GrE writes, "It's unfortunate that Disney's Up both begins and ends with a poorly implemented flying game, because the rest of the title really isn't bad at all for a title squarely aimed at a younger demographic. As you would expect from a Disney title, this is not something that will appeal to those of you who prefer your action more mature and violent, but it certainly has something about it that make it worth a look, if you want a game to play alongside your younger gaming protégé..."
"Pixar are by far one of the best movie making companies out there, and have been for years. But could Valve be gaming’s answer to such a phenomenon?"- PureDarkness
I know this isn't what the article is talking about but I'd love to see a Portal movie from Valve. All this trailers they made were awesome.
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Sorry, Valve is a solid company and has some nice IP's and many gamers put Half-life on a very deserving pedestal but they take TOO long to get anything done. As a matter of fact, M$ had to pick between Half-life and a new IP being made by Epic and eager little Cliffy B. They went with Epic because nobody know when Valve will ever get around to making and finishing a project. Best decision MGS ever made I would say huh...lol...btw...Most people were disappointed with Portal 2.
Pixar is beyond amazing and for a company to continue to put out movie after movie of such a high quality and REGULARITY, it's unheard of. Valve is lazy and it's Steam network wasn't really tested...till now. Many Pubs are going to be starting up their own networks as the technology is cheap now and valve will have to hustle if they don't want to start laying people off...you'll see what I mean. The days of taking 5 years to make a game are done.
Valve will have to have a yearly release if it wants to compete with EA, MGS who are bring XBL to the whole world via the PC, Activision will no doubt want to cut out the middle man as well, THQ, Ubi-softy...you name it, it's coming. Valve's fat, lazy good times are OVER.
Valve have made a game (or expansion pack) in:
'98, two in '99, '00, '01, '03, two in '04, '06, '07 (which was Orange box so that's more than one), '08, '09, and '11.
Not only is that regulrity but that's also 13 games in 14 years. That's also counting Orange box as one game.
Pixar has released (including Cars 2 later this year) 12 films in 17 years. So quite how you say Valve take too long to get anything done but Pixar does stuff with regularity I do not know. Stop getting butt-hurt over them taking a while to make Half Life 3 because they've given you plenty of stuff to play with in the mean time.
PSFocus writes: "Everybody has his own kind of genre film, which he or she likes to watch. The one loves horror, the other of romance. In between all these different movie viewers is a big deal. They all love Pixar films, at least, a few strange cases after then. Pixar is a studio that once in a while with nice, funny and above all very nice computer animated films come. Meanwhile, the studio has a number of years now and provide them each good movies. Their latest creation is up to them and of course the game will follow."
Games2C:
"The visual style captures the essence of the film, helped further by authentic voice acting from the cast and little filmesque clips to push the narrative along at a gentle pace. But don't be in doubt, UP is a bog–standard movie conversion – that is short in both length and ambition. An extension of the film perhaps, but not a particularly valuable addition to anyone's game collection."
It is a shame that they have to bookend a game with crappy sections.
Why do companies insist on making these bad movie games?
I rented and played this game with my 7 year old son and we had a blast playing it coop. I wouldn't play it on my own, but with him it was alot of fun. I found the flying sections the most fun actually. It was a little hard for him on those parts, but he could just aim the gun while I flew around so it wasn't too bad.