General Gaming News and Discussion

INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS said:

It’s pure business strategy.

Any time a micro transaction is introduced in a game, the game will inherently be designed in a way to incentivize the micro transaction conversion. Single player by saving you time “grinding” or multiplayer by giving you an advantage over other players.

Thank goodness for gaming companiespar that avoid that nightmare.

Click to expand...

That's essentially my grievance with the live service model in general, because there are some games that I've heard from others like here that maintain a fair balance.

Additionally, though, we have to keep in mind how there are basically two generations now who grew up believing that this is actually the norm, and most games can't function without funding a neverending digital dress up game.

We're left with the problem where choosing not to partake yourself is worthless next to the whales and the brain-rotted who are supporting the worst practices in the industry, thereby incentivizing as many other companies to do the same.

OU Ariakas said:

Haha, how did I miss that when I'm the one who compared the new Direwolves to Jurassic Park as a whole.

But do we think Keighly is that smart or willing to even vaguely bite the hand that feeds him (AAA gaming)?

Click to expand...

No way, and I genuinely believe he had the most sincere intents without grasping the irony of Hammond's fate in the end.

Hateyou said:

Hammond lived in the movie. The lawyer he’s talking to died. My guess is he didn’t think of any irony and he’s just saying all the haters will be apologizing.

Click to expand...

True, it's technically more the fate of the entire park and everyone who died.

Late on the dragon talk... but

EQ really got all the "types" correct, at least to SoV.

I rarely have seen drakes as 4 legs no wings... drakes almost always are "small" dragons - so 4 legs/claws/arms and 2 wings. And yeah GoT dragons were Wyvrems

Dragons!!!!!

Sinistkir13 said:

True, it's technically more the fate of the entire park and everyone who died.

Click to expand...

I read Jurassic Park for the first time this last fall.

Ho-lee-shit is it good. I read a few other Crichton novels afterwards, but none were nearly as good as JP. If you haven't read it, please do. It shares the same 2nd Act as the movie, but the first and third act are completely different tones. The book is straight up R-rated horror/thriller while the movie is family action/adventure. I was very surprised how much I loved the book, and tbh, hated Dr Hammond and the younger sister in the book.

They basically switched Hammond and Gennaro's characters in the movie. Hammond is a greedy fuckbag who barely even cares about the fact that his grandkids are in danger and Gennaro is the moral one. Muldoon and Gennaro both survive while Hammond and Malcolm die, then Crichton was forced to retcon Malcolm's death for the second book.

Gavinmad said:

They basically switched Hammond and Gennaro's characters in the movie.

Click to expand...

spoilers, bro! Don't ruin it for those who haven't read it, yet!

In my head canon, Malcolm is dead and JP2 never happened. I tried reading JP2 but only got about 1/3 through it before losing interest. It was Crichton's only sequel and retconning Malcolm's death was something I couldn't really get past. Albeit, I enjoy The Lost World movie.

Holy shit. I need to re-read that book. Haven’t read it since like 1998.

INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS said:

spoilers, bro! Don't ruin it for those who haven't read it, yet!

In my head canon, Malcolm is dead and JP2 never happened. I tried reading JP2 but only got about 1/3 through it before losing interest. It was Crichton's only sequel and retconning Malcolm's death was something I couldn't really get past. Albeit, I enjoy The Lost World movie.

Click to expand...

That's a weird thing to be unable to get past seeing as how his death was a mostly irrelevant sentence fragment in what was effectively an epilogue.