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Orson Scott Card talks games.

core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
edited June 2007 in Games and Technology
http://news.filefront.com/gaming-todays-exclusive-interview-with-author-orson-scott-card/
So basically, the article is an interview with Card on his opinion on games, and the possibility of Ender's game games.

I'm not against some Ender's Game, uh, games, but it would really be a horrible punch to the gut if they completely sucked, and I'm still holding out hope for the movie.


Though, if I could play as a bugger in an MMO based off the books, that would be amazing.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Who? wha? Three line OP?

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    See Advent Rising

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    See Advent Rising

    I still want to play it, despite the reviews. The PC version though.

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    See Advent Rising

    I still want to play it, despite the reviews. The PC version though.
    I would, but since they aren't making anymore, I don't.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Yeah, having a cliffhanger ending really sucks if there's no conclusion.

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    cliffhanger ending aside, it's still kinda a stretch to call advent risings storyline good. The best thing i could say about is that there was indeed a story..kinda

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    There's another book in the main storyline (the Ender line, not the other ones like the Shadow books) coming out this October? Why didn't I know this? I thought I would know this.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    cliffhanger ending aside, it's still kinda a stretch to call advent risings storyline good. The best thing i could say about is that there was indeed a story..kinda

    It was no worse than most video game stories, and better than most JRPG storylines.

    Also, regardless of the bugs, the gameplay of Advent Rising was awesome. I will never stop praising its glories.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    cliffhanger ending aside, it's still kinda a stretch to call advent risings storyline good. The best thing i could say about is that there was indeed a story..kinda

    It was no worse than most video game stories, and better than most JRPG storylines.

    Also, regardless of the bugs, the gameplay of Advent Rising was awesome. I will never stop praising its glories.

    Most JRPGs have shitty story lines so that isn't saying much.

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Actually the thing I liked about Advent Rising was the dialog. It actually felt somewhat organic. Like somebody would say it without the intention of providing exposition to someone who just happened to be around.

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  • Big DookieBig Dookie Smells great! DownriverRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    See, you guys all think it will be based on Ender's Game, but it will actually be a sim game about converting people to Mormonism.

    I keed, I keed! I think a game would be pretty cool, but I do wonder what genre it would be. Thinking about the different sections of Ender's Game, I can see a video game based on it being an FPS (anti-grav training games), an Adventure game (the little game Ender plays on his tablet), a Strategy/Tactical game (the simulations they go through near the end), or a Space Sim. It'd be hard to find a way to mesh all of these together.

    Or they could just include all of them in different sections, and create the greatest game ever.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    It would be so amazing if you could create your own character to enroll in Battle School, then assemble your own custom team to use in the Battle Room.

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    It would also suck hardcore unless they got some kind of genius to develop the UI for that.

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    It would also suck hardcore unless they got some kind of genius to develop the UI for that.
    Or they develop it for the wii/PS3.

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  • iusehappymodiusehappymod Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Advent Rising was a pretty outrageously awesome game.

    at least, once you got a bunch of powers.

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited June 2007
    I am still waiting on Advent Rising 2, PC/Wii only please.

    I loved Advent Rising 1 (PC not the Xbox version), and I can only imagine how awesome a port would be on the Wii with waggle. It might even generate enough sales for a sequel. Imagine levitating enemies with a hand and PHYSICALLY throwing them into a wall. God why isn't this happening, it cant cost that much to port it.

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Storyline aside, I think a zero gravity combat game could potentially be cool. They'd have to get pretty creative with the controls, though. Maybe one analog stick could control your orientation and one could control your view, and there would be separate buttons for pushing off or grabbing on to things.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    titmouse wrote: »
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    cliffhanger ending aside, it's still kinda a stretch to call advent risings storyline good. The best thing i could say about is that there was indeed a story..kinda

    It was no worse than most video game stories, and better than most JRPG storylines.

