Recent content by emordino

Man, Delta Force was GREAT. One game that had a big influence on me was Betrayal at Krondor, which I got free with a magazine in an airport. I'd never touched fantasy before, but I ended up chewing through every fantasy book in my local library. It was the first time I'd really "owned" my...

If a game's too easy then it doesn't feel like a game to me... it's just like clicking through menus for a couple of hours. For a difficult game to be satisfying it has to strike a balance. STALKER and CoD on the highest difficulty, for instance, are just relentlessly hard all the time and it...

Traditions of the Trade in the original Hitman is one of the best levels ever made. I can't count how many times I've played through it. I'll second the last mission of Metal Slug 3 (because of the way it catches you completely by surprise, and because of how awesomely epic it is) and The Life...

That's the nuts of it... however I don't think CoD is too bad, the leveling is done in such a way that you can do well no matter what level you're on. Plus I play it on PC without voice chat, so I don't have to endure the young uns.