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This...might be the most brilliant idea you guys have ever had.
Though like what the others have said, this really would be much better in video format, and if cast members were alternated between different contributors of the Escapist.
It's perfectly fine if it stays in this way though. It's good enough to have Bob, Yahtzee and James conversing over something. Maybe they just need a more controversial topic.
Though like what the others have said, this really would be much better in video format, and if cast members were alternated between different contributors of the Escapist.
It's perfectly fine if it stays in this way though. It's good enough to have Bob, Yahtzee and James conversing over something. Maybe they just need a more controversial topic.
Cracking read, I really hope this becomes a permanent article.
I'm not sure I agree with James re the active participation deal - if I want to play football I'll go and play football. The reason I'm playing FIFA is because I do not want to/am not able to play football. I find myself agreeing most with Yahtzee along the basis of less thought = more immersion, but (as much as I dislike motion controls) I find myself hoping Bob is right with the 'rifle-butt smash' control allocation, that would make FPS games far more satisfying (espescially when irritating gob-shites are screaming down the mic). I might even buy into motion controls just for the ability to do that.
I'm not sure I agree with James re the active participation deal - if I want to play football I'll go and play football. The reason I'm playing FIFA is because I do not want to/am not able to play football. I find myself agreeing most with Yahtzee along the basis of less thought = more immersion, but (as much as I dislike motion controls) I find myself hoping Bob is right with the 'rifle-butt smash' control allocation, that would make FPS games far more satisfying (espescially when irritating gob-shites are screaming down the mic). I might even buy into motion controls just for the ability to do that.
good call, i'd love to see something like that too. there's alot of knowledge in that room and answering reader's questions would be great!Tactical Fugitive said:
Just amazing. This website already had so many insightful and awesome things, and now the best of it is in one place. Bravo Escapist.
Now if we can weaponize these three and fire them into the heart of the gaming industry, all the things they've been screaming for years might actually happen.
Now if we can weaponize these three and fire them into the heart of the gaming industry, all the things they've been screaming for years might actually happen.
Best new concept for a (hopefully) weekly/fortnightly piece in a long time.
Torn between the sides of for and against.
1. Actually doing things ala hollow-deck would be amazing.
2. I agree that the immersion is often hampered by the motion in most current titles (thus we need some fresh thought in the motion department IP development. Immersion has to be possible imo)
3.Games are for fun. Not always immersion. I have, albeit few times, had as much or more fun with some Wii Sports than I have with some objectively superior triple A title. So I'm all for motion in moderation.
Torn between the sides of for and against.
1. Actually doing things ala hollow-deck would be amazing.
2. I agree that the immersion is often hampered by the motion in most current titles (thus we need some fresh thought in the motion department IP development. Immersion has to be possible imo)
3.Games are for fun. Not always immersion. I have, albeit few times, had as much or more fun with some Wii Sports than I have with some objectively superior triple A title. So I'm all for motion in moderation.
Definitely agree with James about the Move and Kinect being dead ends.
The Move was doomed from the start, the PS3 is pretty hardcore orientated and motion control just doesn't fit (though i'd be interested in how killzone 3 pulls it off). Plus they came what? 3 years after the Wii with an identical system, add that to the cost of the console and the Wii's sizeable library and new buyers are always going to pick the wii.
Kinect will probably die as a gaming device, it's not as well tuned as it's competitors and will always struggle from motion pick-up. Again the price and lack of decent games means that new buyers will look at the Wii and most current owners are more inclined to hardcore games and see no need for kinect (and i cant see it being used as in KZ3).
However i would say that that when kinect gaming stops MS will make a deal with a computer company and use the hacked code to integrate the system into PC's. The technology is too expensive for MS to waste it solely on gaming and the potential is huge.
Move on the other hand is only really useful in gaming so once the honeymoon ends it's going the way of the dodo.
The Move was doomed from the start, the PS3 is pretty hardcore orientated and motion control just doesn't fit (though i'd be interested in how killzone 3 pulls it off). Plus they came what? 3 years after the Wii with an identical system, add that to the cost of the console and the Wii's sizeable library and new buyers are always going to pick the wii.
Kinect will probably die as a gaming device, it's not as well tuned as it's competitors and will always struggle from motion pick-up. Again the price and lack of decent games means that new buyers will look at the Wii and most current owners are more inclined to hardcore games and see no need for kinect (and i cant see it being used as in KZ3).
However i would say that that when kinect gaming stops MS will make a deal with a computer company and use the hacked code to integrate the system into PC's. The technology is too expensive for MS to waste it solely on gaming and the potential is huge.
Move on the other hand is only really useful in gaming so once the honeymoon ends it's going the way of the dodo.
escape you've come close to collapsing the universe before...but this is pushing it...
I love it...its an intelligent conversation even yahtzee doesn't swear which is refreshing in this context. Escapist keep making things like this...the more mature and intelligent conversations there are about games the more the medium will be respected.
I love it...its an intelligent conversation even yahtzee doesn't swear which is refreshing in this context. Escapist keep making things like this...the more mature and intelligent conversations there are about games the more the medium will be respected.
I think this is a great idea. But why is Movie Bob a part of it? Can it just be Yahtzee and James?