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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Feb 6, 2008 17:38:11 GMT
Hmmm... no idea about that at all, Alrik: last I read the state paper, it didn't mention anything about this. And it's not like I read Gamasutra and IGDA, etc. forums on a daily basis.
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Post by Alrik on Feb 6, 2008 20:15:24 GMT
It tells me that there's a new game in the works, imho. Or an addition to one. Or a port to a new platform.
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Post by randomnigel on Feb 6, 2008 22:39:55 GMT
Left 4 Dead and Spore, most definitely.
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Feb 10, 2008 20:01:23 GMT
It tells me that there's a new game in the works, imho. Or an addition to one. Or a port to a new platform. Aha, I see. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Since I don't remember much about game development, I'll take that as it is.
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Post by Alrik on Feb 12, 2008 18:31:42 GMT
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Post by mysterd on Feb 12, 2008 22:29:40 GMT
I knew this was coming, eventually. All Bioware's hit XBox/X360 games have eventually made their way to the PC -- such as Jade Empire and KOTOR. Definitely was great news to hear this announcement.
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Feb 13, 2008 13:53:12 GMT
Theseis! How could I forget this game? It looks very actiony but it has NO violence and gore. You gotta find ways to creep past all the bosses, instead of fighting them. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Alrik on Feb 13, 2008 14:02:25 GMT
I'm looking forward to it, too. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Feb 13, 2008 14:05:06 GMT
I'm looking forward to it, too. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Indeed. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) Oh gods... I'm gonna be broke this year. ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png)
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Feb 13, 2008 14:35:24 GMT
Btw, I wonder what will be the system requirements for Theseis? It looks like it'd require a 8800gt to even play the game.
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Post by Alrik on Feb 26, 2008 18:16:21 GMT
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Mar 1, 2008 10:26:12 GMT
Meh Runaway 1 was pretty cool. Though some of the issues with the main leads made me stop playing. Besides, I always prefer characters who actually do something rather than just lying there to be "saved". Edit: The CGs look really cool.
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Post by Alrik on Mar 20, 2008 19:45:06 GMT
Age of Conan seems to be *really* brutal.
Even Olnigg (the German "Reviewer") says that it is too much for him ! And that means something !
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Mar 21, 2008 21:16:13 GMT
Age of Conan seems to be *really* brutal. Even Olnigg (the German "Reviewer") says that it is too much for him ! And that means something ! It sure seems to be. Makes me wonder what the point of all this violence is supposed to be... ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) It's one thing to use extreme violence as a plot device or something but... bland, boring violence is just meaningless.
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Post by Alrik on Mar 23, 2008 15:04:51 GMT
Well, as far as I understood it, it's supposed to reflect the "barbarish" age, somehow.
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Mar 23, 2008 19:12:13 GMT
Well, as far as I understood it, it's supposed to reflect the "barbarish" age, somehow. Hmmmm... I looked it up a bit: you mean "The Hyborian Age", don't you? But the term "barbarian" was usually applied, due to modern man's interpretation of other civilisations and cultures they lacked understanding about. I wonder how barbaric those people actually were: it couldn't have been worse than many of the recent genocides created in the name of war: Unit 731, Darfur, etc.
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Post by Alrik on Mar 23, 2008 21:19:03 GMT
"Age of Conan" is meant to be "barbaric", whatever this means. Remind the cliché !
Strong men, lots of blod, and women ! This is how the cliché goes !
It has nothing to do with history. It is rather so exaggerated that it rather belongs into a printed comic than anywhere else ... or into a movie by Tarantino.
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Post by mysterd on Mar 25, 2008 0:31:22 GMT
"Age of Conan" is meant to be "barbaric", whatever this means. Remind the cliché ! Strong men, lots of blod, and women ! This is how the cliché goes ! It has nothing to do with history. It is rather so exaggerated that it rather belongs into a printed comic than anywhere else ... or into a movie by Tarantino. So, no exaggeration should be allowed on computer games period then?!?!? So, what should we do about comic books turned into games then?!?!? Or games done in the style of a comic book like say Freedom Force??? Last time I checked, video games were fantasy. There's a hell of a lot of unrealistic stuff in video games -- whether it's in mythical creatures/characters, monsters, magic, violence, sexual content, etc etc. Y'know, nobody's forcing you to buy Age of Conan...
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Post by Alrik on Mar 28, 2008 15:56:15 GMT
No, it has nothing to do with exaggeration alone.
It has to do with brutality.
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Post by mysterd on Mar 29, 2008 13:26:30 GMT
It's aiming to be brutal and exaggerated, right? Right. If you can't handle the "brutality" of the game, just skip the game.
Some people just aren't into the ultra-violent stuff -- for example, some people just can't handle the violence and gore in the movies in the Saw series and Hostel series.
I'm sure there's plenty of other games out there that ain't so violent.
Me, I'd probably play Conan, but I'm just not into subscribing to MMO's and their additional fees after I've already bought the game.
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