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Yeah, he seems to post a lot of good things over in FOG chat, when they belong in here, but he'sa newbie. Anyway, here's the post:
Linear is different to repetitive! aaaarrrrrhhhhhh! In that case you could call GTA3 linear, but then it isnt at all linear, because of the freedom that the game enviroment gives you, e.g. dont want to do that mission for Donald Love? Then go and do a phone mission. Dont want to do a phone mission? Run someone over. Dont want to run people over? Hire a prostitute etc,etc.
Resident Evil or Onimusha could be considered linear, because there really is only one route to completing the game. I was quite pleased with MGS2, the producers have managed to fit some variety into the missions (sniping, escorting, searching for pacemakers with a microphone, defusing bombs etc.) The whole point of MGS2 is that it provides a cinematic experience (you may have noticed that?? Or you may not have done.) If watching a film isnt a linear experience, then what is?? You have the beginning to a film, then of course you have the ending, and the rest in between has already been set out for you. Do you like films? Of course you do.
Most gamers complain about games being too linear, but then when a game provides them with a sense of freedom, they end up complaining that the game has no direction. Programmers cant win. If you ask me, most gamers need a sense of direction in a game, otherwise they end up getting frustrated and bored, simply because they just don't know where they are going.
Gamers dont really know what they want.
Neilc
Linear is different to repetitive! aaaarrrrrhhhhhh! In that case you could call GTA3 linear, but then it isnt at all linear, because of the freedom that the game enviroment gives you, e.g. dont want to do that mission for Donald Love? Then go and do a phone mission. Dont want to do a phone mission? Run someone over. Dont want to run people over? Hire a prostitute etc,etc.
Resident Evil or Onimusha could be considered linear, because there really is only one route to completing the game. I was quite pleased with MGS2, the producers have managed to fit some variety into the missions (sniping, escorting, searching for pacemakers with a microphone, defusing bombs etc.) The whole point of MGS2 is that it provides a cinematic experience (you may have noticed that?? Or you may not have done.) If watching a film isnt a linear experience, then what is?? You have the beginning to a film, then of course you have the ending, and the rest in between has already been set out for you. Do you like films? Of course you do.
Most gamers complain about games being too linear, but then when a game provides them with a sense of freedom, they end up complaining that the game has no direction. Programmers cant win. If you ask me, most gamers need a sense of direction in a game, otherwise they end up getting frustrated and bored, simply because they just don't know where they are going.
Gamers dont really know what they want.
Neilc
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afrojoe is right, its down to the luck of the draw. but being a notable would rock my world!!! I gotta get regular status first !
RìÇkø§$ wrote:
> Great point neilc, you could grow up to be a notable some day, you know ;-)
> Seriously...
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Ahhhh, but so could any of us....
*Goes all mysterious*
> Great point neilc, you could grow up to be a notable some day, you know ;-)
> Seriously...
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Ahhhh, but so could any of us....
*Goes all mysterious*
Great point neilc, you could grow up to be a notable some day, you know ;-) Seriously...
cheers solskjaer
AfroJoe wrote:
> I don't see why SR can't look through topics in Chat as well though.... but they
> can. So that means that this doesn't need to be here.
:D
That's true! My.....2nd GAD I think, came from a post in the FoG Chat forum.
But it still is usefull to have good posts like this in this forum, as it is a 'prime topic'!
Keep 'em coming NeilC! :D
> I don't see why SR can't look through topics in Chat as well though.... but they
> can. So that means that this doesn't need to be here.
:D
That's true! My.....2nd GAD I think, came from a post in the FoG Chat forum.
But it still is usefull to have good posts like this in this forum, as it is a 'prime topic'!
Keep 'em coming NeilC! :D
neilc wrote:
> AfroJoe wrote:
> I don't see why SR can't look through topics in Chat as
> well though.... but they
> can. So that means that this doesn't need to be
> here.
:D
Hey AfroJoe, I wasnt actually aiming to win a GAD. I just wanted
> to write a reply to old Ant, it wasnt really meant to be a brand new topic, just
> a continuation that ended in diversification. If someone thought it was worthy
> of becoming a prime topic, then thats cool. Do you like linearity in game (but
> then have you played a game that isnt linear in some way?).
neilc
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I didn't say you made an attempt for GAD.
I said, if SR check all topics (which they do) for a GAD win, then they oculd find yours on Chat.
> AfroJoe wrote:
> I don't see why SR can't look through topics in Chat as
> well though.... but they
> can. So that means that this doesn't need to be
> here.
:D
Hey AfroJoe, I wasnt actually aiming to win a GAD. I just wanted
> to write a reply to old Ant, it wasnt really meant to be a brand new topic, just
> a continuation that ended in diversification. If someone thought it was worthy
> of becoming a prime topic, then thats cool. Do you like linearity in game (but
> then have you played a game that isnt linear in some way?).
neilc
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I didn't say you made an attempt for GAD.
I said, if SR check all topics (which they do) for a GAD win, then they oculd find yours on Chat.
===SONICRAV---> wrote:
>Because we are Gods amoungst men
But I am a man who doesn't believe in Gods.
I believe in leprechauns though.
I meet one once on a secret path in a dark wood and he gave me three wishes.
I wished for untold riches, to be irresistible to women, and to be a creative genius.
None of 'em worked, the lying little puck!
>Because we are Gods amoungst men
But I am a man who doesn't believe in Gods.
I believe in leprechauns though.
I meet one once on a secret path in a dark wood and he gave me three wishes.
I wished for untold riches, to be irresistible to women, and to be a creative genius.
None of 'em worked, the lying little puck!
V.V.V.V.V. wrote:
> Another one!
No one did this with my "Gaming Yips" and "Beware
> Coward" posts - which both won GADs by the way.
My Gad winning post when I was a newbie wasn't put in here either.
> Another one!
No one did this with my "Gaming Yips" and "Beware
> Coward" posts - which both won GADs by the way.
My Gad winning post when I was a newbie wasn't put in here either.
And I bet you invented the internet while choking on a Pretzel!
sonicrav sure is a god, he doesnt even have to spell 'amongst' correctly, he wrote the dictionary.
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