Brad Lee

Exactly, and the reason WHY they spam shoryukens is because that's much easier to pull off than the perfect spacing/timing required to land combos and other advanced attacks.

Even SSF2THDR is easier to pull off combos in my opinion, and some of the character's "hitboxes" in SFIV I found to be ludicrously small, bordering the point of uselessness.

People on here are bitching about making the game TOO accessible, but at this point it is virtually unaccessible, even to those with previous SF experience. All this does is make 90% of online matches spamfests.

Honestly, I feel like I had much better competition in online DOA fights than on Street Fighter, and I thought THAT game was filled with spammers and hosebeasts...

$90 can be expensive or it can be a steal, depending on how it's used.

I have Wii Fit and it's the only game my parents have ever played on Wii, and they play it frequently. Between me, my brother, and my parents, it's a rare day indeed when Wii Fit isn't played for more than an hour. I'd say that makes the investment well worth it, especially when it's getting us all some exercise.

Either you didn't play the original or didn't play it too carefully.

Especially later in the game's 3-day cycle, the hordes of zombies were such that you either had to climb and jump your way around, or murder mobs of zombies so packed they're all about one foot away from each other. Yes even in the plaza areas it could get that crowded.

My estimate is that early in the game there won't be too much a significant difference, but later on when the zombies keep packing up more and more, and you get those cultist members along with the special forces, the Wii will ultimately have 1/6 of what the 360 was doing. That's just my guess.

And don't even say I hate on the Wii. I Wii fit bitches.

Ooo, ooo, my turn! My turn!

You're also forgetting the die-hard Dead Rising fans. My brother dedicated many, many hours to the original to gain all the achievements (yes, even that 7-day one). He filled out a questionaire about a potential sequel and said he'd buy whatever system the sequel comes for, be it a PS3 or a XBox 720 or whatever.

So yeah, needless to say, he'll probably buy this game, even though it looks like ass, and I'm sure he'll think it looks like ass, but will buy it anyway to support the series.

caramel

I disagree about DS not having any good Nintendo games; Mario Kart DS, Animal Crossing DS, and New Super Mario Brothers were all pretty fantastic.

But I do agreew ith you that it's degraded into mindless crap. It's a shame, because the DS had such potential to change everything, but in the end it's become nothing more than a glorifed Gameboy Advance with two screens instead of one and a touch screen. That is to say, that 90% of the games are complete $hit, 9% are tolerable, and 1% is good.

I'm somewhat bitter at Nintendo for abandoning the DS, which I like, as a system, much more than the Wii.

So, tmac, your "principle" constitutes refusing to pay an extra $5 simply because Microsoft is greedy?

Let me break down how silly and stupid a reason that is to refuse purchasing.

Five bucks is completely irrelevent to Microsoft. Fifteen bucks is completely irrelevent. Refusing to purchase this game is not going to hurt MS one bit. All you're doing is hurting Jonathan Blow and indie development.

That money I just mentioned that MS can piss away thousands of times without blinking is a HUGE deal to Blow.

Furthermore, you're not necessarily telling MS "too much money!" by not purchasing the game, you're more than likely telling them "Sorry, I don't want this game."

If ya'll want nothing more than shitty retro titles and shooter clones, go ahead and whine about a $5 price difference and refuse to buy. But I'm willing to spend the extra money to send a message to MS that I'm willing to spend my money on risky, innovative, creative titles.

I'd rather see more unique titles like Braid, rather than Poker Smash Extreme, Generic Shooter 7, and Frogger/Joust/etc. But maybe that's just me.

Bah! Conformity...

It's sad when people get reprimanded for differing tastes. It's no wonder why review scores are all pretty much the same. If you don't like one-two "good" games then all of a sudden your entire taste in video games is put into question.

For the record, I thought Super Mario Galaxy was a bit of a let down. I was really into it at first, but after getting about halfway through it felt like the game was stretched out just to give it more playtime. That and Bee Mario and Boo Mario were horrible; you'd think Miyamoto could have made more interesting use of the Wiimote for new Mario suits...

Didn't much care for Mass Effect either; the gameplay was dull. I typically have a difficult time with these Action/RPG hybrids. They rarely have the thoughtful, strategic planning of a turn-based RPG, and yet, they are no where near as exciting as full action titles. I also have a difficult time plugging several hours of my life into a game before it "starts to get good."

So does this mean I have universally bad taste in video games? Not necessarily, it just means those two games didn't do it for me.

+1 for being one of the most hyperbolic posts I've read in recent years :-p

I have to disagree with you, Sir.

The DS and Wii are like really bad buffets. Sure there may be some stuff that doesn't leave a bad taste in your mouth (and even more rare, some that actually tastes GOOD), but most will make you run to the bathroom in agony.

But, what's worse is, since so many people have been lured to the bad buffets, there's enough people to eat it up anyway, so what's the point of making the good stuff when the bad stuff sells?

The PSP is in a slightly different situation. To me, it's like yet another bland italian restuarant. No matter how you make it, lasagna is still lasagna. And while every once in a while you see an interesting, new flavor on the menu, it's like they hide it among all the other tasteless titles out there so it's almost not worth the effort to even search.

I've almost entirely given up on handhelds. Call me picky, but my intestines just can't take it anymore. Almost all the games on my GF list are 360. And if the Wii can't find any way of piquing my interest anymore (The Conduit? Animal Crossing Wii?), I may just have to get a PS3.

Dun... dun... dunnnnnnnnn.

I buy games from Gamefly if possible, because the prices are already low but the %10 off and gamefly coupons are an even better deal.

If it's not available on Gamefly, which happens quite frequently, I either go to Target, Best Buy, or I buy online from Amazon or something.

But never Gamestop...