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| News Comments > Timothee Besset Leaves id |
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Re: Timothee Besset Leaves id |
Feb 1, 2012, 05:13 |
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Ruffiana wrote on Jan 31, 2012, 22:08:
Rage could have been a steaming piece of crap for all I know (no interest in it, didn't buy it), doesn't change my opinion of id Software or automatically discount any game they might develop in the future.
So... you're basically proud to be a mindless drone that feeds on hype rather than their own critical reasoning? You're unfamiliar with the last product but wouldn't allow it to taint your predetermined opinion on the company? Genius...
Seriously though, when is the last time id released a great game? Quake2 like 15 years ago? (OMG it HAS been that long) I remember getting Q3 back in the day then turning around and immediately going back to the original Unreal Tournament. Doom3, meh. Sure id was monumental in advancing and commercializing the technology, that doesn't mean most of their 'games' were ever much more than glorified tech demos, Rage included.
As for buddy leaving the company his comment about people who knew him well not being surprised sounds like he'd grown frustrated and unsatisfied with the company. The real question is whether or not it was due to personnel/HR type issues like the layoffs or frustrations with the corporate direction after being bought by Zenimax. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Jan 30, 2012, 11:20 |
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Am I reading that quote in the article correctly?
Day 1 DLC (which actually shipped on disc so how is it actually DLC?) is unlocked for free to new customers as a 'reward' for being 'early adopters' of a single player game?
Really? Here's your reward? Looks it the rest of the crap we originally shipped on the disc!
What? 
Then the rest of the article is just 'Wahh! Gamestop is mean' because they make more profit than the author thinks is fair but the marketplace obviously accepts. Maybe if the industry doesn't think it's fair that GS can repurchase last year's AAA FPS rehash for $23 and make $32 in profit then either stop making yearly rehashes or undercut them and drop the initial purchase price to $40. I'd be a whole hell of a lot more inclined to buy brand new games at $40 than I ever am at $60. I also know I'm far from alone when it comes to letting brand new stuff sit on the shelf while enjoying the best of the last batch of games at a discount from their original price.
The industry did it to itself. |
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| News Comments > BioShock Infinite Parties Like It's 1999 |
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Re: BioShock Infinite Parties Like It's 1999 |
Jan 19, 2012, 18:16 |
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You know what would be cooler than constantly comparing Bioshock to System Shock?
An actual sequel to System Shock.
Tacking on -Shock to another franchise does NOT make it a spiritual successor to SHODAN's mastery. |
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| News Comments > Mojang Developing Three Games |
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Re: Mojang Developing Three Games |
Jan 13, 2012, 19:15 |
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Ruffiana wrote on Jan 13, 2012, 15:03:
So here's to hoping that he's got a good plan and have enough success to continue doing what he's doing for as long as he wants to.
Yeah the next big plan will be called Mojang-con.  |
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| News Comments > Minecraft Patched |
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Re: Minecraft Patched |
Jan 13, 2012, 04:46 |
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ViRGE wrote on Jan 13, 2012, 00:03:
To be fair, much of that was low-hanging fruit and Minecraft was often broken until the 3rd or 4th patch. Mojang obviously is continuing to work on Minecraft, but now they're focusing on balancing, bug fixes, etc, and not breaking the game in the process.
And this isn't low hanging fruit? How does making a sheep regenerate wool or an apple fall from a tree count as a bug fix or balance issue? Those are the epitome of fluff / low hanging fruit features that serve no purpose other than to inflate an already meager update. The language thing - absolutely noteworthy. Apples, wool, and undisclosed "bug fixes"? Give me a break. |
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| News Comments > Minecraft Patched |
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Re: Minecraft Patched |
Jan 12, 2012, 20:21 |
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Sheeps regenerate wool?!?! Apples falling from trees!!!
Whoop-tee-do...
It's like they can't decide if they want to make a sandbox or a sand-castle and instead they're just making a big pile of mud.
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
Jan 12, 2012, 17:17 |
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jdreyer wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 15:57:
EDIT: I do hope complex modern games have some kind of tutorial. Now that I'm older with a family, I don't have the time to commit to figure games out. I need to get in and play, not futz around.
I agree but at the same time I don't think that a tactically complex game needs to be complicated for the actual gamer. Proper interface design should alleviate most concerns. There's no reason a well implemented radial menu system can't provide the full breadth of tactical options without overwhelming the player nor is there any reason to simplify the tactical gameplay to a series of QTEs. |
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| News Comments > Bethesda Buys Fallout MMOG Rights |
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Re: Bethesda Buys Fallout MMOG Rights |
Jan 9, 2012, 22:53 |
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So... does this mean another 2 years of waiting for someone to patch the last retail version of Fallout Tactics (the one that came out as part of a trilogy) so that it actually has sound effects? High rez / widescreen support was nice, too bad it wasn't applied to Fallout 1 or 2 though.
