L4D2: a sensible update

Posted by Messiah Complex On Wednesday, July 28, 2010 0 comments

The change-log, via Steam News:

Addons
+ Client's custom HUDs will be reloaded when changing between Official and Non-official servers.

GamePlay
+ Bullets that first pass through an infected character before striking a Survivor are now ignored as friendly fire.
+ Fix for survivors speaking The Passing Finale lines in other campaigns.

Versus
+ Charger now receives 300 points for any Survivor that is insta-killed.
+ Charger now receives 100 points for any Survivor that is insta-incapped by a charge.
+ Any infected that causes a Survivor to stumble into a "ledge hang" situation will receive 50 points.

Tank
+ Tanks go into a stasis when they spawn and leave stasis when the human player takes over.
+ Tanks in stasis are invisible but still show a glow to the infected team.
+ Tanks do not attack when they are in stasis.
+ Tanks in stasis cannot be set on fire or damaged.

SDK Tools
+ Fixed crash whenever a VMT was loaded in L4D2 tools mode.

Evening news

Posted by Messiah Complex On Monday, July 26, 2010 0 comments








Alien Swarm - first person

Posted by Messiah Complex On Friday, July 23, 2010 2 comments

Console commands:

firstperson
asw_hide_marine 1
asw_controls 0

Starcraft 2 trailer

Posted by Messiah Complex On Thursday, July 22, 2010 1 comments

For some of you, July 27 will be like the Superbowl, the Rapture, and your first eleven sexual experiences all rolled into one.

Is any rating system worth a damn?

Posted by Messiah Complex On Wednesday, July 07, 2010 0 comments

BitMob put up an interesting article by Suriel Vazquez yesterday entitled, "Avoiding the 7-9 Scale: An Exercise in Different Review Scales."  It discusses a variety of scoring systems professional game reviewers use to rate games, and some of the strengths and weaknesses of each.  Given the ridiculous (and mostly arbitrary, and totally overblown) power of the Metacritic score, it's a worthwhile discussion.  

The author has concluded that, to better serve his readers, he needs to use some kind of scoring system himself:
I'm not exactly in the position to demand that sort of attention from my readers, either. I'm a relative amateur in the field of video game writing, so I must make concessions to the reader before I can expect them to trust or relate to my point of view. Rather than being a crutch, review scores are a way to hold myself accountable. My text and score should more or less match -- with a certain amount of wiggle room for interpretation -- and if they don't, then it's because of my failure to properly articulate my thoughts. I need something to keep my writing in check; otherwise, I focus on nitpicks and make a review take on a different tone than I intended it to.
I like your attitude, Mr. Vazquez.  My two cents (originally posted in the article's comments section) are below the fold.

Read More

Bad Company 2: that's it for the maps

Posted by Messiah Complex On Wednesday, July 07, 2010 0 comments

Battlefield Community Manager "zh1nt0" has a post up on the UK forums that answers a number of questions posed by the forum dwellers.  Among them:  "4- does DICE plans to release any new maps at all? and when?"  

This is his answer:
DICE is releasing map packs with new game modes on already existing maps. Vietnam will bring new maps to Bad Company 2
So there you have it.  If you want new maps, you'll have to buy a new game.  Or rather, the same game, re-skinned, with different maps.

I've said elsewhere that I'm expecting that Medal of Honor will only release with around six multiplayer maps.  DICE is doing the MP side of that game, along with BC2: Viet Nam.  I probably would have anyway, but with this news, I'm definitely cancelling my pre-order. 

Today.

Bulletstorm Director Commentary

Posted by Messiah Complex On Saturday, July 03, 2010 0 comments

Too many "serious" games on the market.  Let's have some fun:

Blacklight: Tango Down - Game Modes Trailer

Posted by Messiah Complex On Saturday, July 03, 2010 0 comments

Rumor has it this game is only going to cost $15.

"That man had a family."

Posted by Messiah Complex On Tuesday, June 15, 2010 0 comments

The footage is of Ghost Recon:  Future Soldier.  The third-person viewpoint really highlights the absence of mo-cap.  Between that, the chunky transitions between the third- and first-person views, the low-res model skins, the bland textures, and the (apparent) absence of volumetric lighting, I can only hope this is an alpha build:

Medal of Honor MP details

Posted by Messiah Complex On Tuesday, June 15, 2010 0 comments

An interview with producer Patrick Liu.  It sounds like MoH is a bit more focused:  less on novelties, more on the actual combat.  We'll see:

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)