Recent content by rmx687

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    The Needles: Can Best Buy Save Gaming Mags?

    great read, in any case it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out. Hell, it'll probably be worth it for the coupons alone and we'll probably get a couple good features otu of it. Ironic this article comes up on a website that prides itself for having the advantages of a magazine!
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    Stealing From the Next Generation

    Good read! but I like Todd McFarlane!
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    Really? Do older game consoles suck?

    Obviously new games aren't better in every single way, and we could go into lengthy discussions about this, I mean pick any genre and really ask yourself what the all time best games in it are, I guarantee you few games worthy of mentioning are form this generation. Keep your consoles, if you...
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    252: Our Turn to Decide

    I don't understand why people keep saying games are "now" mature. I seriously doubt any video game could get any more mature, either in its narrative or its play mechanics than, say, the original Fallout, and how many years old is that game now? The problem is we've already had...
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    252: Better Than Film

    I believe it was Jim Sterling who said we should stop waiting on gaming's "Citizen Kane" and be more focused about when we'll see the next Ico. I'm just really discouraged by Western developers, journalists, and advocates who all are hoping that gaming will evolve to the point where we can...
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    Zero Punctuation: Demon's Souls

    Wow what an untruthful review. First of all, yes, there are no checkpoints, but throughout each level you open up shortcuts so you don't need to do all the backtracking. Second, dodging works wonderfully. If the enemy takes another swipe, dodge again. Roll to the Side. Block. Parry, then...
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    Grasping At Immorality: A Tale of Two Games

    That isn't true. What Skytorn is trying to get across, and I wholeheartedly agree, is that Far Cry 2 is more of an RPG than most actual RPG's that have come out recently. You have a choice on how to tackle missions and even the one where you kill the guy who sold one of your buddies a bad car...
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    Grasping At Immorality: A Tale of Two Games

    You said Modern Warfare 2 "portrays complex heroism." I forgot about the side mission over the car...
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    Grasping At Immorality: A Tale of Two Games

    I find it really hard to believe that the author Andy Chalk could construe MW2 as "a game that dares to portray complex heroism" and FC2 as "one that turns us into unrepentant monsters." This is due to the biggest failure of "No Russian" mission in MW2: it has no substantive purpose to the...
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    Review: Demon's Souls

    I've had this game (imported) for a few months now and I have to say it's one of the most unique games out. To me it brings those challenging dungeon crawlers of the NES day to full HD life with great graphics and physics. The atmosphere it builds is haunting and it translates into the...
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    The Escapist Show: Episode 40: Putting a SSD in a PS3

    While it's a little sad the newer drives won't do anything, it's good to know I might as well spend $50-100 on a really big HDD rather than $500-600 on a slightly bigger HDD.
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    Activision vs. Sony

    Man I really love reading these, I follow Experienced Points regularly and on the whole, this and the other features is what really distinguishes The Escapist from other gaming sites. While other sites bore me with NPD's and Japanese software stats, I can get informed opinion here and it's...
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    Gears of War Designer: "The Future of Shooters is RPGs"

    It's absurd to say shooters are heading towards the RPG-genre because that statement in itself is so meaningless. Which aspect is it? Blatant number-based statistics behind every character, intensive stories, or simply choice? Obviously, a lot of games are doing this in any number of...
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    Update: Activision "Might Have to Stop Supporting Sony"

    You guys realize how bogus this all is, right? PS3 software sales skyrocketed over 800% last year, the PS2 brought down the Playstation brand in 2008, not PS3. 360 versions barely outsell, if not being outsold worldiwde by, PS3 versions of multiplatform games. And the PS3 install base is...