Recent content by billcosmos

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    Would Dark Souls be more enjoyable if it wasn't insanely tough?

    To me, Dark Souls isn't "hard" necessarily, it's challenging. The great thing about it is that it mixes "grinding" from JRPG's and skill/reflex-based combat of action games perfectly. When you go grind through an area of enemies, you learn how to fight them more efficiently and you learn the...
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    Even with over 300 games, I have no desire to play anything other than

    I just don't allow myself to play games like that anymore. I have about 200 unbeaten games and I have actually committed myself to finishing them within the next few years, so I intentionally cut myself off from multiplayer games, or just games that are endless. My brother, on the other hand...
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    Is Single player gaming over?

    I think asynchronous multiplayer and single/multiplayer cross-overs are going to become much more of a prevalent thing. For example, dark souls is mostly a single player experience but there's also the tips, invaders, and summon stones that make it more connected.
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    Graphical Detail vs. Smooth Framerate

    Ideally...both. But the game's playability is much more important than fidelity. I don't give a crap how great GTA 4 looked (which it didn't even look that great) if I can't get a solid framerate on my core i5 750 and gtx 460 sli! Totally unreasonable. I've gotten to the point where I just...