Recent content by Anarex

http://i.imgur.com/taEe0.png I found this to be amusing

It makes you wonder how he got through Devil May Cry 3 and Ninja Gaiden 2. Was he playing on easy to make sure he finished in time for a review?

I love this use of a generic term to mean an exact figure. Long periods between checkpoints, i.e. too long for you. For some reason each game has to have a check point system designed around your personal tolerance for frustration and challenge. Maybe you better nail down what exact length...

You say nightmares but I bet deep down inside you are proud of yourself for beating games like the older Rainbow 6. That ultimately, you look back on the experience as favorable and it brings you joy (assuming you eventually won).

Not legitimate? Is it not legitimate to disable the save feature in an rpg in the middle of a fight? Is it not legitimate to have a check point system versus a save whenever you want system? What about requiring you to use a limited item to save? Was Resident Evil not legitimate? Is it not...

They are the people who have adjusted their expectations. People who just don't remember the feelings of joy and accomplishment they got from beating those ancient NES titles. People who have become casual gamers out of necessity. I am not saying its wrong. I don't have time to game seriously...

All this debate about whether the checkpoint system is really about difficulty is silly and should stop. It really just boils down to whether you want to play a game that inspires real fear or not. People that get truly upset about having wasted there time when they die should not be playing the...

Without making a big thing about it, checkpoints and save points directly effect difficulty. No matter how hard a game is, there are always patterns. The game is trying to figure out the patterns. The hardest games are those that offer the fewest chances to learn the entire pattern. The...

you cannot turn of vita chambers on bioshock for the xbox

This idea that creating an "easy" instant win mode has no effect on the "very hard" difficulty setting is a joke. Difficulty across any one game has a range. If you make an instant you win mode, the hardest setting gets easier. Why? Because it has to be very hard, but not impossible, for the...

The idea that, if given the option, Yahtzee would play a game on easy just makes it worse for me.

My problem with this review is that now, Yahtzee just seems like a jerk who will never be pleased. If you go back to the Bioshock review you will see that he was upset with the instant respawn chambers. He clearly thinks that you need to space out your check points further than that to make a...