GameZone.com writes: "Once upon a time, there were no video games to be played. The living room did not glow in the television's light, and the neighbors could not be disturbed by the relentless thrumming of your subwoofer. In these times, people turned to books for entertainment. Quietly nestled in the warmest region of the home, the imagination could take flight into distant lands and exotic adventures, all without the need for a motion-detection controller. Richly laden with sweeping tales of incredible scope, it is surprising that literary works seem rarely consulted as sources of inspiration for video games.
"No matter how the experience plays out, games are always more engrossing when built upon the foundation of a strong story. When considering what novels could be well-suited for video-game adaptations, countless examples spring to mind – but for brevity's sake, here are a few."
Talal writes: "I'm talking about having that rush of excitement - that feeling you get when you know you've just made a memory for a lifetime."
There are different games. Some have gamplay at it highest priority, some have the story, some have the replay value and choices... There are a lot of different game experiences.
It is laughable that just now graphics does not have anything to do with that experiene. We have had many games of that type over time. This is just the one that have come closest to feel like playing an actual movie. Just look the the Digital foundry walkthrough it is a masterpiece in that perspective and hence wrth trying. But yes do not do it for the gameplay - but that was never the goal of this experience.
Of course Christopher would submit this lol.
PS fanboys like Christopher for years: “OMG visuals!”
Xbox releases a game with better visuals than any Sony game: “visuals don’t matter!”
Not better than any Sony games. Hellblade 2 visuals aren't really impressive and anything we haven't seen. Plus everything else about the game is shit. Wouldn't be different if it was multiplatform.
You mist be late to the party.
Christopher submits most VideoGamer articles... because N4G is owned by VideoGamer...
Nevermind alt...
And 100% of those articles just happen to be negative Xbox and positive PlayStation 😂😂
Remember when we had 1 approved article for PS layoffs and 100 approved duplicate articles for Xbox layoffs?
😂😂
@obcurednewaccount: “Of course Christopher would submit this lol.”
You don’t learn do you expect to be closed soon 🤦🏿🤣
The graphics in the industry are getting less shocking than 10-15 years ago but now and then we get games that look great like like this new game from ninja theory.
“ You don’t learn do you expect to be closed soon ”
English mothafucka - do you speak it!?
@obscureotheraccountsoontobeba nned: “English mothafucka - do you speak it!?”
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Nothing to see here in the above comment but another alt account splooging over a glorified photo mode.
PS fans love a good photo mode though, no?
Or did that goalpost move now that an Xbox game looks better?
Imo Stellar Blade looks way better than the bland & drab Hellblade 2 & the gameplay in Stellar Blade is top notch, immensely fun than Hellblade 2. Horizon Forbidden West graphics look way better than Hellblade 2 as well.
They don't make games like this anymore.
Too dated in my book. The AI is way too unpredictable to be acceptable today. It's definitely a game of its time.
Agreed with those sentiments. The quality of the CPU controlled characters make or break a stealth game and they are pretty poor in all the Splinter Cell games by today's standard. This is what led me to playing Spies vs Mercs all the time in later games just to get a better stealth experience from a real person. Arguably Sony are making better stealth games albeit not Tom Clancy stuff.
You should stick with fortnite or one of the countless bloodborne style games then. What a joke.
I had a good time with the game. It is a product of its time. But when it came out it was a must have game for a lot of people. I wish Ubisoft would make another game in the series or at least a reboot.
They are making a remake, I think. I loved the original game when it was released, but I tried to play it again in recent years and just couldn't get on with it. The same with the older Hitman games.
Yeah chaos theory still holds up though I gotta say. If you’re a fan of the series I highly suggest you go back to that one. Ubi has said they are remaking sc for “modern audiences”. I don’t have a lot of faith for the future of that company
Due to the lack of modern stealth games, and me constantly playing the MGS series, I've been looking for alternative stealth games to play, and went back and re-played the SC series recently. I wouldn't call SC1 or SC:PT masterpieces, there are AI issues, they're very much trial-and-error games, and that can lead to a lot of frustration. I also found the stories in this series to be boring, uninteresting, and just sloppily told. Cinematics are also of poor quality for both in-game scenes and CG cut-scenes, the soundtrack didn't leave any impression on me either.
Chaos Theory is better, but there was still a lot of room for improvement, and Double Agent (old gen ver.) was a sloppy mess that ended up a regression from CT. But still, at least they tried back then, these days Ubi-junk doesn't even try to make good games!
Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.
Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
1. The Seer King Trilogy by Chris Bunch
2. The Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
3. The Recluce Sage by LE Modesitt jr.
4. The Corean Chronicles by LE Modesitt jr.
5. The Sun Sword series by Michelle West
6. The War of Light and Shadows by Janny Wurts
7. The Empire Trilogy by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
8. The Tyrants and Kings Trilogy by John Marco
9. The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan- God bless his soul
10. The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
11. The Sword of Shadows by JV Jones
12. Any book by David Gemmell
13. Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
14. Chalion series by Lois McMaster Bujold
15. The Prince of Nothing Trilogy by R Scott Bakker
16. The Last Legion and Star Risk series by Chris Bunch
17. The Night Dawn's Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton
18. The Uplift Saga by David Brin
19. Darkness series by Harry Turtledove
20. Crown of Stars series by Kate Elliott
Great list, reintype. Wheel of Time was a video game, though, by GT Intertactive. I had it and it was not bad for the time frame, like 10 years ago.
game released in 1999, and that does look like the box I once had. I remember great storm effects. Was playing it sitting in a gamer's chair and when thunder cracked through the speakers in the headrest, I just about set a record for height in the sitting jump.
James Clemens' novels might make for a good game as well.