The age of crappy movie tie in games should be over. With the technology we have today why do developers continue to dish out garbage that people continue buy? I know that the main goal and focus of these games are to obtain a quick dollar, but seriously with the time they spend on these games they could actually try and make something special instead of half-assing it and then giving it to the general public. Most book, comic book, and movie universes have great potential to be explored and provide us a specail gem. So developer's I pose to you this question and think about it. Why not follow the example set by Eidos Interactive and Rocksteady Studios? They recently combined efforts to release the first ever(in my opinion) breathtaking comic book game. They took a universe that was widely recognized and turned the tables on the "bad movie-tie in" curse by making a game that was NOT a tie in to a movie. So why not try this? Some universes right off the top of my head that I feel have great potential are Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Spider-Man, etc. If you don't want to hear my idea then just skip down to the lower section.
Now we all know that there are more out there but lets just stick to a few. Right off the bat let's start with Harry Potter. Now some of you are already rolling your eyes and groaning and I completely understand but just sit tight and hear me out and who knows you might change your mind. In my opinion Harry Potter has great potential to make a great non-movie tie in game. Yes, the games are currently garbage and that saddens me. The universe is huge and it saddens me that it goes to waste. Now just listen to my idea and tell me if it doesn't sound like with some tweaks here and there like it could be a fun game.
I think that a Harry Potter MMO could be very entertaining and a hidden gem. Listen to these ideas I came up with while just sitting down one day.
-Character Creation: This is a given. Give us some in depth character creation. Allow us to create are character several different times. Let us generate what our character will look like as he or she grows along his/her years at Hogwarts. Then provide us with certain abilities and boosts to stats each character will obtain based on the class you choose.
-Sorting: Have the character complete a certain task or answer certain questions then have him/her put the hat on and be sorted. In each house you gain acces to certain abilities, items, secrets about Hogwarts that other houses don't know and cannot obtain.
-Quidditch: Now have try outs for the team. Have different leagues and each month the teams will be completely wiped and allow new people to try out. For this to work there will be dozens of different leagues to provide an equal shot for everyone to make it, BUT not everyone will.
-Leveling: The Forbidden Forest is the perfect place for some PvP, wild beast encounters, something similar to raids, etc. I mean the forest is filled with unique creatures why not utilize that?
-Exploration: Hogwarts is a magical place. The books even state that there are so many different dungeons and secret passageways that not everyone knows them. Hogwarts should be a massive world that we fans and newcomers want to actually explore and will have a hard time discovering everything. The books actually state that there are other wizarding schools and settlements. Why not allow people to go there and visit , obtain new items and skills, quest, and even attend their school once you level up some?
Ok so that is my little idea and I hope you stayed with me or skipped down to here. My point is that developers aren't using their minds with certain universes and other licenses and creating something special. The whole industry of gaming is supposed to be about the gamer! They need to quit worrying about making a fast dollar and make something people would want to play. I mean look at Halo, World of Warcraft, etc. Their developers took time and look at them, they profited cause of it. Now I know you can't compare a movie-tie in to Halo but still its a good example. Eidos and Rocksteady steered away from the movie-tie in license and made something special and they were rewarded. Arkham Asylum has sold several million units. This is my little blog for the day. it was ony my mind and I wanted to get it off before I forgot to actually write this. Please comment and I hope you actually read it all. I would love to hear your opinions on it. Thanks for reading! I hope to blog more in the future if people actually care to take time and listen. Thanks!
Eidos and Rocksteady: Follow their Yellow Brick Road
The age of crappy movie tie in games should be over. With the technology we have today why do developers continue to dish out garbage that people continue buy? I know that the main goal and focus of these games are to obtain a quick dollar, but seriously with the time they spend on these games they could actually try and make something special instead of half-assing it and then giving it to the general public. Most book, comic book, and movie universes have great potential to be explored and provide us a specail gem. So developer's I pose to you this question and think about it. Why not follow the example set by Eidos Interactive and Rocksteady Studios? They recently combined efforts to release the first ever(in my opinion) breathtaking comic book game. They took a universe that was widely recognized and turned the tables on the "bad movie-tie in" curse by making a game that was NOT a tie in to a movie. So why not try this? Some universes right off the top of my head that I feel have great potential are Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Spider-Man, etc. If you don't want to hear my idea then just skip down to the lower section.
