With the expense of videogame hardware going up in recent years, (and then back down a little) gamers have called for multiplatform support for all games. They can have their exclusive, bullshit DLC, but give us the game. Now, that I have both major platforms, I’m finding the opposite problem. For example, Metal Gear Solid [...]
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Mafia 2 doesn’t have a lot of the extra mini-game stuff that most open world games have, and it’s one of the best design choices anyone’s made all year.
After hobbling out of Shanghai and away from a sixer of Beast, Neil rings up his friend Dan, who comes out in favor of Nier, to talk video games for an hour! If that sounds like something you’d be into, click, why don’t you?
Dead Men was nearly satiric in its sprawling ambition and leaden script. Dog Days, by contrast, wields its story like a scalpel. And once its under your skin, the viral video design transmits its memetic infection.
Like all too many sequels, the changes are all on the surface. You’re playing the same game as before, which is not necessarily terrible if, in the case of the original Galaxy, the original is a good game. But as someone who likes to be challenged, it can get pretty frustrating. I already PLAYED Super Mario Galaxy all the way through.
This is an experiment that I dreamed up. Picture it, two guys, possibly a lady, locked in a basement with two televisions, 4-7 systems. For 10 hours straight, we play games that are at least 10 years old. I want to see if I end up going slowly insane or if those blisters start growing [...]
But as the rope keeps spooling out, your noose starts to get even more tenuous and discolored than you would even expect Lynch to manufacture. The tone starts to grind against the plot, which sinks so low into abnormal perversion that you start to wonder if this game is appropriate for anyone of any age.
I haven’t spent any time with the retail or beta versions of Starcraft 2, and I can barely recall having any sort of meaningful experience with the first Starcraft, so I’m not the best guy to ask. But doesn’t this sequel strike you as one of the more cynical releases in recent memory? It’s the [...]
Why does a movie this complex leave me without any questions?
The boss battles in Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker prove to often be an awkward trial and error and odds are often against you. Here’s some pro-tips on taking out those beasts.
