Recent content by whatabout_paul

Hell, he?s the only reason I started poking around the Escapist, reading the articles, posting on the forum? all of it. I might not agree with some of his criticism of games but I can see where he?s coming from most of the time and generally find his videos entertaining. Actually that?s an...

My appreciation got GTA had wavered over the years. The first GTA was fantastic yet I never bothered to buy number 2 as it was more of the same. 3 I liked but had no compulsion to buy Vice City until launch day and liked it over 3. San Andreas I couldn?t wait for and I bought a PSP to play...

The problem with Sonic games is that they haven?t worked as well in 3D as they did in 2D, but to say every game since Sonic & Knuckles does a disservice to some of the good Sonic games since. Sonic Adventure and it?s sequel were actually good. Not as good as the 2D games but perfectly good games...

It's on pretty much everything. I just can't work out if the screenshots shown so far are for the Wii or 360 / PS3

QTE?s are ok when you know they are coming or that they play a big part of the game play experience. Shenmue got this perfectly right as you could sense than a choreographed fight was about to kick off or that a chase was about to commence. It didn?t punish you too much when you screwed up...

Manhunt, but I think that?s got more to do with how the gritty realism of the environments and storyline are portrayed. I?m sure gallon for gallon more blood is shed in, say, a Mortal Kombat game but Manhunt just felt more disturbing with it?s violence and ultimately it?s execution scenes...

My two biggest; GTA Vice City, I was trying to get a bike inside a building which I?m sure I managed once or twice by pushing the bike so far into the doorway in front of me that the game loaded inside the club. One time however I tried to exit the club and just passed straight out of the door...

Anything Duke Nukem has ever said. ?Your face, your ass, what?s the difference?? ?I?m gonna rip off your head and s**t down your neck!? ?It?s time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I?m all outta gum.? The guy is a legend for cheesy yet fantastic quotes.

I still think back to Sonic 2 and the last bosses in that. Fighting the first iteration of a Metal Sonic with no rings then a GIANT Dr Robotnik robot was immense. My 8 year old self managed to hit the thing 8 times which was the magic number of times bosses had to be hit in Sonic games to kill...

I don't think System of a Down have made it into a Guitar Hero game so I'd put a song by them in there, no messing.

I?m a wuss when it comes to scary games. Resi 1 on the Saturn had me terrified, even when playing with a friend in the room. The first few zombies to jump out at us had him picking up a random Saturn Light Gun and shooting at the screen like it would make a difference. Code Veronica was bad for...

Male; It's hard to think, not being into guys and all(literally or figuratively) but I?d vote Snake. It?s the mullet, damnit. Female; Ayane from Dead Or Alive. She has pink hair and is a bit of a bad girl. Plus she?s not as over exaggerated as some of the DOA girls. I'm surprised someone...

Sega better get this right. I?ve been a Sonic fan since his first game and have been excited about every release, no matter about the poor quality of the final product. The last Sonic for 360 was utter rubbish however and means I?m approaching Unleashed with more caution. As good as it looks...