In my reply to the author I mentioned that the original was gorgeous. This isn't a crayon-drawing wonderland. It's a pastel blorby vomitberg.

The sad reality is that the inside of the cookie is coated with chocolate, and will therefore never sog with the milk. That's the cookie equivalent of going to Hell.

I can see how it's supposed to be the evolution of that look, but the earlier (and yes, "earlier" might well have been improved upon) trailers had almost a disjointed cut-out look. Kind of like there were lingering pixels on the fringes of the characters that stuck out of a chromakey, green-screen background or…

I honestly think this is one of the ugliest games Nintendo's ever put out. I'm sure it looks better in motion, but yeesh.

I really hope someone opens a Vanilluxe ice cream parlor.

Is this some kind of sign that the franchise is Tony Hawking?

Well I'm sorry our trust-bond is broken. I guess you won't be reading any of my other appraisals of games and contesting why I enjoy them, or coming to the office Christmas party.

I said "great?" I believe I was justifying "perfect." When did I concede the gameplay was anything but? Reading comprehension.

I played it through four times for trophies, and every time was a joy. Also I'd almost criticize it for being too long - it's like a 20 hour game (its average completion time on howlongtobeat is 15.5 hours).

You're right - I forgot that if a firearm-wielding enemy is dispatched stealthily, there is almost no likelihood of obtaining ammo. If dispatched with a gun, though, he'll almost always yield bullets, even on survivor.

The enemies are loaded up because they're all group-scavengers who have a somewhat-organized…

No, I validated my enjoyment of the gameplay and then said even if it were sub-par, which is it not, it'd still be a great game. Reading comprehension.

I don't agree. The guns have heft, the stealth is great, managing resources (making a curative compared with making a molotov) felt like it carried tangible weight for the supplied you'd scavenged. But it's elevated so much by its characters, I wouldn't care if the gameplay were a match-three puzzler.

The Last of Us.
It blends stellar performances and visual artistry into the most compelling videogame narrative ever. Any one enemy can cause your death and overcoming packs of them is intensely rewarding. The characters are people who seem every bit as real as those in an episodic HBO drama and Santolalla's score…

Every year Naughty Dog released a game, that game. For 2012 Dishonored, for 2010 Bioshock 2, for 2008 Bioshock PS3, for 2006 uh... Singstar?

Is this trolling because it incorrectly uses the subjunctive "was" instead of "were?" Because I thought Link was already a chick. She looks pretty cute in that tunic with those earrings, hangs around with fairies, and most the upgrades she gets are shoes.

Until we learn this is an official Nintendo license. They truly have fallen on hard times.

Powerpuff Girls have definitely come to harvest ADAM, Mr. B.

Entirely possible (with 6 and 7), but I didn't play 4 until around the same time or after I'd played X.

It's amazing how unmemorable the characters of 13, 12, and 10 were compared with the hot streak that gave us Cecil, Rydia, Locke, Terra, Celes, and Aeris.

For those wary of "two hours of DLC," I began this at 8:30AM and completed it at 12:00PM on the Hard difficulty. It features several whole-feeling new areas. I think it's well worth the $20 of the season pass (or $15 standalone).