Ripten's Chad Lakkis chimes in on the announcement of Solider of Fortune Payback.
"We got word a few days ago that Activision was announcing "Soldier of Fortune Payback" for the PS3, 360, and PC. Great news right? Of course!
So we download the trailer via the press release and fire it up like good little video game journalists when suddenly it hits us ... "why are they releasing a modern warfare-esque first person shooter this close to the release of COD4?" On top of that, "why did they wait until just a few weeks before the game's release to officially announce the game?"
Raven Software's Brian Raffel would like to "evolve the Soldier of Fortune series" and mentions that the company had a great prototype ready for number three before it got shelved.
Well that would nice. But I really want to see a new IP from Raven instead. I hope they soon will be able to make games again. Instead of just helping make DLC for Call of Duty.
This article describes five behaviors that go above and beyond normal achievement hunting, suggesting a severe Gamerscore addiction.
im nowhere near that bad. did not play kids games (apart from Kung Fu panda that came with my xbox and was NOT EASY FOR ACHIEVEMENTS) and i don't use a robot or play hannah montana.
those 5 signs are BAD.. but i do like my gamerscore
I would definitely say if you find yourself following in the path of any one of these warning signs, you may have a problem, haha.
Gamerscore is a great idea and concept, but I'd love to see it yield more tangible rewards for those who are truly dedicated to it.
XboxOZ360 writes an extensive article about the ludicrous state of gaming censorship in Australia. Starting with the recent drama around Fallout 3 and a government funded TV show where one elected official compared games to "snuff films" and "rape" simulators, it then proceeds to look at the issue in depth and the contradictions that flourish when comparing Australia's system to that of the United States and Europe.
"When shown the game in its Australian sleeve and asked if they would buy it for their child, most said yeah, probably, it's only MA15+ after all, it's really for kids anyway. Might be a bit violent, but if it was bad, they would ban it.
Then when shown the same game sleeve from the UK, most denied it was the same until shown the disc with the same content on it, same packaging, same instruction booklet etc, except with a clear, big red 18+ marked on the cover, spine, and on the game disc..."
Does anybody know when our silly country is having the formal debate of the issue? Or was it a consensus? Whatever it was, date? Month? Year? :<
Actually, after speaking earlier on with Ron Curry, he has stated that all states can use the R18+ if they so choose, much like Qld currently do with some of their ratings, not allowing some in their state that are readily available in others.
He said that IF the industry wanted to, they could run their games in the R18+ classification in all states bar South Australia, but they would have to weigh up the financial risk against sales in that region. If it was marginal, then some would take the risk, based on more sales for a game that was well sought after being readily available in all other states.
He said that is one option that the OFLC has, and is already applying to Qld in some cases. So a precedent has already been set in that regard.
If it's not fuel, health, transport or grocery related, then the Government really doesn't give a crap...
Interesting panel debate..... I was unaware that we didn't have any rating system for games /end sarcasm/
When some of the people representing us in politics don't even know the basics of our archaic
classification system I doesn't give me much hope.
Pretty poor showing for our government really. What the heck was Barnaby Joyce going on about with a game where you can rape people? Sounded like he was talking out of his ass.
i would really like to see a trailer where they actually show something controversial. From what has been shown so far, it really appears somethings must be hidden in the background.
Obviously they announced this game so soon so they could get the game out for Christmas but yeah it came out of nowhere.
thanks for bringing this back to my attention. i didn't know anything about this game until the beginning of this week. i will be adding this to my "looking forward to" games list. if it's by Activision, i'll give it a try.
plus, the gore sounds sweet as hell.
this game loooks amamzing tbh checkk the phsics and gore 1st day buy fo rme better pyhics than cod4 better gun shooting but cod4 while package is awsome
woah, i just checked out the more graphic vids and all i have to say is this game is going to be a blast to play. i'm deff getting it now. no need to rent.
here's the links incase anyone else wants to see a bunch of blood and dismemberment
http://www.joystiq.com/2007...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=...