Saturday, January 2, 2010

What's The Deal With All The Sequel's

SEQUEL HEADACHE

   Maybe It's just me but it seems there have been a great deal of sequels and remakes of games AND movies lately. Don't get me wrong. When an old movie or game is recast and remade and brought to a level never seen before I love it, but how about when a continuation of a story or a remake tanks?
          Star Wars was a great example. Episode 4,5, and 6 which were the first three movies release were at the time beyond anything Hollywood had ever produced. Even today those famous three movies are a guide post for all science fiction movies to follow.
           Avatar has not only used the wake set by great science fiction movies, but has leaped past them in a wonderful spectacle I've never imagined possible. Avatar not a Sequel, or remake, but a new spin on the worlds facination with the unknown.
           That being said. Not all Sequels are bad.... Battlefield bad company two seems to be on track. Modern Warfare 2 was a hit. Everyone is looking forward to the SC2 release. Final fantasy 13 is coming soon.
             As much as I love all of these gigantic titles I can't help but think to myself, how I would love to see more unique and completely original titles. I want more game types to emerge from the iron works. Let's see new beginings come to life like halo in recent years, or Battlefield, and Modern Warfare...

    What do you think about this Maddman? Am I wrong?

Terms and Definitions

TBS - Turn Based Strategy
RTS - Real time Strategy
FPS - First Person Shooter
RPG - Role Playing Game
MMO- Massive Multiplayer online
GUI - Graphic user interface
FOV - Field of View
ADF - Aerial Dog Fighting

Judging Criterion

Control style - Judging the default controller settings, And the users ability to manipulate them while playing the game

Playability - Judging the users ability to play the game without instruction,or practice time. games that take more than twenty minutes to understand game play begin to lose playability points.

Graphics - Judging picture quality and glitching in the game. also looking at GUI and other features on the game.

Single Player - Judging the single player aspect of the game. Content, quests, campaign, etc. A game that has no single player mode will get a default score of 0, but will not be included into the overall score.

Multiplayer - judging the online and offline multiplayer aspect of the game. Lag, Glitching, cheaters, ranking, scores online stats, game play, etc.

Physics - Judging shot/hit register. Jumping, crawling, running, axis, framing, FOV. action reaction speed, smoothness of movement.

Originality - Judging the games new to the gaming world content. Story line, graphics, content, style, genre, GUI, FOV, level of understanding, etc.

Esko's Bio

Esko is the Chief editor for this site, and is completely new to the blogging world. He grew up in South East Michigan, and has traveled abroad. He now resides in Hawaii, and is probably sitting near the beach right now sipping on a mai tai.

Gaming experience is quite extensive. He has been playing since Atari, and as he gets older he seems to dig deeper into the glamorous realm of video game heaven.

He has served the red, white, and blue proudly, and is now a retired veteran, enjoying his free time. He is happily married, and looking forward to having a new baby.

Esko, armed with his two sidekicks Maddman, and Jinco, has engineered a plan to play every video game on every video game system, and live to write the tale.

Esko says, "Take your time, post a few, and don't forget to let us know what games you want reviewed and deconstructed next!"

Also check out this site with some of the coolest gadgets around.

Jinco's Bio

Jincoman's Bio

Jinco is the Senior Writer for this site, and is as much of a newbie to the Blogging scene as his coworkers. Jinco grew up playing the same games as Madd and Esko, but always seemed to be ahead of the learning curve when it came to FPS style games. He Lives in the Ohio valley, and is currently going to school for Computer science. Jinco's Knowledge of computer systems has made him an irreplaceable addition to this team.
At this time you may find him playing one of his favorite FPS's on the Steam network, and sipping on a cold one.

Jincoman's gaming expertise is in the FPS realm, but he also has a knack for the MMORPG's, and Racing games. He is a foe to contend with on any level. His all time greatest game... Golden eye for the Nintendo 64, (Uber).

ManiacMadd's Bio

ManiacMadd's Bio

Madd is the Assistant Editor for this site, and is slightly more experienced in the technical aspect of blogging than Jinco Or Esko. Like His coworkers he grew up in South East Michigan, and has Trekked across the U.S. map a few times in his days. He now lives in central Michigan, and if you toss him an IM on any major instant messaging service he is either at work, or playing some epic video game, trying to be the first to beat it in every possible way.

Madd's Gaming experience is what some would call Uber, which is one step above elite. Maddman Excels at FPS style games, but is nearly untouchable on an array of MMORPG's. He has been gaming since the Commodore 64. So don't underestimate his abilities.

When he is at home he is either on the Xbox 360, or gaming it up on the PC. Since he is an IT specialist, he spends countless hours on computers there as well. His computer knowledge is beyond most peoples realm of understanding, which makes him a vital member of this team.