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I’ve had my much-treasured dvd player for about 3 years now, and in that time I have amassed a hoard of dvds and seen many fantastic movies (and a few naff ones). One of the big appeals of dvds is the fact that you can get special edition films that not only have the film, but also contain a shed load of extras, and there are many different types of special extra features; from audio commentaries with cast & crew, deleted scenes & outtakes, to various featurettes, trailers, and of course, animated menus and scene access ;)
So if like most people nowadays you are familiar with dvds you’ll know that one of the great features is all that bonus stuff you get, which gives extra longevity to the films, and now video games seem to be heading in a similar direction, which is absolutely great for the consumer.
There have been quite a few games that have been released and have been bundled with bonus documentaries, soundtracks, trailers, demos and more.
Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2 & Final Fantasy X are all prime examples of how games can be a feature laden package rather than just having a single game in the box.
All those above games are multi-disk sets that have a game disk and a disk of extras, which gives some good value for your money after you’ve finished the game.
The MGS2 documentary is absolutely brilliant, showing all the behind the scenes stuff from storyline ideas, character designs, motion capture actor footage, weapon design, discussions with Hideo Kojima etc.
One of the things I like about Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2 is the fine musical scores that accompany the action, and it was nice of Konami to add the soundtrack into the MGS1 package on the PSone, but it’s a shame they didn’t do it for the sequel as well.
I recently bought a new 3 disk special edition anime film called ‘Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade’; not only does it contain the film disk plus a disk of extras, but it also contains a 70minute+ film soundtrack. Although it cost a bit more than the regular version, it is a good package. (Plus if any of you like more serious anime films I recommend it). So the idea of adding a music soundtrack is cool, especially if the music is good, but I doubt whether many game or film companies would do it too often as they make lots of cash from selling the soundtracks separately.
Luckily for all Nintendo fans is that they get similar things now as the Gamecube takes disks, so extra bonus disks could be a possibility in the future. Rogue Leader has audio commentaries on levels, an art gallery and small making of documentary, and Luigi’s Mansion has a trailer of Pikmin on it. Though there’s not too much there, it’s a start.
It would be nice to have bonus disks with Mario Sunshine, and especially the new GC Zelda, because many people want to hear Shigeru Miyamoto’s views and ideas on how the title progressed from the realistic look to the shock decision to go with the brilliant new cel shaded look. It would be great to have an art gallery with Zelda showing all those all-important character designs to show how Link changed through the design phase.
So what extra features would we like to see in video games in the future?
Lets take dvds as the example; there are many different kinds of extra features on dvds that could transport into well into videogames, from storyboards of various cutscenes/action set-pieces, making of documentaries exploring the design and development of the game from the initial storyboards to the finished article, character design featurettes exploring how the designers came up the ideas for the hero & villain designs including fashions, characteristics, voice acting etc.
How about more CD-Rom content in games? I know that Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast had some pretty cool PC desktop wallpapers on the disk, so how about if more games had things like desktop wallpapers, sounds or themed desktops for your computer?
I’ve got shelf fulls of boring looking game boxes at home, so seeing as 99% of games come with the regular dull cases, how about more ‘special edition’ style packaging? I’ve got quite a few rather extravagantly packaged dvds with foldout cases, funky plastic sleeves, a metal tin with T2, interesting/quirky information booklets with films such as Fight Club & The Royal Tenenbaums. I’ve got another anime film called Princess Mononoke, which is a special edition version that has the film and also contains a 200+ page book focusing on the films creator and anime god, Hayao Miyazaki (the “Walt Disney of Japan” who is to anime what Shigeru Miyamoto is to games). It’s a great book and a nice accompaniment to the film, and that sort of thing could work with games too.
I think it would be interesting if games were jazzed up in this way.
So come on games companies, show a little imagination and give us extra features, jazzy packaging and special edition style features to make browsing the gameshop shelves a bit more interesting.
So if like most people nowadays you are familiar with dvds you’ll know that one of the great features is all that bonus stuff you get, which gives extra longevity to the films, and now video games seem to be heading in a similar direction, which is absolutely great for the consumer.
There have been quite a few games that have been released and have been bundled with bonus documentaries, soundtracks, trailers, demos and more.
Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2 & Final Fantasy X are all prime examples of how games can be a feature laden package rather than just having a single game in the box.
All those above games are multi-disk sets that have a game disk and a disk of extras, which gives some good value for your money after you’ve finished the game.
The MGS2 documentary is absolutely brilliant, showing all the behind the scenes stuff from storyline ideas, character designs, motion capture actor footage, weapon design, discussions with Hideo Kojima etc.
One of the things I like about Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2 is the fine musical scores that accompany the action, and it was nice of Konami to add the soundtrack into the MGS1 package on the PSone, but it’s a shame they didn’t do it for the sequel as well.
