Posted December 25, 2009
In case you have been living under a tree, it is clear that a lot of people on these forums feel very strongly about things like DRM, directions companies have taken with their favorite franchises, and platforms in general.
So, in honor of the season (we must worship the cold weather that makes people nice for no apparent reason...), what say we all try and say a few nice things about the things we tend to bash every chance we get? I mean, it isn't like we hate every single thing about them (and if you do, just get out of the thread now :p).
I'll start with two:
While I am not the biggest fan of the direction that Ubisoft has taken the Tom Clancy games, I have to say that they have found a way to tie them all together into one huge intertwined story that I love. The events of Vegas 1 tie directly to Vegas 2. The war that Sam Fisher starts is fought in Ghost Recon 2. Hell, I think the GRAWs even tie into the Vegases. That is how large linked franchises should be. The events of one game directly impact the events of others (even if they are linear).
Same thing with how they have handled Might and Magic. HoMM V as a prequel to Dark Messiah is just a wonderful idea. Not as drastic a change (since I think the HoMMs and MMs were pretty linked, to an extent), but still nice.
I'll also say something nice about Halo. While I am not huge on the level design, I have to admit that they have the best integration of vehicles and infantry gameplay ever. The competitors (Tribes, Battlefield, and OFP1/ArmA) might have gotten some aspects better, but only Halo has managed to tie things together so well. It isn't a case of "Infantry Vs Infantry, Infantry Vs Armor, Armor Vs Armor, and Armor Vs Infantry". It is just one huge "Team Vs Team" mentality that I really love. XMP (Unreal 2's multiplayer) got close, but nobody really played that, so yeah...
So yeah. If you can bring yourself to put aside your hatred for whatever, try and say something nice. There are no absolute bads and no absolute goods (except Camel Spiders, those things are absolute bads), so let's play in the oil-soaked grey snow.
So, in honor of the season (we must worship the cold weather that makes people nice for no apparent reason...), what say we all try and say a few nice things about the things we tend to bash every chance we get? I mean, it isn't like we hate every single thing about them (and if you do, just get out of the thread now :p).
I'll start with two:
While I am not the biggest fan of the direction that Ubisoft has taken the Tom Clancy games, I have to say that they have found a way to tie them all together into one huge intertwined story that I love. The events of Vegas 1 tie directly to Vegas 2. The war that Sam Fisher starts is fought in Ghost Recon 2. Hell, I think the GRAWs even tie into the Vegases. That is how large linked franchises should be. The events of one game directly impact the events of others (even if they are linear).
Same thing with how they have handled Might and Magic. HoMM V as a prequel to Dark Messiah is just a wonderful idea. Not as drastic a change (since I think the HoMMs and MMs were pretty linked, to an extent), but still nice.
I'll also say something nice about Halo. While I am not huge on the level design, I have to admit that they have the best integration of vehicles and infantry gameplay ever. The competitors (Tribes, Battlefield, and OFP1/ArmA) might have gotten some aspects better, but only Halo has managed to tie things together so well. It isn't a case of "Infantry Vs Infantry, Infantry Vs Armor, Armor Vs Armor, and Armor Vs Infantry". It is just one huge "Team Vs Team" mentality that I really love. XMP (Unreal 2's multiplayer) got close, but nobody really played that, so yeah...
So yeah. If you can bring yourself to put aside your hatred for whatever, try and say something nice. There are no absolute bads and no absolute goods (except Camel Spiders, those things are absolute bads), so let's play in the oil-soaked grey snow.
