tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post6034400816119314626..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: A Song of Ice and Fire official computer game announcedAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-42834926457375287592009-05-16T08:04:00.000+00:002009-05-16T08:04:00.000+00:00http://www.dungeon-party.com/
This is Cyanide's l...http://www.dungeon-party.com/<br /><br />This is Cyanide's latest product. They have a certain sense of humour, but their game does not float my boat, so take this biased comment with a grain of salt. I have no idea what they plan to make out of the GRMM ASOIaF franchise, but add Blood Bowl and their other game to Dungeon Party, and I fear they would have to change their style completely to fit the ASOIaF theme. I cannot imagine it with the rather blunt humour of their previous games.<br /><br />Besides that, Dungeon Party (IMO) sucks terribly.<br /><br />What gerne would ASOIaF fit? I fear the best we can hope for is a loosely inspired adventure or strategy game.<br /><br />But I guess they will do it as everyone does nowadays - turn it into a MMO, no matter the cost... no matter if it makes sense or not. I feel terribly hurt when I think of them putting the usual free to play, but real money transactions scheme over ASOIaF. Or just the generic DIKU MUD scheme a la EverQuest/World of Warcraft...<br /><br />Think of Age of Conan, one of the few good aspects is that it at least tries to capture the savage Hyborean World of Robert E. Howard, besides that...Longaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315739202508784897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-22854663908106483622009-05-14T04:19:00.000+00:002009-05-14T04:19:00.000+00:00Yeah but what _type_ f game will it be? I've not b...Yeah but what _type_ f game will it be? I've not been a gamer for many years (beyond Bejeweled and Scrabble during boring work hours) 'cause there is just too much good TV to watch, movies to enjoy and books to read and gaming took up too much of my time, but I could be tempted into playing this if it was good enough and ina genre I liked.<br /><br />Thanks for the Gaiman link, I reckon her pretty much said everything that needs saying. Oh except that a grown man making dioramas to go in his library out of toy soldiers is just plain weird.Jebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985667608602099242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-71835885863921343082009-05-13T22:37:00.000+00:002009-05-13T22:37:00.000+00:00My initial thinking was the same, and then I remem...My initial thinking was the same, and then I remembered that in 1999 the only games under the Creative Assembly's belt were some EA sports conversions. Then they brought out SHOGUN: TOTAL WAR from nowhere and blew everyone away.<br /><br />So there's certainly no reason Cyanide cannot produce a good game. The other issue is that if a Triple-A house hadn't picked up the rights by now, they're probably not going to in the near future. The only thing that might have changed that is if the HBO series is a massive hit, which would mean waiting another several years.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-67408117956417284962009-05-13T19:28:00.000+00:002009-05-13T19:28:00.000+00:00what a complete waste of the rights to the game , ...what a complete waste of the rights to the game , the lore needed a big budget and AAA developer at the helm, not some French indie house.Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976148736801707999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-83865972269550992262009-05-13T17:37:00.000+00:002009-05-13T17:37:00.000+00:00The screenplay for the pilot is finished, a first ...The screenplay for the pilot is finished, a first draft is publicly available, and GRRM approved it and the changes they made, so that doesn't seem to be an issue so far.<br /><br />And if ASoIaF became as big a hit as ROME with none of the weaknesses that got that series cancelled (like its huge budget), GRRM will definitely not be complaining.<br /><br />HBO WILL complain if they catch up to him with no more books to adapt, so the TV deal makes it more likely that he will finish the books in a more timely fashion. And between Books 6 and 7 he needs to shave off about a year in the writing time to avoid that being a major issue.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-24080145898882357032009-05-13T17:24:00.000+00:002009-05-13T17:24:00.000+00:00uptheblues... I totally agree with you. If he wer...uptheblues... I totally agree with you. If he weren't so enamored with Hollywood, he could finish it - obviously he can't help himself. They've been dangling that carrot in front of him for more than a decade. And now that HBO seems to be a go (don't hold your breath), we won't see any new book in years. My guess is that they will fall out over the screenplay. He won't want to make the necessary changes that need to happen, and in all likelyhood it would turn out to be just another "Rome" anyway.brownside150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-76756696419034077052009-05-13T15:16:00.000+00:002009-05-13T15:16:00.000+00:00Check out Neil Gaiman's comments on the situat...Check out Neil Gaiman's comments on the situation:<br /><br />http://syndicated.livejournal.com/officialgaiman/525510.html?page=1&view=11814086#commentsAdam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-91504394838567442232009-05-13T03:51:00.000+00:002009-05-13T03:51:00.000+00:00I'm not usually one to be bothered about how long ...I'm not usually one to be bothered about how long authors take to finish their books, but FER CHRISSAKES FINISH THE SERIES ALREADY BEFORE YOU HAVE SOLD EVERYTHING!! 5 FUCKING YEARS AND WHAT DO I GET A FUCKING WILD CARDS UPDATE? JESUS H CHRIST FINISH THE SERIES ALREADY!! IF ERICKSON GRINDS IT OUT YOU CAN TOO. PUT DOWN THE DONUTS AND MINIATURES AND ASOIAF TOILET PAPER AND FRIDGE MAGNETS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOUR SELLING THE RIGHTS TO AND FINISH THE BOOKS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.<br /><br />I do apologize Wert, I am an avid reader of your's and Pat's blog and I'm too polite to slap this on GRRM's blog or westeros boards but I needed to vent somewhere.upthebluesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-40873813090823822982009-05-13T03:02:00.000+00:002009-05-13T03:02:00.000+00:00This could be an amazing game! I hope they do it r...This could be an amazing game! I hope they do it right... : )Alexander Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348112043924940744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-32118763990016403742009-05-13T02:30:00.000+00:002009-05-13T02:30:00.000+00:00Very cool news. It is probably a pipe dream but I...Very cool news. It is probably a pipe dream but I hope it comes out for Wii.The Mad Hatterhttp://www.booktionary.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com