I would rather complain that Naveen Andrews (Sayid from Lost) is NOT playing the Prince.

@Michael Dukakis: Oh, I'm in stitches, I don't think I can bear it!

Recently popped in my copy of Metroid Prime Trilogy (finally!), playing Echoes right now. It really is amazing how intuitive the Wiimote is to FPSs.

@tinglydwarf: It could also be a "play" room, where baby and other kids have free reign. So, agreed, kids just equal messy sometimes.

I don't know if I can be considered a "hardcore" gamer, I only get to play for maybe an hour a day, if I do at all, a little more on weekends. I play everything from Tetris to GTA. On my Wii I own some of these "hardcore" games, Madworld, the first Red Steel, No More Heroes, House of the Dead: Overkill, among…

@W10002: Honestly I wish they would bring the fireflower back, properly. Not a limited-time-based power up, but something you keep until you're hit.

Is it like the original Star Ocean with the two characters where only the beginning is really different? Or is it truely completely two different games?

I remember an early episode of ER were the desk employees were obsessing over Doom. My Dad and I at the time were also obsessed with Doom and Doom 2 and DoomWADS and pirated levels and patches and seeing it on television was like a vindication for our current gaming addicition. I thought it was represented well, but…

@CLanceMcP: Well, 1-6 all followed a very similar pattern and visual style, introducing new elements and depth, but they were unmistakably FF games. Then came VII, introducing 3D environments, high-production cut-scenes for the story, it was a hell of a lot more emmersive. Then VIII pushed it further and went a…

@Akisazame: Shit, all I've seen on it was that it had a more real-world look, like the Spirits Within movie...that's awesome, thanks!

I'm all for Square evolving their series, but something I have missed ever since IX is the overworld. I loved X, X-2 i really enjoyed the story (save the concerts, that was weird), and XII. I've yet to play XIII, though I intend to, I'm a FF fan. From the sound of it, it's like X in that it's all straight lines,…

What's worse is that after the lengthy introductory cinema there's more tutorial about shooting your gun, then throwing grenades, then you enter true gameplay (yes!) and are told this is a "stealth mission," and not to alert anyone to your presence. So, I went through all the fighting and shooting to sneak through a…

So these are, like...Mario Party for the sado-masochist in your family? I couldn't get behind Saw. I mean, once Carey Elways finally got to cutting off his foot, the "tension" had already become humorous more than scary, I was laughing my ass off.

@Dnyde: Level grinding in FF's. Shenanigans in GTA. :P

On a very serious note, Dune was the first novel I bought (that wasn't in a catalogue the teacher handed me at the end of every month). It was extremely difficult to read. So I had to do the whole, let's go back over that-bit. I fell in love with how complicated it was, and it's subsequent sequels. Frank Herbert's…

I'm late to the party on this, hell, I don't even own an XBox...but does anyone else think that chick from Mass Effect 2 looks like a big boobed Kelly Clarkson? It's been nagging me for a while...

Maybe because video games are my vicarious life of adventure and excitement, I tend to give my subjects in god-sim games a life of opulence. I like building palaces and cheating my way to independent wealth so that I can give my "pets" a living room bigger than most people's entire house with a large screen…

@jayntampa: I own that game. Bought it for the daughter. She loves it. Crap game? Sure. My kid loves it, though, so worth the money. But I see what you're saying. There is some definite shite out there that is made for money-grubbing's sake only.

@norealityallowed: Would it work if you downloaded the Euro store's content to your US disc-based game?

@SpringerFinger: But I own and have played every titular FF to date. Graphics and story are what compell me.