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Unread postby Angelspit » 21 Feb 2006, 20:17

The HoMM V for MacOSX fan site has an <a href="/http://hommv.utopos.net/freeverse-inter ... >interview with two Freeversee employees</a>. Since work on the Mac port of the game has not really started yet, they talk mostly about the Mac gaming scene, previous Heroes for the Mac games, and cross-platform interaction. Hambone also has a <a href="/http://hommv.utopos.net/category/gamepl ... commentary on the first developer letter</a> that was posted on the official forums:



<blockquote><i>"You know you are in trouble when the developer defines the problem as one between usability and graphics. This is like wondering if you can design a chess set with so much pointless adornment that it becomes impossible to differentiate a rook from a queen."</i></blockquote>



Elsewhere, Gamasutra talks about the <a href="/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... 8241">most attractive genres for game publishers</a>. There is probably no need to mention that strategy didn't make the list. <i>"The four "super-genres" accounted for over 73% in combined revenue for fiscal year 2005. "</i>

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Unread postby Falsted » 21 Feb 2006, 20:26

What about MMORPG's...is that just considered to be a strategy genre? Because if not, I would think that they would account for far more than the other 3 genres they list there...

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Unread postby Fyl » 21 Feb 2006, 22:02

people start to get bored of so many FPSs that look the same

it's going to be a downturn for these and upturn for others

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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 21 Feb 2006, 22:16

Considering that the article is about all kind of gaming consoles, the fact that f.ex. MMORPG:s or sstrategy games aren't on there is hardly surprising as both are mainly PC games. A similar analysis for the PC market would most likely have looked quite different.
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 21 Feb 2006, 22:44

Fyl wrote:people start to get bored of so many FPSs that look the same
There where actualy FPS's that didn't look the same?
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Unread postby ToweringAmishPlumber » 22 Feb 2006, 00:01

"Elsewhere, Gamasutra talks about the most attractive genres for game publishers." Not only is this article about console games, but it seems to have nothing to with Heros of Might and Magic.

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 22 Feb 2006, 09:30

Boredom does that to people.
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Unread postby Orfinn » 22 Feb 2006, 11:18

Yeah FPS maybe boring (there are a few exceptions) they are always about the same thing, killing hordes of badasses.
Edited on Wed, Feb 22 2006, 04:19 by Orfinn

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Unread postby Vitirr » 22 Feb 2006, 16:25

But killing hordes of badasses is so much fun :D , (for a while of course :P).

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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 22 Feb 2006, 16:31

Orfinn wrote:Yeah FPS maybe boring (there are a few exceptions) they are always about the same thing, killing hordes of badasses.
Edited on Wed, Feb 22 2006, 04:19 by Orfinn
Not true.Look at thief.

But yes,it is hard to find a good and original FPS these days.

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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 22 Feb 2006, 19:56

Wouldn't that be "crime-based action"? Or maybe "first person crime"? (don't want to think on what an "action shooter" would be though 8| ).
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