How not to do Episodic Content

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 7th, 2007, 19:29

st[b][size=150]EA[/size][/b]m wrote:"Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive entertainment company, and Valve, the award-winning studio behind the blockbuster franchises Half-Life and Counter-Strike, today announced the naming and product configurations The Black Box and The Orange Box, two of the most anticipated action game offerings shipping worldwide this Winter 2007."

Sauce

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » February 7th, 2007, 19:55

At this rate we'll get Episode 3 first.

edit: Also- box art? Ewww.

Post by **deject** » February 7th, 2007, 23:25

damnit! I want it now!

Post by **FatherJack** » February 8th, 2007, 1:07

bleh.

They need to get Portal and TF2 out before then, while Ep2 has shiny bits, those could look dated.

I don't get it - fix what's broken, release in the summer and put all the newfangled new tech bits in a patch or Ep 3/HL3.

This isn't what episodic content was supposed to be about - it was bonus episodes, released frequently, using the existing game engine.

FEAR and Prey demostrated that fancy-ass graphical techniques do not make a good game.

Post by **TezzRexx** » February 8th, 2007, 2:24

Fucking FAIL.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » February 8th, 2007, 9:00

Since this article was originally published earlier today, the press release from Electronic Arts UK has been updated to state that the release will actually happen some time in "Autumn", rather than the original "Winter" timeframe outlined in the original press release.

Oh great, Autumn

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » February 8th, 2007, 9:06

Well hurrah for Spore and Quake Wars I guess!

/Unsuprised, and not angry but disappointed.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 8th, 2007, 9:21

Lateralus wrote:Well hurrah for Spore and Quake Wars I guess!

/Unsuprised, and not angry but disappointed.

That

And Crysis, Bioshock, Pippa Funnell 3, Stalker and armed assault.

/preorder list

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » February 8th, 2007, 9:27

Crysis can kiss my XP, DX9 arse. Stalker is the only other one of those I've heard of - anyone care to summarise them for me? Berk - please use several words per game, not one.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 8th, 2007, 9:30

Crysis: farcry 2

Bioshock: system shock 3

Pippa Funnell 3: horses

Stalker: chernobyl

armed assault: operation flashpoint remake.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » February 8th, 2007, 9:38

Ok

System shock?

I love...

Ok

Operation flashpoint?

My gaming experience is suprisingly limited to be honest. PC gaming only became really viable for me about 2 or 3 years ago. Prior to that, it was limited to Doom, Wolf3D and Theme Hospital and all other gaming was console-based for me. Even then, I only ever owned a Megadrive 2 myself. I'm a late starter I guess!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 8th, 2007, 9:42

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Shock_2 / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioshock

Operation flashpoint/armed assault are very very realistic FPS games, more like a sim than a game. jolly good fun anyway.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » February 8th, 2007, 10:21

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Crysis: farcry 2

Bioshock: system shock 3

Pippa Funnell 3: horses

Stalker: chernobyl

armed assault: operation flashpoint remake.

i need a new pc.

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » February 8th, 2007, 10:42

Bah, who cares about the console versions and actually buying the games on discs? If it wasn't for them Valve would probably release it over steam six months earlier.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 8th, 2007, 10:44

Gunslinger42 wrote:Bah, who cares about the console versions and actually buying the games on discs? If it wasn't for them Valve would probably release it over steam six months earlier.

That

Whatever, it's a massive fuckup.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » February 8th, 2007, 12:15

Cuntflaps

I was really looking forward to TF2, it was the only reason I was buying it.

5punk

How not to do Episodic Content

How not to do Episodic Content

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