I’m just going to do a bit of a rant-ish muses segment here.

We all watch previews, trailers, etc. It’s how we get to know what a game will be like to know if we want to shell out our hard earned money on it.

When we watch a trailer, we’re looking to see if it has all the things we like, art direciton, gameplay style, perspective, etc. Prettymuch everything other than the story is told to us through that trailer – not enough so that we don’t want to play the game, but rather that it makes us excited for it.

This is why it is so important for early footage to be accurate and indicative. If I watch a trailer and it looks like something perfect for me, and I get the game and it’s completely different – that makes me quite angry.

What has prompted this, you ask?

Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I watched all of the E3 footage I could get my hands on, all of the gameplay videos, previews on other sites, etc. Nowhere did anyone say that the game didn’t give you the option to choose your perspective. Essentially, for those wondering, unlike what the footage shows it is not a game that gives you the option to play in either First or Third Person. It is a First Person game that zooms out when you go behind cover. Nowhere did they say this, and nowhere did anyone even hint at it during any of the previews. It just looked like the option was there for both.

So this is why I will not be reviewing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and why I am extremely bitter currently. Wasting money is not something I relish, especially when it is as a result of misleading footage and trailers. As soon as I figure out what I want to preorder, I’ll be trading my copy of Deus Ex in to get something palatable in exchange.

Written by: Sean

The latest game in the venerable action rpg series ‘Dungeon Siege’ is out. It’s been quite a long time since the second one, and we took the time to play it through on the PS3. The game follows the Kingdom of Ehb roughly 150 years following the first Dungeon Siege, and the 10th Legion has been all but wiped out, with only a few remaining descendants left alive. [Read more...]

This edition of the Gamer’s Theme will touch on a much more well known musician and composer – Nobuo Uematsu. Nobuo is a legend in the video game industry, having composed music for many venerable japanese series, most notably final fantasy. If you’ve ever heard Theme of Love, Dancing Mad, One Winged Angel, or Melodies of Life – you’ve heard his work. He was responsible for the music of the first 10 final fantasy games, but that isn’t what we’re here to talk about. We’re here to discuss his two bands – The Black Mages and the Earthbound Papas. [Read more...]

Now we get to what may well be my favourite game of all time. Ever. Super Metroid, originally released for the Super Nintendo back in the mid 90′s, was actually not very well received in Japan, selling quite poorly; but American and European audiences loved it. It has been declared to be among the top 10 games of all time on many lists, but to me it is #1. [Read more...]

Man, hard to believe it’s August 15th already. Time is flying at breakneck speed.

Record of Agarest War Zero – Still playing this, still loving it. So much to do!

Dungeon Siege 3 – Finished this, working on my review, might pop back in to try some of the online play.

Catherine – Just finally got my collector’s edition of Catherine – looking forward to popping it in to try.

Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection – Still working my way through this one chapter by chapter.

Written By: Sean