June 11, 200916 yr I think only Quebec is hardcore French, even going so far as to make French the official language for business and street signs. Also, every once in a while they try to break free of Canada and become their own country which is always good for a few lulz.
June 11, 200916 yr However, the writing has always been typically crap. Compared to? When compared to most other game companies they are miles and miles and miles ahead.
June 11, 200916 yr Not England-lite? They speak French(among other languages) there and eat croissants, no? I thought the entire country is bilingual. Like Belgium, with the difference that it actually works. Edited June 11, 200916 yr by virumor The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
June 11, 200916 yr However, the writing has always been typically crap. Compared to? When compared to most other game companies they are miles and miles and miles ahead. I'm not sure about "most" companies, but their writing isn't all bad. Just a bigger percent of it than we'd like to. Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13.
June 11, 200916 yr However, the writing has always been typically crap. Compared to? When compared to most other game companies they are miles and miles and miles ahead. Tim Schafer, Ken Levine, Ragnar T "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
June 11, 200916 yr "Tim Schafer, Ken Levine, Ragnar T DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
June 11, 200916 yr And, if I am ignorant about someone he's not that good or important. Sorry. Your own ignorance doesn't say anything about someone else's quality or importance. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
June 11, 200916 yr However, the writing has always been typically crap. Compared to? When compared to most other game companies they are miles and miles and miles ahead. Tim Schafer, Ken Levine, Ragnar T
June 11, 200916 yr It's perhaps for the best that Bethesda's writing is horrible, otherwise BioWare might have been put out of business long ago. That said, Michael Kirkbride was a good Bethesda writer. He cooked up a large amount of lore and wrote a lot of in-game books. Same goes for Julian LeFay, who practically invented the Elder Scrolls. EDIT: And indeed, TLJ was great. It's practically the Planescape: Torment of adventure games. Edited June 11, 200916 yr by virumor The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
June 11, 200916 yr However, the writing has always been typically crap. Compared to? When compared to most other game companies they are miles and miles and miles ahead. Tim Schafer, Ken Levine, Ragnar T "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
June 11, 200916 yr Well, yeah, of course it's nothing but an opinion. Wasn't that what you were asking for when you replied "compared to"? I thought you were comparing games to movies and books. Not other games. As for JRPGs, I sure as hell have enjoyed a few, but it was never, ever for the writing. Of course, dodgy translations may be to blame for that. I loved the Zelda games. Haven't played on since Ocarina of time though. The Longest Journey was awesome, don't diss the R-man! I stand corrected......
June 11, 200916 yr Well, yeah, of course it's nothing but an opinion. Wasn't that what you were asking for when you replied "compared to"? I thought you were comparing games to movies and books. Not other games. As for JRPGs, I sure as hell have enjoyed a few, but it was never, ever for the writing. Of course, dodgy translations may be to blame for that. I loved the Zelda games. Haven't played on since Ocarina of time though. The Longest Journey was awesome, don't diss the R-man! I stand corrected...... Well, personally, I feel that comparing the vast majority of game writing to well written books and films isn't even worth doing at this point. The art of writing for games is just still too undeveloped, I guess. Zelda games are generally awesome and all but they are not RPGs. Besides, the writing in the Zelda games was just a very basic background to get the gameplay going. The writing in those games was just functional, and best if ignored. Finally, regarding The Longest Journey, I don't think it was a particularly good game, in the sense that its core gameplay mechanics just weren't very good. What I think The Longest Journey did well was the writing, as its character development was comparatively rich and engaging and its plot development did a very good job of keeping the player engaged. I think TLJ is one of only a handful of games where the writing managed to make its characters feel like real people and not just a collection of standard archetypes. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
June 12, 200916 yr Finally, regarding The Longest Journey, I don't think it was a particularly good game, in the sense that its core gameplay mechanics just weren't very good. What do you mean? You don't like point & click? Anyway, as highly regarded as TLJ is, Broken Sword 1 > TLJ in every aspect. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
June 12, 200916 yr Bioware's writing is frequently pretty good, just not that original. But it's usually at least functional, most of Mass Effect excluded. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan
June 12, 200916 yr Writing alone doesn't really do much for me these days anymore. It's the whole acting, the whole performance of a NPC that counts. Rain makes everything better.
