Crysis 2 Writer: Halo is "Full of Bullsh*t"
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I call a troll of the industry. He's seriously going to look like an idiot if he doesn't provide something good.Irridium said:
Fast Forward to Friday: Crysis 2 Writer says Final Fantasy 6 was making cracks about your mother.
Seriously, talking this much smack Crysis 2 better descend from the freakin' heavens and redefine game storytelling. I agree with him, but he's writing checks his skills are going to need to cash.
Seriously, talking this much smack Crysis 2 better descend from the freakin' heavens and redefine game storytelling. I agree with him, but he's writing checks his skills are going to need to cash.
I did the "Aliens->Aliens3" suspension to get past that feeling. Once you just take it in as a standalone and stop trying to completely shoehorn it up against the first (yes, despite the fact that there are devices designed to NOT allow you to do that), I found it a very rewarding story. I was reduced to tears, and more of them, by the ending just like I was in the first, and this time I had an actual person, not just a collective group, thanking me for the rescue. There was a huge amount of difference in impact there for me.Andy Chalk said:
I guess the best version of BioShock for me exists in a mash-up of the two. Having the real sympathetic character NOT betray and also survive really choked me up in the way that the lack of a singular survivor and the depth-less betrayal in the first left me sort of flat. For me, the final emotional response was a bigger payoff in the second than the first, noted jangles against the first notwithstanding.
And this Crysis2 guy really knows how to put it in a nutshell, don't he?
"Bioshock is just an interactive political science class and Dead Space was all about dissecting tumors.""JEBWrench said:
I agree with him, but this would carry more weight coming from that guy who writes Half-Life, Mark Laidlaw I think.
I see another Peter Molyneux in the making.
I predict Crysis 2 having stunning graphics, average gameplay, boring characters and confusing story.
I predict Crysis 2 having stunning graphics, average gameplay, boring characters and confusing story.
now I think everyone is agreeing that crysis 2 better be game of the year material if he's going off on criticizing other fps's
Notice that he keeps calling out games that everyone knows have crappy stories. If he wants to catch my attention, he'd better call out Half-Life 2 or Portal.
Personally I think most of the people here are acting like greater asses then this guy.
Where the hell does it say a guy (who actually WORKS in the videogame industry) is not allowed to blatantly say "Halo mechanics good, story and character dev. = bad"?
In a truly rational world people SHOULD turn around and say every standard of service, product, or political policy is 'shit' and can be done better. In fact, that's primarily one of the ways Humanity continues to develop both technologically and socially. By critically analysing the shortfalls of a mainstream product or service, so that one can attempt to create something BETTER.
Hats off to him. He's gunning to create a better experience than Halo provided ... (Which imho isn't that hard) ...
Every other naysayer is either a fanboy, or somebody who doesn't understand the fundamentals of critical analysis.
S. Y on 'Experienced Points' wrote a good article about this sort of displayed behaviour last week. Suggest you pick it up.
Where the hell does it say a guy (who actually WORKS in the videogame industry) is not allowed to blatantly say "Halo mechanics good, story and character dev. = bad"?
In a truly rational world people SHOULD turn around and say every standard of service, product, or political policy is 'shit' and can be done better. In fact, that's primarily one of the ways Humanity continues to develop both technologically and socially. By critically analysing the shortfalls of a mainstream product or service, so that one can attempt to create something BETTER.
Hats off to him. He's gunning to create a better experience than Halo provided ... (Which imho isn't that hard) ...
Every other naysayer is either a fanboy, or somebody who doesn't understand the fundamentals of critical analysis.
S. Y on 'Experienced Points' wrote a good article about this sort of displayed behaviour last week. Suggest you pick it up.
Crysis 2 writer: "Mass Effect had too much story, keeping it simple is key!"
I felt like I should contribute to making this a meme.
I felt like I should contribute to making this a meme.
