Originally posted by katriell "possibly just an increase in polygon count on every texture in the vicinity of my adorable, pudgy panda?"
Textures don't have a polygon count--models have a polygon count.
Caught me, I'm stupi…
Originally posted by Saryhl our esteemed Article author uses the term uncanny valley incorrectly in this article. sadly panda's are exempt. The uncanny valley is a hypothesis in the field of robotics[1] and 3D computer animation,[2][3] which holds t…
Hehe, I wish that the developers gave kick-backs for reviews, then maybe I wouldn't have so many bills to pay! HA!
Sadly, as much as seeing you guys theorycraft is fun, developers aren't paying us writers to say certain things. Contrary to popula…
Originally posted by aslan132
Originally posted by Dakirn
The reason why you didn't get a level 80 is simple.
They already have you.
Why would they give you something for free when you're already giving them …
The easy answer is to design fights where the mold of 2 tanks, 2 healers, and 6 dps or whatever isn't necessary every.single.time. Easier said then done yes, but this is the developers dayjobs after all.
Originally posted by azmundai I get a very "empty promises" vibe from the whole thing. I doubt there will actually be any real utility in wow ever again .. because then you have situations where hunters need to kite adds. and quite frankly, most of …
Originally posted by Telondariel
Originally posted by newbinator
Another article on WoW-killing, really? =p
As someone who has played WoW on and off since the first day it launched. (currently not playing, might come back for the ex…
Originally posted by Clerigo If someone has an unfortunate accident and becomes braindead, doctors plug him to the machine and he is still breathing, do we consider him to be alive?
This game is still alive merely by the prodigy power, unlike an…
Originally posted by moosecatlol You know, just through the sheer amount of times that we mention WoW, shouldn't WoW's hype meter be through the metaphorical roof?
Yes, I understand that's not how the hype works, but honestly how many times does t…
Originally posted by MadnessRealm
Originally posted by sanman7890
We already have a criteria for reviews, and if we took all our time explaining our score there would be a dearth of writing about the actual game.
There ar…
We already have a criteria for reviews, and if we took all our time explaining our score there would be a dearth of writing about the actual game.
There are two sides to the coin unfortunately.
Heh, I remember being up at five in the morning after staying up all night tweaking my LoL review. I knew putting that ten in Innovation could lead to being condemned in the comments (and that did happen to a point) but I'll be damned if I could di…
Originally posted by VoIgore But nevermind, we've got it by now. You try to do the split between those who pay you to write and those who just come to read.
Are you insinuating that publishers pay off reviewers? As much as I would h…
Originally posted by Shivam
Originally posted by sanman7890
Originally posted by Shivam
Originally posted by Toto020
It's called journalistic intergity. And many of the reviewers and review sites seem to lack it lately…
Originally posted by Shivam
Originally posted by Toto020
It's called journalistic intergity. And many of the reviewers and review sites seem to lack it lately.
Like i said in earlier post i only question journalistic integrity when the…
Originally posted by alkarionlog so a worth adversary for you is a copy paste game, but only with star wars skin on it? damn you guys sure are easy to get happy, you guys sure will have a long happy life
Perhaps I've missed something, but last …
An ill-conceived game decision would likely fall under gameplay. While you have a valid point about polish and bugs being connected, implying a major gameplay decision being bungled is mere polish implies that you are the one who doesn't quite unde…
Perhaps it wasn't as obvious as I thought it was, but the part about WoW that 4.3 "changes everything" about is its story-telling potential.
I figured the article being focused pretty much soley on that fact would give that away.