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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / May 2004a differant take on HL2
http://www.firingsquad.com/features/e3_2004_part_3/page4.asp refreshingly differant from the usual ass-kissing journos. of course only time and playing it oneself will tell whether HL2 is the goods or not. DiffErEnt son, diffErEnt > http://www.firingsquad.com/features/e3_2004_part_3/page4.asp > refreshingly differant from the usual ass-kissing journos. > of course only time and playing it oneself will tell whether HL2 is > the goods or not. > DiffErEnt son, diffErEnt Different, my boy, different. -- David davidfirewater(a)hotmail.com > http://www.firingsquad.com/features/e3_2004_part_3/page4.asp > refreshingly differant from the usual ass-kissing journos. > of course only time and playing it oneself will tell whether HL2 is > the goods or not. Different, I suppose, but not particularly insightful. "It's not that Valve has ever stated 'wow, check out our destructible environments'. Yet they do go out of their way to show an image of the game that is completely idealized." Well, pardon my language, but no sh.t, Sherlock. Is this different from any other game company promoting their own game, or for that matter, any other kind of company at all, promoting their product? He then goes on to say that very thing, making his own point moot. That's a strange way to argue a position, in my opinion. Since Valve hasn't claimed that Half-Life 2 is filled with destructible environments, I don't think it's a valid criticism to state that the game may not have destructible environments. This article is a prime example of why "different" doesn't necessarily equal "better". Mike >>http://www.firingsquad.com/features/e3_2004_part_3/page4.asp >>refreshingly differant from the usual ass-kissing journos. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > goes on to say that very thing, making his own point moot. That's a strange > way to argue a position, in my opinion. Not just games - Most blockbuster movie adverts would have you believe that their film is full of red-hot oneliners, explosive action and gripping chase scenes. The general idea is that the audience sees the advert and instantly wants to know more. the audience aren't dumb - they 'know' that what they are seeing are the best bits, but the idea of the taster is to suggest "Well if this is what they are capable of, what is the rest of it like?", to encourage people to let their curiousity get the better of them, knowing that there might be other good bits that they haven't seen in the trailer.  SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 > the audience aren't dumb - they 'know' that what they are seeing are the > best bits, but the idea of the taster is to suggest "Well if this is > what they are capable of, what is the rest of it like?", to encourage > people to let their curiousity get the better of them, knowing that > there might be other good bits that they haven't seen in the trailer. Some trailers imply that there might be other good bits, but with others you know with absolute certainty that you've seen everything the movie has to offer ;) -- Paul |
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