Rockstar prefers quality over quantity

Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:57 pm

So you think companies don't make excuses in business? And btw, you didn't understand what the CEO said.
I do if they have a reason to, but in this case what he's saying is true.
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Post » Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:48 am

I do if they have a reason to, but in this case what he's saying is true.

I would have believed the CEO if he had said, "we prefer quality over quantity". I believe in that. But he said that even if the product has quality he wouldn't like to release it early because of "burn out". That's his reason/theory/excuse.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:10 pm

Considering Activision and EA have proven that you can provide quality and quantity, I see the argument that it should take 5 years to make a game as being lazy. Call of Duty is a 10/10 game every year, as is Madden and FIFA...so... yeah.
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Post » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:58 am

Considering Activision and EA have proven that you can provide quality and quantity, I see the argument that it should take 5 years to make a game as being lazy. Call of Duty is a 10/10 game every year, as is Madden and FIFA...so... yeah.
A soccer game and COD are totally different then an open world game. Open world games usually take a little longer. We live in such an instant society.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:30 pm

If the game is as good as GTA4 then I can wait 5 years.
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Post » Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:15 am

Given how glitchy their games are anyway, I'd really hate to see a game made by them if they didn't care about quality.

That being said, their glitches are some of the most hilarious in the industry.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:55 pm

I've always wondered if Read Dead Redemption was supposed to be Rockstar's redemption. :tongue: I think they got the mix of gritty realism and humour right in RDR. And the world was fun to explore again like San An.

I haven't played GTA IV yet... only GTA III, Vice City & San Andreas.... and RDR/Undead Nightmare.

Maybe i go try (GTA IV) it some day... i'm curious about the DLCs.

:rock: on!
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:09 pm

Only had a few problems with driving in GTA IV, mainly centre around the AI and traffic lights.

Traffic lights? What traffic lights? Oh, the ones I always run over while driving down the sidewalk. :chaos:

In seriousness: The traffic light AI was probably the smallest problem with the driving AI. One thing I kept running into (literally) was when I was driving full tilt down a bridge in one lane and for some reason civilians would swerve into my lane when they saw me coming. I did end up with some hilarious motorcycle wipeouts several times when that happened though. The driving physics in GTAIV were almost spot on, but the AI could have been much, much better.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:30 pm

I thought the driving AI in GTA4 was near flawless.

Mafia 2 driving AI on the other hand.....what a disaster.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:35 pm

Thank god that is an opinion. RDR is a good game. You seem to hate almost everything.

I'd rather have a good game that takes longer than expected so the developers can polish and work on making the game as the best it can be. Rather than it being released early and having it all glitchy and uncompleted.
Uh huh everything, right. I don't think you've taken a gander at my Steam games list. Which is gigantic, and I can say I've beaten the majority of them and liked them. I just think Rockstar fails to make entertaining video games. They do their best at bad movies/simulation combination though.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:40 pm

Considering Activision and EA have proven that you can provide quality and quantity, I see the argument that it should take 5 years to make a game as being lazy. Call of Duty is a 10/10 game every year, as is Madden and FIFA...so... yeah.
WAHAHAH MY DRILLS. Call of Duty may be a 10/10 game every year, but I think that's because it's the same exact thing every year, along with Madden and FIFA. I bet by now reviewers have a template on how they review those games. Sports titles are "good" because it's the same thing every year, it's like going to a restraunt and getting the same sandwich every week with a different type of meat, sure it looks a little different, but its performance is the exact same. COD is the same turd with a different polish every year. http://i.imgur.com/Epqvj.jpg
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Post » Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:34 am

Uh huh everything, right. I don't think you've taken a gander at my Steam games list. Which is gigantic, and I can say I've beaten the majority of them and liked them. I just think Rockstar fails to make entertaining video games. They do their best at bad movies/simulation combination though.


Nah Gamgee, you complain about everything and everyone. That's not too bad in itself actually, I can complain a lot too, but you're very abrasive and rude.

You can argue in less rude ways. No need for:

Dur pick flowers and sell. Dur shoot animals and sell. Dur play games and make some money. Money which is useless. Dur dur durrrrr. Then the slow tediousness of all of it is just insane. I couldn't take it, way too much of a simulation for my taste. They forgot to add the fun.


Durs and durrrs to belittle something.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:51 pm

I'm still hoping for a combined Vice City / San Andreas gameplay.

