I actually disagree with that. I think part of the problem is that Hollywood is so used to dealing with lower framerates and lower-quality output (bear in mind that even old-school cameras shoot in super-high-quality formats) that props, costuming and makeup have all suffered as a result.
I'm very excited to see what happens with the future of cinema.
PC as a lead platform is really important in this day and age because multiplatform developers tend to forget at how much better things can/should look on it and port it from a console version.
Totally agree with the Valve comparison. As long as a developer can churn out quality titles that make a profit, treating fans well is definitely a smart tactic. Let us hope that CD Projekt is around for a long time into the future.
I wouldn't see it as that equation. The question the title is referring to goes into more depth about how they feel that a significant amount of content should be given away for free. I would argue that the content should be charged, based on the current systems we're used to paying for. Not that I'm complaining that it'll be free, of course.
Totally. A director's cut version of a film tends to supplement more than change, though.
But how is that relevant to games?
Certain films have multiple or alternate endings. In light of your second paragraph, I'm assuming that you think I was bashing the ending of Mass Effect 3. I am not.
I don't have a problem with artists/developers ending their story how they want to; that's their right. I do have a problem with the notion that it might be a false ending that will be amended later, though.
So if you had to pick between a disappointing ending and a 'patched' ending, which would you go with?
That's all well and good as long as you don't care about the fact that there's a lack of innovation in games. If you don't, that title still applies to you but it doesn't carry any negative connotations with it.
That's interesting, man, because some people are having big issues with Skyrim (particularly PC gamers).
I'm curious, is there anything you dislike about Modern Warfare 3? I've been such a massive fan of the series for years, but MW3 felt too similar to the others. I think I got over CoD!
Just started getting into it. My God, it does old school so well!
Couldn't agree more. It's a shame to see developers flocking to the tried and proven fields of fantasy when forging new RPGs.
Totally agree. I'm playing on Nightmare and it's really not hard.
Red Orchestra 2 also has a suppression mechanic. Pro tip: sometimes interviewers ask questions in a specific framing way to see how the interviewee reacts. The point wasn't that Battlefield 3 was the first game to do these, the point was to try and see if he felt that and whether he was going to talk about influences, competitors, etc.
You make some great points there.
I'm digging Battlelog a whole lot more than I thought I would.
Origin is essentially useless in the grander scheme of things, but I can see why they did it. They want Origin to become a Steam contender and what better way to do that than with a game that is slated to be the next big thing.
The lack of in-game VoIP does seem to work against the whole team-based thing, particularly for public servers. Hopef...
I think the sound design was the most interesting part; particularly how they seemed to suggest that they used YouTube as a source for military information, ha!
It came out on Mac in 2004... mebe?
In our interviews with the DICE guys (who are awesome, by the way), they talk a lot about learning from the good and bad of their games and taking on board a lot of fan feedback. This extends to non-Battlefield games such as Mirror's Edge (which they admitted had its fair share of flaws) and taking on board feedback from the recent Alpha (introducing the command wheel).
Have a read of the preview to find out some more specifics. I get that you're trolling, but I think that BF3 has a lot to offer CoD players looking for something fresh (I recently played MW3 and it was... samey).
One early review? There are eight already on Metacritic (and they're all green)!