Comments on: The Sunday Papers

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:42:31 +0000

About the time he started writing really interesting stuff about games.

By: Jason Moyer

Jason Moyer — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:22:15 +0000

So when did people stop considering Tom Chick a total hack?

By: Larington

Larington — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:49:06 +0000

Not saying its been over-rated on the name, just the ambition of the game (Which I’d argue it doesn’t quite reach). Meanwhile, of course there are going to be other games that have worse voice acting than Fallout 3… Doesn’t make it right though.

By: Gap Gen

Gap Gen — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:37:20 +0000

Also, if you think Fallout 3’s voice acting is bad, take time to play through Haegemonia and Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. Hell, Deus Ex doesn’t have the best voice acting.

By: Gap Gen

Gap Gen — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:36:38 +0000

Again, I don’t see how Fallout 3 gained 10/10 on the name alone. Evidence?

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:28:32 +0000

ascagnel: I was only there for an hour or so, alas, before trundling off to another party. Didn’t meet Lee either, which is a shame. Did totally hang out with Leigh Alexander and record a podcast though.

By: Catastrophe

Catastrophe — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:28:07 +0000

@ Larington

I agree. You also get the reviewers who will score a game 10/10 just on the name alone. (FallOut3 is an example).

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:53:17 +0000

I really liked the alternate history backstory part of Resistance. I remember a big ol’ flash website just before the first one came out which gave a detailed history of the world post-1900 with mysterious somethings slowly conquering the planet. It was almost certainly more entertaining than the game itself, and had a read gripping almost Lovecraftian element to it… right up until it became clear that the somethings were just aliens and the game would just mean fighting aliens over and over.

I can do that at home.

Meanwhile Killzone has fancy masks I guess? Despite what I’m learning is an impressive amount of hype it’s completely passed me by (but I guess not having a PS3 will do that) and all I can see is a game where guys shoot things with guns. I know consoles, and Playstations in particular, have never quite got a great big hold on the genre with the exception of Halo (Medal of Honour never quite met its own potential) but I have a pretty definitive “shoot things with guns” game on my shelf. It’s Quake 4, and it’s all I can think about when I see Killzone 2 shots.

Damn! That Quake bastard works fast!

By: Dolphan

Dolphan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:34:17 +0000

Bobsy – Killzone 2 has been hyped, basically (and bizarrely, since Killzone was hardly the stuff of legend). It’s supposed to show off the power of the PS3, and possibly be its answer to Gears on the 360. Although Resistance was that too. I think. If you concentrate on these things for too long your brain goes into meltdown.

By: cyrenic

cyrenic — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:28:15 +0000

The big disclaimer at the beginning of the Adam Sessler video was the best part.

By: Larington

Larington — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:05:49 +0000

about = able.

sorry.

By: Larington

Larington — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:05:10 +0000

There are plenty of folks who argue the voice acting in F3 is so awful it puts them right out of the game. However you can avoid a lot of the dialogue by just wandering the wasteland exploring and choosing what to do, so its easier to overlook the dialogue issue, thats probably the best recent example I can think of. Of course, it didn’t help that xmas just gone was so full of releases that reviewers were only about to give it a couple of hours in a number of instances.