Recent content by Mark Hardigan

Honestly, when considering it as an overall game, Mass Effect 2 is the superior game. Mass Effect 1 is a far better RPG, but as an overall game, ME2 ticks more boxes than either ME1 or ME3 do. ME2 does have a pretty... well the story isn't that great, because it's pretty much just "let's kill...

As heartless as it may sound, I completely agree. I understand that AAA games take tens of millions of dollars to make, but the idea was never to make a AAA game here, at least not according to the kickstarter. To ask for $400,000 and then end up making $3.3M but then turning around and giving...

I love the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, but I consider Metro 2033 to be the superior game, both in terms of player experience and overall quality. What killed the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series for me (especially the first game) is how much detail is lacking in the world. I think they were far too ambitious...

Overall, it's a fantastic game with unfortunately glaring flaws. It's kind of like looking at an otherwise beautiful stained glass window that happens to have a massive crack down the middle.

Dragon Age 2 isn't the "worst game ever." Not by a long shot. The main problem with the game is that it is not up to expectations of Bioware, especially after Dragon Age: Origins. Imagine going to a very nice restaurant. The first time you're there, you order an absolutely superb piece of...

I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that they're promises will ring true, like they did with Origins. But given the disappointment that was DA2, I won't be holding my breath.

I never said you can't know what a BAD book is. I simply said that saying a book is bad is one thing. Saying the writer is a bad writer (or a bad design if its a video game to use your analogy) is another thing entirely. To say someone is a bad writer without knowing anything about writing is...

A word to the wise: when you say that someone is not a good writer, but you don't know the difference between sense and since... well that lowers my opinion of you quite a bit. Dislike a work all you like, call a book bad all you like, but don't call someone a bad writer without being an...

I personally, don't think it's a good decision. The original Dragon Age: Origins engine was written from the ground-up specifically for the Dragon Age rules. With Frostbite, they are going to have to rewrite a ton of the engine. I think that this is going to result in an even MORE mod-unfriendly...

Saying a video game is bad for its story is the equivalent of saying that a film is bad because it has no action scenes. The film in question is only bad if it's supposed to be an action film. The video game being criticized for its story is only bad if it's supposed to be a story driven game...

People said the same thing about big budget movies a while back (i think about 8 or 9 years ago). And, of course, that didn't happen. yes, films have gotten more cost-effective because of certain technologies, but you still have the massive-budget behemoths, like Avatar. The same thing will...

I think they're pulling out their hair... at least a bit. The poor player reception of DA2 and the ending of ME3 has left a sizeable chunk of the core base of Bioware in questionable standing in terms of whether or not they will buy/pre-order the game. A very large part of greenlights on future...

What does Ryan Perez add to gaming? Isn't he, and all reviewers, just glorified neck-beards that get paid to spread their useless opinions around on the internet? See? I, too, can play this game. 1. Pick out something you dislike about someone (apparently with Ryan, it was "it has a vagina")...

She clearly doesn't want to talk to you. Let it be, and get over it. You'll be happier in the long run than if you keep trying to keep her in your mind. At best, you'll be miserable until you finally realize that you're doing it all to yourself, and at worse everybody around you is going to view...

Calling the creator of Mario a "talentless hack" just because he hasn't created anything you've liked in recent years is the equivalent of calling Tolkien a "talentless hack," because he's dead and therefore cannot write any more LOTR novels. Myamoto, whether he has created anything...