10-01-2005, 02:47 PM | #21 | |
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Good update on the H-O-M, Jack. Only thing I disagree about it is BS4. EDIT: Hey Doug, the new 3.5.0 version is looking great, new features receive my personal thumbs up. Strange thing was when I clicked "New Posts", I got like at least 15 pages of threads?
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Yeah, read threads are now tracked in sql instead of by cookies. To clear all those out, go to the Quick Links menu and choose "Mark all forums read"
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10-01-2005, 10:52 PM | #24 |
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That solved the problem, thanks.
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10-02-2005, 01:43 AM | #25 | |
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10-02-2005, 04:15 AM | #26 |
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I just got back from holidays, so there's a lot of catching up to do.
I'm sorry to say that this list is not very exciting for me. Not a single 1st person game on it. I realise that AG is biased toward 3rd person games, but I thought there would at least be a fair representation for new people coming to the forum. Having said that, I am interested in Keepsake , Paradise and Runawy 2. I'm really looking forward to Rhem 2 (N.A. release), Barrow Hill, and Scratches.
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10-02-2005, 05:20 AM | #27 |
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If there are no first person games in the pipeline that are receiving as much hype as any of the games on the list (and I certainly can't think of any), what's unfair about that?
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I guess I was just hoping that some other gamers here would be looking forward to the same games I am. My bad.
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10-02-2005, 10:56 AM | #29 |
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Hmm, well, it's true that most AG staff prefer 3/P games as a general rule, but it's a little too convenient to write the list off to bias. We had Myst V and Voyage on until recently, and would be happy to include more 1/P games. But we won't add them as token minorities (which is how I interpret "fair representation" in this case). They have to earn their way on, and I'm just not seeing the same degree of public anticipation for the ones you mentioned. Rhem 2 never seems to generate widespread interest, Barrow Hill hasn't created much exposure for itself and has no publisher, and TAC hasn't promoted Sacred Rings much, as I said earlier. Scratches was definitely considered, but again the lack of English publisher works against its inclusion at this stage. When you can only pick ten, these things are pretty critical.
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10-02-2005, 10:59 AM | #30 |
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Yes, true. The site reports on all the upcoming games, but usually the ones with the most prominence, the most buzz, make it to the list.
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Let me back up. First of all, there are no requirements to be considered. Just existing is enough. Though active development is pretty much required for any kind of extended stay on the list (see AVS and Sapphire Claw).
But this is a hype list, after all, and not knowing when or even if a game will ever reach market tends to put a crimp in people's enthusiasm after a while, and that's where publishing factors in. Self-publishing is just fine. But if there's no publisher at all, then you risk situations like Boyz Don't Cry, which looked really intriguing, and even made the list for a while, and then never panned out (in English, anyway). So we'd rather avoid that if it's a toss-up between games of equal quality. |
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Another determining factor is how frequently the developer and publisher actively sustain their own hype, through press releases, screenshots, movies, interviews, etc.
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As for the H-o-M, sad as it is to see Sapphire Claw go, out of the featured ten it's hard to point a game which would not look promising by any kind of objective standards
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10-02-2005, 01:32 PM | #35 |
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BTW, how do you guys pronounce Hype-o-meter?
I say "hype-AH-muh'ter", myself. Makes it sound more scientific and legit, as if there were actually such a contraption in existence.
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Hypo meet'er
("Hypo" as in "typo".)
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I actually tweaked my signature a bit today, but as it's about "personal" hype, I keep it up with the release dates down here (until the game hits the shelves or I think it won't get any publishing deal - whichever comes first) so games like Fahrenheit and Voyage, though released in some countries, may stay there for a while longer. That, and I am slowly getting tired with this idea anyway.
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