Artsygamer

It’s been quite a while since I saw a cinematic so very tragically well done. I approach all games (movies & books too, if possible) with an attitude of totally immersing myself in the characters… and realizing first person who I am, and what is happening, the sublte touches, the look in the mirror, the care for the little girl and the eerieness of the whole scene & situation, from her actions to the party, the sublte guilts and familiarities induced, and the tragic cruelty of the actions of the person using the plasmids on you to control your mind, simultaneously realizing both what’s happening and what you see and is also 100% true… all coupled with the human nature greed of the thieves and realizations that given the right context and the story from a different view it all seems justified (and indeed in the first Bioshock the bigdaddy seemed like a villain, no guilt over killing him in ingenious ways…) … shivers all through my body.

It’s finally out, i must say it’s not what i had hoped for in terms of story, seems too much ordinary stuff to me, not something i could immerse myself into (you prolly can’t make your own story/character either), but I do hope it shall open a path for story telling/cinematic games.

Star Wars drama & professional production at it’s best. I sure do have a love hate relationship with star wars: on one hand i do complain about it being a shallow black & white universe mostly, on the other i’ve been through countless books and even a couple of games set in it. My excuse is that that universe has also had the honor of drawing in some quite otherwise imaginative people… well, i guess i’m just trying to excuse myself for falling in excitement with this vid… making me forget for a moment that this is a MMO Great stuff!!! If it wasn’t a MMO i’d be all over the idea. Btw, one MMO i’m actually curious about (not that i’ll play it, mind you) the one based on Vampire: The Masquerade. I once played a bit of a MUSH in the universe and i thought it had great potential due to the social nature of the story.

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Tell me this isn’t brilliant cinematography!!! from plot to twists & angles … (yep, i was sure it was teh blue spy)

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To be quite honest I was expecting even more atmosphere and less "next gen look" (e.g. more polish to the point where it feels less bump-mapy & more cinematic)

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It’s awesome getting a glimpse into the cinematics department of Blizzard: they’ve constantly impressed with amazing stuff, and seeing how they thought this out I expect this clip will also do that once it’s finished. For me personally it’s also fascinating to see these roughs, something i’ve never seen before animated like this with quite good voice: i bet this helps them not only in knowing what 3d assets to develop but also in the timing of the animation. cool!
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This ad totally cracks me up )
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I was just thinking of putting Daxter as my avatar again… because he’s just soooooooo awesome… and then i found this )) lloooollzzz!!! Seriously though i love Daxter: amazing humor, very cute, and generally speaking an awesome and well developed character (Jak & Daxter 1-3, Daxter). Long live Daxter! (oh and for those who know the rocket scene… brilliant & soooo much fun!!!)

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Pretty interesting psychologically… though it was more so when i first saw it skipping the commenter’s notes and just seeing the bait.

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Well, normally you might even say i boycott MMOs … but this trailer had me hooked like I haven’t been hooked by a CG or even movie for a LOOONG time… every other moment I was surprised and curiously waiting what would happen next. I love stuff that breaks cliches and doesn’t let you easily guess the outcomes and the (invincible) heroes.

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