Sargus

Why did nobody remind me to download Picross-e on my 3DS?!? You are all horrible friends.

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#1 Posted by Sargus (665 posts) - 2 days, 6 hours ago

@killacam said:

we can't... it's not out yet. also, come on.

3D Land. on the 3DS. Not 3D World on the Wii U.

Also I don't know about it being the *best* Mario game... Certainly the best handheld Mario game, and easily one of the best Mario games... Makes me really excited for 3D World.

#2 Posted by Sargus (665 posts) - 4 days, 4 hours ago

If you just take a look at the Kickstarter you can see that they were offering the full game for $20 (which is a "Kickstarter price" but the finished game shouldn't be much more expensive). That's a lot lower than $90. I got it for $15 because I got in early.

They're not doing the Minecraft model of "buy the beta cheap now and you'll always get the newest versions, even when the price goes up!" This is completely different.

#3 Posted by Sargus (665 posts) - 10 days, 1 hour ago

@gaspower They mentioned it on their podcast. They are ex-Kotaku employees after all...

I think there are more ex-Joystiq employees at Polygon than ex-Kotaku. And none of the ex-Kotaku guys are on The Besties (their podcast), so... I think you're mistaken?

#4 Posted by Sargus (665 posts) - 10 days, 8 hours ago

Man, so much Polygon hate in this topic...

  • I expressed my frustration with Polygon and their seemingly blatant bias when it comes to PS3 exclusives like Ni no Kuni, for which they gave a 6.5/10
  • I asked if it was coincidental that Polygon receives money from Microsoft in the form of ad revenue, while scoring PS3 exclusives significantly lower than their average
  • I then posted a comment in a Puppeteer article written by Tracy Lien that read something along the lines of "Oh cool! PS3 exclusive? Can't wait to read the sub-6/10 review!"

Yeah, and both Ni No Kuni and The Last of Us were written by that monster Phil Kollar, who would never, ever score a PlayStation exclusive highly.

What's that? What do you mean Persona? Oh... Ohhhhhh. Crap.

Also, Kinect games are all Xbox 360 exclusives, right? Microsoft cares what people think about the Kinect, right? So if Polygon is on Microsoft's payroll, why are all those Kinect reviews scored so low?

People really need to stop easily believing in conspiracy theories in regard to game reviews. I imagine a deal would have to be pretty freakin' great for somebody to even consider taking a bribe, right? I mean, I'm not going to sacrifice my integrity for a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars. So with all this money changing hands with all these game websites, you'd think game journalists would be some of the richest people around. But I dare you to find me a game critic who is anywhere near "rich."

Full disclosure: I review games. I am not rich.

So far I've only played about an hour and a half of The Last of Us, so I'm going to play at least a little further before I decide whether or not I agree with Polygon's review. Seems only fair to me.

Allllll of that said, welcome to the site, dude. I don't say any of this to accuse you of being a horrible person -- just trying to put things in perspective.

#5 Posted by Sargus (665 posts) - 12 days, 23 hours ago
#6 Edited by Sargus (665 posts) - 19 days, 20 hours ago

@isomeri said:

PS: The documentary was initially sold on DVD through GameSpot. It's not sold anywhere anymore so I'm hoping that a hammer's not going to fall down on me for spreading this. No intent to violate copyright on my part and I would be happy to pay for a copy of this.

Both were eventually made free to download on GameSpot itself, so I don't think you need to worry about it.

::EDIT:: Also, these two documentaries played a big role in me saying during high school, "Man, it would be AWESOME to work for GameSpot."

Now I freelance for them. Dreams at least sort of come true.

#7 Posted by Sargus (665 posts) - 20 days, 4 hours ago
#8 Posted by Sargus (665 posts) - 24 days, 5 hours ago

I'm honestly super surprised that so many people in here have positive things to say about RE6. I was not a fan. I've played worse games, for sure, but RE6 was super disappointing.

Of the "newer" RE games, RE4 is my favorite, I like RE5, and I highly enjoy Revelations. RE6 is my least favorite and the one of the group I'd play last if at all.

#9 Posted by Sargus (665 posts) - 26 days, 3 hours ago

At my parents' house, where I lived last year, it was incredibly slow and incredibly unreliable -- it was also the only Internet solution where they live.

Now that I've moved closer to civilization, I have decent and reliable Internet for a fairly inexpensive rate. But the wounds of the slow Internet are still fresh enough that I shake my head at anybody who claims that digital-only is absolutely the way for games to go. Downloading even smaller XBLA games could take hours, and I was never able to play much Diablo III because I always got disconnected. That's an Internet reality for more people than you might think.

#10 Edited by Sargus (665 posts) - 1 month, 9 days ago

Why is there not an option for "It's niche stuff but I AM part of that small crowd"?

Regardless I think it's interesting stuff whether I play the games in question or not, but it seems like a weird poll omission. These answers feel like they assume, "You're a 'mainstream' reader, right? So how much do you dislike this content?" Two bad assumptions to make, in my opinion.