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BLUE SKIES IN GAMES!

Discussion in 'Archive: Games' started by SoloCommand, Nov 15, 2005.

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  1. SoloCommand

    SoloCommand Manager Emeritus & GTA Coruscant Developer star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    <img src="http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/blueskybanner.gif">

    In spite of the recent trend of Dark/Moody/Gang Warefare games coming out from almost every single games company, bastion of Gaming Glory, Uk Resistance* has launched a worldwide campaign to bring "Blue Skies and Yellow Suns" back to games, because really, DO YOU NEED TO BE PLAYING SOMETHING CONTRAVERTIAL TO BE HAVING FUN?

    From UK-Resistance
      <b><font size=3> BLUE SKY IN GAMES CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED</b></font><br /><br />Games need BLUE SKIES! Games need BRIGHT YELLOW SUNS! Games need RED AND BLUE THINGS in them! We want to play in a HAPPY PRETEND LAND, not a crap version of an American slum full of mixed-race gangsters wearing licensed sportswear! <br /><br /><center><img src="http://insertcredit.net/rich/jcngl/wrongright1.jpg" title="" /><br /><br />We want to COLLECT BANANAS FROM MAGIC CASTLES not earn respect from fictional gang leaders! We want to stun enemies with BOUNCE ATTACKS, not shoot them in unrealistic and shoddy drive-bys! <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://insertcredit.net/rich/jcngl/wrongright2.jpg" title="" /><br /><br />We want to restore our health by COLLECTING ROAST CHICKEN, not by syringing drugs into the only vein we can still find! Games have gone BAD and DARK and RUBBISH and WE WANT THEM BACK! <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://insertcredit.net/rich/jcngl/wrongright3.jpg" title="" /><br /><br />We want music that goes PLINKY-PLINK AND DOOPY-DOO not "<insert random swear> west coast <and another si vous plait>, y'all"! We want to fight WEIRD MONSTERS not drug-dealing criminals! <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://insertcredit.net/rich/jcngl/supportnow.jpg" title="" /><br /><br />Make games look like games again! Support the Blue Sky In Games Campaign NOW! </center><br /><br /><strong>DEVELOPERS: HOW YOU CAN HELP TODAY! </strong><br /><br />- Change everything that's grey into blue.<br />- From now on, everyone wears red shoes.<br />- Make everything happen at midday or sunset.<br />- Replace gun textures with banana textures.<br />- Turn all cars into pink convertibles that wobble and only do 15mph.<br />- If you get 100 of anything, a little tune plays.<br />- Instead of saying "crew" say "your buddies".<br />- Instead of saying "hood" say "zone".<br />- Make the female characters something other than prostitutes.<br />- Make the black characters something other than drug dealers.<br />


    So with Sega bringing out utterly top quality games, featuring this sort of element (i.e. Outrun, Afterburner-Climax, etc), do you think we'll ever see a return to when the gaming industry did'nt hide games behind all the pretention of 'gangta' styles, and make their games more accessable and make them look like pure fun?



    <font size=1>*UK Resistance is a lovely, lovely website, with many lovely things, but you'll note I havn't linked to it, because it's got lots of rude words on it, because they feel so very passionately for games.
    If you'd like to take a look at the site, google it. Because there's no way I'm linking to it on here.</font>
     
  2. rogue_wookiee

    rogue_wookiee Jedi Youngling star 6

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    I too am sick of all the gang games. But I don't want to bring back the age of Sonic and Mario. Personally I prefer the dark games that aren't stupid. Like Max Payne, Warrior Within and good old futuristic FPS games where you kick the Covenant/Helghast/whatever in the teeth with your automatic weapons.
     
  3. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    It's OK to link to sites with swear-words, as long as warning is given. Though last I looked at that site they had softcore porn (a PSP title review) all over the front page, so I guess you are right not to link, Rich. But not cause of the language. :p

     
  4. Siths_Revenge

    Siths_Revenge Jedi Youngling star 7

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    I'm so glad I'm not in High School anymore.
     
  5. TwiLekJedi

    TwiLekJedi Pretty Ex-Mod star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    In theory I partly agree with them. I'd buy a colorful happy title where you have to collect animated objects (maybe I should Psychonauts, although "happy" seems to be debatable in there). Give us variation again!


    however, the way they go about this is... "quiestionable" :)
     
  6. plo_koom

    plo_koom Jedi Knight star 5

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    I want big kid games.
     
  7. Axle-Starweilder

    Axle-Starweilder Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    so, it's a joke, right?
     
  8. Soontir-Fel

    Soontir-Fel Force Ghost star 5

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    Why was Vice City always covered in a redish pink mist?

    I fully support this movement. I want more blue skies in my games.

