Recent content by AndreyC

It's not that easy. I'll try to explain: the reason why such things are so incredibly expensive here in Brazil is mostly because of taxes. There is a strict tax policy regarding imported "non-essential" products. Also, when most of the profit doesn't stay in the country (it's the case for...

I think you guys are forgetting that the whole concept of streaming console image to a portable device was already on the PS3-PSP via remoteplay. It's possible to play games on the PSP streamed directly from your PS3, as well as have specific interation between the platforms. The problem is...

Disappointing. That was one of those announcements that made me want to buy a Wii.

I'm a law student, and I have to say copyright laws are by far the most annoying juridic guarantee there is. Not that there shouldn't be copyright protection, but some lawsuits are plain silly and the interpretation given to the law is just too strict...

Wow, Eternal Punishment's story was absolutely awesome, the best JRPG story I've ever experienced, how can Innocent Sin be this bad? I don't think so, maybe you just like things more stright forward and/or excessively plausible. A dark fantasy story set in the modern world is impossible if you...

Except she was not the one who made the or ordered the creation of the game. It was made by supporters from the website "Dilma na Rede" (Dilma Online). And the game really sucks, BTW. Voting on her anyway because Lula has been doing a great job so far and I wouldn't want to go back to the...

Snake Eater 3D sold me a 3DS. I just wished they put a second analog stick on the damn system. Ok, it has a the touchscreen, that's cool and all, but some games simply NEED two analog sticks. The system would be the most versatile ever control-wise with a second analog stick. But it looks...

You like to talk about things you know nothing about, don't you? Tekken 3 has a lot of balancing issues. BTW, if there's one thing the Tekken professional community agrees, is that every new entry of the game is a major improvement over the others in pretty much every way (from a competitive...

Two words: Big Boss. It's awesome how Kojima introduces a typical fortress building villain, and have him be defeated by the most typical hero ever (Big Boss vs. Snake in MG1 and MG2, both for the MSX). Almost two decades and two sequels later, he releases a game (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake...

I would like to see what western developers would do to "improve" CT, out of curiosity, but beforehand I suspect it would suck. See, the focus of most JRPGs is having, if not realistic, at least memorable and charismatic characters. They put a lot of emotion in their characters. The majority...

I get your point. Anyway, the biggest masterpieces of literature and cinema also suffer from this. I'm not comparing MGS to them, I'm just saying that's something that happens. The more depth a work of art has, the more difficult it is for an average reader/viewer/gamer to understand it fully...

Not really. Storytelling and gameplay integrate very well in MGS. Storytelling gives you motivation to play the game. If you don't need motivation to shoot the bad guys, than just skip the cutscenes. But if you do so, a lot of things won't make sense in the gameplay, because gameplay borrows...

About the actual storyline content, it all comes down to taste. Some people just can't seem to enjoy the kind of storyline Kojima delivers, doesn't matter if it's a game, or a movie, or a book, or a comic book. I know some people that, no matter how good it is, just can't enjoy a movie or...

For people who are talking about MGS long cutscenes: Not everyone likes to play videogames just for ludic entertainment. Some people can appreciate videogames as a storytelling form, and that's what Kojima delivers. Also, gameplay becomes that much more fun when the story delives extra...

I'm SO excited for TGS. New Kojima game, The Last Guardian, probably Ico Collection and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. TGS is always so much better than E3, at least for me. I for, one, love TGS because, as a japanese event, they always reveal japanese games and focus on the japanese market. E3 is...