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Holy crap! Having read up on this game (completely stayed off my radar) I see that it's loosely based on Journey to the West, one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature, that also served as the basis for this:
If you are of a certain age you will realise why this has blown my mind. This is the closest thing to a 'Monkey Magic' game I think I'll ever get, for this reason alone future purchase is confirmed!
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Think it was on the other BFBC2 thread that I mentioned this before. Well, after a visit to my local optician yesteday, I found out that I have virtually perfect vision and no retinal damage (which was pretty cool looking at scanned images of my retina).
Ignoring the idea that I have either mild epilepsy or a tumour in my head, I may just be sensitive to glare and/or blue light. This has always been easily combated when outside, polaroid sunglasses do the trick nicely but I do feel a bit of a prat on overcast days (when there's a strong glare to the sky).
Anyway, wearing sunglasses is a small price to pay for not getting a whopper of a headache and having to sit in a dark room for several hours. However, not so easily remedied when sitting at my pc/laptop or console was bringing on similar symptoms: tired, itchy or dry eyes, soreness and/or headaches.
So after much web thrawling, thanks google, I've decided to invest in a set of Gunnar Optiks - eSport PPK glasses. I ordered them from ebay last night. I made the retailer an offer of $70 for them with $9 delivery, which worked out at €60 including delivery and he accepted. God knows how long they'll take to arrive from the US mail service.
I'm not convinced these glasses will do everything they claim to but for €60, I willing to give it a shot. Besides, my girlfriend understands that I can be in a lot of discomfort and has promised not to dump me due to wearing them, she even picked out the style of frame for me.
On a positive note about the glasses, the general feedback from reviewers is good. They always seem skeptical at first but nearly always seem to be won over by them. Regardless, within a short time I'll be able to give my own review.
here's a link to them: http://www.gunnars.com/remix/esport_ppk.php#0 -
just a question for all of ye. Do any of ye think XBL kills alot of good story mode games and leaves them sitting there unplayed?
Been giving this some thought for the last few hours coffees.
I don't think XBL has killed off a lot of good story mode games. Let's face it, the vast majority of story mode games, in the past, were sub-par. Obviously, there's always little gems like Oblivion, Fable, Splinter Cell, Fallout and such but for the most part, the games were linear, boring and probably under budgetted/developed to begin with.
So, with more emphasis on multiplayer games, story-type/off-line games will have to up their quality in order to compete in the market place. For example, currently, I have over 450 hours pumped into BFBC2 multiplayer and it seems like I haven't stopped yet. Value for money-wise, that's around 12 cent per hour. However, take your average story-mode only game and you're probably talking about 8-30 hours to complete and generally with limited replay appeal.
To compete against the likes of Halo, CoD and BF which are widely recognised as being bought for the multiplayer aspect, story-mode games need to become a special experience in order to justify their higher value-for-money rate. The bar has been raised in the industry by games like AC2, Fallout 3, Batman AA and of course recently, Alan Wake, so expect the next wave of story-type games to be absolutely excellent.
I believe it's only a natural progression of the gaming industry to merge with Hollywood more and more over the coming years. In the not-too-distant future, I see games and movies merging into a seemless enity where the viewer will take a far more active role within the movies they are watching. That is eventually where I see the story-mode type game evolving into something far more than just a videogame but a fully immersive media experience.
So, in short, I believe that multiplayer games are having an impact on the gaming industry. It'll push below-par games out of the market place and we'll probably end up with fair less games but of a much higher quality.
However, Garv, you're still going to have to drag yourself away from that multiplayer in order to play them
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mlindsay215 wrote: »In regards to moose's essay, I think MoH might be the only game I've played in a long time that will have good campaign mode & multiplayer (I seriously hope so anyway).
Fingers crossed.
Hey, Garv asked the question and nobody else was answering him... and I didn't know how to answer the question with a simple yes or no... hence the essay
Hopefully, MoH will have a decent campaign (probably 7-10 hours worth) but it doesn't really matter, it's Dice's multiplayer that is really going to sell the game. In fact, I wonder, if it was only released with a multiplayer mode, would everyone still buy it?0 -
TheMooseInNam wrote: »Hey, Garv asked the question and nobody else was answering him... and I didn't know how to answer the question with a simple yes or no... hence the essay
Hopefully, MoH will have a decent campaign (probably 7-10 hours worth) but it doesn't really matter, it's Dice's multiplayer that is really going to sell the game. In fact, I wonder, if it was only released with a multiplayer mode, would everyone still buy it?
people that dont have XBL wouldnt obviously
:p
i saw ur comment and thought oh god. but luckily before i read it i saw u put a shortened summed up paragraph at the end so thats all i had to read:D:p0 -
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