I recently bought a new 3 disk special edition anime film called ‘Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade’; not only does it contain the film disk plus a disk of extras, but it also contains a 70minute+ film soundtrack. Although it cost a bit more than the regular version, it is a good package. (Plus if any of you like more serious anime films I recommend it). So the idea of adding a music soundtrack is cool, especially if the music is good, but I doubt whether many game or film companies would do it too often as they make lots of cash from selling the soundtracks separately.
Luckily for all Nintendo fans is that they get similar things now as the Gamecube takes disks, so extra bonus disks could be a possibility in the future. Rogue Leader has audio commentaries on levels, an art gallery and small making of documentary, and Luigi’s Mansion has a trailer of Pikmin on it. Though there’s not too much there, it’s a start.
It would be nice to have bonus disks with Mario Sunshine, and especially the new GC Zelda, because many people want to hear Shigeru Miyamoto’s views and ideas on how the title progressed from the realistic look to the shock decision to go with the brilliant new cel shaded look. It would be great to have an art gallery with Zelda showing all those all-important character designs to show how Link changed through the design phase.
So what extra features would we like to see in video games in the future?
Lets take dvds as the example; there are many different kinds of extra features on dvds that could transport into well into videogames, from storyboards of various cutscenes/action set-pieces, making of documentaries exploring the design and development of the game from the initial storyboards to the finished article, character design featurettes exploring how the designers came up the ideas for the hero & villain designs including fashions, characteristics, voice acting etc.
How about more CD-Rom content in games? I know that Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast had some pretty cool PC desktop wallpapers on the disk, so how about if more games had things like desktop wallpapers, sounds or themed desktops for your computer?
I’ve got shelf fulls of boring looking game boxes at home, so seeing as 99% of games come with the regular dull cases, how about more ‘special edition’ style packaging? I’ve got quite a few rather extravagantly packaged dvds with foldout cases, funky plastic sleeves, a metal tin with T2, interesting/quirky information booklets with films such as Fight Club & The Royal Tenenbaums. I’ve got another anime film called Princess Mononoke, which is a special edition version that has the film and also contains a 200+ page book focusing on the films creator and anime god, Hayao Miyazaki (the “Walt Disney of Japan” who is to anime what Shigeru Miyamoto is to games). It’s a great book and a nice accompaniment to the film, and that sort of thing could work with games too.
I think it would be interesting if games were jazzed up in this way.
So come on games companies, show a little imagination and give us extra features, jazzy packaging and special edition style features to make browsing the gameshop shelves a bit more interesting.
Dammit!! I had a post on this topic in the works, called 'Extras, Extras' (Read all about it!) *spoken in newspaper bloke voice*
Anyways, you beat me to it - good stuff.
:D
Anyways, you beat me to it - good stuff.
:D
I’ve had my much-treasured dvd player for about 3 years now, and in that time I have amassed a hoard of dvds and seen many fantastic movies (and a few naff ones). One of the big appeals of dvds is the fact that you can get special edition films that not only have the film, but also contain a shed load of extras, and there are many different types of special extra features; from audio commentaries with cast & crew, deleted scenes & outtakes, to various featurettes, trailers, and of course, animated menus and scene access ;)
So if like most people nowadays you are familiar with dvds you’ll know that one of the great features is all that bonus stuff you get, which gives extra longevity to the films, and now video games seem to be heading in a similar direction, which is absolutely great for the consumer.
There have been quite a few games that have been released and have been bundled with bonus documentaries, soundtracks, trailers, demos and more.
Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2 & Final Fantasy X are all prime examples of how games can be a feature laden package rather than just having a single game in the box.
All those above games are multi-disk sets that have a game disk and a disk of extras, which gives some good value for your money after you’ve finished the game.
The MGS2 documentary is absolutely brilliant, showing all the behind the scenes stuff from storyline ideas, character designs, motion capture actor footage, weapon design, discussions with Hideo Kojima etc.
One of the things I like about Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2 is the fine musical scores that accompany the action, and it was nice of Konami to add the soundtrack into the MGS1 package on the PSone, but it’s a shame they didn’t do it for the sequel as well.
I recently bought a new 3 disk special edition anime film called ‘Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade’; not only does it contain the film disk plus a disk of extras, but it also contains a 70minute+ film soundtrack. Although it cost a bit more than the regular version, it is a good package. (Plus if any of you like more serious anime films I recommend it). So the idea of adding a music soundtrack is cool, especially if the music is good, but I doubt whether many game or film companies would do it too often as they make lots of cash from selling the soundtracks separately.
Luckily for all Nintendo fans is that they get similar things now as the Gamecube takes disks, so extra bonus disks could be a possibility in the future. Rogue Leader has audio commentaries on levels, an art gallery and small making of documentary, and Luigi’s Mansion has a trailer of Pikmin on it. Though there’s not too much there, it’s a start.
It would be nice to have bonus disks with Mario Sunshine, and especially the new GC Zelda, because many people want to hear Shigeru Miyamoto’s views and ideas on how the title progressed from the realistic look to the shock decision to go with the brilliant new cel shaded look. It would be great to have an art gallery with Zelda showing all those all-important character designs to show how Link changed through the design phase.
