Comments on: What Resident Evil and Tetris Has in Common

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:36:29 +0000

Harry, hmm… “couch effect”… that’s so true – but it still doesn’t explain why some other type of games (like mentioned in this post) are made for PC – but not zombie shooting games?

Orange Brat, true… but HL did have some events where you had to think about what to do – like the sneaky creature that you couldn’t kill – the one that followed any voice it would hear.

By: Orange Brat

Orange Brat — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:20:41 +0000

I think I agree with the HL games being compared with the RE games in regards to the survival horror angle. I don’t agree that the HL had more puzzles. I recall a lot of reviews of HL2 mentioning the “adventure game-like” puzzle solving in that game, and I even recall thinking a few times that it felt like an adv. game at points (like putting the three batteries in the unit to open the gate when in the car-thingeemathingee. ;) )

By: Harry Kalogirou

Harry Kalogirou — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:49:23 +0000

Zombie like games are more good for consoles because of the “couch effect”. The gameplay should be suited with the state the gamer is in. I can play a shoot the zombie game for so much time that I can start to look clinicaly dead while sitting on my sofa, but I can’t do that while sitting on a chair infront of my PC…

I thing this could actualy be a good article for GameProducer Juuso…

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:00:37 +0000

Blueskied, aye – tower defense sure is addictive, and relies on the same pattern. Same with Crimsonland (excellent game in my opinion)

Jake and Toraux: yes… HL at least (in my opinion) was horror FPS… with a strong plot. Sometimes you got the same feeling as in these survival games… but it was perhaps bit different.

papamook: link edited – I actually haven’t heard about this! Definitely have to keep my eye on their progress.

By: papamook

papamook — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:11:45 +0000

of course i meant http://www.l4d.com/ o_O

By: papamook

papamook — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:09:23 +0000

http://www.l4d.com is gonna kick ass! the movies for it look awesome but reading about it the emphasis on teamwork, penalties for poor teamwork and the AI-director make it a very cool looking game.

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:06:11 +0000

HL and HL2 are not zombie survival games. It’s those sort of games (with puzzles thrown in) that are rare on PC. In fact they call them survival horror.

By: Toraux

Toraux — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:01:17 +0000

Half Life and Half Life 2 were the ultimate survival games, though a little more emphasis on puzzles then the Resident Evil Series. Both major sellers, so your statement there was a bit inaccurate.

By: rascunho » Blog Archive » links for 2007-06-10

rascunho » Blog Archive » links for 2007-06-10 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:26:23 +0000

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By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:55:52 +0000

I love the RE games. Completed them all (except for the FPS ones which are not so good). RE4 is the best, it’s perfection. So I’m very excited to play RE5.

Alien Shooter is a similar theme it’s really good. Of course that’s based on Alien Breed which is based on Gauntlett.