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Well I do look for rationality in my reviews as well, and I always avoid stupid user reviews.  A good baseline is to avoid any score of 0.  That's pretty much just trolling.  I just mean that I really appreciate when critics are, well, critical, and try to hunt down reviews like that.

As far as Journey goes, it struck me more as visual art than anything deeper.  If anything, it's an exercise in simplicity.  Simple game mechanics, simple, but polished art style, even the music isn't all that elaborate, but it is beautiful.  I think that's the message I walked away with, if you can call it a message.  Journey was a lesson on appreciating beauty in simplicity.

I hate to say this, but it looks like the internet haters called this one right.  I recall hearing lots of things like "This prooves that Konami just doesn't know how to make scary games anymore." right underneath that Korn trailer for this game.  Now they didn't develop the game, sure, but the argument is still true, and it's a real shame.

Well that helps.  I still don't like the way they are marketing it.  I strongly dislike the idea of having to pay extra for something they are calling the "true" ending. 

The voice acting is REALLY rough, and download only?  Unless something really interesting happens with this title, I think I'll pass.

Eesh, you called out the local Sega fanboy?  This should be interesting.  

So, My take on Journey.  Just so you know, I do not own a PS3 and am going on a let's play I saw of the game.  Short answer; As interactive art, it's pretty good, but as a game, it's not very interesting to me.  I was much happier watching someone else play it than I think I would be if I had played it myself.

As far as reviews go, I may be a little odd.  I typically go after the lowest review score I can find and read that in detail.  I want to know of any flaws someone may encounter playing a game.  If this deters me, than I avoid the game, but if the flaws are something I can live with, I pick it up.  I read the good reviews as well, but I specifically hunt for someone who wants to lay out every thing wrong with whatever game I'm interested in.  

Did you ever play the Daisenryaku game we got on the Saturn?  It was awesome.  Just imagine a Famicom Wars (ie Advance Wars) game with 3d battles on the Saturn.  Friggin amazing.  I think it was released here as Iron Storm.  

Hey Julian, you played this game.  Should this tick me off as much as it does?

"Part IV: Nirvana includes 4 new episodes, and is said to be the “true” ending to Asura’s Wrath."

Did the game actually come to a satisfactory conclusion at the end of the packaged product? Because if they are charging extra to play the "true" ending as DLC, I have a real problem with that.

Now if this is an alternate ending, something like the Neon Genesis Evangelion movie, I'm cool with that.

Have you played it?  I didn't plan on picking it up, but I am curious about it.  I mean, it's South Park, so I really can't help having a little interest.

Maybe he was stuck in a contract, or just didn't want to get involved in that legal mess that went down during the initial split?

Not to be a kill joy, but you realize it's also a sequel to Epic Mickey right?  I mean, I totally get your excitement, but they almost balance each other out to me.