I loved getting back into Demon's Souls. I had forgotten just how much I preferred it to Dark Souls which, as good as it was, was just another good action-RPG.

Demon's Souls was raw and beautifully sadistic.

Grand Theft Auto V will be released on September 17! My body ...

YOU TAKE THAT BACK

NO

Actually, I'm surprised it's as good as it is. Call of Duty isn't easy to top especially with my high standards. It's excellent and is a mile aheas of it predecessors.

A new PS3 bundle coming out is going to include all of the God of War games including the new one.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/31/garnet-red-ps3-heads-to-nor...

Yeah, you should know this already but:

I wish more people went for the objective in Crysis 3. I've been in a lot of lobbies with some good teams and enemies (fun stuff), but some of the time, I'm exposed to players who treat the game mode as TDM. I'm not perfect or anything, but come on, lol.

Also the bow is underpowered. Two fully pulled arrows to kill someone (that is probably lagging)? That is my only complaint about the BETA.

Good News, everyone! We're getting this game! Thank you, Namco Bandai!

looks at 2nd image on right ooooh. Oh no.

Dear Japan,

Stop making me feel bad for being an anime fan.

From: everyone

If it makes you feel any better, we almost didn't get it. According to their official twitter: "At present, plans for development of an English version have not been scheduled. If we conquer Japan, then maybe we will be able to advance into overseas markets." So they had to conquer Japan to get this game out here.

R.I.P Japan then.

Is there a reason Namco Bandai is trying to compete with NISA and Xseed in bringing over JRPGs that the mainstream critics hate but have a cult following?

Not that I'm complaining just... Weird publishing decision by such a big gun.

I like how I haven't seen a single criticism by you of western games for guns and extreme violence and headshots and more violence, but a single sexualitised image has you claiming embarrassment on behalf of the entire anime fan community.

To be fair, the entire western anime community agrees with him. Except the hentai fans, but they're a separate group all their own.

That review sort makes myself wish it wasn't coming over to the States.

Unless I'm reading the entire review is a joke and the 2/10 is a secret 9/10.

Japanator isn't a Mainstream critic. They're a bunch of wannabe weeaboos who think they can write. Basically, they're the target audience for this game. That said, if even they think this is bad, I can't say there'd be much hope for it.

That said, it's probably the Bandai part that picked this one.

Perhaps in America. Most the rest of the world has fewer hang ups about sexualised humour.

Japanator isn't a Mainstream critic. They're a bunch of wannabe weeaboos who think they can write. Basically, they're the target audience for this game. That said, if even they think this is bad, I can't say there'd be much hope for it.
That said, it's probably the Bandai part that picked this one.

Given imagepoch rarely makes great games I don't think anyone would be surprised if this turns out bad. That was a poorly written review however so I am reserving judgement.

Namco Bandai operates as a single company. As far as I'm aware it doesn't have a 'Bandai' team working independently of the Group. :-/

That's a good point actually. I should think of more jokes in that regard. Probably because I still watch anime but have played very few of the more notably violent games in quite a while. Well that and I am rarely around the violence frat boy nonsense and more around anime fandoms that sadly reinforce stereotypes sometimes.

I know that Bandai and Namco sometimes label separately. And I just meant the people within Bandai were probably the ones that decided it was a worthy venture. Though I'm sure their idiot fanbase had a part in it, too. And I really do mean that. Nearly all of the people on their facebook and forums are an unrulely, entitled, unreasonable bunch.

That's a shame as Namco Bandai has been pretty cool lately.