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EA Announces Open-Ended RPG

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nice-idea-now-its-mine dept.

With the success of Bethesda's Oblivion featuring so prominently in the headlines of late, EA's announcement of 'Project Gray Company' comes as little surprise. From the Gamespot blurb: "The action takes place in a massive open world where you can go anywhere you want, and the characters in this world are powered by an incredible simulation [artificial intelligence] based on the same technology used by the makers of The Sims 2. The story of the game is built around a series of Story Quests. You can choose to follow specific Story Quests, embark on a range of other types of quests, or set off on your own adventures in the massive open world environment."

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  1. Yeah, that's pretty open-ended, alright. by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    From TFA:
    > No platform, price, or release date was announced for the game.

    Yeah, that's about as open-ended as it gets.

    1. Re:Yeah, that's pretty open-ended, alright. by Odiumjunkie · · Score: 4, Funny

      The project is being developed with the working titly "Duke Nukem Forever".

    2. Re:Yeah, that's pretty open-ended, alright. by Odiumjunkie · · Score: 2, Funny

      I misspelt "title". Instant /. death. HEAD SHOT. PEDANTRY is on a killing spree.

  2. EA by kryten_nl · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll never beat my lvl 60 'EA develloper' with his 'Improved Lack Of Sleep', 'Tolerance For Low Wages' and his special 'Transform Coffee To Code'....

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    For the perfect anti-Unix, write an OS that thinks it knows what you're doing better than you do and let it be wrong.
  3. So now the only question that remains is... by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 2, Funny

    So now the only question that remains is how to plug humans into that and form the first matrix.

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    ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI!?
  4. $10 says it's Madden-based... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    $10 says it's Madden-based. Here are the initial classes:

      - Quarterback - Needs high wisdom
      - Lineman - Needs high strength
      - Wide Receiver - Needs high dexterity
      - TV Announcer - Similar to a "half-orc"
      - Cheerleader - Basically put in for the usual "dark elf" player

  5. EA to release half finished game by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 5, Funny

    "But this game isn't finished. There's virtually no script, no ending, nothing."

    "Ah screw it, call it open ended and ship it."

  6. Re:I'm tired of being the hero by neuraljazz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Join the Republican Party.... they seem to be needing some new blood. :-)

    -NJ

  7. SQ4 ref? by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny
    There was a gag software ad way back in "Space Quest IV" with the same idea.. (imagine the following read aloud in that awesome Gary Owens narrator voice)

    Narrator: It's here at last! With a combination of SAI--Simulated Artificial Intelligence--and VRAI--Virtually-Real Artificial Intelligence--we at MaxThis! Software have created a simulated simulator experience that's unlike anything you've ever simulated playing before. With SimSim, you can create a simulated environment in which you can create any simulated environment you want!
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    Slashdot Burying Stories About Slashdot Media Owned
  8. Isn't an open ended RPG... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...normally known as a bazooka, or a recoilless rifle?