Comments on: “Mom? But You’re Dead!”

By: KindredPhantom

KindredPhantom — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:05:38 +0000

What’s with the casual swearing?

By: Zuffox

Zuffox — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:24:52 +0000

Jonathan: What exactly do you think constitutes comic book sequences? Panels and speech balloons?

If we’re talking something similar to the trailer above, one of my favourites is David Jaffe; he’s created some tantalizing sequences in his Twisted Metal Black series and later in God of War, the latter which also implemented that 3D 2D style in the awesome semidynamic, gory cutscenes.

By: Elyscape

Elyscape — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:12:18 +0000

@Albides
I personally think it would be greatly improved if
WE
SHALL TAKE
THEIR METAL BOXES

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:51:44 +0000

What other games use comic book sequences out of choice, not from platform limitations, or as a central theme?
So far I’ve thought of
MDK2
Freedom Force
Driver 76 (awful game so I won’t even check the name)
Comix Zone
Spider Man (most of them)

Anymore?

By: Zuffox

Zuffox — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:34:11 +0000

Well there’s a RPS retrospect that’ll garner some discussion (i.e. biggus publicitus i.e. lotsus clickus).

It’s not like you have anything better to do, Gillen. : )

By: Albides

Albides — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:07:12 +0000

It wasn’t as terrible as I expected. It would be greatly improved if the preacher guy was replaced by the narrator from Soulstorm, though. Also, if the director was Stanley Kubrick…

By: The Shed

The Shed — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:29:36 +0000

Heheh, those sequences of MPayne still make-a-me giggle from time to time. A film-noir video game that oft parodies its genre, what more could you want?

I’m largely with cHeal on this one. Although the voice acting was quite the joke and shaky cam was used, in comic format these problems would be a goner.

Templesmith’s art still = awesome. Even though he cannot draw hands to save his life. They’re more horrific claw appendages. It made sense for vampire hands to be all clawey, but the disturbicity sloshed over onto human hands too.

By: cHeal

cHeal — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:08:19 +0000

I liked it tbh. *hides*

Obviously not as good as a proper comic though.

By: JVGP100 (katsumoto)

JVGP100 (katsumoto) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:57:49 +0000

Oh I don’t know, I think the first one laughed at itself every now and then. For instance, at the end of the Manor level.. “Then it hit me: I was in a graphic novel. Funny as hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of”

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:55:12 +0000

Oh, Payne was funny. The odd thing about Payne was the first one was funny and didn’t realise it, and the second one realised the comics were being laughed at and played up to it.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:47:32 +0000

Reply to Kieron

Point taken. Well probably not the right word, better is probably a better one.

Still, Max Payne’s comics made me laugh intentionally so theres no way I could justify calling them bad. The “It was the scariest thing I could imagine” sequence especially.

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:41:15 +0000

Max Payne… did it well?