http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/doctors-on-call BioWare's focus has always been storytelling within great action and role-playing games, and the studio continues to push those elements with its latest massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic, and single-player Dragon Age Origins, the spiritual successor to the classic Baldur's Gate. In this exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, general manager of BioWare Dr Ray Muzyka and creative officer Greg Zeschuk discuss the maturing games industry, and how innovations in hardware such as Microsoft's Project Natal can help developers create more emotionally engaging storytelling experiences.
[QUOTE="Tarutaru001"]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/doctors-on-call BioWare's focus has always been storytelling within great action and role-playing games, and the studio continues to push those elements with its latest massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic, and single-player Dragon Age Origins, the spiritual successor to the classic Baldur's Gate. In this exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, general manager of BioWare Dr Ray Muzyka and creative officer Greg Zeschuk discuss the maturing games industry, and how innovations in hardware such as Microsoft's Project Natal can help developers create more emotionally engaging storytelling experiences. How can they say that Gears of War and Halo have no future because they are "murder simulators" when they have made and are still making "action....games"? If you say something like that then they should also agree that murder is still murder - whether you have a reason to do it or not, a story to tell or not -its murder! That is the purpose of a trial, you don't kill a murderer because even a murderer should be given a fair trial (hell even a rapist or child killer!). Though they are making great action and role-playing games, it still has killing - worse, it's a role playing game! At least in Halo and Gears of War you are playing a character that you have no affect on directly, but role-playing games always gives choices, that's the beauty of them.
murder simulators? right. Interactive dramas will probably more common as gaming breaks into new demographics. Games like Facade (if you have not played it, I implore you to download it), are pretty good indications of what to expect in the future..... Moreso than natal....
There's nothing about "murder simulators" in the article.
And anyway, Mass Effect is a better murder simulator than Halo or Gears. In those games, you're in a war. In ME, you're a dude that takes side quests. The decision to execute a character in BioWare's games has much more impact than shooting a Locust in Gears.
[QUOTE="mgs_freak91"][QUOTE="Tarutaru001"]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/doctors-on-call BioWare's focus has always been storytelling within great action and role-playing games, and the studio continues to push those elements with its latest massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic, and single-player Dragon Age Origins, the spiritual successor to the classic Baldur's Gate. In this exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, general manager of BioWare Dr Ray Muzyka and creative officer Greg Zeschuk discuss the maturing games industry, and how innovations in hardware such as Microsoft's Project Natal can help developers create more emotionally engaging storytelling experiences. How can they say that Gears of War and Halo have no future because they are "murder simulators" when they have made and are still making "action....games"? If you say something like that then they should also agree that murder is still murder - whether you have a reason to do it or not, a story to tell or not -its murder! That is the purpose of a trial, you don't kill a murderer because even a murderer should be given a fair trial (hell even a rapist or child killer!). Though they are making great action and role-playing games, it still has killing - worse, it's a role playing game! At least in Halo and Gears of War you are playing a character that you have no affect on directly, but role-playing games always gives choices, that's the beauty of them. yeah, I could argue the killing in halo and gears of war is more mindless. And in bioware's game the murder is more conscience which could be worse.
And you know what's funny? Nowhere in the interview there is a mention of "murder, kill, halo, gears, simulator, have no future". :lol: And a new account for this? Pathetic.
How can they say that Gears of War and Halo have no future because they are "murder simulators" when they have made and are still making "action....games"? If you say something like that then they should also agree that murder is still murder - whether you have a reason to do it or not, a story to tell or not -its murder! That is the purpose of a trial, you don't kill a murderer because even a murderer should be given a fair trial (hell even a rapist or child killer!). Though they are making great action and role-playing games, it still has killing - worse, it's a role playing game! At least in Halo and Gears of War you are playing a character that you have no affect on directly, but role-playing games always gives choices, that's the beauty of them. mgs_freak91
Because TC had the genius idea of putting 'muder simulator' into his damn title, this is has already gone off topic.
