@Fry
Maybe. He could be going on the framerate issues brought in other reviews for the console versions. Can't say for sure what he's experienced between them.
*on consoles
He clarifies that at the end, probably due to technical performance issues.
*Ignores just joking part*
One step closer to my formula for guaranteed winning.
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Appreciate the nod (didn't anticipate it for blog tbh) and congrats to rest of winners.
Here's to an exciting June!
@dmN_114
"As you said yourself it is not perfect because of minor bugs you listed yourself thats why it shouldn't get the "perfect score" which in this case is the 10 out of 10. "
Seems like there's been a communication breakdown on the intention of why I repeated the 'downs' listed in the review. I didn't say that to point out Valenka's misuse of the score but YOUR misinterpretation of it--which admittedly isn'...
Ironically, no Insomniac-made game since their jump to 30 FPS focused titles has had the same financial or critical success as A Crack In Time.
(Though Sunset Overdrive MAY have a chance of beating its sales in the future)
I'm always surprised to see how often people instantly attribute 10/10 with meaning "perfect." Sure, taken on just the number itself, it could seem like that's a natural translation of the score; however, the 'downs' listed already acknowledges minor to moderate bugs so that's not what the score means in this context.
I've yet to come across a posted game review on here, by critics, etc. that attributes a 10/10 to mean 'perfect' by t...
Haven't gotten a chance to Close Encounters yet tbh.
"Even George Lucas said the same thing to Steven Spiielberg back in 1977."
Color me interested to compare. Then again, it's necessary to keep in mind just how pessimistic Lucas was of Star Wars back then. Seemed to be disappointed with the budget, the makeup, etc. etc.
I'm curious of this as well. The shield thing didn't seem like anything familiar in any Star Wars I've seen, but with Disney here and the whole redone canon stuff, maybe they're expanding the lore in new ways.
"The 3D modeling looks really nice."
True, but I'd like to wait and see how all of that in-engine stuff will look in gameplay.
Thanks Crazyglues.
Yeah, I knew how tricky the subject is so I dove headfirst into that information to try and express my thoughts as clearly as possible.
And in regards to the 3rd link that's split up: copy+paste the second link and submit that info in the search bar of the way back machine (1st link). I tried making it direct but it kept bugging out on me.
Well...I think you're being a bit unfair in regards to DICE, as a game creator, caring so little about the Star Wars franchise--even though I mirror your annoyance with the 'watered-down' part. It's just that a lot of care seems to be going into the usual graphics and sounds that DICE, as a creative team, has gravitated towards. A part of me still can give some (<key word) appreciation in capturing that high-definition graphical/audio aspect.
But...well.....
I'm in agreement with the others above when it comes to some of your criticisms, especially in regards to typecast characters. Now granted, there's a lot of the typical high-school stuff here but a lot of the people you meet get a bunch of special touches that grow beyond that too when you explore the branching choices and use rewind.
Given the wildly opposing viewpoints, and this being my first episodic title I've been following, I'm tempted to type up my ...
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"Agreed and a sad state of affairs really."
I would like to say, for sake of clarification, that some other notable adaptations, movie or otherwise, have pushed beyond the genre template in interesting ways.
Middle-Earth with Lord of the Rings actually brought a great amount of character with the Nemesis system and it actually felt believable to see these orcs try to one-up each other as time went along. That was put on top of the AC genre templa...
Amen to that. Here's to some great new announcements.
Best of luck to all users with contests. :)
Saw this coming after Starbreeze sold the IP a few weeks back.
I'd hardly call one "average gamer" test subject a conclusive answer on this subject.
Even if you were talking about it in that context, I still have a problem with the bits of misinformation like "since at 30 you are really close to how you see things in real life."
Graphing real-life perception to frames per second is firstly not the correct way to go about doing this since the human eye doesn't transmit visual data to your brain...
You know...I honestly can't remember my first video game as I'm typing this out. I remember certain moments of playing around with early N64 games when that was the first console I owned. Before that, it seemed like arcade games at various venues were a primary source for me.
While I honestly don't care for the flimsy categorization of the word "gamer," I guess I would've been considered one during that N64 gift because then it was off to the rac...
Hope everyone enjoyed the blog. Please feel free to leave your comments and/or questions below. Allow me to just give a very, very belated May the 4th be with you. It's ~26 days overdue (depending on your time zone, I guess) but it fits the theme we're talking about anyways.
Like I mentioned before, just pester Christopher to no end. Have a sob story in rotation to get snag some sympathy points for good measure against his big heart. :P
Really though, I just...write in a fashion that attempts to explore a game or game topic in an interesting way. I've been on here for a while, seen various articles/news pieces discussing a variety of topics, and I typically have a good method of explaining my thoughts in a concise way, hopefully improving ...