As a game developer, I've come to realize that the graphics of a game have the most impact when a player first starts playing it. After a while the player focuses more and more on the underlying game mechanics rather than whatever violence happens to be immediately playing out on the screen.

Ie, a nonplayer sees their kid bloodily gunning down zombies for hours on end, but the kid is actually focusing on teamwork (multiplayer), scoring max points, reaching objectives, etc.

Teamwork would have prevented his almost death.

Brick teamwork is impressively smooth has been added as a related post - related requested by messenger on that post.

That's what I call Teamwork!

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>> ^flechette:

All I can say is, I want to like football (or soccer, whatever it is) more than I do, but I just can't fathom watching something for half an hour before someone scores. To be fair, I think baseball is more boring to watch, but for a different reason.


Ah, this is the beauty in football. Every match is different, you'll see different approaches, different styles, different attitudes, individual skill, teamwork. It's not just about scoring goals.

But it's not easy. It's a game of skill and if you're good or the opposition is very bad then you'll score lots. Or you'll enjoy one of those humdingers where either side might score at any time.

But often we're forced to endure turgid rubbish, it just happens sometimes, but the ultimate redemption is when finally, finally someone scores a goal. It's a satisfying release of energy and there is honestly nothing much like it even if your team has been playing like utter twits.

It is really, as much about the journey as the destination.

Hopefully it's a nice ride (I'd pay good money to see a mazey Messi dribble where he failed to score, rather than someone bundle one in) but sometimes it can be perversely enjoyable to see a bad team scrape a result.

On the other hand, going back to a U.S sport like basketball I see no particular thrill from seeing two sides trade baskets ad-infintum. It's just a relentless predictable, progression to the end at which point someone wins and players can crow about their "stats". I always loved playing basketball but it doesn't work for me as a spectator sport.

Meanwhile I love Football (American Football as we Brits tend to call it). That has more in common with soccer than any other U.S sport IMO. Players are still far too in thrall to coaches but it remains a magnificent spectacle.

Baseball I don't really get - but I respect it's traditions and iconic status in sport.

That's teamwork.

>> ^ponceleon:

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Ridiculous. Some really amazing teamwork in some of those too.

Fun to watch. I remember doing something similar in SWG, taking on a giant 3-story tall turtle thing (tortur on Talus) shortly after the game launched as a complete noob with roughly 30-40 other complete noobs. Not a planned event, just a bunch of people getting together and trying some (chaotic) teamwork against a target that could by rights squish any single one of us in 1-3 hits or so.

Yahtzee is right on about the gameplay. And that really needs to be mentioned upfront, on account of it being a game.

But there were a couple things that Enslaved did so unusually well that I couldn't help but be endeared. First, the acting was truly compelling. Both in terms of the voice acting and the very carefully done, natural and expressive animation. Monkey was played by Andy Serkis, and you can tell he worked with the developers on how to create a digital performance that seems human.

The other part I was pleasantly surprised by is the teamwork puzzles. I have such fond memories of games like the Lost Vikings and Project Eden that it's great to get a taste of that again. Unfortunately they really missed an opportunity in not going further with it, but for a couple hours it was quite fun.

I'm not saying you should buy the game, lord no. You'd need more than an 8 hour single-player game with no replayability to justify $60. But definitely rent it.

That sounds about right D:

>> ^mgittle:

Oh, then you're bad at getting and/or playing along with the joke I guess?

>> ^residue:

Wrong, I saw that video yesterday you silly goose.

>> ^mgittle:
No, you're bad at having watched this video, which happens to be #1, currently.
http://videosift.com/video/You-ve-got-to-be-joking



Oh, then you're bad at getting and/or playing along with the joke I guess?

Wrong, I saw that video yesterday you silly goose.


>> ^mgittle:

No, you're bad at having watched this video, which happens to be #1, currently.
http://videosift.com/video/You-ve-got-to-be-joking