I think Peter Molyneux lives in a fantasy world of his own. Luckily the people working under him seem to have figured out how to ignore his mad ravings and just make a game.
"That describes nothing about Che, just what he sees as an effective army."
OK, maybe this will be more descriptive of his morality;
" A Cuban prosecutor of the time who quickly defected in horror and disgust named Jose Vilasuso estimates that Che signed 400 death warrants the first few months of his command in La Cabana. A Basque priest named Iaki de Aspiazu, who was often on hand to perform confessions and last rites, says Che personally ordered 700 executions by firing squad during the period. Cuban journalist Luis Ortega, who knew Che as early as 1954, writes in his book Yo Soy El Che! that Guevara sent 1,897 men to the firing squad. In his book Che Guevara: A Biography, Daniel James writes that Che himself admitted to ordering "several thousand" executions during the first year of the Castro regime." So if 'the job' was to kill his own people, then I guess you're right, he did get the job done. "
Well when Jean-Paul Satre met Che, he said that he was "not only an intellectual but also the most complete human being of our age"and the "era's most perfect man." He also said that Che Guevara "lived his words, spoke his own actions and his story and the story of the world ran parallel." Who do you think is more reliable? A defector who is gonna say anything to please America so they would let him in, or one of the greatest 20th Century philosophers? I'd with good old J-P! "
Exactly totally agree with this statement, and if you know anything about a revolution and how the occur the need to surpress counter-revolutionary activity is paramount to the survival of the revolution which you have created, and many of those were loyal to the Batista regime, which under him had turned cuba into a cesspool of prostitution and drug use and a playground for American gangsters. "
Yup. Just like Robbespierre and Hitler and Mao and Stalin etc. were willing to do the right thing and kill thousands in order to shape their country into what they believed it should be. The thousands of people who disagreed with them were simply wrong and deserved to die for it. "
Stalin, Hitler and Mao murdered millions of innocent civilians and officers out of pure hatred and paranoia, Che killed hundreds of enemies to his revolution in death camps to keep cuba from turning into total anarchy die to a second revolution. You really want to make that comparison?
Yes I would, and I would like to extend that list of comparisons to include Pol Pot, Kim Il-Sung, Pinochet, and many others. You're blind if you think there is really that big of a difference. Followers of any leader who comes to power after a radical revolution will give the exact same justification you just did. The Cuban communists may have killed less than those in larger countries, but the motives are the same. I'll give you that Hitler is unique in that he had extra racial motives but he was still eliminating those Germans who wouldn't support his rule.
I really hope the next game doesn't take place in the present day. Trade a well realized historical setting for yet another bland near future sci fi world? No thanks. I would enjoy a game that took place in Paris during the French Revolution, or in ancient Rome, or in China during the time of Genghis Khan. Just please not modern day.
" Why do you assume FF XIII is lazily designed when 1) you have never played it and 2) it's been reviewed pretty well. The fact that it doesn't have towns doesn't mean it's bad. Maybe the developers designed the rest of the game so that towns weren't necessary for the experience. And isn't it less lazy that they're eschewing old RPG conventions in favor of something new? "
Its not new. Tons of dungeon crawlers don't have hub towns. You can call taking out a feature streamlining if you want, but then,you're just making an assumption about a game you haven't played if you do so. "
A dungeon crawler is a completely different type of game from a final fantasy style jrpg. And my point was to show that it's possible to make the complete opposite assumptions based on the same info which is why assumptions are pointless in the first place.
Yeah Mythos was basically just like Diablo 2 but you'd see other players running around town. The 'MMO' aspect didn't really add much. And then they tried the overworld toward the end of the game's life but it was a laggy mess.
"That describes nothing about Che, just what he sees as an effective army."
OK, maybe this will be more descriptive of his morality;
" A Cuban prosecutor of the time who quickly defected in horror and disgust named Jose Vilasuso estimates that Che signed 400 death warrants the first few months of his command in La Cabana. A Basque priest named Iaki de Aspiazu, who was often on hand to perform confessions and last rites, says Che personally ordered 700 executions by firing squad during the period. Cuban journalist Luis Ortega, who knew Che as early as 1954, writes in his book Yo Soy El Che! that Guevara sent 1,897 men to the firing squad. In his book Che Guevara: A Biography, Daniel James writes that Che himself admitted to ordering "several thousand" executions during the first year of the Castro regime." So if 'the job' was to kill his own people, then I guess you're right, he did get the job done. "
Well when Jean-Paul Satre met Che, he said that he was "not only an intellectual but also the most complete human being of our age"and the "era's most perfect man." He also said that Che Guevara "lived his words, spoke his own actions and his story and the story of the world ran parallel." Who do you think is more reliable? A defector who is gonna say anything to please America so they would let him in, or one of the greatest 20th Century philosophers? I'd with good old J-P! "
Exactly totally agree with this statement, and if you know anything about a revolution and how the occur the need to surpress counter-revolutionary activity is paramount to the survival of the revolution which you have created, and many of those were loyal to the Batista regime, which under him had turned cuba into a cesspool of prostitution and drug use and a playground for American gangsters. "
Yup. Just like Robbespierre and Hitler and Mao and Stalin etc. were willing to do the right thing and kill thousands in order to shape their country into what they believed it should be. The thousands of people who disagreed with them were simply wrong and deserved to die for it.
Of course Christianity was shaped by what took place during the dark ages. The influence of the peoples who settled in Europe and converted to Christianity during that period on Catholocism and Protestantism is huge.
edit: and I reply to a post on page 5. Great going, me.
Why do you assume FF XIII is lazily designed when 1) you have never played it and 2) it's been reviewed pretty well. The fact that it doesn't have towns doesn't mean it's bad. Maybe the developers designed the rest of the game so that towns weren't necessary for the experience. And isn't it less lazy that they're eschewing old RPG conventions in favor of something new?
I go and play old action platformers like metal slug, contra, megaman, etc. Those games work in short bursts and they're the polar opposite of dragon age in a lot of ways.
Well the thread title just said 'Jeff', not 'Jeff Gerstmann' so for all we know he could have been talking about Jeff Goldblum the whole time (just go with it, guy).
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