Maybe you should give it a try. The open beta started a few days ago.fullmetalangel said:Oh yeah, I forgot about Lunia. I recall watching my brother play it a few times and the cutscenes were intriguing but I don't remember anything about the story so I don't knowVlane said:
Also, forgive my ignorance but I've never heard of SMT Imagine.
Failed Concepts
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i havent played far cry 2 yet so ill have to check it outL33tsauce_Marty said:
and while im here, moral choices affecting outcomes. the endings are always so black and white. either the future city is happy-go-lucky with tulpis in every lawn or a scum hole where only the most bitter digenerates show there faces. wheres the "well my city is economicaly good but theres the occasional robbery downtown" outcome. ok so its boring but still...
Using your jacket as an inventory.
Using the Right Analog Stick to hit things.
Pressing the Right Analog Stick to BLINK in First person view.
Using the Right Analog Stick to hit things.
Pressing the Right Analog Stick to BLINK in First person view.
The character you make is pretty much the center of the entire plot. You're in almost every cutscene, and the story revolves almost solely around your actions.fullmetalangel said:
I'd recommend the game, but read up on it further before you go buying it.
No monthly fees, though.
Open World Game play. I have played GTA, The elder scrolls and Fallout 3 but so much potential always goes untapped. A game that takes place in a steam punk themed world ruled by people wielding light sabers and deathnotes in which you play a time traveler and can kill the rulers of the land, thrust it into chaos alter the space time continuum so that you wear never born and still complete the story would make more use of the sandbox concept then anything I have seen so far.
That's a "catchup" bonus, liken the item distribution being weighted to favour those behind in Mario Kart. Unfortunately, there seem to be three approaches with items/powerups/enhancements in multiplayer:Iron Mal said:
1. Reward the skilled. Give them items after a set threshold of kills, points, etc. Encourages the elite and makes entry into the game difficult.
2. Help the disadvantaged. This gives them a chance to counterattack and turn the game around. Greatly reduces the apparent need for skill to win.
3. Free-for-all randomness. This is the strategy used in Smash Bros. games, with occasionally the elite getting superweapons and continuing to dominate (they tend to get there that little bit faster) and often the weaker players picking up superweapons and getting a chance to turn it around. Unfortunately, it too reduces the apparent need for skill to win.
I'd say all of these aren't "failed concepts", just incredibly difficult and often broken concepts.
DRM - a poor, poor concept from the start - like beating your customers with sticks for buying your products.
I'd like to see an FPS cap-ship game - either as boarding marines or ship captains. To date, I have NEVER seen this done well. A Half-life 2 mod did it ok, but wasn't great. Add to that there was never anyone to play against and with, it didn't work.Shurikens and Lightning said:
Fire Emblem. The implementation may not have been realistic, but it made no attempt to seem so, and was pretty damn integral to game balance. Fire Emblem wouldn't have been Fire Emblem if weapons like Ragnell weren't unique in their indestructability.twilinova07 said:
They also added(Be it generic) dialog for the players characters. They all sound exactly the same based on Gender but it added more to the story. It's the only MMO, That really makes your character feel like a hero.meatloaf231 said:
Back on topic.
I think the 'Random Chance' people put into some games are epic failures. It can be good in theory but most people are going to be plagued by getting it when it's useless... Happens to me all the time.
The first point is more or less what goes on a lot of the time, I already gave the example of Call of Duty but it is also apparant in Team Fortress 2 since the winning team will recieve faster respawns and better spawning locations than the losing team.BobisOnlyBob said:
These small bonuses aren't actually much but would be enough to help give newer/inexperienced players a fighting chance against skilled players (since a player who is not so good is going to die more often in game than a skilled player they should probably be allowed to spawn faster and the same is opposite), this may sound like something that punishes the elite but then again, if they are so skilled then they should be able to work around these little perks and should be able to score points without having to unleash superweapons/special abilities.
(As long as common sense is used in deciding what these advantages are then I don't see how it would detract from the skill needed to win, faster respawns or slightly faster movement speed/mild protection doesn't severely overpower anyone).
How come Hellgate: London hasn't been mentioned yet? Same goes for Tabula Rasa. Theoretically sound idea that never worked. (Someone mentioned large scale shooters though.)
I'd say a failed concept would be something that's doomed from the start and then is proven to not work when somebody makes it real.geldonyetich said:
WHAT?! Are you and I thinking of the same game? You might be thinking of a good game, Timesplitters.ColdStorage said:
LOL Yeah i'm thinking of timeshift, no monkeys in it whatsoever, dont know why I enjoyed it it just felt homely (like watching aliens), you know cosynathan-dts said:
and the guns felt like they did damage while you used them, once again, dont know how that is... right you know in Halo? the assault rifle feels disjointed?, I had the opposite with Timeshift.
