Recent content by Ben66

Geez, an entire day and it's still not fixed? Did the entire Escapist staff just decide to go on vacation randomly?

For christ's sake, the guy said you'd be in control for every second of the thing and that there wouldn't be any cutscenes. At least give it a little faith.

Maybe it could be that sacred Super Mario Sonic the Hedgehog platformer crossover we've dreamt of. Olympic Winter Games seemed to be building up to it enough, and at times it blurs the line between ski-mini-game and traditional platformer anyway.

Though ZP always gets me to chuckle, this one is the first to make me laugh in a long while. The humour is more in line with that of the early ZPs, has it's small share of rather crude humour, but also a good amount of wit, especially with the Shakespeare stuff at the beginning. All this and...

@Therumancer: I understand the position you're in, but not all games (Wii games anyway) do or should require you to flail your arms and jump around constantly, games that do are most likely designed poorly. Hopefully Natal doesn't go the same route of having third parties not take development of...

You automatically assume that when WouldYouKindly said good characterization and unpredicatable plot he meant uninteractive cutscenes and the like. There have been plenty of games where plot and gameplay have coexisted hand-in-hand, especially in the adventure game genre where it's possible to...

Damn, you beat me to it.

The MGS series is a love or hate thing. A lot of people love it, a lot of people hate it. I, personally, love the series. The first one I played was MGS3, to start chronilogically. I immensily enjoyed it. The storyline was interesting, the characters were awesome (especally the Boss), and it...

Like everyone else, I can't stand rap or country. There are a couple good rap songs I like, usually if they have a good beat, don't have the generic gangster lifestyle lyrics, and incorporate things like orchestras alongside the beats. But for the most part, it's just embarassing to listen to...

Agreed. Games like Pac-Man and such do have their place in the market and can still be hella fun, but I'd hate for that to be the only thing in the whole industry I also found the "auteurs who can't get their fantasy novel published" line to be downright disrespectful. I like something along...

It seems to me people have more problems with cutscenes than the actual plot. Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry, and various other series have awesome spectacular fights...in the non-interactive cutscenes. Once it switches to in-game gameplay, everything just disappoints in comparison. The best...

Like so many have said here, the feature will be optional and you won't have to use it. And like someone else said, we don't even know the specifics of this feature yet so it's silly to jump to conclusions. And yet no one has quoted these two facts posted here, instead choosing to ramble on...

Although I don't expect the average gamer to be this savvy (I'm certainly not), games without ammo counters would force you to pay attention to how many bullets are left in the gun, though like I said you'd have to do some research on the specific gun that game has. Other than that, I agree...

If i recall Zelda 1 layed the ground work for epic-type RPGs, etc. Anyway, no surprise here. Miyamoto is my personal hero too and such.

Like I always say, the casual and hardcore labels are useless. I love Nintendo and am still looking forward to their coming games, but they're making a big mistake actively trying to win the "Halo" crowd instead of the "FPS" crowd. Obviously any new FPS released will be immediately and...