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Movies have a tremendous amount of planning and execution behind the scenes. Often the scenes which appear simple can have tremendous amounts of production behind it. There is often more than meets the eye. My team & I, went ahead to recreate one movie still from "Wake Up Sid".
The above was the original shot from the movie which we set on to recreate. Following is what we accomplished.
The lighting for the shot was a strip & a grid from male's actor shoulder and couple of cutters to avoid spillage. The grid illuminated the female's face too along with providing a slight edge light to the male actor. Behind the female was a light on grid pointed at male actor's face and another light with a snoot for hair light on female. Editing was to crop in a similar aspect ratio along-with basic adjustments. The scene was shot at f/8, 1/50th at ISO 100.
I can see a room from improvement but this exercise taught me a lot. It requires proper planning and execution even for light which feels simple. Kudos to the film production, lighting, art direction, DOP & various other team which work in cooperation to produce such good to watch films. Even if you are a photographer, it pays to watch films. You can learn a great deal about lighting from movies. At the end of the day, they are simply 24 stills(fps) encompassed in a second.
An important aspect of photography is 'timing'. Often a millisecond separates a snapshot from an award winning shot. Timing comes only from proper judgment and foresight of the situation. A photographer should be patient & calm as he shoots.
Out of the above three images, the second one is perfectly timed. It tells a story. The rest two are simply snapshots with no engaging quality. The three were taken just a few milliseconds apart.
What do you do when you are bored? When no idea comes to your mind? Then all of a sudden, you think, let's throw those speed-lights up in the air! Here is what you get after having a few, "heart in your mouth" moments. If your speed-lights or the cute canine is hurt during tossing, do not blame me. 😉
It's three years! A grand three years in my 365 Project. Never imagined, I would reach so far. It has been a truly magnificent journey, trying to produce a unique photograph each day. What brings further joy to me is, if one perseveres, producing a photograph every day is indeed possible. As I look back, I can see how I am improving as a photographer.
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Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner
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|Teruyuki Toriyama
|Kouji Okada
|Noriyuki Oumi
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Multiplayer: Cooperative, competitive
Players: 1-2
Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner is a turn-based role-playing video game developed by Gaia and published by Sony Computer Entertainment and Atlus for the PlayStation Portable console. The game was released in February 2006 in Japan and in February 2007 in North America.
The game takes place in a world where monsters and human beings once lived in harmony. The monsters were hunted and many of them were eventually imprisoned in devices called "jewels". Once trapped in a jewel, a monster becomes tame and servile to the owner of the jewel, allowing human warriors, called Jewel Summoners, to use them in combat against other monsters. The story of Jewel Summoner revolves around the quest for vengeance of one such warrior, Vice, whose mother died at the hands of a monster.
Jewel Summoner received mixed reviews from the gaming press. Its monster-collection theme and turn-based gameplay was often compared to Nintendo's Pokémon series. The game's audio and voice acting were praised, but its story and gameplay were criticized as uninspired and monotonous.
Jewel Summoner takes place in a third-person perspective with a top-down view. The player character's avatar moves around a static world map and can enter 3D dungeons.[1] Inside dungeons, the player's movement will activate random battles against wild monsters;[2] battles are represented in a split-screen format.[3] Dungeons also contain save points that can be used to restore the health of the party.[4] The player can have a party of up to three characters, and each member has a maximum of three monsters that can be summoned from storage receptacles, called jewels, to fight against enemies.[5] Battles are turn-based and each monster has access to several attacks that it can execute each turn. Monsters do not have individual health bars; their controlling character's health is used instead.[6] Enemy monsters can be recruited by weakening them in battle and then capturing them within a jewel.[1]
There are over 100 different types of monster in the game,[5] and each possesses traits in the forms of "elements" that dictate its strengths and weaknesses. The element system is similar to a game of "rock-paper-scissors"; for instance, water-elemental monsters have an advantage over fire-based monsters, and fire-based monsters have an advantage over ice-based ones.[6] A monster can only be captured within a jewel that represents the same element.[3] Monsters earn experience in battle and subsequently level up, learn new abilities, and evolve into different creatures.[2] Jewel Summoners can also influence their monsters' growth by fusing them with specially refined items and pieces of quartz,[5] or by increasing their stats with "Ability Points" earned in battle.[7]
In combat, each Jewel Summoner can bring out one monster at a time. Every turn, each monster (both enemy and ally) can activate one attack or elemental ability.[3] Each monster initially has four slots available for abilities. Monsters can quickly learn abilities of their own element type, but can also pick up abilities from other elements.[5] A fire dragon, for instance, can learn snow-based attacks.[6] Using an ability requires the expenditure of a monster's "Jewel Points", a mana-like energy of which each creature has only a finite amount. When a monster's Jewel Points are depleted, it becomes inaccessible to the character and another monster must be selected to fight.[5] Monsters can return to battle when their Jewel Points have been restored at a save point.[6]
Jewel Summoner has two options for multiplayer, using the PSP's "ad-hoc" local wireless feature. Players can trade monsters with each other or fight 1-on-1 battles.[5] The game also includes a browser mode that players can use to connect to the Internet and download wallpapers and game trailers.[7]
Long before the events of Jewel Summoner, monsters and humans coexisted peacefully in the game's world.[8] Eventually, a mysterious event called the "Great Disaster" occurred, and many monsters disappeared. Those that didn't were contained within "jewels" that became a source of energy that humans harnessed to provide power for their civilization,[5] called the "Powered Civilization".[9] Occasionally, rogue monsters called Abominations would appear and attack humans indiscriminately.[5] The humans responded by developing a skill known as "Jewel Summoning", which could be used to fight and capture Abominations. Jewel Summoners are generally descended from a clan called the "Enchanters" and receive special training in the use of jewels.[9] Trained Jewel Summoners work for an organization called the Order and collaborate to fight Abominations.[10]
Jewel Summoner's story centers around a young Jewel Summoner named Vice.[1] Vice's mother died at the hands of an Abomination named Shina years before,[11] and Vice has been searching for the monster ever since.[3] Before she died, Vice's mother gave him a jewel containing a monster, Schatten, and he subsequently discovered that he had the ability to summon and control Schatten despite not having been trained at the Jewel Summoner Academy.[9] Vice traveled for some time, hunting and destroying Abominations, before drawing the attention of the Order.[1] He eventually enrolls at the Academy and is joined by several other Summoners.[12] The rest of the game follows Vice's journey with his Order teammates and his quest for revenge.[5]
Jewel Summoner was the first game produced by Gaia, a studio formed by Kouji Okada in 2003 after he departed from Atlus.[9][13] Okada was one of the co-creators of the Shin Megami Tensei role-playing game series,[10] commonly referred to as"MegaTen" in the West.[1][2] Okada continued the game mechanic of collecting and raising creatures in Jewel Summoner, altered from MegaTen's concept of "nakama": player-controlled, friendly demons.[1]
"When you work in the Japanese game industry, you notice that the shift is towards only creating games based on established franchises sadly. I felt very strongly about doing an original game and trying something I'd never done before so that's why Gaia was created."
