Games that I buy mainly for multiplayer are usually Day One buys for me, especially if I feel like I know how the game will be from a demo/beta (Bad Company 2, Killzone) or from prior experience with the franchise (COD). I like getting in on those on the ground floor.
SP games can wait unless Amazon is offering a good pre-order deal.
Dark Souls 2: No Channeler's Trident For You.
Agreed. I don't want a single dollar of development budget spent on gimmicky crap like this. Just give me a real controller and hardcore games please.
You're right that there's no way Microsoft will do this unilaterally. If the new Xbox has this sort of DRM, then the PS4 will have it too. And considering that similar rumors have come up with Sony, I'm starting to worry that both systems will go this route.
I actually liked this one better than UC2, although I know I'm in the extreme minority on that one. Great game.
@ 3-4-5
Yeah, I really get sick how the Uncharted series is nothing but greys and browns.
Which is better? Paying to use your own internet connection to play a game you already own, or getting free games? Tough call.
Loved the first two, but as soon as they confirmed co-op for the third installment I dramatically lowered my expectations. This preview pretty much confirms that I'll be passing on this one.
The PS+ fee is a sunk cost, so no, Bioshock 2 really is free.
Bioshock 2 is literally free, and Bioshock 1 is almost free, so $30 doesn't seem like a particularly good bargain.
I'm only about 8 hours in, but so far this game is every bit as good as advertised. Easily a 9.
@Faceless
I loved the Hardcore trophy for Dead Space 2. It was like playing a totally different game on that setting. Frustrating, yes, but oh so satisfying why I wrapped it up. Wish more horror-type games would do this.
I dunno. There are new and original games out there, and you don't have to look that hard for them. Dishonored just came out a couple of months ago and was a nice breath of fresh air. XCOM is something different, Rainbow Moon and Journey were something different, Demon's Souls was something different, etc.
Edit: Also, there's nothing wrong with enjoying COD or Battlefield or Halo or Gears. Yes, they're cliched and over-done, but they're still fun for ...
The last episode was short, but it more than made up for it in story-telling. 7.5 is an absurd score.
This one was kind of short, but a great ending to a really well-done game.
Things I learned from Black Ops 2:
1) Never preorder a game from Treyarch.
2) Never buy a game from Treyarch.
3) People can take six rounds to the chest without flinching and stab you to death from 10 feet away.
I'm honestly trying to think of something *more* deceptive or slimy that a developer has pulled in this generation, and I'm drawing a blank. Prior to this, I thought the previous low was companies cutting stuff from the game and selling it as on-disc DLC (hello, Bioware), but I can at least appreciate the arguments for why that's okay even if I don't agree with them.
This thing with Treyarch is seriously in "scam" territory though. They tell you t...
There was absolutely nothing in the marketing material that implied that Nuketown was only a one-week deal. Activision deserves every bit of outrage that they're getting over this. It's a clear-cut case of false advertising, and I hope they get sued.
GOTY for me. I think we're late enought in the year where I can say that definitively.
Um, no. The games I mentioned (BF:BC2, KZ2/KZ3, COD) are all multiplayer games with tacked-on single-player campaigns. Developers didn't shove multiplayer into those games. Those games are all about the multiplayer. But yeah you're right that demos help.