HandsomeDead Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Stuck it while browsing. You can't get a word in edgeways with Ill about. You're right about the Wii and it finally releasing decent games. I will, really will pick up Wario some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'm saying nothing The sounds not as bad as I was expecting it to be, but as usual whenever there's a problem it's my end. No idea why and no idea how to ultimately fix it short of buying mic after mic until i find one that works. Anyway I think this is a good show, probably helped by us not doing one like this for a while, but it was a lot of fun to record and hhopefully that comes across Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Yeah, it certainly had more of a banterish kind of vibe about it which was different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 i enjoyed that appart from ben's definition of milking a franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Ben is rather unpopular when it comes to that sort of thing at the mo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 ^ i'm not entirely sure what you're refering to so i just want to make sure my comment isn't taken out of context, i'm on about halo (i have to defend it i love it so), i know ben doesn't like it and that's fair enough, but i don't see how microsoft have milked it (unless maybe your refering to halo wars?), 3 games each a few years apart and each adding substantial amounts of new features and even innovations. i thought a milked franchise was something like a yearly update that adds little or nothing new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'm not saying they've milked it in that sense, nothing like, more that they've made more games (or will have by the end of the year) than they would have, trying to get more money. Same with something like Metal Gear or GTA (which might be a better example). They're just capitalising on a franchise, or turning it into a franchise, however you want to look at it I could have picked a better example tbf but i didnt realise i was going to have the 360 police all up in my face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 please think of me as more like the halo police. next person to say anything negative about halo is formally challenged to a dance off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illdog Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 please think of me as more like the halo police. next person to say anything negative about halo is formally challenged to a dance off. DifferentClass wrote: Yeah, it certainly had more of a banterish kind of vibe about it which was different. Different eh? I did ramble on a bit, apologies. I agree with Ben, it sounds alot better than i though audio quality wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Next person to say anything negative about halo is formally challenged to a dance off. Halo fucking sucks....you just got served You can see my avatar, you know iz got movez. I'll give the cast a listen at work today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 DifferentClass wrote:Yeah, it certainly had more of a banterish kind of vibe about it which was different. Different eh? I don't mean in a bad way if that's what you're getting at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Halo fucking sucks....you just got servedYou can see my avatar, you know iz got movez. omgz. its on. 1930 tonight - halo 3 - standoff (it has missile launch things that might make a good dancefloor)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoobie Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I agree with what Ben says about Fable 2 - too much running from one place to the next hammering the attack button. And I hate it when everyone gangs round you when you are trying to do something/someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambob Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Good show ladies, second part should be interesting. Someone was heavy breathing throughout a lot of it, think it was Hendo, scary Hendo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 i thought a milked franchise was something like a yearly update that adds little or nothing new? That's pretty much what I was trying and failing to say. That Mirror's Edge and Dead Space will certainly get sequels but they won't be every year. Halo isn't updated every year. Even Animal Crossing, which barely moves forward at all, is one game per generation. I've definitely given up on Guitar Hero (unless something amazing happens) as, for one thing, Rock Band is continually updated with DLC to keep it fresh, and recently they said they wouldn't be doing Rock Band 3 this year, which is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I liked the podcast this week. Nice banter. On those Forza races last week, we talked about RB versus GH. Rock Band 2 is just so much better than GH:WT. Better setlist, better graphics, better art direction, better songs, better career mode. It just goes on and on and on. That's not to say World Tour is shit - it's not. It just feels very soulless. It's hard to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I should also point out that my issue was with the dissing of Guitar Hero, World Tour is brilliant and I felt I should step in and defend its honour. Although I still maintain that most companies will milk a franchise/make sequels for as long as they can, but im wary of getting into another arguement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 For the record, here's exactly what the Activision CEO said: Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has explained that various Sierra (Vivendi) games were dumped for not exhibiting "potential to be exploited every year across every platform".Among those dropped during the Vivendi-Activision merger were Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. Fortunately, other publishers are pecking at the remains; Atari looks poised to publish Ghostbusters and THQ will do the honours with 50 Cent. "Why don't we start with the Vivendi Games businesses: there were a lot of different projects and businesses that we identified as not likely to achieve the profit margin potential that we look for," Kotick told investors in a financial call, painstakingly transcribed on Seeking Alpha. "With respect to the franchises that don't have the potential to be exploited every year across every platform with clear sequel potential that can meet our objectives of over time becoming USD 100 million plus franchises, that's a strategy that has worked very well for us." The plan is to work on titles that will still in the public eye 10 years from now. And to achieve this, Activision Blizzard has a whopping 15 properties across 70 SKUs planned for 2009 - 40 per cent more than in 2008. Kotick said these will include new titles in the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero series, as well as film tie-ins Transformers, Wolverine, Monsters Versus Aliens and Ice Age. There's a Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 on the way; more James Bond and Tony Hawk outings; and the eventual release of Wolfenstein. But Kotick also has plans for "three, maybe four exciting new intellectual properties", including Prototype, Singularity and the racing game from PGR brain-box Bizarre Creations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I've definitely given up on Guitar Hero (unless something amazing happens) as, for one thing, Rock Band is continually updated with DLC to keep it fresh, and recently they said they wouldn't be doing Rock Band 3 this year, which is nice. with gh/rb games the full releases are really good value for money, rb2 has ~100 songs with the 20 free dlc i think?, that's like 40p a song, usual dlc price is about £1 i think. still doesn't matter to me if they keep releasing dlc i'll keep buying it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 MFGamers Podcast 10 - The Generic 2008 Ramble (part 2) As per title, Team Awesome talk absolute rubbish about the last year. This is part 2 of the huge conversation and is much longer than the last with Ben, Hendo and Sam running through loads of subjects, like some 360 and multiformat games, the year that the Wii had, the PS3, and what is in store for 2009. Theme music courtesy of Brad Sucks found at http://www.bradsucks.net MFGamers Podcast 10 - The Generic 2008 Ramble (part 2) (right click, choose save as...) Subscribe by hitting the iTunes button. Previous: Mostly Fat Zombies Games and Shit I Peacocked Your Mom Last Night The Generic 2008 Ramble (part 1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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