PixlBit

My favorite NES games were SMB3, the two Zelda games, Kid Icarus, Punch-Out!!, and Dragon (Quest) Warrior III. Oh, and Bionic Commando.

I'm actually with you on the NES. I enjoyed playing my best friend's NES a lot when I was in grade school. I started gaming on Atari machines, namely the 2600 and Atari's 8-bit home computers, and the NES was admittedly a big improvement over those. Even so, I still don't have a great deal of nostalgia for the NES other than the titles I named above. My nostalgia trips are generally taken on the original PlayStation, and the SNES to a somewhat lesser degree. Part of it is that I always had to play other people's NES games, having never owned one myself. The first console I actually owned was the SNES. But the fact is, even the best NES games were generally far exceeded in every way on the SNES and PS1. It's tough to play the original Zelda again once you've tasted A Link to the Past, likewise with Metroid versus Super Metroid.

Loved Ni no Kuni, combat and all. It's been my favorite game released this year. I thought the 1UP review was kind of bullshit myself. The reason why it's so cheap is that it apparently sold well enough to be reissued as a Greatest Hits title, although I don't know what sales criteria is used for Greatest Hits on PS3. My guess would be 250,000 copies.

Wow, GH, glad you went to your doctor and had that workup when you did, and spared yourself from permanent cardiac damage or worse. Glad to hear you're feeling better and good to see you here again.

Fallout 3 was great, although I prefer New Vegas. I also liked Red Dead Redemption.

Far and away, however, my two favorite games this generation were Valkyria Chronicles and Ni no Kuni. No other games came close to either of them.

Take care, buddy, and message me on PSN sometime!

All I can say is, meh. Was he one of the ones ragging on you on RMN? In any event, I think it's cool that he felt he needed to make a five-video series bashing you. Says more about him than you.

Hey, welcome back!

Meh. You had more patience than I would have had. I'd have simply told them, "Tough. If you don't like it, don't download it and move the fuck on," and left it at that. I might have left out a certain couple of words in the real world, but the point still stands. To the dude bitching about everything being bolded, I wouldn't have even bothered to respond.

That lot on RMN came off like a bunch of Internet tough guys. Constructive criticism is one thing and is a healthy thing. Coming on there and just acting like an ass, as some of those folks did, is quite another. But, you know, it's the Internet, and you've gotta expect a bit of that. :)

I'm actually of the opposite mind. If they can get people locked into always-online validation, even though Ubisoft mainly makes single-player-focused games, they don't need an online pass. Call me cynical, I guess. I kind of wonder if Microsoft's original intention to require daily check-ins with the Xbone and the expectation that Sony would follow suit on the PS4 might have contributed to EA's decision to drop the passes.

So does Ubisoft still require always-online for single-player games on PC?