LeSpank • Comments

• War never changes

• LeSpank 11/06/2013

  The article puts a very good point across but I trust Remedy to tell a brilliant story and Crimson Dragon will probably be up my street despite it harking back to the Saturn era! I'm clinging on to that for hope... It's not like Sony showed anything more interesting. Reply +3

• Lucid's new driving game isn't Project Gotham Racing 5

• LeSpank 10/06/2013

  Wow. You see who is behind this and it turns out to be a tilty iOS f2p game. So tragic you have to laugh. Reply 0

• The Club retrospective

• LeSpank 15/04/2013

  I love the game! It was mentioned in the article but I really wish they had allowed it to stand out a bit more by making it look like it was something other than a generic shooter.
  
  Same thing with Blur. Great racing game but it looks like a NFS Underground rip off. Reply +1

• HMV bundles Wii U Premium and Zombi U for just £199

• LeSpank 23/03/2013

  I'm an Xbox 360 and PC gamer currently. If I was tempted to get another console it would be the 7 year old PS3. How Nintendo has managed to make their hardware so unappealing to gamers is quite amazing. Reply 0

• Watch five of us play Gears of War: Judgment live from 8.30pm GMT

• LeSpank 20/03/2013

  @Snake_2011
  
  Yes you can pay MS points to increase your level but all XP gets you in Gears is cosmetic bonuses. Namely a number next to your name, extra weapon skins and armour skins. That article flat out lies about 'extra abilities'.
  
  I don't like micro transactions and the like but this really isn't anything to worry about. Reply 0

• Gears of War: Judgment review

• LeSpank 18/03/2013

  dogmanstaruk wrote:
  Just clicked that there are only FOUR maps included for the multiplayer.
  
  What the fuck? Why is this not even mentioned in the review? Four maps is unacceptable.

  Because there are 8. And 2 more downloadable ones for free at the start of April.
  
  This 4 map thing needs to go away. Reply +1

• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed review

• LeSpank 17/11/2012

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5d8WWH_OyQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
  
  WIN Reply +2

• Rainbow 6: Patriots may now be next-gen game, Ubisoft CEO says

• LeSpank 13/11/2012

  I played Rainbow Six 3 and Rainbow Six Black Arrow so much on the original Xbox! For that reason alone I'd like to see another entry in the series. Reply +3

• NiGHTS Into Dreams HD review

• LeSpank 05/10/2012

  Gonna have fun playing this again.
  
  Slightly upsetting that games don't provide experiences like this any more though. Reply +2

• Saturday Soapbox: Yearning Japanese

• LeSpank 05/08/2012

  The Sega Saturn provided me with my first taste of import gaming thanks to the ease of which it could be modified. Although the 50/60hz switch was so good I often felt it worth waiting for the PAL release.
  
  The Dreamcast was a different story. As a fan of arcade conversions I was all over the smoother NTSC port of Sega Rally 2, the online enabled Daytona USA and Outtrigger, then Zero Gunner 2, Ikaruga, Puyo Puyo Fever, Border Down... Reply +1

• Microsoft pulls Fez patch

• LeSpank 25/06/2012

  Could someone tell me what this patch was supposed to fix in the first place? I have been playing Fez on and off since it was released and I haven't noticed any serious problems yet. Reply 0

• Bulletstorm developer working on new Gears of War

• LeSpank 01/06/2012

  I'm a big Gears fan but didn't get on with Bulletstorm at all. For me, Gears 3 was the game where they nailed the movement and vastly improved the network aspect... It all boils down to how the multiplayer works in the new game. Reply -1

• Title Update 4 will be rolled out today for Gears of War 3

• LeSpank 20/03/2012

  I have played the hell out if this game and not encountered most of the issues in this list!
  
  Oh well, tus are always welcome. Here's hoping I can play Bullet Marsh and Clock Tower again. @Mayhem I don't think you have played either of them on quick TDM. Petenub (epic dev) on twitter even said they weren't in. Reply 0

• Grand Slam Tennis 2 Review

• LeSpank 10/02/2012

  @Zomoniac definitely. VT3 is my favourite tennis game. I like VT4 but it felt to me like they slowed it down to the point where you couldn't put an opponent away when it should have been easy. Reply +1

• Xbox 360 "entertainment apps" usage up 50% post dash update

• LeSpank 17/01/2012

  Errr. There weren't any entertainment apps before the dash update. Great stat there. Reply +12

• Gears of War 3: Raam's Shadow Review

• LeSpank 13/12/2011

  I have completed chapters 1-3 so far and it has been really good. If anything it has made me wonder why they didn't try some of these different game play elements in the main series! The school level is nice because it feels like a maze, quite unlike the usual linear paths you take in GOW. Reply +1

• New Xbox 360 dashboard "an advertiser's dream"

• LeSpank 09/12/2011

  I'll admit that I have never bought an XBLIG but that's more to do with the fact that I never see any reviews, promotion of them rather than the fact that they are hard to find. I have to know about it before I go looking Reply 0

• Free Gears of War 3 Booster Map Pack DLC released

• LeSpank 24/11/2011

  I agree with others in saying that the Horde Command DLC was pretty poor but will wait and see what the RAAM single player and remaining 2 packs are like before deciding if the season pass was a complete rip off! Reply +1

• LeSpank 24/11/2011

  I would class Azura and Rustlung as the new maps even if they are on the Horde DLC.
  
  Clocktower and Bullet Marsh are in Gears 1
  
  Blood Drive is in Gears 2 Reply 0

• Daytona USA Review

• LeSpank 26/10/2011

  @chris_ace I'd like to know how the handling is an embarassment? As far as I can tell it's completely faithful to the arcade game, which (someone correct me) is one of the highest grossing arcade games ever. So it must have done something right. Reply +4

• LeSpank 26/10/2011

  @jaguarwong 800pts xbla/£6.something psn
  
  Out today on xbla, late Nov psn Reply 0

• LeSpank 26/10/2011

  I'm made up, this is genuinely one of my favourite games of all time. Not just for nostalgia and cheesy j-rock but because of the brilliant way you use the gears to initiate and control drifts. True meaning of easy to pick up and hard to master.
  
  Had completely forgotten about the Damon Hill trivia too. Nice reminder, that. Reply +4

• Daytona USA on XBLA before PSN in Europe

• LeSpank 13/10/2011

  Nah. It just looks to me like the game is being played in AT by someone that has no clue. Reply 0

• LeSpank 13/10/2011

  @croc it does seem that the driving on the official trailer is rather pathetic! I wanna see smoke coming from the tyres as the car screeches round the banked curve at the sonic wall not someone doing 20mph on sea side street galaxy with no other cars nearby! Reply +1

• Guardian Heroes

• LeSpank 12/10/2011

  Great review. Buying when I get home from work. Reply +3