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Houser made GTA by digging his "f***ing teeth in," says Levine

BioShock dev lead Ken Levine has spoken for the first time about his Take-Two compadres at Rockstar, saying the Sam Houser is the "most intense guy in the world" and that he shares the Houser's method of creating great games: "digging your f***ing teeth in."
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Published: 494 days 1 hour ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Industry News | Dev News
 
 

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badz149 - 494 days ago
1 - so?
wth is this all about now?
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superaktieboy - 494 days ago
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read the article lol..

and i guess this guy is right, i mean i think R* is one of the best devs out there (note not the best, but one of the best)
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badz149 - 493 days 23 hours ago
1.2 - read it
but still wondering. wth is this? I mean, there's nothing revolutionary about GTAIV! consoles are more powerful these days and there's room for bigger storage! of course game will look better! but did GTAIV better the previous games? I don't think so
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thereapersson - 493 days 23 hours ago
2 - Dug his teeth into this game, huh?
Should have chewed a little bit more before spitting it out...
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DrJones - 493 days 17 hours ago
2.1 - And you
Should have chewed more on that comment before spitting out the same anti gta4, cliche garbage, as anyone else.
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AAACE5 - 493 days 22 hours ago
3 - I know i'm a little off topic, but...
The worst thing about GTA 4 is that alot of gamers don't give the game credit for it's greatness!

A lot of people bought the game expecting it to be like the old games, where you were basically playing an arcade game. But when they made this new one more realistic, and people found out you had missions to do, and you couldn't just shoot people without serious consequences... They were turned off, and called GTA 4 garbage!

The truth is alot (not all) of gamers are babies, and don't really like alot of challenge! Prime example... Ninja Gaiden for Xbox 1. People complained so much about the game being..."Too hard", that they had to release NG black with an easier mode!

It's sad where alot of todays gamers are!
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Kratos Spartan - 493 days 20 hours ago
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games are supposed to be entertainment. Realism is not entertainment. Realism is boring sometimes. Most people play games to escape reality. This is why people said it was boring. But I see what you are saying and I'm not disagreeing with it.
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tds - 493 days 19 hours ago
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My only problem with GTA 4 was it wasn't as over the top as the other ones it has a more serious tone.
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TheIneffableBob - 493 days 18 hours ago
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Holy hell, Ken Levine needs to shut the hell up.
We don't need to know his every opinion.
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DrJones - 493 days 17 hours ago
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All the art put into this game, all the little touches and details. And all of that on such a large scope, in such a a big richly detailed city. Which have taken countless work hours from the developers and much hard, hard work.
Great characters and a script of high quality, compared to 90% of other games, and a very entertaining and rich multiplayer experience.

Graphics that are of very high quality considering the limitations of the current gen consoles, the complexity of the game world and all of its inhabitants, cars, structures plus all the mechanics that have to work, while keeping a relatively solid framerate.
All of this and much more, seems to be unappreciated by a large mob of gamers who have for some reason decided not to approve of this game. As if it's a TREND not to like it.
Many seem not mature enough too see all that this game contains.
But at least the game critics do.
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Strife Lives - 493 days 17 hours ago
7 - I love Soul Calibur IV
Infact,I played SC3 yesterday.see,I played San Andreas for months after I bought it.but GTA4,they missed the both.maybe they shouldve droppd the paedo radio adverts,paedo websites and focused on something like customising cars.I lost interest in GTA4 after the story
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Mpiece - 493 days 16 hours ago
8 - GOOD IDEAS at bottom
I havent posted in a while and im pissed cuz my first post i just typed a second ago got closed when i hit some acciddental hot key AHHHH!!!!

ok srry back on topic lol
first off i wish you had to go home to atleast save , as in no auto save. The devs should have made reasons why it would be rewarding to go home sometimes

I personally would like to see missions with these examples (brief) :

1. say you wake up after a save , its morning you get a prompt to go grocery shopping or something.. so you accept , you can either make it to the grocery store and play a grocery mini game(fun) to get food ....or on your way to ,or from , the store some guys may randomly be retaliating for something you did earlier in the game and now u can fail the grocery mission to kill or wound and interoggate the persons trying to kill you for other additional missions...and possibly still take the groceries home?

2. How come you couldnt never call your buddies to come pick YOU up and take you some where of your choice?

3. Make it so that You could set people up , say after you kill X amount of drug dealers you aquire enough cocaine to try to sell 1 nice big wholesale since your not a street dealer ( or have the option). so now that u got 1+ kilos of cocaine you hit your contacts up to see who wants it! they hit you back a few days later in the game and tells you that they know someone that wants it.. and gives you there number ...can be total random!!! the guy that gives you the number is someone you met and he tells you just enough about the person your dealing witht to make a decision such as ,.... this guy is a good friend , or if things seem shady do what u gotta do , or fawk these guys you could rob em , and then u determine what u want to do and you pick the spot to meet them sometimes. .....feel me ? a whole pool of options

4. what if there were a planner tool at home and u could call buddies to come over....so like that bank robbery , could be common and yo can plan different routes. Nothing Complicated but basic micro management of stuff to actually be able to control the outcome like suppose you didnt get to get but like 5k , or this time you got 500k ..depending on how you planned it but either way you could succeed in escaping. make other stuff to rob but make it so you had to plan it out atleast on a basic basic basic level and u dont even have to follow thru as planned !!!!

5. lots of ideas ,,no more typing tho
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hano - 493 days 5 hours ago
9 - Kissing Ass
Ok Levine, you are acting like a diva now and all philosophical

I think you should F*** off for a while, you've become annoying.
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