Okada's goal with Jewel Summoner was to create an original game "that goes back to the basics of gaming".[15] At the Akihabara Entertainment Festival in 2005, Okada explained that the Japanese gaming industry was full of game series and he was interested in developing new ideas.[14] Shortly after Gaia was formed, the new studio learned that Sony was interested in finding developers for its upcoming handheld game console, the PlayStation Portable.[15] Gaia developed Jewel Summoner exclusively for the PSP,[16] including visuals tailored to its screen and a creature development system that would utilize the console's internal clock to continually train monsters, even when the unit was not in use.[9][15]
Jewel Summoner borrowed several aspects from Okada's previous games,[2][11] including Megami Tensei's concept of elements.[7] Despite the similarities, the art style of Jewel Summoner is more in line with traditional RPGs,[2] instead of MegaTen's darker, more adult theme.[1] An important design component of the game is its "rensei"; the monster training system,[14] which is a staple of Okada's work.[17] The game's soundtrack was created by Shinji Hosoe, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoko Shimomura, Kenji Ito, Masaharu Iwata, Tsukasa Masuko, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Ayako Saso, and Takahiro Ogata.[16] The game is fully voiced with over 5 total hours of dialogue,[16] which took Gaia a week to record.[15]
Jewel Summoner was released on February 23, 2006 in Japan and February 19, 2007 in North America.[18] Gamasutra reported that at the time of its North American release, it was listed at #7 on GamerMetrics,[19] an IGN program that monitors fan anticipation of video games by tracking wish list requests, e-mail notifications, and other Internet-based game data.[20]
Okada has revealed that the game was planned as the first entry in a series of Monster Kingdom games; its title was even created with this in mind. Gaia created a comprehensive timeline for Jewel Summoner to allow additional games to be developed within the same universe.[15] Folklore is a PlayStation 3 game with similarities to Jewel Summoner; developed by Game Republic and released by Sony in 2007. Gaia assisted Game Republic with Folklore's monster-creation system, and its original title was Monster Kingdom: Unknown Realms.[17] Another Gaia game, Coded Soul, was released in 2008 and also has gameplay elements in common with Jewel Summoner.[17][21]
Jewel Summoner received mixed reviews.[23][22] Its gameplay format, especially the premise of monster collecting, elicited frequent comparisons to Pokémon, a long-running Nintendo series of games.[1][2][27] The gameplay itself was considered generic and unoriginal.[5][25] IGN stated "All too often the same battles happen again and again",[4] and Game Informer's reviewer said the battle system "is as boring a turn-based snoozefest as I've seen in years".[25] GameZone called Jewel Summoner "prototypical" and said the game "does not stray too far from the formula. You fight, you level, you unlock new skills."[3] The process of improving monsters was described by GameSpot as too long and needlessly complicated,[5] and IGN declared "for the most part it's not even worth it."[4]
Reception of the game's audio was generally positive,[3][5] with IGN referring to the music as "top-notch" and GamesRadar commenting "The tunes are varied, catchy, match the settings, and show off the PSP's sound system."[4][26] Comments about the voice acting were lukewarm, however,[1][5] especially regarding the amount of dialogue in the game.[24][25] GameSpot referred to the dialogue as "dull" and IGN said "the script itself is a mess."[4][5] The game's beginning was described as especially slow.[6]
"...there were times where I just wanted to zip around and gather monsters, but I had to put up with everyone yammering at each other for over 20 minutes. It wouldn't be so annoying if this was on a home console, but on the bus to work, there should be less reading and more monster bashing."— Thierry Nguyen, 1UP[1]
The game's art style and visuals were praised.[6][26] X-Play said "The monsters [sic] designs here are creative, detailed takes on all kinds of different well-known fantasy archetypes."[2] GameZone's reviewer said "The monster details are very good, as is the majority of the artwork",[3] and IGN noted that "Each of the characters also gets nice, crisp art for the conversational scenes."[6] Game Informer, however, mocked the character design, stating "...each of the major heroes has some kind of glaring aesthetic blunder to make fun of. From the biggest faux-hawk in history to tan lines that Itagaki would be ashamed to put on one of his characters, there's at least some shallow amusement to be had by mocking these hapless digital rejects."[25]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Nguyen, Thierry (2007-02-13). "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Review from 1UP.com". 1UP. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Smith, D.F. "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Review Videos". X-play (G4TV). Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lafferty, Michael (2007-02-13). "Monster Kingdom Jewel Summoner Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ a b c d e f Lewis, Ed (2007-02-14). "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Review (page 2)". IGN. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Mueller, Greg (2007-03-12). "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Review for PSP". GameSpot. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g Lewis, Ed (2007-02-14). "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Review". IGN. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ a b c Karlin, David (2006-02-27). "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Preview (page 2)". 1UP. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ Lafferty, Michael (2007-01-25). "Monster Kingdom Jewel Summoner Preview". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ a b c d e "Official Monster Kingdom Jewel Summoner Website". Atlus. 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ a b "Atlus USA, Inc. Announces Monster Kingdom Jewel Summoner". GameZone. 2006-11-15. Archived from the original on April 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ a b Dunham, Jeremy (2007-02-08). "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Preview". IGN. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ Karlin, David (2006-02-27). "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Preview". 1UP. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ "Sony Announces Monster Kingdom for PSP". IGN. 2005-08-31. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ a b c Karlin, David (2005-10-24). "Okada Talks Monster Kingdom". 1UP. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ a b c d e Gantayat, Anoop (2005-10-25). "Kouji Okada Live in Tokyo". IGN. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ a b c "Atlas U.S.A. Releases Monster Kingdom Jewel Summoner". GameZone. 2007-02-14. Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ a b c Gantayat, Anoop (2007-11-30). "Gaia Announces Coded Soul for PSP". IGN. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Release Information for PSP". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ Cowan, Danny (2007-02-19). "Release This: Sonic and the Secret Crackdown". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ "IGN :: GamerMetrics". IGN. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ "Coded Soul: Uke Keigareshi Idea Release Information for PSP". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ a b "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner for PSP". Gamerankings. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ a b "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ a b "Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner Review". Electronic Gaming Monthly: 94. October 2007.
