By: Anders
Agree on Dishonored. I did enjoy it and I’m glad they did well what with the “No new IP:s, everything must have multiplayer and social media tied in” attitude going on, but so many seemed to treat it...
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Torchlight 2. The game had plenty of levers to play with (primarily through itemization) for you to build the character you wanted to play. But the game was horrible about feedback. It was extremely...
View ArticleBy: Brice Gilbert
Similar to how I imagine Tom feels about others reactions to Journey I feel the same toward his. The co-op metaphor, the music, the visuals, the journey and how it makes you feel when you get to that...
View ArticleBy: digi_matrix
Is Tom Chick jealous of all the other people who got meaningful experiences out of Journey?
View ArticleBy: Manresa
The appeal of Forza is easy to explain: adequate driving model paired with a car list to die for. Shift and Shift 2 drive better, but have something like 1/5 the cars. Everything else on the 360 is...
View ArticleBy: Manresa
No, my read on Tom is that he focuses almost exclusively on mechanics (better than anyone else, I think), at the expense of setting, graphics, story, mood, etc. Journey’s mechanics consist of pushing...
View ArticleBy: JDIncinerator
Well this article appears to sum up QT3 very well. Overrated is an out dated term to describe games that receive more credit than they deserve. But whether they or any of you like it, developers work...
View ArticleBy: JDIncinerator
if anything it’s like this dude hates games or at least hates those that have the moxie to be great.
View ArticleBy: Barac Wiley
And the number of rats and guards in the levels, and I think a few other things.
View ArticleBy: Barac Wiley
“Are we just going to gloss over the effects of the real money auction house, the lack of offline play, and the long slog through the normal difficulty to get to any gameplay meat?” I’m sure not. When...
View ArticleBy: Barac Wiley
The latter -should- overshadow any talk of the actual game, because it should have meant nobody buying it in the first place. Unfortunately, we live in a disappointing world where millions and millions...
View ArticleBy: JDIncinerator
Well this article appears to sum up QT3 very well. Overrated is an out dated term to describe games that receive more credit than they deserve. But regardless of whether they or any of you like it,...
View ArticleBy: JDIncinerator
So according to this guy Midnight Club, NFS Most Wanted and TDU are better than Forza Horizon simply because they came first and understand the open world racer. What? so maybe once Playground games...
View ArticleBy: krayzkrok
Haven’t you ever wished that your favorite game took a few bits and pieces that another one just happened to get right? That’s the point here.
View ArticleBy: Pogue Mahone
So everyone gets an A for effort? We’re all unique snowflakes? That sort of thing?
View ArticleBy: Nik
It’s not a critic’s job to make developers feel good. Focusing exclusively on that would be a disservice to readers. I’ll agree with most of the list here. Particularly Diablo 3 – not for any gameplay...
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