Re: Chris Roberts wants to write a movie, not a video game

vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote at 13:18 this Monday (GMT):

It's not a very good movie, doesn't seem very well-researched.
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Here's the video I'm watching now, which I guess is going to
show off a Squadron 42 battle:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PIGAMDCR58
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Immediately, two things come to mind:
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a) The first actual character we see is on a "destroyer".  Short
for "submarine destroyer", I don't think calling a ship a "destroyer"
makes much sense for a spacecraft, unless it goes after cloaked ships(?).
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b) The guy sends operational intelligence back to someone -- a family
member, one would assume -- which is strictly verboten in a "real"
Navy.  "Loose lips sink ships."
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Anyway, I'm going to try to suspend disbelief and watch this thing.
Thought you all might be interested, too.

While I enjoy the novelty of "Movie-video games", almost all of them end
up having zero actual gameplay and quickly nullifying your choices. I'm
not very hopeful for any game in this genre.
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