- ^ a b c d e Biessener, Adam. "Been There, Raced That". Game Informer. Archived from the original on April 1, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ a b c Edison, Bryce. "Monster Kingdom Jewel Summoner (page 2)". GamesRadar. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ Edison, Bryce. "Monster Kingdom Jewel Summoner". GamesRadar. Retrieved 2009-03-18.

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Great beach for a picnic. We sat and watched the waves and gulls. There are restrooms so its a good spot to stop while traveling.
Monastery Beach is one of the most accessible and visible beaches on the Monterey Peninsula. It's also one of the most dangerous, as other reviewers have noted.
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I stopped here early in the morning - before sunrise - because of the waves and tide, so I had the entire beach to myself. The beach was very clean, and seems as if it would be a good option on a warm, sunny day, though Carmel Beach might be a superior choice.
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We did a quick stop here to simply check the water temperature - we are tourists and it seemed an easy place to paddle. Saw the warning signs and proceeded with care. Nice clean beach with quite a few families sitting in the sun. Not sand as it looked more like small pebbles. The Pacific was cold! Even on a...
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Navid Negahban (Persian: نوید نگهبان; born June 2, 1968) is an Iranian American actor. He has appeared on 24, Homeland and currently plays the recurring role of Jonathan Amadi, a successful Iranian-American businessman, on ABC's season 4 of Mistresses.
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Negahban was born in Mashhad, Iran. He took a liking to theater when he was 8 years old while provoking laughter from a large audience by portraying an old man on stage.[1] He left Iran when he was 20 for Turkey and then Germany, where he spent eight-and-a-half years.[2] In Germany, he worked for a theater company, and then in 1993 he moved to the United States.[3] He is fluent in English, Persian,[1] Dari and German.[3]
He has appeared in The Shield, The West Wing, Lost, and CSI: Miami.[4] He has collaborated twice with Iranian-American actress Necar Zadegan, once in 24, where her on-screen husband ordered his interrogation and the torturing of his family, and also in CSI: Miami, where, as his wife, she killed him.[5]
Negahban also had two collaborations with another Iranian-American actress Mozhan Marnò in the TV series The Unit[6] and the movie The Stoning of Soraya M., where he plays the husband of Soraya (Marnò). In 2008, Negahban voiced the insane doctor Challus Mercer in the survival horror game Dead Space.[4] Negahban also appeared as the main antagonist in the critically acclaimed TV series Homeland.[1] In 2011 he won the Best Actor Award for the 2009 Iranian short film, Liberation at the Noor Iranian Film Festival, and in 2012, he returned to serve as an official festival judge.
In February 2015, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety confirmed that Negahban had begun shooting the spy thriller, Damascus Cover, based on the novel by Howard Kaplan, alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby and John Hurt. Negahban will play the role of Syrian General Sarraj.
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- 1 Mosque???
- 2 Population and Ranking
- 3 Old discussion
- 4 Infrastructure
- 5 Population and communications?
- 6 Plano?
- 7 City Planning
- 8 More on planning
- 9 How many administrative regions
- 10 population of brasilia?
- 11 Map and more photos
- 12 Satelite cities
- 13 Climate
- 14 Nightlife and links
- 15 Breathless Intro text
- 16 New intro...
- 17 References
- 18 Capital?
- 19 And what about corruption?
- 20 Vandalized?
- 21 Removal of Supreme Court section
- 22 Problem with opening paragraphs
- 23 Link Cleanup
- 24 History?
- 25 Planned and relocated capitals worldwide?
- 26 Brasília and Brazilian Federal District
- 28 Not a Range
- 29 Pronunciation
- 30 largest city in the world that did not exist at the beginning of the 20th century
- 31 Broken Source
- 32 Brasília vs Federal district
- 33 Founded
- 34 Modernism
- 35 Timeline of Brasília
- 36 External links modified
- 37 External links modified
- 38 External links modified
What is the point of including the (bad) picture of a mosque in this entry? Yeah we all know how good and peaceful Islam is and that Mohammad didn't rob, kill, and raped anybody. But what is the value of that picture for Brasilia? It should be deleted or replaced with a more informative picture, like a bus stop or a traffic light. 22.214.171.124 (talk) 22:49, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
The picture is not a mosque. It's the cathedral of Brasília. It have a different design, projected by the architect Oscar Niyemayer. SAY NO TO THE PREJUDICE --Dfdc (talk) 14:35, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
Population and Ranking[edit]
"It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the fourth largest city in Brazil, ahead of Belo Horizonte and Fortaleza. However, as a metropolitan area, it ranks much lower at ninth."
Actually, the population of Brasilia's metropolitan area is of 3,599,000. So, there is no point in saying that, as a metropolitan area, it ranks much lower at ninth. According to that List of urban agglomerations by population (United Nations), it ranks as the sixth largest metropolitan area in Brazil, and the 84th largest urban agglomeration in the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 23:42, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Can someone update the population statistics? They (city and metro) appear to be out-of-date, but I'm not sure how to get them myself. American In Brazil (talk) 18:43, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
- The city population (2 789 761) was already updated. The metro area I had update each municipality from Região Integrada de Desenvolvimento do Distrito Federal e Entorno and sum the populations to achieve this number (4 041 042). I updated the density as well. All from the IBGE 2013 estimative.ZackTheJack (talk) 14:42, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
Old discussion[edit]
From memory, I believe everything after the word "Brazil" in this entry is incorrect. Brasilia is north of the major urban centers of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, but way south of the Amazon region.
