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I still personally don't get all the praise UC3 receives.
While the fundamentals work well enough, it didn't really do anything different from UC2 besides add plot holes and a way less engaging story.
I loved UC2 to death, but UC3 was just a letdown of massive proportions.
While the fundamentals work well enough, it didn't really do anything different from UC2 besides add plot holes and a way less engaging story.
I loved UC2 to death, but UC3 was just a letdown of massive proportions.
EDIT: while I know it pops up only once on this list, similar lists I see like this have it all over the place.
Anthony is wrong on Deus ex, so so wrong. If I hadn't played the original to death, I would've gave it a 9.5, but compared to the ambition of the original, it's a solid 8 (my second favorite game of the year!).
Anyway good shit, lot's of indie love as expected.
Anyway good shit, lot's of indie love as expected.
Its good to see every game I love somewhere in these lists.
Yup. Absolutely no omissions of any good games this year. Anything that isn't in these lists just didn't measure up.
Yup. Absolutely no omissions of any good games this year. Anything that isn't in these lists just didn't measure up.
In before two dozen commenters post "only one person even mentioned either Dark Souls or Skyrim, rabble rabble rabble"
@Jawmuncher: I think a lot of developers enjoy it because they understand how hard it is from programming perspective to create the set pieces from UC3. The sinking hip being one example. As a developer, you can only dream of doing that stuff, Naughty Dog actually did it.
I agree with Jaw in being puzzled by the love for UC3. It threw out alot of what made UC2 such an amazing game. What baffles me even more is how some say the single player is actually better than UC2. The humor and character interaction was stripped away, aiming was loose, lots of cheap deaths, so many plot holes.
I knew it wouldn't live up to UC2, that game was really something special, and I'm okay with that. But UC3 was two giant steps back, and I'm not just saying this because I played UC3 first, If I played UC3 first and then play UC2 I'd still say that UC2 is the significantly better game. Yes the game was really impressive, but it just wasn't that fun. Definitely the biggest gaming disappointment of the year for me.
I knew it wouldn't live up to UC2, that game was really something special, and I'm okay with that. But UC3 was two giant steps back, and I'm not just saying this because I played UC3 first, If I played UC3 first and then play UC2 I'd still say that UC2 is the significantly better game. Yes the game was really impressive, but it just wasn't that fun. Definitely the biggest gaming disappointment of the year for me.
Happy to see Rage getting a nod! I'm personally loving it, and it's way more than just the tech demo some wrote it off as.
To Scissors and Jaw.
I have no clue what you guys talk about, not at all. UC3 is a good game infact a great game. I loved the first one and the second game as for the third one I actually finished today. All that got me left to say is that I want a fourth one. Characters have their quirky moments, they do have some problems..its seems like they do have a soul. New places and so on.
The games leave me craving for more in an awesome way. This is a step forward for sure. Naughty dog will always be pushing forward.
I have no clue what you guys talk about, not at all. UC3 is a good game infact a great game. I loved the first one and the second game as for the third one I actually finished today. All that got me left to say is that I want a fourth one. Characters have their quirky moments, they do have some problems..its seems like they do have a soul. New places and so on.
The games leave me craving for more in an awesome way. This is a step forward for sure. Naughty dog will always be pushing forward.
wow, didn't think burch would dislike zelda that much, that leaves me skeptical; damn.
But those are some great choices none the less.
But those are some great choices none the less.
@Anthony
I forgive you for not liking Zelda. You don't even have to say you're sorry.
@Dtoid
Cool post. Industry perspectives, as they often seem immune to a lot of the hype and marketing, are always interesting to me.
I forgive you for not liking Zelda. You don't even have to say you're sorry.
@Dtoid
Cool post. Industry perspectives, as they often seem immune to a lot of the hype and marketing, are always interesting to me.
"wow, didn't think burch would dislike zelda that much, that leaves me skeptical; damn"
He gave twilight princess a 4 out of 10...
He gave twilight princess a 4 out of 10...
