Well, seems like my writing has paid off. Im in the running for a writers posistion on a new games website. They want me to send in a review in 2 weeks. Im going to send in a modified version of my killing floor review. Ill let you know how it turns out
Wish me luck
Monday, 24 January 2011
Consoles have their limits ya know
First off, I noticed that the previous post seems a little buit angry and aggresive. I apologise, try to read it more calmly, the message still stands (To be honest if your reading my blog, chances are your not the bad type anyway, unless you followed my facebook link, which makes it depending on the person)
Now on topic
Recently, I played the xbox verison of left 4 dead 2. As much as the bots were bad enough, I did notice on occasions (such as the petrol station bit and the finale on no mercy, my brother bought the dlc) that it lags. Obviously this is unstoppable, as console dont have graphic settings, because they dont need to. BUT surely this shouldnt happen, they should be built to run perfectly to the system?
This, my friends, is what I like to call lazy developers (or other reasons, valve arent lazy...oh wait, they are)
Nowadays, consoles have become alot more....fiercer. Back in the old days the console wars was barely heard of. It was there, of course, but not as strong as it is today. With everyone competing for graphics and popularity, graphics and visuals are being chosen over performance. Games like mass effect, which probably run really well on pc, lag at parts on the xbox. Sure, some people might not notice, but it bugged me. And some games are worse.
But why?
Sure, the current consoles are getting old, and with the recent release of the motion controllers and peripherals, there gonna be around for a while still, but surely developers would see this, and adapt. The exclusive games, uncharted, halo reach etc, will run perfectly (unless its a badly made game). But its generally games that are on the pc too that end up being laggy. Now we all know how pcs are almost' two generations ahead' or something, which means the pc is capable of a wee bit more than the consoles. So why do developers make games that are destined to lag. It happens both ways iswell, bad ports make pc games lag like crazy. One example of this is the whole Black ops affair. While the xbox version remained at prestine quality, both the ps3 and pc versions were left with sudden drops in frame rate and other problems (the pc being dreadful for some).
So it does happen both ways, though the console having the bad version being the more common. What developers need to understand is that the pc being different from home consoles. They dont need a port, they need a almost new game. This is alot similar to the story of ports to ps3, due to the multi core processor. Now, Bioware did this perfectly. Dragon age origins had a brilliant pc version, pushing the pc alot, where the console version got a optimized game with a brilliant control system. This is proof that it is possible, though bioware did make mass effect
There was other stuff that I was gonna put, but I forgot. Therefore, I shall leave it there
Thanks for reading
Now on topic
Recently, I played the xbox verison of left 4 dead 2. As much as the bots were bad enough, I did notice on occasions (such as the petrol station bit and the finale on no mercy, my brother bought the dlc) that it lags. Obviously this is unstoppable, as console dont have graphic settings, because they dont need to. BUT surely this shouldnt happen, they should be built to run perfectly to the system?
This, my friends, is what I like to call lazy developers (or other reasons, valve arent lazy...oh wait, they are)
Nowadays, consoles have become alot more....fiercer. Back in the old days the console wars was barely heard of. It was there, of course, but not as strong as it is today. With everyone competing for graphics and popularity, graphics and visuals are being chosen over performance. Games like mass effect, which probably run really well on pc, lag at parts on the xbox. Sure, some people might not notice, but it bugged me. And some games are worse.
But why?
Sure, the current consoles are getting old, and with the recent release of the motion controllers and peripherals, there gonna be around for a while still, but surely developers would see this, and adapt. The exclusive games, uncharted, halo reach etc, will run perfectly (unless its a badly made game). But its generally games that are on the pc too that end up being laggy. Now we all know how pcs are almost' two generations ahead' or something, which means the pc is capable of a wee bit more than the consoles. So why do developers make games that are destined to lag. It happens both ways iswell, bad ports make pc games lag like crazy. One example of this is the whole Black ops affair. While the xbox version remained at prestine quality, both the ps3 and pc versions were left with sudden drops in frame rate and other problems (the pc being dreadful for some).
So it does happen both ways, though the console having the bad version being the more common. What developers need to understand is that the pc being different from home consoles. They dont need a port, they need a almost new game. This is alot similar to the story of ports to ps3, due to the multi core processor. Now, Bioware did this perfectly. Dragon age origins had a brilliant pc version, pushing the pc alot, where the console version got a optimized game with a brilliant control system. This is proof that it is possible, though bioware did make mass effect
There was other stuff that I was gonna put, but I forgot. Therefore, I shall leave it there
Thanks for reading
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Girls 'n' Games
If youve played a game online for more than 4 seconds (ok, a little exaggeration MAY be in that last statement) youll notice how girl gamers are treated by guys, or showing off that they play games, depending on who you have met. Both are a pain in there own way, from having a whiny chav shout owned all the time, while shes shooting at a wall, to having either guys hitting on or moaning at said girl for playing the game.
