CrazyGamer

I’ve been a big gamer my whole life, but this past year or so, I’ve been shying away from longer, more involved games, I’ve devoured many great casual games (Bookworm Adventures springs to mind), sometimes beating them in as few as two sittings, but I just cannot commit myself to anything tiiat would require an emotional investment (Obiivian, Prey, or even Half-Life 2, for god’s sake). Is something wrong with me?

PC is still the place to be for fans of shooters, MMOs, and strategy games. Even for RPGs. I love BioWare’s games, but The WItcher is the fresher, more fun, and more interesting game in the genre.

We’ve got Crysis, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., World in Conflict, and now Sins ofo Solar Empire. The good stuff just keeps coming. Maybe the talented developers are going to follow the money and jump to console exclusives, but it sure hasn’t happened yet. So Straighten that spine, soldier! Stop apologizing for the sorry state of PC games. The games have never, ever been better. You need to start giving those console kids games pats on the head.

My friend told me that Dioblo III is coming out in November of this year. Of course, I don’t believe him, and I have heard that Diablo III was already created but Blizzard didn’t like the end result so they are redoing it. So is there any chance that Blizzard will get it together and get Diablo III finished?

As a longtime gamer I was happy to hear that Crysis tanked, though not so happy to hear Unreal Tournament 3 sold poorly. I purchased both games, and I don’t think piracy explains the sales figures. UT3 did deserve better however, I throw up a little in my mouth every time I hear a game critic wax poetic about Crysis’ “breakthrough design,” The game is completely derivative and badly designed: Take the oft-copied and tensionkilling health-regeneration system from recent Coll of Duty games; balance it with frustrating, instant death at every turn; add watered-down Crac^Wown/superheroic powers (but make sure they’re only available in three-second spurts so it’s not too fun!); crap out another Far Cry game for the basic framework; and this time make sure the writing is predictable and crammed with dispensable, one-dimensional characters. Presto, we have Crysis, a game that “deserves” and gets a high score in every review, but that, I’m happy to hear, is a game we ain’t buying.

What”s with that 10 out of 10 score given to BioShock in issue 11? You make me sick! It’s not perfect, not close to perfect. The A.t. is clunky, the gunfights are dull, the plasmids don’t offer much of a difference in the game, the end-boss battle is a joke, and there is absolutely no replay value once you’ve beat the game. Not to mention the fact that the endings are bland, 5ince you guys are connected, check into what’s going on with the Advent Rising trilogy. People want a second and third game, and I have yet to come across any game that has tome out since Advent Rising that has a story that actually has me wanting more or has kept me on the edge of my seat. Yes, Advent Rising had quite a few flaws, but the story and overall gameplay make it a must for any FPS/action junkie

I’ve been a StarCraft addict for about five years, and I would do just about anything to get my hands on a demo of StarCraft II. However, i play games on my laptop. It isn’t a state-of-the-art, $6,000, gold-encrusted machine,, but it’s sufficient, I can play games like Warhommer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade. However, I was wondering what StarCraft Us system requirements will be. Do you guys have any guesses?

I finally have the motivation to write [to] your mostly harmless magazine. It was only a few paragraphs into the BioShock preview when a nasty spoiler was burned into my brain. And while it wasn’t as nearly as cruel as an idiot screaming. “Snape kills Dumbledore!” out the window of a passirg car to fans outside a bookstore, your unforewarned Spoiler has ruined at least a small part of the game for me. A bit of vagueness would have been in order, or at lest some spoiler warning before you basically gave a play-by-play of the game s opening, I understand that this is a preview of game and at least some of the information will be revealed, but please, leave the details out. And just for a bit of payback; In Titanic the ship sinks, in Apollo 13 they make it back home safe, in 300 they alt die, and Vader is Luke’s father