Because it's likely that they'd think that the consumer would see it as old hat then.
I personally don't think that'd be the case, but that's the only thing that I can think of.
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Because it's likely that they'd think that the consumer would see it as old hat then.
I personally don't think that'd be the case, but that's the only thing that I can think of.
I think that depends, but it doesn't seem as smart to me as it did in the 80s/90s when we had major jumps all the time. Thing seems to be cooling down though in terms of raw computing power, so it's hard to imagine anything that couldn't be done at least on the PS3 (or anything with blu-ray) with a bit of careful design and creativity. Maybe I'll surprised though, but most likely you'd have a few wild ambitious games like this and a lot of even prettier corridor games next-gen.
EDIT: Actually, I guess unless you're owned by a hardware producer it's ALWAYS a poor business model, but a good creative one. Problem is the advantages for creativity are drastically dropping all the time, the 90s allowed bigger and more open 3D worlds further in as technology progressed, while the 80s and early 90s were still so young that pushing technology was partially a matter of seeing how much text you could squeeze in.
Haunted
Member
Definitely not the cheapest way to make a game.
But that's never the point with someone of Ancel's game design stature.
funkystudent
Member
I want this to happen just so they can release a soundtrack thats better then the weird ripped from the game stuff thats around.
Fun game but the soundtrack really jumped out at me playing the HD re release.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfbwoRG_Wg <3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8QQVmRV87k even more <3
Fun game but the soundtrack really jumped out at me playing the HD re release.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfbwoRG_Wg <3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8QQVmRV87k even more <3
Pachterballs
Banned
Honestly, I never got the hype for his game work. A lot of it is just... eh.
In fact, looking at that list. KIND OF FUCKING SHIT.
Rayman impressed people, and so did BG&E. In fact, that's exactly why he did the King Kong game: Peter Jackson was so impressed by BG&E he wanted Ancel to do the game rather than anyone else.
But personally I never did care that much. Rayman LOOKS nice and it's a style I'm fond of (good 32-bit 2D), but I didn't have much fun play the PS1 game when I got it on the PSN though I'll give it another shot on the Vita, I also wasn't all that impressed with Rayman Origins despite being a game loads of people loved, and I always thought BG&E was highly overrated.
Haunted
Member
VibratingDonkey
Member
YOU'RE KIND OF FUCKING SHIT!
These are the games he directed:
Rayman
Rayman 2
Beyond Good and Evil
King Kong
Rayman Origins
By what measure or standard is that 'KIND OF FUCKING SHIT'?
Ancel is a legend.
oh god i love day[9]
DICKS AHOY
Banned
Besides the fact half those games he had jack all to do with besides character designs and some story aspects, the only bad game he's actively worked on is King Kong.
or maybe the things they want to do arent related to pretty graphics.
King Kong is a good game. Very surprising.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
I admittedly never *owned* it but I played through enough of it to not really feel it was anything more than a generic FPS tied into a recent movie (I guess the lack of game-y elements like a proper HUD was kind of immersive?). Guess being merely 'generic' already puts it above most other movie games, but I really doubt Ancel would list King Kong alongside Rayman 2, Origins or BG&E as his accomplishments. At the same time calling his list of work 'kind of fucking shit' due to one arguably bad egg is still dumb.
Its kinda fun, but its not super stellar ala Rayman 2 or Beyond Good and Evil.
Theres some absolutely great atmospheric high points in the game, but theres also a lot of samey Torch puzzles. The Kong levels (which are super dumbed down iterations of Rayman 2-esque platforming merged with some brawling) just become less fun each time one of them comes along.
I wouldn't call it a bad game, but its not Ancel's finest hour.
Lol, no. No it's not.
I remember it being one of the first and best implemented versions of the HUD-less first person game. I really liked playing it on the 360.
hydragonwarrior
Member
Is her head decapitated in that first pic?
That would help it bomb even harder than the original, so great idea if that's the goal!
Spazznid
Member
the only problem with the pc ver. of BGE is that the default settings give crap speeds. there are a few settings you can change to fix speed issues. Google that for yourselves. took me a total of 2 minutes and then two minutes again when I had to reinstall it later on. perfect, buttery smooth BGE on my old 9800gt and now on my 580.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
Is there a way to get it to work on 64-bit PC's? It used to always run like shit on my old laptop so it annoyed me when it wouldn't even install on my new desktop.
You have it backwards: Ancel confirmed that the game won't appear until the next generation of hardware; it was a later rumour that suggested otherwise.
"Can it run BG&E2?" is going to be the new "Can it run Crysis?" I really wish they would just stop mentioning this until it's actually happening and in a show able state. It'll make it hurt less when it finally gets cancelled instead of just stringing us along by our last thread of hope.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
i love it, and it's one of my favorite first person games in recent memory. if you value atmosphere and setting and a feeling of making a long continuous journey more than you value shooting mechanics, i say get on it.
Night_Trekker
Member
It's a great game, but it's very short.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
My bro.
King Kong was a great launch title. I never want to replay it because I'm sure it wouldn't be as fun the second time, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
Would you stop making excuses Ubisoft? God!
All screens, videos, and artworks are from 2008/2009 when they still actively worked on BG&E2 and planned it for a PS3/360 release. Only after autumn 2009 the project was halted, probably not for technical reasons but because Ubisoft had doubts about the financial viability of this project huh
unfortunately they undermine it occasionally by cutting to rubbish kong brawler sections. but it is excellent outside of that, very effective use if the half-life 2 first person storytelling style especially with the protagonist speaking too to help with immersion. the continuous journey is spot on and i particularly enjoy how it takes you from some grisly parts of the island, sludge through muddy rivers crawling with horrible creatures to walking through beautiful forests and great scenes of wonder where you first see the line of bronotosauraus' crossing a valley.
it's a good game and definitely worth a play now it's cheap and it being a five hour game is a selling point rather than poor value for money.
Azure Phoenix
Member
Well I'd rather see it delayed by another 2-3 years than have it cancelled outright or severely pruned back to fit on the current ageing hardware.
Yeah, it was a really underrated launch title.
Kilgore Trout
Member
Man, I remember seeing BGE2 footage back in 2009 or something. Which will release first: this or The Last Guardian?
I'd still say the Last Guardian, but I'm confident that won't come out this year, and maybe not even in 2013. So that means it will be next-gen time when TLG actually comes out, so the new hardware will be out for Ancel, it is actually possible for BGE2 to actually come out first.
Vinterbird
Member
The difference is that Last Guardian is in active development, something BGE2 hasn't been in some time.
PixyJunket
Member
This really doesn't seem like the kind of game that they want to focus specifications and powerful hardware on. The more expensive they make the game to develop, the more and more it's going to bite them. I really figured that since they were finally given the opportunity to go back to this franchise, they would want it to actually be more successful. This just seems like the wrong approach to me. Especially given the stylistic look of the original game.
nintendors
Member
For the love of god Ubi STFU ....
on a side note,, is BG&E available anywhere on the PSN or XboxLive ? I'd like to try that :/
on a side note,, is BG&E available anywhere on the PSN or XboxLive ? I'd like to try that :/