Garibaldi • Comments

• The quest for Shadow of the Colossus' last big secret

• Garibaldi 02/05/2013

  SOTC will forever be lodged in my memory not so much because of its enchanting landscape or inventive gameplay, but because I had to stop playing. I wasn't bored, but something about the simple plot really got to me. I was killing these innocent, ancient creatures just to try and selfishly bring back one life, and I reached the point where I couldn't do it anymore.
  
  Now that really surprised me. I'd been playing games for a long time and had mown my way through hordes of npcs, innocent and alike, but here I was disgusted with the actions of my character and didn't want to take them any further. The first and only game which has had me react in such a strong manner. Reply +22

• Company of Heroes 2 revealed

• Garibaldi 03/05/2012

  You'd think returning to this lucrative franchise would've been an obvious move for THQ given their financial troubles. Slightly amazed it took them this long to realise it. Reply +15

• Leisure Suit Larry creator: games aren't funny anymore

• Garibaldi 24/04/2012

  Dissapointed that nobody has mentioned the 'Hector' series of games on the iphone and ipad, I'm on the second atm and finding it hilarious in parts. Reply +5

• Official Mass Effect 3 Xbox 360 and PS3 console mods revealed

• Garibaldi 08/02/2012

  Obscene. When I think of the valuable resources wasted on crap like this it makes me genuinely angry. Reply +5

• Retrospective: Grim Fandango

• Garibaldi 05/02/2012

  Sad to say I only ever thought it was ok. The production values were fantastic and I loved the idea of a film-noir with skeletons but, I dunno, the script seemed too self-involved and focussed on trying to be clever rather than funny to me.
  
  Recognise I am very much in the minority on this, though! Reply -1

• EA forums were "defaced by a hacker"

• Garibaldi 31/01/2012

  Maybe he was trying to deactivate his EA account? Reply +11

• Jagged Alliance: Back in Action gameplay trailer

• Garibaldi 25/01/2012

  @PlugMonkey
  
  You're cautious about even being curious? Bloody hell, that is cautious. Reply +1

• Garibaldi 24/01/2012

  I can't see 'plan and execute' being half as immersive and tense as JA2's turn-based system. Wish they'd had the courage to stick with what works for the series. Reply +2

• New Hitman novel announced

• Garibaldi 25/01/2012

  They should've hired me! I write pretty awesome Hitman fan-fiction. Reply +1

• New Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City trailer

• Garibaldi 09/01/2012

  It's a shame the actual game looks a bit ropy. Reply +3

• Games of 2011: Bastion

• Garibaldi 27/12/2011

  @Gastrian
  
  It ends just after you have a chat to the narrator in person, at some kind of hub where you can create buildings. I appreciate that the demo may not showcase the game best but really it's all I have to go on without buying on the off chance!
  
  @UncleLou
  
  Ah, this is the first one of these articles that I've read. Reply 0

• Garibaldi 27/12/2011

  Tried the demo and was bored before the end. It certainly looks lovely, and the narrator is a nice touch, but it's telling that this eurogamer analysis says next to nothing about the actual gameplay. Reply +6

• Techland: Dead Island "probably" the best-selling new IP of 2011

• Garibaldi 21/12/2011

  Excellent. I'm quite keen on a sequel. Reply +1

• Naughty Dog: move to next-gen is "terrifying"

• Garibaldi 19/12/2011

  No doubt when they realised the PS3's architecture was just as bloody bonkers as the PS2. Reply +8

• Bethesda refutes Skyrim PS3 lag claims by Fallout NV dev

• Garibaldi 07/12/2011

  Oh dear. They're not still denying this engine is Gamebryo, are they? Reply +42

• Valve employee spotted in Half Life 3 shirt

• Garibaldi 02/12/2011

  If that's a joke then it's not funny anymore. Reply +67

• COD: Modern Warfare 3 live action trailer

• Garibaldi 07/11/2011

  Cool advert. Though maybe their advertising budget would've been better invested in building a new game engine. Reply 0

• "For Nintendo, yes, things really are that bad" - analysts

• Garibaldi 28/10/2011

  You'd think Nintendo might be able to absorb a failure or two due to the insane cash reserve they must've built up with the Wii. Then again, my knowledge of economics is somewhat limited. Reply +10

• Hector: Badge of Carnage Ep2 details

• Garibaldi 20/05/2011

  The working with Telltale has me a bit worried as I find their stuff blander than tofu, but hopefully they're just helping out with the engine. Reply 0

• Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts

• Garibaldi 18/05/2011

  I'm concerned that Obsidian are going the same way as the FO3 DLCs and raising the level cap in each one, with an ultimate goal of level 50 by the end of Lonesome Road. This didn't work well when we got to Point Lookout, with unarmoured tribals able to weather nine shotgun blasts to the face.
  
  True, there's a promised perk in Old World Blues which locks your level but that'll solve the symptom, not the problem, and just make things insanely difficult as Obsidian continue to ramp up the enemies HP for their target audience of people who are gobbling up the extra levels. Reply +3

• Sony: "They're in trouble" - ngmoco

• Garibaldi 21/03/2011

  And now it's time for #9,567,292 in 'tiresome, corporate smack-talk'. Collect the whole series! Reply +61

• Gearbox to credit every Duke Forever dev

• Garibaldi 24/02/2011

  Nice idea but nobody is going to read all those credits. Reply -14

• Free Super Meat Boy DLC released

• Garibaldi 22/02/2011

  Didn't Valve say that MS wouldn't allow them to put free content up on XBL? Is it one rule for full retail games and another for arcade releases? Reply +1

• BioWare boss "blown away" by 3DS

• Garibaldi 15/07/2010

  I feared this would fit right in with the tide of 'amazing hardware!', 'revolutionary', and 'fills my head with possibilities!', then when it actually comes to the developers making good on their enthusiasm we end up with shovelware shite.
  
  To his credit though Greg Zeschuk is actually pretty reserved, bit of a relief.
  
  Reply +2

• Schafer: Demoing games is like stand-up

• Garibaldi 06/05/2009

  If there's one thing that irritates me most about EG it's the paring down of their feature/interview articles into 'news pieces'. Reply 0