Raedien

Awesome, I also dig The Fratellis.

I don't really care that they didn't put Chelsea Dagger on there but it's certainly better than what they did.

Why no one has mentioned "Whistle For the Choir" though astounds me.

ARTIC MONKEYS FTW.

They better be working on that...

What he said.

Also, while I'm happy Korea has bought so much hardware I'm extremely interested in the software numbers.

This isn't some malice laden joke. I'm half-Korea and I went over there for a year right about the time it came out.

Everyone had them...and everyone pirated.

It was kinda' scary actually.

-_-''

I...I don't think they read your bit Kaes, sorry.

Moving along, I appreciated this piece as I am unfamiliar with when exactly this series started and because I had considered CHG but failed to buy it.

I'll throw it on my Christmas list.

Thanks,
Rae

Some...interesting discussion going on here. I have to say this though, I bought MS Advanced on the recommendation of a few sites (can't quite recall which ones ATM) and yet never finished it. I could chalk this up to a few non-game related factors but at the same time the game itself just wasn't pulling me in like I thought it would. I heard about this release from the original "Shovelware" title and I was not at all surprised to see it labelled as such. That doesn't mean it actually "is" shovelware, just that we would be looking through a game through that lens. I saw it on the shelf on Friday and didn't pick it up. I guess I've grown away (not "out," I don't think there is anything "immature" about such things) from the genre and didn't want to deal with possible issues in a game that is, essentially, designed for an arcade cabinet rather than a take-home product.

Sorry for the wall'o'text, shoulda' paragraphed the sucker but I'm in hurry.

I'm working on my senior thesis so that probably isn't going to happen any time soon...that said, I'm working in Game Journalism/Studies so it's all related. I'll probably include a section on shovelware thanks to Joystiq.

I don't really have the mental energy to comment in more critical manner ATM but I wanted to let you know that I appreciated this piece, particularly the continued efforts to define the line between the good, the bad and unfortunate.

So, I'm getting mixed signals here and the review itself isn't all that helpful. How many levels are there? Is the gameplay all that deep? Is there multiplayer in any way?

Should I buy this or Lock's Quest or are they entirely different kinds of games?

Right now Lock's Quest is looking a lot better.

I was replying to Segador BTW.

-_-''

lol

No, seriously, thanks. ^_^

Heck yes!