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#1 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

No game is perfect... nothing is. But loving something, even when you are able to see its ugly side is a good part of understanding why its so good.

Anyone can love an idealized version, or find flaws in a bad game... to do it on a good one is a different issue altogether.

#2 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago
#3 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

@Doppelgamer said:

Isn't this what happens, when a contracted developer finishes their project and is not needed for more work? I hope they find more projects to work on soon.

Based on Yang comments and changes in the development plans of DLC, I would guess they weren't expecting it.

#4 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 3 months, 22 days ago

I think its a cool idea. Offline play is good, but sometimes I would like to show my friends something cool I made, my skyrim character or my xcom squad made after them. If this is an easy way to send that to YouTube or Facebook, I think its great.

#5 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 3 months, 24 days ago

Ok, everything points to the next Playstation.

Maybe they are making damage control with the rumors and want to release some details before Microsoft steal their thunder.

And maybe they are pushing the release forward to make it close to E3... Can you imagine the impact of saying an actual date on E3, and it being in the very near future?

#6 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 3 months, 24 days ago

@Pathos said:

@hermes said:

I am subscribed to the RSS of Kotaku and Destructoid, mostly for the headlines.

I also visit occasionally The Escapist and Penny Arcade TV for video content.

What are your favourite videos from Penny Arcade? :D

To be fair, the only video that is worth a damn in PATV is Extra Credits.

For something similar, I would recommend the youtube videos of the "errant signal" series

#7 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 3 months, 24 days ago

As others have said, sometimes I feel they are not picky enough. I have definitely seen the examples of reviewers trying to be extra harsh in order to seems like they are "against the system", but most cases reviewers are extra forgiving.

At the end of the day, reviews are nothing but opinions by knowledgeable people. Don't feel bad for having a different opinion...

#8 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 3 months, 24 days ago

Pretty much the same as this generation.

Production costs are going to keep on rising, so games will still be expensive and publishers will still nickel and dime us with DLC, microtransactions and online passes.

I also think there won't be a huge technological leap. Big, but not huge... I think we are already close to the point where reaching for even better, more realistic graphics is kind of ridiculous. I hope a lot of the extra power will be used for things like better gameplay dynamics and better AI, but I guess they will always favor spectacle.

#9 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 3 months, 24 days ago

All of them, and none of them...

Most of all, I am sick tired of the defensive attitude a lot of people take about any of these issues.

Its not that they have an opinion on them that they feverously need to share (I get that), its like they are utterly offended by the mere idea of someone mentioning them; like the admittance that things could improve in the community would make the entire world react and give them licence to destroy our small secret garden (despite the fact that there is room to improve, if 10 minutes with the chat on in XBLA are any proof). I am sick of the notion that not only things like sexism, racism, crude language, etc... are not part of the community, but (if they were) they have to be protected and nurtured as part of our identity, and that games are a release for us to be as big assholes as we want to be (you know, if that actually happened, which apparently doesn't)

#10 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 3 months, 24 days ago

Yes. If we consider PC FPS, that genre has been one of the most popular in the western market since the days of DOOM.

Now that consoles have mastered the fine art of making them playable with controllers, I don't expect them to go anywhere.

Use your keyboard!

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