In vice city you could take over businesses and then take over neighborhoods, in SA it was all about taking over the gangs before a neighborhood was claimed.

I always thought that the combination of the two elements would be a winning combo.

That, and the vehicle pimping from SA has to impact more than just me spending my characters money, which is better spent on rocket launchers..

Also, if Lazlo isn't a main part of the radio-broadcast development, [censored] it.
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Post » Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:47 am

I love Lazlo. :D
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Post » Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:58 am

In seriousness: The traffic light AI was probably the smallest problem with the driving AI. One thing I kept running into (literally) was when I was driving full tilt down a bridge in one lane and for some reason civilians would swerve into my lane when they saw me coming. I did end up with some hilarious motorcycle wipeouts several times when that happened though. The driving physics in GTAIV were almost spot on, but the AI could have been much, much better.
I never really had a problem with them. In a car I just drive down the center of the road right between the traffic, and in a truck/van I just plow through everyone for fun. :whistling:
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:23 pm

I never really had a problem with them. In a car I just drive down the center of the road right between the traffic, and in a truck/van I just plow through everyone for fun. :whistling:
On a side note.. it's a good thing I don't drive a garbage truck.. :hehe:


more people live today because of it. :yes:
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:21 pm

WAHAHAH MY DRILLS. Call of Duty may be a 10/10 game every year, but I think that's because it's the same exact thing every year, along with Madden and FIFA. I bet by now reviewers have a template on how they review those games. Sports titles are "good" because it's the same thing every year, it's like going to a restraunt and getting the same sandwich every week with a different type of meat, sure it looks a little different, but its performance is the exact same. COD is the same turd with a different polish every year. http://i.imgur.com/Epqvj.jpg

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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:30 pm

Thank god that is an opinion. RDR is a good game. You seem to hate almost everything.

To be fair, if you made a list of all the games people "like" on this forum, you'd have a blank sheet of paper.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:58 pm

Nah Gamgee, you complain about everything and everyone. That's not too bad in itself actually, I can complain a lot too, but you're very abrasive and rude.

You can argue in less rude ways. No need for:




Durs and durrrs to belittle something.
What can I say, I'm a fairly honest person and people really hate it.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:30 pm

Durr What can I durr say, I'm durr a durr fairly honest durr person durr and people really durr hate it.

FTFY.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:57 pm

FTFY.
Hahah, you get it now.

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Seriously, if people hate all of my opinions. Then why not add my to ignore? It's such an easy thing to do. It's literally right there. Just one little forbidden click away. I'm not going to post anymore in this thread, it's going way off topic. Besides I think all of this honesty is making people sick. I might have to give some http://www.gametrailers.com/video/modern-game-mega64/723924to the next action packed 52 games I come across just to balance out the universe.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:05 pm

I'm not going to post anymore in this thread.

Sounds like a few games of Werewolf you've played. ;)
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:13 pm

What can I say, I'm a fairly honest person and people really hate it.

Honesty doesn't have to equal social exclusion.
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:43 pm

Durr you guys can't handle the way I speak my mind durr
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Post » Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:54 pm

I like the approach that Rockstar takes with their games. Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed have completely lost my interest at this point because of the titles being released annually with few differences from their predecessors. I wish that companies would at least take two years to develop each game, even sports titles. Maybe then I would actually buy new games (I've only purchased two new games in the last two years...).

As for GTA IV, I thought it was a good game, but a bad GTA game. I would probably rate GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas above it, simply because there is more to do in those games. I don't mind the darker atmosphere in GTA IV at all. It's just that there wasn't enough well-placed humor to give those serious moments more impact. The main let-down for me was that there wasn't much to do. The previous titles had diversions (like paramedics and vigilante diversions), but they weren't there in GTA IV. The weapon selection was poor, the car customization was removed, no planes or tanks, lackluster cheats, and the character customization was pathetic. There weren't even that many places to explore, so it felt like a chore to navigate the map.

I also found bowling, comedy clubs, watching tv, etc. to be incredibly boring. I got a good laugh when I saw Saints Row 2 ads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcHkfLgsqZo for that. But with all of that being said, the multiplayer in GTA IV was excellent. Overall, I don't think it was a bad game, I just thought it was very boring for a GTA game. Hopefully GTA V will have some fun weapons, cheats, activities, and vehicles to use.
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