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God, even the apology sounds conniving just like Gollum himself. Can we get Andy Serkis to read this as Gollum?
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They wanted to charge AAA price, so they can still get fucked. And since it's a system the AAA started and heavily influence, they can still get fucked too.
That Gollum game has seriously done a number on itself. Unanimously considered a new embarrassment. Lessons were learned. Learnt?
Important.
Lessons.
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Learnt?
Gollum studio seemingly working on second The Lord of the Rings game
Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind the recently released and critically lambasted The Lord of the Rings: Gollum,…www.eurogamer.net
Lessons?? Lemons? Melons? Nolan's? Gollums??
Daedelic, for its part, is currently working to address criticism of its new Gollum game. In a statement shared today, it said it would "like to sincerely applies for the underwhelming experience many of you have had", promising "patches and improvements" to follow.
…Was that, supposed to be an ap…apology? Apologize? Or were they merely applying for permission to do so?
They need to resubmit the application in Sindarin.
Bugs and the graphics aside, I don't know that patches can help them. As the Escapist article even notes, a ton of the critique is on how cookie cutter a ton of the gameplay is, with water switching puzzles and stuff. Like profoundly unsuited to the character and much it in conflict with teh larger narrative its meant to be a part of.
Like why would you try to make Gollum escaping Mordor (which in itself is only apparently the third act, most of its a life sim in the mines of Sauron or something) anything but a stealth game (a la Styx)
Like why would you try to make Gollum escaping Mordor (which in itself is only apparently the third act, most of its a life sim in the mines of Sauron or something) anything but a stealth game (a la Styx)
Nintendo blocks Steam release of Wii emulator Dolphin
The GameCube & Wii emulator developers say the Steam release is "indefinitely postponed."
www.pcgamer.com
Nintendo, famous lover of throwing their lawyer after anything and everything, is trying to take on steam. This is interesting because technically emulator are fully legal, so valve would probably win this case, but you never know and it might be different in different jurisdiction. On one hand, valve doesn't really get anything for standing up to nintendo, emulator are free so steam gets nothing, on the other hand, nintendo doesn't publish on steam either. My guess is valve will comply just because they don't want to deal with the pita, and anyone who know what dolphin is probably would be able to find it by themselves (I wonder if nintendo ever tried suing google/android for this). Ideal would be if valve would manage to convince nintendo to distribute some game on steam, like sony does, but I highly doubt that'll happen.
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(A trench run, really ?... "Not so long BUT not long enough"...?? Yeah I have... hm, mixed feelings about that... Even the soundtrack starts great and then becomes less orchestral than sample-loop-draggey... Clumsy stuff, but doesn't extinguish hope and mild anticipation, plus makes me reinstall Desert of Kharak, the one I hadn't finished...)
(A trench run, really ?... "Not so long BUT not long enough"...?? Yeah I have... hm, mixed feelings about that... Even the soundtrack starts great and then becomes less orchestral than sample-loop-draggey... Clumsy stuff, but doesn't extinguish hope and mild anticipation, plus makes me reinstall Desert of Kharak, the one I hadn't finished...)
Yeah not crazy about the voice over narration, I really liked the emotionless straitforwardness delivery of the narrator of HW1, no nonsense just straight to the point and trusting the player to understand what's going on. "The subject did not survive the interrogation" is still one of my favourite quote from any video game.
That line hits very hard, especially after what you just witnessed. A beatiful example of Less being more in this case.
Well, it wasn't beautiful for the guy being "interrogated".
Someone said, "Lets make a Gollum game about his escape from Mordor." Then they made it and realized it was only 15 minutes long and they really didnt know what to do from there.
It's worse when you realize the devs spent months or years on this and that's the best they could come up with.
Demon's Souls Remake/Ghost of Tsushima May Be Headed To PC
The Demon's Souls remake and Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut may be headed to PC sometime soon, based on the latest rumor.
twistedvoxel.com
Here we go again
I am not believing anything, until it's official. I'm more so referring to Demon Souls Remake. a PC port of Tsushima I can see happening.Demon's Souls Remake/Ghost of Tsushima May Be Headed To PC
The Demon's Souls remake and Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut may be headed to PC sometime soon, based on the latest rumor.
Here we go again
Sucks to be ND right now.
Bungie Reportedly Reviewed ‘The Last Of Us Factions’ And Found It Lacking
Perhaps the most interesting bit of reporting has to do with Bungie’s “evaluation” of The Last of Us Factions in their new role as Sony’s live-service gurus:
www.forbes.com
Here’s When ‘Diablo 4’ Reviews Will Arrive Ahead Of Early Access
Well, my review build has been shut down, and I am now officially allowed to tell you when my review, and everyone’s review of Diablo 4 is going live.
www.forbes.com
We didnt need another live service. So no big lost for this Last Of Us MP game to get flushed tbh.I am not believing anything, until it's official. I'm more so referring to Demon Souls Remake. a PC port of Tsushima I can see happening.
Sucks to be ND right now.
Bungie Reportedly Reviewed ‘The Last Of Us Factions’ And Found It Lacking
Perhaps the most interesting bit of reporting has to do with Bungie’s “evaluation” of The Last of Us Factions in their new role as Sony’s live-service gurus:
Here’s When ‘Diablo 4’ Reviews Will Arrive Ahead Of Early Access
Well, my review build has been shut down, and I am now officially allowed to tell you when my review, and everyone’s review of Diablo 4 is going live.
I wonder how that should be read.Bungie Reportedly Reviewed ‘The Last Of Us Factions’ And Found It Lacking
Perhaps the most interesting bit of reporting has to do with Bungie’s “evaluation” of The Last of Us Factions in their new role as Sony’s live-service gurus:
"The game isn't fun enough to get people to come back"
"The game lacks predatory addictive systems to ensnare players"
Not that I had any interest in playing it.
Sadly, no. It's the name of the Elvish language in the LotR books (which Daedalic wants players to pay extra to unlock in Gollum).
Kinda sad isn't it? The devs are clearly fans enough of the franchise to think that such a feature is worth not only creating but paying money for. They're just apparently really not good devs.