Sadly, “If you must attack someone, attack me.” seems to be met with a ‘This user has blocked you’ error.
Sadly, “If you must attack someone, attack me.” seems to be met with a ‘This user has blocked you’ error.
Sadly, “If you must attack someone, attack me.” seems to be met with a ‘This user has blocked you’ error.
Sadly, “If you must attack someone, attack me.” seems to be met with a ‘This user has blocked you’ error.
Wasn’t it just a mash-up of the multiplayer from Battlefield 2 with the engine from Bad Company and the stilted follow-em-up Single Player from Call of Duty?
I guess Battlelog could be considered an innovation, but then it had sorta been done before in Gamespy/ASE.
optimaximal commented on the blog post EA: “If Battlefield 3 is not innovative, I don’t know what is” 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Wasn’t it just a mash-up of the multiplayer from Battlefield 2 with the engine from Bad Company and the stilted follow-em-up Single Player from Call of Duty?
I guess Battlelog could be considered an innovation, but then it had sorta been done before in Gamespy/ASE.
But they don’t even mention video games in the quote. :S
optimaximal commented on the blog post Michelle Obama: Kids are playing too much videogames 8 months, 3 weeks ago
But they don’t even mention video games in the quote. :S
Blizzard are just jumping on the popular bandwagon. Their products are sufficiently low spec and fairly hands off (or touch suitable in Diablo & the RTS-Craft games case) that you’d think they’d welcome any upswing in their potential userbase.
Blizzard are just jumping on the popular bandwagon. Their products are sufficiently low spec and fairly hands off (or touch suitable in Diablo & the RTS-Craft games case) that you’d think they’d welcome any upswing in their potential userbase.
Maybe I was a bit too broad with my tarring. I see Pachter as the something of nothing – his advice (well, what’s publicised anyway) seems to be more about bigging up his ego and keeping his name in the news with sensationalist thoughts about where the market is heading. Has he honestly been bang [...]
optimaximal commented on the blog post Pachter: On-disc DLC is ‘just plain greed’ 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Maybe I was a bit too broad with my tarring. I see Pachter as the something of nothing – his advice (well, what’s publicised anyway) seems to be more about bigging up his ego and keeping his name in the news with sensationalist thoughts about where the market is heading. Has he honestly been bang [...]
Says the industry analyst, a something of nothing job that is the pure definition of greed.
Says the industry analyst, a something of nothing job that is the pure definition of greed.
And no doubt it would be Xbox 360-only, carry a subscription fee with DLC-escalator and the smallest male character would dwarf a roid-raging wrestler.
optimaximal commented on the blog post Cliff Bleszinski: How I’d design an Uncharted game 1 year ago
And no doubt it would be Xbox 360-only, carry a subscription fee with DLC-escalator and the smallest male character would dwarf a roid-raging wrestler.
I think it’s got less to do with the device capabilities & more to do with the inability for anyone other than the developers of productivity apps to get people to pay for stuff on the Android Mark… sorry, Google Play. Even in-app purchases aren’t working, because the users just seem to prefer the ad-supported [...]
I think it’s got less to do with the device capabilities & more to do with the inability for anyone other than the developers of productivity apps to get people to pay for stuff on the Android Mark… sorry, Google Play. Even in-app purchases aren’t working, because the users just seem to prefer the ad-supported [...]
I thought it was also hurt by the early implementation DRM that intentionally broke an early quest, preventing the game from turning some of its pirates into paying customers. Oh, and then there was the whole Immortal Throne mess where the expansion radically modified the core gameplay, making it almost essential for multiplayer. It was [...]
optimaximal commented on the blog post Titan Quest was “hurt” by piracy, high system requirements and cheating, says dev 1 year, 3 months ago
I thought it was also hurt by the early implementation DRM that intentionally broke an early quest, preventing the game from turning some of its pirates into paying customers. Oh, and then there was the whole Immortal Throne mess where the expansion radically modified the core gameplay, making it almost essential for multiplayer. It was [...]
For the record, the PC hasn’t yet received the HD content update. We still have the bog-standard Xbox version.
optimaximal commented on the blog post Microsoft “have cock blocked us,” says Stranger’s Wrath HD CEO 1 year, 4 months ago
For the record, the PC hasn’t yet received the HD content update. We still have the bog-standard Xbox version.
Because this wouldn’t be worn to generate rumours?
optimaximal commented on the blog post Half-Life 3 revealed, kept close to Valve’s chests 1 year, 5 months ago
Because this wouldn’t be worn to generate rumours?
Intel’s Core 2 line pretty much showed the benefits of multiple efficient cores running at slower speeds than single cores choking under the weigh of hyper-threading. It’s a balancing act, but definitely the way to go. Infact, it’s a shame that NVidia & AMD haven’t really pushed the same dual-core GPU format into the graphics [...]
optimaximal commented on the blog post PS Vita could have the power of a PC – hardware dev 1 year, 8 months ago
Intel’s Core 2 line pretty much showed the benefits of multiple efficient cores running at slower speeds than single cores choking under the weigh of hyper-threading. It’s a balancing act, but definitely the way to go. Infact, it’s a shame that NVidia & AMD haven’t really pushed the same dual-core GPU format into the graphics [...]
I think the problem was GameSpy…
Obviously the game wasn’t going to feature Steamworks, but they could quite easily have roped in some networking know-how from DICE to write a proper backend rather than the broken system eventually implemented in C2.
optimaximal commented on the blog post Crysis 2 multiplayer designed for “accessibility” but mistakes cost us – Crytek 1 year, 10 months ago
I think the problem was GameSpy…
Obviously the game wasn’t going to feature Steamworks, but they could quite easily have roped in some networking know-how from DICE to write a proper backend rather than the broken system eventually implemented in C2.
It makes sense for a platform holder to hold exclusives for their platforms – it’s the simple ‘USP’ argument, but forcing people to use a specific service on a platform rather than their preferred one?
What a fucked up statement by a man who really doesn’t understand the PC at all!
optimaximal commented on the blog post Origin platform exclusives “made sense”, more to come – EA 1 year, 11 months ago
It makes sense for a platform holder to hold exclusives for their platforms – it’s the simple ‘USP’ argument, but forcing people to use a specific service on a platform rather than their preferred one?
What a fucked up statement by a man who really doesn’t understand the PC at all!
Not ‘saddened’, but it’s a shame that they’re not maintaining the complete original cast.
Any official word on why Sorkin didn’t reprise the role? It’s a shame the cast is disintegrating, what with Mark Hamill stating this game will be his final ever ‘Joker’ performance.
optimaximal commented on the blog post Harley Quinn receives new voice actor for Batman: Arkham City 2 years ago
Not ‘saddened’, but it’s a shame that they’re not maintaining the complete original cast.
Any official word on why Sorkin didn’t reprise the role? It’s a shame the cast is disintegrating, what with Mark Hamill stating this game will be his final ever ‘Joker’ performance.
I wouldn’t call that a rant, but thx
optimaximal posted a new activity comment: 2 years, 1 month ago
I wouldn’t call that a rant, but thx
It’ll never hit the iPad because the game is built in Flash.
optimaximal commented on the blog post Machinarium to hit PS3; devs snub Microsoft after initial refusal 2 years, 1 month ago
It’ll never hit the iPad because the game is built in Flash.
Welcome aboard Optimaximal ! Be that avatar from Monkey Island?
Either way, sending you 50xp me’ earty…. arrrrrr….
*Pirate rant over.
I wouldn’t call that a rant, but thx
Would you believe after my pirate ” Session” I actually forgot to give you the points :p
Piratism does that to me. Sent.