A Paladin Blog Postings V3.0...

KingIsaacLinksr · January 19, 2013, 02:41:54 PM

And I'm back. With permission, I've opened a new thread about the stuff I publish on the Interwebs. I haven't done much since I left for vacation and life got all sorts of unfun, but lately I've gotten back to it so I'm keeping myself busy now.

Published my thoughts on the 4th batch of Greenlight games that were approved earlier this week.
http://kingisaaclinksr.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/kings-greenlight-musing-on-the-fourth-batch-of-games-approved/

I also published a trailer for the next Let's Play I'm going to putting up on my YouTube channel soon, "Cthulhu Saves the World".

[embed=425,349]http://youtu.be/IOC07cOyZos[/embed]

Enjoy!

KingIsaacLinksr · January 30, 2013, 12:59:46 AM

Doing a Portal 2 Co-Op series with my and a few other peoples' here's friend, Gareth Edwards soon. We'll be exploring the co-op campaign of the game as well as puzzles found in the Steam Workshop. I put together a trailer for it and we'll be starting it up soon.

[embed=425,349]http://youtu.be/VVdU73bMzGc[/embed]

Blogging wise, I've been busy and I've only been publishing the random Personal Musing, so I'll link the latest here while I'm here: King's Personal Musing 1/29/13: Portal 2 Co-Op Series, iPads and MS's Surface Cost Too Much and more...

I talk about schoolwork lately, some notes about the blog and a bunch of other stuff.

http://kingisaaclinksr.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/kings-personal-musing-12913-portal-2-co-op-series-ipads-and-mss-surface-cost-too-much-and-more/

Enjoy!

Dangelus · January 30, 2013, 01:25:07 AM

Sounds interesting :-)

Jobydrone · January 30, 2013, 04:32:14 AM

Thanks Tim, I'm out doing field work till Friday but I'll check it out then.

KingIsaacLinksr · February 14, 2013, 05:33:45 PM

Happy Valentines Day from A Paladin Without A Crusade...!

College has been pretty rough so I haven't done much for the past couple of weeks, but here is what I have put out: (these are playlists)
An episode of Portal 2:
[embed=425,349]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWW7PUzWb8&feature=share&list=PLNshVYBDrnPKiNYBQMOOKYQvXPxhlfwdZ[/embed]

and two episodes of Cthulhu Saves the World:
[embed=425,349]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHwoSlOiL-4&feature=share&list=PLNshVYBDrnPL2YD-XXHuvZ4rxEYg5qCpS[/embed]

The blog has had intermittent Personal Musings published but nothing of much significance. As I said, rough times at college has delayed posts that should have been done by now so, yeah. My life. =\. You can check out the latest posts here: www.kingisaaclinksr.wordpress.com

Enjoy

Bryancd · February 15, 2013, 07:29:09 AM

Hey, I am going to order up ALIENS-Colonial Marines and start playing this weekend. I'll let you know what I think!

KingIsaacLinksr · February 15, 2013, 09:45:19 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on February 15, 2013, 07:29:09 AM
Hey, I am going to order up ALIENS-Colonial Marines and start playing this weekend. I'll let you know what I think!

Ok, good to know. The friends who I know that were interested in picking this up have told me they are either not going to touch it or wait for a really good steam sale. Which there will probably be one next month considering how poorly the game did in reviews lol.

Bryancd · February 15, 2013, 10:16:53 AM

There are guys over at the RPF who are big ALIEN fans and playing the game and really enjoying it. Those guys I actually know and tend to listen to them then the faceless bloggers online looking to nake noise and drive eyeballs.

KingIsaacLinksr · February 15, 2013, 12:10:58 PM

Quote from: Bryancd on February 15, 2013, 10:16:53 AM
There are guys over at the RPF who are big ALIEN fans and playing the game and really enjoying it. Those guys I actually know and tend to listen to them then the faceless bloggers online looking to nake noise and drive eyeballs.

