When pics fall short: Drake's Fortune and Ratchet sequel don't get it right

Lucreto - 735 days 11 hours ago

I see no truth. I see a man with an opinion that you agree with and that doesn't make it the truth.

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sonarus - 735 days 11 hours ago

i am this close to ignoring this guy. i never ignore ppl not the mart not nasim cus everyone has a voice on the internet but if ur comments are always this pointless you will be ignored soon

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felman87 - 735 days 11 hours ago

It makes them fictional?

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crunchie101 - 735 days 10 hours ago

Excellent retort, felman. Bubbles for you, my friend.

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ruibing - 735 days 10 hours ago

Hmm all a columnist need is to criticize a PS3 game before praising a MS/360 game to get 360 fans to be eating out of their hands.

Objectivity really took a downfall when this guy basically reviewed Uncharted and R&C in five hundred words before endorsing a bunch of games I would never even considering renting. If this is an example of his "award-winning" column, I wonder what the award was for.

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rofldings - 735 days 9 hours ago

weak

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IcemanK2 - 735 days 7 hours ago

What makes his opinion valuable?

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Violater - 735 days 7 hours ago

thread doing wonders for my ignore list, keep it up guys.

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DRUDOG - 735 days 6 hours ago

First, I can understand that someone didn't enjoy a game for any number of reasons, but when you talk about how Uncharted is more movie than game and that R&C is, basically, boring than I think you are a complete, flaming idiot. Second, he's now lost me, forever, when he's pushing the bargain bin Shadowrun as GOTY material. WTF, over?

Uncharted was ACTION packed. So much so that, IMO, at times it was too much action since I would've liked a little more puzzle solving. And Ratchet not being exciting?!? Holy sh!t, I couldn't put the game down because it was so damned much fun. Yes, I'm kind of biased, but I'm also a gamer and would recommend these games to anyone that has even a passing interest in games.

It's obvious this guy is a MS fanboy if after all the bashing he's trying to sell you on Shadowrun of all games. I don't think I've heard one person, seen one article, read one blog that even mentioned this game after it dropped to bad reviews and MS shut down the developer.

Wow, talk about biased. Thanks Predator for another quality story...

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Darrius Cole - 735 days 5 hours ago

Looks like those PS3 sales are picking up sooner than the competition expected.

How often do people review two games on one system at the same time in one article? This is the first time I have ever seen it done. I wonder why.

This is viral marketing at its best. Ratchet and Uncharted are the two best exclusive games on the PS3 (via Gamerankings) and he just happens not to like either of them, even though there is nothing wrong with them.

This review was written to discourage people from buying a PS3, pure and simple.

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Andronicus - 735 days 3 hours ago

i completely agree, the article has viral marketing all over it.

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Foo Skeptic - 735 days 1 hour ago

This article is not terrible, it is just not for me!

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Winter47th - 735 days 11 hours ago

True, though it seems the columnist thinks there's no such thing as different taste in gaming and from his logic NFL>Ace Combat=Halo, which is sad really.

If he didn't like the games he had, two of the most critically acclaimed on the PS3, then why proceed to b!tch about it ? lookin' for some attention ?

Also, Shadowrun ? dude, what's exactly is his FUBARed benchmark for comparing games ?

Maybe he has delusions for adequacy, oh well.

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felman87 - 735 days 11 hours ago

hard to argue with THAT

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predator - 735 days 12 hours ago

as much as i think this article is bull, im loving uncharted and i enjoyed the R$C demo on psn - shadowrun is not bad, have you played it? its suprisingly fun to play. but hes lossing it over uncharted tho big time

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WAR_MACHINE77 - 735 days 12 hours ago

He should give Xenosaga a play. Great game but after playing it most movies seem short compared to its cutscenes.

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The Round Peg - 735 days 12 hours ago

The reviewer happens to be Doug Elfman. He's been a TV and rock critic for decades, and has won many awards and even including a Pulitzer for his articles.

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sonarus - 735 days 12 hours ago

yea but what does he knw about games. ratchet and clank 6hrs long guess he didnt finish it and then uncharted tries to make a video game with good dialogue to entertain the player with not jst gplay guess he wasnt entertained. however shadow run was his game of choice lol shadow run isnt bad but there are far too many games above it. Seriously round peg there are some articles that arent worth defending even if the support your msoft cause.

yea but if lets say it was priced at 40 bucks it wouldnt have gotten more than 8's. I have played it, and it is a decent game and its fresh and all but common... lol i knw you are a die hard xbox fan but how many of you actually even own that game. if the game was that good 60 bucks prob would be nothing to you guys with your high attatch rate and all

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The Round Peg - 735 days 12 hours ago

Shadowrun would be a good game *IF* it was bargain priced.

The big problem with Shadowrun is its lack of contents - that has been clarified by many reviews. Shadowrun has few online modes and few maps, and the game was asking for $60 when it first came out. GameSpot or GameTrailers basically called that "highway robbery." That's why reviewers bashed the game. It was asking for too much money for the pathetically meager content it offered.

Now that its price has been cut to budget level, it's actually a pretty good value. He did clarify that it's his "USED/BUDGET Game of the Week".

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crck - 735 days 11 hours ago

"Shadowrun (Microsoft) will be appearing on my annual list of best games of the year."

And Uncharted with lengthy dialog? He must of only played the first hour when they were trying to set up the story. The middle 5-6 hours of the game has about as much dialog as Gears of War... And you can not play R & C by just mashing two buttons. This is obviously a Sony bash job. Whatever his motives are I'm not going to speculate but something is fishy.

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Ju - 735 days 6 hours ago

Well, maybe he should have stayed at what he can. Or are all his stars retired already ?

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Nipplestiltskin - 735 days 2 hours ago

It is obvious to me that rock and 'entertainment' have nothing to do with video games. He has almost no experience playing games, nor writing for them, and it shows. Shadowrun stinks, no question about it. This is guys IS implementing 'viral marketing' pure and simple.

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sonarus - 735 days 11 hours ago

from game dork to game clown. i like uncharted aiming it makes me take less risks cus i knw every shot counts

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KidMakeshift - 735 days 10 hours ago

The only real criticism I have with the game is that there's way too many gun battles (enemies are practically around every corner and usually in mass quantity), and not enough exploring and platforming.

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DRUDOG - 735 days 6 hours ago

Totally agree. Those were the only gripes I would have at all. It was action packed, great in-game cut scenes, awesome story, completely load free and absolutely fun as hell.

I think this dude has no clue about games, how to play games, how they're developed, what is good or what is bad about them. Complete, flaming moron.

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cmd5150 - 735 days 7 hours ago

What in the world are you talking about? Are you saying this reviewer (who is an American) is a dumbass? I hope you're not insinuating that all Americans are dumbasses. I'll grant you that there are a lot of dumbass Americans, but there are also a lot of dumbass Europeans and Asians. One douche reviewer doesn't necessarily spoil then entire population.

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DRUDOG - 735 days 6 hours ago

Barking up the wrong tree achira. This world is full of dumbasses and, the last time I checked, the US is only a small part of it.

What dumbass would disagree that there are dumbasses all over the world? Hell, I'm a dumbass sometimes even ;)

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dinkeldinkse - 734 days 17 hours ago

There is dumbasses all over the world, not just America so STFU

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