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Sorry, it's not what you expected.

My mind = blown.

It's been over 20 years since Golden Axe, and all they added was combos and cut-scenes?  I just played the GoW III demo and while the cinematics are great, the actual game is disappointing...

• Gameplay consists of button mashing the same enemies, move up a screen, repeat.  *yawn*
• Why have unexplained chests of energy everywhere?  Just auto-heal if you are going to be lazy game designers.
• Enemies disappear instantly after you kill them, so you don't get to appreciate the damage you dealt.
• During the QTEs, you don't get to enjoy the cinematics because you have to stare at the corner to see what button to press.

I have only played the demo, and none of the previous GoW games, so is there something else to this?  Why are games like this (Ninja Gaiden, DMC, etc) so highly acclaimed?  </rant>

The PS3 has changed a lot since it first debuted in 2006. Trophies, movies and TV shows on the PlayStation Store, in-game XMB and more have enhanced your experience – and some of you readers have let us know what else you’d like to see us do.

Unfortunately, this frequently manifests itself as an off-topic comment in an unrelated Blog post.

We know that many readers find such digressions annoying, but we’ve been reluctant to crack down on them as readers didn’t have a good place to formally make requests. Starting today, you do: I’m happy to announce the launch of PlayStation.Blog Share.

Share is a subset of the PlayStation.Blog where readers can submit ideas to us about anything PlayStation-related as well as vote on the ideas of others. Many of you are already making suggestions to us, and we’ve always been listening (that’s the whole idea of the Blog), but now these ideas have an official place to call home. You can find the entrance to Share right at the top of this page.

Share uses a lot of the same Blog features you should already be quite familiar with, with the notable addition of a voting system. If you’ve ever visited Digg (or Reddit, etc.) you already know how this works: if you like an idea, you vote it up. If you hate an idea, vote it down. We’ll be keeping track of the popularity of an idea (the +/-) and also the volume (total number of votes). Authors that submit the most popular ideas will find themselves ranking on our leaderboard (which is really just for fun/bragging rights). It’s also important to note that we’re restricting idea submissions to one per person per day at launch, as we don’t want just a handful of people to “run the site.” We’d like to see ideas from as diverse a group of people as possible, and we think this rule will help.

You’ve probably got a few questions about how this all works, and for that we’ve made a pretty comprehensive FAQ that you’ll want to take a glance at before you get started. One thing I want to point out ahead of time is that yes, we’ll be reading these ideas. That said, we ask for your patience in advance; don’t expect Share to lead to overnight changes or actions. Moreover, if we can’t or don’t plan to enact certain ideas, we may jump in and tell you why not.

One final note – now that we’re providing a forum for suggestions (in addition to our long-established traditional Forums), it’s time to crack down on Blog comments. Starting today, moderation for off-topic comments will be much more strict.

That about does it – the PlayStation Social Media team has been working on Share for some time, and we hope you take the time to explore it. We’re quite excited to see what you have to say.

IT WAS PROPHECISED THAT A HEAVY AND A SOLDIER WOULD COME AND SAVE THE DAY
TWO MOTHER*CRAG*ERS EMERGED! KILLING NIGGAS DAT WERE GAY

AWWW YEAH

The Boondocks
Movie (Undecided)
Dragon Ball Z
Cyborg 009
FLCL
Paranoia Agent
Cowboy BeBop
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Gigantor

So, you can see here, the idea is to slowly bring everything up to boiling point until it reachs Neon Genesis Evangelion; and then just *crag*ing kill it. *crag*ing curb stomp its head in and ruin everyone's expectations.

So, what ya'll think?

Also I totally can't find a good torrent of DBZ. That would really *crag*ing help if someone could even just find season one.

Anyone want it?

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I'm about 3 hours in as of now. So far, it's all good; it raises the bar for videogame production values, acting as an "Avatar" of sorts for videogames.

As for the linearity, while it is more linear than FFIX and earlier games in the series, honestly, I think people may have been exaggerating, as the level design is no worse than FFX's (And FFX was an awesome game).

The battle system is just as I expected it to be; ATB perfected. This is, without a doubt, one of the most fun and engaging battle systems in the series; it is true that you can only control one character during battles, but that is a minor issue that really doesn't detract from the experience at all.

As for the cutscenes, some people were saying that the game was incredibly heavy with them, calling the game a "movie" of sorts; so far, this seems like bullshit. The game is no more cutscene heavy than FFX was (And FFX was an awesome game). I like the way the game handles cutscenes, as well; the cutscenes are shorter and more scattered around than other games that elect to just put out less, but far longer cutscenes (I'm looking at you, MGS4).

There aren't any towns, but honestly, I can't say that I miss them. Since when did an RPG need "towns," anyway? In some situtations, they just feel too artificial and non-fluid; in a game like FFXIII where you're seen as terrorists and pretty much hated by everyone, honestly, being able to walk around towns and in to random people's houses and shops would be stupid and completely take you out of the game's atmosphere and plot. Having no towns can really add to the atmosphere, as well; in Metroid Prime, there were no friendly NPCs and everything wanted to kill you, which made it feel special. In Demon's Souls, aside from the Nexus and the odd merchant placed here and there, there was little to no human interaction whatsoever (Adding to the overall feeling of hopelessness the game possessed). In FFXIII, you're outlaws being hunted down by an autocratic, highly religious government. It works.

Speaking of plot, so far, the game's narrative and characters (Save for Vanille, who is really starting to piss me the hell off) are far more interesting than XII's. This is a true step up, and a return to form for the series. And that's without mentioning the lore of the world of Coccoon and Pulse; overall, it's a very interesting setting. Let's see if the rest of FFXIII's plot can make the most out of the setting.

So yeah, overall, so far, so good. The way FFXIII is structured, however, brings to mind a theory that I've often considered; that the video RPG genre is slowly going to die as other genres adopt RPG elements and hold better-developed stories, making "true" RPGs harder to distinguish. FFXIII is a more streamlined experience, with a greater focus on combat than some of the previous FF titles in the series, which had the occasional puzzle in addition to combat. Overall, it's a very experimental title (Of course, then again, the FF series is a more experimental series than most other JRPG franchises).
 

First up is Garden Gnome Carnage. I figured I might aswell open one.
All that's left is for it to get past verification.
Because the other thing isn't working because it's picky http://www.livestream.com/youmayormaynotlikethisstream

We maxed out at around 8 viewers, more than double the people we got with Diginime Club, and having such flexibility over our viewing schedule has proven to be very valuable.

That being said Digibutter, we are looking to you to help this new facet of our community grow into something truly great. Basically, what I need from you all are some recommendations are shows and music. We need some more anime to play as part of our schedule, as well as some more music to stream during our intermissions.

I've worked out a rough schedule that goes something like this.

The Boondocks (2 Episodes)
Movie (New one every week)
Dragon Ball Z (2 Episodes)
Paranoia Agent (1 Episode)
FLCL (1 Episode)

And then after that is where I need help. What we basically have right now is two animes with a more seious tone to stream as a way to round out the night. You know, that shit that most people won't stay around for but those who do are like way into it.

Really though, just recommend anything. I'm always open to changing shit.

Except the Boondocks. *crag* ya'll.

Also this will probably start at 10 PM, not set in stone though.

It's here.