aspro said:

Y'all should know by now I hate Ninja Theory, but I have to say, the game media treatment of the legend behind Enslaved is embarassingly ignorant.  I'm listenening to the Game Informer podcast special on the game right now, and besides teh nasal whistle of the interviewer his ignorance of the Chinese legend (Journey to the West) is ... astounding.  It was the same thing I heard with other podcasts this week.

I guess, beyond their ignorance, the thing that is annoying is their ambivelence, "So this Monkey guy rides on a cloud or something?"

Just don't even try guys, say, "I'm completely unaware of the story behind the game so I'll need you to connect the dots for me".

Also, after listening to this dev from Ninja Theory, I hate that company even more than ever.  They are SO arrogant.

Ugh! And they get Devil May Cry.... "Capcom approched us and we were vaguely interest... we were interested because I am (pause) a fan of the series, and quite a few people were a fan of the series., and they came to us because they wanted a total re-imagining of the series..."

OH FUCK YOU.

I want this company to die SO MUCH.

I'm shocked you didn't also bring up how Dante looks uncannily like the lead visual designer for the game. EXACT FUCKING HAIRSTYLE AND FACE...well, more the former than the latter.

Can we also add Giant Bomb to the list? Referring to it as "The Dragon Ball story" isn't accurate IN THE SLIGHTEST.

It's a shame you don't like the company Aspro, because the game's actually quite good. Much better than Heavenly Sword.

Foolz said:

Haven't they at least seen the epic Monkey TV show?

Americans. That show barely released (if at all), over there.

Leo, Bugs, best wishes.

First, Microsoft offers Points back after spending $30 in the Live Arcade... Just after I spent something like $200...

Now, Toys 'r Us is offering Buy 2 get 1 Free... a few short weeks after I spent a couple of hundred dollars on 10 Xbox 360 games...

CRRRRAAAAAAAAP ! ! !

phantom_leo said:

I'M BORED ! ! !

SOMEONE MAKE ME A NEW PODCAST ! ! !

WAH ! ! !

! ! !

You know...you're always welcome to be on one...

Foolz said:

I didn't see it when it was on TV. Bad excuse.

Neither did I. Yet I bought the DVDs anyway.

Agnates said:

That's weird about Jett Rocket, most people thought the last world is the worst. Oh well, seems nice for the price but there are other games to get first, and I'll probably skip in FAST as well since it doesn't have online play. Hopefully they have enough fans to make them sell decently though, I wanna see more from them.

No frakking way. The last world is the best.

Also I finally passed platform peril in DKC. What a freaking pain in the anus. I did it, and was happy. And then faced a vulture boss with magnetic coconuts. Seriously, if I bought this game today I would poop all over it. The rubber band homing missile armadillos are bad enough, but coconuts that defy the laws of physics is a step too far.

So I kicked on ESwat and finally beat the boss on the toxic purple goo levels.

I'm trying to clear my VC collection recentely. Played some Paper Mario N64. Unfortunately there is no proper level map and I saved mid-way through a dungeon and I can't remember where I'm going. Ack.

So I kick on Super Metroid, the clock save says I'm only 40 minutes in. So why I am facing Kraid? I don't even have a charge beam. Is this right?

darthhomer said:

Archangel3371 said:

Just finished Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, what a fantastic game. Epic finale. Easily a 9/10 game for me. They HAVE to make another one.

Bastard, I JUST got my copy. Can't wait to play more after work.

SteelAttack said:

Ugh. Then no.

I never played Ico but I hear some people don't like it. Vader hates it too right?

I'm playing Icewind Dale, I've restarted like three times, I never played any D&D (other than trying this and Planescape Torment when I first got them years ago) but I think I finally got the basics and have been making some progress. Just figuring out if armor benefitted or hindered me took a while, lol. I think my Paladin is a bit gimped if I don't get to add more points to his dexterity soon but I should be okay, I'm playing on easy until I get familiar with the rules. Here are my characters and a few screens from the first area beyond the prologue.

The game holds up very well with the exception of the character sprites which are rather lame and don't reflect exactly what you're wearing either. The pathfinding can be a pain as well but overall it's very playable.