Recent content by Shakes216

my best friends all act like the people from Psychonauts. Seriously, there have been times I've walked into a room and thought that the game was actually on in the background.

They didn't really "retell" Norse mythology like they said, did they? Seriously, think about it. They wanted to make an action game from the start so they took wat they could and changed what they couldn't use to fit their needs. In a sense it's not a retelling of the mythology, it's a...

Ninja Gaiden II. I just lost interest after seeing the final ending on normal. (i'm the kind of guy who likes to "beat a game" by unlocking everything)

I think this is more about who talking than the area affected. Seriously, people in the US are just whiney. Myself included. I had to get my 360 repaired just last week when it decided that it no longer wanted to work for more htan an hour at a time. I would be playing a game and, once that...

I kind of have a thing about developers not over saturizing a market and trying to shoot for originallity, so my opinion is that there can be no "good" (not to be mistaken for "fun") clone.

Disappointment and shame, thy name be repetitveness and unoriginality. Yeah, we had some landmark games (GTA IV, Halo 3, Gears, MGS4, Ninja Gaiden 2), but have you stopped to take a look at them and examined them? It's just more of the same stuff we've had rehashed with prettier graphics and...

my favorite type of game is the old point and click adventures, like the Monkey island series.

I whole-heartedly agree on all major points. However, i would just like to point out some minor differing opinions. It isn't just the rise of multi-player, but the rise of ONLINE multi-player that has contributed to the lack of story. It was the transition from having to go over to a friends...

The groove-a-tron from Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction. Disco lights, music and the ability to smash enemies unimpeded, what more do you want?