I'm done! Nintendo has fucked me on^h^h^h 3 times too many!

[Yegolev]

Umm.....R&C has actual platform levels maybe?  :-D

I can't recall any of those traditional elements in Ninja Gaiden. It's mostly beating ass on the way to a boss, unlocking traps and such, with a few "ninja" like physical challenges (like wall crawling) tossed about in between (but nothing really platform-y).

That was one of mine, actually.  Level design.  Generally speaking, NG did not involve environmental puzzles of the sort you see in a more traditional platformer.  It's more of a hallway-style beat-em-up.  You generally did not die when you fell from things in NG, either.  My other one was rather lame: R&C is more cartoony.  The similarities are interesting, though, since Ratchet is probably as acrobatic as Ryu, he just prefers to blow shit up instead of carve shit up.  I have not come up with anything else yet.

[Velorath]

Getting back to the subject of boycotts for a second, why not boycott a company like Square that really deserves it?  I mean how big a douche do you have to be to give three completely unrelated games the Final Fantasy XIII title simply because they'll sell more as part of the numbered series?  I can't wait until this inspires EA to figure out a way to push out three different Madden games every year.

[Triforcer]

I boycott games that suck.  I don't boycott games that rox, because the company that made then previously made games that sux.  Geez guys, its not like this is about politics or religion or eliminating poverty or anything. Play what you enjoy. 

[Ironwood]

Well, yes and no.  Starforce and other 'company wide' decisions can sometimes drive one to miss out on good titles because you simply cannot agree with the company stance of FUCKING YOUR MACHINE.

Also, after Pools Of Radiance eats your hard drive, your unlikely to install anything from them again, no matter how good the game is....

[Tebonas]

I would go as far to say Starforce IS about politics. They affect other things that have nothing to do with that particular game.

[stray]

That stuff (and others like that) cripples computers, and keeps people from enjoying games. Not wanting that to happen isn't about politics.

[Tebonas]

Politics might be a bad word for it, but it fits better than religion or eliminating poverty. Which are the only three reasons Triforcer would see to boycott a company.

Its the right to do with your computer as you see fit, install the legal programs that you like and not have your hardware damaged.

[Yegolev]

There are better reasons to dislike Squenix than a good marketing plan.

[Jain Zar]

I hate EA, but they actively damage the art of gaming.

Plus they in fact raped my childhood when they killed Origin.

And ruined pro sports games for everyone by starting a giant exclusivity war.

[Sky]

Have to agree with Zar. Still going to buy Spore. They could use an aborted fetus for packaging and I'd buy Spore.

[Johny Cee]

Gah!  I completely ignored this thread because I thought it was Schild whining about something I don't understand.... 

I even typed out a five paragraph explanation about how Martin and Erikson were derivative of Cook, Wolfe, and Brust's writings in the '70's and '80's.....  (Dread Empire books + anthropology + Brust = Malazan books) until I realized this thread has been dead for days.

Can I get a page next time?

[Margalis]

If it makes you feel better, pretty much everyone disagreed with StGabe anyway.