The names associated with this article reads like a virtual B-list of game design.
It's funny how someone associated with the development of The Suffering (which didn't really hook me past a few hours) couldn't get into Bully (which did hook me for more hours than I'd care to admit). Oh, well..
This just comes of as bad for the company, and him especially. I was somewhat interested in what they had going about a year ago.. then when he started bitching about how the demo hadn't been properly optimized or whatever I started loosing interest. This latest charade is just the nail in the coffin as far as I'm concerned, he just comes of as someone who is desperate to try and redeem something that hadn't been a big deal in the first place, had they just kept on working and then released the god damned thing.
Someone mentioned DNF and I'm starting to agree, this game has vaporware written all over it. And since it's a promised trilogy it doesn't exactly help. I'd be surprised if this game even registers as a blip if it ever comes out at all. You heard it here first (hopefully).
Yes, please protect me from myself. I do not want to click on a trailer for violent game X and be _offended_ by it's violence! Thank you, ESRB, for looking after my own good since I apparently can't do it myself anymore.
I don't have a problem with ESRB rating something AO, but if this leads to Sony and Nintendo not granting any licensing this is effectively censorship and _that_ I have a problem with.
I've been going over this in my head for the past day and I came to this conclusion as well. It's a sequel to Manhunt, a game which got blamed for a murder in the UK (unfairly, according to Wikipedia but I can't find any actual news-sources confirming this) and that is the real problem. Ireland followed suit, since they can't be allowed to release a game that the UK banned and ESRB obviously lost it's nuts somewhere in between the GTA: SA and Oblivion debacles and can't loose any more face. So, if the UK hadn't banned this game I'd be shocked if anyone else would've. Except for Australia, of course, because if you ban a game like Marc Ecko's Getting Up then you'll just pull out the banhammer for anything.
This is your tax dollars at work, and if nothing else big happens that catches the great guiding hands of our societies attention then we'll have to put up with this bullshit for a good while longer.
I also don't think there's anything that Rockstar really can do to fix this, and it's probably just best for them to release a PC version and then forget about it. I do know that Nintendo won't be getting any money from me buying a Wii unless this game gets released as-is, because that was what I was planning to do until this shit hit the fan.
I'm _very_ interested in seeing what, if anything, will happen to The Club from Bizarre Creations since it seems to be dealing with a very similar subject to Manhunt.
1) Settle a lawsuit for infringing on a patent 2) Wait and watch as the company you gave money to gets money elsewhere and breaches the hidden agreement you actually managed to sneak in 3) Profit! (or atleast recoup some of the original cost)
Alright, so it wasn't a perfect plan. But holy crap, this made my whole day.
Here's a question: I have my TV at an "angle". Would I have to position myself right infront of it for the Wii Remote to actually work as intended? I'm thinking of getting a Wii in a month or so, but this issue would force me to move around my furniture and I'd rather not be forced to deal with that.
Slashdot Mirror
The names associated with this article reads like a virtual B-list of game design.
It's funny how someone associated with the development of The Suffering (which didn't really hook me past a few hours) couldn't get into Bully (which did hook me for more hours than I'd care to admit). Oh, well..
Interesting. He misspelled 'because' as 'becasue '.
You know, between 'LAIR' and 'THEY' apparently trying to muscle their way through using all big letters, I'm starting to loose all faith in mankind.
I'm hoping that the game is still _called_ Lair (sans all caps), because that trend is definitely not something I want to be a part of.
My thoughts exactly.
This just comes of as bad for the company, and him especially. I was somewhat interested in what they had going about a year ago.. then when he started bitching about how the demo hadn't been properly optimized or whatever I started loosing interest. This latest charade is just the nail in the coffin as far as I'm concerned, he just comes of as someone who is desperate to try and redeem something that hadn't been a big deal in the first place, had they just kept on working and then released the god damned thing.
Someone mentioned DNF and I'm starting to agree, this game has vaporware written all over it. And since it's a promised trilogy it doesn't exactly help. I'd be surprised if this game even registers as a blip if it ever comes out at all. You heard it here first (hopefully).
Yes, please protect me from myself. I do not want to click on a trailer for violent game X and be _offended_ by it's violence! Thank you, ESRB, for looking after my own good since I apparently can't do it myself anymore.
This is fucking bullshit.
I think this is where the real issue lies.
I don't have a problem with ESRB rating something AO, but if this leads to Sony and Nintendo not granting any licensing this is effectively censorship and _that_ I have a problem with.
I've been going over this in my head for the past day and I came to this conclusion as well. It's a sequel to Manhunt, a game which got blamed for a murder in the UK (unfairly, according to Wikipedia but I can't find any actual news-sources confirming this) and that is the real problem. Ireland followed suit, since they can't be allowed to release a game that the UK banned and ESRB obviously lost it's nuts somewhere in between the GTA: SA and Oblivion debacles and can't loose any more face. So, if the UK hadn't banned this game I'd be shocked if anyone else would've. Except for Australia, of course, because if you ban a game like Marc Ecko's Getting Up then you'll just pull out the banhammer for anything.
This is your tax dollars at work, and if nothing else big happens that catches the great guiding hands of our societies attention then we'll have to put up with this bullshit for a good while longer.
I also don't think there's anything that Rockstar really can do to fix this, and it's probably just best for them to release a PC version and then forget about it. I do know that Nintendo won't be getting any money from me buying a Wii unless this game gets released as-is, because that was what I was planning to do until this shit hit the fan.
I'm _very_ interested in seeing what, if anything, will happen to The Club from Bizarre Creations since it seems to be dealing with a very similar subject to Manhunt.
Well.. whatever. Fuck 'em.
This is the elusive no. 2 we've been looking for!
1) Settle a lawsuit for infringing on a patent
2) Wait and watch as the company you gave money to gets money elsewhere and breaches the hidden agreement you actually managed to sneak in
3) Profit! (or atleast recoup some of the original cost)
Alright, so it wasn't a perfect plan. But holy crap, this made my whole day.
Thanks Microsoft!
Nice, thank you!
Here's a question: I have my TV at an "angle". Would I have to position myself right infront of it for the Wii Remote to actually work as intended? I'm thinking of getting a Wii in a month or so, but this issue would force me to move around my furniture and I'd rather not be forced to deal with that.