Criterion on Black Comments by Kristan Reed
Alex Ward on reinventing the FPS.
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manuel_garcia
07/06/05 @ 11:50
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The pure carnage and adrenaline of Burnout in an FPS? I'm sold, as long as it lives up to the hype. Criterion dont seem to be a company that shirk on that front though, could be good.
Does anyone know if this is a complete ps2 exclusive or are other versions in the works? |
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I like this guy. He's answering questions in ways most developers wouldn't dare to.
Questions about AI would normally throw up "Yeah we're doing blah-di-blah and it's gonna make player feel woop-di-doo". He's like "Fuck AI, it's just about shooting big fat guns!!!" Think I'm gonna like this one. Sounds as much fun as blowing up a cow with a hand grenade. |
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ralphwolfenstein
07/06/05 @ 11:52
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I'm surprised Kristan didn't ask how many actual 'levels' there are
an old games journalism classic |
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Sigh, the ps2 isnt capable for rendering grafs that are acceptable. This is either a conn or they are screenies from the xbox. (And dont pretend it has never been done before!).
Anyway its an old game in every way. Non kewl interactive enemy AI that actually speaks and seems to be alive (H2) or interactive (counter)coop (pd(0)). So nothing original there. Yawn. Next. |
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"You do realise you'll have to endure a tedious backlash from the vocal minority..."
Come on, thats a presumtive answer to your own question, if a developer was to respond to "What's the thinking behind not putting a multiplayer mode in there?" with "We're not but we realise we'll have to endure a tedious backlash from the vocal minority..." you'd cry foul, "Minority!?! We all play online games now!!!" you'd scream. I understand eurogamer are having a wet dream over the release of Black (more so than with any other game in the past) but I for one thought 'Physics based online play could be fun!', am I going to cry 'HAX' cause its not it? No. However the more I read of your 'Black' coverage the more I think of of IGN and this comic: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2005-05-13&res=l |
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Yeah, god forbid that we'd like the look of something without being paid off. In fact, you've rumbled us - our entire business model is based on hating all games until we're paid enough money by the publishers to say nice things about them. The crazy thing is, they lap it up! They give us millions to pretend we like their games! We're THAT important to them!
Or maybe Black just looks pretty cool. Hmm. Did anyone see where I put Occam's Razor? I'm sure I dropped it here somewhere... |
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Maybe it's just me but ever since E3 people have been so flipping negative and cynical. It's really, really boring. Black looks great! Criterion have never pulled a fast one before, and frankly I think they deserve a little bit more respect than they're getting.
Xerx3s: Are you saying that BO3 doesn't have impressive graphics? Are you saying that what's being shown here is *impossible* on a PS2? Do you have any specialised knowledge in this area or are you just being an opinionated troll? |
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hp_on_toast
07/06/05 @ 12:44
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Anyone else notice the lack of Renderware talk during this interview? Methinks somthing is up & EA are now keeping RW to themselves.
In the past, Criterion have always brought up the subject of renderware while being interviews for the burnout series and not a mention of it here (which is especially suspiscious in the qestion about getting so much out of a PS2). |
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Sigh, the ps2 isnt capable for rendering grafs that are
acceptable. This is either a conn or they are screenies from the xbox. (And dont pretend it has never been done before!). Anyway its an old game in every way. Non kewl interactive enemy AI that actually speaks and seems to be alive (H2) or interactive (counter)coop (pd(0)). So nothing original there. Yawn. Next. People like you should be banned from everything. You know nothing, and your words mean nothing. And you have a 3 in your name. |
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spindizzy: i checked that link of yours and it truly was a bit on the "standard" side - but i checked around and found this link with an article of the demo EG talks about and wich was posted after that "preshow" report: http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/black/preview_6125679.htm
l Its almost like he saw another game. ??????? =) |
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"Alex Ward: Maps is such a 'PC' term.
Small maps then. Or perhaps there is only one HUGE area you run around and shoot things in. That'd be... not so neat. " What, you mean the one HUGE map in HL2 was 'not so neat'? (Well, I think thats what Alex Ward is hinting at.)
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smoothpete
07/06/05 @ 17:55
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Looks awesome to me. The Burnout team are on the case like paddington bear!
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Sigh, the ps2 isnt capable for rendering grafs that are
acceptable. This is either a conn or they are screenies from the xbox. (And dont pretend it has never been done before!). Anyway its an old game in every way. Non kewl interactive enemy AI that actually speaks and seems to be alive (H2) or interactive (counter)coop (pd(0)). So nothing original there. Yawn. Next. Indeed. Mongtard of the week! |
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Everybody always makes empty nonsensical statements about the AI in thier game. That'll be smarter then before or "groundbraking", it's a meaningless statement. Criterion simply aren't going there, no doubt there'll be AI and it'll do it's job just fine, as in most FPS games, but there's no point in hyping that part of the game when there is stuff that is genuinly exciting and should be the focus of previews.
Not hyping something doesn't mean it won't be there or not be good enough. |
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stormcr0wfleet
08/06/05 @ 06:03
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if it turns out looking like the screenies and running smooth it could be the best looking ps2 game ive seen :). althou, by the looks of it those screens are at a higher rez than ur average TV.. still, it should still look nice. carnt wait for the videos, keep pestering them EG ;)
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Lothar Hex
09/06/05 @ 07:32
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Looks quite good. Will probably invest in this.
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magicpocket
10/06/05 @ 12:42
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Criterion re-invent a genre shocker!
I wonder when they invent an original genre? |
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