Literally the one thing Sony had to do was not use proprietary memory cards. I have a handful of digital PS1 games that I’d rather play on a handheld than on my PS3, and I still “purchased” a bunch of Vita games through PS+, and I’d love to get a Vita just to play them all, but without a really big—and really…

This is one of the stupidest reviews I ever read.

Dear Kotaku,

Let me save you all some time. This is a VERY LONG “review” which is actually 98% some guy being a jerk about the franchise while simultaneously free associating memories of the prior games he admitted he intentionally wrote negative reviews of just for the hype. Halfway through reading this you’ll just be puzzled as t…

My guess is that we’ll see the remake sometime around 2020/2021—and that legions of fans will cry out at every little change made from the original PSX release, because by god, they wanted a remake, but they wanted an experience that reminds them of the experience their rose-colored nostalgia goggles tells them they…

Seriously? The Outlaw Josey Wales isn’t on this list? BRIAN. WHAT.

Speaking of Ikaros - given both Odyssey and RDR2 have the same eagle noises, but one is used to inform you of ‘something’ and the other is background noise is one of the most annoying things I’m adjusting to.

You actually have to pay attention to the prompts when you play missions. If you did the very first hunting mission in the snow, you’d have learned to press up to whistle at your horse to call him. 

If that’s the case I would say you’re just not listening. I have come across couples in an argument over their mining work, or whether they are still in a happy marriage. I’ve met men yelling larger than life stories of their time hunting “natives” to no one in particular while sitting alone in the back of the bar, or…

It’s crazy to me that there are literally thousands of moments like the one you just described, which have nothing to do with the main character, and yet the writer of this article chose to ignore them in claiming that the game is entirely contrived to reward the player in rote ways. Many of the game’s most rewarding…

I would say it’s gotten much better than earlier open world games. Really where it stands out are the interactions that happen at Dutch’s base of operations. For example, it was at night I fixed myself a bowl of stew and was just walking around not prompting any conversations. So I decided to sit in front of the…

The usual. Amazing scope, superb detail, huge world, years of money and effort... and people still nitpick as though the game is somehow underperforming. The thing it that this is pure opinion based on user expectation rather than the realities of hardware/software limitations and possible developmental constraints.…

There’s a good word to describe an epically long journey across an ancient world that is fraught with hostile beasts and other dangers, and for some reason I just can’t fucking remember it right now.

I fail to see how this isn’t true to Spider-Man’s character. Has he worked alongside the police in the comics? Have they begrudgingly accepted his help? The very first thing a cop tells him once he gets into Fisk Tower is to leave, that they don’t want or need his help. This game articulates Spider-Man to a core. This…

Fritters. He frittered it away on fritters. Apple ones, I’d guess.

Yeah. The line,

It is not, in any way, the responsibility of Insomniac (or any developer) to wrap their game in real-world politics. It is a work of fiction, set in a universe where a super-scientist with the powers of a spider fights crime in a colorful costume. If they didn’t set out to make a topical game that reflects the issues…

MIKE FUCKIN WAZOWSKI

They’re doing their job. You don’t want to reward them for it, you can leave.