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Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:10 pm
by kkirspel
www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/717130/w ... fbfantrack
It makes a good point rather than just stating some of the obvious crappy games.

(discussion)


Si, vice president garcia - I posted this in the serious discussion thread, siiiiiiiiiii... (Dave Chappelle reference)

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:38 am
by nub
I get a blank page with "bad request" written on it when I click that link.

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:32 am
by Jangalomph
Same, i actually wanted to read it now.

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:00 am
by Sightless
Remove the '%253Fcmpid%253Dsn-110418-facebook-28-fbfantrack' part of the URL. It appears that it was a copy/pasta link from someone's FaceBook news feed. Tis an interesting read, and I'm more than a bit curious how Homefront 2 pans out. I reasonably enjoyed the first one, though it was painfully obvious that it was meant to be part of a series.

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:33 am
by Armageddon

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:37 am
by Ark11
I believe that the key to a good game is immense originality. Be it gameplay wise, storyline wise, aesthetics wise, etc. For example, Bioshock was an awesome game because it had original gameplay, story and aesthetics. :smt023

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:59 am
by Armageddon
I believe the key to a good game is quality and polish.

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:02 am
by Phott
Ark11 wrote:I believe that the key to a good game is immense originality. Be it gameplay wise, storyline wise, aesthetics wise, etc. For example, Bioshock was an awesome game because it had original gameplay, story and aesthetics. :smt023

But it didn't, really. It had light RPG mechanics in terms of the inventory system. It had audio tapes spread out to set the mood and tell the story, and this isn't all too original either. The art style was somewhat interesting and made for pretty awesome scenes, but it wasn't all that amazingly original.

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:13 pm
by nub
Bioshock borrowed a lot of concepts from System Shock 2, did it not? I mean, it was made by the same developers and they even said so themselves it was the spiritual successor to System Shock 2.

Bioshock was a great game, but I don't think that was due to the gameplay alone. It had an original setting (for a video game) and a unique take on civilization. Plasmids were really cool as well, but I don't know if they were "original." I mean, genetic modification has been explored extensively in the science fiction genre.


Anyway, good read. But I mean...it's nothing we don't already know honestly.

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:49 pm
by zombie@computer
nub wrote:Bioshock borrowed a lot of concepts from System Shock 2, did it not? I mean, it was made by the same developers and they even said so themselves it was the spiritual successor to System Shock 2.

Bioshock was a great game, but I don't think that was due to the gameplay alone. It had an original setting (for a video game) and a unique take on civilization. Plasmids were really cool as well, but I don't know if they were "original." I mean, genetic modification has been explored extensively in the science fiction genre.


Anyway, good read. But I mean...it's nothing we don't already know honestly.

Bioshock pales compared to system shock 2

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:01 pm
by Ark11
Phott wrote:
Ark11 wrote:I believe that the key to a good game is immense originality. Be it gameplay wise, storyline wise, aesthetics wise, etc. For example, Bioshock was an awesome game because it had original gameplay, story and aesthetics. :smt023

But it didn't, really. It had light RPG mechanics in terms of the inventory system. It had audio tapes spread out to set the mood and tell the story, and this isn't all too original either. The art style was somewhat interesting and made for pretty awesome scenes, but it wasn't all that amazingly original.

By 'original gameplay' I was refering to the plasmids.

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:15 pm
by Armageddon
Ark11 wrote:
Phott wrote:
Ark11 wrote:I believe that the key to a good game is immense originality. Be it gameplay wise, storyline wise, aesthetics wise, etc. For example, Bioshock was an awesome game because it had original gameplay, story and aesthetics. :smt023

But it didn't, really. It had light RPG mechanics in terms of the inventory system. It had audio tapes spread out to set the mood and tell the story, and this isn't all too original either. The art style was somewhat interesting and made for pretty awesome scenes, but it wasn't all that amazingly original.

By 'original gameplay' I was refering to the plasmids.

Use the force Ark, use the force.

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Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:41 pm
by Ark11
That is . . . . hand down . . . . the best level of that game.

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:28 am
by nub
zombie@computer wrote:Bioshock pales compared to system shock 2

I have to agree, honestly. I love both games, but System Shock 2 was a lot more fun, and way creepier. Every enemy I came across would frighten me for some reason, even the stupid security drones.

You'd just be prancing around a corridor then turn the corner and run in to something and be like "SHIT!"

Re: Those Crapware Games...

PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:11 pm
by Phott
Ark11 wrote:That is . . . . hand down . . . . the best level of that game.

It also disproved the originality of plasmids.