mckmas8808
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Jtyettis said:
Where are videos of that area in motion?
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Where are videos of that area in motion?
BenjaminBirdie
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mckmas8808 said:
We were speculating.
dirtmonkey37
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What's all this talk about the "uncanny valley" effect on the characters? Are they really lifeless? Is there any chance they'll add the reflections back into the eyes? Do the eye pupils move at all?
dirtmonkey37 said:
In the E3 build and X06 builds, the eyes had a particularly "liquid" look to them, those watery reflections you see in real people's eyes. That dude from BioWare can post about it on their forums, but I, John and a bunch of folks all noticed that they (the eyes) looked different. It is a SUPREMELY minor complaint and a total nitpick -- like I said, Kotor ran like dog balls, but I still loved that game, and this game is running better now than Kotor was when it shipped.
The X06 trailer showed the player pausing the battle to examine the combat field and issue commands, and also switching characters (like you would in KotOR) so yeah, I assume it's more of an Action RPG than a straight-out FPS.Kinan said:While I'm still very impressed by visuals and i love Bioware, i'm a bit anxious about too much FPSish gameplay that you can see from videos. I hope the game will have a pause or smth.
Got chance to read both IGN's & 1up's previews. The game seems to be shaping up very nicely. Although, to anyone wanting to read IGN's preview, if you don't want to know anything of what happens in the first hour don't read their first page. I really like the fact that it's open to various play styles. So I can approach it like a Sci-Fi Rainbow Six game and never pause the action but someone else could pause the action and take a more SRPG approach.
BTW, I stumbled upon this unofficial FAQ which seems to have a fair amount of ME info that some people might not be aware of.
http://mefaq.sendu.me.uk/Main/HomePage
http://mefaq.sendu.me.uk/Main/HomePage
Ok, we've seen the screenshots. We've seen it in motion. We've heard gaming journalists gush over it. Everyone seems to agree that it looks amazing, has a promising gameplay style, and has a thorough plot (with novels and all).
Now, for the part that seriously irritates me. When the game drops, one of these journalist from the glowing previews will suddenly find x amount of things to complain about in the final product and stick the game with a seven-point-something, when all of the flaws mentioned were already present in the preview builds. Why does this happen so often? It happened with Lost Planet. It's happening with Motostorm.
I applaud Luke for mentioning the bit about the eyes and the state of the game at this time. So, if we see a big 7.5 on the review page at 1up when it drops, we'll know what happened before we ever read ther review. And, it's unfortunate that so many people are seeing the "uncanny valley" issue, yet Bioware says that nothing is wrong. Now, Luke did say it was minor and it probably won't hurt the game for most people. But, if ME does indeed lack the emotion that the Doctors want it to convey, then they can't say they weren't warned.
p.s. - can't wait to stop talking about it and actually play this monster...
Now, for the part that seriously irritates me. When the game drops, one of these journalist from the glowing previews will suddenly find x amount of things to complain about in the final product and stick the game with a seven-point-something, when all of the flaws mentioned were already present in the preview builds. Why does this happen so often? It happened with Lost Planet. It's happening with Motostorm.
I applaud Luke for mentioning the bit about the eyes and the state of the game at this time. So, if we see a big 7.5 on the review page at 1up when it drops, we'll know what happened before we ever read ther review. And, it's unfortunate that so many people are seeing the "uncanny valley" issue, yet Bioware says that nothing is wrong. Now, Luke did say it was minor and it probably won't hurt the game for most people. But, if ME does indeed lack the emotion that the Doctors want it to convey, then they can't say they weren't warned.
p.s. - can't wait to stop talking about it and actually play this monster...
brandonh83
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The release of this game determines when I get a 360.
BenjaminBirdie
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lix2k3 said:
The best part about the advent of blogs and this kind of community games journalism is that game scores REALLY don't matter anymore. There is a kind of transparency that allows you instead to have figured out whose individual opinion you value most, and see what they think about the game.
BenjaminBirdie
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fivehorizons said:
Good LORD there are some ****ing spoilers there.
****!
****!!!
I almost passed this off as the old thread being bumped - how in the world could I have been so late! Damn it!
Those shots look gorgeous as always - that lizard's skin looks pretty sweet as well... the alien chick's "netting panties" are interesting...
Oh, Luke's report is already up, nice...
****!!!
I almost passed this off as the old thread being bumped - how in the world could I have been so late! Damn it!
Those shots look gorgeous as always - that lizard's skin looks pretty sweet as well... the alien chick's "netting panties" are interesting...
Oh, Luke's report is already up, nice...
abacab driver
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BenjaminBirdie
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Tieno said:
I took a real nasty one for the team this day, that's for sure.
WHOAguitarninja
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I'm going to go on media lockdown soon for this. Atleast impressions lockdown. After having Kotor semi-spoiled for me (statements of "OHHH there is a twist that you'll NEVER EVER see coming"...guess what...I did after that), I'll look at screenshots cuz realistically I don't think I'll be able to not look at them, but impressions are easier to avoid, and I think I will do that.
Diatribe1974
Member
I'm not sure when BioWare released a bad game. Can anyone point me to when they released a bad game? I ask, because man....it must've been a long time now. The more I see shots of games like this, the more I want this game. :lol
Anywho, good stuff. Good stuff!
D.
Anywho, good stuff. Good stuff!
D.
Skilotonn said:****!
****!!!
I almost passed this off as the old thread being bumped - how in the world could I have been so late! Damn it!
Those shots look gorgeous as always - that lizard's skin looks pretty sweet as well... the alien chick's "netting panties" are interesting...
Oh, Luke's report is already up, nice...
Huh...
...What panties?
Newzboyz99
Losers! My wife has me on lock!
Video is impressive
Bauer Action Hour
Member
Where is said video located?
BamYouHaveAids
Member
Why? I thought Jade Empire was a horrible game with shallow repetitive combat and a lackluster story. Which was extremely disapppointing since I love all of Bioware's other works.PleoMax said:
LukeSmith said:
Uh oh, but Gears stutters like a madman in cut scenes! Dun dun duuunnn...
I have faith, especially since Bioware claims this wasn't a touched up build at all, and with you saying it's as good now as Knights was shipped.
So, yeah, where's this video?
RPS37
Member
I heard someone say video...
Edit: So while we wait for the video, I was looking at the 1Up page for Mass Effect
http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3144257
Release Date:04/02/2007
Ha ha ha. I wish.
Edit: So while we wait for the video, I was looking at the 1Up page for Mass Effect
http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3144257
Release Date:04/02/2007
Ha ha ha. I wish.
Let's not get carried away here...
If you like unbelievably cliched, dorky and overblown Sci Fi bollox set in a 'let's rip off Syd Mead-and-hope-no-one-notices' universe with badly animated characters delivering endlessly tedious lines of dialogue (that there surely won't be enough of IMO)... Mass Effect will be your game.
But yes, uncanny valley symptoms aside, they did a great job with the 'digital actors' - one day they'll be as convincing as Chuck Norris.
If you like unbelievably cliched, dorky and overblown Sci Fi bollox set in a 'let's rip off Syd Mead-and-hope-no-one-notices' universe with badly animated characters delivering endlessly tedious lines of dialogue (that there surely won't be enough of IMO)... Mass Effect will be your game.
But yes, uncanny valley symptoms aside, they did a great job with the 'digital actors' - one day they'll be as convincing as Chuck Norris.
AquaticSquirrel
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sriyantra said:
Hmm I give this troll attempt a D-. Marks taken away for mentioning Chuck Norris, that is so 2005. Although I gave you some points for nice use of the word "bollox".
