When it comes down to it, Valve's pretty much the only decent gaming company left. Even Blizzard, now one with Activision seems to be pricing Starcraft 2 pretty outrageously, restricting inter-region play, LAN, and not including chat rooms of all things on launch.
I'll admit I haven't played Red Dead much, but I just don't see why a game like that even needs say a poker mini-game at all. Instead, they could have spent the time improving customization, even introducing something like a Diablo-like loot system. Possibly even more interesting dynamic objectives you could come across while travelling. Stuff that's actually attached to the core experience and not just a separate distraction.
I blame the consistently 95-100% scores that both Red Dead and GTA IV got on the laziness of games journalists and possibly the bribes lining their pockets.
Yes, they're both extremely pretty, meticulously designed open worlds with relatively expansive story lines.
That doesn't change the fact the mission on both is practically exactly the same 'go here, kill this, return' and hasn't changed since the first GTA. Nor that a stupidly large ...
MoH developer: "All the pre-adolescent kids like it when they spawn with noobtubes and aiming isn't complusory! Like MW1 and 2! Let's copy that!"
"Also, let's stick a bearded guy on the cover!"
Just saying that's the polar opposites.
"That must be why we're not shipping Windows 98 yet."
It's classic hardcore versus casual posturing. Casual gamers care about the experience, the visuals and realism of it, basically everything MW2 was about, whereas the hardcore gamers are more interested in the skill, say when it comes to aiming in FPSs, and tactical aspects of games particularly in multiplayer while not caring greatly what the setting is.
So when this guy says 'gamers' he actually just means the mainstream, casual audience.
Critics and gaming sites are usually biased towards games that break the norm because they're so jaded. See the same thing in movie reviews. In this case Portal 2 fits the bill. Not that I disagree with them to be honest, I'm completely sick of endless, derivative shooters sequels that require no thought. In comparison some of Portal 2's additions do look particularly fun and clever.
Rage getting best overall game and Portal 2 winning best for practically all plat...
It annoys me when people imply that religion is perfect (in this case Christianity) and it's only us mere mortals that are screwing it up.
Let's get one thing straight. The bible in no uncertain terms says the first-borns of Egypt were apparently all killed, just because their Pharaoh wouldn't do what was asked of him. So unless you're in favor of collective punishment and genocide, what the hell are you talking about?
And hey, that's hard...
Deus Ex 3 gameplay :(
There's nothing like some good old fashioned pandering to fix a heart torn relationship, and everyone here is eating it up.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
There's commentaries by John Carmack among other prominent developers that the PS3 is more difficult to develop for but does have more headroom. Still Gabe and everyone else is obviously not stupid and will cater to it regardless.
Why wouldn't he have a choice? Valve is privately owned, and is owned partially by him. He doesn't do things in the interests of shareholders, he does them because he bloody well wants to.
Anyway, good for him and Sony for finding a way to accommodate Valve games on the PS3.
Pretty much, because hell, if there's something out there that's more fun than pinching your finger, I'd like to hear it.
Nobody here ever does eh.
Never said that, I said this site is full of fanboys, 360 and PS3 alike. It's pretty obvious, just about every news item that's along the lines of 'my console is better than yours' gets over 1000° and is a menagerie of sandy vaginas.
I only have a PC, honestly I'm completely indifferent. I'm just calling a spade a spade.
I don't, I'm commenting on the fact that every other big budget FPS nowadays is a modern day shooter. It's like how the same thing was true for WWII games a couple of years ago.
No way that's unreasonable. Unreasonable would be shaking it or dropping it on the ground. The guy just tilted it. Again, other disc readers just don't have this problem.
On the whole I don't think it will blow up into a huge issue anyway, but it is a blatant design oversight. I'm sure people will disregard the warning and then find their discs shredded.
It's like how with most digital audio players (ie iPods), if you just yank out the USB...
And yet virtually no external CD/DVD/Blu-Ray disc player in recent memory has not had this problem.
Go figure huh?
Looks like MW2 with vehicles. Seems like the same skill-less weapons and perks, same random deaths.
Convince me otherwise. In fact feel free to tell me why everyone seems to have such a hardon for supposedly ultra-realistic shooters when they're so arcadey it couldn't be further from the truth.
This is one obvious advantage PCs have. Pirate it, try it, and if you like it, buy it.