Post the most depressing video game image you have in your folder.
>>340622138
just kill me
>>340622138
>>340622428
Fixed.
>>340621971
>>340622517
Not who you replied to, but could you elaborate why they had a bad track record? Was it just because of haze flopping?
>>340621971
most mass effect 3 related images can be relevant.
its like that game was designed specifically to be as cancerous as possible
>>340622742
Yes, because their latest game was absolutely horrible.
As for "too much content", thematic unity is more important artistically than commercially. When even the marketing people are telling you to tone down the diversity of content, then you're REALLY fucking it up something fierce.
>>340622742
Haze was so bad in sales term. Remember that this was supposed to be PS3's Halo
>>340622517
I can see that. Serious Sam managed to be all over the place and still keep a consistent tone.
>>340622930
Never heard of "thematic unity".
What is it?
>>340623097
There's a major theme that binds them all
Like TS2 had the future shit as the main theme
>>340623092
>Serious Sam managed to be all over the place and still keep a consistent tone.
It can't be both, it's either all over the place or it manages to keep a consistent tone. It simply can't be both at once.
>>340623097
Unity of theme, dear fuckwit. Are you the village idiot or somehting?
>>340623131
This will never not be funny because Talifags are insufferable cunts
>>340623325
This is just advertisement barely disguised as an article. Do you get angry at ads?
>>340623418
Depressing, but also, in a sense, invigorating.
From the best vidya journalist
>>340623423
>Do you get angry at ads?
Yes, because today's ads are intrustive, interupt you, all over the place, fucking MASSIVE and force you to download adblock and anti adblock killer just to have a decent browsing experience.
Plus I usually don't keep depressing video game shit on my folder and this is the closest I can get to the topic related.
>>340621971
>>340623583
Actually, I only ever see them when fuckwits like you post screencaps of them here on /v/. You should pick your information sources better instead of following Twitters of every person you hat eand then spreading their word all over the internet even years after those people have likely died of aids.
>>340623201
Sorry, I was a little puzzled why they publishers would shoot down the game for too much content other than it would be too much work and time for their investment.
I read it again and them shooting it down partly because it doesn't have a clear and simple marketing message just doesn't make sense to me. It's a shooter game with a lot of different mini-games with time travel as it's central theme. How is that hard to sell when the game (timesplitters) is already a popular brand among video gamers.
Did they assume that people wouldn't understand they'd be buying a wacky shooter video game?
>>340623679
I thought a company had copyrighted that specifically to prevent people from actually implementing it.
>>340623570
I like Patrick but woo that's a shit opinion there
>>340622150
Sounds like a sweet deal
>>340623701
That's what I'm talking about. Commercially, it sounds ok. It's aesthetics of it that sounds problematic. Hilariously enough, developers here are trying to make some fast-food grade entertainment and marketing people are telling them to get their shit together and try to make a coherently themed game for once. It's fucking hilarious.
>>340623741
That's a patent dipshit
>>340623892
Whatever, you get my meaning.
>>340623701
"Thematic unity" just a buzzword. The publishers probably wanted Free Radical to cut content from their game to feed future DLCs and they probably refused to do it.
>>340623679
>be deaf-mute
>can't vidya
>>340623862
i dont care what every person on earth thinks
both MW1 and MW2 were fantastic games
>>340623956
>"Thematic unity" just a buzzword.
It's one of the basic concepts in art, dear raging ignoramus.
>>340623646
Kinda glad this didn't happen honestly.
Today it might work now that we have the tech to make "cartoony" graphics look good, but that looks dated even for its time.
not so much depressing as it is hilarious
>>340624151
He sounds single, so what's there to cuck?
>>340624151
But that's hilarious.
>>340623750
I dunno, I think its retarded.
Its OK if one is kinda bored of vidya and needs to have a pause and talk shit about em instead. But making a already flawed game with shit storytelling and lore, taking away the combat would take away the game part of the bioware epic of Dragon Age cisquisition.
His whole argument was about taking away the combat of DA could make it better, instead of having an argument of how could it be more engaging. But again this was one the games he liked because of the message of the game instead of the gameplay.
I'm not sure which is more sad liking the game for the message only, or not wanting to play the game.
I remember when fast travel was done in a good way.
>>340623784
The Haunter holds an everstone
>>340624539
I remember drawing my own map of all the routes as I discovered them back in the day, comfy feels
>>340624574
>>340621971
>>340624667
thats not depressing at all. As much as i hate sjw casualwatch, gearbox and randy pitchford deserve what they get for ruining borderlands.
