Recent content by Shpongled

Your entire argument is predicated on the notion that the Fireflies were correct about the cure. Was there any in-game reason to believe this was the case? I don't recall any. Personally i felt i had no reason to trust the Fireflies as far as i could throw them, and no reason to believe they...

I enjoyed Dark Souls 2, and i'm still enjoying many other recent releases even after playing it. I always knew i was a little odd but apparently i'm an absolute freak of nature for not seeing shite in every video game i play. This negativity in the gaming community is so depressing.

I used to find Minecraft foreboding. Exploring the depths of mines, no light at all but that coming from your own torch, hearing creepers, zombies and spiders and having no idea where the sounds were coming from. The tension did dissipate quite quickly once the enemy finally appeared. Seeing the...

It's pretty pointless for most people tbh. If you play even half-competently you'll be in a position of absolute world-domination by sometime in the late 1600's/early 1700's. Unless you're playing a late start-date game for giggles, the time-limit is a complete non-issue. The fact that the game...

tl;dr of the tl;dr To get the backer rewards, you have to back the game. Who'da thunk it? I suspect it's just a little quirk of the way the system is set up rather than a conscious choice on the part of the developers, but either way, just because you had a birthday during a particular...

When this topic comes up i always wonder if anyone shares my experiences here.. I'm British (English to be precise) and i used to play lots of online gaming on the original Xbox, where people commonly had mics and verbal communication was common. Harassment from american youths whenever i...

There are many examples in real life where there simply is no benefit in doing the right thing (edit; or no repercussions for doing the wrong thing), i don't see why it should be any different in video games. "Why the hell shouldn't i cheat on my partner?! It's not like they're ever going to...

I agree for the most part, but the problem is there are lots of games that simply don't give you the freedom to kill or not kill, and so on. The recent Lara Croft game jumps to mind. For most parts of the game you simply don't have the option to not gun down mooks in their thousands. There's a...

I can't say for certain about AoM as i haven't played it in a long time, but in most RTS's there's no real reason to stop building workers until population cap is an issue. Unless you're going for a specific rush strategy where you need to save every resource you can early on for your troops...

Is Shadow of Mordor even a port? Wasn't it slated for release on PC right from the start? Either way, most PC ports are generally fine. Occasionally there are issues which mods can/will fix, occasionally devs put work into improving their ports post release, occasionally bad ports just stay...

My perfect WW2 game, which may be asking for a little too much with current technology, would be a RTS style game in the same vein as the Total War series. Basically, a combination of the Hearts of Iron series and the Company of Heroes series. You can choose whichever country on the planet...

How on earth did you get to level 250 without noticing that catch-up is a toggle-able option? I don't think I've ever played a race with it switched on - no one likes it. Slip streams are also an option though, is that what you're getting confused about? It adds tactics to the racing and gives...

I'd definitely recommend using the wiki to look up stats and so on... They make no sense whatsoever, so going in "blind" will probably lead to a fair number of wasted/badly spent souls. On the other hand, definitely go blind for the actual game progression unless you absolutely need to look...

Ah yes the old "This game does NOT need DRM" Escapist stamp. Thank God for that. Otherwise developers or publishers would have no idea to what extent they want to protect their own property. The people of the world should be thanking themselves that they have the escapist here to make these...

You're allowed to make comments of wide sweeping generalizations if you're targeting anything CoD. It's how the Escapist works. Move along now, try not to break up the circlejerk. OT: Tacky DLC no doubt. But if it sells then all the power to them to be honest.