THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: brawndolicious on February 05, 2007, 11:38:58 PM
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1551557/20070202/index.jhtml
And if some gamers are sold, Jones aims to ensure they stay sold. He wants to offer unspecified downloadable content over Xbox Live to expand the game. Jones expects players to use the game as a sandbox of destruction, that he already expects the game's Achievements to be a point of competitive pride and that he loves the YouTube videos already appearing of the game. So a potential candidate for new content is a video-capture tool that would let users record their exploits and share them with Xbox Live friends. "We could do that," Jones said. It can be added to the game after its release. "So once again, it comes down to timing, finding out if that's the kind of thing players would really love, that makes it viable."
"Crackdown" presents something of a full circle for Jones. Many of his old "GTA" mates are now working on the new version of that franchise at Rockstar North, a studio 60 miles away in Edinburgh. When he worked on the first "GTA," Jones' team had planned to let gamers play criminals or cops. "It was boring playing the police," Jones said. So they took it out. "When we were doing 'Crackdown,' it was like, if you're going to be some super-powerful guy that can take on hundreds of other people that just naturally fits the good guy. It's you against the odds, and that's always the good guy, isn't it?"
So this is the game's tale inside and out: an underdog's fight with a little help from a friend and some tricks up the super-powered sleeve. For Jones, though, there is an alternative. He could just make a good screenshot game next time. He could play it safe — maybe make a World War II first-person shooter? "No, there's plenty of those," he said. "Somebody's got to take risks."
Wow, fucking awesome. Fucking completely awesome. One of my new favorite studios, one the the funnest games ever, awesome.
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"unspecified" is what sold me.
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HALO 3 BETA
PLUS SHOOT PUSSY-ASS MINORITIES
PLUS BEAT GOOD COP-ASS DOWN
DLC WILL BE FUCK INFINITE GOOD, UNSPECIFIED GOOD
*CLIMAXES*
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This was confirmed in the Game Informer issue that first revealed the game....months ago.
Still awesome though. Why people are down on this game is beyond me; it looks way better than GTA
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Well I don't read gameinformer and sorry, but when you announce you plan to make DLC and even more similar sequels for one of the most addictive games of all time I'm going to orgasm.
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I think most people bitched that the demo gave too much away.
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If anything Crackdown is more evidence that the 360 is the way to go if you're main interest as a gamer is...you know...actual games rather than disk mediums. :punch
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back on topic:
I think most people bitched that the demo gave too much away.
well fuck yes, when there's nothing but shooting I want everything right away.
Plus it comes with Halo 3, what more could you ask for?