Entries from February 2010

February 18, 2010

Not Quite SNES vs Genesis

From Joystiq, Sony on platform exclusivity: “In a new interview with Industry Gamers, SCEA’s senior vice president of publisher relations, Rob Dyer, shared a candid view on platform-exclusive titles — particularly when they’re on that other platform. “Look, we’re not going to get the exclusive games,” he said. “The Mass Effects, Gears of Wars and [...]

February 16, 2010

Parking Lot Journey

I recently read on a message board about someone not liking a returning character in Mass Effect 2 because said char wasn’t the same as he/she was in the first. I think that makes sequels more interesting. Experiences change people. If I’m going to invest in a series that deals with returning characters, I want [...]

February 3, 2010

Mass Effect 2: Cutting the Fat without Hitting the Bone

I loved the first Mass Effect despite hating certain design decisions: driving the floaty Mako to collect rocks that had insignificant money and xp values; playing Simon Says for rocks and lockers; unlimited ammo; the utter lack of variety in non-storytime quests, and the overabundance of items and navigation of items. With the exception of [...]