Posts by Chimeray

Picked up Final Fantasy XIII where I left it half a year ago, stopped playing after 2 hours again... Around 17 hours now.

Geez, the worst game I've played in a very long while. The graphics are pretty good, cutscenes are awsome, weird and cool story (but Hope's a whiny ****), clever battle system.

But dear god... there is no map gameplay, so boring... SO boring, there's more to games than just walking.

But people keep telling me it's better once you reach the sandbox aspect of the game, but now... it's a drag Very disappointed.

Gratz Evert! Hopefully I can start in DICE as well

... and a happy New Year!

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Love the chaos in those screens!

But yeah... wondering how tough it will be on current gen computers

Voted! Cool song, never would've thought it's made by an unsigned band

So what do position do you fill in the band?

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Ah, thanks. Here's a video of gameplay:

Perhaps it's just me... But it hardly responds to music, does it?

Or perhaps I don't have a sense of rhythm! hah!

Cool stuff nonetheless.

So... no one that's gonna talk about gameplay? Y'all seem to be talking about the spiky teenager stuff but that's not why I posted this game here... I posted it because the gameplay is very good, has much depth and is challenging. The puzzles are well designed and are plentiful.

There's no point in arguing over the thematic differences between JRPG's and western RPG's, yes the spiky hair is true, yes there's some emo stuff here and there I guess... No one fond of puzzles here then?

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also turn based combat when it's not dependent on movement is balls. also, when they are in combat, why would they stand on one line, instead of flanking whatever monsters there are?when you compare jrpgs to western rpgs, it seems that the western ones are much more mature and much more real.

Bah, I guess that's just purely dependant on taste, guess it's not your cup of thee. The bossfights and puzzles actually involve a good strategy, don't use your brain and you're dead meat. I guess that's why I like it... it's challenging, but not to the point where it's frustrating.

Anyhow, I don't care much about the realistic nonsense, it's still a game... Would I turn a game down that has excellent gameplay but is lacking in the "realistic" department, hell no. But that's just me.

If it bothers someone to the point where they loose the immersion, well that sucks I guess

Anyone here that played Golden Sun 1 and 2 for the GBA and thought about picking this sequal up?

It's already out in the US and coming to Europe around 10 december.

The level design (puzzles!) were totally awsome in the first 2, I guess this the main reason why I'm posting this. I thought some of you might enjoy it since this is a level design community after all (and much more). I'm definitely looking forward to getting my hands on Dark Dawn! The first 2 games were real gems, I liked them even more than todays console RPG's actually, bold statement... I know.

For anyone not familiar with the Golden Sun franchise:

They're JRPG's, I'm not gonna spoil the story for you but it's actually good! So there are different kind of adepts in the world which have different abilities based on the 4 elements (fire-earth-wind-water). You use these abilities in turn based combat but you also use them in realtime to overcome puzzles. The puzzles have lots of variety and are sometimes pretty hard

You can also collect elemental spirits that make you stronger but you can forfeit these advantages for a short while when you summon them in a battle for some sick damage. The game's got lots of depth actually...! And I guess you could compare it a bit to Final Fantasy...

For instance (from Golden sun 1 & 2), the new one is pretty much the same... only in 3D this time around.

Combat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Ij1lIQpww

Puzzle: (definitely look at the 2 min mark, very clever design imo!)

Survival gameplay? Interesting!

We need more survival games tbh, pretty quiet around "I am alive" these days, hopefully it's not canned...

I like that the outdoor environment stretches all the way to the horizon, really gives that feel of a big area to discover, a real gigantic planet.

From 20 seconds and on, damn... Those nightshots and cave area look so atmospheric!

Definitely keeping an eye on this one! I hope you can convey the same mood ingame when you actually run around in the scene.

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":2j0y758e]video is semi misleading. AI changes depending on the skill. It seems they do avoid the driver depending on the AI skill level.

Aww... guess it was a fanboy vid then Lame.

The video speaks for itself, I lolled...

All the more embarrassing because they worked so long on it!

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Well I guess you can put me as an Intern Level Designer at Crytek (Frankfurt), I've been told the contract is in the mail I'll be starting early next year

You have awsome cryengine work to show for it (call of the fireflies is great!), gratz dude!

Nice! Looking forward to the final.

Isn't that well tiny? The difference in brick size between the wall and well looks odd?

Thanks for the effort man Always nice to have some reference when looking at an environment.

Looks fun indeed, I'll download it and see if there's someone playing it!

12h is what I hope for from these type of games. But it usually is far less than that

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I hate backstories, here are some pics

Well, could you at least share a floorplan or short discription of the design or anything like that?

I'm wondering what's behind the art cos the idea of the biodome is awsome, but art alone doesn't make a level good.

I see a lot of different paths and use of height in that map, very interested too see more of it, looks like a good design.

Someone drew boobs, I turned them into smiley faces.

Other than that... nothin' much there, only dicks... and more dicks.

Bah, I don't like having to choose between extra content and not. Same with Splinter Cell Conviction

I want that 40mins making off though, plus art!