Recent content by Phokal

Did your crew survive in ME2? I'd be pretty impressed, even at 26 hrs. Did you skip dialog or let voice actors talk, or use a walkthrough to know where to go? I know ME games can be beaten quickly, but I'm surprised by how quickly you go through it while still doing everything.

Resistance 2 would like a word with you. It supported way more than 4 in it's coop mode, and had a competitive mode on top of that. Coop means all humans are on the same side, fighting an structured AI, or AI bots that fill in for what could be human players. Competitive means humans are...

Oh, no way! I am stating that if that's the logic used for the change, then it *should* go both ways. But it does not, so their reasoning for this change in policy is not sound. Why the arbitrary block that requires $100 for 20 gigs (or whatever it is)? The blocks should scale up and down...

If the plan is "pay what you use" then if you use 100 megs for just email and browsing, that's what should be charged for. 1/60th of the current plan is how much? Not that that is better, but at least it is fair. This is just some jumble of charging for what you aren't using, but with a...

Unfortunately, I've always hated the 'cockpit' design of the mechs in ZOE. Fortunately, the camera is from the back and it hardly ever comes up (even less in ZOE2). Great game. ZOE2 is on my top 10 of all time and one of the few franchises that needs a sequel.

Don't justify the cost of Xbox Live! I want to maintain my outrage! (both serious and sarcastic at the same time...) Of course, in a world without Xbox Live Gold, and Capcom paying to do such things was standard,...then would have capcom done it? Marvel's "What If?" series can address that next.

Ah, proof that my New Year's resolution to buy fewer video games paid off. Damn backlog!

All reviewers also agreed that WoW had "9" or "10" graphics when it was released. Edit: Also, Planescape Torment got worse reviews than Epic Mickey. They also all loved GTA4. But the majority of the forum community seems to hate it. Sometimes, these things just get blown out of...

This. Anyone doing this isn't doing it out of respect of an alternate image. They are trolling. It's common sense. Maybe if you could link your real name and face to it; then I'd be ok letting them put up whatever imagery they want, just as long as the user publicly owns up to what they are...

Fair Use is also in the law books. So, which should be followed? Fair Use or DMCA? And to expand on the Brown vs. Board of Education example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separate_but_equal

The basic argument is: "If you know what is coming, then you can study it as it approaches and appreciate it more." 1) You can also play a game twice. Or three times, as some of my Bioshock obsessed friends have. I enjoyed the shock, as I'm sure I would enjoy studying the build up a second...

The game is heavily story driven, almost to the point of being an RPG-Adventure game hybrid. Playing as an amnesiac hero means most of the story and game is about discovery; not much can be discussed without spoilers. The one thing I think I can mention. Planescape is a realm in DnD (like...

I think the "powerful"ness of the last level was entirely determined by how long you lasted. I stood on the tower thinking "wait, what am I supposed to do now? survive?" and I took a plasma bolt or grenade hit that knocked me off, into immediate death by...something below. Wasn't as...

You just described, very nearly, The Dark Knight Returns (albeit the fighting ability is due to the onset of old age). Great book.

That was the most brutal review I've seen in awhile. I actually enjoyed KL1, in the same way one might enjoy a crappy action movie. I just wish they built in more army commands from Freedom Fighters (the game that preceded KL1 in gameplay/engine). If you haven't played Freedom Fighters, it...