I think that'd be enough to run a space programme
It can probably still run whatever next game comes out years after this one
Not sure yet if I'll give this game a try or not - a lot of it seems really compelling, but there's some other stylistic decisions that feel like they would clash a bit with what I want out of this kind of experience.
Well, to each their own, but I am honestly happy we are finally getting something new set on Pandora. After 14 years with just the old games, the experience is getting a little stale, and it feels like going in circles
I honestly don't care about such things as whether its first person or third person or whether or not you can customize the appearance of the player character, etc.
It does feel like there's some missed oppurtunities to make a game that is less formulaic in terms of the entire experience - this kind of world and immersion appeal just doesn't need the kind of combat-focused gameplay loops that are otherwise common in the genre. I wrote a little bit on this subject recently:
The game still has to sell and make its money back. We have to be realistic here. And also, look at what the movies are about... I think the combat orientation is simply a logical path to take, even if we would rather not see it. I would, for example, prefer it if diplomacy was an option in the game over mindlessly shooting things, so that at least the player would have a choice about it. And like described in your article, it would make for a far more interesting game if your choices influenced the story. Something like that was already half-heartedly attempted in the old PC game and I actually have not seen anything yet that implies that it isn't in this new game.
Well, that, and it'd need to support GNU/Linux
- though I've usually had luck with that, there's only a small handful of games I haven't gotten to work under Fedora. Thankfully that has improved a lot in the last few years and it's pretty rare to come across situations where a game doesn't work at all.
I didn't know that a lot of games could work under Linux. I still have this probably outdated image in my head of Linux being at least 10 years behind on being able to run Windows applications. Or if its not behind on something, that it takes a degree in software engineering to get anything installed and running. As mainly a Windows user, it took me several weeks of tinkering just to get Nvidia CUDA to run on Ubuntu, for example.
