GrandpaUlrira • Comments

• Fire Emblem: Awakening review

• GrandpaUlrira 15/04/2013

  Hmmm, maybe I had better re-order that pre-order! Reply 0

• Saturday Soapbox: Voting with your wallets isn't the whole answer to abusive micro-transactions

• GrandpaUlrira 02/03/2013

  @nickthegun It's an interesting point you make about Street Fighter X Tekken, as that was a case where the earlier attempts at emptying the pockets of consumers cost them a sale in the long run. Buying Marvel Vs Capcom 3, only to have a sequel come out six months later, made me wary of Capcom's next fighting game. Once I read about the character DLC in Street Fighter X Tekken, which if I ever went online would put me at a distinct disadvantage, I couldn't really justify the purchase any more. Reply +4

• GrandpaUlrira 02/03/2013

  One thing that would help would be if reviewers played games minus paid content (including XBox Live Gold). I bought FIFA 13 not long after letting my Gold subscription lapsed, having not played a FIFA game for some years, and in truth I was surprised how little content was left beyond the most basic game modes.
  
  In the most egregious cases, a few points off games that basically don't work without paid-for transactions would get publishers' notice, once the Metacritic score starts creeping down. Reply +6

• Diablo 3 accounts hacked, gold and items stolen

• GrandpaUlrira 21/05/2012

  For those complaining about Blizzard charging for the authenticators, I expect the Battle.net authenticator apps, which are free, will do the job. Android version here.
  
  Don't have D3 myself, mind, so can't confirm it works. Reply +8

• The Witcher 2 producer announces Dark Souls-inspired RPG

• GrandpaUlrira 05/04/2012

  Based on that description of the world, they were also big fans of Xenoblade Chronicles. Reply +3

• Ridge Racer Unbounded dev cut tutorial for controversial controls

• GrandpaUlrira 05/04/2012

  Was it explained in the manual? Reply 0

• Will GAME's Woes Kill Off AA Titles?

• GrandpaUlrira 31/03/2012

  Part of Game's problem for me was that they stopped stocking many of those AA games, in favour of more and more pre-owned space. It was often impossible to buy many of those games on the High Street, leaving online as the only alternative.
  
  I remember a few years ago asking about Bangai-O Spirits on the day after release, and it turned out they had one copy that they hadn't even put on the shelves. Reply +7

• Mysterious Capcom/Namco/Sega 3DS collaboration teased

• GrandpaUlrira 01/03/2012

  I reckon it'll be a strategy game, looking at Banpresto's game history. The other possibility is some kind of Smash Bros style game. Reply 0

• GAME in trouble as doubt cast on ability to stock new games

• GrandpaUlrira 01/02/2012

  How would we know the difference? Most of the time their stores only have stock of the very biggest releases anyway, and a few weeks on it's impossible to buy most games new in their shops. Reply +3

• UK 2011 Modern Warfare 3 sales lower than 2010 Black Ops sales

• GrandpaUlrira 12/01/2012

  /Awaits arrival of King's Speech fanboys Reply 0

• Bonus Skyrim Xbox 360 Timelapse

• GrandpaUlrira 27/11/2011

  Videos still don't work for me, unfortunately, on Firefox 8. I'm sure it's lovely though. Reply +1

• Retrospective: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

• GrandpaUlrira 20/11/2011

  The moment it dawns on you that by 'winning' you will doom the island is one of gaming's best moments for me. I can't think of many games that tell a story so well and so sparsely. Reply +8

• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Review

• GrandpaUlrira 25/10/2011

  Fair play, they've fixed the bug where I couldn't read the bottom of the review. Now I can't see the last page of comments except by sorting by newest, and I can't see the middle pages at all. Reply +4

• GrandpaUlrira 24/10/2011

  I can't even read the end of the review because of the interview popup. Awesome site design! Reply +8

• Molyneux hasn't seen new Syndicate

• GrandpaUlrira 15/10/2011

  So he's a guest at a rival syndicate and they allow him into a room off the main lobby where they are roughing up a prisoner? That doesn't seem very prudent. Reply +3

• New Skyward Sword details at TGS

• GrandpaUlrira 13/09/2011

  The Windfish?! Colour me intrigued.... Reply +4

• Mario Kart 3D

• GrandpaUlrira 28/06/2011

  The bracketed asides from other staff members always make me think of games magazines from the 90s. Reply +17

• New Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D trailer

• GrandpaUlrira 03/05/2011

  That is kind of disappointing, as the only real improvements seem to be on the Link models and the framerate, and I guess they will find another way to implement the rumble feature that told you when secrets were nearby. The soundtrack is the exact same as the N64 version... surely at least a vanilla update to that would have helped hide the MIDI roots? Hell, they could have just asked the ZREO guys for their soundtrack. The remake of Star Fox seems more promising to me. Reply 0

• EA cancels My Garden

• GrandpaUlrira 16/02/2011

  /cancels 3DS pre-order. Reply +20

• Talk to the Handheld

• GrandpaUlrira 22/01/2011

  The glasses-free 3D is enough to sell the 3DS right now, just as the motion control was enough in the early days of the Wii. In my book, the price point is the only mistake. Reply +5

• Capcom "saddened" by MaXplosion furore

• GrandpaUlrira 13/01/2011

  Other than the obvious similarities with the explosions, it's difficult to see what's particularly original about Maxplosion, to the point where it's more like a ripoff of old 16-bit platformers, just looking a bit more shit. Capcom stuff on the SNES looked better than this. Reply +1

• Exclusive Portal 2 levels for Razer Hydra

• GrandpaUlrira 10/01/2011

  Motion control for the PC will be about as successful as the Game Gear
  You really think it will sell 11 million!? Reply +6

• Who's making the Ico/SOTC remasters?

• GrandpaUlrira 15/12/2010

  I would genuinely consider getting a PS3 for this and Uncharted 2. Reply +4

• What's the final XBLA game of the year?

• GrandpaUlrira 14/12/2010

  I get a Mr Driller vibe from some of that. Reply 0

• Retrospective: Super Mario Bros. 3

• GrandpaUlrira 28/11/2010

  That screenshot on page 3 is more than a little fishy... Reply +17