Well, Chobot's character really does look like Chobot. Will be interesting to see her in a voiceover role. What's up with Freddie Prince Jr.'s character? He looks and acts like Ronnie from Jersey Shore, lol.
Someone stuck a hamburger there.
Great read, and I agree with everything said. I have already invested 150 hours into Dark Souls, and I'm still learning new things and finding/creating new items and strategies for taking on different enemies. For me, no other game this year comes close to being as gratifying or rewarding.
Congrats, Totilo. Where's Brian Crecente going?
Since the new dashboard was released, I've been getting kicked out of a lot of multiplayer games, too. It's like the connection with the server just bombs out. It's been happening with Battlefield 3 and Iron Brigade a lot, and it's annoying. The same thing seems to be happening with party chat, too. You'll be talking to people in party chat, only to be kicked out of chat and automatically rejoined by Xbox Live a few seconds later. It's weird.
Ha ha, that's true. The Black Ops bots are brutal with sniper weapons and never seem to miss a headshot..
I bought the Hardened edition, with comes with an Elite subscription, and so far Elite is just ok. Sure, it's neat being able to check your stats in all kinds of detail, but I'm mainly in it for the DLC. I hope the service really delivers in that department. One thing I am sorely missing from BLack Ops is the ability to play against bots. That was a good way to learn the levels and experiment with the various loadouts and killstreak rewards. I really hope DLC adds bots back into MW3.
Loved the game, but agree with Luke that the gun controls were atrocious.
That second one, where the guy purposefully banked it off the wall for the game winning kill, was 'effin awesome!
Are gut checks a lazy gimmick to generate page views? YESSSSSSSSSS
I'm sorry, but "gut checks" need to go back to the drawing board. I find it really disconcerting that Kotaku, which has long been aware of its influence in the industry and the existing problems with the industry, would so put much effort into a lazy, unhelpful feature, which is more inclined to incense readers than inform them.
Allow me to provide an example of what I now feel is a strange moral dichotomy at Kotaku. I believe it was Kotaku who first said that numerical review scores were problematic because when aggregated into Metacritic they provide a superficial benchmark by which many developers are ultimately compared and punished.
I -- and many others -- think Kotaku played an important role in separating itself from this practice, because it is ultimately harmful, and takes away from actually reading and drawing meaningful conclusions from game reviews.
Enter "gut checks."
How strange is it that after helping to pioneer more responsible review practices for videogames, Kotaku would then pave the way towards blatant, lazy, uninformed assessments of videogames, in which most (or at least one) of the Kotaku staff who participate have no real, substantative or meaningful interaction with the game by which to draw a conclusion.
But draw a conclusion, they do! This isn't a feature saying, "my gut reaction says this game may not be that great," like a preview. Instead, this feature is saying, "Don't buy this game! And just disregard the fact that I may or may not have actually played it, and therefore, probably don't have any real grasp on the gameplay, the characters, the storyline, or really anything else about the game that hasn't been shown in screenshots or discussed by others who actually spent the effort to evaluate it."
It's inherently lazy, and it's irresponsible.
Kotaku should know better. It has done better in the past.
I'm sorry, but "gut checks" need to go back to the drawing board. I find it really disconcerting that Kotaku, which has long been aware of its influence in the industry and the existing problems with the industry, would so put much effort into a lazy, unhelpful feature, which is more inclined to incense readers than inform them.
Allow me to provide an example of what I now feel is a strange moral dichotomy at Kotaku. I believe it was Kotaku who first said that numerical review scores were problematic because when aggregated into Metacritic they provide a superficial benchmark by which many developers are ultimately compared and punished.
I -- and many others -- think Kotaku played an important role in separating itself from this practice, because it is ultimately harmful, and takes away from actually reading and drawing meaningful conclusions from game reviews.
Enter "gut checks."
How strange is it that after helping to pioneer more responsible review practices for videogames, Kotaku would then pave the way towards blatant, lazy, uninformed assessments of videogames, in which most (or at least one) of the Kotaku staff who participate have no real, substantative or meaningful interaction with the game by which to draw a conclusion.
