ecureuil • Comments

• The Wind Waker's missing dungeons were reused in other Zelda games

• ecureuil 13/06/2013

  @SSnakez
  
  They were cut because they were running out of time and needed to ship the game. Reply +7

• Live: Nintendo Direct E3 Conference

• ecureuil 11/06/2013

  Fuckin Megaman. Awesome. Reply 0

• ecureuil 11/06/2013

  This looks ace. Reply 0

• ecureuil 11/06/2013

  Arnold is in Bayonetta 2? Reply 0

• ecureuil 11/06/2013

  People will just send dick pictures. Reply 0

• Battlefield 4 reintroduces top down "Commander Mode"

• ecureuil 10/06/2013

  Who gave all these game developers the impression we want to control games with our phones and tablets? It feels gimmicky. Reply +11

• DICE developing new Star Wars Battlefront game

• ecureuil 10/06/2013

  Sold. Reply +1

• Far Cry HD rated in Brazil for Xbox 360 and PS3

• ecureuil 23/05/2013

  I've played this recently and it's kinda rough nowadays. It was amazing when it first came out but it's been surpassed since. Reply +1

• Nvidia blows a palace to smithereens in real-time destruction demo

• ecureuil 27/03/2013

  This looks like quite a fun game on its own. Reply +1

• Diablo 3 on consoles: hell or high water?

• ecureuil 26/03/2013

  I agree with most. This preview tells us nothing about the quality of the game, just that this particular person doesn't get on with this genre. Mentioning Zelda and Bastion is weird. It's a bit like previewing the new FIFA then qualifying it by saying you've never played a FIFA game before, but you really like American football, and then holding it to those standards. Reply -4

• Gamer anger grows as SimCity debacle threatens to turn ugly

• ecureuil 07/03/2013

  Why not just let people play it offline? Games still sold well before all this DRM crap was introduced. Reply +10

• This is what the Sonic Dash endless runner looks like

• ecureuil 07/03/2013

  Well this looks meh. They'd have been better off making the Sonic 2 special stages in to a full game. Reply +1

• EA backtracks on putting micro-transactions in all future games

• ecureuil 06/03/2013

  You guys do realise this is just damage control PR, right? They haven't learnt shit, except if you tell people what they want to hear they'll lap it up. Microtransactions will still be all over EA's games and you're a fool if you think otherwise. Reply +31

• ecureuil 06/03/2013

  Too late to backtrack now, sorry. Reply +20

• Sega announces Sonic Dash, an endless runner starring Sonic the Hedgehog

• ecureuil 05/03/2013

  So is this going to be another microtransaction based game? "You're out of Sonic Boosts - replenish your power for 69p!" Reply 0

• Army of Two dev: we forget games are meant to be fun

• ecureuil 28/02/2013

  Download the "Fun Pack" DLC today for just 1200MSP. Reply +10

• Real Racing 3 review

• ecureuil 28/02/2013

  Most of the App Store reviews are suspiciously positive
  
  It's not suspicious, there really are a lot of people that are totally fine with this. That's why it's becoming more and more prominent, they wouldn't do it if it didn't work. The iPhone payment system is very sleek, you put your password in and click okay and you're done. You probably won't even notice the money gone from your account, it's only a couple of quid after all, out of sight, out of mind. They're not making a small profit, these scam apps (only way I can describe them) are making an absolute mint because a great many casual mobile gamers are totally ok with paying to play. Reply +10

• ecureuil 28/02/2013

  Everything that's wrong with modern gaming.
  
  At this point, mobile gaming should be a triumph. Just look at the graphics in the screenshot on this page. But what good mobile games are coming out? Are there any? Modern phones are extremely capable devices now, we could be seeing some wonderful games on them, but there's fuck all. We're at the point where games are designed around a payment model. I don't waste my time with any of these games, but it's a sad state of affairs for the industry. Reply +15

• Several staffers on Aliens: Colonial Marines spill the beans on what went wrong - report

• ecureuil 26/02/2013

  Gearbox fucked up but anyone who pre-ordered this/paid for it without seeing reviews is an idiot and they deserve it. Consumers' first line of defence is themselves, there is no good reason to put your money down on a game before it's been released. Gearbox will be punished by lack of sales, but the game has now topped the charts because swathes of utter idiots paid for this without waiting for reviews. If you'd waited then you could have voted with your wallet. Reply +3

• BioShock Infinite gameplay trailer teases Elizabeth's role

• ecureuil 19/02/2013

  For a moment there I thought that was Rapture. Reply 0

• Square Enix struggling to make money from its console games

• ecureuil 05/02/2013

  They never properly evolved for the current round of consoles. Like much of the Japanese games industry, their games design philosophies are stuck around the year 2000.
  
  Just Cause 3 will serve them well. JC2 was ace and I think the third game is going to be a huge hit. Reply +16

• Uncharted: Fight for Fortune review

• ecureuil 25/01/2013

  Card games can be fun if the subject matter is interesting. I'd play a Resident Evil card game, for example. And the Final Fantasy card games (Triple Triad, etc) are a lot of fun.
  
  Uncharted is a good series but a card game of it sounds like the dullest thing ever. Reply +3

• Capcom addresses why Resident Evil: Revelations isn't coming to Vita

• ecureuil 25/01/2013

  Bullshit answer. Didn't want to admit it's because Vita has sold like shit and they didn't want to waste money making a game they think only 10 people would buy. Vita needs stuff like this and Monster Hunter before they will buy it. Reply +1

• BioShock Infinite prequel e-book announced for Amazon Kindle

• ecureuil 22/01/2013

  I'm reading Bioshock: Rapture at the moment, it's pretty good. I think it's designed to be read immediately after the first game. I haven't played Bioshock since 2007 so I'm frequently getting the impression I'm supposed to know more about certain characters than I actually do. I'm constantly trying to plunge the depths of my memory to remember what these guys were actually like in the game. I guess I should just play Bioshock again.. :) Reply +2

• Adverts and the new Xbox 360 dashboard

• ecureuil 19/11/2012

  There are too many ads imo. I have nothing against advertising and I understand the need for it, but Microsoft doesn't need to flood the Xbox dashboard with ads, they just don't need to do it. Personally I think they should keep the adverts to the store. So if you go to your video tab, you get movie ads, if you go to the games tab, you get games ads. Would be really nice to have the launch screen free of ads, say, have your friends list on the right side of the screen, and on the left side have the Open/Play button, then a Windows 8 style grid of shortcuts to anything of your choosing, XBLA games, videos, etc. Reply +1