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Avatar Dev Diary: The Choices You Make

James Cameron and Ubi Montreal devs discuss player choice in their new game.

Nov. 18 2009

Posted by: Brad

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Edited By Kiddo
@Meatsim: the only thing awesome about this movie.  is how it looks. i cant look away ITS TOO GOOD 0_0
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@Kiddo said:
" @iAmJohn: DONT PLAY THIS. its FREAKING HORRIBLE. it SUCKS. it got 1 star. it isnt nearly as good as it looks. i am warning you. "
I was being sarcastic as I am horribly apathetic towards everything Avatar, but thank you for the fair warning anyway. :P
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@iAmJohn: DONT PLAY THIS. its FREAKING HORRIBLE. it SUCKS. it got 1 star. it isnt nearly as good as it looks. i am warning you.
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I hope that it'll bee good, I mean.. Avatar is James Cameron's baby - I kinda respect those guys.

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My choice is not to play this game or see this movie.

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Edited By skilzlost

seems to have been cut short for me 1.30 was total video time. and his voice seems to have got cut of  
 
oh well nvm =) 

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The choices you make have two choices. You can make one choice, or you can choice to make choice. The choices you choice are choice choice choice
 
the video cuts off there.

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@Arcturus said:
" "YOUR CHOICES DO STUFF" Why are they acting like that is some revolutionary concept ? It's sad to see such an awesome idea being just abused by every game developer to the point that it is just a worthless, simple gimmick.  Eat Baby? Renegaaade, baaaad karma, notoriety Not eat baby? paragon, karma, popularity, etc "
Or not eat baby, teach it to be a master of war, then take over the world.
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Edited By simian

What's the right thing for the player? To not play this game.
ZING!

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James Cameron has entered the George Lucas Episodes 1-3 part of his life.

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I'll check the movie first.

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movie looks so awesome i cant wait to see it!!

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It is halfway uploaded.

 
THE VIDEO IS NOT COMPLETE.

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And JC, I loved Terminator and Aliens, but Avatar looks terrible.

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@Branthog said:
" I'm so tired of this "choices you make in a game" bullshit that everyone spews. If you're going to tout that as a feature or cornerstone of your game, then you better fucking mean it. Enough of this "it will affect one line of dialogue later on or maybe the kind of weapons you can use" garbage. Choices you make need to start having a wide range of trivial and significant impacts in the entire game on a very dynamic level. "
I completely agree but a wide range of significant impacts is not feasible in a studio's budget.  Having to essentially make as many games and storylines as there are choices.  Better option: stop relying on choices, good/bad meters (Bioware, Fallout 3), and shitty gauges of morality that are meant to reflect deeply on the player.  They don't because your game isn't well-executed or meaningful enough with the player to impact them seriously
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@stinky said:
" video ended early on me, and i don't care. "
Yep
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I think GB purposefully cut that down 'cos that was HELLA BORING.
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Edited By cmac2099

does anyone else think avatar (the movie) could be the biggest bomb in history? (it cost about $500 million to make)

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Edited By sjosz

Awesome, video cut short. I'd be interested to see how the game actually plays outside of all the in-your-face flashy graphics connections between dudes talking about how awesome the game is and seeing 1 to 2 second clips that show framerate issues. If we don't get more than this sort of stuff, I'll remain woefully unimpressed.

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thanks for protecting me from the rest of that trailer.
 
this game was better when it was just James Cameron rambling on a stage for 18 minutes.

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"YOUR CHOICES DO STUFF"
Why are they acting like that is some revolutionary concept ?
It's sad to see such an awesome idea being just abused by every game developer to the point that it is just a worthless, simple gimmick.
 
Eat Baby? Renegaaade, baaaad karma, notoriety
Not eat baby? paragon, karma, popularity, etc

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Looks very Lost Planet-ish to me.. Gameplay-wise.

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Yeah their are no good and bad guys, that's why they are killing each other in every in game footage we see.. 

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@stinky said:
" video ended early on me, and i don't care. "
same hear
yeah no interest in this at alllll
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It is usually beneficial to hear from the Dev team about the game, but I think we are hearing too much talk about this game.  They need to let the game do the rest of the talking.

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It ended ealry. at 1.10 then its gone

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Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla, demo sucked, bye.  

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Video ended early, thankfully.

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Do not want.
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I just want to see the movie at this point.

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Dude(r), what happened to my video?

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Meh....

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video ended early on me, and i don't care.

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Yuck.. do not want. At all.

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Edited By iamjohn

Sweet!  More playable blue furries for James Cameron's Furry Jamboree!