Recent content by I_B_Ready

a little off topic but I always found this interesting. A lot has to do with social perception. it's always been believed that gamers are antisocial shut-ins who would rather spend free time playing a video game, versus going out and doing something social. and even with the advent of...

Gaming to relax, and to enjoy yourself isn't really so much a waste of time as it is your chosen way to unwind once you've gotten what you need to do done. I think gaming (or any other hobby for that matter) becomes a waste of time when it takes priority over other things in your life that need...

I know FFXIII gets a lot of flack for the auto-battle option, but man, later in the game, auto battle is a life saver. to have to manually enter all your actions and be able to effectively shift paradigms, seems like an awfully taxing experience. I've never been much of a grinder, but if...

yup. if you don't block and dodge you WILL get wrecked. So far I've only gotten to the second boss, and it's a pretty staunch challenge, in the old beat-em-up vein. It's too bad that there's no online multiplayer though, since going it alone can be kind of tedious, and playing with a few...

there is an option to make it less shaky. it's called steady cam. I dig the stylization they're going for, and while being ugly is sort of the point, man, it does look a little rough in spots that should be more polished. I never played the first one, and I wasn't really playing games...

its' a shame that there won't be a second go round for this one. I'm at the endgame, and while this game is by no means refined, that hasn't stopped it from being a fun time. There's a lot wrong with it, the lockpicking/hacking/overriding minigames are painfully annoying, the aiming system...

the loading times are rediculously slow. but despite that it's a fun game. the one player offline experience is meh, but the modding aspect and trying out some of the races and seeing what others (or yourself) come up with is the real fun.

you should be able to get the beta if you pre-order MOH, but if you already had BC2, or were a member of the press, then the beta opened a few days earlier. the beta opened to everyone with a key today.

the biggest problem is the freezing. it renders the beta unplayable. there are little things like aiming that needs to be tweeked, or grenade splash damage, but I've NEVER been able to finish a game on the Insurgent side because I always freeze. I even kill two people, and run out to be...

Real Sheps bring everyone back. and someone earlier mentioned that Jacob isn't a viable squad leader choice. this isn't true (I regularly pick Jacob to lead since I usually want Miranda or Garrus with me.). the three viable squad leaders are Miranda, Jacob and Garrus. the Tech specialists are...

so far the multiplayer feels a lot like Bad Company 2, which makes sense since DICE is handling that part. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but, I wonder how different multiplayer and the singleplayer will be since it's two different developers handling it. I'm not even sure they'll be...

well, the biggest glitch going right now is the insurgent freezing (on the ps3 at least) forcing you to Hard Reset your console. it's usually tied to kill streaks, so getting one will usually cause a freeze, but I just froze switching classes in between respawns. hopefully it'll be patched...

most of the time I'd agree with you, but Voldo is supposed to be able to fight you with his back turned to you. if he was unable to block his back, there'd be hardly any reason for Voldo to ever fight that way. so in his case I'll allow it. and yes. Team Versus needs to make a triumphant...

totally agree with points 5 & 2. I don't really play Soul Calibur for the customization. it seems superfluous to make a character when really the only difference between them is clothes they wear. the classes you choose from feel inferior to the regular characters, so if you're really into...

Doing my best to not sound like an art snob here, but as said before, art is subjective. There are times where the piece isn't meant to be understood, but to provoke thought, even if the only thought is "why the hell did the artist make this?"