Now we all know that there are more out there but lets just stick to a few. Right off the bat let's start with Harry Potter. Now some of you are already rolling your eyes and groaning and I completely understand but just sit tight and hear me out and who knows you might change your mind. In my opinion Harry Potter has great potential to make a great non-movie tie in game. Yes, the games are currently garbage and that saddens me. The universe is huge and it saddens me that it goes to waste. Now just listen to my idea and tell me if it doesn't sound like with some tweaks here and there like it could be a fun game.
I think that a Harry Potter MMO could be very entertaining and a hidden gem. Listen to these ideas I came up with while just sitting down one day.
-Character Creation: This is a given. Give us some in depth character creation. Allow us to create are character several different times. Let us generate what our character will look like as he or she grows along his/her years at Hogwarts. Then provide us with certain abilities and boosts to stats each character will obtain based on the class you choose.
-Sorting: Have the character complete a certain task or answer certain questions then have him/her put the hat on and be sorted. In each house you gain acces to certain abilities, items, secrets about Hogwarts that other houses don't know and cannot obtain.
-Quidditch: Now have try outs for the team. Have different leagues and each month the teams will be completely wiped and allow new people to try out. For this to work there will be dozens of different leagues to provide an equal shot for everyone to make it, BUT not everyone will.
-Leveling: The Forbidden Forest is the perfect place for some PvP, wild beast encounters, something similar to raids, etc. I mean the forest is filled with unique creatures why not utilize that?
-Exploration: Hogwarts is a magical place. The books even state that there are so many different dungeons and secret passageways that not everyone knows them. Hogwarts should be a massive world that we fans and newcomers want to actually explore and will have a hard time discovering everything. The books actually state that there are other wizarding schools and settlements. Why not allow people to go there and visit , obtain new items and skills, quest, and even attend their school once you level up some?
Ok so that is my little idea and I hope you stayed with me or skipped down to here. My point is that developers aren't using their minds with certain universes and other licenses and creating something special. The whole industry of gaming is supposed to be about the gamer! They need to quit worrying about making a fast dollar and make something people would want to play. I mean look at Halo, World of Warcraft, etc. Their developers took time and look at them, they profited cause of it. Now I know you can't compare a movie-tie in to Halo but still its a good example. Eidos and Rocksteady steered away from the movie-tie in license and made something special and they were rewarded. Arkham Asylum has sold several million units. This is my little blog for the day. it was ony my mind and I wanted to get it off before I forgot to actually write this. Please comment and I hope you actually read it all. I would love to hear your opinions on it. Thanks for reading! I hope to blog more in the future if people actually care to take time and listen. Thanks!
Umm does anyone have any comments?
" Umm does anyone have any comments? "
You can't just post stuff and expect people to comment automatically. People will comment if they think the discussion is worthwhile.
You could make it easier by working on the layout of your blogs, adding headers and pictures makes it easier to process large chunks of text. But again, this won't guarantee you a response. You aren't entitled to shit, so don't get upset when people ignore you.
I would play a Harry Potter MMO if it was half way decent. I bought LOTRO a while back, which is actually pretty awesome, and have been meaning to get back into it.
Ok sorry dude, fine. No need to be so angry about it I was just curious. Why did you post that comment instead of commenting on my blog? Next time just ignore me instead of making me feel like a freaking 3rd grader.
" Ok sorry dude, fine. No need to be so angry about it I was just curious. Why did you post that comment instead of commenting on my blog? Next time just ignore me instead of making me feel like a freaking 3rd grader. "Dude, Sweep isn't angry he just threw you a comment.
Why so serious? It's the internet, take everything everyone say with a grain of salt.
