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| BTG |
I think it's bull that I have to pay $64.99 for NHL 08 when all they did was tweak the gameplay a bit, and make a 'practice' mode.
What the hell? It probably takes a month of hard work and they just wait until the end of the season to get a roster update to put on the disc (another thing that's bull is they havn't even released a new roster online...and its already a month into the season). Also, they have the same ty songs, and the same play by play as they do in NHL 07.
complete gayness.
Furthermore...
Guitar hero 3.
probably takes an hour to do the programing for each song, and the graphics are weak and lame....i mean they're still using 2D sprites for lamps. That's DOOM technology ffs.
Just because the game is "FUN" doesn't give it the right to charge the same price as the games that take years and years to make.
Guitar hero 3 and NHL should be a low $39.99
/my rant |
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| eROs.au |
Positives about PC gaming: You can save money on the ty games through p2p.
Disclaimer: I buy the games that deserve my money |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
Well, ive been gaming for 26ish years now, so im really only interested in games that bring a whole lot of newness to a genre (supreme commander) or exemplify how a genre should be done (bioshock). I certainly steer clear of the franchise games, yuk! Have played far too many games to fall in love with any new rendition with slightly better graphics. Especially when I grew up with a C64!
And im STILL waiting on a modern tie fighter-like space battlefest! Fvck, its 11+ years now. Someone make a space sim ffs.
Games to look out for on PC that fit the above criteria imo:
Supreme commander: forged alliance (next week, woohoo!)
Sins of a solar empire (feb 2008)
Alone in the dark (TBA 2008)
Spore
Its getting harder and harder (and more expensive) to make "new" games, so save your cash for the titles that really shine. Its like voting for your favourite developer :) |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
I hear ya on that one. The industry has shaped itself so that its become near impossible for a company to gain a real profit off brand new material, because its just too risky to release something 'unique' to a crowd when it doesnt have Mario or Master Chief on the cover. Plus, companies are greedy bastards, just like people. They see that adding a new year on the end of a title 5 years old will be considered a new title altogether in the eyes of a casual gaming audience. I'm actually surprised Bioshock did so well, but maybe thats moreso related to the rave reviews it received, which therefore became good word of mouth. Like pkc said, thats a game thats deserving of a purchase.
This is why Electronic Arts' offices should be burned to the ground, seeing as how they are practically the pioneers of multiplatforming every franchise possible and turning it into a mundane piece of with "good production values." Ubisoft is catching up. |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Well, ive been gaming for 26ish years now, so im really only interested in games that bring a whole lot of newness to a genre (supreme commander) or exemplify how a genre should be done (bioshock). I certainly steer clear of the franchise games, yuk! Have played far too many games to fall in love with any new rendition with slightly better graphics. Especially when I grew up with a C64!
And im STILL waiting on a modern tie fighter-like space battlefest! Fvck, its 11+ years now. Someone make a space sim ffs.
Games to look out for on PC that fit the above criteria imo:
Supreme commander: forged alliance (next week, woohoo!)
Sins of a solar empire (feb 2008)
Alone in the dark (TBA 2008)
Spore
Its getting harder and harder (and more expensive) to make "new" games, so save your cash for the titles that really shine. Its like voting for your favourite developer :) |
holy ...how had i not heard about this game?
just watched a half hour thing from some convention of will wright talking about it and demoing it
god damn it looks amazing |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000
This is why Electronic Arts' offices should be burned to the ground, seeing as how they are practically the pioneers of multiplatforming every franchise possible and turning it into a mundane piece of with "good production values." Ubisoft is catching up. |
very true. its sad seeing a company that used to be a publisher of new, interesting games in the state theyre in currently. when i was a kid and i saw a game with EA on it, it meant quality. , populous 2 was brilliant, and imo a better strategy game on a console than anything released by sony or microsoft.
its like anything tho- books, music, tv shows- there's a lot coming out and most of it isn't terribly good. piracy obviously doesn't help either.
and yeah mezzir, spore looks interesting. if they ever get it done. its EA or sierra thats running things there i think? i hate sierra ever since they cancelled their B5 space sim that was going to revolutionise the genre. cvnts. |
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| THE_Chris |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
And im STILL waiting on a modern tie fighter-like space battlefest! Fvck, its 11+ years now. Someone make a space sim ffs.
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I HOPE you've played Freespace and Freespace 2 :D |
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| RJT |
Welp, looks like everyone here's got it covered... though anyone who's in this thread complaining yet also owns a copy of Halo 3 should be shot in the face. ;)
Welcome to the future, folks - the casual gamers are where the money is made, so no one gives a about what those of us who actually care about innovation and quality have to say. |
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