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by Jerry Whorebach 06/15/2013, 1:13am PDT |
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Dead Rising was a game of time management. Events would play out over the course of three days, and you had to make sure you were in the right place at the right time to influence their outcome. The zombies were merely an environmental hazard, a complication to creatively circumvent on your way from one appointment to the next. By removing time limits from the new one - apparently because they made players feel uncomfortably empowered, like the choices they were making actually mattered? - they're turning Dead Rising into just another "sandbox" game about doing yard work until all the fucking yard work is done.
On the other hand, I honestly don't have a problem with the more sombre tone. I always derive more enjoyment from acting like a crazy jerk in a world that takes itself at least moderately seriously than one where everything is LOL so random to begin with. It's like the difference between being a hilarious asshole heckling some clueless performer or just another audience member shouting suggestions to a semi-professional improv comedy troupe. A semi-professional improv comedy troupe composed of GAMES DESIGNERS. The original Dead Rising struck the perfect balance, by giving you all the tools necessary to author your own comedic experience (without shoving them down your throat - there was no tutorial mission introducing funny hats, for example) in the midst of what a particularly unclever person could interpret as a straight horror story / anti-globalization parable.
God, it's almost sickening how fucking well-designed that game was. |
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Xbox one! by Worm 05/21/2013, 11:05am PDT 
Isn't that name going to be confused with the original Xbox? NT by 8========D 05/21/2013, 11:28am PDT
crap hang on OH MY GOOOOD NT by 8========D ~ ~ ~ ~ 05/21/2013, 12:22pm PDT
I'm looking forward to the games with TV-shows thrown into them. by Gutsby 05/21/2013, 11:52am PDT
Yeah, I was amazed, do kids really want to tweet as they watch football? by Worm 05/21/2013, 2:36pm PDT
Someone should invent a small handheld device so you can tweet while watching NT by TV 05/22/2013, 6:38pm PDT
it's the elder scrolls mmo of consoles by jeep 05/26/2013, 12:39am PDT
Xbox One, the number of by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/21/2013, 12:17pm PDT
Waitasec by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/23/2013, 10:10pm PDT
I also replied to the wrong message. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/23/2013, 10:13pm PDT
They called it the Xbox One so no one would think it could play Xbox 360 games. NT by Jerry Whorebach 05/21/2013, 12:52pm PDT
What a goatfuck. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 05/21/2013, 3:48pm PDT
Making console gaming a clusterfuck by Rafiki 05/21/2013, 4:35pm PDT
Another generation, another press reveal remix by fabio 05/22/2013, 2:09pm PDT
Re: Xbox one! by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/22/2013, 8:53pm PDT
"No, I'm not the one who thought it up" That's because I said it five posts up, NT by Paul. 05/23/2013, 10:08pm PDT
VIOLATION!! No you didn't. What the fuck is wrong with you. NT by Bradley Svedka 05/23/2013, 10:17pm PDT
Have you ever thought, "My console isn't enough like a giant stupid phone?" NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 05/23/2013, 11:30pm PDT
The great minds from huffpo chime in! by Worm 05/24/2013, 8:30pm PDT
Re: The great minds from huffpo chime in! by Mischief Shai-hulud 05/24/2013, 8:43pm PDT
At least when they take my cc info, they keep it to themselves NT by Entropy Stew 05/24/2013, 8:49pm PDT
Forbes hits the highlights of why this was terrible by skip 05/28/2013, 8:40am PDT
Re: Forbes hits the highlights of why this was terrible by Jerry Whorebach 05/28/2013, 9:43am PDT
Killer Instinct is FREE TO PLAY!!!!!!!!! by Rafiki 06/11/2013, 9:43pm PDT
And the hardware is crap by Roop 06/11/2013, 11:11pm PDT
The Licensing isn't as bad as it sounded, I wonder if they can communicate this? by Worm 06/12/2013, 8:13am PDT
It's unbelievable how badly they communicated their system to the public by Rafiki 06/12/2013, 10:07am PDT
P.S. the best Steambox to come out before Xmas is my new console of choice NT by Fullofkittens 06/12/2013, 8:37pm PDT
Microsoft's game strategy by fabio 06/14/2013, 11:55pm PDT
"Everyone thought it was over" is a really accurate tag line for this game. NT by Worm 06/15/2013, 12:59am PDT
Who cares about the theming? They're abandoning the core gameplay! by Jerry Whorebach 06/15/2013, 1:13am PDT
Can't heckling improv troupes be the perfect balance? by fabio 06/15/2013, 8:49am PDT
I like this post by jeep 06/16/2013, 8:10pm PDT
Unwatchable by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/15/2013, 10:48am PDT
Moron that fucked up going to Zynga by col.schickn 07/01/2013, 1:10pm PDT
He's not a moron. You people are the morons. NT by hyde 07/01/2013, 6:36pm PDT
sounds reasonable NT by jeep 07/01/2013, 7:45pm PDT
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