This post relates to: What do you think about all the drama surrounding Too Human?
I just feel sorry for the developers. And when I say developers, I am not including Denis Dyack. That man deserves all the negative attention thrown at him, and more. But the rest of Silicon Knights are good, competent guys I'm sure, and their games aren't horrible despite having a horrible leader.
This post relates to: Will you go back and replay your old PS3 games just to earn trophies?
At least not in terms of wanting to earn them just for the sake of having them. I appreciate them when they add interesting goals that extend the life of the game. So I would go back and replay a game to earn trophies if they fit into that category. But I'm not going to put in a lot of time on something just to earn a meaningless notch on the belt.
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The art design of this game is exquisite, and the gameplay is unique. I appreciate what I think they were trying to do here.
I enjoyed the first two or three gardens, once I got the hang of the gameplay mechanics, they were easy enough to be almost relaxing. But as the difficulty ramped up, all I was left with was frustration and a headache. In the interest of full disclosure, I never made it to gardens 9 and 10. If I can just put on my armchair-game-designer hat for a minute, I think perhaps without the constant pressure of time, I would've enjoyed the game more. It really jumps out at me as a totally artificial constraint in a game like this. Like they somehow felt it would be too simplistic and easy without the time factor. Simplicity was the main appeal of the game to me, from the art design to the gameplay mechanics.
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This game is very colorful and there are many exploding things. There's a lot of visual stimulus going on at all times. It's very pleasurable, even when the gameplay is frustratingly hard. I'm not very good at these types of games, and I don't think they're very fun.
I want to compare it with the PSN games I've been playing lately. Stuff like Echochrome, PixelJunk Eden, fl0w. Those games are trying to be art, and I appreciate them for that. But really they kind of give me a headache and they're not that fun to play. As I mentioned before, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is also not that fun to play, but the audiovisual experience is pleasurable. It's not an artful game, it's more like porn for your eyes and ears (as opposed to porn for your genitals).
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on Sept. 22, 2008