Well he's undoubtably the best Prince of Persia (though I didn't actually mind Nolan North in the reboot, it was the rest of the game that was stunningly mediocre). Hope he continues to get plenty of work in games.
It might sell better on the PS3 than the 360 where a good Gears like game is still lacking (I don't view the Army of Two series as 'good')
I like well done cutscenes, but I think videogames need to further develop their own style of storytelling, rather than trying to copy film, because they often come across as a poor imitation of cinema in their methods.
Nolan North doesn't need platitudes, the dude is too busy voicing every second video game character in existence!
Seems like a guy who is very aware of how lucky he is to have such a fun job.
I'm a bit of a Steam apologist, I use Steam for socialising, add non-steam games to it so I can take advantage of the overlay, am a member of several Steam communities and watch out for the weekend specials like a hawk. I'd probably even go as far as to say that Steam saved PC gaming, both in terms of mass market games and bringing indie games to the mainstreams attention.
The bit-tech reviewer said in the comments below the article that he's an RPG fan and has played all of Obsidians previous games, so i'm not sure it's as simple as that. My hope is that considering they broke the review embargo they're just trying to stir up a bit of controversy and get some hits with a low score, but I'm slightly worried about the game and for Obsidian now.
There's still some quality devs in the UK, hopefuly with this we'll stop forcing them abroad.
Too scatterbrained for boxes to be a good thing, they break or get lost for me. prefer digital distribution, or at least games I can register with a service (ie Steam) meaning I get the best of both.
The sub is pretty reasonably priced and with 50 hours out of the box, if the game doesn't have masses of content that's more than enough to see everything it has to offer. Last game I spent more than 50 hours on must have been somethin like Dragon age.
I went the opposite way from Dchalfont, spent 3 years studying film at university and kind of became burnt out on them (like the author of the piece I guess). But i don't think film vs game comparisons really work. Certainly there are games that try to be like movies, but there's plenty that don't and tell their story in a much more abstract way (assuming they even have a story). Very different mediums which is why crossovers always fail hard.
Looking forward to attending!
Sounds good, gonna give it a go now.
They're not the only culprits mind, EA have a terrible habit of switching off support for their sports games year by year, Mercenaries 2 was another casualty and it's a lot younger than most of these games.
If I owned a gun id probably shoot out lighbulbs as well, Homer Simpson style.
I gave up on Mafia during the infamous 'race' mission, loved the game but it was ridiculously hard.
Im incapable of camping, no matter what the game. If there are guns involved a strange chemical seems to infect my brain making me think I'm rambo :(
I agree with a lot of the things said in the review, but for me the battle system, eye candy and set piece moments elevated it to around a 6 or 7.
An all too familiar tale. The thing is, when there's a Daily Mail/Telegraph anti-gaming outcry, it's the same bloody people who buy the games for the youngsters that get angry at gaming.
Very interesting to hear from someone who was involved in the birth of the gaming industry.