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I agree that licensed toolsets tend to drag down artistic individuality a bit, but the flipside is that a lot of those games wouldn't even exist were it not for toolsets.
Lost Odyssey ran on Unreal 3 and managed to look a bit different, although it did sport that trademark texture pop-in.
I think the real problem is that the market doesn't support individuality. Halo, a game as mundane and average as they come, did several times better than XIII or Killer 7.
It's so fitting that the horse armor was the first DLC - things haven't improved much. Still, I see people with premium avatar clothes out there so I guess some people have money to burn.
Split/Second is really the only game that's interesting me. Hopefully it can be what Burnout should've become.
You are, jerk.
The author makes some great points, which is why I see gaming progressing towards a subscription service. Players will pay every month for access to a library. In this way, they're just paying for the month's worth of play, not the ownership or right to play an individual title.
If a service provider goes kaput, you haven't lost any rights you've paid for, just the service you haven't yet paid for. It's similar to Netflix, and most appropriately instant watch.
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Interesting interview, touched on some aspects I hadn't ready about yet. I loved the music in the original Starcraft, very much looking forward to the sequel.
I dunno, millions more have played Wii Sports than any other game in existence. That warrants something, don't you think?
The author makes some good points, but I think the adventure game's approachability is also a deterrent. Most adventure games are a series of item-combination puzzles to reveal a static story. I've had people tell me that if they want to read a story, they'd rather read a book than deal with cumbersome puzzles.
I don't get why people are getting all twisted about this. When do you ever want to play multiplayer that you aren't connected via internet these days? People just like whining, I swear.
That attitude is entirely too accepting to belong on the internet.
Not a lot of Cloud from FF7 made it into Advent Children.
Oh that's what skeptics are always saying! Well Mr. Naysay, who would YOU put in a cybernetic death-suit?!
Agreed. I think that is one of the best and most underrated series.
How coincidental, I'm currently playing through Okami for the first time ever.
Acti's become less evil lately. They used to dedicate themselves to being a sequel house, now they're publishing DJ Hero, Singularity, and Blur.
Hasn't Thief 4 been all but confirmed?
WoW could use some more races, the last expansion only added one class.
Ok, it got better but the intolerance for Ebert's viewpoint is still a little childish.
Ninja shark with lasers is the most terrifying creature in all of existence.