Combining different pixel resolutions...interesting! I'd love to see that done as a visual style in a game.

Love the final sentence in this article! ;)

I sort of agree with you, I generally don't like Japanese games, but a few are REALLY good. Metal Gear Rising is ahead, or at least on par, with many Western games in aspects like graphics, gameplay, tech etc.

Wow, a couple of really rude replies towards the end there, not used to that on Kotaku. I've been a lifelong, hardcore gamer. I've completed many games on their hardest difficulty settings just for the challenge of it. And I'm neither on the CoD bandwagon nor on the anti-CoD bandwagon, so don't talk to me like that.…

I have a strange relationship with this game; I bought it second-hand months ago, and took weeks to get around to playing it. And then when I did, I didn't feel in the mood for it, so I didn't return for months. Then when I played again, I found it too overwhelming - far too much information, abilities, controls,…

I appreciate that this review is as neutral as possible, it's not written from the perspective of a God of War fan and it's not written FOR the God of War fan, just for the everyday gamer. All the same, I'd like to hear from a hardcore fan of the series, because I'm going to experience the game as one. Is there…

Sexualisation and beauty are the stereotypical qualities assigned to women; strength and power are the stereotypical qualities afforded to men. Hyper-feminine and hyper-masculine. Both genders get the same treatment, in that sense. Who fucking cares, honestly! People make FAR too much of a crisis over these things,…

IN The Descent, there's a character who says "I'm an English teacher, not fuckin' Tomb Raider!"

Ah okay, I haven't seen The Descent, I was more riffing on the Tomb Raider mention! :P Thanks, I'll check them both out, AND The Descent!

In what way are either of them Lovecraftian? :S I suppose there's a VERY thin link you could make between the mythical unknown ala Himiko, but without indescribable races and 'impossible geometry' I think, as an adjective, there's a bit of a huge leap there!

I really think this game is being overrated. It's not quite an 8, but better than a 7, in my eyes (PS3 version). It just felt really rigid for me, and it didn't look or feel very polished. It's strange, because everybody's praising how fluid Lara's movement felt. She would stop for me whenever I tried running the…

Anybody else noticed that COD games are now priced like sports games? I.e. the newest entry in the franchise remains more or less full price until the next one is out? I still haven't played Black Ops II because I'm not willing to pay full price for it.

The hair looks too light, that's the only problem I see with TressFX. Gravity doesn't seem to pull it down as strongly.

I feel like frame-rate and performance are the biggest issue at the moment. For me, nice graphics only actually look nice if the system seems like it can actually handle them. God of War is impressive because the frame rate is extremely high, despite the epic scale and beautiful graphics. I want EVERY game to run at…

Really? Nobody?

Of all the modern religions, Mormonism has got to be the most puzzling. It's origins are SO dubious - it's absolutely crazy that anybody can be so gullible as to actually fall for it! Even if you were raised in it, how are you unable to see that it's so obviously not true???

Seriously? I'm the only one? I'm playing the PS3 version. It's almost like there's a cut-off point when moving the left stick from the forward position into a diagonal one...get too close to the horizontal mark and she just stops running. I'm finding I have to just push the stick forward and "turn" using the camera.…

Anybody else finding that Lara gets stuck on the environment a lot? It makes the movement feel really rigid!

Does anybody else find that Lara tends to get stuck on the environment a lot? The movement feels really sticky and rigid. That's my only complaint so far.

I think this demo was semi-legit. The walking around at the start didn't look player-controlled, but after the shooting began, it was definitely gameplay.