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Rockstar's Family-Friendly Shocker
kleptonin writes "IGN is running an article about a new game being developed by Rockstar San Diego. Unlike their previous releases, the game will feature no guns, no violence, and no swearing. The game, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis, will be exclusive to the Xbox 360, and will cost $39.99." Chris Morris, over at the CNN Game Over column, has some commentary on Grand Theft Ping Pong.
What's a little money on a ping-pong game if it gives you the ability to say "My company doesn't make SOLELY violent games, Senator..."
That is Grand Theft Ping Pong...
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This game is all about virtual beer pong. What is the most popular non-video game on campus? Beer pong. I bet there will be game modes that easily simulate beer pong. Maybe a secret hidden game as well.
All I have to say about the issue is that Virtua Tennis on the DC was an amazingly fun single player, 2 player, and 4 player game. If they could tap into something similar to that style of gameplay, I think it could be fun.
Don't Blame me if I seem bitter, I'm at work, and the TV only plays soap operas.
That's true for the 360, but the game itself probably took Rockstar very little to develop, compared to their other games. Not that many models, textures, or levels, and not very much AI type code, compared to a GTA game.
It's even possible they built a rough version of it, in-house, just to learn the Xbox 360 development environment, and someone said "hey why don't we polish this and release it?"
Plus, they love controversy... and what better way for a "bad boy" company to get it than releasing a family game?
Ehm, baseballs and footballs are hard to find? If football is indeed the american soccer I am willing to bet a shit load of cash that more families own a football then a ping pong table. You need a bit more equipment for baseball but still. I wasn't exactly aware that amateurs playing baseball was rare.
It is, in fact, one of the very few "indoor" sports that has a video game patterned after it. (Poker's about the only other one that springs to mind.)
Well, if you consider poker a sport then how about the video game versions of the following. Chess, EVERY bloody card game every invented, checkers, darts, bowling, snooker, etc etc etc.
In fact isn't basketball often played indoors by pros AND done to dead as a videogame?
The only unusual thing here is that a 'big' name company did a weird sports title. Weird sports titles on the other hand are nothing new.
I just hate journalists who think ignorance is a good thing.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
So they are going to release a graphicly overpowered ping pong game exclusively for the Xbox 360? Can anyone tell my why Rockstar hasn't lost it's mind for making this a 360 exclusive instead of at the very least porting it to the Nintendo Revolution? The system that it would probably fit this game like a glove?
Not only is this "news" a week or more behind everyone else (you're getting faster, Zonk) - but the comments here are really ridiculously closed-minded.
"How can it be fun?" "I don't see this being fun!" etc. etc.
WHAT? You haven't played it, seen it moving, or done anything other than go "Hmm, ping pong...crap"
I didn't see how Virtua Tennis could be fun, but its easily one of the greatest multiplayer games of all time, and does a stand-up job of providing a solid single player experience, too.
Open your minds and close your damn mouths.
My Mind Is Rewired. Is Yours?
I'm hoping the Hot Coffee style mod will let you play a fun spanking game with the ping pong paddles and the girls ;)
games like Mariocart, Super Monkey Ball and Nintendogs
I'll give you the last two, but what is it about mario kart's guided missiles, fireballs, running over and crushing your shrunken enemies, and generally dealing death and destruction to those all around you that somehow makes it not the same as quake?
Is it just the lack of gibs?
Yeah...it sucks. Because Ping Pong is OBVIOUSLY a stupid game.
You know what else sounds stupid? Rolling a ball of crap around, and other things stick to it. The ball gets bigger and bigger, and more crap sticks to it.
THAT would never be a good game...because all of us dumbasses on Slashdot just *KNOW* about this stuff.
No reason to lie.
what is it about mario kart's guided missiles, fireballs, running over and crushing your shrunken enemies, and generally dealing death and destruction to those all around you that somehow makes it not the same as quake?
Mario Kart violence is on the same level of the violence in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Fireballs hit you and take your item, when you get crushed you go flat for a few seconds then pop back up at full size, etc. A bit different than the very realistic damage effects in most modern FPS games.
In fact, you are actually incorrect when you say "dealing death", because you can't die in Mario Kart. In Battle mode, the worst that can happen is you get all your balloons popped, and in a race, no matter what happens, you always get back up. In many FPS games you do respawn after you die, but in Mario Kart you never die.
This isn't to say I disapprove of FPS games - I think they are great. But you can't argue that the violence level of Mario Kart is the same as Counter-Strike or Quake.