Monkey Majiks

I am amazed at how this seems to have passed *all* the reviewers by. Every-time they comment on it they use phrases like "another button bashing Dynasty Warriors" They all seem to have missed the point that Koei have *FINALLY* tried to change the formula.

Strikeforce is a cross between Dynasty warriors of old and monster hunter, you can now do quests from a village, do various magic spells and group hunt for monsters online, its the biggest change since the series began, so its definitely worth checking out, if just out of curiosity!

I did...and i got the platinum, read my post ;-)

Speaking as someone who imported the Korean version at the start of the year and has played it to the point of getting the platinum trophy, who loved it so much he was willing to wade through pages of text to translate it and understand the game i can say i have nothing but respect for it.

I feel its unfair the reviewer comments on "poor design decisions" he has missed the point entirely, each decision was taken with the utmost thought and respect. Games have become more forgiving over the more recent years and especially in the US many games have their difficulty level drummed down further in order to appeal to the masses. In the Jap and UK we tend to have a much more masochistic approach to games, and certainly the first few hours of Demons Souls is tough, but once you begin to understand the system, when to spend your souls, and when to keep them, when to turn back and cash in the souls you have and when to press on for more bounty. The fantastic way the combat is considered and tense, not pandering to button mashing or blind luck. you realise that this is game of staggering achievement that anyone who calls themselves a real gamer should play.

If you live in the US count yourselves lucky you got access to this wonderful experience and embrace it, the EU isnt getting a release at all, so we are all having to import it :/

sigh, this is about one thing and one thing only.

Publishing royalties.

Activision pump out a game every 2 weeks or so on the console, everytime they do that 30 - 40% of the cash go to Sony, its the same practice for Microsoft and Nintendo. Its how the console manufactures can help subsidise a consoles lifecycle and development.

The problem is, Activision games aren't selling as well as they would like on Ps3, so he is threatening to "not support the console" in an effort to get his publishing royalties reduced and make more profit.

There are 2 sides to every argument, but personally if his games aren't selling well, then IMO its Activision that have the problem not Sony.

GOTY *has* to be Demons Souls, nothing has come close to being so perfectly constructed and relentlessly uncomprimising.

Of course there are plenty of awesome games coming, but i just dont see how it can compare to such a staggering game.

Is it just me, or did he seem to be dancing around answering that the original developers were the founders on Media Molecule?

I have this, its an awesome game, and the DLC is a great news, now if they would just add trophies i would be even more excited :P

I love Burnout, but i second the whole "more to do please" vote, the island cant come soon enough, the cars to be honest are feeling a bit over priced, especially the toy pack.

good move adding trophies, it increases sales and tips people over who without trophy support decided not to buy.

Which is especially important when a game didn't sell so well without them!

seems to me that id have been stuck in a rut for years, their last few games have been so blah, with very little to get excited or in to at all.