Short statements about a particular game or gaming in general.

[McMullen]

I'm becoming convinced that the people working on Minecraft have lost their minds.

A 5-level XP cost to rename items?

30 levels to bestow one enchantment on a book, from the entire pool of enchantments? With the weighting still applied?

And then there's an XP cost to apply the enchantment in the book as well?

Guys, if you're going to make the new feature you're adding as mathematically far from practical as anything in recent memory, save yourselves the time and work on something else instead. The mod community can do this work for you.

 

[FFP2]

Guns don't kill people, games do.

Mirror's Edge is one of the most unique games in this generation.

Sly 2: Band of Thieves is the greatest game of all time.

EA is evil.

Activision is evil.

Double Fine house the bestest people in the industry.

Just Cause 2: Like Saint's Row, but better in every way.

FarCry 2 is the only game allowed to be brown and "realistic"

 

[FFP2]

I think I might actually be in love with Chie

I know, right? She's too adorable, it's not fair.

OT: The psychic enemies in Metro 2033 can go to hell. Probably one of the only times I've ever rage-quit a game so thoroughly that I uninstalled it from my hard drive.

I never found the free-running in Mirror's Edge to be as trial-and-error as everyone complains about it being. Certain locations while being chased by police, maybe, but in general I never thought it that difficult or annoying.

If Deus Ex: Human Revolution had had a well-implemented melee system that included lethal and non-lethal attacks, it would probably be my favorite first-person game ever. (Granted, that's asking a lot, since there are very few FPS' with a decent melee combat system.)

Except for that one bit in the boat level. Screw that boat level.

Off-topic: Oh my word I just saw your avatar! Do you have her album?

 

[Cookiegerard]

I don't care what Walking Dead: Survival Instinct looks like, it is going to be awesome.

Saint's Row 3 was way too much goofy, ruined the game for me, also the fact you can't replay missions without starting the whole damn game again. (unless it has been fixed)

The Amazing Spiderman movie tie in game was actually pretty good. Movie games in general are getting better, I think.

In the Leon campaign of Resident Evil 6, the villain is a man who turns into a dog, then a trex, then a dog again, and finally into Jeff Goldblum from The Fly.

 

[Lazy]

Far Cry 2 was absolutely ruined by the lack of fast travel coupled with the endless respawning enemies in jeeps.

Far Cry 2 had fast travel, though I agree with the second part.

We need a new Klonoa.

Aye, that we do.

 

[blackdwarf]

Sonic all stars racing, transformed is not a game properly made for its target audience.

 

[Coffeejack]

Mario 64 made me cry, and I didn't understand a single word because it was all in Japanese. I think it was the music what done it.

 

[Revolutionary]

>I think buying a game for purely mod related, or educational (examining code) purposes is legitimate.
>I liked Dragon Age 2 and not DA1.
>While I agree with the assessment that Mass Effect 3 was a great game, I feel it lost richness in terms of character development and narrative focus because of it's expanded scope.
>The Walking Dead was hands down Game of the Year.
>Far Cry 3 is a beautiful, excellent game that is shockingly poorly coded, and is consequently far too difficult to run (It destroyed my PSU)
>Although I liked Halo 4 I thought it was actually the weakest installment in the series (Not including Halo Wars).
>The Statement that Guild Wars 2 is a bad MMO strikes me as plain fallacious considering it's the only one that I persisted with longer than a month or two.
>When publishers other than EA and blizzard refuse to release through steam it seems arrogant to me.
>The fact that Minecraft is still in java annoys me.
>I strongly object to straw-man criticism of fans of things when most of the people criticising haven;t actually played the game in question.
>Not buying games during steam sales should be classified as a skill.

 

[adam352]

Sports games are not just the same game every year, with a roster update, it's just that most under-the-hood changes will not become apparent unless you play the game a lot.

This thread has made me want to pick up Mirrors Edge (and I found it today for £4!)

Metal Gear Solid 4 came achingly close to becoming the best example of story telling I have ever seen/heard/read/dreamed/watched from behind a dumpster.

I have not played Mass Effect 3 and have managed to avoid any direct spoilers of the ending, but unless it turns out Shepard's power was love, and he had it in him all along, I will be very disappointed in the the internet. (Check out the film: The Ghost, or The Ghost Writer in the U.S.A for my most rage inducing ending to anything)

Crash Team Racing is the best racing game ever.

Skyrim is the most immersive RPG money can buy, as long as you never ever talk to anyone and just wonder about admiring the view.

Saints Row 3 may be stupid and a bit naff, but you can modify a Hummer to the point that it blows up other cars on impact, and that's fucking awesome.

 

[Pink Gregory]

People seem to enjoy games in inverse proportion to how much they paid for them.

Provably untrue for all but the minority, I'm sure

 

[King Billi]

Assassins Creed 3 was a pretty decent game although it's best parts were those that were the most removed from the series core appeal, that being climbing/freerunning and stabbing people.

I think Call of Duty is a good series of games because I always manage to finish them before they become tiresome.

No game has ever been as bad or annoying as the vitriol thrown at it.

 

[MrPhyntch]

I've never found Obsidian's story writing particularly good. Their "best" games' plots are full of contrivances and cliches, or generally lack motivation on a personal level.

Uncharted is a fun game/series to watch, incredibly linear and sub-par to play.

Kingdoms of Amalur was one of the best games of 2012, basically being Skyrim with a better combat system. Nobody I know has bought it, only having played the demo and forgot about it.

If Nintendo made their entire back catalog (N64 and older) available on the Wii store, emulation rates would be cut by 50%.

Same as above for GBA and older on the 3DS store. This would also be a 3DS seller.

