The amount of doom fud and anti-doom fud is getting to silly levels. I wish N4G had more news instead of blogs, but that's just me.
Ico rocks, I just finished it.
Does this mean "we care about the west" now means "we care about the Microsoft fanbase?" This is just stupid, and an insult to FF fans everywhere, making them wait until PORTING is done. Ports are fine. Making fans WAIT in a hypocritical manner (SO4 for PS3? Eh? When?) is bullcrap.
Thanks for nothing Square. You suck.
I hope I have the time for it. Killzone 2 demo + finishing up Twilight Princess + Persona 4 = little time!
I like you Toast. You seem to get the inherent silliness accompanied with each new NPD release. Have a bubble on me.
Awesome. Congrats to the team at Epic. I hope this convinces them to get some fixes in for the MP mode, because frankly, it's broken.
I think it's absurd that you await review SCORES and not the reviews themselves. That's just a poor way to judge games, letting someone else's arbitrary numbering control your hobby.
At least do yourself a favor and read the reviews themselves to see what people say.
This Pro/Anti PS3/360/Wii "article" crap needs to stop.
I hate "game journalism." A bunch of biased fanboys who get paid to argue about stupid crap online, now get all of you to argue about them arguing.
Hilarious.
Lord of Balrogs just cemented his fanboy status. Here, let me change some things around...
And if by an offchance 360ers do get MGS4, well at least you won't have the complete quadrilogy. And this is a linear quadrilogy. Have fun playing 1/4s of how the game should be played.
Seriously, grow the hell up.
I'm not going to bother wasting my time on more FUD and crap articles. But I did want to quote Death who posted above -
No integrity, no facts, no honor. Not even a hint of professionalism. This is the result of extreme fanboys trying to make sure they "win". It's on both sides too, but this article is just plain garbage. Twisting facts to support opinion instead of forming opinion from facts. It's sad.
Quoted for freaking truth man. Have a bubble on me. A...
Well said, and I agree. Gears 2 is trying to be a summer movie. The story is horridly cliche and shallow, but for this type of game it WORKS. While I'd love a lil more character, long cinemas wouldn't cut it for this type of title.
*sigh*
People can say this is about "objective facts" in hardware, and that's fine. But their mistake in logic is this... Better hardware does not always equate to better visuals. Better hardware POTENTIALLY can lead to better visuals. BOTH systems have untapped secrets to them. What is the deciding factor in this "battle?"
The talent of the dev team. That and that alone. Their skill, knowledge, resources, and the available time table to make said...
I don't see what's so foolish about it. You seem to be apologizing for Gears 2's shortcomings in character, when I am the one saying they aren't shortcomings to begin with, since Gears knows what it is, shallow. And it's fine for being that.
You speak of greater immersion and the player identifying and connecting with Marcus through a lack of development, dialogue, and backstory on his part. That is not the same as wanting to BE LIKE a superhero. Sure, I'd love to be Superman. Bu...
The downside to making a character the "everyman" is that it often sacrifices characterization or development. If not done right, you just get a grunting shell of a protagonist that you can lose touch with just as much. Master Chief straddled that line, and I felt he was more successful than Marcus Fenix. I can only expect people to "connect" so far with someone who is built like a train, traveling underground fighting giant mutants and riding flying squid monsters. Person...
There's a difference between hating and pointing out flaws/having an opinion/constructive criticism.
For some people, the story won't be be a big deal. For others, it will be. No game is perfect. I felt Gears 2 nailed the gameplay, but the story, frankly, sucked, despite doing a few things right.
Doesn't mean anyone "hates" on the game. Hell, I could rip MGS2 a new one, but it's STILL one of my favorite games of all time, despite its many, many issues.
Oh Gears 2, you are an interesting creature. You attempted more story, and fell into horrid cliches. I didn't care about ANY of your stereotypical and shallow characters. Your finale was the epitome of anticlimactic, not seen since the days of Halo 2 and MGS2. Your MP is a glitchfest and subpar compared to Gears 1.
But Hoarde mode is frakkin great and you were a fun title in the end, and I guess that's what really matters!
This is a duplicate story. And frankly, I don't think it will convince fanboys anyways. But regardless, consumers should NEVER have to deal with such actions on part of the manufacturer. It's just BS.
An FPS.
A DLC expansion.
An RTS.
Two different systems.
I didn't realize these were vying for necessarily the same dollars or were in direct sales competition? I mean... I don't see people bring up NG2 sales when discussing MGS4 sales in a serious manner, and those both released at the same time?
The issue isn't always on the user end. Frankly, many games today have all kinds of horrid sync issues and poor progamming choices to alleviate perceived lag, such as bullet tracking. Ever die from a bullet clipping an obvious corner or object in CoD4? I'd love a day when, even on the best of connections, where I see the enemy is where he actually is. They used to do it back in the Quake 2 and Quake 3 days. C'mon devs, catch up!
Still, not a very useful read for many people who m...