I’m not against dungeon crawling, but I am against a poor looking first person clunky one. And the fact that there’s zero combat animations was a big downside for me.

Yeah, I agree. Recently my cousin was playing a demo on his Vita and I asked what it was. Turns out it was Dungeon Travelers 2. I saw only some menu screens, which looked pretty fantastic. Crisp and colourful and the art was really nice.

I don’t doubt you’re absolutely correct, but from a consumer standpoint, it sucks. Regardless of Sony’s internal business strategy regarding pricing the Vita, they disappointed a lot of customers and scared away a lot more.

So, I want to know: how do you cope? Does it bother you that there’s a pile of unplayed games sitting beneath your TV? Have you become more selective, or narrowed your gaming taste? And if you do manage to play all these enormous games, how the hell do you manage it?

Fair enough. Still, it just doesn’t play for me. Maybe I’m too old, maybe I’m too jaded, maybe I have just had my fill of traditional superheroes. I’m much more enjoying stuff like Trees, The Injection, Bitch Planet, Nameless and stuff along those lines. Oh, and the new Star Wars comics are fun so far.

Maybe. I think it’s just a big disconnect when they try to show superheroes in the non-super parts of their lives. It’s one of the reasons I don’t read traditional capes anymore.

I’d just like to point out how weird it is that they’re all just sitting around watching tv in costume.

Clearly, as I was unable to resist at all. It doesn’t help that my cousin and I form a money spending, game buying feedback loop.

Curse you for linking this. I just pre-ordered it.

I can’t add too much to the other replies you’ve received, but depending on how much complexity you and her are willing to tolerate or embrace you could try:

How about just impound the cars and send them to the crusher, by “accident”.

I’m waiting on Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn from Plaid Hat. Clumsy title I know, but this one is looking very promising. Elements of CCGs and deck building as well as some dice rolling. Has amazing design and art direction too.

I don’t know if he’s still around but there’s a Kinja-person around somewhere with the handle “Metta Whirled Peas”. One of the best Kinja names.

Who said anything about go karts? I could probably find a car for 1K on craigslist and spend another $700 to make it into a beater rally racer.

You might as well just buy a car, for that price.

All I see is a designer trying to be “edgy” or “future” by putting traditionally women’s shoes and shapes on men.

As another Vancouverian, it’s always a fun game to spot local streets, buildings and landmarks in pretty much every TV show and movie I watch.

I say almost exactly the same thing. My g/f gives me funny looks with she here’s me respond with a “I’ma extract errybody, Kaz”

As you complete main missions, it does unfold a story. Some of the side ops also feed into the story. You don’t necessarily experience it in a linear fashion, but it’s there.

MGS games aren’t “real world” games, they’re military-espionage-sci-fi-occult games. It’s fine if that’s not what does it for you, but since MGS on Playstation they’ve had that element, and as tech has improved, Kojima has added more of those elements.