>>340624076
Sure m8, I'm sure publishers would love the idea of a game having a shit load of free unlockable content in the era of day one DLCs and locked out true endings.
>>340621971
>>340622930
That's the series all over though. Jumping through time in various locale and time periods. Plus bonus missions.
>>340624539
Just end it all.
>>340624823
Go be stupid somewhere else
>>340622150
TRIGGERED
>>340624983
pfft who the fuck wants to read things
![Todd [Tippy Toe] Howard.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xBsXWBp.jpg "Todd [Tippy Toe] Howard.jpg")
>>340625329
He cant' stop lying, even about his height.
>>340625060
THere's something similar in Portal 2's commentary, about how they simplified puzzles because their testers couldn't solve them.
>>340625329
not posting the real version
>>340625770
What was the broad from The Big Botswana Show doing there, anyway?
>>340625839
>my childhood is dead
Thanks for reminding me I'm old.
>>340625903
For the FO4 launch party they just called a bunch of minor celebrities to act like they cared about it.
There's an interview that one youtube guy did to a woman, she says she's so excited about FO4, then when asked if she's ever played any of the previous FO games she says no.
>>340626047
I bet you're not even 30
>>340626105
you only have to be like 22 ish to have enjoyed most of those games anon
>>340626105
I'm 32, and it's killing me.
>>340626105
He wouldn't have to be, though. The oldest ones in there are Activision and Ocean which operated in the mid '80s, then all the other ones are from the '90s.
>>340624735
whats this? is the one on the right the new excella or something?
>>340625839
Titus?
>>340622930
>thematic unity
Snowmen killing monkeys with flamethrowers on a space station is rad as fuck. Fuck you and fuck off
>>340624151
Don't you need a gf to be cucked?
>>340626221
Why?
>>340625839
Hello darkness my old friend
>>340626536
Because I miss quality video games, and my youth.
>>340626638
Come on, we still get some decent games.
>>340625839
Team17 is making another major Worms game.
id just made Doom 4 and it was good.
EPIC is making UT4.
That's all I got.
![a3e5dac8435baf06fe89f752a93cb10b34d0d3aeb9171343343d589df8f09386_1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/wtyjmCF.jpg "a3e5dac8435baf06fe89f752a93cb10b34d0d3aeb9171343343d589df8f09386_1[1].jpg")
>>340625060
I wonder who is behind that change
>>340623529
As someone that got one of those bugs, I was pissed as fuck. Glad I pirated.
>>340626709
1 every 5 years its decent
>>340626709
But I want spectacular games again.
>>340626638
I miss 'em too, but life isn't about just them.
I'm almost 27, I miss 90's and first half of 00's, especially 2005-2006, when I was 15-17, but such is life. I found some new interests, moved on. Plus, I can play good old games again and again. always find something new in them.
>>340626753
>major worms
lets hope its not 3d
>>340626939
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p14IvU9P06c
>>340626084
Fuck man, half of them barely even knew what a video game was. It was embarrassing.
>>340626862
I LIKE THING THAT MAKE DUMB FEEL - Keven Lavein
>>340626802
>Implying it hasn't always been that way
You just had incredibly shit taste as a child.
>>340624030
Yeah, obviously. It was before cod went to shit faggot
>we will never experience 2004 again
>>340627447
another 2004*
I always just tell myself there are enough old games to play...
>>340624030
CoD hasn't been good past 2. I know /v/ disagrees now but fuck you. 3 onwards were terrible.
>>340626939
Nope, 2d, looks pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRiZbywErmg
>>340627447
>Doom 3
>The twin snakes
>>340624539
>propylon indices
is this an expansion thing or something? never heard of these (seriously)
>>340622150
I don't get it...
>>340627650
It's an obscure as hell mechanic.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Propylon_Chamber
>>340627650
Yes. It adds teleportation chambers to the Dunmer strongholds.
>>340627912
the haunter has an everstone and wont evolve after trading
>>340627447
I still firmly believe that Burnout 3 was the best racing game of all time. If I could find it now and play it, I would.
>>340626638
>le back in the old days we got good games meme
Nope
>>340628385
Nothing will top >>340627447. Not even old days tbqh.
>>340625839
>Titus
Get that shit outta here.
>>340627447
Katamari is best fucking game
>>340627271
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5gDtJjtJJc
start at 1:10
>>340628480
Agreed, but 2004 is kind of the old days too as it's over a decade ago
What a great day it was.
>>340627447
>all these overhyped alright games
No.
>>340628284
I miss it so much, anon. What the fuck happened.
>>340628727
Name a year with better games
>>340628727
>being this much of an edgelord
You have to be 18 years old to post here.
