Kotaku:
Last year, as you might remember, this website leaked almost everything there was to know about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
As you might also remember, Modern Warfare 3 did okay. Like, $775 million in its first five days okay. People could easily go on the Internet and read extensive spoilers on every single one of the game's missions and plot points. But they bought it anyway.
Discover 10 timeless video games from the past that remain absolutely playable today. From Chrono Trigger to DOOM, these classics have aged like fine wine!
Hot damn that's a good list. The only one i never played is AOE2 and i never finshed Chrono Trigger but it was damn good.
Speaking of what's old but holds up amazingly well and plays like a dream.. i played Symphony of the Night for the first time in 2019.. yep that's right. It became one of my favourite games of all time that i replay almost every year. I couldn't believe how good it was. That is almost impossible for me with newer games let alone older ones. Truly a special gem.
The only one I’d disagree with is doom. It shows its age badly I think. After 5 minutes of play these days you put it down.
Half-Life 2 art director and Dishonored designer Viktor Antonov has died aged just 52.
One of my biggest art heroes. His work and vision were truly one of a kind, and he’s been a huge inspiration to my own work. Such a heartbreaking loss.
Remember seeing Dishonored for the first time when it released, fell in love with the art style straight away, so striking! And because of it, still holds up and will for years to come, RIP Viktor
Yep I remember seeing some of the earliest concept art for Dishonored and hearing that the art director of Half-Life 2 was working on it and being excited.
And you are absolutely right, each of those games (HL2 and Dishonored) has a distinct art style that stands the test of time.
So sad to hear this. I absolutely love the Dishonored series and love the world and art style. It looks great and unique. I'm still hoping for a Dishonored 3
One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!
To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.
some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier
it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me
I think he's on to something here.
"In other words, last year's leak helped prove something that people in the video game industry just don't seem to understand: Knowledge isn't harmful."
It sold because it's Call of Duty, not because of groundbreaking story telling, incredible surprises or unique gameplay. E.g. Call of Duty's sales really don't prove anything.
Would you want the internet knowing every plot twist in a movie or game that is yet to come out? The whole reason you anticipate something is because you don't know what's going to happen. Would Dark Knight Rises top the box office if everyone already knew the entire story?
Knowledge _is_ harmful, in particular to new IPs, story based games and less established (read: non-mainstream) franchises.
I think there's far more serious problems in the gaming industry that are a lot worse than devs and pubs not talking.
No risk taking and lack of innovation due to spiraling development costs for a lot of AAA games is probably the biggest problem.
I think the issue here is that game devs don't want to talk because of the competitive nature of the industry. It's called protecting your investment. The investment you spent hundreds if not thousands of manhours on. It's called building up hype for your product so that it'll sell come release date.