SideQuesting.com - Episode 315. Another Dave! This time, it’s Dave Voyles, one of the curators of the Indie Games Summer Uprising event on XBox 360. We talk about some great indie games, how the event started, and how Gamescom and GDC Germany ruined Dave forever.
In this episode: Deus Ex, El Shaddai, Deus Ex, Street Fighter III: Online Hyper Arcade Alpha, and Deus Ex
Some games endure despite the average player wishing they could skip that first hour - here are five annoying video game openings in otherwise classic titles.
I liked the Red Dead 2 opening, certainly didn’t feel like a slog to me, but I enjoyed that whole game so for those who were just expecting ‘GTA but with cowboys’, that was probably not the opening they expected, and Red Dead 2 wasn’t the game they were hoping for …
First game that came to mind when I read the title, was Watch Dogs 2, because you’re expecting an open world sandbox game in sunny colorful San Francisco, and instead that opening has you crawling and sneaking around an incredibly boring office building …
Watch Dogs 2 is a decent game but not really a classic. The opening is awful though. You got that right.
I loved the RDR 2 opening hours the first time but going back to restart it is where the rub lies for me.
Yeah, I agree it’s not a classic, but it was the first game I thought of where I really thought; Why would you make that design choice!? If you’re gonna do a thing like that in order to teach the player some basic sneaking controls, at least make the location a bit more interesting, like an abandoned theme park or gorgeous temple or whatever, but now the gameplay was restrictive and boring, but also the location itself.
@Yi-Long Definitely true re the worst possible choices being made for the opener of Watch Dogs 2. I did enjoy WD2 overall but that intro is baffling :-D
A talented modder is creating an HD iteration of the classic Dues Ex (2000) experience in Unreal Engine 5. A new video reveals more details.
Cease and Desist DMCA imminent. All these fan projects get killed because they can't wait to show it off before it's complete.
Finish the mod/game then show it off and release it. If you announce it early then it can get taken down.
CG writes: Developer, DXU24 posted a new update for his work-in-progress re-imagining into VR, Deus Ex VR mod. The base game is Deus Ex which released in 2000 on PC and is looking mighty fantastic with the visual upgrades alongside proper VR integration. You can follow him on Twitter here.