>>340623679
I like how the guy has to stand up hands up in the air, really shows how brainwashed he already is.
>>340628590
But... he was extremely reasonable in this interview.
>>340628727
>Battlefront
>Vampire the Masquerade
>Thief Deadly Shadow
>Rome Total War
>Sims 2
>Need For Speed Underground 2
>Fable 1
>KOTOR 2
>GTA:SA
>City of Heroes
>Overhyped games
Here's your (you)
Have a nice day sir. Don't come again.
>>340624983
>want to play game
>not read a fucking novel
>>340627447
Jesus fucking christ, now we get like 2 good games a year at most
>>340628841
Not that Anon but,'97.
>>340624984
You should follow your own advice
>>340629148
Fuck no
>>340628841
1997-2000.
>>340628854
I was 18 in like 2007-2008.
>>340629006
Rome is kinda the only game on your list that is something great. Other than that all these games are just alright or flawed gems.
Haven't played City of Heroes though. Not into MMORPGs.
>>340626858
DELETE THIS
>>340622930
Educate yourself:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-26-the-collapse-of-free-radical-design
Their loss is the result of creativity in a time when everyone wanted serious shooters and publishers pushing unrealistic demands on them.
Also, this article is my contribution to the thread. It will never fail to make me depressed.
>>340629385
What games from 1997-2000 are more than alright or flawed gems then?
>>340629234
Nigga..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_video_gaming
>Final Fantasy VII
>Mario Kart 64
>Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
>Blast Corps
>Tekken 3
>Dungeon Keeper
>Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
>MDK
>Star Fox 64
>Carmageddon
>GoldenEye 007
>Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
>Ultima Online
>Fallout
>Total Annihilation
>Grand Theft Auto
>Age of Empires
>Colony Wars
>PaRappa the Rapper
>Tomb Raider II
>Diddy Kong Racing
>Quake II
This was THE Golden Age.
>>340621971
>>340629652
Only a few games on that list are great. It's a real reddit opinion that "games were sooo much better back in the days"
>>340629595
Fallout even as a prototype newschool RPG.
Thief as a perfection of LGS without the downtime of System Shock or Deus Ex.
Street Fighter III / The King of Fighters '98 as a pinnacle of fighting games.
Need for Speed III - the essential racing game.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - massive step for all action-adventure games.
StarCraft (+ Brood War) - the finest hour of Blizzard.
Quake III Arena - still the essential online FPS.
I can name many more.
>>340626105
I'm29
>>340629530
>>340629928
>Last image
"This sounded more fun."
Yu wants to hit that Brosuke so hard.
>>340626753
>id just made Doom 4 and it was good
>>340629034
>want to play an RPG
>not a fucking action adventure
>>340630486
It wasn't Doom just like Doom 3. It was a good console shootan.
>>340630430
Yosuke more like You'resogay
>>340623097
Its english. Its a union of the words theme and unity, now put it together if you are more than 5 yrs old.
this shit is fucking obligatory.
>>340625003
lol
>>340629836
Has there been a year recently with a good lineup of games? I don't mean one or two good games, a good lineup.
>>340624983
A good, immersive compromise between the two would be a spell that gives you a beacon in the sky or some shit. It's a shame that there really are not any games that have realistic navigation by map. The only recent one is Arma 3 with specific mods.
>>340624030
it's natural every year the bar drops a little on this site and we slowly go from mw1 was good, to mw2 was good, to mw3 was good, etc.
>>340632183
Map navigation was the one cool thing about Firewatch, and even in that had markers enabled by default.
what happened
>>340633193
Why the hell would they do that? If they gave proper tools and ability to draw on the map, most people would either have to learn how to navigate properly or learn through memorization. Neither is a necessarily bad thing. Maybe allow stuff like markers in easy mode, to get the hang of things, but games like DayZ prove people are willing to either figure it out or suck it up.
Sierra is not dead tho, what are you guys even thinking?
>>340624983
>>340624539
>>340632183
>>340633193
>>340633413
HA HA HA I LOVE STUMBLING AROUND LIKE A DRUNKEN RETARDI loved this game, the waypointing/triangulation system was fantastic, I loved literally everything about it but the occasional ugliness & stumbling off of cliffs running from Kitty
>>340622929
I went through all stages of grief when it comes to ME3, now in just a littl sad. But the embers are still hot and when sometimes I think about that trailer about taking the Earth back there's still a chance triggering a proper Donald Duck berserk.
>>340624151
>Houston
Kill
>>340631195
Literally last year.
>>340623679
'This would backfire stupidly. Most of the people that like McDonald's can't actually stand up.
