05.29.07

EXCLAMATION MARK

Posted in Game news at 20:01 by Jonas

OMG LOOK!!!

It’s Warren Spector’s next game! It has Ninjas! And John Woo will produce a movie tie-in!

Please… can’t breathe… darkness closing in… must… take… anti-fanboyism pills…

8 Comments »

  1. EER said,

    May 29, 2007 at 23:16

    Ninjas, John Woo, Warren Spector…
    That could potentially be some kick-ass game!

    2010 looks like it’s going to be one very expensive game year…

  2. Jonas said,

    May 29, 2007 at 23:23

    I’m hoping Junction Point has already been working on it for a while, so maybe we can expect it as early as 2009. It may be out just in time to be a launch title for Windows Vienna ^_^

  3. Matt said,

    May 31, 2007 at 16:48

    Oh god, are we already talking about Windows Vienna? Well, I suppose its better than talking about Windows XPv2-I mean Windows Vista :P

    And hooray! Warren Spector is coming back to the gaming scene! Lets hope he can make Junction Point a household name after he creates some new kick-ass games.

    Ooh, and here’s a crazy idea, what if more video games were made with a movie tie-in, similar to this new project with Spector and Woo? Do you think it would improve the quality of “video games turned into movies” movies?

  4. Jonas said,

    May 31, 2007 at 18:07

    Yes I quite clearly think so. It might also decrease the quality of the games themselves though, if we’re unlucky ;)

  5. EER said,

    May 31, 2007 at 20:47

    Actually I think the quality of games (measured in difficulty and gameplay) is steadily declining over time. In the meantime graphical awesomeness is consistently on the rise.

    I think that explains why there are a lot of remakes going on. And why there is also a lot of interest in remakes or graphical updates of old games (HDTP, NV, DXR). Well, maybe I’m just focusing too much on my own environment.

  6. Jonas said,

    May 31, 2007 at 21:01

    Well I don’t agree with that, heh. To put it simply :P

    I enjoy Tomb Raider Legend a lot more than I enjoyed Tomb Raider 2, for example, because you don’t have to be a GOD DAMN MASOCHIST to play Legend.

    We see gameplay innovations all the time, they’re just not as tremendously revolutionary as back in the days when every game invented a whole new type of experience. It was bound to slow down, eventually, I think it’s just a sign that the medium is stabilizing a little, finding its footing.

    But maybe I’m wrong and games do suck more and more. Looking at the games on my desk, I just don’t think so.

  7. EER said,

    May 31, 2007 at 23:01

    As I noted in the last line of my comment, I’m probably looking too much in my own environment. Every game I like is a sequel or remake of something. Sim City 4 (Sim City 1, but harder and nice graphics, I actually consider this an improvement over the disappointing 2K and 3K), C&C3 (which is essentially a remake of a previous C&C edition but with hi-res gfx and minor story changes, ooh a new race with the same units with other gfx :/), The Sims 2 (I’m not even going to comment on that), Oblivion (which is actually a step down on user interface from Morrowind, but improves on other terrains so I’ll take that as a tie).
    And that’s just what’s on my desk.

    It may be a symptom of a stabilizing medium, but I don’t particularly like stable media, I want revolutions. Daily. But I realize that it is getting harder and harder to revolutionize with the high budgets, it’s too big a risk for the stakeholders. However I do feel there is too much attention for next-gen graphics (aka, what the idiot mass wants) instead of just making a cool game (aka, what I want), which may contribute to my impression that games suck more.

    On the other hand, I would consider that new star wars game with insane force effects “just a cool game”, so it may not be as bad as I like to think.

  8. Jonas said,

    June 1, 2007 at 16:01

    Among the last games I’ve bought are STALKER, Dark Messiah, and Star Wars Republic Commando, all of which I’ve enjoyed. Only STALKER can be said to have an actual new IP, but neither DM nor RC are sequels to anything, so I’m good. And I just ordered Call of Juarez, a completely new IP. Additionally, as I’ve mentioned, I bought Tomb Raider Legend a while ago, which is a splendid example of innovation within an existing series.

    Remember that even if a game is a sequel, it may still be original; Splinter Cell should be a great example of that, they’ve kept changing the formula with every game after Pandora (which was really just an expansion pack). So don’t sound so glum :)

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