So what extra features would we like to see in video games in the future?
Lets take dvds as the example; there are many different kinds of extra features on dvds that could transport into well into videogames, from storyboards of various cutscenes/action set-pieces, making of documentaries exploring the design and development of the game from the initial storyboards to the finished article, character design featurettes exploring how the designers came up the ideas for the hero & villain designs including fashions, characteristics, voice acting etc.
How about more CD-Rom content in games? I know that Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast had some pretty cool PC desktop wallpapers on the disk, so how about if more games had things like desktop wallpapers, sounds or themed desktops for your computer?
I’ve got shelf fulls of boring looking game boxes at home, so seeing as 99% of games come with the regular dull cases, how about more ‘special edition’ style packaging? I’ve got quite a few rather extravagantly packaged dvds with foldout cases, funky plastic sleeves, a metal tin with T2, interesting/quirky information booklets with films such as Fight Club & The Royal Tenenbaums. I’ve got another anime film called Princess Mononoke, which is a special edition version that has the film and also contains a 200+ page book focusing on the films creator and anime god, Hayao Miyazaki (the “Walt Disney of Japan” who is to anime what Shigeru Miyamoto is to games). It’s a great book and a nice accompaniment to the film, and that sort of thing could work with games too.
I think it would be interesting if games were jazzed up in this way.
So come on games companies, show a little imagination and give us extra features, jazzy packaging and special edition style features to make browsing the gameshop shelves a bit more interesting.
So if like most people nowadays you are familiar with dvds you’ll know that one of the great features is all that bonus stuff you get, which gives extra longevity to the films, and now video games seem to be heading in a similar direction, which is absolutely great for the consumer.
There have been quite a few games that have been released and have been bundled with bonus documentaries, soundtracks, trailers, demos and more.
Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2 & Final Fantasy X are all prime examples of how games can be a feature laden package rather than just having a single game in the box.
All those above games are multi-disk sets that have a game disk and a disk of extras, which gives some good value for your money after you’ve finished the game.
The MGS2 documentary is absolutely brilliant, showing all the behind the scenes stuff from storyline ideas, character designs, motion capture actor footage, weapon design, discussions with Hideo Kojima etc.
One of the things I like about Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2 is the fine musical scores that accompany the action, and it was nice of Konami to add the soundtrack into the MGS1 package on the PSone, but it’s a shame they didn’t do it for the sequel as well.
I recently bought a new 3 disk special edition anime film called ‘Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade’; not only does it contain the film disk plus a disk of extras, but it also contains a 70minute+ film soundtrack. Although it cost a bit more than the regular version, it is a good package. (Plus if any of you like more serious anime films I recommend it). So the idea of adding a music soundtrack is cool, especially if the music is good, but I doubt whether many game or film companies would do it too often as they make lots of cash from selling the soundtracks separately.
Luckily for all Nintendo fans is that they get similar things now as the Gamecube takes disks, so extra bonus disks could be a possibility in the future. Rogue Leader has audio commentaries on levels, an art gallery and small making of documentary, and Luigi’s Mansion has a trailer of Pikmin on it. Though there’s not too much there, it’s a start.
It would be nice to have bonus disks with Mario Sunshine, and especially the new GC Zelda, because many people want to hear Shigeru Miyamoto’s views and ideas on how the title progressed from the realistic look to the shock decision to go with the brilliant new cel shaded look. It would be great to have an art gallery with Zelda showing all those all-important character designs to show how Link changed through the design phase.
So what extra features would we like to see in video games in the future?
Lets take dvds as the example; there are many different kinds of extra features on dvds that could transport into well into videogames, from storyboards of various cutscenes/action set-pieces, making of documentaries exploring the design and development of the game from the initial storyboards to the finished article, character design featurettes exploring how the designers came up the ideas for the hero & villain designs including fashions, characteristics, voice acting etc.
How about more CD-Rom content in games? I know that Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast had some pretty cool PC desktop wallpapers on the disk, so how about if more games had things like desktop wallpapers, sounds or themed desktops for your computer?
I’ve got shelf fulls of boring looking game boxes at home, so seeing as 99% of games come with the regular dull cases, how about more ‘special edition’ style packaging? I’ve got quite a few rather extravagantly packaged dvds with foldout cases, funky plastic sleeves, a metal tin with T2, interesting/quirky information booklets with films such as Fight Club & The Royal Tenenbaums. I’ve got another anime film called Princess Mononoke, which is a special edition version that has the film and also contains a 200+ page book focusing on the films creator and anime god, Hayao Miyazaki (the “Walt Disney of Japan” who is to anime what Shigeru Miyamoto is to games). It’s a great book and a nice accompaniment to the film, and that sort of thing could work with games too.
I think it would be interesting if games were jazzed up in this way.
So come on games companies, show a little imagination and give us extra features, jazzy packaging and special edition style features to make browsing the gameshop shelves a bit more interesting.