Recent content by Mausenheimmer

Honestly, I'm already stoked for this and it'll be a Day One purchase. Skyrim was just that great. I am disappointed that it won't be the war with the Thalmor though.

Write it down on your calendars, folks. May 1st, 2012 was the day that Call of Duty officially ran out of ideas.

Considering that Nintendo just posted their first full year loss, I think the market has proven Yahtzee right. Nintendo's games haven't been as good lately and have relied increasingly on gimmicky controls rather than sound design.

I'm actually happy about this. Most MMOs end up in flames, and I'm already hooked on The Old Republic. But if THQ can turn this into an improvement on Space Marine, I absolutely will buy it on Day 1.

Fair enough. You didn't mention Eve in your first post and Wreav was established as a jerk in Mass Effect 2. There would be some renegade krogan, but it wouldn't be on the same scale as the Krogan Rebellions. Eve is as important for Krogan stability as Wrex, based on how she single-handedly...

Well, I'm pretty sure you haven't played Mass Effect 3 yet. But the game goes out of its way to make it clear that Wrex and Eve (the krogan female whose tissue was used to cure the genophage) cause a cultural paradigm shift in the krogan. Furthermore, they pretty much explain that the unintended...

So that excuses him to be ignorant of their existence? He probably didn't because he admitted he pretty much sped through the game. I know apathy is kind of his schtick, but his ignorance combined with his apathy makes him in no way qualified to discuss this topic.

"Curing the Krogan Genophage implies that the Krogan Rebellions would start again" No, they wouldn't because Wrex and Eve survived on my playthrough and they were determined to guide the krogan along a different path. Similarly, the geth and quarians started to get along and help each other...

Really? The Stormcloaks are the Nazis? Not the side which allows its citizens to be rounded up and executed for their religious beliefs? Um, did you kinda forget why most people hate the Nazis? It wasn't for their nationalism. Tell me one line from the Stormcloaks that talks about Nord...

Yeah, that happens in civil wars a lot. Just ask Atlanta how Sherman treated it. As for me, I joined the Stormcloaks. Free worship for a free Skyrim. The Empire failed in its duty to defend its citizens by allowing the Thalmor free reign to persecute and murder Imperial citizens. Lastly...

I'm going with Alaric Snow, a Nord.

You may say that there's no straight up good guys & bad guys, but then you say NCR is light gray (basically good) and the Legion is black (evil). So already Obsidian failed there in story telling. Next, not a single companion endorses the Legion. They may not love the NCR (although none of them...

Amnesia: The Dark Descent saw a dramatic increase in sales once Yahtzee spoke kindly of it and Psychonauts became significantly more well known because of his review. So if it were a low profile indie game and Yahtzee liked it, then it could be viewed as a $5,000 advertising expense. That said...

Agreed. Instead of "Help our artist get a vital surgery she can't afford", it's "help the Escapist improve its bottom line and maybe we'll let you mingle with Yahtzee at a convention you attend". The fundraiser is certainly not to pay for the trip to for his trip to PAX Prime (unless plane trips...

I agree completely, especially about AC2's story. Everything after the fist fight with the Pope (greatest boss fight ever, by the way) was just awful. The magic rock's powers are vaguely established, it's origin is nonsensical, and it's little more than a glowing deus ex machina. In the...