I really liked that trailer too. I do think that some people are going to be put off by the disparity between the tone of the trailer and the actual gameplay (from what I've seen so far). C4 knives and electric machetes would seem out of place in the setting that trailer elicits. I'm still looking forward to the game though, very much. Also, Christopher Nolan? Come on. Just because Batman movie was better than a Batman movie should be...
John and Brenda came to my school a week or so ago to talk about their game and developing social games. I was standing outside talking on my cell phone before the talk started and a bird shit all down my shirt-sleeve. I decided not to go.
@FoxdenRacing: You don't have to be rude. Also, I'm not wrong. Used car lots are a rip-off too, but they preform a service. It's alot more of a hassle to try to sell your car yourself then it is to sell a used copy of a game. I'm glad we can agree that gamestop hurts games. Though I would say that not all of the burden of fixing the problem lies with the publishers. People, in general, need to be more responsible consumers.
@Scoob: I can tell you are not understanding the core element of the entire issue because of the analogy you used. Buying a used couch from somebody is not at all the same as buying a used game from GameStop. GameStop is making a profit from used games. Buying a used game (or couch) from a friend does not make a profit from selling you the used game (unless he is charging you more than he paid, which means you are getting ripped off). By acting as a middle man, GameStop is taking profit away from the people who did the work, AND giving you less for your money. If they can't make money from legitimate sales then, yes, they should go out of business.
Hmmm. This reviewer really likes V.A.T.S. I felt it got boring both to watch and as a gameplay mechanic halfway through Fallout 3. Also, I just can't picture the companion system being that much better than it was in Fallout 3 (in which it was terrible). Furthermore, NV might best Borderlands in the RPG category, but it as a shooter, I doubt it holds a candle (unless there are huge changes from F3). What most interests me about NV is Hardcore Mode.
The facts that this story allege are well known among people here in SF who are involved in the gaming industry. I had a good friend who worked there, he said they treated their employees very well but everyone is very wary of them when it comes to putting your work out in public.
This is the fucking worst list I've ever seen. Did they just pick games out of a hat for each category? Also, the frame that the entry form is in is too narrow. Also, the frame that his comment box is in is too narrow. What the fuck? Wide-screen support!!
Disgusting. I think you guys are being to charitable by describing the group as "well-meaning". Sexual abstinence does not and will never work. Its a christian/religious fantasy and it should not be funded by taxes.
BTW Professor, I can see your bra through your shirt.
I loved IV. But the #1 thing they could do- A NEW FUCKING ENGINE. They already shoveled the exact same shitty engine on us with Fallout 3. To make myself clear a NEW engine, not just an update. I think Bethesda might be the laziest devs in the business. Also, "A Better Map" -- how about functional UI all around. The UI/map/inventory was only BARELY tolerably with user-made mods. (BTW, the map you show is a high-res, color map from a mod.) I didn't think it was possible but that actually made WORSE UI in Fallout 3. Really, Fallout 3 has got to be the most overrated game ever, and it has caused me to lose all confidence in Bethesda.
"The Estate of Michael Jackson objected to our use of the 'dancing zombie' in Plants vs. Zombies based on --" the fact that they weren't getting PAID. That's all there is to it.
Fucking stupid. 1. That has nothing to do with the game. That could be a trailer for a Sega Genesis game. 2. What a lame story. It's a prime example of why comic books that take place in done-to-death universes like DC and Marvel are shit. They could make 'New-Interesting-Intellectual-Property Universe Online' instead of '50-year-old-Trite-Hack Universe Online', except they know that all you mindless dickheads will unquestionably buy anything you recognize, so anything else is a risk.
WTF! The poorly dubbed German in the first Saboteur video -- the lines that don't seem to be coming from any of the Nazis as they run up the stairs -- are ripped straight from Day of Defeat: Source. The first line is "come here and help me" and the second is "enemy position knocked out, move up". You hear them 10X a game. I wonder if they stole them or just somehow licensed them from the same place??
Yeah, both Bioshock and Fallout 3 should be on this list. Bioshock went straight down hill after the second act 'twist', and ended with a lame boss battle and even lamer cutscene(s). Fallout 3 ended with a totally forced decision about which person should die of radiation when neither had to since there was a noble radio-active immune mutant on hand. And then after all it's talk of 'choices' affecting outcomes, the difference between being a horrible character and a saint is a different 20 second voice over in the last cutscene? wtf?
Saints 4 Life!