Recent content by Garfunkel00

SSI's Pool of Radiance from 1988.

Claiming that ME/DA rival F1/F2/BG in challenge isn't really claiming that much since those games are not really challenging games either. In all of those 3 games the challenge mainly comes from wandering, unprepared, into a hostile zone. The difficulty in ME1/2 comes from the patience of not...

Why do you even have to "wait and see"? Hasn't the last 5+ years of PR-doublespeak and idiotic hype taught you nothing? The game will be nothing but scripted shooter. The only variable is whether its going to be cover-based or not. They are making it for the XBox first, for crying out loud...

It's PERFECT DARK not Alone in the Dark. Do try to understand the question before answering, helps a lot. Bollocks. There is no replay value in a completely linear game. Don't mix "replayability" with "much optional content". None of those games is any good after a single play-through...

There are no real roleplaying games for xbox.

If only it was that but since the gaming industry turned into a Hollywood-rivalling trillion dollar business, the only target for nearly every game company is the profit line and to hell with everything else. MW2 is a great example - its mind boggling how Infinity Ward & Activision managed to...

Oh and maybe, just maybe, you could understand that not every game is supposed to be NHL2009. Or Halo3. Since when did it became a holy mission for players to praise every game published? Risen is not a perfect game - it has its flaws, but it IS a solid 8/10 game. But luckily Piranha Bytes...

It's a sad day when even the reviewer for The Escapist is a deadlines consoletard. Most of the complaints are straight from the XBox-port, which seems to quite horrible, and even then it's more "why does this game actually challenge my brain instead of just hand-holding me to end game" instead...