Hi Tom,
I think the real issue is not the lack of plot in Tomb raider, but simply
that it's been going on for so long. Take Metal Gear Solid, for instance. It
got so popular people wrote official analytical papers on its story. Scratch
the game play--it's just a first-person shooter. But the developers for MGS
did something right: they pakced the entire plot into four games, and ended
it. Harry Potter would have suffered the same fate as Tomb Raider if Rowling
had dragged on the series for another ten books. Animorphs suffered that
fate. What seems to happen is some developers get too cocky and don't know
when to stop. When that happens, the audience goes, "oh, when will this
thing end?" And then when it does, they go "finally!" and just throw the
whole series out the window. Or when they do finally end it, the ending
wasn't even worth the suspense. I know several series that have ended
horribly--with a total lack of creativity, and it has left me disappointed
in the end.
Munawar A. Bijani
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useful if it is absorbed." - Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib, Nahj Al-Balagha
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The real Game Circle
Hi,
True. There really hasn't been any thing new that has made a big splash of
late. At least nothing I would be really interested in. Last fall Edos
released Tomb raider 8, but Underworld was more of a disappointment than
anything else. The Tomb Raider games have been really losing sales over
the passed few releases, and is nothing like what it was in the late
1990's. The graphics and sound effects are superior, but the games have
lost something that made the first few games special. Well, I've heard
about some technical issues with Tomb Raider Underworld and camera angles
which probably didn't help the game any.
shaun everiss wrote:
well to tell you the truth there are not so many big shots now.
in fact nothing has made the headlines of late.
no big company has released anything lately that has hit the lines either
my friend that is sighted says he does pick the odd bit up but its not as
bussy as it was like a year or 2 back.
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