In Japan, the game-makers are the rock stars. It's their Hollywood. And it's gone from small, focused teams of like-minded indiviuals working on a single creative vision; and turned into a cold corporate monster with teams of people possibly in the hundreds working on games (just doing their jobs). Gaming isn't what it used to be because of this complete change in direction/production/focus.

It's not all doom and gloom. There are some companies out there just starting up, trying to get things back to where they were. The old developers and publishers we grew up with are too big to stop doing what they're doing now. They're a big-time business, and they want to sell their candy to as many people as possible. I hope we get to see even more smaller developers emerge soon to give some balance, and truely start a new generation of real gaming ideas. Because if we keep trying to follow these old guys around, we're just going to keep on getting dissappointed.

I just got a new computer, and wanted to buy myself a copy of Civilization IV Complete. But I noticed that it only said it was compatible with Vista/XP.

So I did some research and found that people were in fact having problems with Civ 4 running on 7. Yet others said they didn't have problems, and others gave (semi) complex instructions on how to get it to work.

I'm looking for a very basic explanation on the problem (if there still is one). Is there some sort of patch available to fix the issue? Basically I'd like to know if this is still a problem or not before I decide to purchase. Thanks.

That's got to be the worst luck I've ever head of.

I have two 1st-party controllers, and neither even showed noticeable signs of losing some charge for about 3 years. I still use them both. One came with the PS3, and the other I bought at Best Buy off the rack. Maybe you got to make sure they're fully charged before you use them for the first time? I heard that could lead to battery malfunction/burning out too early. Sorry for your loss.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Resident Evil 6

Assassins Creed III

Legasista

Double Dragon Neon

NHL 13

TTT2 and AC3 are my major must-buys. With RE6 I'll probably wait until closer to christmas. NHL 13 because my friends will disown me if I don't. And Legasista and DDN are just couple cheap-o downloads for a rainy day.

P4:A is currently scoring 86 on Metacritic with 10 (critic) reviews in.
Link: http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/persona-4-arena

One thing these reviews are all saying is that the game has alot of content. My worry was that this was going to be a bare-bones novelty. Looks like that isn't the case and I'll be picking mine up on payday.

Here's a link to the full character moves list: http://ca.ign.com/wikis/persona-4-arena/Characters

"For sure" for the rest of 2012:

1. Tekken Tag Tournament 2
2. Resident Evil 6
3. Assassins Creed III

"Maybe" games for 2012:

1. Legasista
2. Double Dragon Neon
3. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse
4. NHL 13
5. Hitman: Absolution

2013:

1. Ni No Kuni
2. South Park: Stick of Truth
3. Dead Space 3
4. Dust 514
5. The Last of Us
6. God of War: Ascension
7. Tomb Raider
8. Lost planet 3
9. Metro: Last Light
10. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
11. Watch Dogs
12. Injustice: Gods Among Us

I also want The Last Guardian if that comes out in 2013.

I'm still buying it. Only difference is that now, I'm not pre-ordering and waiting untill whenever I can catch it on sale.

PS+ is definatelty a better use for your money.

Just speechless...

I'll stop buying new games if things go all digital. There's enough games out there right now to last me the rest of my life.
Games are already a soulless shadow of what they once were. If they remove the collectablity from the scene, I'm out.