bluefish

I just want to say that it is a launch title. Games will look WORLDS better on XB1 and PS4 over the next few years. BF4 doesn't mean shit. PC's will be better, but really, good for them. Journey is still the best looking game I've played in my life.

haha, yUUUUp

Leader of the 3rd street Saints. I'm completely fucked. At least I'll when I die it will friggin rad.

Everybody's got opinions, children take sides.

I take it as how it's looking in terms of the direction it's taking. eg. You didn't even have to watch a lick of gameplay to know that The Darkness 2 wasn't taking an approach I found compelling, so it wasn't 'looking good' leading up to release.

Visually it looks pretty nice, but I didn't care as the core choices made in the design weren't well directed imo.

Most titles rated as 'mature' really mean 'completely juvenile.' The terms has unfortunately become riddled with buff dudes, hyper sexualized women, dumb ass writing, tons of blood and the creative ambition of a 12 year old boy who just figured out he could draw naked women in his textbooks. This is all some people see it as.

Stuff like Last of Us is what I consider a 'mature' game when not looking at the ersb sense of the word. Does this title appeal to an adult intellect? An adult emotional spectrum? Is it an adult respect and use of the medium?

Maybe all this makes me sound haughty and I suppose I am a bit. (but I enjoy Saints Row 3 and Halo as much as the next guy) But I mean that things like Limbo, Last of Us and Journey are some of the most mature games I've played in recent history.

I did feel like it treated women as pretty/soft/sexy things at times and I felt it pandered to the male gaze of it's audience. I'm no better. I spend probably %15 of my time with saints row 3 making my lady character look as awesome as possible but it did degrade the credibility of the game in my eyes. Only slightly.

1) Bioshock

2) don't make me

3) choose

Most of the launch games look really solid but none get my fire going aside from maybe Octadad: Dadliest Catch. Which, frankly, makes me feel weird about buying a next gen console when they launch...

Fair point. At some points it does feel like a "my weekend" podcast.

You forgot Splinter Cell Blacklist, aug 20