GAF are really loving LEGO City, say it's not just another lego game. Hugely entertaining.

So Infamous is going to be a PS4 launch game? Wow. So we may get Infamous, Killzone, AC4, Watch Dogs, and maybe that racer as launch games amoung others. That is pretty badass.

Having played all three of this years big hack and slash action games I will rank them in categories.

Combat System:

1. DmC
2. Metal Gear Rising
3. GoW

I found DmC fighting system to be a great simplification yet keeping the depth of DMCs combat. The game is a blast to play with loads of room to reach expert play. MGR I found to fall into a repetitive trap on expert play where you just parry all the time or use revengance meter. GoW well that is a step back for the series.

Level Design:

1. GoW
2. DmC
3. Metal Gear Rising

As always the GoW games have much more than just action. Ascension is no different with its incredible locations and great mix of platforming with loads of great puzzles thrown in. DmCs new platforming mechanics were pretty nice and the level design has its high moments, better than any other DMC game. MGR is very basic, the most straight forward action game of the bunch.

Boss Battles:

1. Metal Gear Rising
2. GoW
3. DmC

Hand it to Platinum to make some fantastic bosses. Each make great use of the games combat system and all in different ways. Ascension has what maybe the boss battle of the year but the rest of them were simply ok, not as good as GoW3s bunch. DmCs bosses are an embarrassment to action games, except for the last one.

Story:

Haha who cares. Ok fine

1. DmC
2. Metal Gear Rising
3. GoW

Amazingly DmC has a compelling story that sets up the relationship between Dante and Virgil for games to come. This is easily the most relatable Dante there is. MGR is insane but fun insane. I cant even tell you what happened in GoW, Kratos forgot something and he must kill to remember, whatever.

Content/Replayability:

1. DmC
2. Metal Gear Rising
3. GoW

This one is really close between DmC and MGR but I give the edge to DmC simply cause it is almost twice as long as MGR and it has more difficulty modes. Plus now you have bloody palace update which is a blast. MGR has a bunch of difficulty modes as well and all the VR missions, though I find the VR missions to be more diversions than something like bloody palace that tests your skills. GoW once you beat it there is little to do, it has multiplayer though but who cares.

Overall Game:

1. DmC
2. Metal Gear Rising
3. GoW

DmC remains the best action game I played this year. MGR has its moments but ultimately feels a bit too simplistic when compared to DmC. Ascension is the worst GoW console game.

Dvader said:

Ecco the Dolphin kickstarter YES!!!

"Our game will deal with themes such as climate change, mass extinction, predation, evolution and biogenesis," Annunziata revealed in a campaign video, below. "Ultimately, the game poses the Gaia theory, that the Earth itself is a living organism.

"Immediately after the extinction of humans, the oceans become silent, causing a surge of cetacean communication. A kind of cetacean internet is born. This awakening brings life on Earth to its next evolution."

Millions of years later, dolphins are able to use their voices to sing songs with effects like magic spells. You'll be able to control whole schools of animals at once, create new organisms and populate your own small sea.

Ok... not as cool as time traveling alien fighting dolphins but ok.

"If we exceed our goal by 50 per cent the game will get multiplayer, cooperative game play," Annunziata continued. "Players will be able to share environments, creatures, and complete quests as teams.

"If we reach two times our goal we will be able make the Big Blue an MMO. If you have played the game Eve Online, think of an aquatic version of that game and you'd have a good idea how the Big Blue Online will work."

What good god NO! NOOOO!!! Dont fund it that much!! DO NOT GIVE THIS GAME TOO MUCH FUNDING! MAKE IT STOP!!

They lost me at the MMO. The rest sounded really good. If it gets made, I hope it's as creepy as the original.

So, Gamestop called and informed me that my Bioshock Infinite pre-order will be available for pickup at midnight tonight. Gee, thanks. I only have to be at work by 6:00 tomorrow morning. Why the fuck does this dumbass industry release big games on Tuesdays? Most people can't even play them until the following weekend anyway. Just release them on Fridays! At least Nintendo releases theirs on Sundays; it's still stupid, but a huge improvement over Tuesdays.

Sundays are not that bad. At least I could get a game early Sunday morning, and play all day and well into the evening. Tuesdays, yeah, not so much.

Now, back to Weegie!

I just killed that big dude on the ship using just my bow and climbing axe in TR. It takes something like three or four shots at close range with the shotgun to stun him, but one shot in the face with the compound bow, and he's crying like a little bably, lol.

I tried the Monster Hunter demo on 3DS last night. It looks cool, but the controls were annoying as all hell.

Ravenprose said:

I tried the Monster Hunter demo on 3DS last night. It looks cool, but the controls were annoying as all hell.

I know it was very popular on the PSP (in Japan), but I can't imagine playing that game on a handheld.