Posts by Izuno

  • Hellgate: London

    Quote from Dark

    The cinematic was really cool, voice acting was very good, felt like I was watching a large budget movie. The gameplay videos don't look very good though. I will have to try it out to see for myself though.

    Where did you guys get mmorg from lol, its mainly an fps, but similar to ummm, deus ex I would assume by the rpg features in it.

    1. Crappy derivative rendered CG cinematic

    2. Marginal at best gameplay video

    We have a winner!

  • My Game has gone gold!

    Quote from kleinluka

    I still havent played the final game. Am supposed to get my copy next week i think.

    Criminal! Yeah the studios always get the free copies from the publisher after all the PR, Marketing and corporate Product Develoment departments get theirs.

    Just finished the first level. The helicopter intros to the levels are cool. Love the vistas.

  • My Game has gone gold!

    Got a copy today. Played most of first level...reminds me quite a bit of GRAW, though I assume this is just an "intro" level and the bulk of the game has the Vegas stuff.

    So far, I like it. It has a SOCOM feel of course, but I like the controls and it looks great. Teammates seem actually useful, thought sometimes the get in the way like in most squad shooters. I do think the cover mechanism works better here than in GRAW, or at least it feels easier to play.

    One thing, the default controls for cover are different from Gears of War so it took me time to get used to it because i was playing a lot of GoW yesterday.

    If you like Ghost Recon or R6 games, I assume you'll like this one a lot. I'll pass more judgement when I play more of the game.

    PS: IR/Klein: saw your names in the credits!

  • Tom Clancy games...License or Original IP?

    Quote from Mazy

    I've never understood why they plaster Tom Clancy's name all over those titles. It means nothing to me, and in fact I'd rather be without it since it just makes the title of those games ridiculously long. Anyway, as far as I know Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon are entirely made up by the developers, and given that they dont really have special story relating to anything Tom Clancy afaik then why the hell bother? But I guess the Clancy name sells copies for some people :G

    Yes I am with you. At this point, the "Tom Clancy" brand is what's called an umbrella brand that unifies GR, R6 and SC all together. You could argue that GR, R6 and SC are each franchises under the TC brand.

    But from a comparision point of view, consider this: If you were trying to figure out how to develop, how to market and when to release an original property, would you take games like the original Splinter Cell under consideration in your analysis? Would you take the first Call of Duty game? Clearly Call of Duty was an original property developed by Infinity Ward. But it's WW2 which is a "free" license. I really think it is an original property. Just as the first Brothers in Arms is an original property, and BIA:EIB is a sequel of original IP.

    The bottom line is that this is not so cut in dry and is actually highly debateble, especially by publishers doing brand planning and forecast modeling. And I think this is highly important to developers contemplating creating an original IP when trying to determine the sales potential of a game before they make it.

    My conclusion is that games like Splinter Cell are really a hybrid. Technically it is licensed, however it was an original property. It's kind of like an original racing game that has a bunch of licensed vehicles in it. It's kind of original, yet kind of kind of not.

  • Tom Clancy games...License or Original IP?

    Splinter Cell

    Ghost Recon

    Rainbow Six

    Yes, all three of these series are techically licensed from the Tom Clancy universe of books. Rainbow Six was actually a book, so you could argue that the game really is a true license...as in it is adapted content from a non video game source. (The book did come first, right?)

    Ghost Recon I believe is only a video game with the Tom Clancy name on it. Splinter Cell also is only a video game with the Tom Clancy name on it...until a Splinter Cell book came out a couple years ago that was not actually written by Tom Clancy.

    Anyway, is Splinter Cell an original IP or license? It's licensed by Ubisoft from Tom Clancy because it uses Clancy's name, but wasn't it created originally as a video game and wasn't it the first time the Sam Fisher character appeared? I think this game is a tough one to categorize.

    One of my clients is doing a big analysis of Licensed vs Original IP and in our last meeting this question occupied us for about 30 minutes.

    My Opinion:

    I think it should really be an original IP and not a license, because "Splinter Cell" is a bigger draw than "Tom Clancy" to gamers, even though in the beginning of the series it may have been the reverse.

    Thanks

  • Ps3 release

    I still think launch quanitities are being artificially restricted to create the perception that PS3 is the hottest thing ever to get as much media attention as possilbe, with the intent of increasing demand/hype even more. It will probably work. Sad. Sad that people wait 3 days for it not sure if they'll get one.

  • Time for a new gaming/dev workstation

    How much does that cost at Dell?

  • My Game has gone gold!

    Quote from Fletch

    Gay box art. Just kidding.Congrats. Now quit and come work at Gearbox.

    That's a whole other Visa discussion.

    Gonna play the demo now...which I hear is excellent.'

    edit:

    damn...that's a sweet demo. Congrats! Based one what I've seen so far defintely worth of playing full game!

  • Time for a new gaming/dev workstation

    Zaph i have the same problem. There's a lot of PC games I need to test out for my clients, and I don't have the time anymore to deal with research.

    My cousin has a new MacPro and I may go that route. I already have a MacbookPro laptop and it runs windows great. Even though the video card is good it's not ideal for running hogs like Company of Heroes.

    If / when you find a solution soon, please let us know. Right now I have an AMD 3400+ running an ATI x800 pro or some old thing like that. I need an upgrade!!!

  • I need help finding a monitor

    Quote from Spellbinder

    This statement sounds like you have to live with dead pixels on any monitor. If this is true it sucks.

    Most manufacturers offer a dead pixel rebate policy. If you receive a monitor with over a threshold number, they'll replace it, free. You can probably find this on Dell's website if you look hard enough.

  • GoW Trailer

    Quote from KungFuSquirrel

    I'm also specifically impressed with the level design. It's simple but clearly very deliberate and they get great mileage out of every element of it.

    Coming from you that's a good sign. By comparison, as cool as FEAR is, the level design kind of bores me so I'm sorta meh on the game in general.

    Might be trading in GRAW for GoW this weekend