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How not to do Episodic Content
Posted: February 7th, 2007, 19:29
by Dr. kitteny berk
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
Posted: February 7th, 2007, 19:55
by Stoat
At this rate we'll get Episode 3 first.
edit: Also- box art? Ewww.
Posted: February 7th, 2007, 23:25
by deject
damnit! I want it now!
cocks
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 1:07
by FatherJack
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.
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 2:24
by TezzRexx
Fucking FAIL.
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 9:00
by mrbobbins
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
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 9:06
by Lateralus
Well hurrah for Spore and Quake Wars I guess!
/Unsuprised, and not angry but disappointed.
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 9:21
by Dr. kitteny berk
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
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 9:27
by Lateralus
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.
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 9:30
by Dr. kitteny berk
Crysis: farcry 2
Bioshock: system shock 3
Pippa Funnell 3: horses
Stalker: chernobyl
armed assault: operation flashpoint remake.
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 9:38
by Lateralus
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!
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 9:42
by Dr. kitteny berk
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.
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 10:21
by Mr. Johnson
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.
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 10:42
by Gunslinger42
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.
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 10:44
by Dr. kitteny berk
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.
Posted: February 8th, 2007, 12:15
by Woo Elephant Yeah
Cuntflaps
I was really looking forward to TF2, it was the only reason I was buying it.