I guess when I think about a review telling me to purchase a game, the actual price doesn't ever factor in to it. It's more of a "Should I spend money on this game" rather than "Should I spend $60 on this game". The money part is abstracted a bit. Depending on my interest level, a game might be worth $60 or $40 or…

In addition to being subjectively "bad" games can also be broken or microtransaction scams. Or even just malware. In those cases I'd advise anyone that not only is the game "bad" it also shouldn't be bought.

Um... if you asked your friends for their opinion on something, they wouldn't give it to you? Or what? Because that's basically what a review is.

I agree. Borderlands is interesting. I think we haven't had the power (at least on consoles) to pull off much more than that before now. This is the sort of thing where I think you'd need to build a graphics engine from the ground up to do it. Otherwise you'll just swamp your artists trying to "draw" an entire 3D game.

This time you should wait for the review of the Last Guardian before buying a console just for that. I don't think even a release date can be trusted at this point.

Well I was really trying to convey my desire for games to look more like art/painting/drawings in motion rather than realistic 3D models. Ni No Kuni is just the only game that has come anywhere close (that I can remember).

I'm hoping we get more games that look like Ni No Kuni (or similar). Especially if they have a similar painterly feel but are also deal with darker subjects. Art Style > graphics, at least to me.

While I do think some people over reacted, sharing your opinion is not a bad thing. If you happened to want an Xbox One, but didn't like the way they were going with it, it's a good idea to share your displeasure along with not pre-ordering. Otherwise, all Microsoft sees is that no one wants their console, but they…

If people had just preordered a console whose policy's they didn't agree with, Microsoft probably wouldn't have been having to play catch up.

This is how it worked out for me. Sure windows loads near instantly now, but unfortunately my stupid bios takes several seconds. I'd need to upgrade to a newer EFI based motherboard to see any real improvements.

Actually I still think it looks decent. And it has (IMO) aged better than the original Xbox design has. I can see how people might think it's boxy and boring, but I think it has it's charms. I also just may prefer more subtle consoles than ones that scream "gaming machine".

Except this is a single use format. It's not being mass produced to be used in hundreds of different devices. So economies of scale will never kick in.

Doesn't the PS4 already use OpenGL? Actually isn't the playstation OS based on the Linux kernal? Seems like if you're already going to release a game on PS4, it wouldn't be much of a jump to release to linux. I'm assuming they didn't do this before because lack of market share on linux and the PS3's architecture was…

Even if you're a lefty, he still seems to be holding the axe sideways. I'd expect a more vertical angle. Unless he's intentionally trying to hit them with the broadside of the axe.

Yes! That just looked like the most awkward way to hold an axe. Hoping that's just placeholder graphics/animations...

I don't know why everyone is getting on your case. It's pretty reasonable to expect the game to release in an unpolished state. They can say we don't know for sure (which we don't), but it's also not inconceivable. Especially when the game is still this raw after a full year of delays. There is a very good chance that…

I don't know, shaking my head or turning quickly does result in blurred vision, but it feels much different than motion blur in a game. I think there is just something confusing to my brain when I can look at a perfectly in focus monitor showing a blurred image. Whatever it is, it *isn't* motion blur as I experience…

I don't think you understand, this isn't a matter of "detecting smaller details". As far as Black/White go, the hackers have figured out how pokemon are put together down to the byte level. Basically, if pokemon were a human, they are creating another exact copy all the way down to their very atoms. There is no…

The general idea is that version 1 is complete, while version 2 represents the initial round of bug fixing that most new products seem to require these days. It's to prevent "day one patch" scenarios. However, there's still no substitute for having the device in the hands of thousands of people, so we still end up…

Came here to say this, but then realized it's probably a type of squirrel