Felix Lighter
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The Giant Bomb Quick Look Thread 2
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
wolfmat
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It's more of a joke, really. But the mirror and the camera phone would be fixed to the Vita, which would mean you could move the thing around and stuff. But it would be heavy. Also, you'd probably have to even out weight so that it balances well.
In practice though, the footage would be shaky because the supports would have to be too heavy to not vibrate upon movement, and the parallax would reduce image quality (seeing as the mirror is tilted towards the screen).
It's not a feasible solution, all in all. What's feasible is grabbing the video signal from the cable to the screen, but I assume that the protocol is unknown. And you probably can't trivially open the cables and solder stuff onto them. So Sony needs to step their game up, let houses send in their Vita on request, split the cable, add a repeater for voltage, and a chip that translates the signal to something that makes sense, like HDMI.
Edit: On the other hand, back in the 80s, screenshots were made with cameras fixed to monitors and shit (and I would assume footage as well). So get on it, dudes. Hahaa
BobTheFork
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It looks great, although I will miss the art style (non polygon portions) of the first two games. Their comment about the length of the game did have me thinking. It really looks like it took a long time to get to the end of the docks area only because there were just so many battles to fight. The other games were not as long but it felt like they may have just upped the levels needed and the enemy encounters to make it longer.
I would really like to wait for this to hit the ps3 but I may get it from steam so I can play it.
I should be doing hw
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That was my problem with it, although, to me, their laughter just seemed really forced.
chickdigger802
Banned
The thing that impressed me the most about that Pennyarcade quicklook was that the bad guy sprites actually animated!
The baddy sprites in the snes FF games were beautiful but ultimately just a 'portrait'.
And I maybe cheap, but some of the writing gave me a chuckle.
The baddy sprites in the snes FF games were beautiful but ultimately just a 'portrait'.
And I maybe cheap, but some of the writing gave me a chuckle.
Keyser Soze
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Quick Look: Quantum Conundrum (Fluffy Vinny/Ryan 42:55)
No spell animations, though.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I gotta agree that the forced movement platforming part looked pretty iffy.
Keyser Soze
Member
TUROK!
In a few games its total bunk, but yeah i agree. The platforming around cubes to get extra upgrades was one of my favorite things in Tron 2.0
SteveWinwood
Member
Only Mirror's Edge has done that shit right. Shitcakes in every other FPS I've played.
Half Life 1/2?
SteveWinwood
Member
I wouldn't call it shitcakes but it's not that great. It's competent at best.
Mirrors edge and metroid prime are the only ones for me that are actually really good.
RomanticHeroX
Member
Jumping Flash showed the world how to do it right nearly two decades ago. Sadly no one was paying attention.
Rocket Jumping and surfing is a form of FPS platforming.
Therefore it is fun.
There have been plenty of games that have added FPS platforming that are good.
They are elements to mix up game play and I enjoy it.
Metroid Prime? Sure. I thought it was a nice touch that they'd angle the camera downwards a bit when jumping to help you land in the right spot.
Mirror's Edge though? Fuck that game. Seriously the most frustrating game I've played in the last decade. Probably feels great when you've learned the levels and there's some flow to it, but on my first playthrough I just couldn't stop dying.
Jumping around Xen in Half-Life sucked.
Keyser Soze
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shadyspace
Banned
That bedroom sequence was tense. goddamn.
I loathed the platforming stuff in HL1. I don't remember there being much of it in HL2.
It was the worst part of the game. It was the big caveat about the game in reviews.
StevePharma
Member
Although not truly an FPS Metroid Prime did it the best.
That little downward camera shift during your jump...
That's how you do it.
Nonetheless, it's an old sentiment, and one that's been adopted in most FPS' game design these days. Jumping was also the worst part of many third person games of the time, like Alice, or Max Payne.
matrix-cat
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Four full minutes of menu screen/not touching the controls at the beginning. Yep, Ryan's driving.
EDIT - QC sorta looks like the worst aspects of Portal, lots of finicky physics-based stuff and first-person platforming, but I can't tell whether the puzzling makes up for it. I was interested in the middle of the video, but by the end not so much.
Quantum Conundrum didn't seem all that appealing to me. The setting didn't have much of a personality, the puns were terrible (whether they were intentionally terrible or not doesn't really matter), and the puzzles seemed to present too many "put this box HERE" scenarios for my liking.
Of course, the Quick Look only shows a slice of the game, and it might be more fun to actually play than it is to watch. I'm going to watch for impressions here and read a few reviews. There's definitely room for more puzzle games like this in the marketplace, and I'm surprised to see so few developers going after a slice of Portal's success.
Of course, the Quick Look only shows a slice of the game, and it might be more fun to actually play than it is to watch. I'm going to watch for impressions here and read a few reviews. There's definitely room for more puzzle games like this in the marketplace, and I'm surprised to see so few developers going after a slice of Portal's success.
slaughterking
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Walking around in a 3D enviroment to push buttons, and place blocks, and do physics-y stuff to solve puzzles is kinda tedious and shit. I could stomach that in Portal because of its brilliant design, but Quantum Conundrum is completely off putting to me. I would rather play Picross or something like that if I want a little brain teaser.
4 minutes in:
Vinny - "OK, show me what the hell you're talking about. Limbo, that's all I got".
Seriously. Thank you Vinny, I was falling asleep.
This game is fantastic.
Quick Look: Resonance (Caravella, Davis | 32:49)
Global mayhem? Monsters? Whatever's going on in this adventure game, Vinny and Ryan have work to do
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Man, I got motion sickness watching the Quantum Conundrum QL. I'm not sure why that is, because I'm usually okay when they play FPSes.
Quick Look: Resonance (Caravella, Davis | 32:49)
Global mayhem? Monsters? Whatever's going on in this adventure game, Vinny and Ryan have work to do
Game looks cool but man those voice overs...argh. The main guy actually sound like Drew lol.
Edit: Holy shit the bedroom scene!
So I was looking at a video of Deadlight on Gametrailers.com and had this weird flash back. I'm pretty sure GB did a quick look EX with a developer of a similar 2D game (3D graphics) that had a very similar playstyle and graphics were similar. Yet there is no quick look for Deadlight and I'm pretty sure the quick look I'm talking about had no zombies or anything.
What was it? GOD DAMN.
PS. Even if it wasn't on GB, what other similar games have been released this year?
What was it? GOD DAMN.
PS. Even if it wasn't on GB, what other similar games have been released this year?
Felix Lighter
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Was it War of the Worlds or something like that?
Edit:
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-ex-the-war-of-the-worlds/17-5099/