Recent content by swym

As Prophecy2k said it, it's more like the game is the sum of its parts. The story didn't hurt the sales though, right? Or do you think Angry Birds would have sold more without the back-story? Because this is the general claim I was replying to.

Looking good. Thinking about this, they even brought in Ayelet Zurer (Munich, Angels & Demons) - an actress who actually did military serice.

Well, the Ouya is getting a nice headstart according to kickstarter :)

I think that your biggest fallacy was comparing all the plotless versions of falling block puzzles together to puzzle quest. But if you take the average selling falling-block-puzzle game, it probably sold much less than puzzle quest. No, you're not talking about everybody. If you were to talk...

Pre-rendered images which don't even use in-game assets or realtime light renders!? We've practically seen the first Halo 4 image I put here in the stage demo in E3, plus if I recall correctly all of the Halo 4 footage was done in-engine according to 343. And then on the other hand, you are...

Hello lady! Look at your old Chief Now back to me Now back at your old Chief Now back to me Sadly, he isn’t me. But if you give him a few years in cryo and some major engine overhaul - he could smell like me. I'm on a Warthog!

I'm actually asking myself if Microsoft will keep the payed online system or try to find different benefits for gold subscribers without splitting the online community. Sure, it worked for them this generation and they made tons of money, but things were a bit different since they started off...

I actually think I can argue even about the genres you mention here: Story mode in fighting games is usually a tacked-on experience with convoluted short scenes between fights. Most of the games in the genre don't even care, but the few that do - like Def Jam: Fight for NY (which is more of a...

Well, at least in the Wii era they combated the second hand market quite effectively by bundling games with peripherals. Most of their best selling games except NSMB were bundled: mario kart, wii sports+, wii play, wii fit... I guess it's harder to sell a peripheral in the second hand market...

I just realised TW2 can stand for both The Witcher 2 and Two Worlds 2. Which one did you mean? (Not that it matters that much, since both were actually released in 2011... Unless there's a third RPG with the same initials?) Sorry, but I don't really see how QTEs have anything to do with playing...

And this matters how exactly? The whole discussion was about how late into the console lifecycle new IPs are introduced, and in that regard the X360 currently seems to be on-par with the PS2, with Alan Wake being introduced at about the same time into the lifecycle as God of War. The PS3 is...

I'm still doubting myself if the whole topic is trolling or genuine concern, but I'll try to give the benefit of the doubt and share my point of view (it might be long though, you have been warned): First of all, following your logic which I completely disagree with (not counting XBLA/PSN games...

I was pretty much getting an Appleseed vibe from them as well. Especially one of these helmets reminded me of Briareos: http://www.animeresimleri.com/data/media/269/Briareos.jpg I also don't find their look appropriate for a Halo game, and I think Bungie knew to still away from this kind of...

In retrospect I think this was my favorite CGI trailer this E3 - perhaps even topping the AC3 trailer. The animation, the sound, the editing - I felt everything was done just right. This year there were no SW:TOR CGI trailers from Blur however (I was always a sucker for those) so it probably...

Not only that, but with the recent Diablo server fiasco, it's nice to see developers taking the no-DRM approach for a game in the genre. I jumped in as well. There's less than two days left now and the next stretch goals will allow the developers to add some additional weapons, another end-game...