So glad to see Sword & Sorcery! That game is freaking RAD!
Not sure why everyone is hating on UC3 so much. It was a fine game. It may not have bested UC2, but I personally enjoyed it more than most other games.
Kind of sad to see that nobody cares too much about the ICO/SotC HD remake :(.
Not sure why everyone is hating on UC3 so much. It was a fine game. It may not have bested UC2, but I personally enjoyed it more than most other games.
Kind of sad to see that nobody cares too much about the ICO/SotC HD remake :(.
That must have been the face Burch made while he was playing Skyward Sword. Jackass. I guess someone had to remind us that there are developers who will never get onboard with motion controls. ~_~
I'm finding myself not loving Skyward Sword as well. It's sad but the zelda experience has grown stale.
I've gotta disagree with Anthony on Deus Ex. I played through all 3 of them this year and I still think the first is the best one. Maybe not with story or stealth, but it's resolutions and approaches to gameplay are far superior to the somewhat conventional Human Revolution.
ANTHONY BURCH! Wooooooo... It's odd that he is a game designer now, albeit he's still doing HAWP... He is, and always will be, the guy who constantly gets beaten by his sister.
Besides that, this was a very interesting and awesome article. My personal GotY would probably have to be Deus Ex: HR, and it's nice to see that so me devs liked it like I did.
Also, on a random tangent, personally, at first I thought Portal 2 lost much of it's flare from the original, but then I played it again and I loved it almost as much as the first. It's a strange thing.
Besides that, this was a very interesting and awesome article. My personal GotY would probably have to be Deus Ex: HR, and it's nice to see that so me devs liked it like I did.
Also, on a random tangent, personally, at first I thought Portal 2 lost much of it's flare from the original, but then I played it again and I loved it almost as much as the first. It's a strange thing.
Anthony Burch hates The Legend of Zelda now? Props for breaking from the rest of the industry, if for absolutely no other reason.
@Gamescook
^Burch implies he only played it for a few hours. Doesn't mean much to me. I'd say he's exaggerating his opinion. Get further and further into the game and it keeps giving, especially if you've loved other Zeldas or even Metroid games. Each dungeon is a lesson in pro-level design and smarter than nearly anything you'd see in most AAA games today. Portal 2 and Zelda both have extremely creative people on their development teams.
^Burch implies he only played it for a few hours. Doesn't mean much to me. I'd say he's exaggerating his opinion. Get further and further into the game and it keeps giving, especially if you've loved other Zeldas or even Metroid games. Each dungeon is a lesson in pro-level design and smarter than nearly anything you'd see in most AAA games today. Portal 2 and Zelda both have extremely creative people on their development teams.
"Anthony Burch hates The Legend of Zelda now?"
While I guess you can say he used to like Zelda, but he also gave twilight princess a 4, so it's not something to bring up with an agenda in mind. Also good to know were bringing in the coolness, hey you don't like something popular, you sure are cool and different, DERP.
While I guess you can say he used to like Zelda, but he also gave twilight princess a 4, so it's not something to bring up with an agenda in mind. Also good to know were bringing in the coolness, hey you don't like something popular, you sure are cool and different, DERP.
I like how at least one person/team on the list didn't quite understand the question.. Unless PAX is a new game no one told me about, and not just a convention (wasn't the only example of this, just the best one).
Also, I'm finally playing through Deus Ex now, and while I loved the first one and liked the second (from what I did play of it) I'm not seeing the appeal of this one. I went into it really believing I was going to be playing a game of the year contender -and it should be-, but the game doesn't really look as good as people say it does, with the voice acting and syncing being kinda terrible. The controls themselves are kinda of finicky, as is the enemy AI (at least on the hardest mode, which I'm playing for my first walk through for the achievement -Come at a guy to take him down the same way 3 times and he reacts differently all 3 times, that makes little sense). I get that we love Deus Ex is back but idk how much that love is clouding our judgement.
And that leads me to Burch's answers I guess, which while in the court of public opinion aren't wrong, they're still.. I don't know.. wonkey I guess. I don't know.
