Recent content by Derangel

Beyond a reasonable doubt only applies to criminal cases. Civil cases have a much lower bar.

Valve would sue the hell out of MS if they tried. And you can bet it would trigger anti-trust lawsuits. Not to mention how pissed off damn near every single publisher in the game industry would be and how many of them would also join in on a lawsuit pile on. MS would completely kill their entire...

There was an accessory for the Famicom called the Famicom Disk System. It was used for games that needed more storage and it had a better sound chip than the Famicom. If you're collecting Famicom games, it might be worth looking into picking up a FDS. If you want a combo unit, there is the Twin...

Ya know, considering SE's recent financial troubles you'd think they'd drop the prices of these by a few bucks to actually convince people to buy them. The on-going SE tax on old games is freaking insane.

Ubisoft’s writing has been bad for a while now, I doubt those folks will make it much worse. I imagine sales are going to come heavily down to how sick of AC people are and if Ubi can convince the average consumer that it’s worth looking at. The Japan setting isn’t super unique anymore for this...

There's no real consensus on whether or not he was a slave by the time he came to Japan. Most likely, he was free by then as he was hired to be a bodyguard to missionaries as the Jesuit's were not allowed to carry weapons. There is also no proof that he was ever a slave after Nobunaga's death...

At least Sony actually issued refunds for canceled Ghosts pre-orders when they removed it from sale. I have to wonder why they put it up for sale everywhere in the first place. Sony knew PSN wouldn't work in those countries, so why sell any game that requires it in any form there? Also, Sony...

The typical assassin look really only worked super well in the first game. Even in 2, Ezio stood out like a sore thumb most of the time. I’m glad the ninja in this has more stereotypical ninja gear (even though it’s not really that historically accurate either) vs the usual AC assassin gear.

I’m hoping the new PlayStation CEOs will reverse Jim Ryan’s incredibly stupid policy on older games and actually re-release and/or remaster some games. I’d love to see remasters of the older Ratchet games (along with Jak) and they really could just port over the Uncharted trilogy release.

Kind of. It doesn’t quite have the “content” barf of most Ubi titles, but it’s still very obviously inspired by the AC games. I’d say it’s better than most of the recent AC games though.

Agreed. He'd be an interesting character to work with in the game, or even as some kind of primary side-character but it feels like they should have just made up a new character. AC's historical accuracy has always been on the iffy side, but I think this is the first time they've used a...

Yasuke is an actual historical figure. Though he wasn't a samurai, he was Nobunaga's bodyguard/sword carrier/curiosity to be shown off. An interesting choice as one of the main protags of the game. Gives a connection to Nobunaga, who I'm guessing is going to end up being the main villain of the...

Did you watch the whole video? It’s not just GN. They showed evidence of ASUS doing it to others as well.

And yet Sony removed the game from all those countries and refused to offer refunds. Why the fuck are you sucking Sony's cock so much over this?

I really need to get around to plaything through the first game at some point, especially as this seems like it could be really good.