (about the account page showing CDkeys). Thanks for the tip. 
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Apr 6, 2013, 00:05 |
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Saboth wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 20:53:
I went through a period of about 2 months last year where my cable internet disconnected randomly, and my cable modem rebooted every time. Sometimes it would do this about 50 times a day. I spent weeks upon weeks trying things like firmware updates, tweaks, and even rewired the cable in the house. Nothing fixed it. It was apparent the problem was somewhere upstream, but the cable company would not admit to anything, and wanted me to spend big $$ to send a tech out. Yeah...so that's why "fuck always-on".
You should move to the city, obviously!
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| News Comments > etc., etc. |
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Apr 5, 2013, 23:59 |
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"The way we vow to do better is by making games that are burdened with DRM horseshit; to change series with a certain feel into something completely different; to milk the fucking shit out of old IP by turning it into games nobody wants that have little to do with the originals; to continue buying studios and them raping and beating them until they are a hollow fucking shell of what they once were; and, last but not least, to still not give a SINGLE.FLYING.FUCK about what our customers actually want."
You go Pete. I totally see you turning EA around. Hell, in 2014, I think you'll win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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| News Comments > Evening Legal Briefs |
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Apr 5, 2013, 23:57 |
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The First Amendment? The Supreme Court's ruling that games are protected under the First Amendment? CONGRESS CARES NOT FOR THESE THINGS! YOU FUCKING PEASANTS WILL DO AS CONGRESS COMMANDS!
Fuck you, Senator Feinstein. You're a fucking disgrace to this country.
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
Apr 5, 2013, 23:55 |
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There was a time when I bought basically every FPS that came out for the PC, unless it was already known to be an absolute piece of shit.
Now, I buy MAYBE one a year, and it has to be something special, like Borderlands 2 or Far Cry 3 for me to be even interested.
In single player, shooters have become absolutely crap.
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| News Comments > On Sale |
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Re: On Sale |
Apr 5, 2013, 23:48 |
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10 bucks for the Borderlands 2 season pass? Well I can't pass that up, but now I'm pissed I just bought the 5 dollar UVH pack (which is included in the season pass...)
I love that Amazon makes me download a 1MB "downloader" so I can use it to download the 3kb key. 
Edit : Btw, nin, I think the Borderlands 2 trainer got updated to the latest patch.
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| News Comments > Evening Interviews |
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Re: Evening Interviews |
Apr 5, 2013, 23:40 |
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Disney is apparently absolutely DONE with computer games.
Makes sense, since it's only the #1 entertainment medium in the world after all. 
As for Warren, mobile and episodic? Really? Well, that should nicely take care of the few fans you had left... Even so, still a great interview, as always.
Creston
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| News Comments > Torment Kickstarter Concludes |
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Re: Torment Kickstarter Concludes |
Apr 5, 2013, 23:36 |
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Jerykk wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 22:14:
The record is for most-funded videogame, not most-funded anything. The Ouya got over $8 million in funding, so they're obviously limiting it to videogame records.
And that watch got more than that.
I'm happy with how this is shaping up. I just how they're not going to make it too complex even for themselves to keep track of everything, because it seems pretty overwhelming on paper.
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Apr 5, 2013, 17:50 |
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xXBatmanXx wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 15:12:
Happy bday to Blue's niece.
Happy bday to me.
Happy "The day Bluesnews went down for numerous days" anniversary.
Off to see Evil Dead.
Happy level-up day!
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Apr 5, 2013, 17:28 |
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Verno wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 15:36:
Haha this guy is getting absolutely roasted. First two pages there are gold.
Bwahahahaha. That's so fucking awesome.
"Ballmer is in my office... HELP!"
<3 Internet, even when my connection to it is down sometimes.
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Apr 5, 2013, 17:25 |
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Beamer wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 13:09:
Yup.
And I trust that Microsoft, with their billion servers, will have fantastic uptime.
Oh yeah, you can absolutely trust that Microsoft's servers will always be up. I mean, how else could it be? They're Microsoft!
They never have issues with their shit breaking, ever.
I mean, just NEVER.
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Apr 5, 2013, 17:20 |
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Verno wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 13:07:
Imagine that scenario being ever present for all of your singleplayer games. Sounds like fun to me 
There's a really easy way to avoid that scenario: Don't buy MS' next console. Entire problem solved.
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| News Comments > Rhode Island Alleges 38 Studios Deception |
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Re: Rhode Island Alleges 38 Studios Deception |
Apr 5, 2013, 17:17 |
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avianflu wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 13:17:
On the other hand, Schilling was gambling bigtime with losses imminent, he knew it, and I am fine with him taking an expensive soaking.
From statements by him and his wife, they appear to have basically lost pretty much their entire fortune on this deal. While he's still making a nice salary by being on Baseball Tonight for ESPN, and there's no need to feel sorry for him, I do find the idea that they're now trying to pin criminal actions on him to be fucking disgusting.
Yes, the company was incredibly poorly run. However, in the end, all he did was take the loan that was offered to his company. It's the fucking politicians' fault for floating that loan offer in the first place while undoubtedly doing absolutely ZERO due diligence on the entire deal.
But again, the politicians will NEVER be hit with any criminal proceedings because, well shit, they're politicians. These days, being in government is just about synonymous with being in the Mob, only you have better protection.
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| News Comments > Company of Heroes 2 Preorders |
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Re: Company of Heroes 2 Preorders |
Apr 5, 2013, 17:13 |
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SpectralMeat wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 12:57:
Creston wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 12:55:
On topic: Don't pre-order, people. Stop pre-ordering. Force devs and publishers to release good games before they get bought.
Creston I bet you will change your mind when Snuggle Truck 2 preorder rolls around
*must...resist... Force...strong...*
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Apr 5, 2013, 13:00 |
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Microsoft executive is a total dickbag. news at 11!
I so hope MS goes through with the "always-on" console. It'll be hilarious to watch them quickly patch it out a few months later when it sells like shit.
Sure, there will be people who buy it. If you're on FIOS, you're not going to give a shit about always-on. But there will be millions of people who will not buy it because of that, and even more because of the alleged "no used sales" feature.
Crash and burn, Microsoft. Please. We need new entertainment.
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| News Comments > Rhode Island Alleges 38 Studios Deception |
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Re: Rhode Island Alleges 38 Studios Deception |
Apr 5, 2013, 12:56 |
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avianflu wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 12:54:
The R.I. Economic Development Corp. had no idea what they were doing when the deal was formed, or worse, they did know, but profited from the deal.
The only real losers here are the RI taxpayers.
And the politicians that signed the deal will never be held accountable, but apparently Curt Schilling is a crook for taking a 75 million dollar loan.
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