Recent content by Phantom Echo

Eh, this is about par for the course. The fact of the matter is that it's just as ridiculous that Mojang could get the word 'Scrolls' copyrighted as it would be if Bethesda won rights to control it. I, on the whole, am largely opposed to the idea that single-word names can be copyrighted in...

Did he do the right thing? Hell no! Why? Because this isn't about right or wrong. This is about a guy doing his job. His job is to keep things peaceful and orderly, like any good security guard. That means that punk-ass kids who walk up shouting and yelling and generally disturbing that...

I saw this, and decided I had to reply... despite knowing that it's a waste of words, entirely, what with the discussion being ridiculously pointless. Stereotypes, like cliches, exist for one simple reason: They Work. When you want to describe something in a way that someone understands...

Yeaaaaah... having read this after my reply to Diablo 3's "Always On" DRM... I think it's pretty safe to say that I really am going to be saving a lot of money on games I thought I was going to want to buy. I don't buy into schemes. I don't buy into Steam, or Origin, or any program that...

And there's one game off the list of games I've been dying to buy. Thanks, Blizzard, for helping me to save money by taking yourself out of the running! I appreciate the assistance! As I have a limited amount of funds at my disposal, this goes a long way towards putting fuel in my car and...

Having seen the 1980's movies... (Yes, even Conan the Destroyer unfortunately)... I can honestly say that I was never anything remotely approaching a fan. It's subtle hints at underlying messages and dialogue were entirely overshadowed by some of the cheesiest acting and poorest action scenes I...

Well, I refused to buy Fallout: New Vegas because it wanted to FORCE me to play on Steam. I haven't played TF2 or CS because they're on Steam, and I refuse to pay for a game only to have someone else own it. This is a trend in gaming which I will not abide... and I choose to vote with my...

People enjoy Mass Effect for the plot, as much as the gameplay... and a big part of the plot is the relationships that Commander Shepard forges with his/her crew. That, in turn, includes romance options... and all of the interesting details you learn about these people when they let their guards...

This here is the reason that we are having to -have- this discussion. Your motives are so simplistic and self-centered that your argument comes off as being utterly subjective. You don't care about the fact that this is a new age, and that these laws DON'T EXIST... that we've been basically...

To you, perhaps... but you are but a single individual. The truth is, the only 'preference' that really matters is that of the game's developer. No matter how much we all like to believe that as the customer, our enjoyment is the ultimate goal... for the individuals whom have the task of...

I am one of the many I know who actually greatly -enjoyed- this game. That being said, this is -DESPITE- the graphics being dated and the gameplay being a mishmosh of classic Duke 3D filled in with modern-day gimmicks to stretch out playtime. To be honest, though, I rather enjoyed some of...

But neither statement is inherently true. Your definition of superior and Abandon's are both inherently flawed... in that you assume the best solution for every game is the SAME thing. Each game must find it's own balance of story-telling methods. Cut-scenes, FMV, Interactive-Events... all of...

So I think you and I actually agree a lot more than I did initially... you seem to be of the mind that game companies have all become utterly RELIANT upon cut-scenes to convey their stories, rather than expanding outward and finding new and unique methods to do so. In the post to which I...

This particularly annoys me. It's one thing in a game like Fallout, previously mentioned, to have Voice and Data Logs which were abandoned or left sitting discarded after the world came to a crashing end. But in the vast majority of games which have them... they make very little sense at...

I have to agree with what that other fellow said to you, on this. You don't belong playing story-driven games if you're going to complain about the story DRIVING the gameplay at some point. It couldn't be much more plain if someone etched it into your forehead. If you're all about controlling...