"Not yet" is a no. It's a no with a but, ie - "Do not buy this game right now, but may be playable in future. Cross your fingers, but right now it's a 'no'."

Umm, no. That came nine months later. The review used to say "Not Yet."

Alternate title: Nine Months Later, Time To Run Away From A Shameful Review

It's not everyday that a composer like Studio Ghibli's Joe Hisaishi decides to score a video game, but we can be thankful he finally did. Sweeping pieces like the world-map music above greatly helped Ni No Kuni feel epic and special, the rare sort of massive, magical game that we so rarely get to play anymore. I…

New York may not be officially included in that term, but no, it definitely counts. NYC even more-so.

Exactly what I was going to say. NYC and DC are definitely not New England. Though I can understand why there's a general misconception among people who aren't from the Northeastern part of the US.

And you've failed to respond adequately to either point, as expected.

1) There is no monolithic "Kotaku opinion" on anything.

why does hip hop get a pass?

Yeah, it's gotten to the point where you have to pre-empt the pre-emptive, defensive anti-feminist posts.

There we go! Now we're on our way to Male Outrage City.

I can't wait for somebody to be like, "I can't wait for somebody to get all outraged at the LoL cosplayer objectifying women."

No, I don't disagree. GTA 5 is a high water mark in terms of overall production and craft.

Actually, you're wrong. Space operas do emphasize space travel. Otherwise you could argue that pretty much any story is technically a space opera, as long as it takes place in something approximating the universe as we know it. Calling Halo a space opera is stretching the category to the point of meaninglessness.

I think what it comes down to is whether you simply travel to one planet, and then all the action takes place there, or if traveling between planets and solar systems is a big part of the game, and also includes space battles, dramatic scenes, and character-building taking place while in space. I'm not getting the…

The fact that there's no overarching emphasis on space travel, and that most of the action is planetary/terrestrial.

Space operas emphasize space travel. Most of the action in Halo is terrestrial/planetary, and there is no real in-transit drama, or a real connection to spaceships, etc. Mass Effect, on the other hand, has a spaceship as your "home base" (the Normandy). This ship is where most of the character interactions take place,…

That's great for the books! But no, the games aren't space operas.

No, Halo is not a space opera (nor is this). Space operas place a heavy emphasis on space travel, with all or much of the action and drama occurring aboard ships in transit, etc. In video games, Mass Effect is a perfect example of this, since the Normandy is clearly the player's "home base" and much of the series is…

Except this isn't a space opera.