Comments on: Editorial: Riddles’ (Very Late) 2011 Year-in-Review

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:11:00 +0000

Dead Space 2 was a decent game – but giving Isaac a voice has ruined its immersion some ..

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:20:00 +0000

@Mel: Riddles’ opinions notwithstanding, your position is the one I have heard everywhere else.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:20:00 +0000

@Mel: Riddles’ opinions notwithstanding, your position is the one I have heard everywhere else.

By: Ethos

Ethos — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:36:00 +0000

Well that whole franchise has been miserable for ages (for the most part). I’m talking direct sequels.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:29:00 +0000

I agree with Oliver about Uncharted 3, but I totally disagree about Dead Space 2. The story was….a mess in my opinion, and the fall off of the scare factor was bad in Dead Space 1, but SO much worse in Dead Space 2. Plus the absolute thrown-in-by-a-B-team multiplayer mode. It was like Left 4 Dead’s multiplayer but copied by someone who didn’t like Left 4 Dead.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:19:00 +0000

Even better:

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:17:00 +0000

What is the point of dialogue options if you know the results of every option beforehand?

One might as well remove the dialogue and just list the rewards:

“So you’re Mr. Shepherd? It’s a pleasure to meet you at last.”
- Money
- Experience
- Reputation

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:14:00 +0000

“siliconnoob - I understood that to mean that the dialogue tree made it EXTREMELY clear what the results of every response would (or should) be prior to making those choices.”

That is also what I understood it to mean, which sounds like an unambiguously good thing.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:11:00 +0000

@Etho_Star:disqus - Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

By: Etho_Star

Etho_Star — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:08:00 +0000

Yeah, I can’t think of a sequel that was a bigger let-down.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:07:00 +0000

@Etho_Star:disqus - That is stupid.

By: Etho_Star

Etho_Star — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:02:00 +0000

Yeah, there were over 10 icons with specific definitions.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:55:00 +0000

@SiliconNooB:disqus - I understood that to mean that the dialogue tree made it EXTREMELY clear what the results of every response would (or should) be prior to making those choices.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:50:00 +0000

@RBK: You really should. It’s not very expensive, but it is an exploration-platformer in the style of Super Metroid, but with amazing and crisp modern graphics.

By: RootBeerKing

RootBeerKing — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:35:00 +0000

Oh wow, I had no idea Outland existed! That game looks totally up my alley. I may have to check it out sometime when I have the money.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:24:00 +0000

Your next post you should follow up with “The Year in Review: 2010″ !

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:19:00 +0000

“But it was the smaller things that really got to me. … A dialog tree that specifically implied the exact nature of my responses?”

I don’t follow. You would have liked to have had less control over your character’s dialogue responses?

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:09:00 +0000

This is late!

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:09:00 +0000

Also, I have to say that the first paragraph of this post may be my favourite first paragraph of any post ever written at this site: and also, one of the most true.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:02:00 +0000

For my money, Outland was one of the best values of 2011. Classic gameplay in a modern guise: thoroughly fantastic.