Bloodloss • Comments

• Team Fortress 2

• Bloodloss 15/07/2011

  It's a good game and I play it regularly currently but in my opinion, it is the most imbalanced FPS in existence. I have absolutely no idea how anyone who's witnessed a heavy using a tomislav and dominating everyone on the server, being the sole reason why that team is winning, can call the game 'perfectly balanced.'
  
  "Is it balanced? Who can say. Nothing feels unfair"
  
  You're jesting, surely? Or have you never been instantly killed upon turning a corner by a sniper endlessly spamming with the Huntsman (popularly known as the Lucksman, for good reason), never been crit rocketed and killed instantly (this is the very definition of unfair. Yes you may get crits as well, and when you do, it'll be unfair for your opponent as well. Let's not even get into the fact that crits benefit classes like soldier far more than others - a scout needs two crits to kill a soldier, a soldier needs one HIT to kill a scout with the direct hit), never been one shotted by weapons that just utterly veto your existence if you play a class with low HP despite how you need pinpoint accuracy to do well against others and they just need to spam in your general direction, etc, etc - I could go on all day.
  
  That said, it's still a very good game, just not a balanced one. I personally believe that Valve intentionally make the game imbalanced in order to make it easier for people who are new to the game to do well, as can be seen with the Heavy class where they had a ludicrously overpowered weapon for him called the Natascha that made it impossible to escape.. it took many months for it to finally be fixed, and then soon after what do they do? Add the aforementioned Tomislav weapon for the heavy, making the problem even worse than it once was. I utterly disagree with this philosophy, but that's just me. Reply 0

• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution

• Bloodloss 13/01/2011

  Shame they still don't have Khorne Berzerkers in. Reply 0

• Retrospective: Super Mario Bros. 3

• Bloodloss 28/11/2010

  Thanks for writing this, I really enjoyed it. This game is hugely important and nostalgic to me. Definitely my favourite 2D platformer of all time, and one of my favourite games ever.
  
  I don't get the 'Califooornia' thing, and I watched The OC. What gives? Reply 0

• The Lord of the Rings Online

• Bloodloss 17/11/2010

  I look forward to it actually becoming free-to-play. Right now it's just an extended trial that stops at level 20 and forces you to start paying. Reply +1

• Mafia II

• Bloodloss 26/08/2010

  So you call it awful then proceed to give it 4 out of 10, which according to the Eurogamer scoring policy means it is below average, but not bad (3), or awful (2)? Interesting. Reply -5

• Green Day: Rock Band

• Bloodloss 08/06/2010

  Hmm, before this review this game would've been First! on my list of upcoming games to buy. It's just been knocked down a peg. Reply -5

• Bungie details Halo: Reach beta

• Bloodloss 10/04/2010

  So jet packs are a gimmick for new players to mess around with, but for people who are actually good at the game they're useless? Great. Reply +2

• Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver

• Bloodloss 06/04/2010

  "Rival trainers give the entire team a workout" - Really? So it's not like every other game in the series where they'll have a lesser evolved starter, and generally don't know their arse from their elbow? Reply +1

• EG launches dedicated kids site

• Bloodloss 30/03/2010

  Yeah, I wouldn't be caught dead on such a site at the age of 12. I agree with the people recommending video reviews... and whilst you're at it, please do some for this site already! Reply 0

• Red Steel 2

• Bloodloss 24/03/2010

  Saying you'd need to be a master swordsman for 1:1 to work is rather silly. You wouldn't need to be... your character, unlike in real life, could be made to handle being stabbed multiple times because you failed to block or etc. Similarly, the AI wouldn't necessarily have master swordsman AI.
  
  I'm still waiting for the day a developer nails 1:1 and makes you feel like you're actually using a sword or a lightsaber, even if that isn't capable on the Wii's technology. Until then we'll have to put up with mediocrity like Red Steel 2. Reply -3

• Yakuza 3

• Bloodloss 09/03/2010

  Hmm, would've bought it if they didn't treat westerners as second class customers and cut a bunch of content. At the very least they should've given you the option to enable that stuff. Reply +3

• Final Fantasy XIII

• Bloodloss 05/03/2010

  So then... a dumbed down, worthless JRPG with terrible character design that removes all that was ever good about Final Fantasy and attempts to appeal to the lowest common denominator in every possible way. Final Fantasy is truly dead. Shame really. Reply +17

• Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forli

• Bloodloss 28/01/2010

  So it's utterly terrible then? Then why give it 5?
  
  From the EG scoring policy:
  
  5/10 - Average Reply +2

• Editor's blog: Not The Top 50

• Bloodloss 24/12/2009

  Stupid decision. There will always be people who complain about anything, there was no reason to let it stop you doing something that a lot of people also enjoyed. The upcoming articles won't be anywhere near as interesting or popular - I looked forward to them but have no intention of reading the articles now and I'm sure a lot of people agree. Reply +1

• Star Trek Online

• Bloodloss 31/08/2009

  Looking goo-
  
  "Heavily instanced."
  
  Oh. Next. Reply 0

• Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta

• Bloodloss 04/08/2009

  Nothing other than bad things were said about it, yet it gets five. From the scoring policy "5/10 - Average." Really? Sounds utterly awful to me, and a 2/10 at best.
  
  Reply +7

• Fat Princess

• Bloodloss 03/08/2009

  Dayum... Reply -8

• SEGA Vintage Collection

• Bloodloss 17/06/2009

  How dare you talk that way about Altered Beast! Reply 0

• Swords & Soldiers

• Bloodloss 01/06/2009

  Yum Reply 0

• Fight Night Round 4

• Bloodloss 08/05/2009

  "punching is controlled with the sticks alone this time"
  
  Fuck yes! :) Good riddance to people not buying it due to this.
  
  Looking great. Reply 0

• Darkfall Online

• Bloodloss 05/05/2009

  223rd.
  
  
  ... Seriously though, lol. I remember when everyone was hyping the shit out of this game. Yet another game that proves that WoW will never ever be defeated. Reply 0

• Left 4 Dead nearly half-price this weekend

• Bloodloss 03/05/2009

  If this is the most retarded thing you've seen in a while, you should(n't) really hang around other comment threads. They both presented themselves at least somewhat reasonably, not just purely retarded fanboy shit like in 99% of these comment threads. From what I've played (admittedly not too much), I'd have to agree with both of them a bit - I do think L4D is overrated. But saying it should have been a "Free mod. At best." is a bit much...
  
  I haven't played L4D much though despite purchasing it ages ago. Mainly because like Burzum, I don't know anyone who'd play it with me on the PC, and I have absolutely no intention of playing it on a console. I'm sure it would be approximately 10,000 times better if I wasn't to join a server with a bunch of idiot kids who jump down your throat for any little mistake (making it difficult for a new player like myself), etc. Shame there don't seem to be too many PC gamers on EG, and the few there are don't really play together. Ah well. Reply 0

• Slither director rages at Microsoft

• Bloodloss 28/04/2009

  "favorite [sic]"
  
  :) Reply 0

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice

• Bloodloss 21/04/2009

  Hey! Beer Bad wasn't *too* horrible.. what about Doublemeat Palace?!
  
  Reply 0

• The Sims 3 will not use DRM

• Bloodloss 05/04/2009

  This is very good news. Whilst we're not clearly through the tunnel yet, we're certainly making progress when this sort of thing happens. A good move by EA and I hope to see them eliminate DRM entirely eventually. Reply 0