I'm a designer at pixelStorm, residing in Edmonton. Shipped games include Mystery Legends: Phantom of the Opera and the "My (language) Coach" series on the DS. Check out more of my work at my website: http://chenderle.com/
I finally got around to playing through Bayonetta, but beneath its glamorous veneer, I found its gameplay dated. With Platinum Games' pedigree, why did Bayonetta ring hollow?
Playing through The Path, I began to wonder what it was that was so enthralling about it. Despite blindly running off into the woods, I never once felt lost.
It's been a while since I've seen such blatantly bad design, but with Force Unleashed II I'm now twice bitten. Take a note from Vanquish, LucasArts, on how to properly kill the people playing your games.
Auto aim in shooters. A helpful tool that does not seem to be used nearly enough. What are it's best uses and implementations given the input controls we have to work with?
The condition: Certain moves are more powerful than others. The problem: The player will try to use these more powerful moves even in detrimental situation. The solution: Make no single move more powerful than others.
I would be sad to see co-op completely removed, it's really great when you're playing with a real person, but the AI definitely didn't cut it. Hopefully they integrate the co-op better this time.
EA is going to court over this because if they win they will go after car companies, football teams, and so on. Their lawyer probably told them they could win, so why delay something that could save them billions
For some reason I don't have as much of a problem with whatever arbitrary number a review site gives a game as long as the content of the review is useful. The number is the only thing big companies care about. You can't really build a good reputation if you're ...