June 12, 200916 yr Yes, you can't judge video game writing in isolation, it's not like a book. To me you need good quest design to support good writing, otherwise it's kind of pointless. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan
June 19, 200916 yr I tend to take this guy seriously since he's a big KOTOR fan. :lol: "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
June 20, 200916 yr As for JRPGs, I sure as hell have enjoyed a few, but it was never, ever for the writing. Of course, dodgy translations may be to blame for that. You can bet your ass that most of the blame is on the bad translations... Not saying that's the case for all JRPGs... It's same like other games, some have **** story some have excellent story, but most of them are just rippoffs of classic books Sent from my Stone Tablet, using Chisel-a-Talk 2000BC. My youtube channel: MamoulianFH Latest Let's Play Tales of Arise (completed) Latest Bossfight Compilation Dark Souls II - Scholar of the First Sin - New Game (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 1: Austria Grand Campaign (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 2: Xhosa Grand Campaign (completed) My PS Platinums and 100% - 30 games so far (my PSN profile) 1) God of War III - PS3 - 24+ hours 2) Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 130+ hours 3) White Knight Chronicles International Edition - PS3 - 525+ hours 4) Hyperdimension Neptunia - PS3 - 80+ hours 5) Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - 200+ hours 6) Tales of Xillia - PS3 - 135+ hours 7) Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 - PS3 - 152+ hours 8.) Grand Turismo 6 - PS3 - 81+ hours (including Senna Master DLC) 9) Demon's Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 10) Tales of Graces f - PS3 - 337+ hours 11) Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - PS3 - 750+ hours 12) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 127+ hours 13) Soulcalibur V - PS3 - 73+ hours 14) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - 600+ hours 15) Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3 - 302+ hours 16) Mortal Kombat XL - PS4 - 95+ hours 17) Project CARS Game of the Year Edition - PS4 - 120+ hours 18) Dark Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 19) Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - PS3 - 238+ hours 20) Final Fantasy Type-0 - PS4 - 58+ hours 21) Journey - PS4 - 9+ hours 22) Dark Souls II - PS3 - 210+ hours 23) Fairy Fencer F - PS3 - 215+ hours 24) Megadimension Neptunia VII - PS4 - 160 hours 25) Super Neptunia RPG - PS4 - 44+ hours 26) Journey - PS3 - 22+ hours 27) Final Fantasy XV - PS4 - 263+ hours (including all DLCs) 28) Tales of Arise - PS4 - 111+ hours 29) Dark Souls: Remastered - PS4 - 121+ hours 30) Mortal Kombat 11 - PS4 - 200+ hours 31) Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin - PS4 - 246+ hours 32) Star Ocean: Faithlessness and Integrity - PS4 - 185+ hours
June 22, 200916 yr examples? just so I can track down the books myself to read. Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.
June 22, 200916 yr every book where are rebels fighting against big unknown dark evil Sent from my Stone Tablet, using Chisel-a-Talk 2000BC. My youtube channel: MamoulianFH Latest Let's Play Tales of Arise (completed) Latest Bossfight Compilation Dark Souls II - Scholar of the First Sin - New Game (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 1: Austria Grand Campaign (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 2: Xhosa Grand Campaign (completed) My PS Platinums and 100% - 30 games so far (my PSN profile) 1) God of War III - PS3 - 24+ hours 2) Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 130+ hours 3) White Knight Chronicles International Edition - PS3 - 525+ hours 4) Hyperdimension Neptunia - PS3 - 80+ hours 5) Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - 200+ hours 6) Tales of Xillia - PS3 - 135+ hours 7) Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 - PS3 - 152+ hours 8.) Grand Turismo 6 - PS3 - 81+ hours (including Senna Master DLC) 9) Demon's Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 10) Tales of Graces f - PS3 - 337+ hours 11) Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - PS3 - 750+ hours 12) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 127+ hours 13) Soulcalibur V - PS3 - 73+ hours 14) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - 600+ hours 15) Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3 - 302+ hours 16) Mortal Kombat XL - PS4 - 95+ hours 17) Project CARS Game of the Year Edition - PS4 - 120+ hours 18) Dark Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 19) Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - PS3 - 238+ hours 20) Final Fantasy Type-0 - PS4 - 58+ hours 21) Journey - PS4 - 9+ hours 22) Dark Souls II - PS3 - 210+ hours 23) Fairy Fencer F - PS3 - 215+ hours 24) Megadimension Neptunia VII - PS4 - 160 hours 25) Super Neptunia RPG - PS4 - 44+ hours 26) Journey - PS3 - 22+ hours 27) Final Fantasy XV - PS4 - 263+ hours (including all DLCs) 28) Tales of Arise - PS4 - 111+ hours 29) Dark Souls: Remastered - PS4 - 121+ hours 30) Mortal Kombat 11 - PS4 - 200+ hours 31) Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin - PS4 - 246+ hours 32) Star Ocean: Faithlessness and Integrity - PS4 - 185+ hours
June 22, 200916 yr Somebody should make a crpg where you get to the play the unknown dark evil instead of a dweeby hero type. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
June 22, 200916 yr Somebody should make a crpg where you get to the play the unknown dark evil instead of a dweeby hero type. MotB?
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