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SaviorX on 18 February 2010
SmokedHostage said:

God, I wish films died after all the Romantic Comedies took over and I wish there were no more Sci-Fi films that were dumbed for mainstream consumption.


Oh wait..

????????????? Let me try!

"God, I wish films the industry part of gaming died after all the Romantic Comedies unoriginality, PR bravado, and fanboy logic took over and I wish there were no more Sci-Fi films FPS games and slapdash action games that were dumbed for mainstream consumption.


Oh wait boy!..



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radiantshadow92 on 18 February 2010
Akvod said:

Good thing EA advertises Bad Company 2 with gameplay videos

 

by any chance? were those the multiplayer graphics?



SmokedHostage on 18 February 2010
SaviorX said:
SmokedHostage said:

God, I wish films died after all the Romantic Comedies took over and I wish there were no more Sci-Fi films that were dumbed for mainstream consumption.


Oh wait..

????????????? Let me try!

"God, I wish films the industry part of gaming died after all the Romantic Comedies unoriginality, PR bravado, and fanboy logic took over and I wish there were no more Sci-Fi films FPS games and slapdash action games that were dumbed for mainstream consumption.


Oh wait boy!..

I'm okay with this.



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Akvod on 18 February 2010
radiantshadow92 said:
Akvod said:

Good thing EA advertises Bad Company 2 with gameplay videos

 

by any chance? were those the multiplayer graphics?

Yup.



GuyDuke on 19 February 2010
The Ghost of RubangB said:
You got the fool me once quote backwards!

But yeah I agree. It seems the formula for success has changed from "make a fun game that many people will enjoy and show off to their friends to spread the word" to "make any old boring action game, pump it full of cinematic presentation, epic Hollywood moments to put on YouTube, convoluted plot twists, tits, and blood." So I find myself watching these games on YouTube instead of playing them, since I just want to see where they're spending their money these days.

The industry's always been about sequels, rehashing stale ideas, and gimmicks. But before their were cutscenes, we'd actually be comparing the running and jumping between Mario and Sonic, instead of comparing the movies and plots between Metal Gear and Final Fantasy.

That's the way I think gaming are heading for. Nintendo tried other things and get bumped hardly by fans and critics sometimes. See how my cousin is so impressed by Heavy Rain. Playing a movie, and he's impressed, wow... 70$ to watch a movie a play a game of only 10 hours! That's video gaming nowadays. They can do everything the want to make it epic, have great scores and great sales.

Well, that's why Muramasa is loved by many gamers. It does something different.



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zarx on 19 February 2010

great read I wish I could be so coherent for such a long editorial you could be a videogame journalist I would follow you if you posted more editorials like this. you are much better than a lot of so called videogame journalists out there.



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Games4Fun on 19 February 2010

This kind of thing has always been happening for any type of media. It does seem to be on the increase for games though. I actually enjoyed The Conduit at first, but after about a week maybe two I got bored of it. Then again I am not a huge fps player. Thankfully adding blood gore and other things along those lines does not really increase what I buy. If anything it tends to help me watch what not to bother with.



radiantshadow92 on 19 February 2010
Akvod said:
radiantshadow92 said:
Akvod said:

Good thing EA advertises Bad Company 2 with gameplay videos

 

by any chance? were those the multiplayer graphics?

Yup.

so like, when i get the game *already preordered* and go online, thats what its going to look like? not like in the demo?



Akvod on 19 February 2010
radiantshadow92 said:
Akvod said:
radiantshadow92 said:
Akvod said:

Good thing EA advertises Bad Company 2 with gameplay videos

 

by any chance? were those the multiplayer graphics?

Yup.

so like, when i get the game *already preordered* and go online, thats what its going to look like? not like in the demo?

The demo looks just like that in its own videos.

 

 

The PS3 beta for Port Arica looked like that video.



radiantshadow92 on 19 February 2010
Akvod said:
radiantshadow92 said:
Akvod said:
radiantshadow92 said:
Akvod said:

Good thing EA advertises Bad Company 2 with gameplay videos

 

by any chance? were those the multiplayer graphics?

Yup.

so like, when i get the game *already preordered* and go online, thats what its going to look like? not like in the demo?

The demo looks just like that in its own videos.

 

 

 

The PS3 beta for Port Arica looked like that video.

if the graphics are really tuned up for the game, then the game is fucking perfect, i cannot wait, see you on the battlefield =p