    Also, regardless of the bugs, the gameplay of Advent Rising was awesome. I will never stop praising its glories.

    Most JRPGs have shitty story lines so that isn't saying much.

    My point was more that complaining about storylines in video games isn't saying much. ;)

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    WHY wrote: »
    It would also suck hardcore unless they got some kind of genius to develop the UI for that.
    Or they develop it for the wii/PS3.

    If anything that would require more genius than a standard control scheme.

    Though it's hilarious that you equate the PS3's motion control with the Wii's.

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I'm predicting now an Ender's Game FPS multi-player only laser tag game!

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  • FoodFood Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    There's another book in the main storyline (the Ender line, not the other ones like the Shadow books) coming out this October? Why didn't I know this? I thought I would know this.

    Wait... as in we're finally going to find out what happens after they go to that weird disease planet? That's awesome!

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Food wrote: »
    There's another book in the main storyline (the Ender line, not the other ones like the Shadow books) coming out this October? Why didn't I know this? I thought I would know this.

    Wait... as in we're finally going to find out what happens after they go to that weird disease planet? That's awesome!

    No, after looking at a synopsis, it looks like it takes place during his time in Battle School.



    Dissapointment. D:

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Orson Scott Card is kinda a huge douche.

    Also he might be crazy, and not in the good way. In the Ann Coulter way.

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  • Big DookieBig Dookie Smells great! DownriverRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Orson Scott Card is kinda a huge douche.

    Also he might be crazy, and not in the good way. In the Ann Coulter way.
    This is true. But really, most writers are. At least OSC has a few good novels.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    There are very few people in this world who are Ann Coulter crazy. She's like if a transexual got possesed by the spirit of the Republican party that got drunk at a party.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Orson Scott Card could be the antichrist and I'd still go see an Ender's Game movie and buy an Ender's Game The Game Based On The Game game.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I wouldn't buy an Ender's Game game if it was completely horrible.


    Mediocre, yes, horrible, no.

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  • EnderEnder Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Drez wrote: »
    Orson Scott Card could be the antichrist and I'd still go see an Ender's Game movie and buy an Ender's Game The Game Based On The Game game.

    Although I would cry if it sucked.

    Wouldn't stop me from playing, though.

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  • PatboyXPatboyX Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Orson Scott Card is kinda a huge douche.

    Also he might be crazy, and not in the good way. In the Ann Coulter way.

    Bradbury was always kind of a douche, too.
    I try to separate the art from the artist when I find myself not liking the artist.

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  • mugginnsmugginns Jawsome Fresh CoastRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Orson Scott Card is kinda a huge douche.

    Also he might be crazy, and not in the good way. In the Ann Coulter way.

    Why? (on both accounts).

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    WHY wrote: »
    It would also suck hardcore unless they got some kind of genius to develop the UI for that.
    Or they develop it for the wii/PS3.

    If anything that would require more genius than a standard control scheme.

    Though it's hilarious that you equate the PS3's motion control with the Wii's.
    I've just got bad memories of Heavy Gear 2's space missions. There were just way too many different controls to handle.

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  • Something WittySomething Witty Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I still need to read Ender's Game. Maybe I'll order it off of Barnes & Nobles or something. Has to be better than that turd Empire just judging from what everyone is saying about it.

    What are the other books that OSC has written that are worth getting?


    As far as Advent Rising, I never played it but it always looked interesting to me. Sucks that they aren't making another game.

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Ender's Shadow.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I read the fourth book before Xenocide, so I was really confused.


    I don't even think I read Xenocide, actually.

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I'm not a big fan of OSC though I liked Ender's Game a ton, but that was still an interesting read. I especially liked how when confronted with the issue of videogame violence, he said that the best thing companies could do would be to add a parental control timer to games where parents could set a time limit to play and then the game would automatically autosave and turn off for the day when that limit was reached.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I've read all eight books, and he's writing a ninth to
    tie the Ender and Bean series together.

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