I seem to remember having fun with this game. Then again, I was only 5 years old when I played it, so what the hell do I know.
I started playing the demo for this but found myself getting frustrated with it quickly. Since it looks like there's enough positives, maybe I'll chalk my initial apathy up to needing more time with the game and give it another shot.
Poison isn't my cup of tea, but even I can acknowledge that only in the world of Rock Band downloads can they be put in the same breath with 3 Doors Down.
Actually, one of my biggest complaints about the current generation of gaming is the lack of JRPGs, with the exception of handhelds. The amount of games in genre now can't compete with the what was available back in my PS/PS2 days, and though I'm impressed by Western RPGs as well, I kind of miss having as many JRPGs to choose from. Xenoblade was one of the few upcoming Wii titles I felt excited about.
If I end up getting a 3DS this is high on my list of games to get with it. Still waiting to see reviews on a few other games coming out though.
I think the option to play against people using motion control vs. a standard controller is a great idea. I don't find the idea of Kinect for a shooter appealing, although I'd give it a try. MS probably figures it will shut up people who claim motion control is only for casual games.
I can't believe I went years without realizing how insensitive doing a dance near the corpse of a fallen enemy is.
First of all, I think it's great that more women are getting into gaming. What I would like to know about, and this article, and perhaps the report, doesn't address is what portion of gamers are women. We know the numbers of female gamers is increasing, and what percentage of women are playing, but the article doesn't address the percentage of female gamers in the gaming population. Even if the number of women playing games is increasing, I'd wager that the overall percentage ...
If you're really interested in reading it, I'll gladly copy the text and PM it to you. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first complaint we've had about white text on a black background, so thanks for bringing that up.
Found this really informatitive. The only one I knew about was Pac-Man, and that's only because of the Scott Pilgrim mention another commenter brought up. Great read.
Between 200-300 hours of gameplay per class and a completely different experience for every class? And I though Fallout was life consuming.
I don't think this is only characteristic of current gen gamers. People have always had complaints about games, it's just that the Internet and growth of gaming sites and forums has made it easier for complaints to be heard. The nitpickers are usually pretty vocal, so it's hard to ignore them.
I'm not in agreement with you that there's an improvement each generation, except in a jump in graphics, but to each his own.
I always took Duke Nukem's "sexist" antics as satire, which makes it difficult to feel offended on behalf of women. Things that are so blatantly over the top are obviously a joke, and I wonder how it can go over the heads of people who are offended by it.
Nearly any media that predominantly caters to one gender is sexist in some way.
This makes me miss having a Wii. The Bit.Trip games are too awesome for words.
I've never bought a collector's edition of game, because like you said, the stuff included usually isn't worth the higher price point. The CE for Bioshock 2 looks sweet though, especially for the Deco Devolution book.
Some people are far too negative, but enough cite valid complaints in games. It's weird that any developer would complain about gamers being too negative, when this kind of Internet criticism gives them an invaluable opportunity to see what's important to their consumers and where they can make improvements in future releases. You sometimes need to sift through fanboy rants to find valid complaints, but well-thought out criticism exists. Not everyone is going to like everything, and t...
How much of a "one game gamer" I am strongly depends on how much I can immerse myself in a game's online component. I could play RDR and Madden online for weeks at a time, barely changing the disk. There are times where I feel like I'm doing myself a disservice by not experiencing more titles, but it also means I'm getting the most out of games I've spent my money on.
I don't think it comes as a surprise to anyone that there are games that are demeaning toward women, but I also don't think it's true that most games are like this. I'd have liked to hear solid examples of what the researchers found to be demeaning. If a game like GTA has prostitutes is it demeaning, even though the setting of that game makes it likely that the main character would have interaction with them? So yeah, it definitely happens, but I think the context of the games...
I agree that it's not exactly newsworthy, but I have to give credit for originality. There's so many things posted here that repeat the same news and opinions stated in countless other articles, or that are so chock-full of fanboyism it's impossible to take them seriously. I'd rather read a short article like this, rather than a lengthy diatribe about a topic that's been done to death.
As someone who often buys used games, this is troubling to me. The games that I do pick up new are usually part of a franchise I'm already a fan of, or from developers whose work I've enjoyed in the past. It's my way of making sure I support people who've put in a lot of work to give me high quality entertainment. I understand where publishers are coming from and I wish there was a way they'd get some kind of compensation for those sales instead of it all going straight in...