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Comment on Yakuza 4 (Review) by Yakuza: Dead Souls (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer

Yakuza: Dead Souls (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:28:35 +0000

[...] Yakuza 4, you control four different characters over the course of the game. Their stories follow in [...]

Comment on Vanquish (Review) by Yakuza: Dead Souls (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer

Yakuza: Dead Souls (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:28:27 +0000

[...] except pistols, I found the game eager to provide with well-placed ammo dumps. Sure, it’s no Vanquish, but it handles better than the cement-shoed and archaic Resident Evil [...]

Comment on Virtua Tennis 4 (Review) by Grand Slam Tennis 2 (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer

Grand Slam Tennis 2 (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:22:57 +0000

[...] a return to form for Sega’s Virtua Tennis 4, EA really have their work cut out for them if they want to take on the champ. In typical EA [...]

Comment on Amy (Review) by Silent Hill: Downpour (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer

Silent Hill: Downpour (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:48:34 +0000

[...] Hill series that’s been struggling since SH3. Nowadays we have Demon’s Souls (ish) and Amy, the later being my frontrunner for worst game of the [...]

Comment on SOCOM: Special Forces (Single-player Review) by Unit 13 (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer

Unit 13 (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:02:40 +0000

[...] 13 comes from Zipper Interactive, the team behind the Socom games, most recently the impressive Socom: Special Forces, so there’s potential [...]

Comment on Virtua Tennis 4 (Review) by Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer

Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:56:20 +0000

[...] continues with Sega’s Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition. This game is almost identical to the PS3 version, which is certainly no bad thing. In fact, I’d go as far as to recommend this version over the [...]

Comment on Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Review) by Uncharted: Drake’s Journal by Nolan North (Book Review) « The No Sleep Gamer

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:55 +0000

[...] most respected voice actor has written this book to share his experiences on the set of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. Unlike many games, the Uncharted series’ creators Naughty Dog, have their voice actors [...]

Comment on Bayonetta (Review) by Gravity Rush (Vita Hands-On Preview) « The No Sleep Gamer

Gravity Rush (Vita Hands-On Preview) « The No Sleep Gamer — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:34:48 +0000

[...] seems to have been influenced by a wide range of sources as gamers will be able to spot elements of Bayonetta in the combat and the Spider-Man games in the way you utilise walls as traversable [...]

Comment on Amy (Review) by ItsAGirlGamer

ItsAGirlGamer — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:46:22 +0000

I didnt think AMY played that bad, was enjoyable to some degree but does need.work, or it’ll be a flies dinner.

Comment on Amy (Preview) by Amy (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer

Amy (Review) « The No Sleep Gamer — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:10:55 +0000

[...] and irritating. Amy, we are upset and disappointed. More so because before we got to hold your hand we thought this would be the post-Ico hit we’ve [...]

Comment on WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship 2011 (Review) by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:12:23 +0000

Thanks, it’s hard to find reviews that weren’t written by children who haven’t driven before. You can beat dirt 3 with just engine braking.

Comment on 10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions by Brendan Griffiths

Brendan Griffiths — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:59:29 +0000

Thanks for reading, Richard. I think I meant the main campaign story side of Arkham city was shorter, as I did that first (about 8 hours) before going back for all the hidden parts. I’ve still got a few to go for that, but they’re fun to find. I won’t be breaking my back trying to do all the challenge rooms though.

That’s a good idea you have about getting rid of new games then buying them back much cheaper. Although I got stung twice by some games becoming rare for a while and I had to buy them back about the same price (Ico / Sly Cooper 1). Modern Warfare and Mario Galaxy being other swines that barely get a price cut.

Comment on 10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions by Richard

Richard — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:55:42 +0000

Excellent article

but Rage was a longer game? I did everything in 16 hours, where as Batman : AC took me about 35 hours to do everything that you think is a shorter game

some good point there though, particularly about not playing certain genres, for example I dont play :

Racing games (used to but for past few years)
Fighting games (ditto)
RTS’s (never have, take up too much time)
MMOs’s (ditto)
Sports games (used to play the odd football game , not anymore)
Platfomers (used to, but not anymore)

Also I sell my SP/campaign games straight after I complete them getting full value for them and if I want to play the games again (like I will with UC3 or batman AC) 6 months, a year or 2 years down the line then you will get it for dirt cheap. I have done this for the past 2 years now and makes gaming much cheaper. I only really play SP games with the odd MP game in there (which I dont sell for a while)

And great points on being an achievement and trophy whore, I was once an achievement whore and was systematically going all my Xbox 360 games getting 1000/1000. I mean what was I thinking!???

Not just a waste of your gaming time, but a waste of time full stop. Just becasue the developers put it there? Dont give in to your OCD compluses and play it how you want to play it. To confirm this I havent even looked at my Trophy list once, not once”

and I have turned off notifications on my Xbox and PS3. its just a waste of time. I am a bit completionist (not 100% but a good portion) but not because developers dangle a carrot infront of me

Comment on DanceStar Party (Review) by 10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer

10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:02:25 +0000

[...] sick of it after two visits and still have to pay for the rest of your sentence. Buy something like Dancestar Party, Dance Central or EA Sports Active 2 for your Wii/Move/Kinect for a fraction of the price. Then [...]

Comment on Trine 2 (Review) by 10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer

10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:02:22 +0000

[...] great alternative to the world of rage-quitters and campers, so try out the likes of Battlefield 3, Trine 2 and Portal 2. Not Army of Two though, that would fail the Play Less Crap [...]

Comment on Kung Fu Rider (Review) by 10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer

10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:02:20 +0000

[...] The Mayans reckon this is our last year to live, so time is precious. If you buy a game that stinks after three hours, it’s not going to get any better. Remember, you’re supposed to be having fun. For every minute spent playing Kane & Lynch, it’s a minute not spent playing Uncharted 3. Online rental users will be familiar with the disappointment of some games arriving instead of others. Maybe you shouldn’t have added it in the first place; did you really need to try Rio or Kung Fu Rider? [...]

Comment on Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Review) by 10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer

10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:02:17 +0000

[...] having fun. For every minute spent playing Kane & Lynch, it’s a minute not spent playing Uncharted 3. Online rental users will be familiar with the disappointment of some games arriving instead of [...]

Comment on Yakuza 4 (Review) by 10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer

10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:02:15 +0000

[...] games like Arkham City and MW3 were probably finished by most. But longer efforts like Skyrim, Yakuza 4, and Rage are typical of the sort of titles that may get distractedly abandoned around the 60% [...]

Comment on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Review) by 10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer

10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:02:13 +0000

[...] the games we started. Especially the ones we were enjoying! Shorter games like Arkham City and MW3 were probably finished by most. But longer efforts like Skyrim, Yakuza 4, and Rage are typical of [...]

Comment on Batman: Arkham City (Review) by 10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer

10 New Year’s Gaming Resolutions « The No Sleep Gamer — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:02:10 +0000

[...] time we finished the games we started. Especially the ones we were enjoying! Shorter games like Arkham City and MW3 were probably finished by most. But longer efforts like Skyrim, Yakuza 4, and Rage are [...]