metalmoog

I haven't played Halo 4 and don't have any desire to do so, but can definitely see his points as being valid. His gripes about more of the same, and more Master Chief specifically are my reasons for having no interest in this game. I've never been a big fan of the character, I couldn't feel any sort of attachment or meaning to a faceless character that bulks around in a heavy suit of armour and never reveals any real human connection. I cannot see his face, I've never seen his face, therefore I don't connect with the character, at all. He might as well be a robot, because he's certainly not human in my eyes. Having a cast and crew of likeable humanized characters in both ODST and Reach made me enjoy both of those games immensely more than any Halo before them.

Now that we are back to Master Chief, I'm out once again. This is definitely a Halo game for the people who love the universe and feel moved and interested by Master Chiefs journey thus far, sadly I'm not in that group and it doesn't sound like this guy is either. I applaud his courage and honestly for going against the grain and voicing his honest opinion among all of the hype that any triple A blockbuster gets upon release.

I use my PC for MMO's, Dungeon Crawlers and RTS games. Everything else I prefer to play on console with a controller. Mainly because of the cost of PC's and the constant upgrading of parts to run games at their intended "sexy" settings. Not a big fan of having a diminished experience because I can't run the game as it's meant to be played. The price and constant upgrade path of PC's will forever keep me on the side of consoles primarily.

I loved it on PS2 and played it a lot. Happy to see it's cheap on XBL so I can play it again on the 360. Picked it up tonight when I saw the sale. Hopefully Fire Pro Returns gets a 360 port one day :(

I never played vaniloom 3 so I don't know what I'm missing. I love the BFG Edition because it's all fresh to me. I only have a few small gripes about the lack of control scheme options and customizations, but overall I'm loving the set.

My buddies 5 year old son plays Skylanders on his Wii. Good father son game I think. Nothing that interests me, as an adult and everything. lol

@MariachiMacabre: I agree. In Flames have definitely gone downhill in my opinion with their latest two albums. Not a big fan of A Sense of Purpose or Sounds of a Playground Fading, the killer riffs and groove from the previous albums are nearly non-existent on these minus a few flourishes of awesomeness.

Although I definitely prefer Colony, Clayman and Come Clarity to Whoracle and the Jester Race. I think the riffs, vocals and overall songwriting is at a much higher, more accomplished level on those albums.

Metallica is the #1 band I think of when I look at a band that's fallen from grace. They were the reason I got into metal and picked up a guitar so long ago and have failed to deliver for over 20 years since. I'm all for them doing things their own way and completely respect their need to evolve and change but it's been poor quality stuff since The Black album imo.

The thing that bothers me about IGN is they review like a bought and paid for publication. Seems every game no matter how shite, gets a minimum review of a 7.5 as long as it's a game from a large developer. Every huge hyped up title gets a 9.0. What's the point of even having a scoring system?

I definitely think that every aspect of entertainment has lost it's mystery and mystique because of the Internet. Since all of the information and (actual products themselves most of the time) became so readily available that "special, wow factor" has been diluted a ton. Shit doesn't matter nearly as much when it's in a digital format as opposed to a tangible physical form, that you actually have to make an effort to seek out and purchase. As with all things digital, I say easy come, easy go. I make a point of buying 99% of my music, movies and video games in a physical format as I tend to appreciate and hold onto them much more.

That to me is the biggest difference between old school and current gaming, and everything else.

If the game is really good, I'll play through it until completion. However, there are many games sitting in my drawer that I have given up on. Most I will go back to and complete eventually, but they aren't a high priority.

Borderlands is the only game I've ever regretted trading in. I went out and re-purchased it a year later. I love the franchise and Borderlands 2 fixed all of my gripes with the first game. Never will I trade this sweet shit in for any amount of money or diamond ponies!