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Eternal Sonata

Overall an excellent game. The maps tend to tedium, but I like the combat system, and the acting in the cutscenes is top notch. No, I don’t think I’ll ever do the 2nd playthrough.

Verdict:
Rent it. Most RPGs will fall under this category simply because they often lack replay value.

I loved Freelancer. It would make an awesome MMO that I would play at least a bit. It was already part way there. Just go the extra bit, MS!

Flatout: Ultimate Carnage

Imagine that RC Pro-Am wasn’t fun. That’s the game in a nutshell. It’s basically a really lame driving game with floaty controls that tease you into thinking they work properly. It has a lame ‘break things’ gimmick, and it’s not even fun enough to make it worth playing to buy upgrades and new cars.

The only decent thing about it is the car damage model, which lets you screw up a car pretty nicely… it’s not a save grace tho. It’s like a fat chick with a nice watch, or something.

Verdict:
Play with mercury instead.

http://www.ikariam.org/

This is pretty damn addictive - It’s kind of a Civ-type browser game. Things take a long time to build or what have you, so you can set it and forget about it for a few hours. I approve of it.

Gears of War

It’s not a bad game, but it has in it some bad descisions.  Some of the objectives can be a bit obtuse, some of the bosses can be just plain annoying. Some checkpoints are put in STUPID places. PUT THE CHECKPOINTS AFTER THE FMV SO I DON’T HAVE TO WATCH IT ALL THE TIME.

Verdict:
Rent it.

<%Vash> nintendo is starting some pay to play service for their wifi thing
<%HinoRei> Ah, so that’s what it is exactly
<%Vash> not sure
<%Vash> they havent specified yet
<%Vash> but their online service is a joke right now
<%Vash> so this only makes it worse
<Dr_N-Bomb> It’s the worst online service ever
<Dr_N-Bomb> Compuserve would be less embarassing
<%lalahsghost> rofl
<Dr_N-Bomb> Friend codes!
<Dr_N-Bomb> OH GOODY
<Dr_N-Bomb> I CAN GO BACK TO USING NES-ERA TECHNOLOGY
<Dr_N-Bomb> Hell, they might’ve used the dot system of early Megaman

My god, the Wii. It’s literally a console system for techno-illiterate senior citizens and hyperactive toddlers.

The best damage modeling ever in a racing video game? Colin McRae 04. If only it had a demolition mode.

Need For Speed: Prostreet is kind of meh. The graphics are alright, but I see jaggies. The driving physics are wierd, even for a more arcady racer. There’s no point to having more than one car of each race type. The story is kinda crap. The game mechanic is kinda monotonous. I can’t see playing this with anyone else. Most of the reason I’m still playing it it for the achievements.

Right, achievements don’t make bad (or meh) games better, but they give them a bit more play-value.

Verdict:
Definitely Rent it.

Mass Effect is a great game. The story is great, the technology and setting are great, the acting is great, the side quests are great, everything is great. Unreal engine is not great. I like textures.

Verdict:
Buy it.

I have an idea for a video game. I won’t say it’s a great idea or anything, maybe it’s not. But I like it.

If anyone who actually reads this is a game developer or knows one, please email me

I would like a piece of this if it’s a good idea, but honestly if someone bullshits me and steals the idea instead, that’s fine too. If it’s worth stealing it’s worth making? I would just like to see it made.