I've got to say, guys, I'm hugely surprised by by your reaction to this news. Yes, the guys are joining forces with the very site that neccesitated the creation of Giantbomb.com, but the reason we're all here is because we've come to trust these guys' judgement and integrity implicitly. I really don't see how this is any different. Yeah, it seems sort of counter intuitive, but all the guys seem really stoked about it - Jeff perhaps moreso than anyone else - so you gotta think that this is ultimately a good thing.
Besides, here are three things that struck me immediately:
If you don't have some sort of faith in the GB guys and the community that's grown around them, why do you even care?
I noticed that Gamespot is no longer owned by CNet (Who I always sort of suspected to be the source of the grief - though I'm happy to take correction on this)
And I, personally, am looking forward to the potential of seeing Justin Calvert on the site.
Problem solved. Turned out it was the Wii. I was using my housemate's, so before I tried for a refund I went over to a mate's house (to whom I'd loaned my Wii) and tried it there: Absolutely fine. 4 hours in now and absolutely loving it. Damn weird game though, but it's awesome to hear some regional UK accents in a video game.
So I just picked up a PAL version of The Last Story and popped it in to find that my WII (also PAL) refused to read it. The console is unmodified, there's not another game in my collection it refuses to run, and it is fully updated, so I can't see any reason it shouldn't run the game (the game's bought from Amazon, so it's not a pirate).
Just wondering if anyone else have had similar problems, or is my disk just the runt of the batch?
Also, should I call Nintendo Customer Support, or just go straight to Amazon for a refund/replacement?
Yep, playing the PS3 version and encountering only the most minor open world jank. None of the saves bullshit, no real problems with clipping or texture pop-in - just hours of mindless, joyful zombie smashing.
"Unlike Saturday morning cartoons, these video games expose kids to behavior that is not acceptable in reality."
Jesus wept, has this dude never seen a Looney Toons cartoon or an episode of Tom and Jerry? The state actively funds the killing of the nation's enemies, such as in CoD or, say, Alpha Protocol- it does not fund the smashing of ducks with hilariously oversized mallets nor the dropping of 16 ton weights on cats.
If anything the complete opposite of what this man has said is true. War is acceptable in reality - blowing up coyotes with 500lbs of dynamite... not so much.
@oysteinBrenne: Dude, I totally understand why you might say this, but I've got to disagree with you fully. I felt the game was at its best, not necessarily when you were perfecting your running lines, but when you were actually on the "mirror's edge", as it were. See, the danger of falling never felt like much of danger (even after failing a section for the Nth time), but when you throw in a few people who want to kill you, suddenly the game comes alive. The way I figure it, abolish jump puzzles that require insanely precise timing, and ALWAYS allow a variety of routes out of combat (say, a particularly tricky alternate free run route to circumnavigate the trouble, the abillity to take a hostage and use them to shield yourself to the exit, or even just environmental kills and methods to trick and lure guards away), and suddenly you'll have a much slicker and deeper game that still invokes the awesomeness of the original.
Y'know - I was neutral on the game: a great game, but not such a great final fantasy. This in mind, I hosently thought I was done with the characters and the universe of FFXIII... but the trailer has certainly stirred something.
It's just a shame that the old rumours of Neil Gaiman penning the screenplay turned out to be - albeit predictably - untrue. Still, I love the first film for what it is. Wonder if, in lieu of shattered memories, they're gonna hit up a more psychological route or go the the route of the lesser denominator and come up with some more cringesome than the barbwire rushing up the cooch moment. Either way, I'm looking forward to it.
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