Have you played Far Cry 2? It's an open-world shooter set in a fictional war-town African country. It has some great gun-play, a satisfying sense of weapon/inventory progression, and some fun opportunity for exploration. It has a slower, more thoughtful pace than a mission-based game like COD or whatnot, and despite a…

What really scares me is the chest:nipple ratio.

For some reason that I don't fully understand, drawing your own maps with the stylus is, if not "necessary," absurdly awesome. Maybe it's because it makes the pace of the game more methodical and thoughtful, maybe it's because the mechanic adds an original challenge by forcing you to live and die by your own…

Trauma Center.

Yeah, I'm getting a huge kick out this game too. I was surprised to see that there's almost as many references to Dragon Quest as to Zelda, not to mention Final Fantasy, etc.

Thanks for the reply. I guess I just assumed that the AV Club didn't get advance copies because I'd seen several people state it without ever being corrected, so I'm glad that's cleared up. The fact that you (and presumably other reviewers) see the reviews as a catalyst for dialog actually goes a long way toward…

Most do, but not the AV Club, unless something has changed. Has something changed? Inquiring minds want to know.

now wait just a damn minute….
This game doesn't come out until tomorrow. Did the AV Club finally get an advance copy of a game, or did you import it?

Is anyone else actually playing this game?
I just got this a couple days ago, but I'm actually starting to get into it. The major interest of the game (at least for me) is the online co-op mode, which is something like a cross between an MMO and Monster Hunter. The few online quests I've done so far have been quick…