I think people look at it backwards way too often. Xbox live will be in trouble if home DOESN'T succeed. If home was to fail, will MS have any incentive to upgrade live? I think not.
Stop looking at things from the corporates perspective and start looking at them from a gamers perspective.
I agree that DLC tends to be a rip off, but it will be released almost 2 months after the game release, and consider that the game is considered "complete" long before it's sold (testing and all that).
It's a reasonable amount of time imo, long enough for people to have finished the game, but not so long that the game becomes "obsolete" *cough*GTA4*cough*.
Whether it will be worth 800 space bucks or not really remains to be seen.
Gamers are exposed to a vast multitude of crappy Star Wars games, and as such are especially prone to manic depression and eating disorder, and thus have to relay on quick food to survive, like toast. I guess.
As for the story... milking incarnate.
Well, if the story is true, you ain't seen nothing yet.
For those familiar with the show Little Britain, the fanboy shadow-disagrees are basically like Andy when he says: "I don't like it", generally completely irrational.
You called for a discussion, and so several points of views need to be considered.
I agree that it is a good idea that people should read the review to get a proper impression of the game, given they actually want it.
Some people already know what games they want and don't want, but a glance at the scores might make them consider again, and then read the reviews as to why.
Lots of sites review games, there are loads of games and reading whole reviews takes time...
Hey, I know something else that "can act as a catalyst to influence the behaviour of people who are already vulnerable, particularly young people, and result in an overall increase in suicide"; censorship of freedom of expression. Oh, and the news.
As distasteful as the game might be (not played it), a newspaper that has 18600 articles (search) somehow related to the word "suicide" calling for censorship of catalysts, is like someone trying to shoot themselves...
One word: Hype.
^What he/she said.
Innovation is merely a part of the whole, just like graphics, gameplay, sound, story etc.
I understand why people review the more tangible parts of games, since putting words on a feeling, so that someone else might understand that feeling is hard. But if a game lacks the feelings one gets from playing a good game, it simply isn't a good game, no matter how innovative.
That said, I'm still all for people trying for new innovating games...
He really should get a pay check from N4G for all the hits he gets them. Probably the same guy/couple of guys that own all the hardcore fanboy accounts, on all "sides".
Pretty much any study that is publicly released, rather then only used for research, is done like that. It's basically advertisement.
Like: "Study shows that 9 out of 10 dentists recommend this tooth paste." What they forget to tell is that like all those dentists are sponsored by said tooth paste producer and only reason they don't say 10 out of 10 is to make it seem believable.
Bioware didn't make KOTOR 2, it was Obsidian Entertainment, but yes, someone should have properly continued the KOTOR series.
Unless that review escaped N4G using a cardboard box, I think you might be in the wrong thread.
Fact huh? Someone slow down the hype-train already or it will crash at full speed like so many games do nowadays.
Besides, any smart PR guy will understand that you don't overtly attack someone else's game, even if they are direct competition.
Instead you go humbly about it, but then subtly add little zingers like; "key question will be whether BioWare will be able to cope with online issues and "players smacking them around"." suggesting that Bi...
Personally I think Planescape: Torment and the Baldur's Gate series deserve a mention, but good list nevertheless.
edit: replaced "or even" with "and", both really deserve it.
Does it matter who started it? This is Microsoft's, Nintendo's and Sony's "war", and if people just stopped playing along, they might actually have to worry about making their own stuff better, rather than trying to drag everyone else down so they seem "best".
"An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." is real wisdom, that people will someday hopefully understand, rather then keeping doing what they've always done, in fear of...
Well, I have to disagree on everyone "naturally" being a fanboy to some degree. One can still prefer oranges without hating apples etc. It's perhaps natural to care about something you've invested time and money in, but then one would care about making that thing better, not how much everything else apparently sucks.
The made-up word "fanboy" already assumes extremism, not to be confused with the real word "fan". Football hooligans, for example, usua...
"Facts" and "common sense" gets thrown around a lot, but let me give you a quote that is truly both, even if metaphorically;
"An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind."
Did the civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki kill the 30 million Chinese? It's a meaningless "us" and "them" mentality that allows this complete dehumanization, where people simply become guilty of everything their nation/creed/race, or any oth...
You'd probably want to be born a bit before the 80s to be able to fully enjoy those concerts I imagine, just a thought before you rub the magic lamp.
That really solely depends on your completely subjective preference.
Do you want a singleplayer or a multiplayer game?
Do you want a sidescrolling game, a thirdperson shooter or a firstperson shooter?
Do you want a long, premade story or constantly expanding content through user created stuff?
Answer yourself some questions like that and I'm sure you'll find the right game for you.