After having played all the Assassin's Creed games, I rather miss the repetitiveness and rigid structure of the first one. It's probably still my favorite in the series.

Only good characters in any Mass Effect game were Garrus and Tali.

My Wii has been sitting and collecting dust for over a year, barely turned on at all.

I will always prefer console gaming to PC gaming. Likewise, I will always prefer FPS games with a controller. I'm personally far more accurate with an analog stick than a mouse.

I bought Battlefield 3 to try to help it beat out CoD. I've put it in my xbox maybe twice since then.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Oh thanks. Not sure how I messed that one up.

Do you mess them up...

[HEADING=1]OCCASIONALLY[/HEADING]?

Jokes aside:

The most fun I had in MGS4 was my first playthrough where I didn't care. Once I got the Bandana and Stealth Camo I was done, it was such a chore.

DE:HR is a great game but I have to wonder what was going on in the first level where it can't decide whether it has a moral choice system or not, but then throws it out the window when it realises there's really no moral reason to spare anyone after the first level.

I've put more time into FTL and the Binding of Isaac seperately than I put into Assassin's Creed 3, amongst other games.

Dark Souls actually has a stat explanation button that I had no idea about until I saw someone on Youtube use it. Also, it is my game of the year for every year since it was released, and lastly, the Undead Burg merchant sounds a bit like Jim Sterling when he's sneering.

Skyrim's dynamic quest system, whereby you got little quests here and there like "Go and fetch the Iron Dagger from whateverplace" I found actually took away from the rest of the game, because I knew it was randomly generated, had no need for the item, but was compelled to do it anyway because it was then in my quest log. The bugs killed it though.

I may not live to see a Monster Hunter game on a system I own, and that saddens me greatly.

Armored Core is practially the only game in town for mech customisation and I think if someone with more storytelling prowess than FROM Soft gave it a shot they might earn some money.

 

[shrekfan246]

I've never found Obsidian's story writing particularly good. Their "best" games' plots are full of contrivances and cliches, or generally lack motivation on a personal level.

To be perfectly honest, that's the same issue I've seen with Bioware games in general. In both cases, it's usually more that the characters themselves are better written and the story is utter tripe.

Kingdoms of Amalur was one of the best games of 2012, basically being Skyrim with a better combat system. Nobody I know has bought it, only having played the demo and forgot about it.

I loved that game, but it became far too easy, especially leveling as a mage. It's one of the only games I've played where Hard was still not really a challenge, even artificially.

Snip

Except for that one bit in the boat level. Screw that boat level.

Off-topic: Oh my word I just saw your avatar! Do you have her album?

Boat level? I assume we're talking about Deus Ex: HR here, in which case, unless it's the DLC you're talking about I'm unsure of what you mean.

And Kyary Pamyu Pamyu? Why, yes I do. I've also got the "Fashion Monster" single, which was considerably more difficult to get ahold of.

 

[FFP2]

Boat level? I assume we're talking about Deus Ex: HR here, in which case, unless it's the DLC you're talking about I'm unsure of what you mean.

And Kyary Pamyu Pamyu? Why, yes I do. I've also got the "Fashion Monster" single, which was considerably more difficult to get ahold of.

No.. The one in ME, it's the 7th level I think... You have the boss battle with Celeste there

Yeah that song isn't even on her album... Only have it for Pon Pon Pon though. She's actually the reason I started listening to Japanese/Korean pop

 

[ThisGuyLikesNoTacos]

Borderlands was alright and I was satisfied with the sequel.
Original Sly Cooper was very average and Sly 3 is just as good as Sly 2 (they're fantastic).
I like to play CoD against friends on splitscreen.
I simply dislike MGS 3 because I suck at it.
Saints row 3 is starting to grow on me.
Only reason I still have a PSP is because of Killzone Liberation.

 

[scorptatious]

The final room of XCOM is a total crapshoot if you enter it at the end of your turn. Thank GOD I wasn't on Iron Man mode.

Pretty much any encounter on XCOM can be a crapshoot on the higher difficulties with Iron Man enabled.

Oddly enough though, I heard that even if you get wiped on the last mission on Iron Man mode, the game gives you the option to retry the mission. :/

 

[adam352]

Only reason I still have a PSP is because of Killzone Liberation.

This too, I absolutely adore this game and Wipeout Pure on my PSP

 

[shrekfan246]

Boat level? I assume we're talking about Deus Ex: HR here, in which case, unless it's the DLC you're talking about I'm unsure of what you mean.

And Kyary Pamyu Pamyu? Why, yes I do. I've also got the "Fashion Monster" single, which was considerably more difficult to get ahold of.

No.. The one in ME, it's the 7th level I think... You have the boss battle with Celeste there

Yeah that song isn't even on her album... Only have it for Pon Pon Pon though. She's actually the reason I started listening to Japanese/Korean pop

Oh. Right. Oh! Riiiiiiight. Where you're trying to run from cover to cover while being sniped? I might've blocked that out of my memory, which means I'll have to agree with you.

Yeah, I got it because of "PonPonPon", but I like "Candy Candy" and a few others as well. It seems pretty out of place in the rest of my music library too, since she's the only J-Pop artist I've got in there.

 

[lacktheknack]

The final room of XCOM is a total crapshoot if you enter it at the end of your turn. Thank GOD I wasn't on Iron Man mode.

Pretty much any encounter on XCOM can be a crapshoot on the higher difficulties with Iron Man enabled.

Oddly enough though, I heard that even if you get wiped on the last mission on Iron Man mode, the game gives you the option to retry the mission. :/

It's because they aren't monsters. It takes twenty-ish hours to get there, and you lose the whole damn game if you get the volunteer one-shot killed.

They don't want to be the cause of axes ripping apart computers.