Seems like he wanted to give the game a higher score but couldn't given the controls. I'll be very interested in how this stacks up against other reviews.
That might be jumping the gun a bit, Eurogamer did give the original Uncharted a 9. Sure they can't ever be forgiven for giving MGS4 an 8 but at least someone there knows a phenomenal game when they play one.
But they were the best 7-8 hrs of videogames I had in 07 and I had to be pried away from the TV each time.
Edge yes they have no soul, but Eurogamer actually gave Drake's Fortune a 9 so if they haven't raised their expectations too high I could foresee U2 getting a 9 or a 10 from them.
Stupid question I know, but I have to ask it since occasionally devs have lapses in judgment and actually talk to this guy.
I would watch the video but I refuse to give the website hits anymore.
But it's no right?
I don't really agree with the story criticisms. I'm pretty damn sure Navarro is dead and the brief interplays between Eddie and Nate were enough to give me the impression that the two were longtime nemeses.
Length was the only serious criticism you could lodge against the first game and even then games like COD4 and Halo 3 regularly get passes for criminally short campaigns.
No BS wording so you can't figure out what you're supposed to do.
No making it so you just get trophies whenever you complete a chapter
as opposed to actually accomplishing something specific.
No multiplayer grinding for 10,000 kills or for high leaderboard rankings to get a platinum.
Every one tests your skill with various weapons, fighting techniques, and exploration. Granted it's not creatively assembled with funny names it's still an extremely ...
Thank you Naughty Dog for not making the trophies multiplayer centric. Other devs could learn a lot from you guys.
Kotaku's one of the better sites out there and if anything I've felt they've been relatively kind to the PS3. N4G gets more flamebait per
minute than Kotaku gets in a month.
On top of that their comments sections are usually more mature than your typical video game website. From my experience most Kotakuites are more interested in making humorous remarks than bickering over the console war.
Something that takes place in every article here on N4G, at Gametrailers, and ...
*waits patiently for Fox News pundits to start whining about this*
We all know MAG's visuals are going to be compromised by it's support for 256 players. My problem is with the generic looking gameplay. What in that video was there to get exited about?
The shooting mechanics look like a stiff version of COD, the HUD is a god awful mess, and the art design doesn't seem particularly interesting at all.
@Chubear: COD4 & MW2 are visually better than this game and as far as exclusives go, Halo 3 and ODST just barely edge this game ou...
Maybe it will come together at the end, but sheesh, that video was dull as dishwater. Hopefully as Zipper puts the finishing touches on this game we'll see something more exiting.
Ok, so this list is meant to cater to the Xbox fanboys who complained about a lack of Xbox titles. So they make a new list, call it part two, make half the games multiplatform, and don't even include the 360's actual graphical powerhouse Gears 2.
Yeah yeah I know, user generated list, but still, if you're going to make an obviously biased list why not make it a somewhat believable obviously biased list right?
I mean c'mon, Halo ODST. How can you put that on this list...
Repeated use causes breakdowns. The Wii is the least used console this generation, ergo there will be less reports of breakdown.
And on top of that, the console's hardware is mostly unchanged from the last generation, so any potential problems have long been worked out in the Gamecube era.
I'm sure the inter-team tension has nothing to do with the fact that Rising is an MGS stepchild like the Ac!d games were.
It has nothing to do with the fact that Kojima was a hair away from saying Rising isn't a true Metal Gear game at E3.
/sarcasm
That said though, I still hope it turns out well. Canon or no it's still a Kojima based game and his level of polish is rare these days.
Actually hysteria is probably too strong a word but the effect is the same. By telling people that 3.0 is causing game freezes you will inevitably reach a number of people who have had a game freezes in the last 24hrs and they'll now attribute it to the update instead of the game, which is more likely.
"OMG my copy of Fallout 3 froze! It must be firmware 3.0!" ;)
Now that's not to say that the update isn't causing problems, just that this will be blown out ...
Far Cry 2-million seller
Gold on October 14th, 2008
At retail on October 21, 2008
Gold time is different for different devs and publishers. Usually I would agree that a month before launch is about the time a dev goes gold, but there are exceptions that go both ways.
And also, Kotaku isn't the original source 1up is.
There is over a month of dev time between this game and its Japanese release, which I imagine has a shorter gold period due to there being less potential buyers in that country.
Plus the NA release isn't even till January at the earliest.It makes no sense to jump to a conclusion about quality until both versions of the game release.
From what I gather it's more difficult to put together a dynamic theme than a regular one, so any dev that decides to build one will be doing it out of generosity anyways. The pricetag is just to recoup some of the cost of development