Saturday, June 10, 2006

3....2...1....CONTACT!

There are some pretty good news stories today. I ran across this one and it made me laugh. I can't believe this game is still in production...and shockingly it looks as if it will still be in production through the year into the next. Too Human had a cover story in EGM that claimed the game was 10 years in the making...but in reality it has only been in production for the 360 for a few years or so. But this game will have truely been in prodcution for 10 years if it slips to next year. Man...think about that...10 years working on the same game. I honestly don't think I could maintain focus and enthusiasm for that long. I would probably give up...because there is just no way the game could live up to the expectations of a 10 year development cycle. Or maybe it willl...maybe it will come out and redefine the gaming universe...I doubt it though...and anyone who sacrificed for that long will be terribly dissapointed.

Also another great little article about some gaming addiction detox center in Amsterdam. That is some serious gaming love that one must have to facilitate the need for such a place. But with all those stories of people dying from playing games three or four days straight, it appears there is a need for a place like this.

scary.

SpikeTV was in the office shooting some stuff for a show on God of War2...it should be pretty sweet. You will get to see some new footage of the game and some extra stuff as well as check out the Santa Monica studios. I am not sure of the air date...but when I know more I will let you all know. I think it is sometime in July.

cory

6 comments:

Zodiak said...

Well, that game will always be the butt of all jokes until the damn game comes out. (that and Team Fortress 2).

But yeah I could have seen clinics for addicted gamers, it comes to me as no suprise seeing the massive amounts of ppl on the internet playing WoW or any other online RPG or online game. Thankfully, I am not that crazy on games.

hmm must be Game Head then, unless Spike is preparing a 1 hour tribute to GoW2. I'm sure Geoff was there. Should be a fun packed show, can't wait to see it.

-Zodiak

Anonymous said...

Not to mention the fact that the game looked absolutely horrible at E3. I played it for about 10 minutes, (about 5 of which was loading time), and pretty much broke their main character by jumping around a lot.

Combat was awful, the stick poking style has never worked for me and this was a worse implementation then Rise To Honor, (or that Blade game that came out forever ago). I solved the problem of boring combat by jumping about wildly shooting my guns, which the AI freaked out about and couldn't handle. The game engine couldn't handle it either and the character ended up permanantly pitched forward 45 degrees, which I laughed at and made fun of with the devs around me until the nearby M$oft rep sullenly reset the kit without asking me.

Camera was similarly crap.

Character is boring and lame. Shooting the guns looked like a He-Man action figure raising and lowering its arms really fast.

Level art and enemy design was interesting though.

I totally agree with you, there are going to be some disappointed devs who'll look back and wish they hadn't sacrificed as much as they did for such a mediocre game. Maybe they'll whip it into shape before ship though.

Seriously, talking shit about GoW and listing all the things about it that disappoint you and how you are going to do better and then showing off that crap-heap at E3 is funnier than Glen Danzig shouting, "Fuck you, Motherfucker!" and then getting knocked the fuck out by a giant.

Anonymous said...

Man, I think you can do the job.You can be the director.I really want you to be confident and succeed with GoW2.But, DON'T LET THEM MAKE YOU DERECT A GOD OF WAR 1, 5!!!!Make God of War 2!Everybody trust you, you know.They expect 2, not just the same very good game with improvements like the swinging or some fuckinly known stuff like a bow...Even if you include all your ideas that were in the excluded levels selection of GoW One, it won't be enough !Even the cool idea with the wings and the moving walls - which you have to include because they are so great - are not enough.Creativism, man.That's what you need.That's what the game needs.What's more, I know YOU have it !Just don't let anyone (not even David) tell you not to go out of the concept of the first game !You are talking about redefined jenres in some of your posts - well THAT's what we need.That's why we'll wait till 2007.I trust you, really.Best Wishes, ....

Unknown said...

word. my niece julia needs to go to that detox center ... and she's only 5!

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