- (Entry has been updated -- thanks Joao) -
I'm wondering weather the pictures on the page are copyvios. They can be found at here. Vancouverguy 22:32, 17 Sep 2003 (UTC)
......................................................................................................................................................... Hi I live in Brasilia, I liked the page,it was cool when i found it at january 15 2004, but I made some changes on it. Not all public buildings are nyemeyers, and the city plan was widely based on Le Corbusier ideas, so i thought it was fair to mention him. There is no lack of sidewalks in Brasilia, since the begginnings it was decided the sidewalks would be built where people walked on, leaving a track in the grass.
You can find me at email@example.com. My name is Mauricio Manco. user:manco ..............................................................................
Hello Mauricio, I disagree with You about the sidewalks. Usually the books that criticize Brasilia when it was still being built (60s and 70s). There are lots of places where there are no sidewalks, for example the embassy sectors. Dionisio firstname.lastname@example.com É claro que faltavam calçadas nos anos setenta, elas seriam construidas, e foram, em muitos lugares mas nem todos. Elas são construídas onde o povo anda a pé. Of course there was a lack of sidewalks in the seventies, they where to be built, and they was, in a lot of places but not ALL of them. They are built where people usually walk on.(manco)
- For all Brasilia residents (and even more for the Satellite-Cities residents) it's clear that the city wasn't planed for walkers. There's a big distance between places of interest (and need) and the sidewalks are not a beautiful view (either lacking, cracked or else not covering the best way, most of the time). At the other hand, some Brasilia residents like me and Mauricio Manco really know how fun and interesting can it be to walk along the wings (north or south one). Brasilia is a place of contradictions, but as put by Tom Robbins in his book Villa Incognito, "what city is not"? danielduende 19:58, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
I made a small correction: the 1891 Brazilian constitution was Brazil's first REPUBLICAN constitution. There was a previous Imperial constitution dating from 1824 or thereabouts.
Marcelo Bastos
On 04/08/2004 I rewrote the article adding much more information and trying to give a more realistic and personal picture of the city, one that you couldn't get in Encarta or the Encyclopedia Britannica. There were some serious problems with the English and the organization of what I found and I tried to adapt that without throwing out the whole thing.
The unsourced claims about energy consumption use the units GWh, is this then stating the cumulative consumption and not the consumption rate? Or is this GWh/year or is this just unsourced garbage? GBMorris 19:37, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Population and communications?[edit]
Ponha-se no lugar de quem vai ler esse artigo. Para que o artigo seja lido, deve conter informações que interessem ao leitor. O inglês em que o artigo foi escrito é primário, duvido que um dia esse artigo seja um featured article. Peço ajuda dos colegas para juntos reescrevermos a página de cima a baixo.
Place yourself on the shoes of the reader. If we want people to read our article, we must give the reader valuable information. The english is poor, I doubt this article will be featured as it is.I ask my fellow wikipedians for help so we can rewrite the whole article.
A pagina em portugues tambem esta incompleta. I agree that the English is not proper written.
I agree, even though I have added a few things off and on to try to improve it and I have corrected some of the English. As I found this article on 27 November 2005 there were serious problems with not only the English but with some statements. What is the factual basis for the statement that Lucio Costa designed Brasilia without traffic lights only because his wife had been killed in one? That sounds like an urban legend to me. The reason is probably more likely to be found in the more pragmatic desire to create a city that was a break with the traditional one, which had traffic lights. I got rid of the statement because it certainly does not help the article and it is mentioned again further on in the article. I lived in Brasilia for twenty years and I never heard that explanation, which does not necessarily mean it could not have any basis of course. But to affirm such a thing we need a reputable source.
Ray Vogensen firstname.lastname@example.com
I think that the translation of "Plano Piloto" is incorrect, but I don't know whether it should be "Pilot Plain" or "Pilot Plane" instead. I think that both are correct translations, and one of the translations makes a good pun, but I am unsure of how Brasilians mean this phrase. Plain = geographic feature, Plane = flat geometric feature
What about Pilot Plan? It's a planned city afterall.
- If we would go for an exact translation, i would drop the word Pilot for something else... like Main, First or Core, words that are closer to the original meaning of "Piloto". On the other hand, the translation of Plano as Plan (and not Plain or Plane) is a very good idea. danielduende 19:50, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
- "Pilot Plan" is the most direct translation of "Plano Piloto" and the "pilot" part gives it the double entendre that's present in the Portuguese phrase. The double meaning inplied by "plane" is not an accurate translation because aeroplane in Portuguese is "avião" (from ave, meaning bird, + -ão, the augmentive suffix in Portuguese). And when "piloto/a" is used as an adjective, it is usually talking about a initiative, project or plan. Morganfitzp 15:20, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
It shouldn't be translated at all. Or are we going to call Rio Grande do Sul "South Big River"? Ninguém (talk) 01:23, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Morganfitzp is correct. And so is Ninguém. When my Brazilian wife wants to go into town, she says, "Let's go to plano piloto" or more likely, "Vamos para plano piloto." American In Brazil (talk) 00:57, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
City Planning[edit]
The end of the article says that the city is constantly under construction. Is that true???? A city constantly being under construction sounds Too Good To Be True. Besides, if that is indeed the case, sooner or later, it'll turn the planet into an Ecumenopolis, like Coruscant.It is the first all new modern city.
To reply, please leave a message in my User Talk. Feel free to type your reply onto this page too.
