$60.00 per year is nothing to get excited about. Gaming is an expensive hobby. $5.00 per month is a pittance compared to what other online services are charging.
Kingdoms of Amalur is one of my all time favorites. The action gameplay in this game blows away almost every other WRPG gameplay.
Loved the Digital Devil Saga - supremely surrealistic.
You also forgot the whole Shin Megami Tensei Franchise which includes the likes of Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, Persona 3 and Persona 4. Grandia 1 was also a great game. And don't forget the Fire Emblem franchise.
Some more Rare greats that deserve recognition: Blast Corps; Jet Force Gemini; Conker's Bad Fur Day and Banjo Kazooie. Rare was at their greatest and most prolific during the N64 era. Their output during the N64 era was just incredible. Blast Corps is my personal favorite - its the reason gaming became my number one hobby. Action gameplay, top down racing, robots, strategy, a runaway nuclear missile equipped truck, time trials, medals before trophies/achievements became standard - Blast...
I would've liked more gunplay vs more platforming and puzzle solving. Didn't like the introduction of Sam - the long lost brother trope is just soap opera bs and it didn't make any sense. I mean you'd think that Nate would've told Elena that he once had a brother. I'm a big fan of UC and I enjoyed UC4 but, it's my least favorite game in the franchise.
Uncharted 4, Ratchet and Clank, Until Dawn, Infamous SS, Bloodbourne. I chose games exclusive to PS4. If you didn't play TLOU and Uncharted 1-3 on the PS3, you should definitely pick up the remasters.
I've been playing video games since my parents bought me Pong. However, I really didn't get into gaming until I bought my kids a N64 when I was 39. Blast Corps was the game that turned me into a passionate gamer and Gaming has been my number one hobby ever since. I play games to escape from the world and I prefer to escape by playing single player story driven games like Uncharted, Infamous;Jrpgs and wrpgs like Persona and The Witcher and; even platformers like Ratchet and Clank. That...
@TheRandomOne - and gamers should learn to practice patience and not threaten developers just because they can't get their fix when they're jonesing for it. After all, there are plenty of other games to play during the wait for the NMS release.
I believe it's customary for companies to refer to 'shipped' numbers in their official financial reports. At least Sony gives us 'sold through' to customers numbers several times a year. MS hasn't given us any hard numbers for Xbox One sales, 'shipped' or 'sold through', for quite some time. So where's the hypocrisy?
@Rookie_Monster, Septic and many others - It has become quite clear that N4G's decision to remove the bubble system has resulted in unbridled trolling. N4G is now degenerating into a site for trolls. At least the bubble system provided incentive for trolls to be less troll like. Playstation, MS and Nintendo trolls have turned this site into something akin to the juvenile crap we get from the likes of the IGN and Gamespot comment sections. I say - bring back the bubble system!
@Taero - Yes, I got the same email from Amazon USA.
RROD resulted in millions of more X360's being sold. The fact that so many people bought 2,3,4 X360's is either a testament to the excellence of the games and services it offered or a testament to the insanity of those who bought 2,3,4 X360's after the system RROD'd on them multiple times. Maybe it's a little bit of both. That said, I don't think it's arguable at all that the X360 is the king of consoles - that title surely belongs to the PS2. However, it is tru...
You said that Xbox has the "Best 3rd person shooter (Gears of war 4)" and claimed it as fact. Fact: GOW4 can't be the best 3rd person shooter because it hasn't been released yet. BTW, the GOW4 beta isn't exactly garnering critical acclaim.
If this becomes the natural evolution of the console cycle, I will hold off on buying a new console until the mid generation upgrade gets released. The incentive to purchase a next generation console, in my mind, will be greatly reduced if this cycle actually comes in to play.
From the article: "and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection—all second-party exclusives." The Uncharted collection is not second-party. It's a first party ip collection remastered by a 3rd party studio.
@shabz6661 The real difference between QB and Until Dawn, as far as reviews go, is that QB was expected by many to score high on the Metacritic scale whereas few were sure what to expect from Until Dawn. I think it's fair to say that the critical reception for QB has been a little disappointing whereas; the critical reception for Until Dawn has been a little surprising. That said a score of 78 indicates that the majority of critics think that QB is a good/very good game.
From the article: "If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from the entertainment business, is that you should never listen to the critics, that’s usually something that’s just one person’s opinion is on the subject." The author should've done a better editing job before posting the article.
The author asserts that you should "never listen to the critics," I say that you should never say never! The author asserts "that's just one person's ...
@Pistols - Yes, QB is getting mostly good reviews just like SF5 got mostly good reviews. Both games are currently scored the same on Metacritic with a 78 so I'm not sure how you came up with the "rewind to SF5 which was getting much lower scores than this game (QB)" statement.
Trump isn't transparent - he refuses to release his tax info.