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Yojimbo » Blog Archive » Resume 2.1 — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:50:38 +0000

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Comment on Sacred by Jason

Jason — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:06:00 +0000

In fact, I believe the uncanny valley problem might apply even more to an NPC who walks around and chases after you – I think it applies to semi-realistic behaviour as well as appearance. I can accept an NPC who stays rooted to the same spot, but once they start walking around I will begin to notice the quirks of their AI as they get stuck, walk into me or do other inane things.

Comment on Sacred by Jason

Jason — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:01:27 +0000

Is this really so uncommon? I’m surprised that such an oft-employed RPG convention (the “quest dispenser” NPC) would impact on your ability to enjoy the game so much. Compare this to Fable 2, where NPCs will follow and chase after you like sheep, annoying the hell out of you and even blocking you inside doorways – implementing more dynamic NPCs is not without its drawbacks and difficulties.

All games employ some kind of abstraction here and there and we have to accept this – the NPC exists only to facilitate other gameplay. Sure, little details such as this can improve a game, but I really see this as polish rather than the “meat”.

I can forgive this in a game, especially when it occurs in practically all other games of the same genre.

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Comment on Industry experience by Résumé tips. @ Obscure

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Comment on Twitter – tech vs life by yohami

yohami — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:09:42 +0000

LOL. Agreed, from a fan-follower-consumer its a killer app… then the amount of trash in tweeter… I think we dont have enough interesting living people to make twitter as a whole, interesting, but its kinda cute to watch people supporting their burger habits

Comment on Moral rights, porn star Tera Patrick and Saint’s Row 2 by David "Trapper Zoid"

David "Trapper Zoid" — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:18:20 +0000

Wow, it’s like they took a page straight out of the Acclaim Marketing Handbook.

I didn’t know much about Saint’s Row 2 before this announcement, but it isn’t a good sign that the publisher is resorting to gimmicks. I too feel sorry for the developers that their work has been made to look a bit tacky by these kinds of marketing shenanigans.