Zoraptor Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 BG3 in some shape or form depends on the success of the enhanced edition and Atari's good will since they currently hold the license. This is straight from the developers mouth. Really? WOTC itself holds the BG IP, and Atari does not have the D&D licence for new games as of last year, only for old ones. They'd still potentiallt be a sensible choice as a publisher given their experience, but not given their woeful financials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 ]I can live with hard combat as long as its not a grind fest. It is. also, some people dont like the combat system because its too methodical, but thats a personal taste issue. Methodical.. Well, if that's what you want to call it. For me it was sluggish. I pressed one button, my character took two slow steps forward and lunged lazily with his little shortsword. There was no way of interrupting the animation once it started, nor was there anything else you could do if the enemies turned out to be twice as fast as you. Methodical.. 1 Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I can only refer to Demon's Souls (Dark is pretty much similar), but it is anything but a grindfest. Grinding is basically tedious and boring, while the Souls games require all your skill and concentration, that's why it is so addicitve. Gonna get Dark Souls day 1 for sure. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majek Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 It's always grindfest when you want to have multiple maxed out weapons/armor. But that's not the point of the game. To have fun you don't need that. Maybe some farming but nothing tedious. 1.13 killed off Ja2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hm, I saw a copy of Fable 3 going for about "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delfosse Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Epic Games working on a PC-exclusive title. At this point I can only imagine that it's Unreal Tournament remade into f2p browser game. And don't forget the zombies and social aspects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hm, I saw a copy of Fable 3 going for about Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I considered buying it on the cheap, looked at some youtube gameplay and decided against it. Too cartoony. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greylord Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 You never knew that it existed...and now you never will. What's the point of cancelling an unannounced project? Is there some sort of internal struggle going on at the business that this is going to give leverage to one or another party? http://www.gamespot.com/news/gears-of-war-exile-cancelled-6370520 Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski says unannounced franchise entry rumored to be on-rails Kinect game has been canned. Gears of War: Exile will never be. Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski told GameSpot today that the rumored Kinect project is no longer in development at the Cary, North Carolina-based studio. "Let's just bury the hatchet now," he said. "Gears of War: Exile was an unannounced game that I can't give any details about that has since been cancelled." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delfosse Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 It was rumored, so it's not like he's canceling something nobody knew about. And the market isn't saturated enough for a tough competition and bribes, they're not gonna cancel games for a kickback from another company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orogun01 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hm, I saw a copy of Fable 3 going for about I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 You never knew that it existed...and now you never will. What's the point of cancelling an unannounced project? Is there some sort of internal struggle going on at the business that this is going to give leverage to one or another party? http://www.gamespot....ncelled-6370520 Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski says unannounced franchise entry rumored to be on-rails Kinect game has been canned. Gears of War: Exile will never be. Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski told GameSpot today that the rumored Kinect project is no longer in development at the Cary, North Carolina-based studio. "Let's just bury the hatchet now," he said. "Gears of War: Exile was an unannounced game that I can't give any details about that has since been cancelled." This is Cliffy B. He's known for being a bit of an egomaniac. That said, it's obvious that the game was at least a TINY bit known in the industry/gaming circles. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Amazon Game Downloads Spring sale Pretty neat. Just bought Darkness 2 for $12,50. You can also use your non-US Amazon account, type in some US adress and ZIP code, and receive the Steam key. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 http://kotaku.com/5900341/penny-arcade-pranks-ocean-marketing-nemesis-here-we-go-again http://kotaku.com/cornfield/forum?comment=48722190 The second was originally attached to the first. Have fun. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) I'm not asking/advertising for backers, but I discovered this project on Kickstarter called Nekro, by Darkforge, "a group of industry vets hailing from studios such as Blizzard, Sony, Microsoft and more. We have many years of experience creating quality games for both ourselves and large AAA studios." Just sounded interesting to me, perhaps a thematic cross between Dungeon Keeper and....other games. Thoughts? Here's their announcement video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb4KFoizKss Edited April 10, 2012 by LadyCrimson “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drowsy Emperor Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 It sounds like Overlord for the most part. И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos_hybrid Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 http://kotaku.com/5900248/david-gaider-ken-levine-and-chris-avellone-discuss-what-matters-most-in-games-the-words-or-the-world Interesting read. Avellone gets it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drowsy Emperor Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 They're all correct, except that Gaider and Bioware have let narrative take up too much space in their games at the expense of everything else. If it was really good stuff like PST you could claim its necessary and a part of the experience, but when its 10 minutes of cinematics for every 3 minutes of gameplay in which all the characters spout predictable lines straight out of a Marvel comic, its just a waste of space. 2 И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 They're all correct, except that Gaider and Bioware have let narrative take up too much space in their games at the expense of everything else. I was just thinking about this earlier. It's funny, because it's true for DA2. But it's sad, because it's almost the opposite for ME2. They finally perfected the formula they were toying with from ME1 onwards only to totally **** up on the narrative side of things. 1 You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcroc Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Spark Unlimited developing Lost Planet 3 for Capcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmp10 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 http://kotaku.com/59...ds-or-the-world Interesting read. Avellone gets it. He just described effect of a random spawn on narrative. I'd say Levine has a far better point. Games have become so predictable in their pandering to player egomania that reversing the trend makes for a great shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I think Levine's and Avellone's work simply for different things. Levine's idea is very good for replacing exposition. It can convey motivations and characterization. It can convey the history of a location. Avellone's is about the ongoing. And environments aren't typically as responsive in that regard. But I also think Avellone's idea might be too limited and only applicable to open world games. Could Alpha Protocol work on just emergent behavior? It's hard for me to take from what Gaider says. I keep thinking of Dragon Age 2 and specifically Act III. Or Leliana's return even if the player killed her. Was that them just failing to be good liars? Or was that them being too interested in what they're willing to let the player do that they forgot what the player would want, calling out his premise as faulty. Just how well can one lie? I'm inclined to think he does not give his audience enough credit. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entrerix Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 from a design standpoint, i agree the most with levine. level design and world building are absolutely paramount to good game design. vastly more important than writing a neato story to be read aloud to you by voice acted animated cliches. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigranes Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Avellone's basic point is about providing coherent, systemic bases for meaning and narrativisation, which is certainly not limited to just random mob spawns or such. That actually becomes a guiding principle in how you write the 'narrativ-y' bits in the first place, how you write the factions, dialogue. 1 Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Legend of Grimrock review @Destructoid (score 9.5) Hmmm... Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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