Why in God's name is Suikoden II up on the PSN yet?
Empire, yeah. Also Rise of Nations (best oldschool RTS out there) and Age of Empires III, if you recognize that there was, in fact, a third AOE game.
I wouldn't mind the game taking place in the USA... at all.
So long as that's where the "modern day" part occurs. Colonial-era American Architecture... well, let's just say it won't be so fun to wander around big towns where the tallest buildings are only a few stories tall. And where there are barely a half-dozen landmarks, total. It would be awful. Just awful.
For that reason alone, I don't think we have much to worry about. <...
IIRC, ME2 romances were heterosexual-only. No femshep + tali, etc., etc.
Jacob and Anderson were also the only two black characters in the game--and the only two characters of any minority, IIRC--though, of course, yes, the player can choose.
The point stands that that Mass Effect is hardly championing diversity.
These are the games where there's only two black people--and all of the other humans are white (and Americans), and no one is gay/lesbian, right?
These are the games where there's only two black people, and no one is gay/lesbian, right?
Gust seems to think people only buy Ar Tonelico games for the fanservice.
Me?
I buy 'em for the music.
I haven't seen "newb" in years.
Come to think of it, "noob" has been gone a long time, too. To say nothing of "n00b." Come to think of it, l33t-speak in general seems to be dead.
Is this something to be praised--have gamers finally found clarity of expression--or feared? Is the death of l33t emblematic of the widening of gaming to the mainstream, the slow demise and decay of what was once the heartland of geekdom?
Personally, I think DA2 was a fine game.
But 4/5 is too high for a game with such a small game world, so weapon and armor models, and so many recycled environments. Those things are inexcusable in ~any~ RPG.
That's typically how these things go.
Like the "buy one get one half-off" promotions will typically only have a single decent game. These deals don't exist to benefit the consumer: they exist to fool the consumer into purchasing more than he or she would have otherwise, thus increasing the seller's profit.
I give every move game a 5/10 by default.
That damned glowing ball makes it too hard to focus on the screen.
My first thought: "This isn't very funny."
My second thought: "Where do you buy prop guns, anyway?"
My third thought: "What if it's not a prop?"
My fourth thought: "That was profoundly unfunny."
Huh. Though we were done with ME2 DLC.
Right. Because no one outside of Japan would ~ever~ want to buy a samurai game, and because Yakuza 3's "success" had nothing to do with launching the same month as Final Fantasy XIII, God of War 3 and Heavy Rain. Or having a lot of content cut. Or not being marketed at all.
Goddammit, Sega. How can you be so stupid?
Doesn't matter if enemies scale to player's level (though, hell, didn't everyone realize that was a shitty idea with Oblivion?) because higher levels mean more spells, abilities, and equipment.
In summary....
Pros:
+Hawke is a more dynamic protagonist (he can talk)
+Combat is much improved (and fun)*
+Cool party member interactions, especially near the end-game
+Battles are faster and more exciting (super violent)
+Excellent voice acting
+Awesome music
+Better than Dragon Age Origins
+30 hours to beat
Cons:
-Poorly constructed main plot
-Small game world
-Lots of...
American Revolution? I hope not. Biggest appeal of the series (for me) was the setting. The more recent, the less interested I am.
DA2 may be a good game, but I can tell you right now it didn't raise the bar for anything. Let's try to ease up on pre-release hyperbole, please.
I wouldn't have looked twice at this game, or this article, if not for seeing Furuya's name attached to it. So.... I'm gonna go ahead and say the writer's basic assumption is flat-out ass-backwards wrong.
Of course it will beat away the competition.
Because it doesn't have any competition at the moment.
Though I'm not sure where this faith is coming from. DS was great and all, but I'm not seeing the 3DS in the same light. I don't know anyone who's buying one, or even remotely interested in it. That low-battery life has caused all of the "nintendo fanboys" I know to abstain from purchasing, in the hope of a superior version being r...