Or do like the rest of the normal people and don't really care what people write on here :P
Hey I read it and it sounds like a pretty good idea. But the sad thing is that something like that will never happen. Infact, the Harry Potter franchise of games will finish off after the movies, and the publishers will be happy with the money they made by raping the franchise.
I actually feel the same way about the franchise. If I ever become a game-designer, then I'll surely make the whole Harry Potter series of games again! :P
" @Why_So_Serious said:I don't know. I'm not mad its just I guess Im upset the first comment I got was someone telling me I'm not entitled to shit which I realize that. Its just this is my first blog from being away for 6 months and if people actually care about some of my posts then I'll blog ore often. If not I guess I can just go back to not being around." Ok sorry dude, fine. No need to be so angry about it I was just curious. Why did you post that comment instead of commenting on my blog? Next time just ignore me instead of making me feel like a freaking 3rd grader. "Dude, Sweep isn't angry he just threw you a comment. Why so serious? It's the internet, take everything everyone say with a grain of salt. Or do like the rest of the normal people and don't really care what people write on here :P "
The point is: bad and cheap to produce movie tie-in games despite their quality make loads of money. Batman AA was profitable, too. But probably less so in relation to production costs than most movie tie-in games. Don't blame the companies, blame the consumers for buying shitty games. And there will always be this segment of mothers buying games for their kids and uninformed casual gamers that buy sh*t just for the name on the box.
" The point is: bad and cheap to produce movie tie-in games despite their quality make loads of money. Batman AA was profitable, too. But probably less so in relation to production costs than most movie tie-in games. Don't blame the companies, blame the consumers fir buying shitty games. "It is partly the consumers fault which we can't fix that but I just think that developer's are leaving so much untapped potential out there on the table. I know that we can't fix that and all we can do is wait and hope that some day they will actually consider taking a licensed series and making something special like Arkham Asylum, but who knows when or if that day will come.
" Like Sweep said, your blog would gather more comments if you made the layout more pleasant to read. Space things out a bit, add a few headers, underline or put lists in bullet form, put pictures in, etc. It's just very wall-of-text right now. "Yes, well the problem is I'm not very familiar with that stuff and I'm not sure how to insert headers. I tried that stuff once, like inserting pictures and headers and other nifty tools but it came out not working =( so I'm not sure how to do that successfully.
After Rocksteady's success, I'm sure developers started thinking about franchises away from the straight up movie tie-in. But it takes years to develop those games. I don't think movie tie-ins are going away anytime soon, because the market still demands it. Watch the movie buy the game, kids love that stuff.
As for a Harry Potter MMO, it could work, but it seems no one can compete with WoW. A lot of new MMOs are going the free to play and then pay for more content route once they got you hooked. Another problem with Harry Potter is that the people that enjoyed the books and films have grown up and no longer care for more content. Twilight seems to be the new Harry Potter for the younger crowd, sadly.
" @Hourai said:For headers, just highlight the text you want to put in a header and click H2 at the top left. It will turn out like this." Like Sweep said, your blog would gather more comments if you made the layout more pleasant to read. Space things out a bit, add a few headers, underline or put lists in bullet form, put pictures in, etc. It's just very wall-of-text right now. "Yes, well the problem is I'm not very familiar with that stuff and I'm not sure how to insert headers. I tried that stuff once, like inserting pictures and headers and other nifty tools but it came out not working =( so I'm not sure how to do that successfully. "
Why so serious?
As for pictures, click insert at the top right, then image, my desktop, and upload the picture you want. After that it will ask for size and stuff, which is all up to you. You can add captions to pictures too." @Why_So_Serious said:Thanks dude. I tried the pictures several tmes a few blogs ago and they wouldn't work but I'll give it another shot!" @Hourai said:For headers, just highlight the text you want to put in a header and click H2 at the top left. It will turn out like this." Like Sweep said, your blog would gather more comments if you made the layout more pleasant to read. Space things out a bit, add a few headers, underline or put lists in bullet form, put pictures in, etc. It's just very wall-of-text right now. "Yes, well the problem is I'm not very familiar with that stuff and I'm not sure how to insert headers. I tried that stuff once, like inserting pictures and headers and other nifty tools but it came out not working =( so I'm not sure how to do that successfully. "Why so serious?
