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I was intrigued by the glowing Destructoid review, but turned off when Tony Ponce decided to spoil exactly what happens in the "bad ending". His defense was that it's "obvious". Well, it wasn't obvious to me. I realize he was just excited about the game and wanted to share "what happens" with...

Plusses: * Art Design is amazing * Writing and plot = worthwhile / interesting / understated * Some of the level designs* are absolutely ingenious - esp. with the paint/thinner mechanic. * Sense of history - as someone who owns most or all of the Oswald and Mickey short films, seeing these...

I've learned to appreciate the Castlevania 64 games for what they are... very flawed experiences with minor bits of appreciable Castlevania lore and atmosphere in them. They're not utter crap all the way through - there are things to appreciate about them - but that's in spite of the overall bad...

I sold Super Magnetic Neo years ago because I was afraid it would make me throw my DC across the room. Definitely one of the most frustrating games on the system. Still play Bangai-O, Rez, Project Justice, Jet Grind Radio, oh and Super Puzzle Fighter II X... I love the extra play modes in...

Picked up an old Rogue Galaxy saved game about a month ago... always meant to get my money's worth out of that one. My saved game was only about three planets in, about 15 hours. Loving this game... went from about 15 hours to 30. I was soured a little on Level-5 (the developer) after Dark...

That first level is epic. The originals are classics in their own way, particularly the first (bought them all over again on VC too), but it's easy to get sick of Rare's punitive design tendencies. Obviously some people LIKE passing three levels and then being forced to replay them all over...

Super Runabout has aged pretty well... Just kidding. Seriously though, I still play that one sometimes. It's one of the most bizarre Dreamcast games around, and that's saying a lot.

Metroid II without a map is a pain in the ass collect-a-thon. Metroid II with a map would be a ridiculously easy waste of time. Either way - and I'm not trolling here, this is my honest opinion - I think gamers look at M2 through nostalgia-colored glasses... it's just not that good. Any...

If you aren't an expert player, and don't care about keeping a fair lead - in other words, if you just want good graphics, good control, good tracks and multiplayer, and can shrug off cheapness as "part of the crazy experience" - then MKW is the way to go, hands down. Love the motion controls...

I was saving up points for this, but got frustrated with the wait and picked up something else. Now I'm thinking we're going to get nickel & dimed with DLC. (Hate the new character sprite too.) Might still pick it up eventually, but considering the further delay I don't regret spending the...

I'll second the notion: 5-1 is much more frustrating than any of the levels that come after. You might be tempted to stop if you think there are just 4 or 5 more levels with the same gameplay, but the next few levels (while hard) are actually more ingenious and fun than just plugging along and...

I bought this for original MSRP (yay me?), played a few rank matches, got stuck on Shinobu (like so many others before me), got disgusted by the inane overworld with its terrible collision detection and stupid mini-games, and almost sold it back. Then I picked it up again recently, brute-forced...

That's awesome. At one point Ryo runs into a fat, jolly guy dressed up as Santa Claus during the holiday portion, doesn't he? I have the import Shenmue 2 for the DC, but I never played it because I got stuck in the first game (around the docks)... I think this is one of those games you had to...

That's a heartening quote. I hope this turns out to be the case. I think many of the videos have tried to focus on the "multiplayer mayhem", so maybe they haven't done the single player game justice.

I dunno. I really liked the ending. It certainly wasn't boring. This was my first Layton title, and I was expecting to be more frustrated, given all the math problems. But damn, I loved it from start to finish, with the exception of a few "trick puzzles" that used sly wording to trip you up...