Saying "Duh" for Portal 2 when a lot of people took issue with some things (we did have a whole debate to the death that prominently featured Portal 2 in its gooey center just recently) is kind of a shitty answer when the dude obviously knows his opinion isn't king. Would have liked to know why it was on his list other then the obvious BS about Valve (we get it, they rock, if anyone disagrees there's got to be a very good reason -but seriously what makes each individual game good at this point is much more important then saying "Valve". I think even Gabe would agree with that somehow, and then say Piracy isn't an issue.)
As for what he said about Rayman, okay, it might be a good game and all but to say you hate an entire franchise based on 1 installment of a game (meaning what he said about Skyward Sword) has to be one of the dumber things said here. Lets just hope that's part of his mental crisis, I guess.
Also, I too agree with Jawmuncher.
Also, I'm finally playing through Deus Ex now, and while I loved the first one and liked the second (from what I did play of it) I'm not seeing the appeal of this one. I went into it really believing I was going to be playing a game of the year contender -and it should be-, but the game doesn't really look as good as people say it does, with the voice acting and syncing being kinda terrible. The controls themselves are kinda of finicky, as is the enemy AI (at least on the hardest mode, which I'm playing for my first walk through for the achievement -Come at a guy to take him down the same way 3 times and he reacts differently all 3 times, that makes little sense). I get that we love Deus Ex is back but idk how much that love is clouding our judgement.
And that leads me to Burch's answers I guess, which while in the court of public opinion aren't wrong, they're still.. I don't know.. wonkey I guess. I don't know.
Saying "Duh" for Portal 2 when a lot of people took issue with some things (we did have a whole debate to the death that prominently featured Portal 2 in its gooey center just recently) is kind of a shitty answer when the dude obviously knows his opinion isn't king. Would have liked to know why it was on his list other then the obvious BS about Valve (we get it, they rock, if anyone disagrees there's got to be a very good reason -but seriously what makes each individual game good at this point is much more important then saying "Valve". I think even Gabe would agree with that somehow, and then say Piracy isn't an issue.)
As for what he said about Rayman, okay, it might be a good game and all but to say you hate an entire franchise based on 1 installment of a game (meaning what he said about Skyward Sword) has to be one of the dumber things said here. Lets just hope that's part of his mental crisis, I guess.
Also, I too agree with Jawmuncher.
@BoomingEchoes if you read the intro of the post it says: we brought together some of our friends and favorite developers and asked them to gush about their five favorite games and videogame-related things of 2011.
So PAX is a "videogame-related things of 2011."
@DTOID great reading. One of the best things i´ve read on the blog in a while.
So PAX is a "videogame-related things of 2011."
@DTOID great reading. One of the best things i´ve read on the blog in a while.
@Xzianna
Pretty much. It just goes to show how Zelda can't win with these crazy people.
Twilight Princess gets a 4 out of 10 for not being different enough apparently, despite it going far beyond what most games do and only holding back because people wanted an OOT clone.
Skyward Sword gets ditched in a few hours for being too different.
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I never did like Burch's opinions, Arkham Asylum stealth is as shallow as it gets.
Pretty much. It just goes to show how Zelda can't win with these crazy people.
Twilight Princess gets a 4 out of 10 for not being different enough apparently, despite it going far beyond what most games do and only holding back because people wanted an OOT clone.
Skyward Sword gets ditched in a few hours for being too different.
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I never did like Burch's opinions, Arkham Asylum stealth is as shallow as it gets.
Really have to agree with all of Vlambeer's picks. Not in my top 5 this year, but they were ones that stood out (except for Rage, but just becasue I haven't played it yet). And lol, imagine Deep Sea with that Wii finger-pulse that they were throwing around as a prototype. Also, this reminds me, I gotta catch up on gaming. I feel so incredibly behind and my backlog keeps getting bigger and bigger. And with Bit.Trip Complete, XIII, and No One Lives Forever coming in the mail tomorrow, it looks as if its going to stay that way.
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