ZehDon

Reply to Update To Sony’s Playstation Network and Qriocity Penetrated and Personal Data Stolen in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

What worries me most are the double standards employed by Sony. When it's their information on the table, such as with the now infamous GeoHotz circus, Sony is quick to the draw and absolutely relenting in their pursuit. It wasn't until the massive PR backlash and the mass media focus that the 'anonymous' statements brought to the situation that they holstered the Lawyers and settled it out. However, when their entire customer bases' information is on

Reply to Nintendo 3DS: Wot I thunk in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

Are there ports on the DS? Absolutely. Are there excellent ports and bad ports? Of course. Are there DS exclusive games that are worth the system's price? Damn straight. The World Ends With You Super Scribblenaughts The Legend of Zelda: The Spirit Tracks The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Moon Final Fantasy: Revnant Wings Mario Kart DS ( the definitive Mario Kart experience, I might add ) Rune Factory<b

ZehDon reviews Crysis 2 in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

This review contains elements of spoilers. I have left most major plot elements out, however if you prefer to know nothing about the game, proceed at your own peril. Oh, and this is a wall of Text. You were warned. Firstly, let me just say why I’m reviewing Crysis 2, as I don’t post reviews that often. I honestly feel that it needs someone to say something nice for it, because it’s getting a lot of bad air. And, yes

Reply to Crysis 2 in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="20" id="2917736"]What specifically do you mean by fixing multiplayer? I don't have the game yet, but MP is a pretty big part of deciding whether or not I buy an FPS, if it's borked somehow I'd rather wait for a bit.[/quote] At the moment, the multiplayer component is basically non-functional. And there are reports of legitimate users being banned due to the borked security system, and pirates are seemingly able to play the game and are able

Reply to Crysis 2 in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Wow, there's a lot of negativity in this thread, and I don't think all of it is enitrely deserved. I'm just about finished the single player campaign, and I'll put up a review once I'm done, but frankly I've found it to be a whole lot of fun. It's more kinetic, and much faster paced than Crysis was. While Crysis gave you vast levels and tasked you with getting to the other side, Crysis 2's level are more like a funnel for the action. T

Nintendo 3DS: Wot I thunk in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

I thought I’d share some of my thoughts here for those looking at getting a 3DS, and those on the fence about getting one, as despite the mass media coverage I still don’t think the “hands on” info has been good enough. I’ll cover one quick thing first, which really needs to be addressed and actually hasn't been so far. I’m calling it the… 3DS-yndrome When you turn the system on for the first time, you

Reply to No Oceans: A Call for World Wide Release Dates in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote]You might not agree with it, but it's most definitely not "arbitrary".[/quote] The problem with this thinking is that it relates back to an older system and style. Why can't I access my digitial download of Crysis 2 until two later than the Americans? In the mean time, I could pirate the game, finish it, and decide weather or not it's even worth the trouble and cost. These small delays are bareable - I can suffer two additional days. Howe

No Oceans: A Call for World Wide Release Dates in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Head over to RockPaperShotgun.com to join the call. Tired of waiting days, weeks and even months to play games after their supposed "release" date? No? You must be living in North America. Sign the petition, and do what you can to promote the removal of these arbitrary release delays!

Reply to BioWare Employee Busted in Dragon Age 2 Review Scandal in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="TorinReborn" reply="31" id="2906837"]Can you give me a few better stories from RTS games?[/quote] Happy to: Starcraft. Homeworld. Battle for Middle Earth. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Dawn of War II. These are just the few that I've played. Starcraft II's story is the weakest story Blizzard have ever told, however it features the highest production values Blizzard have ever produced. [quote]Can you name me one RTS that has more

Reply to BioWare Employee Busted in Dragon Age 2 Review Scandal in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="7" id="2906150"]This is just another reason why you can't trust scores anymore, you always have to read between the lines of what the reviewer is saying to get a feel of where they're coming from. [/quote] Reviews from any publication that posts advertisements from publishers is essentially a compromised review... and that's pretty much any publication either in print or the internet. The problem comes when reviewers - who are supposed to be able to

Reply to Raven Reviews "Dragon Age 2" *No Spoilers* in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gaston_DAoust" reply="13" id="2903864"]I hope that the upcoming Skyrim doesn't go the same route. One of the devs was talking about being inspired by the menue layout for the Apple music store and it gave me that sinking "we're going to streamline everything" feeling...[/quote] With Skyrim, they wanted to get around the menu system that Oblivison used, which wasn't entirely user friendly. So, they made everything graphical instead. It's still menu driven, it just

Reply to EA Forum Bans stop you from playing games? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Oh, now it seems it was all a big mistake. [quote]Unfortunately, there was an error in the system that accidentally suspended your entire EA account. Immediately upon learning of the glitch, we have restored the entire account and apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused while accessing other areas of the EA service.[/quote] Strange that the moderato

