Observing
This year Microsoft got its 5000th patent. Not for something boring like a piece of code but for their system of observing other games played online on the Xbox 360. Some games like CS : S already have a Deathcam, as it is charmingly known, that allows you to observe the game after you've died and until you respawn.
This is a great idea. WIth graphics getting ever better and gameplay more detailed, this is certainly a lot more interesting than lots of the stuff on TV like watching Generic Idiot #85 search for a house in Spain, or Deal or no Deal.
The same could still apply to older games. Half-life 1 won hundreds of game-of-the-year awards along with some even calling it the best game of all time. Years later it still holds up as an absoleutely stunning game. It had lip-sync and advanced in-game "cutscenes" while Goldeneye on the N64 had nothing more than text coming up at the bottom of the screen telling you what characters were saying. Half-life one would still be good to watch because some of the huge set-piece areas were so cool. Even if you could punch bullet holes in the sky.
But even older games wouldn't be as good. I can't see people watching Pacman for excitement : Repeat the phrase "Come on! Eat the ghost! Yeah! Woo next level!" for an idea.
It's similar to what Machinima is doing, like Red vs Blue and the 4-part F.E.A.R story P.A.N.I.C.S - People Acting Normal In Crazy-ass Situations. Go and watch it :
http://panics.roosterteeth.com/archive/
"Look at that! The walls are covered in blood!"
"Is it your blood?"
"Ofcourse it's not my blood! If it was my blood I'd be screaming 'Help I'm outta blood! Get me more blood!' "
This is a great idea. WIth graphics getting ever better and gameplay more detailed, this is certainly a lot more interesting than lots of the stuff on TV like watching Generic Idiot #85 search for a house in Spain, or Deal or no Deal.
The same could still apply to older games. Half-life 1 won hundreds of game-of-the-year awards along with some even calling it the best game of all time. Years later it still holds up as an absoleutely stunning game. It had lip-sync and advanced in-game "cutscenes" while Goldeneye on the N64 had nothing more than text coming up at the bottom of the screen telling you what characters were saying. Half-life one would still be good to watch because some of the huge set-piece areas were so cool. Even if you could punch bullet holes in the sky.
But even older games wouldn't be as good. I can't see people watching Pacman for excitement : Repeat the phrase "Come on! Eat the ghost! Yeah! Woo next level!" for an idea.
It's similar to what Machinima is doing, like Red vs Blue and the 4-part F.E.A.R story P.A.N.I.C.S - People Acting Normal In Crazy-ass Situations. Go and watch it :
http://panics.roosterteeth.com/archive/
"Look at that! The walls are covered in blood!"
"Is it your blood?"
"Ofcourse it's not my blood! If it was my blood I'd be screaming 'Help I'm outta blood! Get me more blood!' "
posted by Mkzrj at 10:54 am
3 Comments:
Halflife is indeed a brilliant game. And it would be rather fun to see played. As would Resi 4, but only if they got someone good to play them. Otherwise I would just get pissed off.
PEOPLE ACTING NORMAL IN CRAZY ASS SITUATIONS!!! Its pure class. And has given the whole world a valuable lesson in the art of choosing code words.
Oh. And there is a bonus first episode of PANICS on the FEAR DVD, should anyone want to see it. And yes, it is worth buying just for the video. Um... Well. Its not. But the game is good.
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