12th June 2010, 5:11 PM
Ya know, I hate those "banner ads" that pop up at little markers through Youtube these days. I know they need ads to support themselves, that's basically the one direct source of income Google has, but can't they stick the ad banners as images that only show before you hit play and after the video is done? That'd be perfectly acceptable to me, and really I don't need that "single frame" randomly taken from somewhere in the video anyway so it's no big loss.
That game does look like it'll be good. The 1950's music is a nice touch. One thing I've noticed about these types of RPGs is the glitchiness of them though. I mean, it's not Bioware levels of glitchy, but generally walking around Elderscrolls or Fallout feels like I'm in a fragile universe, like if I don't really think about exactly what I'm doing I'll break my save file forever by accidently knocking the wrong NPC off a cliff or picking the wrong conversation option or killing the wrong person. I'm not talking basic in-game consequences, I'm talking weird game-killing glitches from those sorts of things. It's annoying. I wish they'd take as much time in their quality control as Japanese developers do. I'll still get it mind you, these are fun games, but there's a clear difference here. I don't recall nearly as many insane glitches popping up around every corner in a game like Final Fantasy 6. Oh it's got glitches, sure, but they're rare, tucked out of the way and hard to accidentally stumble upon.
That game does look like it'll be good. The 1950's music is a nice touch. One thing I've noticed about these types of RPGs is the glitchiness of them though. I mean, it's not Bioware levels of glitchy, but generally walking around Elderscrolls or Fallout feels like I'm in a fragile universe, like if I don't really think about exactly what I'm doing I'll break my save file forever by accidently knocking the wrong NPC off a cliff or picking the wrong conversation option or killing the wrong person. I'm not talking basic in-game consequences, I'm talking weird game-killing glitches from those sorts of things. It's annoying. I wish they'd take as much time in their quality control as Japanese developers do. I'll still get it mind you, these are fun games, but there's a clear difference here. I don't recall nearly as many insane glitches popping up around every corner in a game like Final Fantasy 6. Oh it's got glitches, sure, but they're rare, tucked out of the way and hard to accidentally stumble upon.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)