Would love to see Naughty Dog return to their platforming halcyon days, but not confident that it'll happen with the founding pair of Gavin and Rubin gone.
Still, the Uncharted and Last of Us series aren't bad, either :P
It's certainly a bit of fun, but the issues aren't just with balancing for me. The spawning is a total joke sometimes, with the Rebels in particular having a really tough time extricating themselves from a killing zone in the base.
Even if that's sorted, though, why can't there be central bases where vehicles are stored and accessible? This would at least have the potential for facilitating massive coordinated attacks. As it is, the scattered tokens are just ...
I agree. Great fun with a mate and a few beers.
Never really thought about discretising zombie games in this way, but have played and enjoyed most of these for various reasons.
House of the Dead Overkill is a laugh. "Critics say it's mother-f***ing good!" Classic.
I'm amazed that voice actors don't get any share of a game's profits. I would've thought some of the big guns would be able to demand that.
That said, if they all go on strike I'd happily do it :)
Zynga are the masters of this sort of invasive somehow insidious advertising.
Good article - thought-provoking read. In all honesty I can't begin to fathom these staggering sums of money.
It does strike me that an awful lot of money must disappear on marketing and publishing costs, hence the prevalence of the indie scene in largely spurning this rampant bureaucratic expenditure.
From my experiences I couldn't really disagree with any of those points. If you were being kind you'd say it's very "accessible"...
"I'm starting to feel the hype." - That's your problem - you're letting it wash away rational objectivity.
But does it give you wings?
Funny choice for Ocarina of Time! I would've had that moment when a fallen Ganondorf bursts from the rubble as the towering monstrosity Ganon. Did not see that coming first time!
Or, for a more subdued, chilling OMG moment, that first time a Re-Dead gets hold of Link *shudder*
There is a Campaign mode now, as well as the new Escape mode. Campaign is fairly simplistic but once you've got to grips with everything the most fun to be had is just in building your own mega-prison anyway :)
Personally I don't really get speed running, but that's because I love to take my time playing games. I do agree that exploiting glitches doesn't seem in the spirit of it - as I understand it anyway - but then I imagine it's hard to demarcate between glitches and quirks in video games.
If all speed runners know about and execute the same glitches, I guess it's still a level playing field.
When I played through the demo at EGX I couldn't shake the feeling that, whilst there is considerable fan service in Battlefront, the core gameplay just isn't that inspirational. It's all very much been done before.
Only time will tell whether the servers will cope with the huge influx of players come the full launch. Hopefully the beta will provide some useful feedback in that regard at least.
We'll experience a couple of other modes in the open Beta, but I'm not sure it will change anything much.
Still holding out for the next Metroid. It will come...it must come! (Proper Metroid - not that Federation Force tripe).
Is this the future? Increasingly less control and a diminishing sense of ownership? No idea why anyone continues to support Apple.
Good article. I am concerned about the Japanese games industry when it comes to mainstream gaming. Companies like Nintendo are do slow to change direction and take risks that they're definitely falling behind more adventurous western counterparts. That said, the quality is still often there and they make games like Zelda that nobody else can.
I hope there's a real struggle for survival this time around, but fewer dive-bombing eagles. And fire - lots of fire! :)
Trusted BBC? I hope not after all of the scandals!
Gives us all a little hope for our dreams! Two guys in a basement making a dodgy skiing game published for $250, to one of the most renowned developers of modern times.