- As a matter of fact Brasilia is "constantly under construction", really. There is still a lot of vacant spaces for building and there is a lot of things that were planned but never built, until now. Our actual governor, Joaquim Roriz has a personal taste for building big, flashy and severely over-budgeted things too. Our subway system was more expensive to build than the Rio de Janeiro subway system (that is at least 6 times bigger and way better). Maybe someday, being a "constantly under construction" city, Brasília overtakes all the space and become some kind of "Ecumenopolis", but this day is very far indeed. Brasília is, in the way we like to refer to it, the "largest small town of Brasil, and a very strange and fascinating one". I would reply to your talk-page, but i don't know who are you. :) danielduende 19:45, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Oh. I'm Shultz. --Shultz 07:02, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Daniel Duende and Shultz: Even years after your comments, Brasilia is a city still under construction. There remain large tracts of land on the outskirts where condos, apartments, office buildings and shopping malls are being built. Brasilia is a work in progress. American In Brazil (talk) 01:07, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
More on planning[edit]
I noticed that there was no mention of the fact that this was a "planned" city that is known for its "form over function". I remember a quote from a TV special I saw when I was in college where it was referred to as a "Gerry built nowhere, infested with Volkswagons"... It would be nice if someone with city planning background could cover these issues.
Comments by Caby Smith 5/4/2007 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 13:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC).
I think that you should translate to English the original Lucio Costa´s plan that won the competiton. It can be found here: http://aprender.unb.br/mod/resource/view.php?id=23561 The original plan discuss the car/pedestrian issue, for example. It´s very important to merge Lucio´s plan to a new section of the text. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 14:41, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
How many administrative regions[edit]
I'm review this diff. How many administrative regions are there in the federal district? There seem to be 26 states and the federal district of Brasilia[1]. And within the federal district, there are 28 regions, not 29[2]. Has this changed recently?? Please cite sources. Thanks for clarification.--Muchosucko 14:19, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
There is a problem with the whole article, in that it can't decide whether "Brasília" means the huge city which is Brazil's capital, or just the central area (Plano Piloto) that constitutes its First Administrative Region (if it is the latter, it does not have 2,000,000 inhabitants, but just about 250,000. If the former, then it includes the satellite cities, and, in fact, all of the Distrito Federal~). Ninguém (talk) 01:23, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
I believe ´Brasilia´ means the city proper, of which Plano Piloto is the central district, whereas the satellite cities (or ´suburbs´ as we would say in English) constitute the metro area. The metro area probably incorporates the entire Distrito Federal, so the population of the DF plus Brasilia is the metro population. There are a number of large satellite cities, such as Planaltina, Samambaia, Aguas Claras, Taguatinga, Ceilandia, Paranoá and Sobradinho where I live. I have tried to make this distinction in the article by conforming the info box to the text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by American In Brazil (talk • contribs) 14:39, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
population of brasilia?[edit]
it is very odd that the population or demographic information is not included in this entry. I was browsing on Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo and one can find almost any facts and figure on it but not for brasilia. From Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica http://www.ibge.gov.br/the 2004 estimated population is 2,282,049.
- It's even more odd that the article cites two different populations, without explaining. The number you just cited does not match the larger one used in the first sentence of the page. -184.108.40.206 02:55, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Visik 05:50, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
- Population needs updating. Latest figure is 2011. Does anyone have a reliable source number? American In Brazil (talk) 02:11, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
Map and more photos[edit]
Brasilia is so interesting in that it's completely unlike any other Brazilian city. This article would benefit from a map illustrating the original plan and some more photos, particularly depicting all the green space that the city is known for. Morganfitzp 15:20, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I have a lot of photos of Brasilia but I don't know how to upload to wikipedia. --Paulomsr 21:30, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
I agree with Morganfitzp. The photo's that are present are extremely good and more would add to the article. Given Brasilia's special planning a map is crucial.220.127.116.11 13:45, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Map still needed[edit]
Well, three years after the above comments, the article now seems to have great pictures, but is still missing a map. In particular the last paragraph of the Background section, describing the main routes of the city, would be much easier to take in with a visual aid. Emika22 (talk) 05:12, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Satelite cities[edit]
I've added links to some of the mentioned satelite cities. If anyone knows something about the satelite cities, please add an article about them.--Googleplex5 00:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
The section on climate says that the average high temperatures vary by 3°C and the low temperatures by 5°C. These are incorrectly translated to 37°F and 41°F. I've tried editing these to the correct values of 5° and 9° respectively but my changes have been backed out. A temperature of 3°C corresponds with 37°F but a temperature difference of 3°C is only 5°F!
Kevin, October 2006.
The text in Climate section disagrees with the accompanying table. Somebody who has access to actual data should clean up that section. Thanks in advance.Raymondwinn (talk) 21:38, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
The colours used in the weatherboxes[edit]
User:Subtropical-man has repeatedly removed the green colours for the precipitation colour and stating that the blue colouring is standard on wikipedia. Although the blue colouring is the default colour, the blue colouring can cause a blending of colours if record lows and humidity and precipitation days are added in. it also leaves the false impression of a cold, rainy, and damp climate in places that are not so cold in the winter like Brasilia. I think there should be a discussion on this.Ssbbplayer (talk) 19:54, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Nightlife and links[edit]
I rewrote the nightlife section, which was short and inaccurate. Brasília does have stuff to do! Also, I added a link to the Convention and Visitors Bureau, and removed a duplicate link to the wikitravel page --Jully 19:19, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Breathless Intro text[edit]
Reading the Introduction text, you'd think this is the best city in the world, looked up to by the rest of the world, as a shining example of mankind's city-building, instead of just some architect's wet dream planted in the jungle. I know Brazilians are a proud people, but can somebody re-write with a bit less hyperbole, and a bit more NPOV?
The intro was rewritten, but it was written in a horribe excuse for grammer and said the population was 5 million. So I fixed those errors 'wikified' the intro to make it more encyclopedic.
There was no jungle where Brasilia was built. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 18:15, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
New intro...[edit]
Ive re-written the intro again - mentioning the fact that Brasilia houses the government, something quite important, dont you think? And also made it even less breathless...
Danielimb3bacon 18:17, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
This site currently lists only one source. May I suggest: James Holston's The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília; James C. Scott's Seeing Like A State, specifically Chapter 4 The High Modernist City: An Experiment and A Critique. (188.8.131.52 20:32, 2 March 2007 (UTC))
Hi, actually isn't it Rio the capital of Brazil? I think you all are doing a big mistake.
