Comments on: Friendship as a tool… http://www.consolehopping.com/2009/12/10/friendship-as-a-tool/ Updated Tuesdays and Thursdays Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Siddharth http://www.consolehopping.com/2009/12/10/friendship-as-a-tool/#comment-2304 Siddharth Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:01:49 +0000 http://www.consolehopping.com/?p=328#comment-2304 By the way... a totally random point but I just ordered Mirror's Edge..... I had it wayyy back but my friend messed up the disc when he tilted the xbox while the game was still running..... I'm actually more excited about (re)playing this game more than I am about playing left 4 dead 2.... By the way… a totally random point but I just ordered Mirror’s Edge….. I had it wayyy back but my friend messed up the disc when he tilted the xbox while the game was still running…..

I’m actually more excited about (re)playing this game more than I am about playing left 4 dead 2….

]]> By: Siddharth http://www.consolehopping.com/2009/12/10/friendship-as-a-tool/#comment-2303 Siddharth Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:58:13 +0000 http://www.consolehopping.com/?p=328#comment-2303 Haha I'm pretty sure that must have happened.... I guess they just got carried away with the idea that the game might sell because of the cool board or something and the one guy who tried telling them it's a bad idea probably got marked down as "not being a team player"..... I like games which try out something new but that doesn't mean you endanger the spindly legs of your core demographic; As we all know, a gamer's strength lies in his thumbs and not his ability to do kickflips Haha I’m pretty sure that must have happened….

I guess they just got carried away with the idea that the game might sell because of the cool board or something and the one guy who tried telling them it’s a bad idea probably got marked down as “not being a team player”…..

I like games which try out something new but that doesn’t mean you endanger the spindly legs of your core demographic; As we all know, a gamer’s strength lies in his thumbs and not his ability to do kickflips

]]> By: Rob Lundy http://www.consolehopping.com/2009/12/10/friendship-as-a-tool/#comment-2302 Rob Lundy Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:42:05 +0000 http://www.consolehopping.com/?p=328#comment-2302 Actually I was going to say something similar... I'm sure there was some poor shmo who was telling people on the dev team that this was a bad idea... unfortunately it seems like the sane ones are never listened to.... Actually I was going to say something similar… I’m sure there was some poor shmo who was telling people on the dev team that this was a bad idea… unfortunately it seems like the sane ones are never listened to….

]]> By: Lou Manglass http://www.consolehopping.com/2009/12/10/friendship-as-a-tool/#comment-2301 Lou Manglass Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:26:37 +0000 http://www.consolehopping.com/?p=328#comment-2301 @Siddharth True, I imagine they did work hard, but if it's not well-executed then what are you going to do? Effort alone isn't enough. I just hope it wasn't corporate pressure that made them push out a bad game for the holidays. Could you imagine if you were that team, and you were so close to a good game but you had to bend to the whims of marketing? Guh... Thanks for the heads-up! I still prefer to think of people sliding around and busting their butts on floors, but somewhere deep inside I always knew they'd cover their bases in such a litigious society. @Siddharth True, I imagine they did work hard, but if it’s not well-executed then what are you going to do? Effort alone isn’t enough. I just hope it wasn’t corporate pressure that made them push out a bad game for the holidays. Could you imagine if you were that team, and you were so close to a good game but you had to bend to the whims of marketing? Guh…

Thanks for the heads-up! I still prefer to think of people sliding around and busting their butts on floors, but somewhere deep inside I always knew they’d cover their bases in such a litigious society.

]]> By: Siddharth http://www.consolehopping.com/2009/12/10/friendship-as-a-tool/#comment-2300 Siddharth Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:27:26 +0000 http://www.consolehopping.com/?p=328#comment-2300 Well the game did terribly in the reviews.... and they have special grip pads for hardwood floors. Apparently the board is of excellently sturdy build quality and can stand abuse but comes with it's own set of problems (one of them being the amount of work you do when you have to stoop down to do a board grab). X-Play tested out the board and said if you're going to put so much effort into the game, you might as well go out and try learning a real skateboard :P Apparently the game itself does not do too good of a job either. I kind of feel bad for the developers who work this hard to see the game flop so badly...... Well the game did terribly in the reviews…. and they have special grip pads for hardwood floors. Apparently the board is of excellently sturdy build quality and can stand abuse but comes with it’s own set of problems (one of them being the amount of work you do when you have to stoop down to do a board grab).

X-Play tested out the board and said if you’re going to put so much effort into the game, you might as well go out and try learning a real skateboard :P Apparently the game itself does not do too good of a job either.

I kind of feel bad for the developers who work this hard to see the game flop so badly……

]]> By: Lou Manglass http://www.consolehopping.com/2009/12/10/friendship-as-a-tool/#comment-2299 Lou Manglass Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:29:03 +0000 http://www.consolehopping.com/?p=328#comment-2299 Zero Punctuation is fantastic. I do feel he's been phoning it in a bit lately, but it's still pretty good. And I am curious to see the Tony Hawk board in action. I have no interest in it myself, but are people supposed to jump and such on this? How long could it possibly stand up to that abuse? It can't possibly be good for solid wood flooring, and can you imagine if the floor (laminate or wood) was slick? This may breathe life back in to wiihaveaproblem.com yet, unless I misunderstand the point of the peripheral. Zero Punctuation is fantastic. I do feel he’s been phoning it in a bit lately, but it’s still pretty good.

And I am curious to see the Tony Hawk board in action. I have no interest in it myself, but are people supposed to jump and such on this? How long could it possibly stand up to that abuse? It can’t possibly be good for solid wood flooring, and can you imagine if the floor (laminate or wood) was slick?

This may breathe life back in to wiihaveaproblem.com yet, unless I misunderstand the point of the peripheral.

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