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Gertsmann was so much as being harsh about it, more he seemed to be implying that it wasn't his type of game and he didn't enjoy playing the game the way he was being forced to so as to get the review out in time. Maybe I heard it wrong. At the same time the Eurogamer review didn't seem that ecstatic about the game but still gave it 9/10. As for watching Anime... I don't really like a lot of it. I do like me a good puzzle game that won't rely on colour matching, seeing as I am colour blind.

Well, European release has been announced: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-22-catherine-coming-to-europe-this-year

I have the special editions of both Record of Agarest Wars, Death Smiles XX, and am purchasing the Catherine (mainly as it is the same price as the normal game so why not?) I generally hate special editions as they take up space adn clutter my apartment. But for the entertainment of seeing a girl's bemused face when she discovers the pink RoAW, anime girl pillow case, I will pay the price.

Finally got round to playing it and now I understand what the comments were about. Teh run-n-gun ethos that should be present in these types of games (risking going fast is rewarded if you are good) is entirely missing. Instead you have to inch along the level slowly taking out each enemy as their appear, if you attempt to speed it up, you will die and die again. Turns what should be a 10 minute thrill into a 20-25 minute drudgery. I would shit on it more but there is such charm in the cutscenes that I feel forced to forgive it.

Thanks, you made me spit Sprite out of my nose. Need to find me a pair of those glasses.

Okay, ordering the special edition seemed like a good idea at the time... The thing is, it is out in 2 weeks and I am at odds on how to go in to the shop and pick this thing up.

The uk Xbox LIVE servers now have this for 14.99: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Product/Deadly-Premonition/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d5607d1

It is weird how long I have been coming here... I even tried to quit when they took the forums down for a bit.

Don't remember that ever being a problem (mainly because I always needed turrets not matter what). I am maybe one level off the end of the game on normal. It has started to get a bit more hectic. The gap between level 2 and 3 is a bit of a chasm so I imagine that I might have to replay some fo the earlier levels to make my guys competent enough to tackle hard (or go over the survival mode). Achievement chasers are going to have a field day with this game as there are so many spots you can grind for kills if you so choose. Looking forward to playing this multiplayer, the AI is good but there are just moments where you are being hit by two ant hills and giant Hectors that simply require you to have someone covering your back.

But the games were entirely designed with that in mind, the relentless nature of the game meant you would be constantly firing and had no time to make that conscious effort. I don't mean to complain about the reload feature, it just never seemed necessary before and it doesn't in this game.

I am now on on Chapter 2 Mission 5 after about 5 hours of play. The mood and tone of the game stays very faithful to the cheesey B Movie feel of the 2017, however, it can be a little too knowing in places (there is a pilot who narrates a mercifully brief turret section who knows he is in a crappy plot and hams it up) when the one of the grunts screams 'They got fatty!' it is clearly as a throw back. I would agree with Sno that they have definitely managed to keep enough of what made EDF compelling in the game (it has both weapons that unlock as you gain experience and weapons that appear in random drops and can be purchased). The game does get reasonably hectic but so far I've never felt utterly overwhelmed and there is definitely a much heavier limit on the number of creatures onscreen at one time. You will never have the same moments as on the beach in EDF 2017 when you see thousands of red ants charge at you and just think 'Holy shit, I am so fucked'. That said the larger variety in enemies is welcome and the decidedly greyer pallette is not as bad as I was expecting especially as the environments are more varied in the way they decompose. My main gripe, which won't bother everyone, is that they have made a lot of the interactions needlessly complicated. I don't need a reload button, I certainly don't want an active reload option either. The four classes are great but due to the levelling system it feels like they took out the grind for random weapons and replaced it with having to level each class so that they are able to tackle the harder difficulties. I think it is good that they have understood that EDF thrives on replaying challenges for better weapons and more health but it just feels a little muddied. Now for some of the petty complaints: - The drops are now fully 3-D rendered packages instead of the stark 2-D icons, it makes them much harder to spot - Some of the Nihilism has gone, your team mates are very much able to hold their own and as a result you don't watch tens of men getting slaughtered, even the desolation of razing a whole City is gone because your teammates tend to quip 'There doesn't seem much to save now that we are done, huh?' - I know - I want my frame rate drops! In single player it stays solid through out, some of the most epic moments in 2017 were when the whole thing would grind to a halt as explosions went off everywhere and you felt like you were walking through treacle as Ravagers swaremd all around you. I know this is a pathetic complaint. Overall though, this game is ace fun and an extremely welcome return for the game. The weapons are satisfying as you unlock them, the strategies required on later levels are fun to figure out and some of the new mega bosses feel more artistically coherent with their smaller bretheren. I might have moaned about the separate classes but so far they have all been fun to muck around with and it does mean that people will naturally gravitate towards one particular class in multiplayer. I think the most important part is to that it is still fun. 'And fun is number 1.'

