I mentioned this in an earlier entry however it might bear repeating. If you are interviewing for a job at a games company and you want to determine how organized they are you should inquire about their schedule, what does it look like, how far in advance do they plan out to, do they require engineers to plan out a schedule for that milestone, ask to meet the producer, how many producers do they have and so forth.
Some projects may only have 1 producer but it may be worth it to inquire that producer about their organization.
This weekend played Day of defeat: Source for a bit. Pretty well done I must say and was fun to play. I really enjoyed the map feature whereas you can see teammates on your radar.
Was looking at some fan made Savage 2 films on youtube tonight thinking to myself how come Fantasy multiplayer games like this aren’t more common? Pretty on the FPS front all we get thrown at us is present day shooters back-to-back. Not knocking Day of Defeat but really on the FPS front we are kind of drowning here in unoriginality. Now to think of it, I never did buy that HL2 powered medieval team play game (Dark Messiah). Might have to give that a try again someday soon
MMORPG.com has an interesting writeup about a turn based mmorpg called Atlantica Online. My guess is that the mmorpg market has become so saturated that developers are finding the need to innovate. PErsonally mostly look forward to MMOFPS but Turn based gameplay also gets my attention because that’s a lot less ping dependant and could possibly allow for some interesting innovation in regards to UI and strategy.
Hm, okay found a film on youtube it’s not really the hex grid type of strategy RPG I had in mind. I still might check it out but it’s not quite the board game based combat I had in mind after reading the article
Been busy playing SW: KOTR lately. I get a weird glitch though with audio playback and last night I saw my FPS dip dangerously low while fighting some mobs in a cavern. I guess there may be some issues with playing this game on an xbox 360. Wish I had the PC version which might be more stable
But beynd the glitches, I’m having a blast playing this game. Haven’t logged onto EVE much at all lately. I really want to make a second avatar in EVE but the way the game is setup it would mean I need to pay for 2 accounts. ugh, I don’t really care for that so I just haven’t been playing much at all.
Hoping another scifi MMO will come out shortly or Saga of Ryzom returns. I never gave ryzom a chance but if it comes back I will.
Massively provided some details about Runes of Magic, a new MMO that allows dual classification.
“Runes of Magic will include a dual class system, where you will choose a primary and a secondary class, armor dying, player housing, crafting, an auction house, unique mounts, a fully customizable user interface and either click-to-move or WASD controls.”
Interesting they choose the ‘dual class’ approach over totally freeform like Champions Online, Well Online, Mortal Online, etc all offer. Their implementation of player housing might be interesting though might be something to follow
Gametrailers did a nice comparison of the upgraded FF4 to the original looks like a must buy. There’s been a lot of talk about Too Human lately too I see on teamxbox forums and speculation about when it will release. Hopefully the developers will take their time and try to produce a quality product rather then crunch themselves into the floor and ship unpolished gameplay. I’m still skeptical myself will check out more footage
Looks like Darksiders has been getting some very nice coverage as well
Diablo 3 looks really good as well. Interesting, appears that the UI will be setup World of Warcraft style
As one can tell, I’ve been getting really burned out on EVE Online as indicated by my recent blog. So I’ve been playing SW: KOTR a lot lately and I’ve been having a blast. It’s great knowing that I can play this game at anytime and I don;t have to grind for money or skills or none of that.
The combat system feels very fluid and the animations are fun to watch. I’m pretty much in bliss I’ve always wanted to buy this game but initially I was turned off by the combat system. But upon closer inspection, it’s much deeper then what I thought from 1st glance.
Very good story as well. It’s pretty much a dream come true I would say for Star Wars fans. Sigh, I haven’t had this much fun in awhile (well besides Portal).
Other day, I wrote this long rant about EVE. The very next day what do I do? I play EVE Online for bout 4-5 hours straight. Sigh, guess I can’t get away
I actually had fun though even though I didnt get one kill. Lately I joined a new Corp / alliance that operates in Providence. So I’ve been helping give Intel on pirates and secure the gates. I have come to find lowsec pvp to be a tricky thing. Lost my first Interceptor the other day to some gate guns. I saw a red and like a noob I tried to attack him and was instantly painted by the guns. So embarassing, I must’ve died in front of 20 blues
Well at least I got some of my fittings back
After that I joined a fleet and we camped the gates for a bit. No pirates tried to jump in on our watch.
Was a pleasant day I suppose. Made some ISK and actually helped guard the entrances into our space for a bit. Not too eventful; but not as bloody as I wanted
