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Anonymous No.714986951 [Report] >>714987361 >>714987991 >>714988118 >>714990124 >>714990535 >>714990657 >>714990740 >>714991895 >>714992049 >>714992754 >>714994764 >>714994927 >>714995775 >>714996756 >>715001189
The most overrated dev of all time. Nothing but boring slop.
Anonymous No.714987139 [Report]
>useless generic commentary from a non player
Elaborate or I'm leaving your short lived thread
Anonymous No.714987357 [Report] >>714993802
name a more innovative dev
Anonymous No.714987361 [Report] >>714988767 >>714991421
>>714986951 (OP)
>take universally loved thing
>call it bad
Anonymous No.714987991 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
Kill yourself.
Anonymous No.714988118 [Report] >>714988907
>>714986951 (OP)
The most overrated dev is the Science Adventure developers. Literally never made a single good game.
Anonymous No.714988767 [Report]
>>714987361
>universally loved
by poser neckbeards, maybe
Anonymous No.714988907 [Report] >>714989895 >>714993674
>>714988118
Steins;Gate though?
Anonymous No.714989240 [Report]
https://www.unseen64.net/2016/04/26/deep-cover-pc-cancelled/
I'm still mad this never came out.
Anonymous No.714989895 [Report]
>>714988907
It's shit.
Anonymous No.714990124 [Report] >>714990862 >>714991139 >>714994962
>>714986951 (OP)
>sound design and audio mechanics from more than 25 years ago are still unmatched TO THIS DAY
kneel.
Anonymous No.714990485 [Report]
Heh, check this out...
*places finger over part of the logo*

"Looking --ass Studios"
Anonymous No.714990535 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
fuck you
Anonymous No.714990591 [Report]
what qualifies as "slop" here?
Anonymous No.714990657 [Report] >>714990862 >>714991473
>>714986951 (OP)
Nonsense. People to this day have no idea what tremendous impact LGS had on the industry. Keep in mind a lot of those devs went to Ion Storm so there's Also Deus Ex to keep in mind on top of Ultima Underworld and Thief.
Anonymous No.714990740 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
fag
Anonymous No.714990862 [Report] >>714991214 >>714992425
>>714990124
because they were crazy enough to re-redesign levels to get better sound propagation. also, they had audio industry professionals onboard. to latch onto what >>714990657 said there were probably never more overqualified people working on video games than looking glass studio/ion studio during their peak.
Anonymous No.714991139 [Report] >>714991474 >>715001285
>>714990124
I always question myself on if I overrate LGS on their sound design, but I end up realizing that apart from higher quality soundbits, most modern games' sound design is pretty uninspired and "just there"
Anonymous No.714991214 [Report] >>714994738
>completely unique handcrafted experiences worked on by a small team of auteurs with bespoke innovative mechanics all over them
>call them "slop"
Talk about misusing a word.
>>714990862
sex with artificial intelligence voiced by terri
Anonymous No.714991421 [Report] >>714991750 >>714992053
>>714987361
a critically acclaimed dev
..who also went bankrupt
isn't that interesting?
Anonymous No.714991473 [Report] >>714991605
>>714990657
What was her role at the company? I know Terri Brosius and Sara Verilli did some of the levels and voice acting. Who's this lady?
Anonymous No.714991474 [Report]
>>714991139
Because everyone todays thinks good sound design means authentic gunshots and bombastic orchestral soundtrack.
Anonymous No.714991605 [Report]
>>714991473
It's from the last day video, but sadly there's no credits of any sort. Some damn cuties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPFbA8Qmths
Anonymous No.714991629 [Report] >>714991843 >>714995665 >>714996597
Could never get into Ultima Underworld.
Anonymous No.714991750 [Report]
>>714991421
Yeah it's almost like making good games doesn't mean making good profits.
Interesting.
Anonymous No.714991843 [Report]
>>714991629
it's definitely a foundational game, but difficult to get into now. people aren't joking when they say entire gaming landscape would've been very different without uo.
Anonymous No.714991895 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
you likely remember some of the names that came from them.

