Showing posts with label gaming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gaming. Show all posts

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Fallout 4 trailer analysis: in-game artwork

I just commented the following on a YouTube video by TheNthApple. Thought I'd re-post here.

So at 1:58 in your video here, we see a Power Armor-wearing person rising up from a view inside the Vertibird. And this short piece of the trailer has always interested me—it displays several new art forms which will inhabit this new addition to the Fallout universe.

This... delicious-looking addition.

First you've got the Red Rocket (hilarious name in and of itself, with GTA-like levels of in-game history, e.g. 'Pay-n-Spray,' 'Burger Shot') sign, in a circular logo, screen right, with the word "GASOLINE" above it, and two other words I can't make out. An up

Second, you've got a poster on the lower left with the acronym "GNN," which may be Galaxy News Network, which may be how we experience Three Dog in-game—which MAY indicate that Fallout 4 takes place not too long after FO3, if he's still alive. However—Institute. Cyborgs. They could have prolonged his life somehow. He might be a robot Three Dog.

Third, you've got this awesome, sheik billboard with a "FALLON'S" logo in red, and a (to find this, I literally Googled, 'famous 80s artwork' and it was the first entry) Patrick Nagel-esque woman's face in black and white with a black slash going thru the whole thing. Very hip, very cool.

I hope Fallon's are goddam butchers or torturers or something. Going thru a clothing department store on a Fallout game would be suuuuper cool. Getting outfits?

Oh, and here's what I'm also looking forward to—enhanced character modification! Picking up outfits, designing faces, etc. Can I make a Nuka Girl pinup character w/o mods now??? CAN HER LACEY, THIN CLOTHES HAVE A HIGH ARMOR RATING?!?!

With the voiced main character—I think it'll help with player immersion. I've got a feeling Bethesda's going to do this right. Aaaand I think they've been working on this a long time, and it's like Zelda for Nintendo now—with a game this important—and this one is legendary—what a great time to be alive indeed, TheNthApple!—you don't want to cut any corners. Obsidian's lack of attention to the bugs will be a thing of the past—I guarantee it.

Could you imagine Bethesda being sloppy with this one? Do you think they actually want to make money, or lose money?

Thursday, May 29, 2014

The A.V. Club's review of Watch Dogs is amazing

Watch Dogs apparently does not overcome my least favorite modern gaming trope—that of being marketed towards 12-year-old white males.

Here is The A.V. Club's review of Watch Dogs that opened my eyes. Cool title, too: "Watch Dogs takes a great idea and bludgeons it with normality." Great writing, John Teti. I mean, you knocked it outta the park with this one.

As per usual, The A.V. Club comes out on top of this debate, writing intelligent article after intelligent article. And I'm really glad they're writing these articles, because the gaming industry is held by the balls of corporate interests ensuring that modern games do not rise above the maturity level of elementary schoolers.

Okay, let me rephrase that: Bethesda makes awesome stuff for adults. Nintendo makes really great stuff for kids that adults also love. Rockstar makes games for 12-year-old boys (with the exception of L.A. Noir). Capcom makes games for 12-year-old boys. Konami makes games for 12-year-old boys.

Chauvinism permeates all of it. It's a boys' club. A white boys' club (have you seen any major games feature non-white-male protagonists lately?).

With all the technology modern games run on, wouldn't it be nice if the writing could rise to the level of, for example, great cinema? You'd have complete marriage of aesthetics and concept. It would be so wonderful.

You know what I also think? Make Link a female in the next game, Nintendo! And make Zelda a prince that gets kidnapped!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Decrepit Usurper: Fallout 3 Evil Character Playthru

The Fallout series is groundbreaking. My favorite game series since Final Fantasy. I'm fucking itching for Fallout 4. Itching. Itchy. Tasty.

Resident Evil 6 going to black screen of death on my PS3. No good. Must get Capcom to fix. Have to play Fallout 3 now after kids go to bed.

Spoilers for those who haven't played follow.