If you trust their judgement, fine. I don't, so I have to have my sources to find impressions and thoughts on these games. If they, the people you trust, enjoy the game, great. But I've seen enough gameplay footage to avoid this game. I'll still be interested to hear your thoughts on it.

Also, my sources aren't faceless bloggers. They have faces, names and everything. They aren't doing this to get a ton of eyes for no reason. At least, if they are, then so is the rest of the Internet but I find that hard to believe.

Dangelus · February 15, 2013, 12:56:31 PM

Quote from: Bryancd on February 15, 2013, 10:16:53 AM
There are guys over at the RPF who are big ALIEN fans and playing the game and really enjoying it. Those guys I actually know and tend to listen to them then the faceless bloggers online looking to nake noise and drive eyeballs.

I'd be inclined to say that fans would be less likely to give an impartial opinion on the game than "faceless bloggers". They'll be wrapped in the universe to much whereas experienced gamers can stand back and look at the other elements that make up the game. The thing is these franchise based games are most likely going to have a much larger percentage purchased by the fans than general gamers anyway so most likely it will do well regardless.

Bryancd · February 15, 2013, 02:28:34 PM

Quote from: Dangelus on February 15, 2013, 12:56:31 PM
Quote from: Bryancd on February 15, 2013, 10:16:53 AM
There are guys over at the RPF who are big ALIEN fans and playing the game and really enjoying it. Those guys I actually know and tend to listen to them then the faceless bloggers online looking to nake noise and drive eyeballs.

I'd be inclined to say that fans would be less likely to give an impartial opinion on the game than "faceless bloggers". They'll be wrapped in the universe to much whereas experienced gamers can stand back and look at the other elements that make up the game. The thing is these franchise based games are most likely going to have a much larger percentage purchased by the fans than general gamers anyway so most likely it will do well regardless.

Exactly. I rarely play games and have little to judge their relative quality beyond my user experience, which is limited. So what I hear from ALIEN fans who are gamers is that it's fun, not perfect, but not to bad. I'm not even a gamer, so I am inclined to think this will put a smile on my face.

KingIsaacLinksr · February 15, 2013, 11:22:55 PM

Gearbox is now getting accusations of false advertising thrown at them due to the demo they showed back in October of 2012. While I will grant that demos do not necessarily represent the final product of a game, the glaring differences between the demo shown and the final product make me wonder if the demo was a CGI-rendered video. I mean, the final product just looks awful compared to the demo. I want to play the demo, not what was eventually released. So yeah, beginning to really understand the unhappy people now.

Video below shows footage Gearbox displayed in October 2012 and the Final game. Best to watch in 720p on a big screen.

[embed=425,349]http://youtu.be/g1orK2qj_9k[/embed]

Dangelus · February 16, 2013, 03:47:29 AM

Possibly they had the budget cut or something and had to cut corners? Hmmm...

X · February 16, 2013, 08:17:07 AM

Or it could just be the video settings. The image looks good if not a bit gray

ChrisMC · February 16, 2013, 08:48:38 AM

I have played this game on the 360...the fan service in it is fine, I like the Legendary weapons and the nods to Aliens. The story is just OK, the twist is ridiculous, considering Fox has said this is a canonical sequel. There is TONS of graphic pop in, this game looks to be about 6 years old visually. I love Aliens, but I'm also a gamer. And the A.I. in this game is HORRENDOUSLY BAD. The xenos are not stealthy, and never feel like a real threat. And you spend much of the game not fighting Xenos AT ALL. I'm not playing an Aliens game to fight humans for half of it. And the human A.I. isn't any better than the xenos. Multiplayer can be fun. It's a good rental, but the quality is far and away not indicative of the length of the development process at all. It's an O.K. rental, but not the Aliens game I've been waiting for, that is one that is a good game, not just servicing its core audience.

Look at the Batman Arkham games, awesome fan service and wonderful gameplay, and cool story. You should be able to have a license and expand the fan base with an awesome game.