Well I have my copy and I can't wait to get home. Me and two friends bought the only three copies in the local Future Shop... The guy hadn't even bothered to put them out on the shelf when we went in at midday. He was genuinely baffled by the fact that we each wanted a copy.

So yeah, it is going to be out very soon. Raff has already posted about it. Sno said that it broke street date, anyone one of the lucky people who got it?

Thanks for the nod, the person I borrowed it off of has a slim so I just took it around to a different friend's house and played Child of Eden on their X360. At least I now know that there is a solution if project Draco and Steel Batallion turn out good enough to want a Kinect.

Agreed. It seems that people like the idea of it but the reality isn't what they wanted. The main criticism is that it is short, which I completely understand. Apart from the last level you will breeze through it (the fourth level is extremely pretty, the cogs oh the cogs). However, to do that is to miss the point, a bit like the guys who coin feed 2-D shooters and complain that the game takes an hour to 'finish'. So far this is easily one of my games of the year and the implementation of Kinect, once you get used to the quirks is sublime. It is weird, I cannot currently beat the last level with the Kinect but levels 1-4 I have better ratings. If you already own a Kinect then you should definitely buy this game. I almost bought one for it but couldn't justify the price point. Incidentally, I discovered that the Kinect I borrowed doesn't work with the oldschool X360s (the port it plugs into on the shiny black ones doesn't exist for my console)I think I need some kind of power adaptor. Anyone know about this?

Got a chance to play the game now, it is pretty solid. We played it in the local bar that I can hook my X360 up to a 40inch screen. After a few beers everyone was laughing and trying to string kills together. The power ups could probably do with a bit more explanation as they aren't immediately obvious (also the spike hat is evil). My only complaint is that the special adrenaline move, isn't particularly special and no one managed to get a kill with it. How is that supposed to work? Anyway was really fun and the art style was very nice too.

Played it over the weekend. Man is it good. Sure, it is more or less Rez 2, but I don't care. My eye sockets were hurting after two levels. So much pretty onscreen at the same time. Delicious, absolutely delicious.

That's the one I meant. The game can really make you switch between the different weapons, especially on the harder difficulties that don't allow you to grind the levelling system (given that you drop down huge amounts of levels when you die). Man, I really need to get back to that game.

Good to see some other people had fun with Vanquish and that I was not alone. As for the levelling system, I just relied on the assault rifle and sniper. On my second play through I levelled up the rocket launcher, it makes some of the boss fights a joke. Don't know if I mentioned it before but the cutter seems like a shit weapon, it isn't meant for shooting and is the only weapon that you can melee with without over heating your suit. The Ending was hammy as hell but I couldn't stop laughing.

Rodi, the game wasn't Master of Darkness was it?

*Ahem* Has everyone already forgotten it is Video games. As in, two words? For shame. I have no problem with the respawning enemies. Not sure I could handle more opportunities for snadbox stuff. The game was already crammed to the rafters with them.

Just finished D&D: Daggerdale. Not worthy of its on thread. Avoid at all costs, even Arkadian Warriors is better than this crap. Stuttering framerates, poor multiplayer, terribly stale missions with no decent loot. And... QTEs! Seriously, don't even bother witht the trial, don't buy it if it is cheap. Avoid at all costs.

I was teasing, a bit. However, it was still a valid point, people used to talk about how Final Fantasy was reimagined with each new iteration (and they often weren't refering to story when they did this).

Maybe it is the way my mind works, but this statement reads to me like I am going to have the misfortune of seeing a lot of pictures of real penises on people's Wii Us. It is like XBLA Uno all over again (the original Chat Roullette). The Terror.

That sounds like exactly what people used to tell me about Final Fantasy games circa 2001.