Posts by Chimeray

  • EA Phenomic closed

    Yup, saw this one coming :/


    I was talking to one of the guys at EASY studios a couple of weeks back and he said EASY took over pretty much the whole Play4Free department. Phenomic hasn't really done well over the last years (afaik?). It doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to keep them on life support any longer. Or perhaps they were profitable after all but just not enough, I guess it doesn't matter because the restructuring seems to have been the biggest hit.


    Still... it sucks big time to see another studio close down and hope everyone involved gets back on their feet.

  • Steam Holiday Sale Discussion and Recommendations!

    The cheaper indie games seem to be -75% from the start, no need to wait until they're in the hotlist!


    - Bastion

    - Cart Life

    - Another World

    - Thomas was alone

    - Hotline Miami

    - To the moon

    - Psychonauts

    - System Shock 2


    SO CHEAP!

    I think I'm about done now though, these were in my to buy list before this sale even happend... Was just waiting for a deal and now it happened! Might get Far Cry 3 as well if it lowers even more in price.

  • GTA V

    GTA for me is: Jumping off buildings, performing stunts with all kinds of vehicles, running around exploring. Wreaking havoc by driving through crowds, blowing up stuff and shooting everyone in my way. Also: Cheats, lots and lots of cheats to spawn cool vehicles. 95% of my time was spend doing sandbox stuff.


    I had my brother complete all GTA's from 3 through 4 and I just messed around in an unlocked world. I was never a fan of the missions, they were a bit dull at times and the gameplay mechanics didn't feel very rigid. I did play a couple of missions here and there but I couldn't do it for a full game. This'll be the first GTA since I have moved, so no brother around to finish it for me, we'll see how that goes

  • The Last of Us

    Quote from Buddy

    3.4 million? Not up there with the expectations...

    You seem to be forgetting the game has only been out for 3 weeks...? Or not? It's also a PS3 exclusive...

    Let's compare that to Black Ops 2 on PS3, which sold 6,5 million units after 3 weeks (10mil lifetime). So I think they're gonna hit 5 million-ish... Which is very good for a new IP.

  • not playing games anymore?

    Quote from Nz-Nexus

    what is an indie game? can you define of what constitutes as indie game.


    An Indie game is a game that lacks the golden touch of producers and marketing. Obviously, this makes it a lesser game cos it doesn't benefit from the many "great" improvements they come up with.

  • not playing games anymore?

    Play something that's different? FTL, Monaco, Journey ... It's the golden age of indie gaming! I honestly can't be bothered with the so-so AAA games anymore either. It's either super good and then I'll play it or I try out a new interesting indie game that teaches me something new. Years back I could play it all but yeah... not anymore.

  • Ryan Davis has died

    Saw a twitter that he only had 10-12h of sleep over 3 days or something? That, along with his weight could be an explanation but I ain't no doctor and they didn't release a statement.

    So very very sad


    Reminder: Stop crunching, it's not worth it.

  • Grandma's Boy

    Just watched it and guess I'll have to go against the stream and say I didn't like it The only remotely funny parts were the ones with the dude in his black overcoat, the rest is just lame imo. Your typical stoner comedy movie. I guess if you're into that kind of stuff it might be up your alley, they keep making these kinds of movies for a reason I suppose Too bad I didn't enjoy it.


    EDIT: What was hilarious was the depiction of the games industry xD


    Things I've learned:

    1) You can design/program games by just playing them.

    2) QA is all that is needed to finish a game.

    3) QA knows how to fix the issues they find.

    4) QA works from home?!

    5) Hard drives are old skool, Source code for a game is stored on a single CD.


    I wonder if this is how doctors feel when they watch E.R. shows

  • How did you learn what your know today?

    Age of Empires 2, Roller Coaster Tycoon, Game Maker, FPS Creator, Far Cry Instincts Predator map editor, Battleforge editor, F.E.A.R. editor, Source editor, UDK, Cryengine, ...

    All fails, wasn't pretty. Didn't finish anything ever, you could say I was addicted to trying out different editors and seeing how things were made behind the scenes. I kinda just like building stuff Every time a new game came out I was scribbling map designs on paper or just in my head.


    After all these unfinished map doodles I finally made some finished work on the side while following a 3 year college course to fill in the much needed gaps in knowledge.


    I also messed around in 3D packages (like anim8tor lol) at some point xD


    There's probably more editors I have tried out over the years but I don't have a detailed recollection of everything I've done... As far as I can remember I've always done something game-dev related. That's usually why I giggle when someone with no experience suddenly wants to become a "game developer" from one day to another. I suppose it's just something in your DNA that grows naturally.

  • Routine

    Quote from 2d-chris

    I hope they take this rise in exposure and invest a little more time and money into this and make it really something special, they've got peoples attention now they just need to not mess it up and rush it

    Agreed. But time and money doesn't solve everything either I looked at their "about" page and it looks like none of them have a lot of experience making games... So that makes me a bit sceptic :s (or rather, realistic?)

    I really, really hope they pull it off but the pessimist in me says they won't get to the quality of Amnesia with that lack of experience Fingers crossed!

  • Playstation 4

    Have you looked at the launch title list? It's... sort of terrible I don't think this gen's launch titles were that impressive either so meh xD But I might wait till a price drop, don't really see any incentive of getting one early, except for Watch Dogs.

    http://www.ign.com/w...4_Launch_Titles

  • Routine

    I agree with what FMPONE said pretty much. I'm not sure they'll pull it off but I surely hope so! It just seems to lack a little bit of everything, perhaps they can fix it in polish... For some reason Amnesia looked way more soild, can't put my finger on it... It seems like a lower quality version of what it could be, somehow. Perhaps I've been too spoiled.

    If they can't pull it off then just scope down or something, not being AAA shouldn't be an excuse. Will keep an eye on it.