Recent content by Rope Arrow

It's a little surreal for me, watching a ZP review for a game that was already playing. Usually I'm really late to the party on these things. Especially odd that I have experienced the same insidious feeling of interest. I have to take lengthy breaks from it due to frustration or, more often...

You can in fact kill Ewoks in the real Battlefront 2, if you play as the Empire on the Endor map. However, it's extremely irritating, since they have three different attacks that all stagger you, and one of which is an instant kill. And they respawn infinitely, and killing them doesn't count...

Ah, but you see, you're incorrect. Game devs have learned, mostly from the continued success of WoW, that focusing on grind is the way you can get players to keep playing (and buying) the same game forever. CoD, Battlefield, and The Sims have managed to master this formula with endless sequels...

Even better: 'DiMucci's suit says that had Zenimax sought his consent, he could have either convinced them to change the scripts of the ads, or negotiated a higher fee to "safeguard himself against the potential loss of goodwill."' To me, this says: 'I find these ads morally objectionable...

The king is dead. -turns to CD Projekt Red- Long live the king.

I think it's interesting he mentions the carry-weight gradient. A lot of people don't notice this, but Morrowind actually does almost exactly that. The closer you are to your encumbrance limit, the slower you move. Many people give Morrowind crap for its default slow movement speed, which is...

According to Steam, I have 246 hours invested in this game (with 132 invested in KotOR 1, incidently). Must be time to blow through it for a fifteenth time...

-reads announcement- -goes and plays Battlefront 2- -flies a Y-wing- In all seriousness though, I completely lost interest in this when they announced there was going to be no Clone Wars settings. Say what you will about the prequels, the Clone Wars were incredibly cool, thrilling, and...

When word reached me that Disney was adapting Into the Woods as a movie, I was tentatively excited. My excitement grew as the marketing was released. I liked the visual aesthetic. It appeared perfectly cast. It had the blessing and participation of the original creators. But, going to see it...

Well... I'm a bit biased. I have played Oblivion a total of four hours. It just didn't and hasn't grabbed me. Boring environments, boring plot, boring mechanics. I played Skyrim religiously for some 150 hours, and loved it to death for about six months. That was five months ago, and I've never...

Now this is an interesting question. RPGs are definitely my favorite genre of game, but when and how often I replay them rather depends on the game. For the Knights of the Old Republic franchise, I thoroughly enjoyed the story and quests, with even just one small side-quest still sitting in...