As for pictures, click insert at the top right, then image, my desktop, and upload the picture you want. After that it will ask for size and stuff, which is all up to you. You can add captions to pictures too. "
When I write a blog, I'll open two tabs with my blog page open. I write the blog in one tab and then copy and paste to the other tab. I then experiment with all the tools. If I mess it up, I just refresh that tab and copy and paste again until I like what I see.
I don't know if that helps, but it beats losing all your work.
" @ZeForgotten said:" @Why_So_Serious said:I don't know. I'm not mad its just I guess Im upset the first comment I got was someone telling me I'm not entitled to shit which I realize that. Its just this is my first blog from being away for 6 months and if people actually care about some of my posts then I'll blog ore often. If not I guess I can just go back to not being around. "" Ok sorry dude, fine. No need to be so angry about it I was just curious. Why did you post that comment instead of commenting on my blog? Next time just ignore me instead of making me feel like a freaking 3rd grader. "Dude, Sweep isn't angry he just threw you a comment. Why so serious? It's the internet, take everything everyone say with a grain of salt. Or do like the rest of the normal people and don't really care what people write on here :P "
lol you're cute
" @ZeForgotten said:I wasn't being angry, and I do remember back when you used to post here more often. It just sounded pretty arrogant the way you bumped your own thread. Didn't mean to be aggressive or anything. That's just how I roll." @Why_So_Serious said:I don't know. I'm not mad its just I guess Im upset the first comment I got was someone telling me I'm not entitled to shit which I realize that. Its just this is my first blog from being away for 6 months and if people actually care about some of my posts then I'll blog ore often. If not I guess I can just go back to not being around. "" Ok sorry dude, fine. No need to be so angry about it I was just curious. Why did you post that comment instead of commenting on my blog? Next time just ignore me instead of making me feel like a freaking 3rd grader. "Dude, Sweep isn't angry he just threw you a comment. Why so serious? It's the internet, take everything everyone say with a grain of salt. Or do like the rest of the normal people and don't really care what people write on here :P "
Well aren't you a breath of fresh air, guess what? you're no position to call out the TC for bumping his own blog." @Why_So_Serious said:
You can't just post stuff and expect people to comment automatically. People will comment if they think the discussion is worthwhile. You could make it easier by working on the layout of your blogs, adding headers and pictures makes it easier to process large chunks of text. But again, this won't guarantee you a response. You aren't entitled to shit, so don't get upset when people ignore you. "" Umm does anyone have any comments? "
@Sweep said:
Arrogant how? his blog was uncommented on for 12 hours, people bump them before a hour even passes and you call him arrogant?" @Why_So_Serious said:
I wasn't being angry, and I do remember back when you used to post here more often. It just sounded pretty arrogant the way you bumped your own thread. Didn't mean to be aggressive or anything. That's just how I roll. "" @ZeForgotten said:
" @Why_So_Serious said:I don't know. I'm not mad its just I guess Im upset the first comment I got was someone telling me I'm not entitled to shit which I realize that. Its just this is my first blog from being away for 6 months and if people actually care about some of my posts then I'll blog ore often. If not I guess I can just go back to not being around. "" Ok sorry dude, fine. No need to be so angry about it I was just curious. Why did you post that comment instead of commenting on my blog? Next time just ignore me instead of making me feel like a freaking 3rd grader. "Dude, Sweep isn't angry he just threw you a comment. Why so serious? It's the internet, take everything everyone say with a grain of salt. Or do like the rest of the normal people and don't really care what people write on here :P "
And i think you mean that's how you "Troll". %^D
@Sweep said:I'm using that in normal real life conversations from now on.Arrogant how? his blog was uncommented on for 12 hours, people bump them before a hour even passes and you call him arrogant? And i think you mean that's how you "Troll". %^D "" @Why_So_Serious said:
I wasn't being angry, and I do remember back when you used to post here more often. It just sounded pretty arrogant the way you bumped your own thread. Didn't mean to be aggressive or anything. That's just how I roll. "" @ZeForgotten said:
" @Why_So_Serious said:I don't know. I'm not mad its just I guess Im upset the first comment I got was someone telling me I'm not entitled to shit which I realize that. Its just this is my first blog from being away for 6 months and if people actually care about some of my posts then I'll blog ore often. If not I guess I can just go back to not being around. "" Ok sorry dude, fine. No need to be so angry about it I was just curious. Why did you post that comment instead of commenting on my blog? Next time just ignore me instead of making me feel like a freaking 3rd grader. "Dude, Sweep isn't angry he just threw you a comment. Why so serious? It's the internet, take everything everyone say with a grain of salt. Or do like the rest of the normal people and don't really care what people write on here :P "
How come that didn't jump into my mind like stuff like that normally does!