[QUOTE="funked_up"]And you know what's funny? Nowhere in the interview there is a mention of "murder, kill, halo, gears, simulator, have no future". :lol: And a new account for this? Pathetic. dammit TC xo
And you know what's funny? Nowhere in the interview there is a mention of "murder, kill, halo, gears, simulator, have no future". :lol: And a new account for this? Pathetic.funked_up
[QUOTE="Tarutaru001"]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/doctors-on-call BioWare's focus has always been storytelling within great action and role-playing games, and the studio continues to push those elements with its latest massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic, and single-player Dragon Age Origins, the spiritual successor to the classic Baldur's Gate. In this exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, general manager of BioWare Dr Ray Muzyka and creative officer Greg Zeschuk discuss the maturing games industry, and how innovations in hardware such as Microsoft's Project Natal can help developers create more emotionally engaging storytelling experiences. so, let me get this straight ,if you kill someone in mass effect, it's OK, but if you kill someone in gears, it's murder, interesting but failed concept, 'it's not murder in our games cos our games have a storyline', well there you have it folks, killing people is fine, as long as you have a story to go with it.
Im pretty sure in both games your killing aliens, so its more like an "extermination simulator" if anything
But he must be talking about the multiplayer then. I didn't know "murder" consisted of a bunch of M&M colored dudes running around a building withplasma riflesand sticky grenades..... At least not on this planet
[QUOTE="funked_up"]And you know what's funny? Nowhere in the interview there is a mention of "murder, kill, halo, gears, simulator, have no future". :lol: And a new account for this? Pathetic.SparkyProtocol
i never really saw storykline in gears of Halo they just are shooting games people play, the next ones should have a storyline just cut the crap and give what the people want....just online and 4 maps
lol TC stop hating on xbox and its games. oh yeah gears pwns anything bioware ever made imo
I hear Steve McNair's girlfriend trained on Gears of War before she murdered him. Thats really bad man, he was a great football player. I LOLed though.
. Games like Facade (if you have not played it, I implore you to download it), are pretty good indications of what to expect in the future..... Moreso than natal....skrat_01
Thanks for the suggestion. Downloading it now. Sounds interesting.
[QUOTE="Tarutaru001"]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/doctors-on-call BioWare's focus has always been storytelling within great action and role-playing games, and the studio continues to push those elements with its latest massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic, and single-player Dragon Age Origins, the spiritual successor to the classic Baldur's Gate. In this exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, general manager of BioWare Dr Ray Muzyka and creative officer Greg Zeschuk discuss the maturing games industry, and how innovations in hardware such as Microsoft's Project Natal can help developers create more emotionally engaging storytelling experiences. This troll should be banned for this.
[QUOTE="Tarutaru001"]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/doctors-on-call BioWare's focus has always been storytelling within great action and role-playing games, and the studio continues to push those elements with its latest massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic, and single-player Dragon Age Origins, the spiritual successor to the classic Baldur's Gate. In this exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, general manager of BioWare Dr Ray Muzyka and creative officer Greg Zeschuk discuss the maturing games industry, and how innovations in hardware such as Microsoft's Project Natal can help developers create more emotionally engaging storytelling experiences. Funny....since when is killing an enemy combatant during war (in both cases, Gears and Halo, you have an invasion and thus a defensive war) considered murder? Particularly when they're aliens?
If this is true, i'm guessing today is opposite day?
Gears and Halo aren't murder simulators. :| Gears is a melee simulator and Halo isa "dont use guns because bullets don't register all the time" simulator. Oh, and Halo is also a "aim at the air a foot away from your enemy and still get a headshot" simulator.
lol TC stop hating on xbox and its games. oh yeah gears pwns anything bioware ever made imo
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Yep, today is opposite day. Thanks for the confirmation.
If today isn't opposite day then wow, gaming is screwed. It's not the Wii that's killing gaming it's these wannabe graphics whores who are too poor to get a PC.
I sure dont remember "murdering" anybody in any of the Halo games.