    Also let it be known that if this turns into another "LOLS KIDTENDO GTA RULZ!WALO WALO" thread I will be be angry. And since Sonic is one of the examples if anyone so much as implies that a "Mature" game is better then Sonic 2 or 3 I will personally rip out your eyes with a spoon and feed them to you rectally

    And [image=http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2005/20050608l.jpg]

    RAINBOWS. BLUE SKIES

    EMBRACE THE COLOURS!!!
     
  9. plo_koom

    plo_koom Jedi Knight star 5

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    Sonic is from a completely different Era and shouldn't be judged by the same standards but they were great games that have a lot of merits. It shouldn't really be judged by todays standards

    Unless you're one of those guys that believes everything old is better then everything new just because of it's date. People need to stop living in the past and embrace something new. Pong and Pacman are not the best games of all time and quit expecting some kind of big comeback for the 2-d adventure games. You'll find that all the oldbies here will always frown upon anyone talking about any recent title with a gun in it. It's automatically shallow and flashy without the great gameplay of the old school classics. I know Solo Command and all the other oldbies are likely to poke fun at this post and point out any grammar/syntax/spelling errors(As SC often does) but I thought there needs to be a little opposition to the "bring back the classics, screw all that's new" attitude.
     
  10. pat-fett

    pat-fett Jedi Knight star 5

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    Screw that, I want the bar hoping game first. Then we can go back to meaningless coin collecting.
     
  11. The2ndQuest

    The2ndQuest Tri-Mod With a Mouth star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    >> Sonic is from a completely different Era and shouldn't be judged by the same standards but they were great games that have a lot of merits. It shouldn't really be judged by todays standards <<

    That's somewhat foolish. A good game is a good game, no matter what era it came out in. There's no seperation of "todays standards" and that of "yesterday's". Perhaps genre standards are difficult to compare (you'd rarely compare Halo or GoldenEye to Chronotrigger or Super Smash Bros) between each other, and you can obviously easily compare titles within the same genre.
     
  12. MariahJSkywalker

    MariahJSkywalker Poopoo Head star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    What he said.
     
  13. Sn4tcH

    Sn4tcH Jedi Master star 4

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    What did he say? :confused: j/k

    Anyways, this whole uber violent gangsta thing is such a fad. You walk into any Jr. High School, and every kid looks like he just walked out of San Andreas or True Crime. It's so dumb. What is "cool" in real life is translating into the games, so as soon as that dies down maybe we'll go back into something less flamable or explosive. Of course I don't even want to think about what might be considered "cool" next. :rolleyes:

    btw, Sonic 3 + Sonic and Knuckles = Gaming Bliss.
     
  14. Kyptastic

    Kyptastic VIP star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Damn Straight.
     
  15. TwiLekJedi

    TwiLekJedi Pretty Ex-Mod star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    the thing is, I'm SURE those game designers could come up with a really awesome game that still looks colorful-happy and all that. I mean, the GTA guys made Lemmings once. And look how well WoW sold :p
     
  16. Handmaiden Yané

    Handmaiden Yané Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    YAY! TEH WILD BLUE YONDER!!

    :p

    I think a really good example of a bad game is...Narc. Goodness!

    I fully love Mario, Zelda, Kirby, and Sonic more than I like um...Narc and GTA.
     
  17. Psycho_Sith

    Psycho_Sith Jedi Padawan star 4

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    I guess it all boils down to what kind of atmosphere you like in your games.
     
  18. Ostrich_Stapler

    Ostrich_Stapler Jedi Master star 5

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    [face_laugh]

    As I type this, I am wearing a Kirby-Right Back at Ya! t-shirt. It is extremely cute, btw.


    And Sonic does indeed pwn, as does Flicky.
     
  19. DroidGeneral

    DroidGeneral Jedi Padawan star 4

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    That's what I thought.. Talk about a useless thread. [face_not_talking]:rolleyes:
     
  20. SoloCommand

    SoloCommand Manager Emeritus & GTA Coruscant Developer star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I don't sass the games you don't.
    SO DON'T SASS THE GAMES I LIKE.

    Also, Get out of this thread plz.
     
  21. Sn4tcH

    Sn4tcH Jedi Master star 4

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    Dood! Dont u no that those games have suckee grafix? I meen srsly. Sonic the hejhog shud be called sonic the dummhog!!1 llo!

    Seriously though, I like war games, I like the realistic stuff... but it's over. I want a game with some replay value! And zones! And mini-bosses! And cool sidekicks/siblings! Something that's fun!

    Wait... *play Ratchet and Clank and the Jak games*

    Gangsta games still suck!
     
  22. Handmaiden Yané

    Handmaiden Yané Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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  23. Anakin_Sockwalker

    Anakin_Sockwalker Jedi Padawan star 4

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    I guess you haven't seen 10008 lately.
     
  24. Handmaiden Yané

    Handmaiden Yané Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    That makes me giggle a little.
     
  25. Anakin_Sockwalker

    Anakin_Sockwalker Jedi Padawan star 4

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