<![CDATA[Comments from El-Suave]]> <![CDATA[Comments from El-Suave]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Sony's "Fat Princess" Makes Internet Upset]]> I bet "de Blob" is happy it's been under the radar so far.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Phil Spencer Talks Gears of War 3]]> Two years isn't a quick turnaround - not if you made the engine and got it right the first time.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Bust Peter Moore in the Face. No, Really. [Updated]]]> That screenshot on PS3 would have made more sense if he was still at Microsoft. EA could profit from the console-wars by letting you beat up executives of the competitors.
As a Sony fanboy, you could beat up Mattrick for stealing Final Fantasy or the Reggie for not delivering compelling games.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on The Expert Bias: Reviewing for a New Culture]]> @Raian1:
You are so right - Soul Bubbles really is a great game picture to accompany the article, which is also insightful. Even though it still gets good to great reviews it's always sad when they're dragged down by complaints about difficulty.
I would consider myself very much a hardcore gamer but I totally can appreciate the zen qualities this title posesses and since there is more than enough gameplay in there complaints about difficulty aren't very appropriate.

The problem is that review websites only speak to the hardcore player, which makes reviews not matter much because experienced gamers have their own means of knowing if a game is good with all the media that is provided these days, also in this day and age most major releases are pretty much guaranteed not to be total failures. Therefore reviews often are not very helpful and downright fail in some areas like some Wii and DS reviews. When journalists are always complaining about minigame collections like Carnival Games they are neglecting to remember that we (at least people of my age) all got started with simpler games that were very meaningful back then. I.e. Summer-, Winter- or World games from Epyx were cornerstones of my gaming childhood but when you play them today, they aren't really fulfillg anymore - but they (or their updated versions like Mario & Sonic at the Olympics) might be very relevant and enjoyable to a new gamer, and that perspective is lacking from reviews.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Yup, You're Getting Eternal Sonata On The PS3]]> Considering PS3 only users don't have many RPG's to play, releasing it might be a good idea.

It would probably also be a good idea to release Ace Combat on PS3, Namco!

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on PSP Can't Stop, Won't Stop Sellin' In Japan]]> Dissappointing that PS3 is heading for that 10000 mark again. I was hoping they wouldn't drop below 13000 post MGS4. Sony really needs some f.... games for the Japanese market and they need them rather sooner than later. And I don't mean downloadable stuff.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Resident Evil 5: Killing Zombies WIth My Best Girl]]> Mike, how much do you have to babysit the AI if you're not playing co-op?

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Wii Music Soundtrack To Feature Licensed, Public Domain Tunes, But No Plans For DLC]]> It's probably the same setlist as the two Donkey Konga's had.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on R&C: Quest For Booty Getting Blu-Ray Release]]> @Netnavi: Yeah, it would play on a US PS3 because all games are region free.
But importing from Europe into the US might be very expensive at the moment due to the weak US-Dollar.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on R&C: Quest For Booty Getting Blu-Ray Release]]> Yay, I don't mind downloading smaller games but a fully blown (even if short)game like Ratchet I will buy on BD.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Where Does This Ghostbusters Trailer Go?]]> I think this might be a game my generation would buy because of the franchise knowing full well it's not perfect. As long as it doesn't totally suck it has massive credit.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Bungie's Halo Game Announcement Held Back For A "Dedicated Event"]]> Maybe they were just all still out of breath from running around stupidly for the movie game so they didn't have another announcement in them.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Mirror's Edge Motion Sickness]]> I got motionsick only once - during long drops/jumps in Twilight Princess (playing on a large screen with a projector). Other than that it never happened but I have a relative who got sick while watching me play Goldeneye on N64 back in the day and couldn't watch anymore.
I fully expect a lot of people getting sick through Mirror's Edge - maybe even a lawsuit is in the air by some misguided person. Still - EA better put big warnings on this game!

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Video Games Live Gets CD Release]]> Publishers who make CD's with their own music seemingly won't have their soundtracks on there - no Metal Gear, no Final Fantasy, no Mario... :-(

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Answer Easy Questions, Win Xbox 360]]> They shouldn't give that away. It'd make a awesome tombstone for the company when the game bombs.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Daily Mail: Elite RRODs Have Cost Microsoft "£500 Million"]]> Wow - the first fact the article got wrong was that the consoles are repaired in Germany. They aren't anymore - they're shipped to the Czech Republic nowadays.
I'm fine with MS bleeding for the shoddy quality of their system, but the press should at least get the facts straight.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on EA Sports Very Sorry For Irish Anthem Screw-Up]]> Anybody remeber this:
[kotaku.com] ?
When will EA ever learn ;-)

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented]]> No Japanese or German figures? Who are these guys supposed to be fighting against? My pets?

