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  1. Re:Prohibition by Ihmhi · · Score: 1 · on US Senate Committee Passes PROTECT IP Act

    Well, at least the courier in Mirror's Edge is pretty hot.

  2. Re:Shame by hansamurai · · Score: 2 · on Mirror's Edge Sequel On Hold

    I would say the map design was pretty good, and dying wasn't an issue because the level design was implemented in such a way that dying wasn't that much of a punishment. There were only a few very large underground open areas where I was frustrated with the lack of checkpoints.

    And like someone else mentioned, the real problem was with the combat. Mirror's Edge was all about getting into the zone and quickly zipping through the level smoothly. That was mostly interrupted whenever a gun-less bad guy showed up, and destroyed whenever you had to shoot back, or at least fight back against gun-toters

    Don't mean to promote my site but I wrote lots of words on Mirror's Edge back in December: http://firsthour.net/full-review/mirrors-edge-greg-noe

    On topic of the headline, this is disappointing, to say the least. The industry needs less focus on one genre (such as FPS). Mirror's Edge was a fun platformer from the first-person perspective.

  3. Re:Spelunky by BenFenner · · Score: 1 · on Star Guard — an Old-School Platformer Done Right

    I'm about 50% through "I Wanna Be The Guy" and can attest to it's utterly unforgiving, cute, hilarious, nostalgic, free, old-school platformer game play.

    http://firsthour.net/guest/first-hour-review/i-wanna-be-the-guy
    http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/

    I will give Spelunky World a try when I'm finished with IWBTG.

  4. Fool's lament by hansamurai · · Score: 1 · on Sega Dreamcast Turns 10

    My friend wrote a love letter/lament/memoir to the Dreamcast for my site today, poor guy.

    http://firsthour.net/nostalgia/a-fools-lament-tribute-to-the-dreamcast

  5. A little worried by hansamurai · · Score: 1 · on Scribblenauts Impresses Critics

    Their previous DS game, Drawn to Life also had a great premise, you can draw your main character and then draw platforms, and ships, etc. basically you're the game's main artist. That was okay, but the actual gameplay was simply awful and the story was directed at three year olds and bogged the entire game down incredibly.

    My full review if you're interested.
    http://firsthour.net/beyond-the-first-hour-review/drawn-to-life

    Anyways, not to be a downer but I hope this game doesn't have a story. Let me just go crazy with summoning items and give me puzzle after puzzle.

  6. Mother 3 by hansamurai · · Score: 1 · on The Best Games of 2008

    My game of the year is Mother 3 for the GBA. The game was released in 2006 but an unofficial English translation was released in October of this year. I loved the game, great story and classic gameplay.

    For my complete list of game of the year winners, check out my site. I unfortunately didn't get to play a lot of games this year... having a baby and buying a house can really dig into your free time. Also having an old PC and no next gen systems doesn't help... Though I did finally get an Xbox 360 (and the first thing I'm doing is replaying Mass Effect... :)

    http://firsthour.net/goty/2008-game-of-the-year-awards