TOR and GW2?

I'm excited for Guild Wars 2..I want to see some gameplay to see how they have improved some of the mechanics.

I think the old games are better (much better to be honest). Games used to be made by people who loved games and gaming in general was much more of a niche hobby than it is today. These days games are BIG business and as a result they are made by marketing teams and bean-counters. Gaming has been watered down and simplified in an effort to appeal the broadest audience possible.

It's no longer about a passion for making games as much as it is about a desire to make money, lots and lots of money. It's kind of like the difference between a small budget independent film vs. a big, dumb and bombastic Michael Bay movie.

-wildflower-

1:People who make games now a days don't love games and gaming? huh? Are there any facts to support this ridiculous generalization?

2: A niche hobby? The NES which came out in the 80s has sold 61 million units.

3:Watering down and simplifying genres is what I would call streamlining the gameplay experience. Thiscan be negative butmany times can have a lot of positive results.

4: "Its the kind of like the difference between a small budget independent film vs. a big, dumb and bombastic Micahel Bay movie." hahaha...Yet another generalization. I'm sorry, but Uwe Boll's independent films aren't better than James Cameron's blockbusters.

"Dead"

Go get the orange box. NOW!

Rob_101

I second this. Best buy on PC

I'm an avid mmorpg gamer. However, I'm currently bored with all of the current mmorpgs on the market. I haven't played any mmorpg's since July. I am highly anticipating the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic and Final Fantasy XIV.

Is anyone else in the same situation?

What are you doing to entertain yourself in the meantime?

Vuurk

Maybe get a real life hobby. Those are underrated these days.

Starcraft 2/TOR/Guild Wars 2

Valve time: Its coming along great means, we just started.

but yeah valve has a few projects their working on, and i wouldn't be surprised if we saw another orange box type deal next year with hl2:ep3 and portal. to me that seems what they would unviel for 2010. they seem to have a one game a year thing going, while they continue to support old games and give us a great platform that is steam.

but yeah i am excited for portal 2 when it comes... so cool you talked to a dev

tutt3r

Yeah, that sounds right and yeah PAX is a lot of fun. You get to talk to all the community devs and programmers and just a ton of people. This guy told me about the developement of left 4 dead and how it started first with a small company. Then valve took it over and sent him and others to redo the game completely. He said he has had a hand with programming for half life and portal 2. I asked another valve member if episode three would be the end of gordon freeman and he said they probably wouldn't kill him off..

At pax 2008 I talked to a developer who was working on Portal 2. He said that Portal 2 would be "much different than the original" and that it was coming along great. Why haven't we heard anything about it? Has the commercial success of Left 4 Dead postponed work on Portal 2?

I love tennis games. I was top 500 in Topspin 2 on the xbox 360. My friend and I still play obsessively offline..To answer your question I'm unaware of a good online PC tennis community at the moment. I didn't enjoy topspin 3 but virtual tennis 3 still has a booming community on xbox 360 so that is the only large community I'm aware of. If you find one send me a PM please