Kevin Parrish writes:
"There are times when it seems necessary to nuke the ever-annoying hype machine and to completely annihilate whatever powers its evil innards and the minions feeding its belly. How many times have gamers anxiously waited for titles so overworked that they appear to be created by God Himself, only to discover that it was merely a diabolical plot to dress up a developmental mess too late to cancel on behalf of the publisher? Far too many times - and it's a wonder why gamers keep falling for the same tactics again and again.
Thankfully, that's not exactly the case here with Will Wright's latest creation, Spore. However, Spore still suffers from pre-release hype because of Wright's name alone, dooming the highly anticipated PC game before it ever hit the streets. Anyone who follows his lucrative career is already aware of the mounds of cash his Sims franchise brings in every month. By far, the Sims franchise has dug its talons into each household across America, spreading through the PC, Game Boy Advance, Xbox consoles and whatever else Electronic Arts has access. It's literally become a household name to say the least, a gaming deity unlikely to be conquered, much less defeated."
From Xfire: "Anyone who's played video games for a couple of years has stuck around long enough to stumble across a few weird ones. Some are even quite popular, which is all the more reason why you'll wonder what made the developers think about making such a game and why people are loving it, despite its weirdness anyway. Not all weird video games are head-scratches. Some are actually quite good."
The stick of truth is a must have for any South Park fans. I spent a good afternoon on Goat simulator, a rare real open world. I planned to try hatoful boyfriend since it was free on Ps Plus. Disco Elysium is on my radar since the final cut came out; as soon as there is a discount, i will take it. Like movies, i like weird games too :)
From Xfire: "The four-hour director's cut known as Zack Snyder's Justice League has led to the discussion of movies in the past that might have fared a whole lot better had they been released to be more in line with the original vision of their creators. But, as it turns out, cut content doesn't just happen in movies. In fact, the act of cutting content before the release date happens arguably just as often in video games as it does in cinema."
I can't believe they cut stuff from Skyrim. At release, it was a barebones game with a slight improvement in graphics.
"Now, before we proceed, we'd like to say that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is one of the best video games ever made. It's not just a fine piece of gaming. It's one of the finest there is"
Really?
MGSV is easily the worst main line MGS game and not just because of cut story content, the open world is bare bones and there's hardly anything to do. It's repetitive, samey and is just lifeless. I appreciate the stealth mechanics, the animations and the way you can go with combat but it's not enough to keep me engaged the full way through.
Kojima should have done a twist and make the main chunk of the game a Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2 remake to bring the story full circle.
While we have witnessed a lot of remakes, remasters and even sequels to games a decade old. There are still some gems that are close to my heart that are lost to me. Here are some classic games that I'd love to either see remakes or remasters of, or even a sequel on new hardware.