"Bungie's ham-fisted. Just listen to the voice acting on, say, Warcraft II, and tell me it wasn't painful. No way can that stand up to an hour and a half at theater volumes. I could hardly stand it for thirty seconds at a time in the game, just to hear the goals for that map."
You know, Blizzard isn't just one guy named Jim. They can do more than one thing at the same time.
Like all you people bitching about "Why are you spending time fixing balance issues, when you could be fixing the servers?" Well, because the guys who work on patches don't work on the fucking servers.
Actually, you can play CS on a PII 233 with 64 megs of ram, and until some jackass throws a smoke grenade, you can play pretty well. CS:S requires higher computer specs. I know my Computer Repair class in high school didn't upgrade from CS to CS:S because all we had was a bunch of crappy PIIs.
I just installed the Yuri's Revenge expansion for Red Alert II and have gotten more play out of that game than Act of War and C&C Generals combined. I've spent more hours in Starcraft than World of Warcraft.
"It used to be that graphics were the number one factor in picking up a new game but now players are asking more and more about interactions in the environment."
I find myself buying fewer and fewer games as time goes by, and I believe it's thinking like that that really shows why.
It's not graphics that are the number one factor, it's gameplay. There's no debate here. I want pretty visuals from movies, and I want great gameplay in my game. Don't get Blink 476 or whatever's popular for audio, either. Put your money towards making a non-buggy QUALITY gameplay experiance!
Fuckdamnit, that pisses me off.
The only people who say "How are the graphics" are going to be buying "EA *SPORT GAME* 20XX" every 9 months, anyway. So, they don't know what they're talking about.
Lets get another Fallout or a Starcraft. The graphics can be a generation or two behind as long as it's fun to play!
Just look at the Revolution and what it has to offer. Graphics aren't very improved, but the chance for gameplay being amazing is there, and that's what's important.
Really? Can you show me what laws I'm breaking by purchasing goods from a Russian company that can legally sell music? Last I checked, it's not against the law to import goods from Russia.. And that's why the RIAA isn't going after Allofmp3.com.:)
"In American politics and advertising, the term astroturfing pejoratively describes formal public relations projects which deliberately seek to engineer the impression of spontaneous public reactions to a politician or political grouping, product, service, event, etc. by many diverse and distributed individuals acting of their own volition, when in fact the efforts are centrally coordinated."
I've seen the late night infomertials saying "OMG INVEST IN REDBOX" but I never actually fell for them.
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What is this Verb Now thing?
"Bungie's ham-fisted. Just listen to the voice acting on, say, Warcraft II, and tell me it wasn't painful. No way can that stand up to an hour and a half at theater volumes. I could hardly stand it for thirty seconds at a time in the game, just to hear the goals for that map."
Try again, cocksucker.
But the 20 gig PS3 won't have a memory card slot or HDMI.
You know, Blizzard isn't just one guy named Jim. They can do more than one thing at the same time.
Like all you people bitching about "Why are you spending time fixing balance issues, when you could be fixing the servers?" Well, because the guys who work on patches don't work on the fucking servers.
Hell, MI3 only cracked $48m it's opening weekend.
Plus, if the Warcraft movie opens against weak movies, people will see it because there's nothing else out.
Bungie? What are you talking about? Bungie had nothing to do with Warcraft II.
How do you forget a company like Blizzard? Honestly, you just lost a lot of geek points.. You should turn your membership card in.
It's up to the person "learning" to tell the difference between "right" and "wrong"
If the parents did a good job, s/he would know that killing is "wrong" even if a video game says it's OK.
The parents should be and are a bigger influance on their children than video games. Although some parents wish that weren't true.
Not the same video AT ALL. Plus, that's from the 2005 GDC, and that video is REALLY old.
Why not.. go outside?
Actually, you can play CS on a PII 233 with 64 megs of ram, and until some jackass throws a smoke grenade, you can play pretty well. CS:S requires higher computer specs. I know my Computer Repair class in high school didn't upgrade from CS to CS:S because all we had was a bunch of crappy PIIs.
When I LAN, we usually play CS over CS:S, too.
I just installed the Yuri's Revenge expansion for Red Alert II and have gotten more play out of that game than Act of War and C&C Generals combined. I've spent more hours in Starcraft than World of Warcraft.
I'm not that old.
Counterstrike doesn't have advanced graphics or physics. It's still played by hundreds of thousands of people.
Gameplay is more important than Graphics and Physics combined.
"It used to be that graphics were the number one factor in picking up a new game but now players are asking more and more about interactions in the environment."
I find myself buying fewer and fewer games as time goes by, and I believe it's thinking like that that really shows why.
It's not graphics that are the number one factor, it's gameplay. There's no debate here. I want pretty visuals from movies, and I want great gameplay in my game. Don't get Blink 476 or whatever's popular for audio, either. Put your money towards making a non-buggy QUALITY gameplay experiance!
Fuckdamnit, that pisses me off.
The only people who say "How are the graphics" are going to be buying "EA *SPORT GAME* 20XX" every 9 months, anyway. So, they don't know what they're talking about.
Lets get another Fallout or a Starcraft. The graphics can be a generation or two behind as long as it's fun to play!
Just look at the Revolution and what it has to offer. Graphics aren't very improved, but the chance for gameplay being amazing is there, and that's what's important.
/rant
Tell that to the Information Superhighway.
Pirated? Allofmp3.com has a license to sell music.
Try again, Slappy.
Really? Can you show me what laws I'm breaking by purchasing goods from a Russian company that can legally sell music? Last I checked, it's not against the law to import goods from Russia.. And that's why the RIAA isn't going after Allofmp3.com. :)
Is Web a proper noun? And isn't the word "website"?
100% legal way to have a lot of music: allofmp3.com
There is one, the titty-texture is a user created skin.
So, the people that enforce the taxing are funded by taxes. They get paid to make sure they get paid...
Doctor Michael Savage? You mean Doctor of nutrition science, right?
I'll ask my mechanic for medical advice first, thanks.
Stuff your shoes with old crumpled up newspaper and your shoes will be dry overnight.
I actually jumped in a pool after the last day of school fully clothed with shoes on, and the newspaper thing really works.
Thanks mom!
So, you just admitted that you are astroturfing.
"In American politics and advertising, the term astroturfing pejoratively describes formal public relations projects which deliberately seek to engineer the impression of spontaneous public reactions to a politician or political grouping, product, service, event, etc. by many diverse and distributed individuals acting of their own volition, when in fact the efforts are centrally coordinated."
I've seen the late night infomertials saying "OMG INVEST IN REDBOX" but I never actually fell for them.
How's that invesement going for you, buddy?
Until the number of people who have a mailbox have high speed internet access, there will be a market for snail-mail DVD rental.