Cyber Rat

To be fair, as a renter you're not really their customer. And to be fair, incentive to purchase shouldn't be "access to the rest of the game".

I've read about War Assets being carried over to NG+, but honestly? It's a massive game, I have two different characters and I don't feel like going through that kind of hassle to see the "true ending". Regardless of the quality of the MP, it's dickish that you need to play SP a dozen times or resort to MP to get the best SP ending. I'd rather spend my time playing something worthwhile, like Arkham City or Deus Ex.

There might be a trainer for the PC version that modifies Galactic Readiness. I found something online, but the idea of needing to play MP for the best ending kind of killed me mood about playing the game at all.

The PC version lets you do that in the options menu.

I just checked the list of characters that join your crew and...

http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/2/2840932/exclusive-valve-steam-box-gaming-console It all makes sense now... They want Half-Life 3 to be a console launch title!

That's pretty old news. I remember reading about it years ago.

I see no reason to attribute this sort of behavior as a problem specific to the fighting game community. People are dicks regardless of the game.

Started this. Really good first impression so far.

Skyrim, as much as you can "beat" that.

Managed to finish all faction quests and the two main quests of Skyrim on one character. He's on level 45 atm though, so considering just stopping there until there's DLC or a really big questline mod.

Working my way through Skyrim's main quests. Finished the Imperial Legion quest line first. After that I'm done with that game, the choice is between Deus Ex HR, Shogun 2 and Arkham City.

I think it depends on the game entirely. If you believe it won't detract from the experience that you can skip combat altogether, then there is nothing wrong with implementing it in my opinion. I think games at their core should focus on interactivity, whether it's pretzel moves or just choosing between Option A and Option B. The developer of Cthulhu Saves the World asked on his Twitter whether a game was really a game if you could get the exact same experience watching a Let's Play (this was referring to Dear Esther). I don't really think that CAN happen, as even pressing forward to move and looking around the environment is more interaction than a movie. Heck, it's completely different to play a visual novel game on your own and watch a playthrough, because the interaction isn't in pressing buttons through menus, but making the choices YOU want. What I'm trying to get at is, if you make your game such that people want to skip a certain aspect, you have either 1) failed in implementing that certain aspect; 2) the people who are complaining aren't really people who ever liked that aspect. You can skip cutscenes, you can mute music and play your own, you can usually remove excessive gore, you can turn on the lights and speakers while playing Amnesia... There are ways games are MEANT to be played, but if someone bought the product, they should be able to enjoy it on their terms. I don't know if there are people like this, but if you were to read all books by reading the last chapter first and then deciding whether you wanted to enjoy it, nobody is stopping you, but it's missing the point and would make your opinion on said product less valid. I haven't played L.A. Noire, so not going to comment on how it was implemented there, but let's take a look at Heavy Rain. The game only saved between scenes, and it didn't prompt you, it autosaved, so you would think that the death of a character had weight. Now, this is also impractical, since your gamepad could die, your power could die, your phone could ring and a ton of other things. Yet, that design decision contributed to the game's atmosphere. But again, as many have said, it's on a game-by-game basis. If you think it can work without detracting from the experience, by all means, go ahead. I'm not gonna whine over how someone else is enjoying a particular game.

MAN THE NORD CANNONS!

I forgot to say that I beat Saint's Row: The Third with Hot Heart <3 Such an amazing game.

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/pm47u/in_honour_of_double_fines_upcoming_pointandclick/ One thousand Steam keys of Time, Gentleman Please! and Ben There Dan That from the creator. Get them while they're still available.

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mudazumo_naki_kaikaku/ This is the best manga ever. http://www.mangafox.com/manga/fist_of_the_north_star/ This is the second best manga ever.

Some dogmas require you to not eat meat on both Friday and Wednesday.