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There's still plenty of innovation out there, Microsoft and Telltale (to use your examples) are not the be all and end all of gaming. If you can't see past that then you're just blind and need to give up and find something better to do with your time. If you can't turn around and say 'meh' to the likes of Microsoft then I feel sorry for you as you must get angry at every little stupid thing. It's not worth the aggravation.
First Telltale and everyone's grandmother and DAISHI wants to take gameplay out of games and remove critical thinking and puzzle solving so humanity can be reduced to brainless fuckwads who slap their cocks in each other's faces while hooting now Microsoft want to market an entire console to said brainless cockslapping fuckwads and I am fucking done video games are done. There is no innovation. There is no intelligence. I]:mad: really inacceptable part :mad:[/I and so can Microsoft fuck off. I don't care. Gaming is dead. Gaming will go nowhere. My hopes and dreams for gaming are gone. It's over. I'm wasting my time. There is nothing on this green earth for me as a human being to contribute now because it will mean nothing in the long run when games are replaced by skype sex chat sports shitstain something something I quit.
I can't even. I am too mad to post. There is no point in even being a game designer. My dream is dead.
My dear good gals and guys,
COOL IT. Yup, corrupt, that means you as well.
Hopes for traditional adventure game mechanics are out there. You'll probably get at least two 2D adventure games this year with the Age & Sword 'Broken' duology. Then Red Thread Games has promised more traditional stuff with Chapters for 2014. And a fair amount of smaller adventure game projects are out there with successful Kickstarters.
I can understand you though, the 'stop and think' moments ARE being kicked out of gaming nowadays. And, yes, I believe that exactly the things you and I are missing in Telltale's games of today are being purposefully removed for fear of overburdening the player.
Hopes for traditional adventure game mechanics are out there. You'll probably get at least two 2D adventure games this year with the Age & Sword 'Broken' duology. Then Red Thread Games has promised more traditional stuff with Chapters for 2014. And a fair amount of smaller adventure game projects are out there with successful Kickstarters.
I can understand you though, the 'stop and think' moments ARE being kicked out of gaming nowadays. And, yes, I believe that exactly the things you and I are missing in Telltale's games of today are being purposefully removed for fear of overburdening the player.
Bless this post. While the Xbox One is looking horrendous, this does not mean the end of thought-provoking concepts in games. The adventure genre is still alive, we're getting a new Broken Sword plus a new Tim Schafer point and click, that alone is great news. That's without mentioning German company Daedalic Entertainment's development of consistently great quality games that in some cases rival the titles of LucasArts' golden age with their unique worlds and tests of brain power. We needn't worry.
Well, it's not that I can not understand Fawful's urge to go on a twitter rampage. That's not 'always online', but a very close call. It's an online console and that's that...
...who would have thought that Sony wins the console wars because Microsoft starts openly urinating on its customers? I mean, weren't these wars TEH conflict of the new century? I'm more or less in tears of laughter here. What a daft business move.
So Microsoft is ripping people off by making them pay for pre-owned games and needs to be connected every 24 hours to the internet. Wow that is a huge rip off.
Well after reading this thread and learning more of the horrible horrible features to come i think i can say that ether Microsoft just thinks there is a lot of Xbox fanboys who are so stupid and blind to Microsoft's BS that they will buy it anyway and find out all of this for themselves or they are just sending it out to fail or something like that. Meh just my opinion.
Sony avoided announcing the decision I believe. Although, even Xbox can technically say that. You CAN play preowned games on xbox, ...you just have to pay for them again.
If Sony doesn't match them, Xbox is completely dead in the water.
What makes this especially awesome is that it's a special episode - he normally does one a week that comes out on a Monday, in case you don't know - so him taking time out to do another one a mere day after the reveal is pretty awesome of him.
You know what irks me about XBox and Microsoft... don't tell me what to do with my stuff. I barely have a reason to own an XBox anyway since I've got a great gaming PC rig. Like with my iPad, I realize it's a closed market, but I bought it to do exactly what it does. I don't need to mess with its innards and contents and blah blah. A game console, if I buy a game, a 60 dollar game, I shouldn't need to rent permission to play it on another console. I shouldn't have to pay full price for used games. Plus another thing that occurs to me, if I pay for a used game from a used game store do I have to purchase a full license from Microsoft afterward, so taht I'm actually paying more than a new game?
Plus another thing that occurs to me, if I pay for a used game from a used game store do I have to purchase a full license from Microsoft afterward, so taht I'm actually paying more than a new game?
I'm guessing people/stores just won't bother stocking and selling used XBox One games at all.
A fair amount of Xbox fans are already dismissing the negative comments as "Sony fan boys". It's kind of funny in a way. It's like the new form of religious wars.
I own a PS3 and I used to own an Xbox. I had them both, played them side by side and I chose PS3 because it suited me better. I wouldn't exactly call myself a fanboy for that.
Microsoft's Head of Interactive Entertainment Business, Don Mattrick, told The Wall Street Journal:
"If you're backwards compatible, you're really backwards."
