But, all of that has already happened with the 360. At this point, everyone should already know that the Next Xbox is going to be a full-on media console, it's been proven by the 360, and all of the rumours for the new machine. Let's face it, the 360 hasn't been a dedicated games console since 2010 when Kinect…

I think that's probably it, really. The Nintendo games that really tread new ground rather than re-telling old tales are always the ones that have hit me the most. I loved Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World as a kid, but Yoshi's Island? Oh my god, that one was really a game changer. It hit the spot like the…

Couldn't have put it better, really. The story just felt like an afterthought, an excuse to send you off on your journey. It had some great ideas, and could've really been something special, but it just felt like they didn't even try.

Yeah, it wasn't great from a technical standpoint, was it? It looked like ass for a start, but it just didn't run particularly well either. Seems really strange given the resources that Capcom put into it. o.O It's definitely a fantastic first entry into a new franchise though, if they can work out the kinks for the…

Haha, it's easily done. When you get off on a roll with one person, it's easy to forget that the other people around may not have played the game yet, especially when said game is a year old already. Hopefully nobody noticed!

I'm surprised it's full price. When the Ultimate Edition of Fallout: New Vegas hit here in the UK, it was £25 instead of £40, as were the equivalent editions for Fallout 3, Borderlands, Dragon Age Origins and just about every other game to ever release such a version. Seems strange that this one would go for full…

It's their stubborn obsession to cling to that formula that's pretty much ensured that I'll never play a Zelda game again, really. It's not just Zelda, it's Nintendo in general. The company has no real desire to create sequels, instead, they prefer to re-tell the stories and scenarios that have already been told, so…

Haha, you're probably not wrong. Dragon's Dogma and Final Fantasy XIII/XIII-2 were so, so bad. I've never had a problem with the writing of the other Final Fantasy games, but the latest two were just a whole new level of god-awful. They both hooked onto a few key words, "L'Cie" and "Fal'Cie" for XIII, and "Paradox"…

Not stalking you, I swear, but that's another interesting point, I still can't agree with it, but it's interesting.

For a start, this thread was in response to someone who hasn't played the game, so to put so many spoilers right there without any kind of warning, was a bit of a dick move.

It's really the kind of old-school game where gameplay is paramount. The simple act of choosing your party members, and equipping them with the right gear, then selecting your quest and trekking towards your goal, to then take down a huge beast is tremendously satisfying. The story's absolutely tragic, but the…

Every time a character opened their mouths to speak, I just felt myself getting angry. I've not seen writing that bad for a long, long time. The story was pretty dreadful from start to finish, and the faux-Shakespearean dialogue just made it even worse again. With a competent writer behind it, it could've done some…

Just think of this as Capcom's typical "Super" version; same game a year later, but with added content, at a cheaper price.

It really was a fantastic game, aside from the story and dialogue. Whoever handled those aspects seriously needs to get fired, every time a character opened their mouth a small kitten was sacrificed. x_X That and there was no real excuse for the game being as ugly as it was, but those things aside, it really was a…

I'd definitely give it a go. I played it shortly after release last year, and whilst I'll acknowledge that it has its issues (seriously, whoever wrote it needs to be fired), I never did understand Kotaku's "no". It wasn't a perfect game, but it was a surprisingly great one. A bold, action RPG, that provided a…

That's fantastic news. A game movie that will actually be good! The better news here is that it would seem Insomniac haven't entirely abandoned the franchise now that they're multi-platform, so maybe there's still hope left for one last great Ratchet and Clank game, because let's face it, All 4 One and Q-Force were…

I don't think anybody is really disputing the need for publishers, we all know that they're necessary to the industry; the biggest games wouldn't exist without them. It's that simple. The complaint is just that publishers are all too often acting like parasites, that do more harm to their games than good, and then…

Seems like a huge fuss over nothing to me. I've not played the game myself yet, but as far as I've heard, it's not the kind of game where "you" are the main character (Dragon Age Origins, Mass Effect, Half-Life, etc.), but the type where the playable character is a character in his own right. Due to that, there is no…

I've always thought the hate piled on Metacritic was just a tad unjustified. Forgetting the publisher/bonus culture that it's become a part of, it's actually a very useful tool. Sure, it covers music, TV, films and games, but I'd argue that the latter is the only region that it actually works for. Music, TV and films,…

That's absolutely mental. I can't even imagine playing half of a great game like any of those you mentioned and then just stopping, believing that I'd already seen enough of it.