EA Forum Bans stop you from playing games? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Read this story over on Rockpapershotgun.com. [quote]To summarise, EA can take away your access to your purchased games at their sole discretion, and not offer any refund. That’s what you agree to when you buy an EA game. And of course this is not unique to EA. We are very aware of other services with similarly draconian bans, and are actively investigating them.</

Reply to Way to go Shafer :) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="InternetNerd" reply="40" id="2902786"]...Your rant about a beginning design brief is irrelevant.[/quote] [quote who="InternetNerd" reply="38" id="2902752"]...there was no axing of a lot of features from the design...[/quote] If features were not cut, then the initial design brief contained everything that shipped. This is impossible, I assure you. Ignoring that, this means that the initial design brief represents the game that Jon was asked to han

Reply to Dragon Age 2 Tonight!!! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

And Luckmann hits a home run!

Reply to Way to go Shafer :) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="InternetNerd" reply="38" id="2902752"]...So don't know what your comment is meant to imply Brad, but it's just not true. I haven't read the GD article yet so I can't tell if they made it up.......... or you did.[/quote] Oh my, who to believe? A nameless, faceless 'Internet Nerd' with apparently an equally namless and faceless 'reliable source', or Brad Wardell, CEO and owner of Stardock and the current employer of Jon Shafer, the 'developer' in question. <b

Reply to Dragon Age 2 Tonight!!! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Honestly, DA:O left me feeling a tad underwhelmed by the end, and unfortunately the shift towards a more Mass Effect styled experience for DA2 has left me feeling fairly uninterested. I hope you guys enjoy it, but I'll be sitting this one out.

Reply to Way to go Shafer :) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I can understand why Soren Johnson would say what he said. Supreme Commander, for example, had a UI that could be described fairly as 'obscene'. Making the UI simpler would have allowed for more people to play the game easily. Unfortunately, when the industry talks about 'streamlining' and 'cutting to the chase' we don't end up with complex games that are easier to understand and play. Point in case: Supreme Commander 2. An improved UI, better path finding, a mor

Reply to Nintendo 3DS: Bandwagon starts here in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

I don't think Nintendo have to worry about iPhones and Mobile Gaming any time soon. While the amount of games on an iPhone and the like is impressive, the App Store is filled with hundreds and thousands of games that are terrible, and far worse than the shoveware that clogs the DS's library. Of the good ones, they mostly follow the usual trend of burst gaming - 5 minutes here, 10 minutes there, 15 minutes when you're really in to it. They're starting to offer more hardcore g

Reply to Nintendo 3DS: Bandwagon starts here in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="mentalinstra" reply="3" id="2895662"]Looks like its $250 in the US.[/quote] It's also regionally restricted, and the games are region locked. If I buy a US Version 3DS, I have to buy US Games. Then I can't play multiplayer with any of my friends who buy an Australian 3DS and Australian games. Blizzard are doing the same thing; their digital purchases cost US$90.00 in Australia and New Zealand. [quote who="StevenAus" reply="4" id="2895665"]There is

Reply to Nintendo 3DS: Bandwagon starts here in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

Well, the original PSP cost AU$400.00, and it had no touch screen, gyroscope, online store or stereoscopic display. Welcome to Australia: where shit costs more.

Reply to DarkSpore in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="zigzag" reply="21" id="2895293"]How does it compare to other casual action RPG's like Magicka? (I don't mean casual in the pejorative sense.)[/quote] The gameplay is actually pretty good, as long as you like Action RPGs. It doesn't do enough new things to win over non-fans of the genre, however it's solidly designed. The Hero Swap mechanic, for example, allows you to have three Heroes - with independant Health and Power bars and abilities, as well as upgrades - in

Reply to DarkSpore in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Well, DarkSpore is really something interesting. It's like Diablo, only with less loot and a far more inventive setting. The game mechanics are different enough that it won't really compete with Torchlight or Diablo, and yet similar enough to attract a similar crowd. The graphics are nice, though with horrible outlines around everything (I turned them down, however you can't disable them) and the music and sound are pitch perfect and quite unique. My original

Reply to PS3 Hackers being Banned, but where is the line of "Ownership" ? in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

I remember when the DS Lite came out, and everyone - even me - rushed to buy one. It was a far superior design to the original DS. Then, Nintendo brought out the DSi. This one has a camera in it, online store and memory cards to store everything, as well as a longer battery life. The DSi, however, was also regionally restricted. I didn't buy one. If I'm remembering correctly, the DSi has the same, or greater, install base as the DS Lite. After the D

Nintendo 3DS: Bandwagon starts here in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

Well, I pre-ordered my 3DS today for AU$298.00 with free delivery. Considering the base price is AU$350.00, I think I got a good deal. The Australian launch titles look a little weak, though there are few good ones that I'll be picking up. Super Street Fighter 4 3D looks fantastic. <img src="http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Games/S/Super%20Street%20Fighter%20IV%203D/Everything%20Else/Finished/072910_streetfighter43d_obs03--article_image.jpg" alt