Author Topic: Game Rants (How to Make a Good Game) (Read 4714 times)

Marcem · May 13, 2008, 10:41:16 PM

Ok, this has been bugging me for a while.�

Characters

Seriously, people, do we need huge boobs on any and every female character in games?� They're loving polygons!� I like Valve and Nintendo, because they LIKE diversity in characters!� They have a mix of race, gender, etc.� What is wrong with a normal looking female?� Nothing!

Genre

Ok, we already have 5,000 generic shooters, how is yours different?� Grand Theft Auto has the crime factor, Portal has the portals, Half-Life series has a good plot.� Yes good plots are nice too.� Or, you can choose one of the genres that you see NO games of, like, puzzle, and such.

Online Junk

One thing that bugs me: voice chat.� Yes, it does annoy me, give a way to turn it off, or mute, PLEASE!� � It's good for strategizing, or machinima, not Rick Roll, or ear rape.� Have a text chat mute and such too.� Add something unique, like the rival system in Burnout, or a free roam pre-match setup time.� Have many game modes.� Make good dedicated management.

Graphics < Gameplay

Make us be able to change quality, for better performance, for old computers.� Just make the game look good enough to know what everything is, feel free to polish a lot, but look at Crysis, many people do not suggest it, it's gameplay wasn't good enough. (from what I've heard.)� After graphics are good, then you test to see if quality broke gameplay then release, not make good looking stuff, then gameplay.� make the gameplay unique, as stated in the "genre" section. Also, release when YOU want, not when fans do, look at Badspot, he doesn't give a stuff about us wanting v9 so bad.

That is all, so discuse.� No console wars stuff.

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Sarge · May 13, 2008, 11:00:17 PM

i agree 100%

Antallion · May 14, 2008, 04:27:56 AM

Yes. Yes. Yes.

snot2 · May 14, 2008, 09:00:48 AM

Quote from: Marcem on May 13, 2008, 10:41:16 PM

Ok, this has been bugging me for a while.�

Characters

Seriously, people, do we need huge boobs on any and every female character in games?� They're loving polygons!� I like Valve and Nintendo, because they LIKE diversity in characters!� They have a mix of race, gender, etc.� What is wrong with a normal looking female?� Nothing!

tails · May 14, 2008, 01:30:40 PM

Wierd that you did this after garry did one on his blog

zackin5 · May 14, 2008, 02:38:03 PM

i lol'd at snot's post

also, the violence needs to go to, or at least a way to toggle or avoid it, there are many games i want to play but cannot due to the M rating, this also applys to the loveual crap to

Vertzer · May 14, 2008, 02:41:55 PM

Garry's version of this > This version.

zackin5 · May 14, 2008, 03:54:07 PM

Quote from: Vertzer on May 14, 2008, 02:41:55 PM

Garry's version of this > This version.

link pls

Vertzer · May 14, 2008, 03:56:45 PM

garry.tv

Shocklink · May 14, 2008, 04:05:57 PM

lol, that post made my day Snot

VerticalHorizon · May 14, 2008, 04:13:23 PM

Quote from: zackin5 on May 14, 2008, 02:38:03 PM

i lol'd at snot's post

also, the violence needs to go to, or at least a way to toggle or avoid it, there are many games i want to play but cannot due to the M rating, this also applys to the loveual crap to

If you don't like violence, why do you want to play a game based around violence?

Marcem · May 14, 2008, 04:41:39 PM

Uh, this isn't like Garry's at all, his is the people making it side, not game content side.

Vertzer · May 14, 2008, 04:42:54 PM

Well, yours still sucks.

Marcem · May 14, 2008, 04:43:29 PM

Quote from: Vertzer on May 14, 2008, 04:42:54 PM

Well, yours still sucks.

Reason?

Vertzer · May 14, 2008, 05:01:49 PM

Quote from: Marcem on May 13, 2008, 10:41:16 PM

Ok, this has been bugging me for a while.

Characters

Seriously, people, do we need huge boobs on any and every female character in games? They're loving polygons! I like Valve and Nintendo, because they LIKE diversity in characters! They have a mix of race, gender, etc. What is wrong with a normal looking female? Nothing!
First of all, it sounds like there's suddenly a certain appearance that a woman must have in order to look 'normal' second of all, there are very few games where female characters have gigantic boobs, and Nintendo isn't that innocent, ever paid attention to samus' boobs?
Lastly, what the hell are you talking about? Diversity? No such thing in video games when talking in terms of characters.

Genre

Ok, we already have 5,000 generic shooters, how is yours different? Grand Theft Auto has the crime factor, Portal has the portals, Half-Life series has a good plot. Yes good plots are nice too. Or, you can choose one of the genres that you see NO games of, like, puzzle, and such.
There are many ways in which your shooter could be different, and the truth is that people simply don't enjoy puzzle games, or at least not as many as people who enjoy shooters. A company or a game developer who's planning to release his game doesn't want to take risks.

Online Junk

One thing that bugs me: voice chat. Yes, it does annoy me, give a way to turn it off, or mute, PLEASE! It's good for strategizing, or machinima, not Rick Roll, or ear rape. Have a text chat mute and such too. Add something unique, like the rival system in Burnout, or a free roam pre-match setup time. Have many game modes. Make good dedicated management.
Name me a game where you can't turn off voice chat. If you can, it's probably something really craptastic. Text chat mute? You can't mute something that doesn't give off sound. The chat boxes aren't even that annoying and they don't get in the way unless you have an attention span of a dog.

Graphics < Gameplay

Make us be able to change quality, for better performance, for old computers. Just make the game look good enough to know what everything is, feel free to polish a lot, but look at Crysis, many people do not suggest it, it's gameplay wasn't good enough. (from what I've heard.) After graphics are good, then you test to see if quality broke gameplay then release, not make good looking stuff, then gameplay. make the gameplay unique, as stated in the "genre" section. Also, release when YOU want, not when fans do, look at Badspot, he doesn't give a stuff about us wanting v9 so bad.
Sadly, this is the only thing that I can agree with you on, but, some people prefer graphics over gameplay, which is when the market again comes rolling in.

That is all, so discuse. No console wars stuff.

One last note; Who are you even directing this at? No good game developer will come to this forum and actually listen to you.