Weekend Confirmed 67 - Ocarina 3DS, Dungeon Siege III, indie games
by Garnett Lee, Jul 01, 2011 12:15pm PDTSummer has arrived and Weekend Confirmed is ready to take it on with "Indie" Jeff Mattas joining Jeff and Garnett along with special guest Billy Berghammer. They start the show in Whatcha Been Playin? with a quick second look Shadows of the Damned, a first take on Dungeon Siege III, and Billy's playthrough of Ocarina of Time on the 3DS. Jeff brings a smorgasbord of indie games including Frozen Synapse, Jamestown, and Atom Zombie Smasher. The group moves on to discuss whether "community" in games can evolve beyond badges and stat keeping. And in the news the talk turns to the landmark Supreme Court ruling and World of Warcraft going free-to-play--or has it--before wrapping things up with Finishing Moves.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 67: 07/01/2011
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- Whatcha' Been Playin Part 1: Start: 00:00:00 End: 00:28:40
- Whatcha' Been Playin Part 2: Start: 00:29:14 End: 01:00:38
- Indie Whatcha Been Playin: Start: 01:01:39 End: 01:37:47
- Featured music "This Is How It Goes" by 28May: Start: 01:37:47 End: 01:41:29
- The Front Page news: Start: 01:41:29 End: 02:16:22
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Comments
I had a thought regarding Garnett's question of "Does Uncharted need multiplayer, and will it be good enough to pull people away from COD, Battlefield, etc".
I don't think it needs to be good enough to pull people away from the competition. Actually, the opposite. I think it needs to be good enough to make people leave the Uncharted 3 disc in their Playstation.
We know there will be millions of people playing Uncharted 3's single player game. By adding a fun, well made multiplayer component, they are giving players one less reason to ever take the game out of their system. If I'm playing U3 for a couple hours, and then I feel like playing a few rounds of deathmatch, I no longer need to switch games. It's all right there.
This may sound trivial, but I really do think it goes a long way to keep people playing your game ALL THE TIME.
Halo Reach LIVES in my Xbox, because whatever mood I'm in, there is a gamemode in Reach that suits it. There are other games with multiplayer that I love, and another list of games with single player campaigns that I love, but if you can have one game that does everything you enjoy, you are less likely to ever stop playing it. I think that is what Uncharted 3 is going for.
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Love the UC3 multiplayer.
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