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I hate to say it, but that's definitely not the case. At face value, it does seem that way, but snaking forces you to plan your path doubly so. You need to have a full understanding of how moving in such a manner will affect your course, and you have to hit everything with perfect accuracy.

After competing in a national tournament, I can promise you that all snakers aren't created equal. I managed to place second, but the guy who beat me, whooped me. We were both snaking, he had just figured out the best ways to utilize the paths and the terrain, while maximizing boosts to win by a large margin.

Sorry for the rant, snaking just gets way too much undue hate.

No snaking is a huge problem for me. MKDS truly succeeded thanks to the snaking techniques you were forced to employ to properly compete. It wasn't for everyone, but it added an entirely new facet to the game once you had already mastered it with basic techniques.

I really wish Nintendo would've gone for a tiered approach where snaking could be disallowed in online matches by default, but enabled if you so pleased when setting up a match. Probably wouldn't be super easy to do, but it would go a long way to accommodating all players.

I'm going to start calling this Grand Theft Auto Vee just to piss Rockstar off... But seriously, I'll be interested to see where they go with this one. To be honest, I really didn't like IV.

I think I'm a bit more forgiving of it because Chessa and I did have fun, albeit in small bursts. Plus, knowing and loving the characters helps make them a bit more tolerable here.

To quote our review policy for a 3 star game: "This is our middle-of-the-road ranking. Titles that receive three stars may not make a strong impression on the reviewer in either direction. These games may have some faults and some strong points but they average out to be a modest title that is at least worthy of rental for most."

That really reflects exactly how I feel about the game.

Technically his original name is Robotnik, according to creator Yuji Naka. However, he was referred to in Japan as Eggman, even in the manual of the first game, though in America he was Robotnik. As time went on, he was eventually referred to with both names in America, and eventually solely Eggman in all regions.

Who knows why they couldn't just decide on one name and go with it from the beginning. For the record, I like Robotnik better.

Glad to see The Rolling Western is still alive and kicking. I was really enjoying the video shown off at E3 and the details of the game seemed really cool. Not sure why, but I really enjoy the cliche "Old West" setting and sounds. I don't like the new title for the game, but I'm there day one regardless.

I feel you Jason. It's a bit of a letdown. It's not a bad game, but it doesn't live up to the Ratchet & Clank pedigree (more on that in tomorrow's review).

Ugh, QTEs, I hate them so much. Sounds like an epic experience , but hearing about those definitely knocks it down a notch for me.

Who knows how true that is? They very well may have went back and Nintendo denied them the opportunity. Silicon Knights' biggest problem is that their goals are entirely too lofty and their talents aren't there to match their lofty goals. Eternal Darkness was in the right place at the right time, as Nintendo likely brought SK down to earth and focused them on the right things.

Time for baseless speculation - I'm guessing they are going to announce a formal system redesign. Probably not true, but it's fun to guess.