BTW it's Don not Dan but either way he's a douchebag not a gamer.

I was going to write a review for Game & Wario tonight. Then after I sat down to do it I got a call from a friend I hadn't heard from in 2 years. He was flying from Texas to Paris to go bang a Russian woman, but his flight was late so he missed it. The airline put him up in a hotel room with a voucher, but he needed me to put down a credit card for hotel room incidentals otherwise they wouldn't let him stay. The hotel wouldn't take it over the phone so I had to sign paperwork and fax it back to them along with some other stuff. This is a good example of my friends. Now I'm too tired to write the review.

So I have started to play Game of Thrones and Max Payne 3. MP3 is the same shit just dressed up nicer. You jump in slow mo and shoot the same random dude for hours on end with no thought to level design or pacing or anything that even remotely resembles deep gameplay. Oh wait this game adds moments where you snipe people and that seems to be the extent of the designers imagination.

GoT I just started but its not bad at all. Seems to be a decent Dragon Age/KOTOR clone. The game works, I have seen no glitches or weird broken mechanics. It looks like ass in terms of the level of graphics but the devs try to do their best with the crap budget they got.They try to add some nice detail to the world and there are a bunch of characters with different models. Combat seems just like DA, just not as deep.

Dvader said:

NEWS!!!

Dan Mattrick leaves! Jumping off the sinking ship I see.

Is he Dons' brother?

robio said:

Assassin's Creed creator feels the series focuses more on killing

You know I'd like to see more developers talk about games series they created and what they think about them after they stopped working on them.

I didn't realise till he said it in the article but Patrice is right. With AC2 I was exploring and climbing everywhere and looking around the map. In AC3 I just track someone and shank them.

On Club Nintendo europe

Dvader said:

GoT I just started but its not bad at all. Seems to be a decent Dragon Age/KOTOR clone. The game works, I have seen no glitches or weird broken mechanics. It looks like ass in terms of the level of graphics but the devs try to do their best with the crap budget they got.They try to add some nice detail to the world and there are a bunch of characters with different models. Combat seems just like DA, just not as deep.

Glad to hear you're finally playing it. At around the 7 or 8 hour mark the story really gets going and from that point on it will be tough to put down. Though once you meet Cersi you will be a little mad that they couldn't get her real voice.

Fuck my life.

On an unrelated note this Wind Waker HD preview is pretty good:

Why There’s More to The Wind Waker HD Than the Upgraded Visuals Preview said:

It’s a timeless piece of art backed up with an immense story, near-perfect level design and brilliantly flowing gameplay.

The Miiverse functionality is actually really impressive: you’ll find bottles with messages inside strewn along the beaches of the islands you visit, right from the Outset. These could be tips, progress updates or even discussion from your Wii U friends or complete strangers. You can write messages yourself and this is all done very neatly through a messages tab on the GamePad. This replaces the Tingle Tuner and seems like a much better idea.

Most of the Tingle Tuner’s functionality can now be found with the GamePad features anyway – you can really see how Nintendo have always planned their second-screen agenda. However, instead of controlling Tingle himself via the GamePad, you’ll be able to view the map and any messages you’ve received, which should give you relevant hints instead of Tingle himself.

Sure, some people may miss the Tuner aspect but this new way of doing things seems very focused, with the GamePad map making travelling around the sea a lot easier without breaking immersion. It means you won’t be constantly pausing to check if you’re heading in the right direction and, as well as that, you’ll have easy access to your entire inventory.

This makes it easy to quickly switch between items; simply dragging and dropping the items into the desired slot instead of constantly having to go into the menu in order to arrange your equipment.

As well as all of this, they’ve really improved the sailing. You’ll still have to use the titular baton (which is now tied to up on the d-pad for easy access) to change the winds for the direction you want to go, but you can now press A when at top speed to effectively boost, making getting around much faster.

It plays really well with the GamePad’s buttons, too. There’s plenty of room for the items and the camera, while combat is as snappy and smooth as ever, with notes flying off wonderously as you attack the enemies. Gyroscopic and touch controls also add to the game, rather than taking away from it. Aiming is much more intuitive and can be fine-tuned by moving the controller, while the Wind Waker can be controlled by touching the screen.

It’s a real gem of a game that hasn’t lost any of the charm in the gameplay in its transition to Nintendo’s latest console.

All of that – and probably more gameplay tweaks and fixes, including a tweaked Triforce quest – lies on top of the brand-new visuals, which seem to have been entirely redone rather than just upgraded, toning down the blocky cel-shading for something entirely more smooth and satisfying.

It’s truly a glorious sight to behold and one that every Zelda fan – and every Wii U owner for that matter – should consider this October before we enter the next generation fully in November.

Should always go with Sony GG. That sucks though, damn.

I have two bluray players. And I need a new laptop, getting a new console if off the agenda for at least a year. I've gone the whole gen avoiding mandatory install games, now near the end I get boned by one of the most popular series of all time.