Notes at the Ruins. #26.

#26. A bigger grinding machine for ruins.

Attention learning of gameplay of FORECLOSED gives additional and concluding view on a game – it’s technically raw. It needs more time for fixation on which need more time than second quarter of the next year when FORECLOSED is going to be available.

Microsoft have bought ZeniMax Media is a case when must play first sounds of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. However, it has a logic. Not so long time ago a conglomerate was a main eye on gaming division of Warner Bros., which is under AT&T, but head of owning administration decided to save for yourself due of money potential in their view. Then I hadn’t care to whom will go Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, because all contenders (Microsoft, ActivisionBlizzard, Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive.) are American deeply capitalistic companies and any of them will use acquisition for exploitation as it was before. I haven’t interest to whole division for sale, which haven’t games for play. I was thinking that maybe No One Lives Forever series will resurrect under new control, but it was obvious that if will be found rights on games – it will art blasphemy. I wouldn’t want to see their bringings.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment didn’t become division of Microsoft, who few days ago didn’t buy American operations of TikTok, but that’s not about games. Microsoft haven’t exclusives as their rival Sony, whose PlayStation in preferences in buying. Seventh generation of consoles put in equal position in sold numbers of PlayStation 3 (87,4 million) and Xbox 360 (84 million). Eighth generation created avoiding reputation for Xbox One, who sold 46,9 million exemplars against 108,9 million of PlayStation 4. Microsoft to coming Ninth generation have acquired few studios (inXile Entertainment, Obsidian Entertainment, Ninja Theory, Undead Labs, Playground Games, Double Fine, Compulsion Games.), which fit for using in making of exclusive games. What I think on ZeniMax Media on which spent 7,5 billion dollars? No drop of care on company itself, who degraded Arkane Studios and games of ID Software. Microsoft comes on destroyed and will do what was before.

I fall in love in The Third Man. A grandiose story, acting of giants Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles and less famous excellent performers, playing zither and I adore how it was directed by Carol Reed. His shots of after war Vienna and he is genius in using of the light. Overall charm will disappear if colorize a film. That’s would be kill ambience of any noir, because these authors were making with accent on black-and-white picture. A similar look I have to remastered games on which I don’t know no one, which goal wasn’t in earning money. It can see in quality on that wasn’t spent much money and new versions with flaws, which don’t have true games.

CD Projekt Red said that players weren’t happy in very long The Witcher 3 campaign. It influenced on make shorter (how shorter?) Cyberpunk 2077. Who pressures this whining crowd to sit hours without break? It gives a worst name for Polish company if they listen masses.