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Details new Hobbit Code

By KLR2014

5 years ago


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#347 5 years ago
Quoted from Wickerman2:

Good points. Geek Squad for pinball business opportunity.
It can't be that bad though if cheap kids toys come with wifi...we're buying $8k man toys and they can't integrate a basic wifi? C'mon.

I wouldn't mind as long as you could have both wi-fi and USB options. I live in a rural area with limited internet options. One of the things I really love about pinball machines is that they aren't tied to the internet and I can enjoy them without having to have it. Every other damn piece of electronics I buy demands to be connected to the internet. The beauty of USB is that I can take my laptop into Starbucks in town, download the update, and bring it home and install it.

But I also wouldn't want resources wasted on developing wi-fi, the time is better spent on code and design, and we sure as hell don't need anything else that drives the price up even a little. PotC is close to $10k already.

#348 5 years ago
Quoted from Rarehero:

Yes, it absolutely hurts it. The rules and depth might be there for the “pinball geek”, but for someone like me who likes games with personality and character, it’s a deal breaker. I can’t go from something like Hobbit to something like POTC. When I played it, it just felt really sterile and lifeless. You have all these characters, but no character! You have 5 movies worth of modes based on stories and moments...but there’s no story or moments to go along with the gameplay. There was one mode about a wedding...there’s nothing about a wedding while you’re playing. Stern’s POTC solved the issue of the licensor not branding movie assets: they simplified the narrative and didn’t make it based on specific movie things - you fight different ships with different captains who all have personalities and quotes as you attack, a la Medeival Madness’ castles. You collect gold, walk planks, fight krakens, etc. the sound alike Depp is good and makes you feel like it’s true to the license even tho it does it’s own thing.
Others have said this already, but whenever JJP licenses a movie or show - they should WALK and do something else if they can’t get the audio/video assets. Toy story should be fine since it’s all animation, and Wonka should be fine as it seems like older films are a bit easier to negotiate assets for.

I agree, you can't be immersed in the theme if you don't have the assets. Pirates looks cool and is probably going to be fun, but it won't be immersive in the same way The Hobbit is.

Also I swear I can hear some sounds from The Hobbit in PotC, like they re-used a few of the sound files instead of making new ones.

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#370 5 years ago

Hey JJP, do you realize how much more awesome this game would be if I could save my game and come back to it later? There's been several times where I only had about 15 minutes to play a game and decided not to. Imagine if you could play those 15 minutes, save your game by holding down the ring button for 5 seconds, shut the game off, then come back later and load a saved game and continue...

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