Recent content by theexhippy

How harsh the death penalty is should be a player selectable option. I'm fine with minor death punishments in a game. In an MMO (especially) I think that for the most part it's vital that dying doesn't smack you back too hard. I'm sure we've all (well most of us) been in a group that's wiped...

Fair enough but couldn't Aeris also be seen as the healer/Obi-Wan Kenobi character? After all her chopped by the big bad side kick of the ultimate evil only made her more powerful. I know "Old Ben" could be a bit of an stickler but I wouldn't have said "Princess"... :)

Where would you put Aeris and Tifa from Final Fantasy VII on the scale?

Underrated game for me is Alpha Protocol. Granted the combat was a bit awkward to get used to and it was easy to make a character that was completely broken and helpless at the later levels but it more than made up for it with a varied storyline, innovative gameplay and a plot where decisons...

There is certainly something to be gained by playing a game, watching a film or reading a book when you know the twist but there is also something to be gained by experiencing it NOT knowing. To say that spoliers ruin the experience might not be completely true but they only allow you to...

I'm not even going to read all the replies to this thread, I can guess what they say. I disagree with you totally but kudos for having the balls to say it. Unless you just happen to love getting abusive emails, in which case get help :)

It's the same impulse that drives people to be bullies. Dr Mark asks if it's right for kids to be exposed to this but I suspect that most (but by no means all) of the worst offenders are youngsters. I played WoW a lot a couple of years ago and to my shame I often found myself playing to the wee...

You beginning to regret posting yet? :) I'm like you, at first I worried that it was going to be several days worth of my life getting the minerals I needed. I did eventually think "S*d this for a game of soldiers" and stop all together. Had over 100,000 of everything except eezero and it's...

Could it be that they were not a lot of use? By the time you hit level 30 on any mode above easy they did naff all damage and even the "specialist" types (freeze, burn etc) had effects that lasted milliseconds. Got through "Insane" without using one, didn't see the point.

I'll probably get some abuse for this comment but in response to Demon Souls having no difficulty setting; surely most gamers tend to pick "normal" difficulty when starting a new game? Only masochists or people with something to prove, to whom I?m not sure, choose Hard/Veteran/Murderous (pick...