Pretty much what Bear said. If you're going to start playing the Zelda series, there are three great entry points: Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, and A Link to the Past. Each one represents a nuancing of the gameplay from the titles before them, and they're probably the three most accessible of the bunch.

He's British, so the top I'd say.

Not ted danson, do it. It's a game that actually improves in quality the more times you play it. Plus, it has awesome multiplayer that relishes in simplicity of design, depth of strategy.

@Felonious Punk - That's fine, but then don't hold a reviewer in contempt when he dares to disagree about said multiplayer. I'm not saying he can't speak of his experiences, but doing a systematic rundown of multiplayer changes between two games is not that. What you seem to be asking for (please correct me if I'm…

I believe your the one who fails to grasp the point. What are your favorite multiplayer games? Ones you've enjoyed playing, probably with friends, or one's you've been good at competitively. Every person's evaluation of a multiplayer experience, beyond maps and modes and noticeable glitches, is going to be…

I think that it has more to do with Ubisoft wanting the studio to make enough money to support the company's bottom-line before engaging in the potentially risky development of Beyond Good and Evil 2. Ancel and the execs probably have some verbal agreement regarding this.

Let's not forget that if you have an Xbox 360 (which I also own), you have to pay at very cheapest (MSRP) $49.99 for a year of online play. Yes, it's still cheaper, but like Elrond said, the cost of games on the PC is much cheaper, especially about two to three months after release, where you can find some titles at…

@Felonious Punk- Sorry if I came off so annoyed, but having to deal with reading so much bitching about what a review does or does not contain on these comments has made me bitter. But my larger point (that I should have conveyed better) is that a point by point discussion of any multiplayer beyond its included modes…

It's like Infinity Ward played Mass Effect, because they seemingly hired half of its voice acting cast.

Doctor D-Bag, I have a custom built PC that cost me about $750 to make back in 2006, and guess what? I can still play any game released today.

Sorry, but the Orange Box was the single best $60 (or $50 if you were in the PC arena) FPS package ever. Four outstanding FPS efforts, and arguably the greatest first-person puzzle game ever made outweigh the solid MW2 offerings.

Yes, let's spend a ton of time explaining a mode that anyone with a remote interest in the series already knows about, or we could talk about the game as a whole, like a real review or something.

I must agree with Rowan. FFXII's combat system in particular drove me so nuts, that I quit playing the game entirely after about 10 hours with it.

"Man, are Dr. Mrs. the Monarch's boobs getting bigger?"
Pregnancy?! Can we please get that plotline?!

I like that idea for a "Gateways to Geekery". They could not only go with the video games, but also table-top RPGs like D&D. Please get on this!

Not much. The RPG market in general has had a very good year in 2009, and I couldn't be more pleased.

The controls are somewhat similar to KotOR, but they aren't really that much alike. It's a better control scheme than either KotOR or Mass Effect, but still isn't very streamlined. It will take some getting used to, but it never gets in your way.

Modern RPGs can be roughly split (the easiest way) into four major categories: Western RPG, Japanese RPG, Massively Multiplayer Online RPG, and Strategy RPG.

I believe you are forgetting the atrocious subtitles for Dead Rising. Worst…ever…

Yeah, it was probably the first fighting game I ever played, with the two dinosaurs, the two apes, and several other color deviations of other things. But yeah, it was pretty mediocre, and may be why I've had trouble ever liking fighting games since then (although, I do love Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, but they're a…