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14 years ago
So summer is rolling around and theres a swath of good games, and (terri-)bad games, and i was wondering what people were looking forward to this year?
I know personally LA noir was a title I was looking forward to, and so is Skyrim (woo free copy!)
so,
LA noir
http://www.metacritic.com/game/play.....ion-3/la-noire
Ill say after playing Heavy Rain (http://www.metacritic.com/game/play.....n-3/heavy-rain) , sobbing on my sofa and screaming (Shawn!) for my lost children in the night I will say my standards for moving and creative story were pretty high and the overall lighting look of LA noir didnt honestly do it for me. It might be their lighting system, or the uncanny valley that LA Noir landed in when they skipped over noir style lighting and forgot to budget for a legit lighting artist/programmer. Having said all of that, its still a good game (im just art picky hah) and it is def worth a play though. The voice acting is solid and there are some lols worthy moments (as with heavy rain) where the camera and the funny controls kinda derp you into a corner. BUT after all that I recommend both and both games have an 80+ metacritic score!
Brink.... Well...i will say, dont get it on console. There are a handful of people who preach that console shooters are the way and the only way to go, but those people..they are crazy hah (i cant play console L4D2 >:C ). I originally got the console version thinking that it would be fun and i could get a steam key later. I ended up exchanging my copy of brink for the PC box one, and warning others that as a shooter its just so much nicer on PC. The game seems like its built for the quicker reactions of a PC setting than a console and I would honestly say that the majority of its bad reviews come from a poor console experience as well as some iffy game design decisions like COUGH COUGH NO WOMEN (and although other shooters dont have women, its their reasoning that i argue about, not so much just the fact that there arnt women, because traditionally shooters lack women. Buuuuuut im def not one for tradition).
I was pretty appalled as well at the fact that their excuse for not including women was "game balancing" when you can already choose body types and according heights as well as adjust hit-boxes for all of those, but apparently not for women (we arnt that different...really...cmon) I shelved the game after that statement was released because as a game developer I knew it just wasnt true ( and you shouldnt believe it either) and couldnt stand looking at the game that i knew was ready to say "1000 choices for men is better than 10 for both men and women" Brink is def still worth a test run and I do recommend giving it a whirl but before you praise the art and go bananas about it check out where the art style came from!
http://www.allenspiegelfinearts.com/hale.html
http://www.google.com/search?um=1&a.....amp;amp;tab=wi
Phil hale is an amazing artist and I hope he gets huge props for his color inspiration and his creative talent that honestly lead to some of the best character design and poster work ive seen in the game industry in a long while!
So...Skyrim...
All I can say is I cannot wait and I am dying to shout AT dragons IN DRAGON, to beat up DRAGONS!
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu.....on-shouts.aspx
Even though I work at a zenimax company they are super secret and honestly...I dont know what to expect at all(no one tells me anything hah) ! I love fantasy games and im always waiting for companies to roll out a new big title game like Skyrim,(( and Kingdoms of Amalur:Reckoning (I worked on that one! and trust me :) its gonna be worth every penny!)) that bring dragons, awesome muscly orcs, and cat people into the lime light with some awesome combat and some su-pah sweet environments.
So! lemme know what youre looking forward to this year (or arnt looking forward to hah)
Its gonna be a good year!
I know personally LA noir was a title I was looking forward to, and so is Skyrim (woo free copy!)
so,
LA noir
http://www.metacritic.com/game/play.....ion-3/la-noire
Ill say after playing Heavy Rain (http://www.metacritic.com/game/play.....n-3/heavy-rain) , sobbing on my sofa and screaming (Shawn!) for my lost children in the night I will say my standards for moving and creative story were pretty high and the overall lighting look of LA noir didnt honestly do it for me. It might be their lighting system, or the uncanny valley that LA Noir landed in when they skipped over noir style lighting and forgot to budget for a legit lighting artist/programmer. Having said all of that, its still a good game (im just art picky hah) and it is def worth a play though. The voice acting is solid and there are some lols worthy moments (as with heavy rain) where the camera and the funny controls kinda derp you into a corner. BUT after all that I recommend both and both games have an 80+ metacritic score!
Brink.... Well...i will say, dont get it on console. There are a handful of people who preach that console shooters are the way and the only way to go, but those people..they are crazy hah (i cant play console L4D2 >:C ). I originally got the console version thinking that it would be fun and i could get a steam key later. I ended up exchanging my copy of brink for the PC box one, and warning others that as a shooter its just so much nicer on PC. The game seems like its built for the quicker reactions of a PC setting than a console and I would honestly say that the majority of its bad reviews come from a poor console experience as well as some iffy game design decisions like COUGH COUGH NO WOMEN (and although other shooters dont have women, its their reasoning that i argue about, not so much just the fact that there arnt women, because traditionally shooters lack women. Buuuuuut im def not one for tradition).
I was pretty appalled as well at the fact that their excuse for not including women was "game balancing" when you can already choose body types and according heights as well as adjust hit-boxes for all of those, but apparently not for women (we arnt that different...really...cmon) I shelved the game after that statement was released because as a game developer I knew it just wasnt true ( and you shouldnt believe it either) and couldnt stand looking at the game that i knew was ready to say "1000 choices for men is better than 10 for both men and women" Brink is def still worth a test run and I do recommend giving it a whirl but before you praise the art and go bananas about it check out where the art style came from!
http://www.allenspiegelfinearts.com/hale.html
http://www.google.com/search?um=1&a.....amp;amp;tab=wi
Phil hale is an amazing artist and I hope he gets huge props for his color inspiration and his creative talent that honestly lead to some of the best character design and poster work ive seen in the game industry in a long while!
So...Skyrim...
All I can say is I cannot wait and I am dying to shout AT dragons IN DRAGON, to beat up DRAGONS!
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu.....on-shouts.aspx
Even though I work at a zenimax company they are super secret and honestly...I dont know what to expect at all(no one tells me anything hah) ! I love fantasy games and im always waiting for companies to roll out a new big title game like Skyrim,(( and Kingdoms of Amalur:Reckoning (I worked on that one! and trust me :) its gonna be worth every penny!)) that bring dragons, awesome muscly orcs, and cat people into the lime light with some awesome combat and some su-pah sweet environments.
So! lemme know what youre looking forward to this year (or arnt looking forward to hah)
Its gonna be a good year!
God help us all, the world will probably stop turning for months. I know when they announced i felt the world shift a few degrees. ha!
We are still playing through LA Noir, and I enjoy it. You're totally right about derping into corners. I never played Heavy Rain so I can't compare it to that, but I can say I looooove the faces and expressions.
I want to pre order Skyrim for my boyfriend, though it's really a gift for both of us. I want it just as bad as he does.
Lemme know how you like LA noir! And if you like it! I think you will like Heavy rain just as much! and its been out for almost 2 years now and the price FINALLY dropped!
I'll be waiting for Last Guardian. <3