El Pit wrote on Jul 14, 2019, 12:57:
And so we can bid farewell to the Bond franchise... Yeah, I know, angry old white man and so on. I don't care. James Bond is 007. End of story and end of franchise. Let them spew their hatred about "Russian internet trolls bringing down the great Bond franchise" after the people responsible for the franchise cut off its balls and are responsible for the end of an era.

Take out your SJW guns and point them at me - I DON'T CARE!

Darks wrote on Jul 12, 2019, 14:23:

J wrote on Jul 12, 2019, 12:44:
I suspect the AAA companies stopped listening to the fans a long time ago. In a galaxy far away.

They sure did, look at Anthem, perfect example of why that game failed. Devs thought they know better.

BioWare has a lot to answer for, basically. Mass Effect 3 feels like ground zero for toxic fan entitlement. I’m sure the developer was just trying to do the right thing, but it changed the ending of its game due to negative feedback, bending its creative vision to pander to the baying masses.

Cutter wrote on Jul 12, 2019, 11:45:
Now it's time? Not before? It also depends on the genre. In survival games fan feedback is essential. Same with FPS'. How on earth is feedback preventing anything from reaching its "true potential"? Without feedback how would you even know what that potential is? You can't play potential. Feedback does not necessitate design by committee. It's simply a good indicator of what your target market is wanting. And that's how you make sales. You listen to what the customer wants, you don't tell them what they want.

MattyC wrote on Jul 10, 2019, 16:06:

Flatline wrote on Jul 10, 2019, 12:10:
In theory the artwork & CG that's going into the show might be used and therefore interesting but I'm so fucking done with LOTR. By the time the Hobbit movies were done my love for the series was pretty much exhausted and it's never recovered. I went from a yearly re-read of LOTR to having not touched my copies in almost 10 years.

Well it probably didn’t help that the longest book was one movie with stuff cut out (most everything at the gate of and in Mordor plus the appendices) then replaced with 17 different ending points, while the shortest book was milked into freaking three films.

Bill Borre wrote on Jul 10, 2019, 12:58:

I'd be more interested in a tie-in to Wheel of Time at this point.

I'd really love to get a copy of the Wheel of Time game (1999) off Steam or GOG but I suppose since it's a licensed property it isn't gonna happen.

Ozmodan wrote on Jul 3, 2019, 12:08:
When Nature publishes complete nonsense in the name of science you have to wonder what is wrong with them. The world has more sand than could ever be used by any of us.

WitcherOntheProwl wrote on Jul 1, 2019, 19:00:
I am very happy that Remedy was able to buy back the IP rights from M$. I really like American Nightmare and some of the first game. Let's hope that Remedy can start work on the unfinished Alan Wake 2 or come up with some else. Good job Remedy. I hoping you guys can move the Alan Wake series along now.

Jivaro wrote on Jun 6, 2019, 23:27:
Besides, while it may be true that Blizzard could easy churn out something that is 1000% the game that either Destiny 2 or Anthem turned out to be

VaranDragon wrote on Jun 7, 2019, 04:11:

eRe4s3r wrote on Jun 7, 2019, 03:34:
Back 7 years ago, I might have cared. I like Diablo 3, but I think they could easily just improve the graphics of that and add new areas, classes, new level range (to 100) new skills and new items and it'd sell like hot butter on a stove. Also I will happily say it again whenever Diablo is mentioned but this game more than anything else needs some emergent dynamic element, like a companion beast you can level by feeding it legendaries and that then goes to fight other legendary enemies.. or whatever. Just something dynamic. The game world in Diablo 1-3 is just way too static.

They will fuck it up. Diablo3 is three steps back compared to Diablo2. I can't see the Blizzard of today capturing the gameplay or the atmosphere of the original two games unless they do a complete 180 and hire a lead developer who actually played and LOVED those games.



This will never happen.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jun 11, 2019, 11:17:

Leper wrote on Jun 11, 2019, 11:04:
I didn't realize the Avengers were even competing.

After that trailer, they aren't even running for the selection process to compete.

Kxmode wrote on Jun 10, 2019, 12:27:
A film must follow the rules established to gain the classification as a cyberpunk film. Cyberpunk is about people living in a society where technology, AI, body modifications all intersect. Where living underground is a way of life, it's where jacking into a virtual environment to damage, sabotage, and steal information of value is commonplace. It's about tapping into the underworld of seedy Operatives, and Fixers who mingle with the dregs of society for their profit. It's about mega-corporations who have so much power that they act as governments hell-bent on controlling nations for profit (not to mention armies to enforce their will... or provide services for a profit). It's about pushing technology to the limit of human imagination and people willing to kill to obtain it for a price.