Rio? Haha, no no. Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Brazil from 1763 to 1960. After 1960 the capital was moved to Brasília.
I guess some people who don't read the paper might have missed the news that the capital was moved.
Brasilia was inaugurated as the new capital on April 21, 1960, as correctly stated. That was more than half a century ago. American In Brazil (talk) 22:04, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
And what about corruption?[edit]
Isn't Brasília the world's corruption capital?
It´s not. Worlds corruption city is Washington DC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk) 05:12, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
I grew up in Chicago and I'll nominate my hometown as the world's most corrupt. We had the best politicians money could buy. But now that I live in Brasilia, I feel right at home. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.127.116.11 (talk) 01:00, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
The economy section seemed to be gutted and replaced with whitespace and a couple slashes. Editing mistake or vandalism? I reverted the last edit to replace the missing text.
184.108.40.206 19:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Removal of Supreme Court section[edit]
The main section is about government palaces, so the section about the Supreme Court should discuss that (if the SC is indeed in a palace), not about the functions of the court. I rm'ed the section; hopefully, someone knowledgeable about the SC buildings in that area can contribute some good pertinent info. --SigPig |SEND - OVER 00:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Problem with opening paragraphs[edit]
I'm not sure how to change it for the best, perhaps just making a few deletions, but the opening paragraphs seem to discuss hotels an awful lot. This is a rather random subject to discuss with several sentences in the opening which should discuss the city generally. Any thoughs? --The Way (talk) 05:23, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Link Cleanup[edit]
I edited several sections today and edited out unneeded wikilinks - it is generally not necessary to wikilink common words like "traffic" and "city" and "law" in a general article, for example. There's also some room for cleanup of links to Brazilian governmental bodies such as the courts and so on. Left that for another editing session, but it's on my "to-do" list.Bishop^ (talk) 19:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
This article makes no reference about previous inhabitants or what the area was before it was Brasilia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.127.116.11 (talk) 15:58, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Planned and relocated capitals worldwide?[edit]
Is there a list of planned or moved capitals?
One the characteristics of the relocation is to make the capital more central.
- Brazil - Brasilia
- Australia - Canberra
- Pakistan - Islamabad
- Nigeria - Abuja
- Tanzania - Dodoma
- Canada - Ottawa
- United States - Washington, DC
Tabletop (talk) 10:32, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
Brasília and Brazilian Federal District[edit]
What's the difference between the two? Are they the same? I cannot tell by reading the two articles, although there are a lot of repetition between them. If they are the same (like Washington D.C. and District of Columbia), perhaps they should be merged? Chanheigeorge (talk) 04:45, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
- The Federal District is a legal entity with the same status as any other state in Brazil (has its own Governor, State police etc.). It comprised the city of Rio de Janeiro until 1960, when the capital moved to Brasília. Brasília is a name given to the current Federal District or, alternatively and less frequently, just to the most important areas therein. Another difference is that Brasília is called a city (cidade de Brasília) in popular parlance. I think Brasília should have its own article, since its conception and planning differ from that of the Federal District. Missionary (talk) 23:19, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
1957L ?[edit]
Hi, In the 'History' section the text refers to '1957L' at the start. Is this a typo or a specific reference to the development of Brasilia? I'm hoping someone with better knowledge than I can correct or confirm why the text says '1957L'. Thanks, Mondegreen de plume (talk) 02:06, 16 November 2010 (UTC)x
Not a Range[edit]
"Average temperatures from September through April are a consistent 22 °C (72 °F). Those, however, are monthly averages; temperatures sometimes fall outside of this range." 72 degrees is not a "range" but a single temperature. And is it really necessary to state that an average temperature does not mean that that is always the temperature? GeneCallahan (talk) 17:05, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
I removed the sentence that temperatures often fall outside the average. Is there anywhere in the world where they do not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by American In Brazil (talk • contribs) 23:59, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
The transcription seems to be of the Portuguese pronunciation. It's in brackets but isn't it a broad transcription? In some English-language articles, it's made clear when a transcription is of the pronunciation in the local language. An English transcription would be useful too. Is the S a /s/ or a /z/? Is the penultimate sound /i/ or /j/? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 12:14, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
The spelling is 'Brasilia' in both Portuguese and English. However, in Portuguese there is a stress mark (acute) over the first 'i' to conform to the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 that if a word ends in 'a', 'e', 'o', 'em' or 'ens' (the plural of 'em' as in 'homens' - men), the stress is on the penultimate (sometimes called the ´anti-tabulum´), or next-to-last syllable, as you note, UNLESS there is an acute, in which case the stress is on the acuted syllable. Portuguese is a highly stressed language, like English. A single 's' in the middle of a word is sounded like the English 'z', hence the English spelling of the country 'Brazil' (´Brasil´ in Portuguese) and the pronunciation of 'Brasilia' with a 'z' sound. The 'i' in Portuguese is generally sounded like 'ee' in English, as in the English word 'machine' (which is from French - oh, those Normans). However, 'i' in front of 'a' or 'o' is monosyllabic; thus the 'ia' is slurred into a single syllable. Gosh, there sure are a lot of rules! But rather than trying to memorize them, the best way to learn the correct pronunciation is simply to listen carefully to the word and repeat it - which is how you learned English. Just say: bra-ZEEL-ya.126.96.36.199 (talk) 03:16, 22 April 2013 (UTC) American In Brazil (talk) 01:16, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
largest city in the world that did not exist at the beginning of the 20th century[edit]
I don't think that is the case.
Shenzhen was not founded until 1979, and currently has a population of 3.5 million, and over 10 million metropolitan, quite a bit bigger than Brasilia. You could call the town of <1000 people that was there before a city, but that's nitpicking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.127.116.11 (talk) 16:32, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
- Shenzen has been menitoned by name in historical records since 1410. It was the designation as SEZ that took place in 1979. -- megA (talk) 08:59, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
Broken Source[edit]
Source 8 in the article leads to a 404 error, and should be removed. --Aidoboy (talk) 13:52, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
- Corrected ZackTheJack (talk) 15:27, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Brasília vs Federal district[edit]
Nationally, the term is almost always used synonymously with the Federal District, which constitutes an indivisible Federative Unit, analogous to a state. Several "satellite cities" (suburbs) are also part of the Federal District.
