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"Demon’s Souls is truly an amazing game! Many people called it brutal and others called it down right frustrating. I, on the other hand, call it one of my favorite games of all time. You read that right folks, I absolutely love Demon’s Souls."
"It's been a long-running complaint that games are too expensive. With literal metric boatloads of games coming out every month, and at a $60 price tag, it's not an invalid complaint, either. In just this October, it'd be easy to break $200 on just the more anticipated games, if you were going all console-releases. It'd be even more than that if you wanted to pick up games that could be considered “major releases.” That's a lot of money, yo."
In this week's edition of New Challenger, Default Prime columnist Chris Stewart provides an ode to difficulty! From Demon's Souls to Battletoads, we all have our favorite rage quit memories.
Gus Mastrapa of Joystick Division explains how videogames (among other things) offer respite from impending doom. The best thing you can do in life is to find joy and forget for the briefest moment, that we are all dust.
Have modern games gotten easier? It seems the games of today are a lot more easier, excluding Demon Souls. So why were games so much harder back in the late 80s and through the 90s? Was it because gamers didn't have gamefaqs? Do gamers just have too many distractions these days so modern games have to be easier?
Over the past few years, we've started to see a new wave of innovation in the multiplayer landscape. Check out the full story to see the five most innovative modes to come to this generation of consoles.
Video game difficulty has declined the past few years. With the introduction of the casual market, developers have had to find ways to entice a brand new audience, It's much easier for someone to pick up a game and enjoy it if it's easy. Check out two games that have stuck to their guns and remained difficult amid the rise of the casual market. Cheers!
Many people complain about game length, with people feeling that their $60 investment is not worth the short gametime. However, one person has managed to do a speedrun of one of the hardest games out there, Demon's Souls, in under an hour.
"A recent discussion came up in my home last month as we were moving into our first real home. See what happened was that we were without TV and Internet for about a week because our cable company decided they just didn’t care that I requested a service transfer two weeks before my move. They cared even less that they assured me 4 times that it would be taken care of. We spent 8 days without television or internet and the question came from my fiance “How are you not bored like I am?” My respo..."
The vast majority of people thought that Demon's Souls was one of the better games to come out last year, but they are all sorely mistaken. Matty from Defcon: Awesome breaks down the top 5 reasons why this game is anything but awesome.
"For those of us who are now stepping into exam time, you’ll discover that your gaming habits will have to change or else the marks that once made your folks proud will suffer an astounding blow and put you in your parents bad books."
Meet monster. Fight monster. Die a horrible, painful death. Such is the world of Demon's Souls. Join No Save Points in recalling some of the more amusing demises in 2009's best virtual meat grinder.
Ironically, the list dubbed "Ten Games to Cross off Your Child's Gift List" almost certainly contains at least one game that if on ever member of Neoseeker's list this holiday season.
Now while I'm sure the Times *scoff* has their reasons to dislike this list of mostly shooters and questionable ethical decisions, but that's the main draw (at least for most gamers)
"Playstation 3 owners have a few great games to choose from for the holidays even if the majority of games are multi-platform. Choosing one of them for the PS3 console might be dependent of many factors such as what consoles you own and how the game differs from console to console. Here is a list of the top five games that I recommend people to put on their list of either games to ask for or games to give."
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"I can hear what you are saying to yourself right now, and your cheetos are in the second drawer. (Underneath where you keep your silverware.) That's not what you are thinking? Oh. You are questioning my title with outrage and anger. "Why Hamsterfist you are crazy!" There are plenty of great games released this fall, none of which are disappointing. Now who's the lunatic? You, my dear reader are. But the advertisers and game developers thank you for rushing to the defense..."
"Demon's Souls is by no means an easy game but only a month past its North American release, it's already gathered a huge fan following (and is a likely shoo-in for numerous best of the year awards). The game separates itself from other RPGs with a near-vertical difficulty curve that demands the respect of anyone who dares trespass in its cursed lands. It's also a very unorthodox RPG, and one that refuses to play by long-set JRPG precedents. Those differences make Demon's Souls a very unique g..."
Snarkasaur of Spawn Kill takes a look at a monstrous RPG and how it has the potential to change an entire genre. Check out the full article to see what makes Demon's Souls stand apart from its brethren.
"I've been playing the game. A lot. And I love it. A lot. The other night I spent hours with it, and in those hours, all I did was farm the same sections again and again, futz around with my gear, gain a few soul levels, and kill one Vanguard demon - and I killed him by shooting about fifty arrows into his forehead while he just stood there scratching himself.
If you’d been sitting there watching me, you would have been screamingly, knuckle-suckingly bored. In fact, my wife kept walking by ..."
"It is almost Halloween, and as we all know Halloween is about scary things. Unless you’re a woman, then it’s about going to a party store and buying a costume that could be most easily described as “slutty [OCCUPATION]“. I doubt any of our readers have to worry about encountering these though, so here is a list of some of the scarier games out there to keep you occupied. This isn’t your standard list though, as I am avoiding the things you normally see, such as, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, an..."
"As far as I’m concerned, video games will always be about immersion. You can throw score multipliers at me and I’ll have a good time, but if you hook me and make me feel like a part of the world you’ve created, I’ll have an experience I may very well carry with me for the rest of my life.This concept is especially true for RPGs."
"This article was inspired by an interesting article by G4TV, pointed out to me by a rather repulsive specimen of our species earlier today. This is in no mind a critique of their opinions on Halo 3: ODST – unless they resort to full blown lying about the game, they’re as welcome to their opinions as any one else. The article’s basis is interesting however, in how it views ODST as catering to a risk-taking style of game development. That is, give your long-time players a completely different e..."
Demon's Souls is becoming quite well known for it's ridiculously high difficulty level. But while that may have been a common thing during the retro days of gaming, will this generation of gamers appreciate a game such as Demon's Souls?
Go to the source for the full article.
Atlus gives us yet another inside look at the upcoming PS3 RPG Demon's Souls today with blog #3. This one goes in-depth on how online/co-op play will work, complete with new screenshots -- check it at the source.
Still think the Playstation 3 doesn't have many decent Japanese RPGs? Scrawlfx have put together a list of the upcoming JRPGs, including a summary of each game, the suspected release dates and a "hype meter" to show how hyped each game is. Go to the source for the full list.
Insterested in any of the games on the list? Then check them out in the RPG forums.
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