Is Australian EB owned by the same folks as American EB/Gamestop? I'm always looking for new reasons not to patronize them.
Also: Would the ad be any less offensive if it were not really crummy looking?
This sounds awesome.
Maybe somebody can modify Siri so it responds to "Oracle" instead?
Very cool.
Reminds me of one of the bonuses in MGS3: Subsistence. I think it was the LE only, but it came with a disc of the game's cutscenes (and some gameplay) cut into a full movie. Not many games can pull something like that off.
Very interesting article. We should all be more like Frank West!
He's covered wars, you know.
(@illegalyouth I hit the wrong thing, apparently)
Sure I would.
In GTA I don't need to worry about silly traffic jams or pedestrians, and if my car explodes it's not a big deal because, hey look, there's another one.
It seems like apples and oranges to me to compare GTA with Batman and Infamous just because they're all open world games. I mean, why doesn't Mario run as fast as Sonic? Why can't Sonic get a cape an...
Sorry, this looks amazing!
If there's one game franchise that deserves an oppressively awful movie that revels in its awfulness, it's Mortal Kombat. Not because MK is bad, but because...well, just look at it.
If flying around Arkham City makes you *feel* like Batman because of how fun and exciting it is, wouldn't driving a car around LA trying not to blow it up make you *feel* like a guy driving a car around LA trying not to blow it up?
Sure, being Batman is more fun than being some guy, but it's not like you're gonna play a superhero in GTAV. What're you supposed to do if not drive cars?
Awesome article. I love a good remixed video game track.
It kinda reminds me of one of the big cases in L.A. Noire...It's the end of your homocide beat, I believe (and that's all I'll say so I don't spoil such an awesome case), and if you take too long trying to solve a puzzle the game starts throwing hints at you, almost ruining the coolness of it. That bothered me a lot.
Of course, a detective does spend more time contemplating things than an Indiana Jones...so maybe that's why it's more excusable here? ...
Also, did anyone *really* expect Battlefield to do much better than it did? I'm just curious...
I feel like the game would've done better if they'd released it early next year.
GTA: San Andreas was so cool. I hope the new one lives up to that, even if it will probably be focused on one city (which is probably the smarter choice anyway).
I love Nintendo, always have, and the Zelda games are great, but...I dunno. I really liked TP but never found the will to actually beat it, and this one I'm not really that interested in at all...It's tragic, I guess.
Lots of good picks in there. Bioshock of course, but those Mario and Luigi games do seem to take place in some kind of alternate Mario universe where everything is somehow *more* weird.
Yeah, same here. It's been the hot new thing for like...5 years.
Do you get locked into an in-game 2 year contract?
I remember those LOTR games based on the movies being pretty rad...Is this one anything like those?
At least quality-wise?
I'm with John Marston. Let's all just get along!
Although, that robot does make a compelling argument...
Sure, it's possible to make an engaging game without violence...but it's probably a harder sell for a lot of people. Crazy extreme violence is the sort of lowest-common-denominator thing that people love. Look at the Saw movies, or the Hostel movies.
I'm not saying it's good, I'm just saying a more thoughtful game sans-violence isn't what, for one reason or another, most people want.
I would love a good GI Joe game...I'm thinking a gritty FPS that is secretly super cheesy. Like, you've got your team of dudes charging into battle yelling "WE'RE OSCAR MIKE!" or whatever, but then they're all carrying laser guns and nobody gets killed.
#14 is awesome. Mario should always look like that.