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Re: Story and Gameplay Integration
Posted By: Narcogen <narcogen@rampancy.net>	Date: 1/15/07 10:13 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Story and Gameplay Integration (3Suns) : I just played some more Gears last night and realized that there are more : cutscenes than I was remembering. However, they seem shorter and more : relevant to the immediate action before and after the cutscene (probably a : reflection of the simplicity of the story as compared with the Halo : story). Also, there are semi-controllable moments, mostly when receiving : verbal orders, in which you can move Marcus around, just not quickly. : Hmm... Sounds a bit like HL2. [snip] : Hmm... That makes sense, because since I heard about the model of A.I. being : used for The Sims, no one has been able to convince me that a A.I. over : scripting is either the better or more economical way to go for an epic : AAA game. [snip] : Hey, it need not be easy. There is no evidence that a well constructed : Mombassa, with all the trimmings, need have been easy. This is definitely : a personal preference thing , but I I would far rather have had a 3 to 5 : hour game in Mombassa (that I could play over and over again - fighting : with my NPCs riding shotgun, jabbering away) than what was Halo 2. I can understand the preference for that. A lot of us spend a lot of time replaying those games. Not everybody does. For one thing, I think if Halo 3 could be completed, first time through, in five or six hours, the gaming press would tear it to pieces and the general gaming public would consider it a ripoff for $60. Most gamers, I think, don't replay campaign as much as, say, the average HBOer. : To be very forthcoming, my domestic circumstance also influences this, I am : sure. I simply don't have the time or concentration for a 40 hour game, or : even probably a 20 hour game. By the time I complete it, I can't remember : the beginning from the end because I have had to stretch it out over such : a long period of time. (This is my only fear about Bioshock, though : because of the A.I. modeling - open nature of the game - I have reasonable : hopes that it won't be a problem). I've always thought 12-15 hour campaign was a sweet spot. I tend not to hurry the first time through, anyway. : I would love to read that thread. I'll do a search for it. Not sure if it was a thread here, it may have been something I posted at rampancy.net.

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Susan O'Connor - process of games writing OT	3Suns	1/10/07 2:50 a.m.
Re: Susan O'Connor - process of games writing OT	Jillybean	1/10/07 3:41 a.m.
Re: Susan O'Connor - process of games writing OT	Captain Spark	1/10/07 7:57 a.m.
Re: Susan O'Connor - process of games writing OT	Jillybean	1/10/07 10:57 a.m.
Slight edit . .	Jillybean	1/10/07 10:58 a.m.
Here's the interview link:	FoolsRun	1/10/07 11:33 a.m.
Thank you! *NM*	Jillybean	1/10/07 12:42 p.m.
Re: Susan O'Connor - process of games writing OT	Captain Spark	1/10/07 12:48 p.m.
Re: Susan O'Connor - process of games writing OT	The More Deluded	1/10/07 12:52 p.m.
Re: Susan O'Connor - process of games writing OT	Captain Spark	1/10/07 5:32 p.m.
Re: Susan O'Connor - process of games writing OT	Jillybean	1/10/07 12:57 p.m.
The Halo Campaigns. My review.	3Suns	1/11/07 1:31 p.m.
Re: The Halo Campaigns. My review.	Louis Wu	1/11/07 2:03 p.m.
Re: The Halo Campaigns. My review.	3Suns	1/11/07 5:40 p.m.
Story and Gameplay Integration	Narcogen	1/12/07 2:31 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Jman	1/12/07 2:59 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	reprobate	1/12/07 4:40 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	reprobate	1/12/07 4:44 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Narcogen	1/12/07 5:45 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	3Suns	1/13/07 10:26 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Narcogen	1/15/07 12:54 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	3Suns	1/15/07 8:56 p.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Narcogen	1/15/07 10:13 p.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	3Suns	1/16/07 1:19 a.m.
Battle-based games	Rockslider	1/17/07 12:33 p.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Peptuck	1/16/07 1:59 p.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	UrsusArctos	1/17/07 5:15 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Cody Miller	1/16/07 12:32 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Narcogen	1/16/07 1:58 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	3Suns	1/16/07 3:16 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Ma1agate	1/16/07 9:25 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	1/16/07 10:13 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Sep7imus [subnova]	1/16/07 11:00 a.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Peptuck	1/16/07 1:45 p.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Hikaru-119	1/16/07 10:56 a.m.
Non-Stop Action	Narcogen	1/16/07 11:02 p.m.
Ken Levine on using quiet in games	3Suns	1/23/07 2:26 a.m.
Re: Ken Levine on using quiet in games	Red_Breast	1/23/07 12:02 p.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Cody Miller	1/17/07 1:28 p.m.
Re: Story and Gameplay Integration	Narcogen	1/18/07 4:47 a.m.
Re: The Halo Campaigns. My review.	Cody Miller	1/16/07 12:17 a.m.