Evening Reading

by Brian Leahy, Aug 23, 2010 5:00pm PDT

Over the weekend, I posted that I had "cheesed" my first opponent in StarCraft II. I had been on a losing streak and needed a win for my precious self-esteem. I had been the victim of the very build I used a week earlier and put it into action against an unsuspecting opponent. It felt dirty... but glorious at the same time.

Is this a slippery slope I find myself on? You can grab the replay here.

I'm off tomorrow and Wednesday on assignment, while Alice is on holiday. Be nice to Xav!

Gaming News o'the Day

DeathSpank gets a super-fast sequel with guns.

GDC Online lists its awards nominees.

3D, single-player MotorStorm hits PSN tomorrow.

Runic hoping to release Torchlight on XBLA and PSN this year.

Links from Morning Discussion

Quick, somebody mobilize the Shacknews Minecraft crew to help!

Just doing a 100mph on the freeway! What could possibly go wrong?

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So the Mafia 2 reviews are coming in. Real mix - 4/10 on EuroGamer, 8.5 on GameSpot, a fairly critical 3/5 on Giant bomb from Brad

http://www.giantbomb.com/mafia-ii/61-20538/reviews/
http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/mafia2/review.html
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-23-mafia-ii-review

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  Fuck, Eurogamer are dishing out the low scores recently. I agree to an extent with their Kane and Lynch r... : nodebug
  - Eurogamer doesn't like videogames. : -sk-
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    Depends on the reviewer, but a lot of the time it's like they want to be the Edge of websites. : node
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      Oh, and I'm with you on the demo. GREAT feel, they just nailed the setting. But even the more positive reviews are saying that's the best bit and the gameplay isn't quite up to that standard.
      
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      Oh, and I'm with you on the demo. GREAT feel, they just nailed the setting. But even the more positive re... : node
  - Thats why I like them. They're a lot more honest in their reviews and will state why. They're one of the ... : Godhatesfatpeople
  - Most of the criticism he listed applied to the first game too, so I'm not sure he played it but it seems ... : 60days
  - Original game got 4/10 too, so at least they're consistent: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_mafia : 60days
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  http://store.steampowered.com/app/40990/ When the heck are they going to start selling the original se... : pyide
  - Maybe I should go on an illegal rampage and send people my discs. : greasyjohn
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  Bleh. Good thing I didn't cave and preorder just to get my hands on the first one. Kind of confusing seei... : ramshot
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    http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/942953-mafia-ii/index.html Seems Eurogamer is being left alone to some ... : ramshot
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      The difference is some Eurogamer reviewers actually use a 10 point scale rather than considering a 6 to b... : pyide
      
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      Again, trying to be Edge. The problem being, it's a grade, not a scale. Define what an average, 5/10 game... : node
      
      Massive can of worms but I always think 5/10 should be barely passable in its own genre, a 6/10 only bein... : nodebug
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  I have a fairly detached relationship with critical media these days. Sometimes I'll read a review or wat... : Dave-A
  - Yeah I'd love a site that just lists reviews by reviewer rather than website. There are some I trust, whe... : node
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    I'm finding that Giantbomb lines up with most of my tastes exactly. Probably the first time ever that I m... : baron calamity
    - Yeah, same here. Really like most of what they do. : node
- Still waiting for my special edition. : Snipergen
- Is the game 10 hours or 5? : ryuuseki
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  IGN gave it a pretty low score too. One thing they griped about was that there isn't much side missions.... : HL3dsx
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    Weird. I don't see lack of side missions as an issue, just a design choice. : node
    - People seem to have great trouble distinguishing an open world based game from a GTA clone, which is a sh... : 60days
- I can't remember the last review I agreed with. : twifosp

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