" @Why_So_Serious said:Lol why thank you. I guess I'll take that as a compliment." @ZeForgotten said:lol you're cute "" @Why_So_Serious said:I don't know. I'm not mad its just I guess Im upset the first comment I got was someone telling me I'm not entitled to shit which I realize that. Its just this is my first blog from being away for 6 months and if people actually care about some of my posts then I'll blog ore often. If not I guess I can just go back to not being around. "" Ok sorry dude, fine. No need to be so angry about it I was just curious. Why did you post that comment instead of commenting on my blog? Next time just ignore me instead of making me feel like a freaking 3rd grader. "Dude, Sweep isn't angry he just threw you a comment. Why so serious? It's the internet, take everything everyone say with a grain of salt. Or do like the rest of the normal people and don't really care what people write on here :P "
@Claude said:
" @Why_So_Serious: When I write a blog, I'll open two tabs with my blog page open. I write the blog in one tab and then copy and paste to the other tab. I then experiment with all the tools. If I mess it up, I just refresh that tab and copy and paste again until I like what I see. I don't know if that helps, but it beats losing all your work. "
Thanks dude I'll keep that in mind and try it out in the future!@Sweep said:
" @Why_So_Serious said:Its ok dude I over reacted a little too haha, We all make mistakes. I'll try to use some of your tips on my future blogs. And thanks Lavaman for having my back." @ZeForgotten said:I wasn't being angry, and I do remember back when you used to post here more often. It just sounded pretty arrogant the way you bumped your own thread. Didn't mean to be aggressive or anything. That's just how I roll. "" @Why_So_Serious said:I don't know. I'm not mad its just I guess Im upset the first comment I got was someone telling me I'm not entitled to shit which I realize that. Its just this is my first blog from being away for 6 months and if people actually care about some of my posts then I'll blog ore often. If not I guess I can just go back to not being around. "" Ok sorry dude, fine. No need to be so angry about it I was just curious. Why did you post that comment instead of commenting on my blog? Next time just ignore me instead of making me feel like a freaking 3rd grader. "Dude, Sweep isn't angry he just threw you a comment. Why so serious? It's the internet, take everything everyone say with a grain of salt. Or do like the rest of the normal people and don't really care what people write on here :P "
Why are there so many emos in this topic? If someone on the internet makes fun of you, take it as a compliment lol.
" Umm does anyone have any comments? "Yeah. Learn how to break up paragraphs. Nobody likes a wall of text.
" @Why_So_Serious: Welcome back, man. I remember you from the first days of the site. "Thanks dude. I used to be a really avid member here the first 6 months or so but then I sorta got really busy and have been away for quite some time. I do like the changes that have been going on though.@MysteriousBob said:
" @Why_So_Serious said:Yeah thanks if you actually read any of the other comments before you posted you would know I said I was gunna do that and that I wasn't sure how to make headers and insert images, but instead you had to skip over all the comments." Umm does anyone have any comments? "Yeah. Learn how to break up paragraphs. Nobody likes a wall of text. "
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