Posts by Skjalg

  • What have you purchased recently?

    Quote from Sindwiller

    Some Wheel of Time goodness. Pity that they don't have the whole 5th book as one big hardcover in German. I'll have to buy three pocket books (which is more expensive) and I don't feel like switching from German to English...

    Nice Sindwiller. I've read the series two times now and I've started reading everything the writer of the final three books has written (he's a really great writer, brandon sanderson, you should check him out).

    Also, reading the books in the original language is always best if you can understand the language (which you can).

  • BlazBlue

    Quote from Sentura

    i disagree; graphics, extra units etc. are at most expansions, and i can't honestly see how they can at any point warrant an entirely new game. i know you are biased towards starcraft 2, and blizzard in general (because that's what they do), but i think those practices are bad. bad in the sense that they present an example to not innovate games at all and just make a fortune on replay or sequential games.

    I actually agree with you there, except you forget that in most cases new graphics means a new engine, which means it isnt compatible with the old game and you cant really patch it.

    Quote from Sentura

    i'm not saying every new game should be a new mirror's edge, but they at least should show some effort of improvement, even if it's a sequel. assassin's creed 2 is a perfect example of how a sequel should be: new game mechanics/systems, new setting/atmosphere, an entirely different storyline - all in a package that still fits into the pieces from the previous game. starcraft 2 on the other hand, bring the same gameplay, with improved graphics, a few extra units and/or minor changes and a story that has never been the main focus of the game. a sequel to a game should be considered more than just, "oh hey, let's do a fan service and make a new version of X and charge the fans for it". it should be something that occurs with more fluidity from the first game, and it should bring with it at least some sense of innovation.

    Starcraft 2 brings the same gameplay as starcraft because its a sequel. What you are basically saying is that terminator 2 should have been a car racing movie and not an action packed awesomefest featuring arnold because thats just copying the first movie. The story in starcraft 1 is awesome, and its one of the things blizzard is most renowned for (making awesome stories and plot twists). Saying anything remotely otherwise is completely retarded and shows your obvious lack of knowledge on the subject.Also, you make it sound like the fan doesnt want "new version of X", if they didnt they wouldnt buy it, now would they? You make the developer look like a big bad wolf for delivering a sequel, (except if its assassins creed 2, like thats not an exact clone of the first game. Oh, you mean its so awesome since its a new settings and a new story. Well NEWSLFASH sentura, its a singleplayer game. What they really did was add some extra weapons, change up the story some and make some new buildings and enemies (just to bring the argument and narrowmindedness down to your level, no offence ubiguys, i loved ac) Sometimes I wonder if you ever read what you have written to check if it sounds stupid. You really should start. You contradict yourself in everyother sentence, you even try to prove your ridicilous statements by disproving them.

    Quote from Sentura

    to me it looks like you have the defeatist attitude of not being able or not wanting to improve upon a concept, and that's a shame. every media has gone through some sort of evolutionary process wherein people have tried to make different things possible. some failed, some succeeded, but the difference is that they tried. and with today's digital age, where changes can be done and undone within seconds, we should try to improve more than ever - not indulge ourselves in old, stale concepts covered by beautiful graphics.

    Wow.. seriously? Follow my advice and read through that again, then think hard and long about what you just said.As a last note, I just want to point out how lame you sound when all you talk about is innovation is everything, then bring out assassins creed as an example of great innovation (lol) and the fact that developers do nothing but milk their products and IPs is something we should strive to get rid of. The most anticipated games for 2010/2011 is SEQUELS, you can ask anyone. Its because then the customer knows what he will get.

  • BlazBlue

    No, its not Sentura, because not every game is about bringing something new to the genre or carving a new one.

    Sometimes its about making something that has been done before, only better, with better graphics (you probably dont care about that, but many do), more flawless gameplay or with a better story. Or better yet with a continuing story.

    There are only so many games that can innovate like in the old days, (like the ones you mentioned) since most of the good ideas are taken already and thus the good combination of these already existing elements will make a better game than there already exist. Also, the innovative games need to have a strong backing of a good developer behind them that has produced some un-innovative games (Read; Dice and battlefield series).

  • BlazBlue

    Heh I think i gotta side with Taylor on this one.

    What you're basically saying here, Sentura, is that all fighting games are clones of street fighter.

    Whcih means that all RTS's are clones of read alert, or that all fps games are clones of quake... I think you get the picture.

    The nuances and new shit each game has brought are too numerous to list, at this point (with all games) the innovation lies in the details.

  • BlazBlue

    Quote from Sentura

    i enjoy fighting games. perhaps not to the point of enthusiasm or fanboyism, but i still enjoy them. to put it like a programmer: i base their equality in the same sense as you would compare two classes inheriting the same interface: they can still both be called by that interface.

    Haha, I see your point there, except it doesnt make any sense when you look at your arguments in this thread (referring to the anime arguing), on that point the two fighting games do not implement the same interface

  • BlazBlue

    Not to make this argument more off topic, but it seems like sentura isnt the biggest fighting-game enthusiast.

    is there a word for a game-racist? (like saying blazblue and sf looks the same is like saying all koreans look the same)?

    if not, then we should invent one right here !

  • The unlucky Justin Wong

    Quote from Erratic

    Fighting games are the only worthwhile genre for spectating. I can't bare watching anything else competitively but this shit gets me every time.

    I bet you've never watched a starcraft vod in your life, then?

    Intel season 3 classic is going live on http://www.gomtv.net/classics3/live/ every sunday at 11am (GMT +1). Its sponsored by Blizzard this time around since its the last season before Starcraft 2 is out (or so they say) and right now its soon quarter finals!

  • R.I.P MJ!

    Quote from Steppenwolf

    It's funny how peoples perception of MJ has changed now that he is dead. Don't tell me you guys were MJ fans all the fucking time One week ago nobody here would have bothered to defend him and his music. When he said he would give 50 concerts in london everybody was laughing and the media was making fun of him. Now he is dead and the media is trying to make the next Elvis out of him. You know why? Because it sells. It's just a hype. Don't believe it.

    And ABBA, well they are considered the greatest pop band of all time and they are not even dead yet. When people think of them they think of their music. Ask people about MJ and i bet a lot of people think about his nose first, or him being a freak who probably molested kids.

    I was easily a fan of him before he died, I even tried getting tickets to his last shows but didnt have the cash for the ebay tickets. Theres never a homeparty I go to where they dont play at least one Michael Jackson song and I didn't think his music needed defending a week ago. I honestly believed that it was a universal though that his music was made of pure awesome, hell I was never that impressed by the dancing.

    ABBA is not considered the greatest pop band of all time by, that is The beatles (they sold more too). I also think its funny how you dig into the media hype now about his death (what is there to not believe btw?) but claim that he probably molested kids (like that wasnt a media frenzy/hype).