Exactly what I was thinking. At least put some effort by putting a relevant franchise. It's april 1st, everybody knows better than clicking on links.

@SecretPolice: you see that's my problem with most people here. Why would I care about the rating of games I don't care about or not interested by? MLB the show or persona 5 can be a 10/10 game every where, but that still not going to make me care enough to buy it.

Hard to say, there are some amazing one on both sides and horrible ones as well. As long as it's not chibi, over sexualized or dude bro muscle heads I'm usually ok with it.

I haven't cared for call of duty since modern warfare 3, seems like I'm not going to care anymore either. I'm not much of a fps guy, but I prefer futuristic shooters over old wars.

97% console

2.5% handheld

0.5% pc

I never played automata, but the only music I heard from the demo were way better than the one in the original Nier. I really don't get why people like's Nier music so much, it was nothing special, to me at least. I can see the resemblance, but automata's music is a step above.

To me gameplay is the relation between the input (pressing buttons) and the visual. Games wouldn't be fun if you only have to press button without anything to look at. They wouldn't be fun either if we only had to watch it.

My guess is that the people who likes to see other people play can identify the relationship between the input and the visual without actually pressing any button. I'm pretty sure no one prefer to watch people play over actually playing a game.

What makes a gameplay fun or boring to someone depends of how they feel about that input/visual relationship. That's why pressing a button to choose a menu and select said menu is irrelevant in terms of fun, but pressing the same buttons combination to choose a spell and cast it and see the effect is more fun.

If I can put it even more simple:

input (buttons)+ visuals= how it made you feel

input + visual= fun (a game/ section you find fun)

input + visual= boring (a game/ section you find boring)

input + visual= meh (a game/ section you find average)

input + visual= irrelevant (something like scrolling a menu or choosing something)

It's a shame really. Everytime they talk about something being new or next gen it's always about the graphics. Prettier games doesn't make game more fun to play.

I remember buying the ps3 because my cousin who had one left my house after staying there for several months. First i did was downloading the demo of mirror's edge and that made run to blockbuster and rent it. One of my favorite game of all time.

I don't even think it's well know in japan.