Actually, when comparing both infoboxes, figures are the same. Though the map suggests Brasília would be only a small part of the district, the area is still given the same in both. The population figures are also close to each other, so that rules out the error in the area figure. 184.108.40.206 (talk) 02:48, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
The map shows the administrative region of Brasília as opposed to the city (which encompasses the entire federal district). Maybe we should disambiguate between the two? Someone the Person (talk) 05:47, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
The city of Brasilia does NOT encompass the entire Distrito Federal. It is the largest municipality of the DF, but there are several other "satellite cities" (suburbs) which are independently governed, such as Planaltina, Ceilandia, Taguatinga, Aguas Claras, Samambaia, Paranoá and Sobradinho, where I live. In short, the DF is a metro area like any other. It should also be noted that the outlying areas of the DF remain rural. When I drive out of the DF to the states of Goias and Minas Gerais, I pass fields of corn, soybeans, coffee and peanuts (and the occasional herd of grazing cows). American In Brazil (talk) 01:33, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- This article should be about the city, but the infobox has the whole district's figures. 188.8.131.52 (talk) 18:05, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
The info box conforms with the info boxes for other large cities which show the populations of both the city and its metro area. See, for example, Chicago or Washington DC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by American In Brazil (talk • contribs) 19:41, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- The infobox has the area of whole Capital District, with no figure for just the city, if such exists. Also population figure seems to be of whole district, at least it divided by whole area when calculating the density. 22.214.171.124 (talk) 05:42, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Here is the info box on population:
Population (2013)(est.)[1]
• Federal capital 2,789,761 (4th) • Density 480.827/km2 (1,245.338/sq mi) • Metro 4,041,042 (est. 2,013)(6th)
American In Brazil (talk) 18:09, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, and that is the population of the whole district. That is easily confirmed by checking Federal District (Brazil) infobox. It has slightly smaller population from the previous year. This Brasília article has a map which shows that the city is only a small part of the district, maybe about 500 km2. But that is only a guess, since it is not given anywhere. I would like know what is the area and population for that area, if it indeed is official. 18.104.22.168 (talk) 05:11, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
The population of the city is the smaller figure listed as 'Federal capital' and the population of the entire Distrito Federal is the larger figure listed as 'Metro'. American In Brazil (talk) 21:07, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, but there is no "smaller figure listed as 'Federal capital'". The only other figure is a smaller figure which is four years older.
- The major issue is the area: map in the infobox has the area colored so that Brasília is only under 1/10 of the whole district. But, still, both articles infoboxes have the same area: 5,802 km2.
- And, the Portuguese wikipedia article does not have a map for smaller Brasília and figures are the same. 188.8.131.52 (talk) 17:18, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
Someone must have removed the Metro figure, which included the population of the whole federal district, including the city of Brasilia. I will try to get an updated figure. The figure currently listed is for the city itself and does not include the suburban areas. American In Brazil (talk) 22:55, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
- But a question remains: what is the area of city itself? The map gives it roughly 1/10 of the district, but the figure is never given. If there is a source for the map, it should have the area also, or what? 18.104.22.168 (talk) 07:25, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
It was founded on April 21, 1960, to serve as the new national capital.
Rome wasn't build in a day... I doubt Brasília was either. Is this trying to say that it was officially declared the capital on that day?
126.96.36.199 (talk) 19:33, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Yes, that was the day that Brasilia was officially declared the national capital and the federal government was transferred from Rio de Janeiro. The city was under construction for 44 months prior to that date and only government buildings were constructed. Since then Brasilia has grown into a major city and continues to be a work in progress. American In Brazil (talk) 18:13, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
Not a lot on modernism, Brasilia is the only city entirely planned around the most influential ideology in architecture and planning.
The circumstances behind, and the thoughts guiding, the planning of Brasilia are the most important aspects of it.
What do you think?
I agree with you (whoever you are) and since Brasilia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, perhaps more should be said about the planning and architecture. Someone more familiar with this subject than I could make a contribution. American In Brazil (talk) 20:52, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
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Sir Philip Burne-Jones, 2nd Bt
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Sir Philip Burne-Jones, 2nd Bt
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platinotype cabinet card, circa 1870
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Current affairsWilliam Edward Forster's Education Act is passed, making provisions for education for all under-13s. It demonstrated the balance in Gladstone's first ministry between progressive reform and conservativism by spreading literacy, whilst maintaining the status of Church schools. The Married Women's Property Act gives wives rights over their own earnings.
Art and scienceThe Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet, based on Shakespeare's play and written with the aid of composer Mily Balakirev, debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein. W. G. Grace becomes cricket captain of Gloucestershire, marking the start of a successful decade for the club in which they won three 'Champion County' titles.
InternationalIsaac Butt, an Irish MP at Westminster, forms the Home Rule Association.The Franco-Prussian war breaks out between France and a coalition of German states led by Prussia. Provoked by the candidacy of German Prince Leopold Hohenzollen-Sigmaringen for the Spanish throne, France declared war in July after Bismark published the deliberately provocative Ems telegraph, in which the French were represented in an offensive light on the issue.
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Sep 19, 2013The brothers' commitment to their goal and to each other is so strong, the various parts of this game so superbly crafted and woven together, that it's hard not to feel deeply touched when you finally reach the end of the road and see how deftly this game marries its gameplay to its themes in a way few have before.
Aug 13, 2013Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is an exquisitely told story set in a world overflowing with personality. It's an immersive, emotional gem that's not to be missed.
Sep 23, 2013It's easy to overlook a lot of what makes Brothers unique from first glance, its unassuming style belies a title with a lot more on its mind. But stick with it and you'll be rewarded with something really quite special.
Sep 27, 2013This is a breakthrough in what interactivity can accomplish with little aid from more traditional storytelling mechanics – its resulting importance to this medium is no exaggeration.
