Recent content by Griphphin

I'll preface what I say as not trying to come off as hostile to people in this thread because while it's not my intention to target anyone here (or more likely the posting population as a whole in this thread) the specific opinion I have might lead to that misunderstanding. I hate egocentric...

Anything put online in such a site is "out there" for what you can consider an eternity. Even if you delete it, someone can screencap it and you no longer have any power to remove your words from the public sphere. People with influence over your life can come across such material, and that...

I can't see this as anything but another excuse for the WBC to protest a funeral as some sort of revenge. These people are pretty much immune to hate and opposition, or they wouldn't still be doing what they're doing today. The family of the funeral they may protest probably won't be so...

I can see the Prophet making that statement as a way to instill superiority in the Covenant forces. The thought that your side could absolutely annihilate the homeworld of your enemy sounds good for morale.

I'm not well-versed on the Mass Effect universe, though I am a fan. As for Halo, I'd say that when it came to making the forerunner into their own "thing" as a race, game devs didn't want something as conventional as nuclear weapons. A lot about the Forerunners strives to be unique and in...

I loved SC3's story mode. It actually told a story between battles and you got an idea for the motivations of the characters. At least SCIV had cutscenes at the end, I suppose. In V, the only reason I played through story was to unlock setsuka's style. Patroklos is indeed an insufferable...

I forgot to mention about a specific part of your post You're basically saying here that you want GI back because otherwise characters that aren't good at CQC won't be able to go toe-to-toe with the fast, short-ranged characters. As much as I loved the GI system for personal bias because I...

After reading MOST of your post (if you want people to discuss your post, then you shouldn't make your post extremely, extremely long and ranty, and preface that long ranty post with "read it all or gtfo.") I am still on the fence about the critical edges. They change the game completely...

Great to see another article from you, Dr Mark. These were the highlight of the content here on the Escapist, and this is yet another good example of why. I have had friends that, due to extenuating circumstances, saw gaming as their way to turn off, to an extreme degree. Looking back, I...

This is a really tough game against someone that knows how to play the offensive system to his advantage. My advice would be to get some sparring partners who aren't as good as him that you can relatively go 5o/50 with. The competition is fun, but if you can't get a move in edgewise, not only...

Easily getting chased in first-person games, especially by something that spells instant death and cannot be defeated. Now I use it to get immersed because a lot of games have these segments, though few are actually death for you should you take a wrong turn.

Also, I don't know how he plays Zero, but if he doesn't keep his buster at level 3 charge to keep him normals safe, don't let him get away with attacking with abandon as a lot of his moves are more unsafe than they seem. And Vergil's sword cross-up is unsafe on block, so make sure to punish...

What is he doing to beat you? It sounds like he likes to rush you down, so remember that a well-timed push-block(advancing guard) can cause his last attack to whiff, allowing you to open him up and probably kill him as virgil and zero have really low health. As far as good teams, go with...

strange women. Hand-to-hand combat against multiple foes is my half-mage/half-thief argonian's biggest weakness. My companion is nice enough to tank for me often enough to get me by in these situations, thankfully.

I'm pretty long-winded myself, for the same reason that you are. So much is lost in translation through text on the internet that if one really wants to convey just what they want to with minimal misunderstanding, he or she really needs to extrapolate and in many cases preemptively clear up...