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Grotesque Tactics 2 - Review @ Just Press Start
Just Press Start has a review for this game. No score is given, however, he author didn't like the game much as he had problems with the voice acting, the humour and the tactics in the game. A sample:
I also felt the the tactics side of games was a bit lacking....
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KoA: Reckoning - Interview @ Gamasutra
Gamasutra talked to Colin Campbell, the game's lead world designer which resulted in a 4 page interview. They discussed the importance of building a game that caters to both genders, the challenges of building a fantasy world worth exploring, quest design and much much more....
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Fallout 3 - The Fundamental problem of Sympathetic Characters
Although not specifically on Fallout 3 (it uses it as a basis though ) an article is available on 'The problem With Story' about the problems the writer has with the character creation part of RPGs.
I could have chosen any RPG here. Demon’s Souls, Dragon Age, Skyrim, anything that uses a face and character creator....
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Larian Studios - Choice and Consequence
In a decent RPG choices should have consequences or at the very least give you the feeling your choices matter and something in the world is changing because of them. Swen "Lar" Vincke talks about how choice and consequece is being implemented in Dragon Commander and also in Project E....
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Mass Effect 3 - Live Action Trailer Director's Cut, Previews and More
A Director's Cut of the Live Action trailer shown at E3 has been released. It contains 15 seconds of new gameplay and is also edited slightly. A range of preview has been penned for this game. I'll quote from one of them and list the others:
Eurogamer has this preview:
It all starts however, as your correspondent recently discovered during a play through the game's opening hours, on terra firma....
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Driftmoon - Alpha 8 Released
Instant Kingdom has released Alpha 8 for Driftmoon with a swathe of fixes and changes:
We have a ton of fixes and improvements to various smaller things (but no new areas just yet!). My absolute favorite is Feagle, the Silver Phoenix! You can get her fairly early on, and she will come to your aid when you're in really tough situations....
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Game of Thrones - Delayed to May
According to GameSpot, Game of Thrones has been delayed to a little past the original "first quarter" to May 15th:
Gamers eager to get their hands on Game of Thrones for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC are going to have to wait longer than expected....
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Legend of Grimrock - Creating Legendary Music
Almost Human writes about creating the music for Legend of Grimrock, complete with a sample track. Here's a snip from the post:
Summer 2011 I noticed an interesting trailer link in Finnish IGDA pages about a game called Legend of Grimrock by a new Finnish game team Almost Human....
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Obsidian Entertainment - Narrative Designer Advice
Chris Avellone has penned a blog entry at Obsidian, returning to the topic of advice for breaking into the industry:
- In general, most narrative-focused companies have specific tests they send to test applicants, so as a result, your portfolio may not matter to them....
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The Witcher 2 - EE Video Dev Diary
CDPR has released the first entry in a video developer diary series about the The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition:
The time has come to release the first entry in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition Developer Diary Series. In Episode 1, the developers explain why our game isn’t a simple port from the PC, but a full scale adaptation for the new platform....
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