ThunderPeel2001

Nope, that stuff had already been stolen from Hollywood before Rockstar got their hands on it.

(I voted for Autonomous and Hack N Slash )

Yeah, I guess that opening bit really read like a sales pitch :-/ You're not connected with Fitocracy are you?

No, that'd be John Woo and The Matrix. Max Payne has a long history of being "inspired" by Hollywood

I upgraded my keyboard.

Walt was going to shave his head and then become a badass, taking on some gun-totting bad guys. Max Payne's opening copies it almost completely (including the shaved head). You watch it and think, "How does he end up like that?", and the rest of the story is about how he gets there. If I hadn't have seen Max Payne 3, I would have just thought, "Did I just see what I think I did? WTF? That can't happen... Can it?" But because I had played Max Payne I thought, "Oh! This is where Max Payne stole that from, then. Walt's going to shave his head and become a badass, taking on some gun-totting bad guys". And then I was just waiting for it to happen. Impatiently. Damn you, Rockstar! (Actually it wasn't that bad, but still. Pretty shoddy of Rockstar, I think.)

I imagine the game will be a lot more linear than that. Are you sure you can switch between them all whenever you want? (I admit to not bothered to read all that much about GTAv5.)

I really don't get why The White Birch is doing so well... and Bad Golf is doing so badly Edit: Or Black Lake for that matter. Both that and White Birch sound very bland to me :-/

Why no press ¬ button?

FYI: The OP can change the thread title by editing the original post.

Well you could change it...

Ooh, wow! That's good to know. I have to say, I've blasted through four episodes of Season Two already, and I am really enjoying it again, but it's not quite living up to the incredibly brilliant pilot episode. But hey, that's pretty common, actually. Tuco bothered me a lot less in Season 2 as he wasn't seen as a successful drug baron, he was just more just a rabid dog, which worked for me. I watched a few of the minisodes from Season 1... They were really jokey, and it kind of clashed with the show. See what you think: #trivia: Thermite is rust and aluminium. That's all.

#yes

True.

I still don't get why people were so upset over Fable. I know he talked about his hopes for the project, but it's not like he put these promises on the game box. Molyneux is a gaming god, in my books. Let me count the reasons why: He wants to push the envelope and do crazy things that haven't been done before. He's genuinely in love with video games. He invented the god sim. What more do you want from a developer? #backed

Anyone catch the webisodes? Are they worth watching?

Currently on Steam Sale! 50% off!

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't mind paying a buck for a version of iPhone games where my stats are stored, or you get the whole thing. Or something like that.

Where is Vroom anyway?

I think that's pretty unlikely! It's not like the producers would know more than the police(!). Plus showing them being more realistic would only likely engender respect from that community, whereas portraying them as idiots is more likely to induce their ire. I think it's far more likely that they just didn't do their homework and instead focussed on creating the characters they needed to tell an interesting story. Walt would not have as many problems if they portrayed the drug world realistically; It doesn't make for good drama if everyone gets along. (They did at least address this "Hollywoodisation", kind of, in the last episode, where Jesse rags on Walt for his location for their drug deal.) Shame to hear you don't think they don't improve things later, though :-/ It's very hard to go back to the cartoony version of crime after you've watched The Wire/read David Simon's books. Still, Walt's an interesting character. I kind of wish he'd loosen up a bit now, though. I understood his frustrated and curt manner in the beginning because he wasn't in control of his life, plus he was terrified. Now he's become a badass, he should have relieved a bit of that, and so loosened up. So far they've only shown that coming out through an enlarged libido (I'm pretty sure chemo would kill the libido in anyone, but hey, it's all kind of cartoony, I guess). I also kind of wish they'd make his wife a little less of a bitch to him. At this point I'm finding it difficult to understand why he loves her so much (and he's going through a lot of shit for her). Props to Bryan Cranston for actually shaving his head, though! (Unless that's some amazing makeup, in which case, props to them!) I'm still enjoying it, though. I don't mean to give it such a hard time, it's just that it gets so much love I'm spotting the things about it I don't like. It's still great. The first episode was like "100%" (to pick an arbitrary scoring system out of the air) in my books, the worst episode has been like "90%", so far. So it's still excellent, as far as I'm concerned... just not as excellent.

That's good to hear. The only way I could imagine it is that he was family, but yeah, it's still pretty far out in terms of realism (his family would do better just giving him money and letting him being a fuck up without jeopardizing the family business). They basically needed to have him be a lunatic for the story to work better -- otherwise Walt would be plain sailing with only the police to worry about. It's an artistic cheat. Still enjoyable, though SEASON ONE SPOILERS BELOW! So I just finished Season 1... A little disappointed with the season as a whole, but not hugely. The opening episode was AMAZING. It just blew me awayTM. I could totally believe that a guy could tumble down this rabbit hole (except for the behaviour of Crazy 8 - which was illogical, especially when it's later revealed he was a snitch). By the time the third episode came around, they'd completely tied up the story, so they needed to come with up another reason for him to go back into business. Now only Walt's pride is the reason he's making this stuff, so it's becoming harder and harder to sympathise with him. Plus his situation seems to have changed. In the first episode he needed to work a humiliating job at a carwash just to make ends meet. Now he's quit his job there, plus he's on medical leave from his teaching job, but his family seems to be doing fine for money. (As as I understand it, his old partner is only paying for his medical bills, so why isn't his wife wondering about their money situation? Again, it's because it works better for the story, I think.) (Also, did I miss something, or did he have a Pulizter Prize in the first episode? Weird how that's not been mentioned again... :-/) Maybe they'll fix all that in Season 2, or maybe I just won't sympathise with Walt any more. Time will tell!

The cleanest getaway in GTA history (aka Why realism isn't needed in games).

Taking control of an area requires brains and muscle. As I said, you can hire muscle easily. If you need to intimidate the police, then hire someone to do it. It makes zero sense the way its depicted in Breaking Bad. (Sorry!) Tuco is so much of a caricature that he's one step away from stroking a white fluffy cat and declaring plans to take over the world.

Ok, I'm about to watch the final episode of Season 1. It's a fucking awesome series. WOW. Here are my thoughts/criticisms: 1. I'm kind of pissed off with Rockstar for stealing so much for Max Payne. The sixth episode of the first Season had an awesome "flash forward" of the shaven-headed Walt, and because of Max Payne I totally knew what was going to happen. (I probably would have guessed what might happen, but as soon as I saw it I immediately thought of MP -- pretty lame of them to steal something so iconic if you ask me.) 2. It's so damn unrealistic. Especially in its portrayal of the drug world. For example, If you were running a drug organization, why in the fuck would you place someone as mentally unstable as Tuco (or Crazy 8, for that matter) in any sort of critical position? You can buy a psychopath to do your killing, you need someone smart and dependable to help you run stay one step ahead of the the law. You certainly wouldn't let the person running things sample the product. And why don't either Tuco or Crazy 8 has an ounce of business acumen? Some kid brings you (a rather stupid amount of) drugs, that happens to be super high quality. Meaning you can cut it and make more money than from the same amount of the cheaper stuff. This is Good For Business. If you threaten and/or kill the kid for an ounce, you're only going to make 35K off the bag you steal. Is that worth it? Or would it make more sense to start a business relationship...? After THE WIRE how can anyone go back to the 1980s version of drug lords? *le sigh* 3.