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on 2K Confirms Borderlands for E3]]> I loved the trailer for Borderlands that was released on PSN. Looked really great. If they're not launching against Fallout, which they hopefully won't, I'm very interested.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Even With MGS4, PS3 Sales Flattened By The Wii]]> PS3 sales are still way above the 10000 unit mark where they were before MGS4. If they can be kept at 15000 units from now on I'd call it a pretty big step.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Former CEO Of Struggling Atari Got One Hell Of A Golden Parachute]]> Of course I don't know any internals but I've known the name Bruno Bonnell as the head of Infogrames for as long as I play games.
He has founded Infogrames 25 years ago according to Wikipedia. So if you want a person like that gone it's going to cost you....

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Wait, No, Europe May Not Be Getting Rock Band 2 In September]]> @El-Suave: of=over

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Wait, No, Europe May Not Be Getting Rock Band 2 In September]]> I imported my PS3 version of RB1 when it launched in the US.

If I were an average European PS3 user this franchise could go to hell, no matter how good it is. I couldn't get of the delays, sold exclusivity, inflated cost and incompatibility.

If Activision is playing their cards right, Europe may be wide open for GH IV - I doubt they manage to get it out there in a a timely fashion and for a reasonable price.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Fallout 3 Producer Disappointed With Diablo III And Starcraft II]]> As for Starcraft 2 being conservative - you don't really want a war with South Korea due to messing that one up, don't you? ;-)

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Top Gun Theme Free on Guitar Hero III]]> Will we lowly foreigners get to share the patriotism?

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Metal Gear Solid 4 on the]]> MGS4 needs an automatic self destruct mechanism that evaporates it if it is put between the likes of "George of the Jungle" and "Kung Fu Panda".
A quality game can't be seen in that company - make it so, Kojima.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on <em>Variety</em> Troubled By Sid Meier's Next Game]]> The ultimate endgame of Colonization was to win the war against the European nations who sent the settlers and to declare freedom for your colonies. Quite noble actually.
Guess Fritz doesn't know the game much.

Also - excellent point by Starsky...

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Introducing "Life with PlayStation"]]> Aww, and I was hoping "Life with Playstation" would be a weekly reality PSN soap based on the antics of Kaz and Sir Howard. :-(

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on EA: UK Game Ratings Changes Spell Delays]]> EA's claim seems to be totally nonsense to me. The German USK for example needs to be able to play the game from start to finish as well before they rate it.
And in most cases that doesn't cause inner European delays. This new british system seems to be the same procedure, so unless the game needs to be dramatically changed for the UK market there won't be any delays that haven't already been there to begin with.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Sorry Europe, No Metal Gear Database For You]]> Luke, the database (on the jap. store) IS already translated into most European languages. It's just the usual case of SCEE not getting off their butts in time.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Sony Europe Notes Fast PS3 Install Rate, Looks To Download Future]]> Digital downloads are destined to divide the world into strictly separated regions.
If I lived in the US, I'd have no problem with it because you guys are bound to get everything first. But as a European, who as of right now has the crappier versions of every online marketplace on every console, both Sony and Microsoft and on PC (hello iTunes) - I'm scared of being locked out with no legal alternatives of importing stuff.

One would think Mr. Ashcraft would understand that mindset as somebody who's living in two entirely different regions.

Regional protection must go - not be more strictly enforced which it could be at the switch of a button if everything is digital.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Sony Europe Notes Fast PS3 Install Rate, Looks To Download Future]]> If I had to download 50GB of MGS4, I still would be downloading instead of playing.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Zero Punctuation Does Not Enjoy Haze, Either]]> I wouldn't say he didn't enjoy it. The ZP review was more favorable than some of the bigger reviews out there.
Haze>Turok is not the conclusion every reviewer reached...

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Michael Ironside (And His Ego) No Longer Sam Fisher?]]> I bet there is enough voice talent in the US, so that one can find somebody who can imitate Ironside, so that one may hardly notice he's gone.
I still remember the first "Buffy" game on Xbox where the voice actress sounded exactly like Sarah Michelle Gellar but it was somebody else.

That being said - I don't care for the Splinter Cell franchise at all.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Review: Kept You Waiting, Huh?]]> Very good review. The second to last paragraph of the post may be interpreted as a MAJOR SPOILER though.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on John Riccitiello Has A Sulk Over EA's Review Scores]]> Yeah, yeah - ten "professionals", meaning fewer people who pr can have better control over.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Sony Announces In-Game XMB, Trophies Coming To PS3 Via 2.40 Firmware]]> Nice "screenshot" - all we need is a date for 2.40. Could still be months away...

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Elite Beat Agents Team Working on Lips?]]> Damn, now I have to turn from Lips hate (because it's a typical "me, too" effort to catch up with SingStar) to Lips love becaus iNiS is behind it. ;-)

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Leak Seems to Confirm Xbox Live Avatars On the Way]]> These avatars are too playful for the average 360 customer. Replacing the Gamerpic with them might backfire.

]]> <![CDATA[El-Suave commented on Microsoft Quite Proud Of Xbox 360's Abusive Ownership Relationship]]> In honor of this "special" realtionship between Microsoft and 360 customers they should release "Lemmings" to XBLA free of charge.

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