As you can probably tell,I believe there are 2 types of girl gamers. Girl Gamers, and Girls who play Games.
Girl gamers are the ones that are the problem. They come on games shouting " OH HAI, LOOK A GIRL ON A GAME, OMG IM LIKE THE ONLY ONE, PAY ATTENTION TO ME" in which, a variety of boys ( either a gamer or just a cod only player, these being the ones who only play cod and think it are the only game in the world) Try to impress them, skill for the first one, talking and insulting everyone for the second one.
And they leech off it.
Its so annoying to see a girl say IM GOING ON COD on facebook each time they do. There was a funny story of a girl which said that COD was her first game ever, then went on to post about how she preffered the Nintendo 64 over the xbox, and then said how she 'used to have one and play it'
Its like comon, MAKE UP YOUR MIND YOU ATTENTION SEEKING FAGGOLA...
It annoys me to see something like gaming, a hobby for most people, myself included, being treated by girls as an attention method. Like its some kind of big league thing. You should play a game because you enjoy it, not because you want some attention from the opposite sex.
So where does that leave the Girls who play Games? trapped in a world where guys consitently hit on them because there used to it (or because there just like that, but thats kinda unavoidable). All these girls want to do is play games, but some people wont let them. Ive met girls like this, talked with them in game, either ABOUT THE GAME, or just standard talk with people with mics. Either way, the fact that she is a girl is almost ignored, and no personal questions are asked. But because of the other group, the experience is almost ruined for them.
As for why guys make a fuss. Because
A) They are sad pathetic losers
and
B) The girls force a fuss if one does not naturally occur.
Note this says when they make a fuss, not everytime there is a girl on the game
So next time you go online, have a think about which type of boy/girl gamer you are, dont be the pervy boy, or attention seeking girl, just enjoy the game.
Whatever it is you are packing in your panties is best kept out of the conversation.
Thanks for reading
As you can probably tell,I believe there are 2 types of girl gamers. Girl Gamers, and Girls who play Games.
Girl gamers are the ones that are the problem. They come on games shouting " OH HAI, LOOK A GIRL ON A GAME, OMG IM LIKE THE ONLY ONE, PAY ATTENTION TO ME" in which, a variety of boys ( either a gamer or just a cod only player, these being the ones who only play cod and think it are the only game in the world) Try to impress them, skill for the first one, talking and insulting everyone for the second one.
And they leech off it.
Its so annoying to see a girl say IM GOING ON COD on facebook each time they do. There was a funny story of a girl which said that COD was her first game ever, then went on to post about how she preffered the Nintendo 64 over the xbox, and then said how she 'used to have one and play it'
Its like comon, MAKE UP YOUR MIND YOU ATTENTION SEEKING FAGGOLA...
It annoys me to see something like gaming, a hobby for most people, myself included, being treated by girls as an attention method. Like its some kind of big league thing. You should play a game because you enjoy it, not because you want some attention from the opposite sex.
So where does that leave the Girls who play Games? trapped in a world where guys consitently hit on them because there used to it (or because there just like that, but thats kinda unavoidable). All these girls want to do is play games, but some people wont let them. Ive met girls like this, talked with them in game, either ABOUT THE GAME, or just standard talk with people with mics. Either way, the fact that she is a girl is almost ignored, and no personal questions are asked. But because of the other group, the experience is almost ruined for them.
As for why guys make a fuss. Because
A) They are sad pathetic losers
and
B) The girls force a fuss if one does not naturally occur.
Note this says when they make a fuss, not everytime there is a girl on the game
So next time you go online, have a think about which type of boy/girl gamer you are, dont be the pervy boy, or attention seeking girl, just enjoy the game.
Whatever it is you are packing in your panties is best kept out of the conversation.
Thanks for reading
Sunday, 2 January 2011
Yeah, I failed
As you can see guys, the christmas thing failed. Due to personal problems, I was unable to finish, or rather, couldnt. To stop this in the future, I wont be setting deadlines from now on. I hope to get at least 1 post a month, possibly going up to 1 a week.
Thanks
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