Recent content by drawthreecards

First of all, my name should not remind of Ancestral Recall, it should remind you of Ancestral Vision. Next, about work and games in the same sentence. It's a bit of personal taste as to how much work you want to put into a game. Let's face it; God of War is great fun, but even on easy you...

The main difference that fighting games have from other multiplayer genres is that FG's are meant to be more personal. A 5v5 team match on Halo is fun, but at the end of the day it's just 9 random people playing with you. In a FG, it's 1 person. A friend, family member, or a person who just...

It's exactly as I feared. Some people are so heavily influenced by modern passive media (TV, movies, music) that they expect video games to convey the same types of stories. It's okay for a game to have a long story, and it's okay for that story to be full of japanese cultural convention...

Probably a polished 2D fighter with a 1-player mode that actually has relevance, not unlike Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For me, fighting games can be great button-mashing fun OR great calculated combat fun. However, pretty much every single fighting game had nothing to it except the core fighting...

Haven't you heard? Every genre is recycled crap these days.

Good as usual. I wonder what you'll review when you get another "week off" from the Escapist. I liked JRPGs growing up, and I still occasionally enjoy them, but they seem rather outdated. More and more I can't help but think to myself while playing: "I could play an MMO if I wanted to level...

God Hand (I'll take Madworld as God Hand 2, though) Klonoa 2