A couple days ago on the article when John Koller was talking about PS motion vs Wii and Natal I picked out an interesting quote. Unfortunately everyone was too busy arguing to notice. It would seem there are in fact new IPs as well as established franchises in the works.
"Going into the back half of the year, we have a number of key launches. We haven't really announced all of them yet, but the titles that will be launching at the time are going to be very exciting. Some ...
The engine has also brought us some VERY good looking games as well. Gears of War 1 & 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Bioshock and its upcoming sequel, all come to mind. Throw in Mass Effect 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction which both look pretty good in the visual fidelity department as well. Unfortunately, many developers don't put the time or money into making a game that looks very good, which is a problem with any easily accessible and affordable game engine. It may not be as powerful as...
Read through the entire interview. Cho's response when asked about DLC (see below) really stood out to me. Wish more people in the game industry felt the way he does. Too bad they are under EA who certainly appears to have a differing viewpoint.
"I think so. It depends on the scale. The price range I think is really important so that we can give players good value for their money, I think that's really important. I think we see publishers and developers on one side unfair...
Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if someone analyzed THIS article. Twisted some things around,made implications and then said "Bioware doesn't rule out PS3 version of Mass Effect".
Yea, and Sony has NEVER paid a third party for anything exclusive before. /s
Why choose? I got both pre-ordered and can't wait.
I just hope it doesn't take the drastic turn to incoherent supernatural nonsense that Indigo Prophecy did.
@ 1.3 And walking over a magical box that heals all your injuries makes sense? While I would argue medi kits make games tougher I wouldn't say that are any more logical.
Of course he's not going to use Natal. By the time he gets around to completing a new game the next gen systems will all be out.
You'd think that knowing this would lead MS to foster 1st party development of hardcore games instead of banking on Natal and the casual.
"And we really want to reward fans of Mass Effect, so there will be a lot of bonus content provided in the form of DLC."
I really wish that this meant free content. Unfortunately their definition of "reward" probably equate to something similar to my definition of "milk".
The only question now is whether MS is going to put up the funds to keep this exclusive or let it get away like they do with so many other games.
Never underestimate the completely useless bullshit that consumers will buy.
Wow, a lot of arguing here. To me the most interesting part of the article was this quote talking about games next year. "Going into the back half of the year, we have a number of key launches. We haven't really announced all of them yet, but the titles that will be launching at the time are going to be very exciting. Some of the big franchises, as well as new IPs have new ways to game, not motion control gaming, but in other ways."
I still remember the smile that came to my face the first time I accidentally killed someone with a fire hydrant.
Amazon is you're friend :).
Preordered. The first special edition game I have ever bought. I really wanna know what that Cerberous Network card accesses.
This is ridiculous. Can't even get into a game that isn't full of boosters. Matchmaking is completely f*ckin broken.
Adding an economic system to Gears is one of the dumbest suggestions I've ever heard.
Wow, this DLC is getting ridiculous. The game is still over 2 months away and they are already announcing what they are releasing. I think what irks me the most though is the fact that this "chronicle" has clearly already been worked on. Can't help but shake the feeling that this was intentional left off the disk in order to sell at a premium.