Or is it that no one will give a crap about pirating actual working versions of the original Fallout line? It's not like the most common fix wasn't 'download a pirated version and copy the audio file from the 2nd disc' already. |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
Jan 7, 2012, 19:24 |
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Hmmm... I seem to recall having played through Borderlands more than a few times with more than a few characters. My gun options were always...
Revolver
Automatic Pistol
Shotgun
Sub-machine gun
Assault rifle
Sniper rifle
Rocket launcher
Alien weapon
Granted I -DID- find oodles of variations of those 8 archetypes, but there were very much only 8 types of guns in Borderlands. This Bitmob author needs to learn the difference between cake and frosting before whining about design decisions again. |
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| News Comments > Gatherings & Competitions |
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Re: Gatherings & Competitions |
Dec 29, 2011, 22:36 |
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The attached .pdf in the linked article screams 'whiny gamers who don't want to consider legal aspects that don't benefit them directly'. Seriously, the author thinks it's their right (their RIGHT?!?!) to know why a company from another country doesn't care to go through the hassles of offering a sweepstake in their province. 10 years ago it was virtually unheard of for a company to offer public Beta access, now it's a RIGHT to know why a raffle for that access is not offered? Really?
Then it ends by putting the onus on Blizzard... to explain why the laws of Quebec make it a hassle for people from outside the province to offer contests to their residents. Email your MLA and MP genius! The person answering the phone in a government call center isn't going to ever be able to provide anyone with specifics as to why you can't enter a Diablo3 beta, nor will they ever give a crap.
I also like how the .pdf pulls up Regulation 1 which makes reference to Regulations 5 and 6 if the value of the prize exceeds $100 (Collector's Edition?) but I had to Google around to find the specifics of those other regulations. It doesn't really prohibit it, but it's just one more layer of red tape Blizzard would have to cut through - for only a fraction of their market.
Fact is, Quebec has it's own distinct set of laws in regards to lotteries and contests, and generally doesn't like playing nice with the rest of Canada until it's to their benefit. This is not at all a new issue, this is not at all a Blizzard vs. Quebec issue, this is barely a gaming issue. This is an issue about Quebec wanting to maintain provincial control over Alcohol and Gaming within its province.
I live next door to Quebec, I cannot participate in their lotteries, I cannot enter their contests, I cannot win their prizes. You think I ever got any sympathy because I wanted to try winning a prize from a Montreal company?
While there might be ways to get around the issue, I figure Blizzard just went ahead and followed the most basic, least hassle method of setting up a contest in Canada and only wanted to have to deal with one lawyer in one language to handle the majority of the country.
Sucks to be Quebecois in this matter, though not at all more than it sucks for the rest of the country to have some of their politicians threaten the stability of the nation because they're still upset that the government of France handed over their territory to Britain in the 1750s. |
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| News Comments > Steam Holiday Sale |
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale |
Dec 19, 2011, 17:21 |
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Either their servers are getting bombed or their page is broken but today's Holiday action isn't loading. I wouldn't mind trying some of those achievements if I could get the list to load.
Are they also done with the Wishlist giveaways? |
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| News Comments > etc., etc. |
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Re: etc., etc. |
Dec 2, 2011, 20:30 |
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Are they going to make sure that everyone in the movie theatre audience has to wear special tinted glasses hooked up to their phone and then verified as connected to Ubi servers before the lenses clear up enough to see anything on screen?
Otherwise you know... PIRATES! ARRRR! |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
Dec 1, 2011, 17:22 |
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| That link is dead. Is it a bandwidth issue or did buddy get a clue and take down his whining? |
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| News Comments > No PC Ghost Recon: Future Soldier |
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Re: No PC Ghost Recon: Future Soldier |
Nov 24, 2011, 19:05 |
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Ubisoft needs to stop acting like the "nice guy" who can't understand why he never gets the girl. They can't tell the consumers this is was they've been asking for, until the consumers prove them right by actually supporting the product en masse. Until then it's just another attempt by a major player to push another (likely mediocre) rehash on the public. Mind you, with this move they've already established the perfect out in case the product flops.
The problem is piracy, and not bland franchise rehashes, piracy... yeah. |
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Re: 20 Most Anticipated Games |
Nov 21, 2011, 20:48 |
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Fion wrote on Nov 21, 2011, 14:12:
How can this list include WoW: Mists of Pandaria and NOT include Guild Wars 2?
Considering the list was 18 sequels or reboots and only 2 actual new games (if you count Minecraft on the 360), it's a pretty worthless list to get worked up over. |
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| News Comments > Good Old Games Adding Good New Games |
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Re: Good Old Games Adding Good New Games |
Nov 17, 2011, 20:05 |
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Jerykk wrote on Nov 17, 2011, 19:13:
I'll be amazed if they can convince publishers to release DRM-free versions of new games.
I'm thinking the newer games will likely be from smaller / independent developers that for whatever reason aren't going through Steam. |
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