Posted on 02/03/2012 at 02:31 PM
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I don't think I'm stretching my bounds by saying this; This bill is the dumbest waste of Oklahoma tax dollars I've ever heard of.
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Posted on 02/03/2012 at 02:29 PM
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Actually Rob, both shows you mentioned do offend me, but that might be because people have actually used them to rip on me. That might be the case here as well. The context of someones life really defines what offends them more than anything.
Posted on 02/03/2012 at 01:55 PM
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So you want Nintendo to make games for adults.
Yeah... I don't think that's gonna happen... sorry.
Posted on 02/03/2012 at 11:59 AM
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There's also Majora's Mask. That was pretty dark. Don't forget Darksiders too, and I haven't played it, but didn't Zelda actually die in Spirit Tracks? I'm not sure if that game is actually 'dark' though.
Nintendo also does this weird thing where they put this shiny, kid friendly paint on anything they consider to be too dark. If I recall correctly, the original release of Ocarina of Time actually had Gannondorf bleed when you fought him, but the big N changed that with later releases. Pickmen is actually rather dark when you think about it, but they really went through a lot to make sure the whole death thing was really glossed over and bloodless.
Posted on 02/03/2012 at 10:36 AM
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Selfishly, I like the idea that I own a rare game, but I would also love for more people to be able to experience it.
The only thing I fear is that it would be passed over by people that would have bought it a year ago. I mean, it's on what is now considered to be outdated hardware, and while the 3DS is compatable with DS games, How many gamers, other than hardcore JRPG fans would really buy it?
Unless they think they can benefit from a small print run, I don't think it would be in their corporate best interest, but I guess to answer the question, yes I would like to see it happen.
Posted on 02/03/2012 at 10:29 AM
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Only part way through the podcast, but one observation. Someone stated they wanted a midevil Zelda with darker overtones.
Um... Dark Souls? It's Japanese to boot!
Posted on 02/02/2012 at 06:04 PM
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Ah, but the gain in fighting ability then allows you to explore locations previously inaccessable, at least that's how the games were originally. I really think level scaling has done this, and Oblivion, a horrible disservice. I still enjoy my time with them, but this may be the ever cloudy nostalgia talking. My favorites in the series were Daggerfall and Morrowind by a considerable margin. There has been an obvious distancing from the isometric dungeon crawler roots with the later two game, especially in combat, which is what makes it feel sloppy and un fun. It's stuck in some awkward limbo where it seems like it has a strong desire to move into first person shooter turf (to an extent) but it seems unwilling to drop its RPG roots enough to truly do so, which is what you seem to be experiencing.
Frankly, it's not my favorite thing either.
I think Bethesda is scared to chase away the people who were there from the earlier games, but you know what? I wish they would just commit fully to something. I'm OK with the combat the way it is now, but I don't love it. I love the character growth system (which is satisfying in a similar way to discovering things in the world) but franky, if they put a little more call of duty into my D&D, I wouldn't mind, just as long as it worked.
Imagine if you will, Borderlands level combat in a Bethesda world with the existing character growth system. That gets me a little excited.
I think The Elder Scrolls is going to get there, but there's going to be some awkward teenage years in between. I think now that all the fans are complaining about is the combat, that will probably be their next big focus.
I'm rambling, but let me wrap up with this: I do see your point, but I still like the game for what it is, and I think a lot of people did, More to your point, I don't get Critics either sometimes, or other gamers for that matter. How can you say you played a game for 60+ hours and it wasn't fun to play? Did your 360's disk tray break and this was the game that was stuck in it? Clearly people were indeed having fun with the game. I think a lot of what we see here is (very short term) revisionist reviewing. LIke the people who say FF VII sucked even though it was a very good game at the time. Skyrim is one of those games thats getting the same unfair shake because it's a transitional title. Games WILL come around that do it better because that's the nature of things. In this case, it just looks like it happened very very fast.
Posted on 02/02/2012 at 12:13 PM
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I'll be playing this, but probably just to get the Amalur loot. I'll be picking that up when it drops in price, but Mass Effect never really grabbed me for some reason.
Posted on 02/02/2012 at 12:11 PM
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2.9 billion?! That's not good...
"It's not just Sony but Japanese IT firms have similar problems. They are failing to innovate and produce industry-leading products in almost every major area from TVs to displays, tablets and smartphones."
I have to say, from a hardware standpoint Samsung (based in Korea) has been the real innovator as of late. Sony hasn't really done anything impressive since they created BluRay, and I honestly think they were lucky to overtake HD DVD they way they did. That's my opinion of course.
Posted on 02/02/2012 at 11:27 AM
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I vote we have our next staff meeting on Xbox Live while playing this game.
