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but I don't like playing video games on mobile phones and tablets all that much. I only play those when i'm bored and not near a console. It's like going 'minesweeper will eventually replace consoles/pc games."
The game looks cool, but if they think that smartphones are outright replacing consoles, they clearly don't have a clue about the industry.
I like the sentiment here.
"iOS games are replacing consoles, except for that part where there are no mobile games that people want to play yet."
"iOS games are replacing consoles, except for that part where there are no mobile games that people want to play yet."
That Horn fella kinda reminds me of someone. I'm trying to think of another game where a young man sporting horns tries to save something from a curse, and coming up blank.
This game was revealed yesterday at a Zynga event. Horn is being released as part of a "Zynga Partners" program. Smacks of free-to-play. I'm staying highly cautious.
"I truly believe the bullshit coming out of my mouth and I am totally not reading a script...poorly."
Did anyone with any ties to this release actually watch this video after it was created or was the plan to just shit it out like the game?
Did anyone with any ties to this release actually watch this video after it was created or was the plan to just shit it out like the game?
There is a reason there aren't many action-adventure games on mobile platforms, most touch screen based controls are ass.
If you need more than 1 or 2 buttons at a time it's a clusterf&ck at best.
If you need more than 1 or 2 buttons at a time it's a clusterf&ck at best.
The developer dude in the video looks a bit like Brad Nicholson, weird.
Also, good luck to them, game looks interesting but... yeah, no.
Also, good luck to them, game looks interesting but... yeah, no.
I've done more gaming on the iPod than on anything else recently, and I'm currently looking to get an iPad/affordable tablet soon. However, I'm gonna wait a bit before declaring "DING DONG, THE WITCH IS DEAD! WHICH OLD WITCH? THE WICKED WITCH!!!!!"
Game looks alright but I have zero desire to play lengthy-battery-killing games on my phone or other mobile devices.
The new generation of gamers are spastics that prefer glorified versions of Snake to anything with a decent story which requires half a brain cell to comprehend. Fuck off with your play-for-five-minutes titles and get a real game.
I'm down with the mobile platform being a thing for the people who enjoy it. Alas, I derive no pleasure from touch screen controls. They confuse and infuriate me. I need a good, solid controller with logical button placement. So I sincerely hope that consoles are not on the way out. I dont think they are any time soon.
Game looks interesting, though.
Game looks interesting, though.
The Dark Meadow was a really solid game so I do have high hopes for this. The dev may be a little bit cocky but so was the man who put the iPad in our hands so maybe their game really is that good. For me personally, my interest in consoles died after the first computer I built and a ten inch tablet screen is not going to replace the setup I have anytime soon.
I come bearing a warm hearted chuckle and a "good job, nice try, we'll get em next time champ, etc, etc" pat on the back for the man who says touchscreen gaming will outdo physical control gaming any time soon.
@Andi - "The new generation of gamers are spastics that prefer glorified versions of Snake to anything with a decent story which requires half a brain cell to comprehend." Come now sir.
One could easily say that gamers that care about 'story' are pretentious psuedo-intellectuals who spout bollocks about wanting imagination, character and depth, and yet if they *really* gave a shit about any of these things they would devote their 40 hour chunks to reading, instead of varying flavours of kill simulator, and actually get them. In vast powerful quantities from minds that make even the development gods look like 5 year olds with boxes of crayons.
COULD, mind.
Who are we to judge?
One could easily say that gamers that care about 'story' are pretentious psuedo-intellectuals who spout bollocks about wanting imagination, character and depth, and yet if they *really* gave a shit about any of these things they would devote their 40 hour chunks to reading, instead of varying flavours of kill simulator, and actually get them. In vast powerful quantities from minds that make even the development gods look like 5 year olds with boxes of crayons.
COULD, mind.
Who are we to judge?
Tekbunny: I read that in the "YA SEE" voice, and I was actually drunk last night, could of died though.
If mobile is gonna replace anything it's portible gaming, but not consoles. That's just mr silly pants
wont happen, because touch screens are lame and the purpose of playing video games with a controller is to have CONTROL. and there will always be computers to play games on even if consoles die.
give it up , no one wants your crummy sticky stink finger screen smudging games.
give it up , no one wants your crummy sticky stink finger screen smudging games.
if "death" worked the same way with people as it does with the games industry we'd all be in the obituaries by the time we turned 20, regardless of the time we've actually spent alive
Step 1: Rip off console game ideas and style
Step 2: Throw almost no budget at it and sell for cheap
Step 3: Declare consoles dead
Step 2: Throw almost no budget at it and sell for cheap
Step 3: Declare consoles dead
I don't think I can take a game seriously that has the title 'Horn'. It just makes me think of a tacky flash sex game or something.
Thats about the most ignorant statement a developer who wants gamers to play his game can make. With all the rampant fanboyism for each particular console he's going to lose sales. Besides that, the very best video AAA game on a tablet or smartphone can't produce the experience that a AAA console title can. Is Angry Birds or Infinity Blade II even one hundredth as good as a Mario game? A Gears of War game? An amazing RPG like Skyrim or Diablo 3? The short answer is no. Tablet games can be fun but all they're basically just glorified mini games. If I want that I'll buy a Wii.
@Andi - "The new generation of gamers are spastics that prefer glorified versions of Snake to anything with a decent story which requires half a brain cell to comprehend."
Or maybe the new generation of gamers is more like the 8-bit generation of gamers where story wasn't important. ALL games used to be very much pick up and play. Nowaday's it seems most everything has to have an epic story and an RPG progression system. Why can't games just be fun, silly nonsense anymore (At least Suda gets this). If anything, mobile gaming is a return to form.
All you button lovers need to stop fretting. Smartphones and tablets can already stream their display to TV's. Apple has already made moves to make that feature standard across all devices. An official bluetooth controller IS coming, Apple would be stupid to ignore that market and Apple is anything but stupid. Mobile devices will become portable consoles... it's already happening, it's only a matter of time.
Or maybe the new generation of gamers is more like the 8-bit generation of gamers where story wasn't important. ALL games used to be very much pick up and play. Nowaday's it seems most everything has to have an epic story and an RPG progression system. Why can't games just be fun, silly nonsense anymore (At least Suda gets this). If anything, mobile gaming is a return to form.
All you button lovers need to stop fretting. Smartphones and tablets can already stream their display to TV's. Apple has already made moves to make that feature standard across all devices. An official bluetooth controller IS coming, Apple would be stupid to ignore that market and Apple is anything but stupid. Mobile devices will become portable consoles... it's already happening, it's only a matter of time.
Ehh, until we get to the point with morphing touchscreens that can create "buttons" so I can actually play the fucking games, I'm gonna go ahead and keep passing on mobile gaming.
It's great when I find a simple game to pass the time here and there, but rarely do I ever go back to those games, nor does that make me want to continue the impossible search of finding a good game with good controls.
It's great when I find a simple game to pass the time here and there, but rarely do I ever go back to those games, nor does that make me want to continue the impossible search of finding a good game with good controls.
When Bluetooth controllers happen, than I will play these games. I like analogue and I like buttons.
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