Recent content by limmers

Software dev here - not in the games industry, mind. If you're anything like my company, I assume you work reasonably closely with the devs - so it would be interesting to hear your spin on this. Do you think gamers act unreasonably about bugs and optimization issues in games, given the...

Also, while it's not an open-world game, I think you may enjoy the combat in Enslaved: Odyssey To The West - it's got that Arkham-esque simple, but impactful approach to combat going on, with lots of cinematic close-ups for killing blows, and you often find yourself methodically clearing areas...

As others have said, the Wii U's got a handful now, but I think for the more discerning gamer not interested in this year's instalment of Assassin's Creed, Call Of Duty or FIFA, Bloodborne will be the first one to be released on the 'proper' next-gen consoles (PS4/XBone).

Sleeping Dogs immediately springs to mind for melee-based, third-person open world combat - in fact I'd probably say the combat system is better, as you can get through most fights in Arkham by spamming the counter button. Sleeping Dogs' combat system is a bit more involved, and you can use the...

I've always found it difficult to fathom how, during the development of LoL/DOTA, someone just didn't take a step back and think "Hmm, perhaps expecting ten people to commit to matches that regularly wind up somewhere north of 45 minutes is perhaps a little unrealistic". Especially when (at...