Comments on: Location, Location, Location (Part 2)

By: Dylan Holcomb

Dylan Holcomb — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:43:25 +0000

In the mappers point of view, (or at least my point of view) a limited location can be either a curse, or a blessing. With the right knowledge, you can probably pull off an entire mod in a set location, but when you do that you have to require on gameplay and other entertaining factors like the storyline to really pull off a nice mod. A game that comes to mind is, of course, Portal. The locations in Portal were interesting, but became somewhat tiresome throughout gameplay. But the aesthetics of Portal is not it’s main focus, the gameplay revolving around the ASHPD, coupled with the writing for GLaDOS is.

Everyone enjoys variety in mods/games/movies, but you there is a way to avoid it.

By: AI

AI — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:19:17 +0000

I didn’t think much of the demo of “BioShock”, BUT after I bought the game my thoughts have changed!! I’ve played thru it twice, with 2 outcomes! I enjoy the “inside close combat” and exploring everything feel! Ofcourse the retro time frame was great for me at my age! I think that’s why I enjoyed F.E.A.R. so much and am looking forward to F.E.A.R. 2 , Just DL’d the Demo! The HL2 series ahs been a ball for me also, lots of inside/outside action!!

By: Kyouryuu

Kyouryuu — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:50:44 +0000

And yet, you won’t play BioShock. Very strange. XP

Seriously, if you can do it right, having a game set in one location is a great thing to try. It’s not an easy thing to pull off. At worst, you’re accused of repetition, as was the case with FEAR’s infamous Armacham building. At best, you paint an amazing picture of an imaginary world that takes on a life of its own and is as much a character in the story as anyone else.

BioShock is probably one of the most recent exhaustive surveys on a single, fictitious location, the underwater realm of Rapture. There’s the Ishimura in Dead Space, the Von Braun in System Shock. Black Mesa in Half-Life 1 counts. The list goes on. I would even say that Vice City, despite its size, falls into this criteria since it is such a detailed study of 1980s Miami as seen through Miami Vice.

By: firba1

firba1 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:27:50 +0000

I’ve noticed this about myself somewhat as well. I enjoy movies with more locations (I loved Dark Knight), but I really like movies that only take place in one or a few locations. 12 Angry Men is one of my all time favorite movies. I really liked Rear Window and I really liked Reservoir Dogs. I don’t think that I like one more than the other, but I think that if a movie can be made in a small space like that, it really makes the movie more interesting.