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Believe it or not, the lack of HD is barely noticeable. HD would make a big difference in clarity I'm sure, but I've tuned out any graphical shortcomings pretty quickly in light of the amazing art direction.

Just a quick impression thus far: this is the best Zelda yet. Chessa and I have put in about 20 hours and you can tell Nintendo listened to the criticisms directed at Twilight Princess. It's different enough that it feels fresh, but not so different that it doesn't feel like Zelda. It's exactly the kind of growth I was hoping for in the series.

Got this sitting on my HDD thanks to the latest Humble Indie Bundle. Looking forward to giving it a whirl.

Hey Mike, be sure to check out our Fable III review. It's a pretty fantastic game, but there are a couple things you might want to know about before you get to the end of the game - especially if you are an achievement hound.

I could never get into Halo personally, but I feel like it wasn't really made for me. By the time Halo came out, I had already played a whole slew of better PC shooters, like Half Life, and Halo just felt like a step back. Capture the Flag rocked in a LAN setting though, as college clearly demonstrated to me. Custom vehicle matches in Blood Gulch were good fun too.

Yeah, definitely not a troll of any kind against Nintendo (unless I'm totally missing out on some sarcasm from ShyGuy). Nintendo makes the best 2D platformers hands down and this game is of Nintendo quality. Being of Nintendo quality is probably the highest praise something could get from me.

Surely that's the message Mario is sending. I mean, it couldn't possibly be anything else, right?

PETA is really the worst. They take away all credibility from the animal rights platform by simply existing.

Pretty cool to see this, but it's a bit late if you ask me. The Virtual Console is basically dead and we've seen this game on other platforms at a better resolution already.

I'm sure they'll get plenty of purchases regardless, but it's sad that it has taken so long to get such an iconic game out with the expected online functionality.

Be careful what you wish for...

I got this game on my 13th birthday. I was equally sad when I played through it for the first time for the exact same reasons. Come to think of it, I haven't gone back to it since I beat it 100% all those years ago.

Is this one less predictable than the first? It seemed like the first - at least for the first couple hours - relied heavily on the "jump out and scare you" factor, but it was always so obvious just when something was going to do it. I lost interest really quickly and eventually quit because the game didn't seem to be getting any better.

Another question, this time two-fold. Does 1 get any more varied/better as time goes on and is 2 that much more varied/better that I should give it a shot regardless of my impression of the first thus far.

Well Revelations will be in for review on Thursday. I'm looking forward to it, despite the fact that I don't think much will be different from Brotherhood.

This next installment described here that will conclude Desmond's story is most interesting to me, though I sincerely hope they capitalize on the fact that he's in the current modern world. If you don't do some crazy parkour type stuff in a modern urban environment, I'll be extremely disappointed.

I am totally ready for a break after that entry though. I think Ubisoft went a little overboard with the series after 2, but they're committed to it now, so I'm glad they'll see it through and understand the value of a break.