The Big Releases of March 11th, 2014: Titanfall Review, Dark Souls II First Impressions

Having played as much of Titanfall and Dark Souls II as my tight schedule allows, I figured it was time to post my thoughts. Titanfall, being the bigger release, has gotten the bulk of this time, so a full review follows, whereas the sadly neglected Dark Souls II only gets a brief look at my first impressions with the few hours I've spent with it.

Review: Titanfall - Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots

Last week I had the (dis)pleasure of being available for the midnight release of Titanfall on PC (via EA's Origin).  Now I know what you're thinking: "But Latency!  You told us you weren't going to be caught dead anywhere near that bug-ridden, server-crashing, lag-inducing piece of filth for the first week!"  Well, you'd be right except that money talks, and so when Tsaikotyk threw $80 at my PayPal and told me to go pre-order the digital deluxe edition, who was I to argue?

I probably should have though, because the launch was about everything I expected.  I spent roughly five hours in the game client and about one and a half actually playing.  The developers publicly acknowledged on launch night that there was a 'glitch' that caused the game to 'initialize' when searching for a server connection.  This didn't mean anything except that the client was now stuck diddling itself and didn't care much for connecting you.  Fucking called it.

All Aboard! - Has Sony Gone Off the Rails?

This post was supposed to be a Titanfall review.  However, Call of Mechwarrior has spent the vast majority of my play-time "initializing" (whatever that means), and so I'm left writing you a news post instead.

I'm here to pose a question: What do Amy Hennig, Jack Tretton, and Santa Monica Studios all have in common?  Answer: they were all once much larger parts of the machine that is Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) than they are now.  Something very serious is going down at the gaming giant and one has to wonder: "is Sony going off the rails?"

Arc System Works US - Good for the Bottom Line, Bad for Consumers

Latency's got the week off, so I'll be filling in for him, instead of the usual "attempt to get new site up between work days" routine.

I spent a while trying to figure out what to talk about tonight, and there's really only one thing that comes to mind. Arc System Works US.