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The way it is presented, the explanation for that, and the detail given. Reviews are a necessity because there needs to be a place that people can go to get a general idea of what a product is like before purchase and scouring random forum posts in vague parts of the web trying to weed out the ones that constitute "I hate " or "it sucks because of belts and zippers" is ridiculously silly. Reviews: 1) Give a general opinion of the game. 2) Qualify that opinion. 3) Describe the game. All 3 of which can be used to aid an intelligent choice of whether or not to purchase beyond "****sux." And reviews usually have far more information than just the stated opinion. Maybe I'll revisit this later and give you an analysis of a randomly selected review from gamespy to help illustrate my point.

I Y Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

At first based on your blurb from it I thought this might be a patent vampire. But reading the actual article sounds like they may have an actual invention and products!

I've had investigative ambitions since 2000. So, yeah I'll be going with detective ambitions. What I came to this thread to post was one thing I have to give Wal-Mart credit for. I found a pair of boots there like 4 or 5 years ago that I really liked. They still have them. I've been rebuying the same pair of boots for several years. If you go to Target, you can't find these boots, and if you did there'd be no assurance that they'd be there next time you go shopping.

A modded Xbox still wouldn't work. A modded Xbox won't play mods of any complexity. For the last time, you cannot legally mod X-boxes... Not that long ago I would have disagreed with you. But I've heard nasty things about the DMC. It may depend on country, but the legal climate in the US in regards to it still seems to be up in the air. However, FUD is most definitely erring on your side of that argument.

That is so last week. The dog is selling Metroid Prime 3, now.

I wouldn't call it interesting, I'd call it uninspired. You want it to be interesting? Have him actually do stuff. Then he can pawn off the stuff he doesn't have time for on you. Make him an actual participant in the world. Martin: "I'm going to this cave to retrieve the ancient relics of my ancestors. While I'm gone, I need you to go to these zombie infested fields, grab some 'magical' beans, roast them, grind them, and brew me a cup for when I get back. One lump, non-dairy cream." I don't mean quite like that, but at least make it look like the supposed chosen one is unique in the world. As it stood, they could have just as easily made it my character that turned out to be a Septim. Actually that would have been easier! Then I wouldn't have had that crappy escort quest at the end.

I would have been able to appreciate it if it hadn't been done quite so half-arsedly. Sure, you're not the chosen one, that's someone else, but that someone else doesn't do anything. Your character is single handendly overcoming great trials and tribulations while he sits around a warm fire telling you what to do. If they had actually wanted to do it right, they simply should have avoided the chosen one cliche altogether. You should go with the fugly orc. My experience says that stealth gets the shaft with their system. It doesn't train the combat attributes that you need nearly as well as standard combat does.

I think this is pretty much understood, but sometimes things fall through the cracks because of: a) Crackpot reviewers who just want to bash a game. b) Genre overload like what mkreku is talking about. Anytime you see a good review for a WWII shooter, you can probably guess the reviewers are abiding by that. Because 90% of the population has to be sick and tired of those games by now. They've got to be purposefully selecting a reviewer in that 10%.

I'm officially getting pissed at Persona 3. I can spend an hour or so in the dungeon, get up to level 52, then on my way out, I'll get hit with a chain of attacks from an otherwise weak enemy that just ruin my day and cause me to have to restart an hour back... Oh, and it's apparently quite a long game. I'm 63 hours in.

Because a game is either scary or boring, amirite?

Nothing in games is scary unless it has the ability to kill your character or makes you think it does.

Rogue Galaxy is good? I didn't hear anything particularly good about it.

Wow, back in my day "dungeon crawl" usually had you mindlessly crawling through several different dungeons with only intermissions for saves, not visiting one dungeon then running around town and getting plot advancements.

we need some turpentine amidoingitrite?

You shut up! I'm still waiting for a sequel!

I was doing a mile and a half, but overdid myself and nearly got shin splints. Took a week or so off from it and am back taking it much easier. I do .6 miles straight, and then I take the odd break for the rest of the way. I also gained 20-30 pounds at one point because of the cruise I went on and all the buffet. So, as I lose that it'll be easier to get back to where I was.

I liked that episode. Logopolis and Block Transfer Computation, using math to save the universe from entropic collapse. A fine episode that marked the end of Tom Baker's role as the Doctor. I bought the boxed set with The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis, and Castrovalva.

Persona 3 Well, I downed 3 major Shadow bosses today. That's little over two months of game time. Only 3 left! Of course, I have no clue what this means for the tower as I'm 9/12 on bosses, but only half on the tower. OH GOD!

Still playing Persona. Damn that Mitsuru. She signed us all up for Summer School! What a waste of a week. And then Sunday comes along, before I get a chance to watch TV, Chihiro calls and wants to go to some festival. I say yes, but it's mostly yet another wasted day. However, I have maxed out my charm and intelligence. So, once I've grinded (pun intended) Chihiro up to rank 10, I'll be moving on to Mitsuru. And fighting evil at night.

STALKER is now available over Steam, FYI.

Anyone know why my cat refuses to come in the open garage door, but has no qualm against entering through the front door?

Very interesting. I'd stroke my goatee, but I've been shaving.

If it turns out we're simulations, well... I'd hope for Godzilla. Because that was the best Sim City random event EVER.

"We must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom."