Both Wii U and 3DS also struggled at launch due to poor launch titles... Considering it’s massive overall sales it’s easy to forget that the 3DS originally did very poorly at launch and even had a steep price cut within the first year.

I said it before, anything they didn’t announce during their big release date reveal wasn’t going to be ready at launch. Part of me is sad that I didn’t preorder because I don’t want to wait to play Breath of the Wild, but part of me is also glad that I am waiting since there won’t be anything else for me to play for…

The ones that are out there are still busy for sure, mainly because after the close out of ToyBiz and similar stores there really is no competition with the exception of big box department stores; but that doesn’t change the fact that over the last decade Toys R Us has significantly downsized their brick and mortar…

I feel like Toys R Us isn’t really enough, they aren’t quite as ubiquitous as they were back in the 90s; in fact where I live the closest one is about two hours away.

This sounds like an example of too much too fast. They are launching a new property that has zero recognizability and hoping to sell a card game, toys, and what sounds like potentially comics as well; heck well known IPs struggle with doing that much, let alone something no kid will probably hear of until it hits…

I plan on giving this a read next week after I get my copy and play a bit (this is typically what I do with almost all reviews,) but I just want to say that it’s almost always a good sign when you see reviews popping up a week before release; it shows a lot of developer/publisher confidence to not throw down embargos…

I always thought the same about the Vita cases, they looks nice on a shelf but they seem like such a waste. Of course the reasoning comes down to the information that needs to be crammed on to the back of the box; they need to have all the various comparability info, plus enticing blurbs about the game, and…

Fair Use is a funny thing; in theory it should protect creators and allow them to use content for the purpose of commentary or parody without legal ramifications, in practice however it doesn’t since it is only an applicable defense in court and contesting claims against fair use requires going before a judge to…

You just described all of Nioh’s combos...

The title of this article should be “Valve Loves making PC games, unless they have a 3 in the title...”

Having just played this level I must say that it’s an interesting boss fight, but it was altogether way too easy. Hino-Enma is by far a better fight, since she can actually wreck your day pretty quickly if you are not careful; in fact the combination of her aggressive behavior, projectiles with instant paralysis, and…

I didn’t see it on here but I’ll also add changing controls to “Type B” will help a lot of Souls players get accustomed to Nioh; it’s not exactly a perfect copy since dodge is still mapped to x and guard gets mapped to square but having light and heavy attacks on R1/R2 respectively will make things feel a bit more…

I keep hearing this, but to be honest unless Nintendo either blocks support for the 3DS or creates some heavy incentives for developers to start developing for the Switch I still think that the 3DS will have a lot of 3rd party support for the next couple years strictly based on the fact that the 3ds has such a massive…

#2 is something that I absolutely despise in gaming... Especially when you consider that so many modern games have done away with this mechanic entirely; I just feel like there’s no reason for it unless there is somehow a mechanical reason for it like the Molded in RE7 for example.

I just want a semi-decent story that will draw me into actually finishing the game... Lately it seems like I lose interest in Ubisoft’s open world games about half-way in and then never finish them. Take Far Cry Primal for instance, I somehow crammed 40 hours into ransacking camps, catching animals, and upgrading…

My all time favorite character was from a game of AD&D with the Skills and Powers ruleset, I made a chaotic neutral rogue and dropped all combat proficiencies to focus on charisma and intelligence based skills and two random magic items that to my luck ended up being a deck of many things and a bag of holding.

Hmmmm... I remember when I was young i was too cheap to buy an official AD&D screen for $20 so I literally cut up a cardboard box and glued photo copies of my most used tables out of the PHB, DMG, and MC...

Of course Gamestop sent out this memo, had they come out and said that it’s corporate passed down procedure to lie about stock levels to avoid participating in advertised sales and bolster their profits because they would be staring down the barrel of a false advertising lawsuit within a week; but that doesn’t mean…

The three games that stick out for me grom last year:

Just because something takes place in America or features America characters doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily westernized; anime series like Gunsmith Cats, Pet Shop of Horrors, Chrono Crusade, and others all take place in America with American characters but they are distinctly Japanese in style.