Sounds like you didn't get very far through the game, then, because there were several instances of the sort of 'quiet ambiance' that previous FEAR games were known for in FEAR 3, the most memorable being a late night stroll through a haunted electronics shop. I was super skeptical of the game at first but I ended up liking it quite a bit more than the second game in the end. Fun times.

I just beat it! Completely rawked from beginning to end. Probably the best first person swordplay I've ever seen in an action game, finally beating out the gold standard set by (the still excellent and woefully underrated) Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. It also had an amazingly robust and thorough upgrade tree with a fantastic experience system that really made you sweat for the big payouts. In addition to that, the levels were absolutely enormous in physical size with no less than 17 (!!) of them, most lasting at least an hour; way more if you didn't leave a single rock unturned in search of loot and hidden items. Throw in graphics that, when fully cranked, put nearly every other FPS on the market to shame (note that this game will only run on PC and next-gen consoles), a damage modeling system so complex it continues to boggle my mind how it even begins to work, surprisingly not-shit storyline/dialog/voice acting (although not exactly outstanding on any of those fronts either), gorgeous hand-drawn cutscenes, beautiful soundtrack, autosave AND save-anywhere functionality (a wonderful fuck-you to the current trend of checkpoints-only games), great optimization, fucktons of hidden locations, an EXTREMELY challenging difficulty setting, a new game + available upon completion, easter eggs galore and A FUCKING DEMON BUNNY, and you have my favorite game of the year, easy. GTAV/TLoU fanboys, give this one a shot before propping up your shoe-in for "best game of the generation" or whatever. Having watched several hours of gameplay from both of those games, I can say with some certainty that this one does a better job with what it's trying to do than either of those.

My only real complaints were: somewhat disappointing (although nowhere near bad) boss fights, the occasional frustrating bug (one of which forced me to reload an old save because I actually couldn't continue) and the horrible double-tapping needed to use any non-standard ability... which I eventually, begrudgingly got used to but never stopped being annoyed by. Hopefully the two latter complaints will be remedied with a patch. Other than that, though? Yeah, pretty much perfect.

I just finished Ghost Trick - Phantom Detective. I have no idea what happened after a certain point. Crazy plot is crazy.

Aren't there some obscure Japan-only 2D Castlevanias that are supposed to be amazing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSH39aiTx2A

Anyone ever seen these? its a compilation video some guy made of a let's player called DSPgaming, basically making fun of him how he plays MGS3.

The guy playing is probably the worst gamer i've ever seen and he doesn't try to stealth at one point in the whole game and just run and guns through it while ranting about how much the game/controls suck and spouting sexist and racist comments all the time and talks garbage like a 12 year old over the cutscenes, especially the ones with Eva in em.

Its truly a sight to behold how bad this guy is at video games and its very entertaining even if you'll probably lose a few IQ points after watching it.

Maybe I'll give it another shot sometime.

Could go for another FPS right now. The new Shadow Warrior actually did look and sound pretty good...?

Haha, that Shu Takumi convoluted plot. Great game though, I hope he'll make another one.

Are you guys playing Brutal Doom? If not, you should. There's nothing quite like sticking a Super Shotgun to an imp's ugly face and splattering him all over the walls.

But it's... AssCreed. It'll still have that animus bullshit. Is the combat still shitty? Is it still full of boring side-missions and stupid empty collectibles? (In other words, is it still AssCreed but just with pirates this time?)

Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2 alone justify the purchase of a Gamecube and you can not convince me otherwise.

I think I'll get a Wii U before a PS4 though. Wind Waker HD, Super Mario 3D World looks incredible, and yeah just a ton of good stuff for it and the Wii I still need to check out. In retrospect, I think the Wii is probably one of the best Nintendo consoles out there honestly. The GC being my least favorite by far.

But it's... AssCreed. It'll still have that animus bullshit. Is the combat still shitty? Is it still full of boring side-missions and stupid empty collectibles? (In other words, is it still AssCreed but just with pirates this time?)

I love Brutal Doom but I still prefer vanilla Doom. The gore and effects are cool but a lot of it is too reminiscent of Duke3D. Plus many of the new mechanics reek of modern FPS, which is goddamn sacrilege considering this is Doom we're talking about here.