Comments on: 7 Questions For 2007 Follow-up

By: Loke

Loke — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:29:03 +0000

It’s not like they’ve spent 10 years on the same game, nope.

By: Matt Glanville (CrowbarSka)

Matt Glanville (CrowbarSka) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:45:28 +0000

Their teaser video just reminds me in a way, of some girl flashing you. That, it’s at the point where it has gotten old. It’s no longer exciting, it’s just the same old undelivered promise.

Haha, fantastic analogy!
I agree with your comments though, and I think DNF had better be something REALLY special or it will be so disappointing. More so than if it had just been a bad sequel. With all this time spent on it you would think that SURELY they’ve cooked up something good… right?

By: Oopla

Oopla — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:11:47 +0000

I predict that 3Drealms will not get it’s marketing of DN4 correct.

Their teaser video just reminds me in a way, of some girl flashing you. That, it’s at the point where it has gotten old. It’s no longer exciting, it’s just the same old undelivered promise.

We gotta be shown something new. that teaser was just rendered CGI. Show me some game play, let someone have at a playable version. And not some paid(-off) “journalist” who will report everything 3Drealms says as fact.

I cannot see 3Drealms doing anything more than breaking even on the game. I am willing to honestly say that the game is probably done, and that now they are porting in to 360, Wii & PS3 to try to make enough money to break even.

The fact that they missed the Xmas season, may mean they hold off releasing it until November of next year.

DN4 is just the stuff of flame wars.

By: MikeS

MikeS — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:32:03 +0000

Well, in commercial terms at least, Crysis has been a failure, mainly, I suspect, because not enough people have high-end machines to run it properly. So maybe your wish for less focus on graphics will be granted, Phillip.

My wishes for 2008 are a HL2: Episode 3 package (including Portal 2, please) and Black Mesa. I’m not expecting either. Pessimist or realist? You decide. You can keep Duke Nukem Forever. Why anyone should be excited at the prospect of a sequel that’s lain dormant for a decade is beyond me. It’ll bear little comparison with the original.

By: Lizard

Lizard — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:02:06 +0000

I like free stuff. Practically everything on my computer runs on or is protected by free stuff. Free games. Free maps. But I tell you if Duke Nukem Forever ever comes out, I will buy it. No demo, no nothing. And I most always play the demo before buying a game.I found out I couldn’t play Farcry on my computer when I got the demo.I thought I could play anything because I had just got the computer.DNF will be like having a Van Gough or a Monet. Priceless. How many company’s have owned it? 2 that I know of. What other game has held peoples curiosity like DNF? I’ll bet there are young gamers out there that never even heard of it.

By: Ezequielhl

Ezequielhl — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:01:56 +0000

The plasmids in Bioshock are inspired in “Clive Barker’s Undying” spells … but you can use them at the sime time as your weapon (wich for me is funner but maybe for someone it will make things easier).

But with the technologies of 2001 and other innovation (you know, no real physics for example) I admit the Plasmids are better implemented than the Undying spells.

To bad for Undying: the game has an award for “best game no one played” 91/100.

By: Loke

Loke — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:12:38 +0000

Some people were expecting a 2001 trailer when in fact it only was a small teaser, no wonder they were disappointed.

By: Matt Glanville (CrowbarSka)

Matt Glanville (CrowbarSka) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:16:43 +0000

NoTryNoBuy… Catchier?

Was anyone else slightly disappointed by that DNF teaser? I don’t know… I think I expected something like the StarCraft 2 trailer and it didn’t live up to it (nothing can really, Blizzard are phenomenal when it comes to FMV).

By: darkstranger

darkstranger — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:15:11 +0000

BMS, Half-Life 2, Episode 1,2 and 3 Pack would be awesome

By: zeroth404

zeroth404 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:19:33 +0000

I second that No-Demo-No-Buy.com, though I’d leave out the hyphens.

Demos should be mandatory as demanded by gaming consumers.

By: Luke L

Luke L — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:49:31 +0000

Will there be a backlash against the super publishes (EA, Activision, Ubisoft) and a rise of smaller companies?

Will online content delivery actually become useful. Steam is good, but there’s no incentive to using that over buying a game elsewhere.

Will there be a convergence of platforms? UT3 on the PS3 is supposed to be able to run mods (eventually) bringing it into the PCs world. Will it succeed?

Just a few off the top of my head. Let’s hope it’s another great year for gamers.