Recent content by dl_wraith

This may sound a bit like a complaint but hear me out before pressing the troll alarm. It really is a request for help. I promise. Like most of you here I've enjoyed the Escapist's content over the years but after months of issues with the site I now feel like abandoning it altogether is my...

Wow. 1 step forwards and two steps back for the Sonic franchise then. Seems we're back to 3D Sonic games that don't really know what they want to be. People don't play Sonic games for the brawler walk-about sections - when are they going to get this point? There are MUCH better games out there...

Sorry, bub, but that's not the only example or even the first example. The same things HAVE been said of the Star Wars films, of the Indiana Jones franchise, of the Mad Max trilogy, and many other well-loved film series. The one that sticks in my head though is Highlander. Highlander two was so...

I have to say that the way Jim handles this sort of subject and his own honesty about his opinions, beliefs and standpoint is the reason that I returned to watching the Jimquisition and have a lot of time to absorb Jim's own professed point of view. I have to say that I HATED the early run of...

My only surprise is that this type of decline didn't come sooner, as many ex-staff and ex-GW gamers have been predicting for years. Back in the annals of history there was little alternative to GW's games and minis line (particularly here in the UK) certainly if you were looking to play...

Seriously?? Can x be evil again? That's the beauty of any tabletop RPG system - you can do what you like with it. Just because a book doesn't specifically say that being evil is allowed is no barrier to playing that way. I've ran evil parties (and evil individuals in largely good or neutral...

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1) Yeah, the DS version was enhanced and had other character arcs to play (see details here: http://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_64_DS) 2) I have a looooong history of gaming. Doesn't surprise me that I've listed stuff you will have played. I was quite voracious with my gaming that gen. 3) 2...

You, Sir, I applaud. [claps] There was me thinking I was a freak for thinking Generations was a great game. Even made the 3d levels work a lot better than Adventure/Heroes/2006/Unleashed.

Have you tried running a VM of an earlier OS? Whenever I have a problematic game that usually works for me.

Not sure why you'd think that. Mechanisms for backwards compatibility have existed across most console generations in one form or another and certainly have shaped some peoples buying habits. My earliest run-in with backwards compatibility was back in the Commodore 64 era (see my earlier post...

Interesting question. For me backwards compatibility was also a big selling point and was a reason to get the wife a PS2 (our PSX discs would work). I bought the master gear converter for my Genesis and the Gameboy players for both the SNES and the GameCube..... need I go on? These days it...

Wow, good question (and a lot of great answers here). I have so many to list I'll save you the boredom and hit a few that haven't yet been mentioned here: Ninja Theory's DmC - I know DMC3 was mentioned but after all the fanboy mewling that went with the reboot I ignored it and wrote it off...

Hey, Reaper, I know this may sound like I'm being contentious so please take this in the spirit its intended (friendly banter): If you're playing Mario games for cohesive plots (or even expecting one in any Mario game) then you need to play more franchises, dude :) Sorry Mario - your...

As it happens I may just have a DS copy knocking about somewhere. I got given one as a present and had one bundled with my original DS. I still have mt N64 but no Mario64 cart. [looks outside windows to see if the angry mob have found us yet] I'll take a look for it tonight but beware - it's...