Pretentious? Well I never played "braid" with that word in my head! I had other issues with it. Here is what I wrote about it a while ago :
" If you read the reviews for this game you might be forgiven for thinking that God himself had descended from the skies and possessed game designer Jonathan Blow’s brain for a while such was the praise and adoring worship of the game and its design. I’m not disputing its quality but, as a puzzle game, it falls into a few design traps.
For instance, it doesn’t attempt to address or adapt to the player’s intelligence or patience at anytime so, unless you possess a lot of patience, have an above average IQ and have a lot of spare time on your hands, you are likely to become very frustrated and annoyed before the game is even 50% complete. There is no hint or help system in place or player customisation to guide you through the mundane tasks of experimentation so if you get stuck, too bad!
I heard there was a fantastic and original ending: too bad that I won’t get to see it because I am obviously not patient or intelligent enough. For the chosen "few" who reached the end, well done: I don’t mind looking up to you but perhaps you could warn me to stay away next time before I fork out the money? "
I think it should be noted that vice city stories , in my opinion of course, utterly failed to deliver the goods : the missions were frustrating and difficult and were made even harder by the poor and inaccurate controls that made shooting your enemies a hit and miss affair. Added to that , Rockstar still insisted on taking away all weapons and armour when the player died rather than asking "retry mission y/n?"
Also, not Rockstars fault but Sony's, I cant think of any game more in need of a right stick camera than gta and the psp doesnt have one!
How much this explains a 60% decrease in sales, however, i obviously cant tell you!
wouldn't it be better to make some good games first before they go off and conquer new territories? i am sure middle east people have better judgement than to spend their "large disposable incomes" on tomb raider and kane and lynch?
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Pretentious? Well I never played "braid" with that word in my head! I had other issues with it. Here is what I wrote about it a while ago :
" If you read the reviews for this game you might be forgiven for thinking that God himself had descended from the skies and possessed game designer Jonathan Blow’s brain for a while such was the praise and adoring worship of the game and its design. I’m not disputing its quality but, as a puzzle game, it falls into a few design traps.
For instance, it doesn’t attempt to address or adapt to the player’s intelligence or patience at anytime so, unless you possess a lot of patience, have an above average IQ and have a lot of spare time on your hands, you are likely to become very frustrated and annoyed before the game is even 50% complete. There is no hint or help system in place or player customisation to guide you through the mundane tasks of experimentation so if you get stuck, too bad!
I heard there was a fantastic and original ending: too bad that I won’t get to see it because I am obviously not patient or intelligent enough. For the chosen "few" who reached the end, well done: I don’t mind looking up to you but perhaps you could warn me to stay away next time before I fork out the money? "
I think it should be noted that vice city stories , in my opinion of course, utterly failed to deliver the goods : the missions were frustrating and difficult and were made even harder by the poor and inaccurate controls that made shooting your enemies a hit and miss affair. Added to that , Rockstar still insisted on taking away all weapons and armour when the player died rather than asking "retry mission y/n?"
Also, not Rockstars fault but Sony's, I cant think of any game more in need of a right stick camera than gta and the psp doesnt have one!
How much this explains a 60% decrease in sales, however, i obviously cant tell you!
wouldn't it be better to make some good games first before they go off and conquer new territories? i am sure middle east people have better judgement than to spend their "large disposable incomes" on tomb raider and kane and lynch?
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