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• Dream is a video conceptualising how visually sumptuous next-gen games could be

• jimboton 15/05/2013

  Pretty, but even if the hardware can do this, which is likely, what will it cost to produce a gameful of assets of this quality? and what kind of sales will be expected in return? *shudders* Reply 0

• Eternal Darkness "spiritual successor" Shadow of the Eternals announced

• jimboton 04/05/2013

  I don't think a "12 episode affair" can do justice to Eternal Darkness. At best it'll be like Tales of Monkey Island or Sam & Max Seasons were compared to the originals and frankly, that's not nearly good enough. Reply 0

• Pretty adventure game The Realm inspired by Ico

• jimboton 30/04/2013

  Might have backed it, but then I read this (from their kickstarter): "We've taken out complicated inventory screens and obscure puzzles and replaced them with the streamlined interactivity and intuitive design now expected of modern games".
  
  Sorry, I just have a very strong dislike of the word 'streamlined', particularly when applied to 'interactivity'. And coming from people who worked on Enslaved, they probably mean it.
  
  Still, best of luck to them. Maybe a decent game will come of this. My bet though, is on a (very pretty) mobile puzzle game, if not a particularly cheap one. Reply 0

• Star Trek: The Video Game review

• jimboton 26/04/2013

  @darth_paul Show me a single gaming site that isn't funded by publishers. Who funds EG? (hint: see those black bars at either side of the page? now scroll back to the top)
  
  Unless you meant founded. Reply +2

• The latest batch of accepted Steam Greenlight titles have been announced

• jimboton 18/04/2013

  @DwarfyP Well that depends largely on whether they get any coverage at all from gaming sites when they do so. Take La-Mulana for example which is well known, and was finally released in Steam this monday. Unfortunately most major sites including EG have chickened out from their (sacred) duty of reviewing it. Maybe it was just too hard for them and they're waiting for the wiki to be up ;) Reply -1

• Saturday Soapbox: The high cost of high standards

• jimboton 06/04/2013

  "[not so] Good gameplay, [because of] really dumb bosses" more like. At least as Tomb Raider is concerned. Reply 0

• BioShock Infinite ending explained

• jimboton 04/04/2013

  @Poncho_D yes, was about to say this as well. Especially the 'Characters dying in one reality and being driven mad' is very telling. It also reminds me of King's 11/22/63 novel.
  
  Maybe Levine hasn't read them, but the credits of this game roll on for some 15 minutes. I'm sure someone did. Reply +1

• jimboton 04/04/2013

  @DarpaChief indeed. One with less 'constants' and more 'variables' in the gameplay if possible.. Reply +3

• The Hall of Heroes: BioShock Infinite's Fort Frolic?

• jimboton 31/03/2013

  So, where did Elizabeth's transdimensional superpowers actually came from? I seem to have missed that vox.. Reply +2

• It's the first Legend of Grimrock 2 screenshot

• jimboton 26/03/2013

  First game was super fun and this looks almost too good for words. Having an expanded world with outdoor regions and higher detail for an improved sense of place is all I wanted from the sequel. Just give it to me! Reply 0

• You can play BioShock Infinite's ultra hard 1999 Mode without completing the game

• jimboton 26/03/2013

  Before we needed a cheat code to get infinite lives. Now we need a cheat code to disable them! has it only been 14 years? Reply +3

• Thief 4 hero Garrett less "gothic", more "mainstream"

• jimboton 14/03/2013

  Well he actually looks a bit like Raziel on those screenshots... but I fear he'll play a lot like Ezio. Reply 0

• Road Rash creator "ready to do another one" using Kickstarter if there's interest

• jimboton 13/03/2013

  I thought 2010 Criterion's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit felt remarkably like Road Rash 3d on the psx. Not quite the same of course. Reply 0

• "Why should we ask how long a game is?"

• jimboton 13/03/2013

  The fact that you can now give a set length for a game as if it were a movie is in itself a bad sign, whether it's 3 or 30 hours. Shouldn't that depend on how good the player is? Reply +1

• Lord British launches Kickstarter for oldschool RPG Shroud of the Avatar: Forbidden Virtues

• jimboton 08/03/2013

  @Scimarad how is this 'old school'? where does it say that? I think Jeffrey was actually poking fun at the kickstarter with the oldschool reference.
  
  Oh you're poking fun too? carry on then.. Reply 0

• Dishonored's lead level designer labels PS4's 8GB RAM "a joy"

• jimboton 08/03/2013

  Whatever. Everyone knows the main reason why game design everywhere gets stripped of cool features, dumbed down and neutered is focus testing, not memory. Arkane did an awfully better game than Dishonored (Arx Fatalis) with just 64 mb of ram.
  
  As long as games need to sell 2 million we're screwed. Reply 0

• 99 Levels to Hell review

• jimboton 07/03/2013

  @The_Red
  @levitate
  
  Super House of Dead Ninjas is another platform roguelike on Steam that's not half bad, very fast paced. Of course not as good as Spelunky, but what is? Reply +2

• Spelunky-esque platforming roguelike 99 Levels to Hell out tomorrow

• jimboton 26/02/2013

  @Zaxlor wow you must be really handy with MS Paint.. Reply +5

• Tomb Raider review

• jimboton 25/02/2013

  One thing I don't understand, how can there be decent puzzles (even some as tough as those in the old games) when Lara has this 'Survival Instinct' vision that always highlights whatever interactive element you should be interacting with next in order to proceed with the story? Is that feature deactivated in the optional tombs maybe?
  
  Anyone knows this? Reply +4

• Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Mercury Steam's mission to be the next Naughty Dog

• jimboton 20/02/2013

  I wish they were trying to emulate someone like From Software or Platinum Games, but I guess you need real talent beyond mere technical proficiency for that. Reply -7

• In Theory: why cloud gaming is coming home

• jimboton 16/02/2013

  Actually, what Gabe Newell recently did was make several good points about why streamed games aren't a good idea now and they still won't be in the future.
  
  http://www.shacknews.com/article/77747/valve-ceo-cloud-gaming-best-for-demos-spectating Reply +9

• Saturday Soapbox: Loving the science, but don't forget the art

• jimboton 16/02/2013

  Fucking players, how do they work? Reply +7

• GameStick available for pre-order, due this April

• jimboton 15/02/2013

  If only Android wasn't such a terrible OS for emulation. Reply -9

• Nintendo determined to prevent dedicated gaming consoles from dying out as threat from next-gen and mobile looms

• jimboton 05/02/2013

  Well he's completely right about the laws of physics bit. No amount of technological advancement will ever bring input lag in cloud services to acceptable levels for action games. Reply +1

• Four-player co-op action RPG Hammerwatch throws down the Gauntlet on Steam Greenlight

• jimboton 05/02/2013

  Sweet! Reply +2