Postby Raiden no Kishi » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:14 am
I'm totally with the crew on Manhunt 2 and Rockstar. To me, Rockstar is the shock jock of the gaming world, and they wouldn't know art if it asphyxiated them with a plastic grocery bag. Perhaps Hideo Kojima was thinking of them when he said games weren't art . . . but who can tell what goes on in that twisted head of his? XD
Note to the traditionally British food item: if you think about it, expansion packs [or other ways of adding content] are essential to the very concept of an MMO. MMOs aren't designed to be replaced like most games. Since you pay monthly fees for most MMOs, the developers want you to play the game as long as possible. They have to add new content to keep players' interest. The game isn't "finished", as you say, because that kind of game isn't supposed to be finished.
I wish I had more profound things to say, but I don't, so let's get to the questions, no?
1] I would shamelessly pass the job off to Bioware . . . oh wait. XD I can honestly say I don't have many cohesive ideas. However, traditional Japanese-style turn-based combat would seem to be right out. I don't see how that works with Sonic at all. I would, however, be tempted to say they should make Cream the Sonic universe's Aeris. I don't really think she adds anything to the universe. [A minor note: just how the heck would anyone mistake Shadow for Sonic in Sonic Adventure 2? That's bloody ridiculous.] Also, no more mysterious, unnaturally powerful hedgehogs. Shadow's cool, but that's about it. Sonic needed a "rival"-type character, but more hedgehogs doesn't equal more better. As to the idea of turning Tails evil . . . that would be hilarious. I like Tails, and an evil version of him would be interesting if hard to take seriously. Maybe when his voice changes. XD P.S. Link, the bat is Rouge [pronounced "Rhooj"], not Rogue. Rogue is from the X-men, as well as being an RPG character class. Minor note there. I know a lot of people on the Internets misspell her name, so I can understand the confusion.
2. Well, if they had this somewhat over-the-top, spy- and mercenary-based MMO that was some sort of actiony shooter, and the focus was on gadgets and gear instead of character classes and grinding . . . and if it was good, I'd play it. Yes, I'm pretty psyched about The Agency. Not so much about their Flash site and its w34k54uc3 amount of content, but hey. They're still in development, so I'll cut them some slack now. I've tried MMOs in the past [City of Heroes, Guild Wars, and World of Warcraft + The Burning Crusade]. I could never really get into them. I loved the depth of character customization in CoH [something that disappointed me with FFXI, as one of the series' selling points are the unique character designs], the low cost of Guild Wars, and the look of WoW, but their gameplay was lacking at best, and sheer boredom at worst. Current MMORPG game mechanics, IMO, are straying from the original idea of a game: to make it fun. Essentially, I get all the features of an MMO that I want to use in AIM. For free. Yes, I did just go there, there being the "glorified chatroom" attack. For massive damage. Take that, giant MMO crabs. XD I need action-packed, real-time gameplay, a world that DOESN'T favor forsaking a social life/artistic pursuits/college/relationship with God to be good at [I thought the example of having your own "Q-branch" that works on stuff even while you don't play and CALLS YOU ON YOUR REAL CELL PHONE IN THE REAL WORLD OH SNAP was pretty dang slick]. Also, I am a gadget and gun buff who used to be on a serious secret agent kick back in his youth. That could relapse when The Agency comes out.
I've got work to do, so I'll think about a Sonic RPG. Be excellent to each other, party on, dudes, and all that jazz.
.rai//
P.S. If the invitation's open, I'd love to see if I could make it on one of the shows. I just need to know when you guys meet for planning and such, since my audio setup takes a bit to get set up.
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