9-13-07
Dev competitions soon.
Mediatech freshman social for CM majors next Tuesday in room 101 of the CoC @ 11am.
Dev competition ideas: (voted on)
-game based on something from your own life
-game based on a book
-an original rhythm game
-based on opposite ideas/crossover
News:
-Head of Square-Enix "making fun" of PS3 for not having a consistent strategy
-Space Ace, Dragon's Lair 2 set to hit DS
-Rez, Ikaruga, and Exit confirmed for XBLA
-NeoGeo games on original console
-Recent Study: M-rated games sell best
-Nintendo gives a date for the Wii Zapper, which will include Link's Crossbow Training
-Jack Thomson subpoenas George W. Bush
-Geometry Wars Waves gameplay shown, it will come with PGR4
-TFT2 Engineer video shown
Game review by Chris Octa: Persona 3 for PS2
-Anime-themed RPG
-This is the one where kids shoot themselves in the head to become more powerful
("unleash their 'persona'")
-Two parts of the game: day (go to school, vacations, level up appropriate skills, and
develop social links) and night (fight demons)
-Time-based: one year given to beat the game, but events drive the time forward
-Plays too much like a dating sim, with many story-driven social links that you have to
level up
-Problem: Changing equipment requires talking to party members individually, which
takes too much time
-Level-based system not overwhelming. Skills are more important.
-Almost everything you do, including talking to people, affects the story in some way
-Very long game, but there is a New Game+ mode.
-AI is kind of iffy. They are controlled via scripts.
-Game isn't very pretty. Sad
-It is great for the niche JRPG audience, but terrible for everyone else.
-Overall rating: 9.4