People need to take another look at previous games before getting too into this. Every Metal gear solid game develops into a surprisingly deep meditation on the evolution of information technology or free will etc but they always start out with the typical gruff macho heroic male, the jittery science nerd, the silly girly girl and the sexy femme fatale or similar types. Kojima goes interesting places with his stories but these interesting places are always built on the basis of adolescent see...
It's hard criticising this without sounding like a fanboy so let me start by saying I hardly ever play online competitive multiplayer and what I've seen so far of Shadowfall hasn't really done anything to change that. Now that out the way, this really is a terrible terrible preview. Mentioning that you have only played ten minutes of the series before and are completely unfamiliar with it, then assuming the series is meant to emulate lighter arcadier shooters and criticising it be...
I'm looking forward to seeing the new tech in action but as far as the games go I've seen nothing I don't already feel like I've played before. Probably the only games that really excite me so far for next gen are Infamous second son and The Witcher 3 and that's obviously not because they're fresh innovative titles but more to do with the general quality of them.
"I’m the sort of woman who hates stereotyping"
Aaaah, so you're THAT sort of woman.
This is an outrage. I have been a fan of the Yakuza series for years and to be denied their next game simply because I'm a smaller gentleman is disgraceful. You would think the Japanese would be more sensitive to the plight of the under 5'7 male.
The kind of work she's claiming to do may be important but her proven track record of not bothering to do her research and assorted other shady business practices keep her from being important as anything other than a bad example. She is to feminism what sleazy televangelists are to spirituality.
Man I really hope it lives up to the hype. I had to skip most of the article because I don't want to know too much about specific missions but I did catch that the game instructs you when one of your guys needs help so you have to either cover him or switch to him and help yourself. I like that. I was a little worried the three character system could be exploited by always switching to the guy with the easiest job and letting the AI handle everything. Glad to see they found a way around t...
I like their cute homemade Garrus masks. Just goes to show, even evil mercenaries from some dystopian future enjoy a little Mass Effect cosplay now and then.
I can't even imagine a local co-op game with more than four people involved. How big would your personal screen be in an 8 player local co-op game even on a big TV?
Quite possibly the studio with the most consistently excellent and interesting games out there but.... possibly my least favourite studio ever. Leaving Half-life like they did (even if HL3 comes out tomorrow it will have been far too long to be considered a continuation of the story) is unforgivable. Half-life was an amazing franchise but I cannot believe the arrogance and self-centredness of being a young unproven developer, having people give your creation a chance and like it, having them ...
Wow, that's a lot of sex changes.
I will definitely jump back into it. Like I said it was much better than I expected up to that point. I was suffering severe franchise fatigue by the time Revelations came out so I didn't buy that and I didn't trust 3 to be much of a step forward so I didn't bother buying. It was just upsetting to go so quickly from, 'wow this is pretty good I don't know why this game got such a bad rap' to wanting to throw my controller across the room due to the insane mapping of man...
I doubt it'll stop anybody buying a next gen console but if it even halfway lives up to the hype it'll make the wait for the new consoles so much easier, that's what I'm counting on anyway.
I just started this game thanks to PS Plus and initially I was far more impressed than I thought I would be. I'm still so early on that I'm playing as Kenway but already I had to rage quit due to the annoying controls. I'm supposed to tell my follower to hide or follow me using the circle button, which means when I'm balancing on a wall in full view of a patrol of guards and want to drop down I instead keep shouting 'follow' 'stay' 'follow' 'wait he...
Frankly yes, I hope Shakespeare dies too. Sure he had some hits back in the day but what has he done recently?
Well.... That's an improvement over DJ Premier and Iggy Pop (I don't really have to write /s do I?). Okay so this is just one station but if I recall even the most offensive station to my ears in GTA4 was hosted by the super cool Juliette Lewis. To be fair I don't even know who this girl is, she may be cool, just that that short bio doesn't inspire confidence.
I am as far from a fan of this girl as its possible to get but something about this just seems a little creepy.
What really gets me about this is that Valve think they're being cute, like we're all still laughing along with them about the delay. It hasn't been funny for a long time now, ending such an important story on a huge cliffhanger then allowing an entire console generation (and more) to go by without a word on the next part is just an absolute insult to the consumer. I used to love these guys so much but now I honestly wouldn't shed a tear if their head office caught fire and Ga...
I could probably handle the dated gameplay but what I don't get is why they thought it a good idea to replace the beautiful Moebius inspired artwork of the original with the art style of that completely unnecessary Total recall remake that flopped hard a year or two ago.
It's really sexist, like that part in MSG2 where that sexy female soldier with the fancy hair no soldier would have is stripped COMPLETELY NAKED and forced to run through an entire level totally naked cupping her penis and testicles in her hands while we ogle her like the disgusting pigs we are. Or that bit in Metal gear solid 4 where that older female soldier with the white moustache is grinding across the ground in a skin tight catsuit and we get a huge close up of her ass.