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<\/a>I didn’t get the first Uncharted<\/b> right away. Who knows why…but once I did grab it, I was sold. This game (well, #2) may be my favorite game of the last generation and for good reason. It is everything I love about gaming. Rock-solid gameplay is coupled with good storytelling and a fun plot. While I feel #3 was rushed, #2 is just stellar. So…where do we go? If it’s everything I expect, it’ll be great. But…will Naughty Dog<\/b> surprise us with more than just the predictable? I feel they will. They’ll keep all that I love – the shooting, jumping, climbing…but after The Last Of Us<\/b>, I have a feeling they won’t settle for just more of the same. This is a pre-order, day #1 purchase. I can think of no reason for it not to be. <\/p>\nPsyched Level<\/b>: 11\/10<\/p>\n
The Legend Of Zelda<\/b><\/p>\n
Bonus Perks:<\/b> I can play this with my kids. In fact, they’ll probably love it.<\/p>\n Street Fighter V<\/b> That’s when I started playing both Zelda<\/b> and Street Fighter<\/b>. I got caught sneaking across the highway to play arcade games when the pizza place (and the Chinese-food place and the deli…) had an arcade machine and this one was Street Fighter<\/b>. Fast forward a few decades and I’ve never NOT<\/b> played Street Fighter<\/b>. And I’m old and I’m slow and I’m no damn good at the games (well, not very) but I don’t care. SFV<\/b> will have a pre-order beta program, it’s coming out on the one next-gen system I do have (eff you Tomb Raider<\/b>) and I wants. My cash is waiting. So is my website<\/a>. <\/p>\n # of SF Games That Exist:<\/b> Shut Up – Don’t Care – STREET FIGHTER FIVE<\/b>!!!<\/p>\n Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain<\/b><\/p>\n Buy Or Rent???<\/b> – Grrr…See, I’m the sucker they make these games for. <\/p>\n No Man’s Sky<\/b> Chance Of Being Cool:<\/b> Still Processing Mathematics <\/p>\n Just Cause 3<\/b><\/p>\n<\/a>OK, here’s all I care about: Standard Controls<\/b>. I really couldn’t care less about any other element of this game because it will be classic. I just simply cannot stand swinging my goddamn hands around NOT<\/b> killing that stupid spider because I’m not swinging properly. A huge, seamless world allowing us to adventure wherever with our trusty Epona? Sign me up, take my cash and don’t get too gimmicky. The Wii U screen should be a map, my TV an open adventure of joy and delight. <\/p>\n
\n<\/a>The ’80s<\/b><\/p>\n<\/a>I struggle with this one. I’ve already written about<\/a> the glory and perfect end of MGS4<\/b>. It truly wrapped everything up and was it. Done. Perfect. Much like The Last Of Us<\/b> and God Of War 3<\/b>, no sequel is necessary. But here we are and I’m a sucker for MGS<\/b> so I don’t know what to say. I’m keeping my expectations low. Ground Zeroes<\/b> was OK. It just bothers me that we’re opening this whole can of worms and I fear anything less than perfection will mar the entire MGS<\/b> mythos. Fine, that’s pompous and absurd but damnit MGS4<\/b> finished it! Ah, whatever. <\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Randomly-generated worlds? Meh. I figured that’s how I’d feel when I played Rogue Legacy<\/b> and I was wrong. And that’s just a simple dungeon crawler. You mean, entire worlds are unique and different and…wait for it…maybe unpredictable<\/b>? Not only does that fly in the face of Uncharted #4<\/b>, Zelda #200<\/b> and Street Fighter #&infin<\/b>…Not only does that fly in the face of all that I complained about in my opening paragraph…No, it also looks to represent all the universe is founded on. I can’t even envision what other worlds might look like and…that’s the point! OK, way too deep there. This game has a good chance of being boring as shit. How will this run? How will it even play? Is it even really a game? *hrmph* <\/p>\n