In the future, when you wonder about what the source of human misery is, and you contemplate politics, religion, philosophies, lifestyles, etc., just remember, humans are the true source of human misery. As long as we exist as a species we will find something to become tribal about and war with each other with. The only reason the gaming wars haven't led to killings is because the tribes aren't geographically near enough to one another in sufficient, cohesive numbers.
A fair amount of Xbox fans are already dismissing the negative comments as "Sony fan boys". It's kind of funny in a way. It's like the new form of religious wars.
I've been off consoles for about six years now, and pretty deprived of PC games as well because, errr, Steam. So without real fandom for any of the available platforms, the only thing I can say is, anyone who would spend actual money for an Xbox One must suffer from severe brain damage. Especially if it's money he or she him/herself has earned through honest or halfway honest work.
In the future, when you wonder about what the source of human misery is, and you contemplate politics, religion, philosophies, lifestyles, etc., just remember, humans are the true source of human misery. As long as we exist as a species we will find something to become tribal about and war with each other with. The only reason the gaming wars haven't led to killings is because the tribes aren't geographically near enough to one another in sufficient, cohesive numbers.
This thread is getting a bit depressing isn't it...
It isn't THAT bad and maybe at E3 when it actually finally tells us about videogames maybe it won't be too awful...
Maybe I'm just being optimistic because the Xbox 1 was my first real console it had awesome exclusives and was good for its day...
Oops I mean 'Xbox original'...
This thread is getting a bit depressing isn't it...
It isn't THAT bad and maybe at E3 when it actually finally tells us about videogames maybe it won't be too awful...
Maybe I'm just being optimistic because the Xbox 1 was my first real console it had awesome exclusives and was good for its day...
Oops I mean 'Xbox original'...
Never get sentimental about plastic and electric bits.
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There's still plenty of innovation out there, Microsoft and Telltale (to use your examples) are not the be all and end all of gaming. If you can't see past that then you're just blind and need to give up and find something better to do with your time. If you can't turn around and say 'meh' to the likes of Microsoft then I feel sorry for you as you must get angry at every little stupid thing. It's not worth the aggravation.
My dear good gals and guys,
COOL IT. Yup, corrupt, that means you as well.
Hopes for traditional adventure game mechanics are out there. You'll probably get at least two 2D adventure games this year with the Age & Sword 'Broken' duology. Then Red Thread Games has promised more traditional stuff with Chapters for 2014. And a fair amount of smaller adventure game projects are out there with successful Kickstarters.
I can understand you though, the 'stop and think' moments ARE being kicked out of gaming nowadays. And, yes, I believe that exactly the things you and I are missing in Telltale's games of today are being purposefully removed for fear of overburdening the player.
Bless this post. While the Xbox One is looking horrendous, this does not mean the end of thought-provoking concepts in games. The adventure genre is still alive, we're getting a new Broken Sword plus a new Tim Schafer point and click, that alone is great news. That's without mentioning German company Daedalic Entertainment's development of consistently great quality games that in some cases rival the titles of LucasArts' golden age with their unique worlds and tests of brain power. We needn't worry.
Well, it's not that I can not understand Fawful's urge to go on a twitter rampage. That's not 'always online', but a very close call. It's an online console and that's that...
...who would have thought that Sony wins the console wars because Microsoft starts openly urinating on its customers? I mean, weren't these wars TEH conflict of the new century? I'm more or less in tears of laughter here. What a daft business move.
yep yep
If Sony doesn't match them, Xbox is completely dead in the water.
I think the exact words they said You will be able to play preowned games'
However they have spent a lot of time developing similar tech...
They are probably doing the same thing and have just been to cowardly to admit it...
Yah I'm not buying a new XBox.
with the all the tech it has in it it could actually get off your shelf pack it's bags and leave..
What makes this especially awesome is that it's a special episode - he normally does one a week that comes out on a Monday, in case you don't know - so him taking time out to do another one a mere day after the reveal is pretty awesome of him.
Why does that surprise you?
Best meme ever.
I own a PS3 and I used to own an Xbox. I had them both, played them side by side and I chose PS3 because it suited me better. I wouldn't exactly call myself a fanboy for that.
"If you're backwards compatible, you're really backwards."
Also you can get Fallout New Vegas right now. It has dogs with robot brains.
I've been off consoles for about six years now, and pretty deprived of PC games as well because, errr, Steam. So without real fandom for any of the available platforms, the only thing I can say is, anyone who would spend actual money for an Xbox One must suffer from severe brain damage. Especially if it's money he or she him/herself has earned through honest or halfway honest work.
The new game from Crytek will be an exclusive!
You're like a constant downer, huh?
It isn't THAT bad and maybe at E3 when it actually finally tells us about videogames maybe it won't be too awful...
Maybe I'm just being optimistic because the Xbox 1 was my first real console it had awesome exclusives and was good for its day...
Oops I mean 'Xbox original'...
Never get sentimental about plastic and electric bits.
I know but...
Blinx the Timesweeper...