http://www.thegamecritique.com/recent-posts/end-of-year-post/80/ A Critical Assessment of Video Games Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.thegamecritique.com/recent-posts/end-of-year-post/80/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Sir Phobos Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:22:41 +0000 http://www.thegamecritique.com/?p=80#comment-4 While I have to disagree with your opinion of MGS 4, I enjoyed reading the essay. You made a good point with the timing of our game awards programs. A lot of the time, we don't allow games the time to show their true impact. And don't get me started on the VGA's. As far as Metal Gear, and to some of your specific points: I think Snake not dying was a cop-out, Meryl was made to be mean-spirited for no apparent reason, Vamp's reason for being super-human was interesting but as an actual character he annoys the shit out of me(c'mon, they portray him as sort of a gay vampire), and the resolution between Raiden and Rose felt beyond forced. Sorry for lumping all that together so quickly, but I don't really want to leave another essay as a comment, lol. Great read, though, and I'm looking forward to check out your other stuff. While I have to disagree with your opinion of MGS 4, I enjoyed reading the essay. You made a good point with the timing of our game awards programs. A lot of the time, we don’t allow games the time to show their true impact. And don’t get me started on the VGA’s. As far as Metal Gear, and to some of your specific points: I think Snake not dying was a cop-out, Meryl was made to be mean-spirited for no apparent reason, Vamp’s reason for being super-human was interesting but as an actual character he annoys the shit out of me(c’mon, they portray him as sort of a gay vampire), and the resolution between Raiden and Rose felt beyond forced. Sorry for lumping all that together so quickly, but I don’t really want to leave another essay as a comment, lol. Great read, though, and I’m looking forward to check out your other stuff.

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