Oct 11, 2013Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a true marriage of gameplay and narrative, and it is frankly a complete triumph.
Oct 24, 2013A gorgeous world, bursting with personality. Great storytelling makes up for the short length and unchallenging puzzles.
Sep 16, 2013Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons shows that huge budgets aren't needed to thrill players and say something about the human condition using an interactive medium.
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Sep 3, 2013Great storyline, it speaks to me like no other game I've played so far. Really connects the player to the game and makes you feel somethingGreat storyline, it speaks to me like no other game I've played so far. Really connects the player to the game and makes you feel something special all thru every second of it! Love… Expand
Mar 2, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the first time I am writing a review for a game and am doing so out of the feeling that it is necessary after playing such a wonderful game. While there is virtually no challenge, you connect with the characters in this story in an amazing way only to leave you with a myriad of emotions at the end.
As far as the people leaving negative reviews for it not being long enough, it wasn't a sixty dollar game. I got the game for five dollars and have seen it cheaper. Well worth the money, I'd buy it again and pay more.… Expand
Sep 14, 2013One of the best games i bought for the PC. Its worth every penny. This game is really adventurous. I love the graphics. The storyline isOne of the best games i bought for the PC. Its worth every penny. This game is really adventurous. I love the graphics. The storyline is extravaganza. It creates love between me and this game. Its a must try for all PC gamers who love playing adventure games.… Expand
Feb 17, 2014It is difficult to put what I think of this game into words. The obvious could be viewed by anyone with a collection of screen-shots. That is,It is difficult to put what I think of this game into words. The obvious could be viewed by anyone with a collection of screen-shots. That is, the game looked completely amazing, completely beautiful from beginning to end. To the point where this game could get off completely on it's presentation alone. The game is set in a fantasy world, complete with underground cities giant castles, war torn battlefields, and frozen wastelands.
But the true majesty of this setting is enhanced by the fact that you don't play as an epic hero. You play as a couple kids who are way way over their head. This makes everything feel much more threatening and magical then it would otherwise.
The story is excellent, and told almost entirely through game play, with only a handful of cut scenes throughout the entire game. There is no dialogue because it is unnecessary. The story is simple, and in this case that is a good thing. It is trying to convey emotions and ideas, instead of complex political messages. So it only uses what is necessary to do that.
What keeps this game from getting a 10 is 1 simple things. The first being that the PC controls without a controller are very poor. One brother controls with WASD and space bar. Which works perfectly. the problem is that the other brother controls with the arrow keys and the left CTRL. This gets to a point of actually being physically painful. Just hover your right hand over those keys and see.
I imagine I could give it a perfect score if I played it with a controller, but unfortunately that isn't the case.
I suppose the length of only 2-3 hours was another deciding factor in it. But really it wasn't that big of a deal, just that for most games I wouldn't think that I had spent enough time playing it to judge it, and with this I am already done.
But the 2-3 hours spent in this game are pure and necessary. There is nothing that wastes your time and nothing that doesn't do what it is supposed to.
It's the difference between grinding for 100 hours in world of warcraft and spending a few hours experiencing something truly special.
If movie tickets are worth 17 dollars this is definitely worth 15. and you will leave this feeling something.… Expand
Sep 30, 2013A must have! If you only play it to try the unique control system and see the beautifully rendered scenery, then so be it. It's also prettyA must have! If you only play it to try the unique control system and see the beautifully rendered scenery, then so be it. It's also pretty challenging at times and very addicting. I personally had some problems with the storyline...but it didn't take away from my game experience. No other game has provided the sensations I had while playing Brothers. I'm usually the type of player that likes only the challenge of a game, but with this one I found myself stopping to look at the scenery many times. In fact, not just stopping, staring and saying whaaaaat?!?! This game covers the gamut of emotions and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good game.… Expand
Jul 21, 2015A lovely relaxing platformer, with great art direction and high production values. Even though some textures and animations are a bit basic,A lovely relaxing platformer, with great art direction and high production values. Even though some textures and animations are a bit basic, this game looks absolutely amazing - a real triumph of the Unreal Engine 3. I like how it felt innocent and uncluttered compared to mainstream titles. It does get a bit darker towards the end though, which I felt a bit mixed about. Still, this is a nice break after playing lots of FPS games. The puzzles are easy, but they are still nice and not too repetitive. If you want intense gameplay, you wont find it here.
While a controller is ideal, I played on a keyboard without much trouble (minus a small problem with a lift mechanism at the start). Do not avoid this game because some people say keyboard controls are bad, you would be missing out on so much. Yes, it is a bit short, and you can see it was made on a budget, but it is a masterpiece all the same. Even if you usually only play mainstream shooter games, you should take a break and play this.… Expand
Jan 8, 2016The hype train took me.. and oooh god, that was awful.
In fact, I really don't understand why this game have a good review. But.. someThe hype train took me.. and oooh god, that was awful.
In fact, I really don't understand why this game have a good review. But.. some games that I don't like I'm just like : "ok.. not my style but it can be cool for some people I guess!". Here .. hmm.. can be cool for somebody who has never play a good game with a good story. The deep story ? Please... there's just nothing. Nothing. Really. Please, there's game with real story, real depth... plenty of them. Do them, do them and never go back in brothers : A tale of nope.
Scene graphism are cool... but you don't know why this is at this place or that thing at another place. With this huge problem, this world seem empty and you just don't feel it at all. This way, graphism are useless. There is no artistic direction, artistic idea. This world wasn't here before you, and will vanish without you. It has no meaning, no story, nothing. Like the game itself in fact.
Our heroes are just horrible.. it's not the case if you don't talk to any PNJ. But if you interact with only one of them, you will hate your character fors the entire playthrough. Facial expression is absent... and for a game that wanted to be deep, with empathy ... it's really disturbing.
Gameplaywise there's just nothing. Oh wait... yes there's something... one act, one idea. Over, and over, and over again.. and again... and another act.. and that's a loop. A loop of nothing.
Please.. please don't play this game. Never, ever play this game. Never.… Expand
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