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#1 dhollplay
Member since 2012 • 25 Posts
The "Oops" pages are back againanihimz
yeah, i get them about 1 in every 5 pages I load on this site. Sometimes all I get is a blank white screen. Refreshing a few times helps...sometimes. I've only been a member a month or so, and this site has been like this ever since then (sorry, it's all my fault). I would have abandoned Gamespot ages ago but the content is actually really good (the main reviews, the user reviews and now I've just listened to a mildly-diverting podcast). But it's no good having decent content if technical issues prevent us from accessing it. I would also vote for a one-week CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE timeout. That should be enough time for the specialists to clean it up. Gamespot has enough history, members, traffic and presence to survive that. The only question is if the advertisers would agree to such a time-out.
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#2 dhollplay
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check this out, the entire internets of the world (i.e. Google) only reveals 12 single entries of someone somewhere asking about "non-combat games" for the PS3 or Xbox 360: http://www.google.de/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=%22non-combat+games%22+%22ps3%22+%22xbox+360%22&oq=%22non-combat+games%22+%22ps3%22+%22xbox+360%22&gs_l=serp.3...7086.11171.0.12316.4.4.0.0.0.0.247.545.1j2j1.4.0...0.0...1c.DGHjxABWGbk That's nuts. I really am in a minority. If we change the search to "combat games" Google tells us there are more than 50,000 entries (not that we can actually find more than 1000 single results for any given search anyway, but that's another story). I did have more luck when I changed the search to "non-violent games", so at least there are a few of us out there looking for this kind of stuff. I'm optimistic the next-gen will regularly provide this kind of game.
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#3 dhollplay
Member since 2012 • 25 Posts
[QUOTE="Venom_Raptor"]

Well I've never seen an 18 rated game that didn't involve violence of some kind.

[/QUOTE Yes, I know...that's what I mean by limited in that to be known as a "mature" game it has to have violence and an 18-certificate. Being mature doesn't mean things always have to be violent (or sexual). It means there are themes that only more mature gamers would be interested in, puzzles and tasks which require a mature intellect. To be fair to you even the movie industry struggles to provide examples of mature films that don't have violence or sex in them. It's been so indoctrinated in our culture that we struggle to see past it. But there are still many examples that would make great games: Bruce Willis's Armageddon would make a great game, as our objektive is to save the planet from a meteor, not from hordes of attacking aliens. Something inspired by Planet of the Apes would also make a great game. Yes, there is a little violence in how the apes treat the captive humans, but your objective isn't to fight back with violence, it's to communicate, explore and resolve mysteries. Orwell's 1984 would make a great game, as you struggle to bring about a revolution against a dystopian society. Here are 2 more movie examples of games I'd like to see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_(film) The game involves you as a mathematical genius as you begin to see patterns in everything. You become entwinded in a mystery involving the stock markets, the name of god and your own mind. The game would be a classic first-person or third-person engine (Unreal) and would let you do the normal things an action RPG would (talk with NPC's, build up inventory, go to various places on a map) but the game wouldn't require any combat situations because you're a mathematician, not a marine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_(film) You play as an employee of a company and slowly find out that the company is hiding some grave secret. It doesn't have to be tobacco, it might be a food company who are hiding that some of their additives are causing cancer. Your objective is to gather enough proof to make a case against them and bring them down. To make the game interesting there could be anonymous threats of violence and bribes which are skilfully designed to throw you off the scent. But again there won't be any real combat because you're an office clerk who hasn't had a fight since pinching that boy on the cheek for nicking your marbles back when you was 10 years old. aaaanyway...there's no chance is there, really? I guess the key problem would be to keep the game interesting for gamers, and without combat situations this becomes difficult. The other problem is how to program the game's mechanics in such a way as to make gameplay interesting when it doesn't involve any combat situations. I guess if anything the ideal medium for these kinds of games would be the PC (which probably already has a few examples similar to the above ideas).
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#4 dhollplay
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[QUOTE="Cyanide4Suicid3"]Not trying to be a prat, but even Portal has combat in the game... Cant speak for Catherine, never wanted to play that.

Why do you think you're being a prat? You're being very helpful :)) I thought Portal didn't have any combat. Still, if it does have it I guess it's relatively little. Another game recommended to me is I am Alive...after checking out a few youtube gameplay videos it also appears to be combatless...tho' maybe it does have the odd fight or two. Looks like my kind of game, tho'. And re: Catherine...the gameplay vids remind me of Kurushi (old PS1 puzzle game which i really liked).
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#5 dhollplay
Member since 2012 • 25 Posts

Keyword in topic title and my post - game.

Venom_Raptor
Yes, that's what I mean. It's a very limited world-view to think mature games must always have violence in them in order to be 'mature'. The industry needs to grow up. Then so might its users.
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#6 dhollplay
Member since 2012 • 25 Posts

You can't have a mature game that doesn't involve violence/horror of some kind.

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Now that is an extremely limited world-view. Question: can you have a mature film or book that doesn't involve violence/horror in some way?
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#7 dhollplay
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Yeah, I reckon the two Portal games and Catherine.
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#8 dhollplay
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They should just shut down the site for about 2 weeks and try to fix every as much as possible during those 2 weeks.Nengo_Flow
Agree with that. Even the User Reviews are down, which is the main reason why I visit.
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#9 dhollplay
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Apparently the Xbox consoles never existed. They were a figment of my imagination all along. How else can we explain why there is no Xbox forum platform? hmm...maybe I never did complete Sanitarium after all.
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#10 dhollplay
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Limbochilly-chill
thanks for the tip...I wasn't really looking for Arcade games. but it does look unique, tho' seems to play like a more languid, less action-packed Rayman. But the youtube gameplay videos are so enticing I just bought the game :)) From Live as a download it costs 15, so instead I bought it as a disc with two other games calles Trials HD & Splosion Man, which both look quite fun and all 3 games have good user reviews here. That disc, brand new, including postage to Germany also cost 15. Maybe Live Arcade games are overpriced? Especially as you can get epic older mainstream games in the used market for between 10-15 now.
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