The story of one character’s trip across the wastes…
Imagine for a moment – a book that writes itself. All you would need to be is that character, be placed in that world, have it be an interesting setting that you can interact with on many levels, and the ‘story’ would flow from that point. Fallout 3 is that ‘book’. Sure, you can follow the quests (whether main or side), but you don’t have to - there is tons to see and do aside from that. You might still stumble into the occasional quest that starts suddenly, but you can always back off – no one is forcing you do it, or even complete them.
I have played quite a bit of Fallout 3, and I suppose now is a good time for a review, although – maybe a bit late. I have also played Fallout 3 as a “good guy”, “bad gal” and a “neutral guy.” Bear in mind, I have had no experience with previous Fallout games, so I will not be making any sour whining noises about that, and how ‘it does not meet my sex fantasy expectations of what a dream game needs to be’ – blah, blah, blah.
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FPS games try to create “Artificial Intelligence” but, in general, do a very lousy job of faking the experience. Although F.E.A.R. goes farther than most, the main concept is still “creating the illusion of intelligence” (via sound cues) not by actually making an intelligence simulation.
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Source: 1Up.com
Like a screaming child who’s come to the realization that he’s not getting his way, Sony’s now resorted to calling the DS names. That’s right, folks, Sony’s own Phil Harrison, VP of development, has now resorted to calling the DS “a gimmick”. Well, Phil, maybe it’s a gimmick, but if it is, it’s a gimmick that’s kicking your ass.
What amazes me about these interviews and these incredibly arrogant statements from the Sony camp of late (apparently Kutaragi’s head-in-ass syndrome is spreading) is that it never comes down to them doing anything wrong, making any mistakes, failing to meet the needs of the audience. No, with Sony it always comes down to the calling of names and assertions that the competition isn’t as good or now, that they’re defining feature is a “gimmick”.
This, of course, brings up some other questions.
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Well, the PSP’s launch has now come and gone, and it appears that the little black box that everyone expected to explode onto the scene has, well, kind of limped onto the scene instead. According to the linked article at IGN, the reception of PSP appears to be mixed at best, with many retail employees and other readers writing in to report stocks of PSP’s, in some cases more than a hundred at a single store, just sitting there on the shelf.
Personally I don’t find this surprising in the least. or one thing, the pricing of the system is utterly absurd
at $249. For another thing, the bundle Sony decided to ship with the PSP is without a doubt the worst bundle ever. A demo disk with movies of games you could potentially play if you shell out another $50? Not a single playable demo? And on top of that they bundle in a UMD of a movie which, if you cared about it at all, you probably bought on DVD nearly a year ago anyway.
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The story of one character’s trip across the wastes…
