Werthead Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Edge covers the making of Zak McKraken, one of the best (and probably most obscure) LucasArts adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Review of The Last of Us Beta Demo.Good marketing plan to get reviewers to do half your job by letting them play entire segments of the game and post reviews about what they've played.Looks pretty damned good. If you don't have a PS3 then now is the time to consider getting one, if this is your kind of game. Or maybe closer to PS4 launch when I suspect there will be another price cut for PS3. I think this game is going to have to be pushed to the top of my most wanted list. Though I'm not sure whther it should knock Dark Souls off the top spot or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Arkham Origins has its Looks interesting, but stylistically off from the other games. If its an origin story, why does Batman look 50 years old? If its not an Origin... then don't call it Origins. It has Black Mask in it, which would imply some significant Batman history prior to the game. Also, why the hell is Batman essentially wearing what looks to be a suit of medieval plate mail?!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Arkham Origins has its Looks interesting, but stylistically off from the other games. If its an origin story, why does Batman look 50 years old? If its not an Origin... then don't call it Origins. It has Black Mask in it, which would imply some significant Batman history prior to the game. Also, why the hell is Batman essentially wearing what looks to be a suit of medieval plate mail?!!?CGI looks nice, but that doesn't tell us anything about how the game will look, and whether it'll look nexgen or just slightly nicer than current gen (for consoles that is, I imagine the PC version will look sweet as).The suit looks like a "first gen" Batman suit might look, bulky, heavy and a little restrictive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 This is something completely and totally unprecedented in the history of everything: Peter Molyneux ballses up what should have been an exceptionally straightforward communication with the backers of his Kickstarter game, GODUS. Firstly, GODUS now has a publisher. Despite the game being Kickstarted specifically on the promise of there not being a publisher. Then there's an immense amount of guff about the game's mobile versions being released with no mention of the PC version, despite that being the format the overwhelming majority of backers were interested in.There's the feeling that Molyneux has used his own profile and that of the Kickstarted PC version to get a publisher on board, who is pumping in lots of money for the mobile versions and making it sound like the PC version is no longer a priority. Needless to say, people are annoyed. I suspect Molyneux will do a new communication in a few days clarifying the situation. Certainly the PC version remains extant and still in development (as all the previous Kickstarter videos indicate), but it's odd it should go completely unmentioned in this new communication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Greguh Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 This is something completely and totally unprecedented in the history of everything: Peter Molyneux ballses up what should have been an exceptionally straightforward communication with the backers of his Kickstarter game, GODUS. Firstly, GODUS now has a publisher. Despite the game being Kickstarted specifically on the promise of there not being a publisher. Then there's an immense amount of guff about the game's mobile versions being released with no mention of the PC version, despite that being the format the overwhelming majority of backers were interested in.There's the feeling that Molyneux has used his own profile and that of the Kickstarted PC version to get a publisher on board, who is pumping in lots of money for the mobile versions and making it sound like the PC version is no longer a priority. Needless to say, people are annoyed. I suspect Molyneux will do a new communication in a few days clarifying the situation. Certainly the PC version remains extant and still in development (as all the previous Kickstarter videos indicate), but it's odd it should go completely unmentioned in this new communication.Wow. Yeah, that's what it sounds like. Launch a PC/Mac project via Kickstarter, and use that profile to attract a publisher for the mobile version of that game. Kind of a scuzzy move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttering Bill Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Why would anyone kickstart a Molyneux project in the first place? The guy makes terrible games that don't even try to live up to his promises. How many Fables does it take for people realize that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewBaelish Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Xbox announcement today. I'm positively buzzing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 Why would anyone kickstart a Molyneux project in the first place? The guy makes terrible games that don't even try to live up to his promises. How many Fables does it take for people realize that?People who remember Populous and Dungeon Keeper. And also think that the brilliant Syndicate, Magic Carpet and Populous II were something to do with him when they weren't, just made at the same company. Molyneux's reputation hinges pretty much on the Bullfrog team's reputation, and nothing he has done since that team split apart has been equal to what came before. I've got no idea why he is so highly-regarded in some quarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Anyone have an opinion on Strike Suit Zero? It's on sale on Steam this week and looks potentially interesting. I watched a Giant Bomb quick look when it came out, but felt that QL was a bit perfunctory (even for a quick look). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poobah Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 People who remember Populous and Dungeon Keeper. And also think that the brilliant Syndicate, Magic Carpet and Populous II were something to do with him when they weren't, just made at the same company. Molyneux's reputation hinges pretty much on the Bullfrog team's reputation, and nothing he has done since that team split apart has been equal to what came before. I've got no idea why he is so highly-regarded in some quarters.He talks a good game when it comes to his new concepts. He's a salesman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 The Xbox reveal has thus far shown absolutely nothing that interests me in anyway. If you're really into Fantasy Sports I guess you might want to get one?That's about all I've learned so far.Edit: "You've tasted a new generation of games." - No we haven't. You showed prerendered footage of Forza 5, some new game called Quantum Break that we still know nothing about and EA sports titles that aren't exclusive anyway. 90% of the presentation has been about live TV, Kinect features and sports.I don't know what I expected.And now this guy is gonna talk about the new CoD game like it's gonna be innovative. :lol:ETA: Yeah the CoD gameplay looks exactly the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Wow, I thought Microsoft would try to counter Sony's "we are for gamers" pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I'm actually pretty jazzed about it. No, not as a video gaming system; that's not showing anything new, though having all games assume there's a kinect will allow for at least some fun interaction. But seamless video phone calling on your television? While you're watching live TV and movies? That's the future, right there. That's what has been promised to us for about 40 years. Interactive TV and chat and whatnot on the same device is pretty hawt, but the skype feature is really, really cool as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewBaelish Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Plus, Live Action Halo series by Steven Spielberg. I mean, hell yeah to that.How much memory did it have again? 500 gigs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poobah Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 As with all console related announcements I'm monumentally un-bothered and haven't heard anything that I can't already do on my PC, and indeed haven't already been able to do on my PC for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewBaelish Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Aaand it's not backwards compatible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewBaelish Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 But it is NOT required to always be online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Yeah, this sounds like the bro console. I'll probably stick with PC and get PS4 once there's some great games. Maybe a Wii U after a 3d mario game and a price drop.ETA: I wonder if the new Xbox pad is going to have PC support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 This is something completely and totally unprecedented in the history of everything: Peter Molyneux ballses up what should have been an exceptionally straightforward communication with the backers of his Kickstarter game, GODUS. Firstly, GODUS now has a publisher. Despite the game being Kickstarted specifically on the promise of there not being a publisher. Then there's an immense amount of guff about the game's mobile versions being released with no mention of the PC version, despite that being the format the overwhelming majority of backers were interested in.There's the feeling that Molyneux has used his own profile and that of the Kickstarted PC version to get a publisher on board, who is pumping in lots of money for the mobile versions and making it sound like the PC version is no longer a priority. Needless to say, people are annoyed. I suspect Molyneux will do a new communication in a few days clarifying the situation. Certainly the PC version remains extant and still in development (as all the previous Kickstarter videos indicate), but it's odd it should go completely unmentioned in this new communication.Shocker! Peter Molyneux over-promises and under-delivers! Film at 11!(Sorry Wert, not intended to snark you, but Molyneux is just such a charlatan these days) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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