Liquid snake... wouldn't you drink that rather than eat that?
I think you have to be the biggest Metal Gear fan on the planet. You deserve to get to meet Hideo Kojima in person and tell him you're his number 1 fan.
My only "for sure" game right now is Tales of Xillia, but I've heard rumors Bayonetta 2 will be out on Wii U by year's end, and if that's true, I'm there.
Here's hoping the next Atelier game shows up as well, and also that either Tecmo Koei America will handle it better or give it back to NISA to publish.
Disagree that the backlash against EA is simple "we hate change." People like good change. DRM that treats paying customers like criminals, EULAs that really require you to bring your lawyer to Gamestop to read them, forced multiplayer (along with all the other incredibly shitty design decisions that plagued SimCity 2013), and pushing a microtransaction-based model (which, admittedly, was largely spread to the West by Zynga, but EA is still pushing it) that should have been left to fester in South Korea and China are in no way positive changes, and they're needless when other companies don't push these things and are actually profitable. EA's problem is that it's a very badly managed, bloat-ridden company, and they're passing the costs of their expensive mistakes on to their customers.
No, EA isn't the worst company in America. Technically speaking, only companies manufacturing WMDs should make that list (not even Bank of America really deserves it compared to that metric). People need to realize that the Consumerist poll is not about sheer human misery so much as it is about which companies have the worst customer service records according to their consumers, regardless of whether they make thimbles or GMO food - and EA is therefore a legitimate contender for the Golden Poo Award. Yes, gaming is a hobby. That doesn't mean that people are passionate about this hobby shouldn't be angry when their hobby's enjoyment is being worsened by the practices of a company such as EA whose influence extends far beyond game boxes with the EA label on them. I'm personally tired f people who speak up against EA and other companies being shouted down as "entitled." This isn't a slap at you, Julian, but it is a general observation of the resurgence of Gilded Age attitudes regarding corporations, workers, and consumers that has reared its ugly head in recent years.
Dragon's Dogma is a good game, and it's better than most "true" WRPGs made this generation. It might not have sold 10 million copies, but apparently Capcom is happy enough with it to make it a long-running franchise.
Nintendo's reliving of its glory days is obvious only because of how long the company has been in the gaming business. Every company does it nowadays. Microsoft is pretty much reduced to wash, rinse, and repeat on Halo, Gears, Fable, and Forza, aside from publishing a few outside companies' games on XBLA. Sony changes things up every generation - Naughty Dog did Crash on PS1, Jak on PS2, and Uncharted on PS3 - but I'm not sure that strategy has worked out very well for them commercially. And even EA largely banks on franchises that are now over 20 years old.
I'm glad I picked up some of the rarer PS1 and PS2 games brand-new back in the day. However, when I have the disposable income, I don't mind splurging on some of the rarer gaming treasures. I scored Panzer Dragoon Saga for $150 on Amazon. Only had I picked it up for 40 bucks at Electronics Boutique back in 1998. Oh, well.
We're getting ready to have an epic lightning storm in my neck of the woods.
Ni no Kuni is my second favorite game of the generation, after Valkyria Chronicles, and I haven't enjoyed a "traditional" (non-strategy) RPG this much since Final Fantasy XII.
I'm enjoying Bioshock Infinite, but I didn't like the first two Bioshock games all that much.
The only other game coming out this year that I'm definitely getting is Tales of Xillia. I sprung for the Collectors' Edition of that game.
I think that mostly what I hate from modern gaming is the DRM, DLC, and other superfluous crap, although I do admit that I use my PS3 and Wii U to watch Netflix when I don't want to game. I also wish a few of my favorite developers of the past were more active.
On the other hand, I've gotten to play awesome games like Valkyria Chronicles and Ni no Kuni on my PS3. I've also enjoyed playing fighting games online.
