Is God of War a cursed franchise? Has F@home peaked?
Hi every one, first of all happy 2008.
Sometimes when you spend hours daily reading stuff about Video Games suddenly (at least in my case) you feel the urge to post something about it. In this case 2 things above many are constantly in my thoughts:
Something may not be quite good in the famous GOW franchise
Folding @ home is loosing processing power
What is the matter with the GOW franchise which thousands of people had the chance to play and enjoy, I mean the consumer, because in the other side it seems that something is going on since the director of each one is always different. First, the man who shocked us with this original concept and father of the multi award winner franchise: David Jaffe, Second: Cory Barlog and the not yet released Chains of Olympus by Ready at Dawn (I'll skip the mobile version Betrayal).
It's known that the involvement of Jaffe on the franchise never finished, but IMO if you have a great game that can be pushed further wouldn't you just stick around as The Man? The case of Barlog is different because now he is in pursue of other things leaving GOW III "in good hands", and Ready at Dawn is preparing to move in to something "really big".
So what is it? Did the first iteration left pretty high standards for the "common human" and the challenge of another one has more weight than a "normal" game? Maybe the families of the developers also end up exhausted for their missing relatives? I'm not trying to make a novel about it but if you know something that I don't please share so one of my "concerns" can rest in peace.
F@Home
Since the Stanford University included the PS3 in their distributed computing network they saved if not years weeks and it was amazing to compare PC's (Windows, Mac, Linux) and GPU vs the PS3, it reminds me the (Wii vs the rest in Japan lol), at this time the results are still incomparable a few minutes ago everything but the PS3 = 273 TeraFlops and the PS3 = 762, together they pass the Pentaflop barrier.
But just a few weeks ago only the PS3 was measured in Pentaflops (actually 1). And the number of new clients is still going up, so what's happening? Are we still playing a lot the great games that 2007 gave us so we are kinda greedy to share some processing power? Did our economy just couldn't take it any more because the electric bill grew considerably? (When I borrowed my PS3 my bill got multiplied by 2 so I decided to just share my computer) Or maybe the "Fad" is passing? Again please share your reasons or theories.
Before I go, I want to share something else: I've been recently playing The Eye of Judgment , a game that merges actual cards with the PS3 Eye camera and internet if you want to battle around the world instead of the computer or better a friend. I bought it as an opportunity to get the camera and a game for a little more (even got it for 15 bucks less). At first I was not to fond to it because although I like TCG, Ninja Gaiden, Warhawk, COD4, and UT3 got me, but suddenly I payed it a little more attention and kinda regret for not playing it more before, I'm totally hooked and a friend of mine (thanks again Nerilika) just shared me a page devoted only to this game in which you can join to tournaments, get a lot of info from the experts and have a blast, so if you wanna check it out:
http://lbshooters.com/
Ok, enough for today, thanks for reading and good gaming to you all!
I can not believe my eyes
Man, is the world crazy or Nintendo's momentum is better than ever? Despite the shortages the Wii is the #1 selling video game product in Amazon (in the US) even though they don't have it, only other sellers, and the cheapest is only $517 usd!!!
I would be much cheaper to get a PS3 or a 360, but I guess with all the noise and terrific sales there are many who would pay whatever it costs ![]()
I do enjoy it now that I bought Super Mario Galaxy and the fun will continue with Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Paper Mario (the Game Cube version 9 bucks is a helluva price for it
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But despite all this my #1 will still be PS3.
That's all Folks!
Is the war really about Sony, MS and Nintendo?
What make us behave like that? Do we need to hate in order to feel better? Are we trying to justify why we picked a console and deep inside we wish we had chosen another? Does the evolution and new things each company has to offer makes us hesitate about being "right"? All three consoles are selling, in different proportions, what do we care who is leading if all of them are getting games?
What kind of pleasure do we get by arguing with someone we do not know in person (most of the times), Are we scared that our choice will "lose"?
I confess that I've done it , but the feeling left inside is not satisfying (I am a fanboy, but not a "hater" of the fanboys of the other consoles), the "war" is among the companies who are trying to get our bucks, we are consumers, we spend our money in the goods we choose, we can buy (if our budget allows it) all three, or 2 of 1, whatever your desire it's your money.
I can understand that for people belonging to something is good and in fact a need, we can share, socialize with the ones fond to "our cause", but that does not mean that we have to overlook or exclude groups that seek other interests.
If we need to focus some dissatisfactions in our gamer self why don't we target it to the real "guilty" i.e. Sony: games, MS RROD, Nintendo: less casual and more hard core (choose your poison, those were just suggestions
We are gamers, we love games, why don't we embrace that and let go the destructive behaviors?
Good gaming everyone!
What about Warhawk?
First of all I must say that even though I've been playing video games for more than 20 years my online experience is pretty new, I've only played Resistance Fall of Man, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Warhawk, Call of Duty 4, MotorStorm and Team Fortress 2, Calling All Cars, Enemy Territory and unfortunately I could not play Resident Evil Outbreak because the servers were already down (I bought it too late) and its a shame because I read that the gameplay online for it was really good ![]()
Since I purchased Warhawk, the online experience I had at that point seamed nothing compared to this online only title. Now, after more than 400 games and 100 + hours I just cant get enough of it. I though that COD4 would dethrone it but no, and trying to figure out why has been one of my most recent recurrent thoughts these days, here is what so far has popped up my brain: (I am not saying that this is the only game that have all these features, but so far I haven't found any other with all of them, I you know one please enlight me)
The maps are HUGE, even flying you'll need to use the turbo more than twice.
There is no weak option, a single soldier can blow a plane, burn a tank, kill driver and crew of a 4 x 4, and obviously the vehicles can do a lot of killing.
You can choose which map you want to play. And even host games in the comfort of your home.
If for some reason a "team mate" is killing you often, or not by accident, you can contribute to ban him/her by sacrificing some lives picking on him/her or acting like you want to kill back, and that compensates a lot for the fact of being betrayed. Revenge is a dish best served cold, mua hahahahahaha ![]()
If you get bored all you have to do is change the pace, strategy, approach, vehicle, map, team or whatsoever makes you feel the game repetitive and voila! A sniper turned into a stealth cold blooded knife killa or a plane hunter is a nice change.
Flying a plane can be a lot of fun (If you don't keep dying by the enemy), I've never liked games with flying simulator until now.
It's not that easy to rank up so the appeal last longer.
Land mines, it's so satisfying to harvest through the game the sweet taste of those special hidden presents, the more minutes pass between sowing each one (4 at a time) of your precious corn seeds and the popping the better ![]()
I could go on but it's not a book I'm trying to write, so tell me what do you like the most of it if you've already played it?
PS I do not work for Incognito or receive any ca$h for my opinion ![]()
Hello COD4, goodbye life!
Well I'm very excited because today my copy of Call of Duty 4 arrived, Iīll begin this new journey after eating so the time left of my freedom and life are almost over (I feel kind of sorry for my poor warhawk, but I'll manage to save some time for it too). I hope the problems on the servers due to the huge demand of PS3 clients itīs solved by now, well I can wait a little longer until campaign is finished.
Good gaming 2 you all.