But draw a conclusion, they do! This isn't a feature saying, "my gut reaction says this game may not be that great," like a preview. Instead, this feature is saying, "Don't buy this game! And just disregard the fact that I may or may not have actually played it, and therefore, probably don't have any real grasp on the gameplay, the characters, the storyline, or really anything else about the game that hasn't been shown in screenshots or discussed by others who actually spent the effort to evaluate it."
It's inherently lazy, and it's irresponsible.
Kotaku should know better. It has done better in the past.
I hadn't heard of the Hunger Games, but it looks cool.
Agreed. There's nothing wrong with enjoying SP. Although I love MP, too, I actually enjoy SP in the COD series, and by far, that was my biggest disappointment with Battlefield 3.
Great commercial, considerably better written and produced than the Black Ops one, while still getting at the same point.
That was simply awful. What kind of loving parent would act that way towards their child. That goes beyond punishment -- he's taking pleasure in her suffering. This monster deserves whatever he's got coming to him.
Battlefield 3's online multiplayer is amazing, but I found the single player to be especially bad.
I think the airplane mission on the deck of the aircraft carrier pretty much sums it up. Here you are on this awesome aircraft carrier in the middle of this visually jaw-dropping setting (especially on PC) and you're teased with the ability to jump behind the controls of an F-18 and blast off from the deck of the aircraft carrier.
What could more sweet? Here I am totally stoked. Oh, except that as I climb into the cockpit of that amazing F-18, I begin to realize -- wait a minute -- I'm not flying! Nooope . . . Instead, I'm getting delegated to the backseat. Wait, whaaat? I wanna fly! I've played Ace Combat, I can handle this shizz, c'mon man!!!
Nope, sorry bud. Why don't you just sit back there and watch me fly around," (says, Dice and EA), "and when we say so, we'll allow you to quickly mash some random QTE buttons. Lucky you!"
Yeah, that pretty much sums up Battlefield 3's single player campaign.
I think the airplane mission on the deck of the aircraft carrier pretty much sums it up. Here you are on this awesome aircraft carrier in the middle of this visually jaw-dropping setting (especially on PC) and you're teased with the ability to jump behind the controls of an F-18 and blast off from the deck of the aircraft carrier.
What could more sweet? Here I am totally stoked. Oh, except that as I climb into the cockpit of that amazing F-18, I begin to realize -- wait a minute -- I'm not flying! Nooope . . . Instead, I'm getting delegated to the backseat. Wait, whaaat? I wanna fly! I've played Ace Combat, I can handle this shizz, c'mon man!!!
Nope, sorry bud. Why don't you just sit back there and watch me fly around," (says, Dice and EA), "and when we say so, we'll allow you to quickly mash some random QTE buttons. Lucky you!"
Yeah, that pretty much sums up Battlefield 3's single player campaign.
The Star Wars kid is all grown up!
I believe I opted for the basic warrior, but I've been building up my magic and faith. I have a number of different soul arrow spells, and they definitely come in handy. There's a few enemies, like the spikey blob things in the sewers, where fire would be especially useful, but in my attempt to free the first pyromancer, I tried to break the jar he was trapped in by attacking it (definitely should have rolled into him instead), because doing so turned him aggressive, and I was forced to off him.
The next pyromancer trainer by Queelag mysteriously disappeared. I'm guessing one of the rock throwing monster's killed him/her after I ran by. Argh! I want fire! And it hurts all the more that I'm allied with the spider witch covenant lady, and I can't use the sweet pyromancy spell she gave me.
The next pyromancer trainer by Queelag mysteriously disappeared. I'm guessing one of the rock throwing monster's killed him/her after I ran by. Argh! I want fire! And it hurts all the more that I'm allied with the spider witch covenant lady, and I can't use the sweet pyromancy spell she gave me.
I'm jealous of you having pyromancy skills, not going to lie
I bought it from Amazon for $13.95 on sale. It hasn't shipped yet, though.
Ha, I ordered this, too, just because Dark Souls is a game that truly deserves a 385-page strategy guide.
As an aside, I have managed to either accidentally piss off -- or inadvertently allow monsters to kill -- the only two pyromancer trainers I've come across in the game so far. So I very much need all the help I can get!
As an aside, I have managed to either accidentally piss off -- or inadvertently allow monsters to kill -- the only two pyromancer trainers I've come across in the game so far. So I very much need all the help I can get!
