Recent content by Nonomori

On a semi-unrelated note, I wonder what people will think about Dark Souls II graphics and physics. They sure are putting a lot of money into marketing and what looks like fancier cutscenes. The actual game looks prettier (especially the lighting), but nothing really amazing. And we are in 2014...

Hello, Escapist. Let's talk about pointing and clicking stuff, shall we? First of all, after poor experiences with titles like Anna and Machinarium, I'm afraid of absurdly contrived puzzles. I'm the type of person that wouldn't use a guide or hint system to save my life. If I can't find the...

Thanks for taking your time with the answer. But I have to say, of course it's unfair. Your examples are: a) the best Paul Thomas Anderson movie, truly a masterpiece if I ever saw one; b) one of the most important TV series ever made, period. I would say that Ellie and Clem are great...

Ellie seems to be more genuine to me. Maybe because she's old enough to show terrible personality traits and bad habits. But what about movies? I mean, you can have a great character with a compelling arc in 2 or 3 hours. These days, even the dumbest games come packed with excruciatingly...

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (!!!). I had to google the title. I wasn't really excited for it, but expecting something better than boring environments, frequent radio conversations and cutscenes about the uninteresting plot and characters, lazy backtracking, lazy side quests, really rushed...

Gone Home. When I was promised a ghost story, I was expecting a story-heavy horror game (something which Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs ended up being), but Gone Home is pretty much a interactive drama. Though, to be fair, the actual "ghost story" contained in the game is more frightening than...

Majora's Mask looks like a rushed game, but it's so intriguing and refreshing that I can't be mad about the reuse of characters models and others resources. The overall tone is just... odd. In a good way. It's my favorite Nintendo game and I wish people talked more about it (outside of the Zelda...

Some months ago, Naughty Dog was nothing more than a seal of "really pretty game" for me. With the exception of some Nintendo ones, I can't find much fun in 3D platformers. The Uncharted trilogy is a enjoyable way of spending some hours, I guess, but I didn't look back once. I seriously can't...

Not awful, not great, and pretty forgettable. That's the whole experience. If you don't have nothing better to do...

I read all of them. It was fun trying to imagine their childhoods. The difference between people who grew up playing Nintendo and oldschool PC gamers is staggering. By the way, only two lists considered the japanese release date of A Link to the Past.

1991: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1992: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 1993: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 1994: Super Metroid 1995: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 1996: Super Mario 64 1997: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 1998: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of...

It's certainly more interesting for me than another Jak or Uncharted, but less exciting than something completely new. I think the best alternative would be telling new stories in the same world. Anyway, I don't need The Last of Us 2, but I would welcome one with open arms. Naughty Dog has...

Proper Silent Hill Collection with all of them (yes, also the crappy ones) and remake of the first. It's too much to ask? Ok, I know it is...

I'm one of those people that don't even bother to finish most games. The terrible habit of giving up of mediocre games to replay better ones don't help. That's why I'll never get to the end of Assassin's Creed 3. Anyway, Fantasy RPG 101 has to have something really special to make me care...

I'm not even a fan, but it's not hard to notice that the games are very ambitious and amazing from a technical point of view, offering good writing and diverse gameplay. People "attacking every single dissenting opinion" is unfortunately a very common attitude. It happens all the time with...