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I haven't played Survival Instincts - I held off on ordering it until I saw some finalized in game footage (which Activision kept in the dark for a good, long awhile) and by then I had read the reviews/watched Let's Plays and my itching suspicions about the game being a cheap cash-in were validated. Definitely checkout the TellTale series, it's awesome! The decision system also changes quite a bit, so multiple, entertaining decision routes add a lot of replayability to an already great game.

I don't own a PS3, and I sorely felt that fact when hearing about how great The Last Of Us is. I was wondering if it retained that feel; when I first saw the trailer for Last of Us I was thinking "this seems to feel like The Road/The Walking Dead in it's tone." 

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Thanks man! I've been playing quite a bit of 'State of Decay' lately myself! I was surprised at the sheer size of the map, like you said considering it is an XBL arcade title it's pretty damn impressive. It gets a lot right with its focus on fortifying your homebase, taking down zombies with stealth, and even going to the mental well-being of everyone in your camp. I agree that it definitely shows a hell of a lot of potential, and is an incredibly solid example of how to do a zombie game right!

I was pleasantly surprised and impressed by TellTale's take too! A sprawling, epic single player mode coupled with a multiplayer like you suggested would be incredible! It could be like "Free Roam" in Red Dead Redemption, but with more world-building.

Unfortunately, I haven't played DayZ as my desktop is a MAC (slave to the industry I'm in, which is very iCentric), but I've watched a lot of vids and read a lot about it and it sounds awesome! I'll be getting a PC in the somewhat near future hopefully, and one of the first titles I'm picking up is going to be DayZ for sure.

The re-colored black & white episodes they've aired have looked great, I'm guessing the decision to not go black & white was the network's. Alex Proyas and Brandon Lee wanted to do "The Crow" in black and white like the graphic novel, but the film studio shot that idea down.

That could actually be pretty awesome, especially if they adapted a full tonal range black and white with awesome partical/lighting effects! And digging the differentiating blood colors as well, adds a nice realism to it.

I love the fact that enemy sprites with guns will run because they are afraid of getting punched in the face by Shatterhand; that is pure gold! I'm digging the level selection approach to progression and the partner system - for an NES title that slid under the radar, this one certainly had some cool features, along with solid platforming.

The partners feature sort of reminded of the 'familiars' in Symphony of The Night.

A Punch Out stage would be wicked awesome, especially if you factor in the ring rope psychics . Maybe if you hit someone hard enough, instead of a knock-out, they bounce off the ropes back into you for a combo KO opportunity?

And I second snee, Dig Dug would be bad ass!

Like transmet, I am also a fan of alternate history timelines; given the art direction we've seen so far, this could be a very, very cool title that could inject some much-needed innovation into the third-person action genre. The story has an interesting hook, let's hope the gameplay matches up to it!

As a side note, was anyone else reminded of Nightmare Creatures or is it just me?

awesome work man- especially dig the Zelda painting and Dunstall - the story sounds awesomee too!! Keep up the killer artwork!

This actually reminds me of a super hard Super Mario World mod - I believe it's called Luigi's Adventure, and it is a nightmare! It's not Kaizo World brutal, but it's close!

Nice to see Nintendo is ramping up the challenge for the Mario Veterans. Good luck on the playthrough man!