Ken Levine
Warren Spector
Harvey Smith
Emil Pagliarulo
Anonymous No.714991908 [Report]
Creeping around slowly isn't fun. Thief is dogshit. You are fat.
Anonymous No.714992049 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
>it's another "OP makes stupid statement for (you)s to post it on twitter" thread
Anonymous No.714992053 [Report]
>>714991421
they made a bunch of games other than what’s discussed here that didn’t sell, as well as a few cancelled projects.
Anonymous No.714992250 [Report]
They made some FPS Ultima
A stealth FPS
and some cypershock FPS or something

I have played exactly zero games they made.
Anonymous No.714992425 [Report]
>>714990862
it's funny that a lot of the programmers there were straight up MIT graduates. pretty uncommon at the time.
Anonymous No.714992754 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
You need to be 18 years of age or older to post here
Sage No.714993463 [Report]
Sage
Aww sweet, a bait thread!
Anonymous No.714993674 [Report]
>>714988907
>Overrated;Mid
lmao
Anonymous No.714993802 [Report]
>>714987357
Westwood
Anonymous No.714994452 [Report]
Thief is one of the best games I've ever played
Anonymous No.714994551 [Report] >>714994646 >>714994738 >>714994748 >>714996806
Could a studio like Looking Glass exist nowadays? Just a bunch of MIT nerds who are really passionate about games making some truly revolutionary stuff, do Universities even have people like that still or is it just going to be small indie devs from now on?
Anonymous No.714994646 [Report]
>>714994551
Game engines brought to to the common man. They have no reason to spend much effort in the space anymore.
Anonymous No.714994738 [Report]
>>714991214
based AI enjoyer

>>714994551
LGS itself felt pretty indie but that might be because of the size of the studio.
Anonymous No.714994748 [Report] >>714994890
>>714994551
No one goes to MIT to wage slave in the vidya industry, anon.
Anonymous No.714994764 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
not so fast
Anonymous No.714994890 [Report]
>>714994748
That's the point, people who go to MIT nowadays just move on to Google or Amazon, I don't blame them, I'd do the same, but still, it'd be nice if we had actual nerds, not the quirky reddit faggot nerds we have today, making games again.
Anonymous No.714994927 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
you're brown
Anonymous No.714994962 [Report]
>>714990124
>Creative labs killed focus on audio design by patent trolling their opposition into bankruptcy and just generally being insufferable to work with
Fuck them.
Anonymous No.714995665 [Report]
>>714991629
It's because we now live in a world where all the things it pioneered are things we take for granted.
Anonymous No.714995775 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
>Nothing but slop
kek'd

boring is subjective, but slop it is not. Funny bait, made me reply 8/8, I r8 it gr8 my m7
Anonymous No.714995901 [Report]
Such stupid bait lol. I’m bored though so Il give yah a “fuck you”.
Anonymous No.714996597 [Report]
>>714991629
It was the Crysis of its time, when it was released it needed a beefy 386 or 486 to run properly. IBM compatibles hadn't oversaturated the markets yet, so it cost like $2000-4000 for a setup to play UU. Also put into account the inflation, $4700 for a complete pc setup with monitor is insane. Many people were still using their Commodore shitplanks and jealous over the pc master race.
Anonymous No.714996756 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
(You)
Anonymous No.714996806 [Report]
>>714994551
MIT is 100% pozzed now, entirely taken over by Qatar and SJWs
Anonymous No.714997096 [Report] >>714999319
We were having some nice Shock threads the last couple days and we didn't need obscene bait like OP's to keep the threads alive.
Anonymous No.714997213 [Report] >>714997778
>Looking Glass but with fun and good gameplay!
Anonymous No.714997778 [Report]
>>714997213
Arkane is overrated as fuck.
Anonymous No.714999319 [Report] >>714999614
>>714997096
those were SHODAN appreciation threads
Anonymous No.714999415 [Report]
OP was caught and raped by the woodsie lord
Anonymous No.714999614 [Report]
>>714999319
Well yeah, but still...
Anonymous No.715001189 [Report]
>>714986951 (OP)
Anonymous No.715001285 [Report] >>715001506
>>714991139
It's that or making everything bassy for no real reason. I've no idea where that trend started but I'm sick of it.
https://youtu.be/H6wvVajSF6U?si=UGlvCAd9BUZ8-SF0&t=174
Anonymous No.715001506 [Report]
>>715001285
hollywood, most likely. it's why soundtracks are so boring too.