Videodogg
when you were defending that bunker you never walked up on a friend durring a fight and unloaded the mingun-turret in the back of their head? what kind of gamer are you
[QUOTE="Tarutaru001"]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/doctors-on-call BioWare's focus has always been storytelling within great action and role-playing games, and the studio continues to push those elements with its latest massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic, and single-player Dragon Age Origins, the spiritual successor to the classic Baldur's Gate. In this exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, general manager of BioWare Dr Ray Muzyka and creative officer Greg Zeschuk discuss the maturing games industry, and how innovations in hardware such as Microsoft's Project Natal can help developers create more emotionally engaging storytelling experiences. mgs_freak91
How can they say that Gears of War and Halo have no future because they are "murder simulators" when they have made and are still making "action....games"? If you say something like that then they should also agree that murder is still murder - whether you have a reason to do it or not, a story to tell or not -its murder! That is the purpose of a trial, you don't kill a murderer because even a murderer should be given a fair trial (hell even a rapist or child killer!). Though they are making great action and role-playing games, it still has killing - worse, it's a role playing game! At least in Halo and Gears of War you are playing a character that you have no affect on directly, but role-playing games always gives choices, that's the beauty of them. I have to disagree. You drag a child killer out to the woods and put a bullet in their head. End of story. They lost all rights including the right to breathe our air when they commited that crime. As far as the games are concerned, I love Bioware's games. In fact, they make some of my absolute favorite games. But I still enjoy Halo, and Gears (sometimes... when I actually get a match where people arent cheating to high heavens) and looking at the marketplace there is plenty of room for both, as well as fans of both. /shrug
lol TC stop hating on xbox and its games. oh yeah gears pwns anything bioware ever made imo
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Yep, today is opposite day. Thanks for the confirmation.
If today isn't opposite day then wow, gaming is screwed. It's not the Wii that's killing gaming it's these wannabe graphics whores who are too poor to get a PC.
Ditto. How is GeoW going to be better than a masterpiece like Baldur's Gate? I guess it's the same kind of people who choose Backstreet Boys over Led Zeppelin.
They're just mad because the Halo/Gears K/D ratio is greater than Mass Effect's. Especially since in ME I died probably the most at the one part on the ice world against that one woman. Hardest part in the whole game!
[QUOTE="skrat_01"]. Games like Facade (if you have not played it, I implore you to download it), are pretty good indications of what to expect in the future..... Moreso than natal....froidnite
Thanks for the suggestion. Downloading it now. Sounds interesting. same..indie games often can provide a funner experience then most mainstream ones....
[QUOTE="Tarutaru001"]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/doctors-on-call BioWare's focus has always been storytelling within great action and role-playing games, and the studio continues to push those elements with its latest massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic, and single-player Dragon Age Origins, the spiritual successor to the classic Baldur's Gate. In this exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, general manager of BioWare Dr Ray Muzyka and creative officer Greg Zeschuk discuss the maturing games industry, and how innovations in hardware such as Microsoft's Project Natal can help developers create more emotionally engaging storytelling experiences. mgs_freak91
How can they say that Gears of War and Halo have no future because they are "murder simulators" when they have made and are still making "action....games"? If you say something like that then they should also agree that murder is still murder - whether you have a reason to do it or not, a story to tell or not -its murder! That is the purpose of a trial, you don't kill a murderer because even a murderer should be given a fair trial (hell even a rapist or child killer!). Though they are making great action and role-playing games, it still has killing - worse, it's a role playing game! At least in Halo and Gears of War you are playing a character that you have no affect on directly, but role-playing games always gives choices, that's the beauty of them.
Killing for governments isn't considered murder. If a soldier was tried for murder everytime he killed a man for his country then we wouldn't have to many soldiers...
[QUOTE="Tarutaru001"]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/doctors-on-call BioWare's focus has always been storytelling within great action and role-playing games, and the studio continues to push those elements with its latest massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic, and single-player Dragon Age Origins, the spiritual successor to the classic Baldur's Gate. In this exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, general manager of BioWare Dr Ray Muzyka and creative officer Greg Zeschuk discuss the maturing games industry, and how innovations in hardware such as Microsoft's Project Natal can help developers create more emotionally engaging storytelling experiences. Wow, I didn't know Jack Thompson had a gamespot account.
They're just mad because the Halo/Gears K/D ratio is greater than Mass Effect's. Especially since in ME I died probably the most at the one part on the ice world against that one woman. Hardest part in the whole game!
D00nut
Omg yeah. She kept on pushing me onto the floor and i was like what the **** Then she killed. Not to mention the swarm of enemies she has that kill you fast. Misleading BTW.
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