Comments on: E3 – A Boy And His Blob http://www.torontothumbs.com/2009/06/03/e3-a-boy-and-his-blob/ By Canadian Gamers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:27:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tony http://www.torontothumbs.com/2009/06/03/e3-a-boy-and-his-blob/#comment-3726 Tony Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:08:10 +0000 http://www.torontothumbs.com/2009/06/03/e3-a-boy-and-his-blob/#comment-3726 I like the original even though playing it today is largely an exercise in frustration. Sometimes I go back to these games and wonder how in the Hell I was able to complete them when I was a kid. Am I getting worse? haha Game looks gorgeous. I loveWay Forward. I only wish XBLA/PSN was seeing this too, even though I have a Wii. It should be shared. I like the original even though playing it today is largely an exercise in frustration. Sometimes I go back to these games and wonder how in the Hell I was able to complete them when I was a kid. Am I getting worse? haha

Game looks gorgeous. I loveWay Forward. I only wish XBLA/PSN was seeing this too, even though I have a Wii. It should be shared.

]]> By: More odd E3 features : Armchair Diplomat http://www.torontothumbs.com/2009/06/03/e3-a-boy-and-his-blob/#comment-3672 More odd E3 features : Armchair Diplomat Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:49:40 +0000 http://www.torontothumbs.com/2009/06/03/e3-a-boy-and-his-blob/#comment-3672 [...] almost twenty years after the game was originally released, they’re currently making a new version for the DS.  The game will stay true to it’s puzzle/adventure origins, and feature [...] [...] almost twenty years after the game was originally released, they’re currently making a new version for the DS.  The game will stay true to it’s puzzle/adventure origins, and feature [...]

]]> By: Chris Lepine http://www.torontothumbs.com/2009/06/03/e3-a-boy-and-his-blob/#comment-3648 Chris Lepine Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:47:06 +0000 http://www.torontothumbs.com/2009/06/03/e3-a-boy-and-his-blob/#comment-3648 This sounds like good news to me. ABOB was one of David Crane's finest adventure/action games. A lot could go wrong with this title, I suspect. There was a lot of charm 'under the hood' of the original game that was rarely noticed - for instance, it had an excellent musical score, as well as an early kind of procedural music generation.. ie, falling would cue up 'falling music' and smoothly transition into the score. But I have high hopes that this new attempt will get it right! This sounds like good news to me. ABOB was one of David Crane’s finest adventure/action games. A lot could go wrong with this title, I suspect. There was a lot of charm ‘under the hood’ of the original game that was rarely noticed – for instance, it had an excellent musical score, as well as an early kind of procedural music generation.. ie, falling would cue up ‘falling music’ and smoothly transition into the score. But I have high hopes that this new attempt will get it right!

]]> By: Adam Russell http://www.torontothumbs.com/2009/06/03/e3-a-boy-and-his-blob/#comment-3646 Adam Russell Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:36:17 +0000 http://www.torontothumbs.com/2009/06/03/e3-a-boy-and-his-blob/#comment-3646 Hmm, "A Boy and His Blob", or "A Boy and His Dog-Dragon"(aka The Last Guardian). Tough choices. I guess it all comes down to how you feel about blobs and and dragons. Me personally, 'I wants flies in on a Dragons'... Seriously though, it's good to know that you don't necessarily need next gen graphics and insane visuals to be able to form a certain emotional attachment in a game. Hmm, “A Boy and His Blob”, or “A Boy and His Dog-Dragon”(aka The Last Guardian). Tough choices. I guess it all comes down to how you feel about blobs and and dragons.

Me personally, ‘I wants flies in on a Dragons’…

Seriously though, it’s good to know that you don’t necessarily need next gen graphics and insane visuals to be able to form a certain emotional attachment in a game.

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