So scary one is reluctant to even start it up. 

Loved Amnesia, one of the few horror games that felt tense, especially when being chased. Very atmospheric too. Had a good experience with it. 

So scary one is reluctant to even start it up.

yeah, i was actually talked out of playing because of that. :S 

There are some hilarious youtube videos of people freaking the fuck out over that game, it really does seem to get under your skin! 

yeah, i've seen some. the youtube videos of the game even managed to put me on edge.

seriously, you have to really enjoy being flat out terrified to play a game like that. o.o 

fuck yeah that sounds awesome. i love a really scary horror that makes me have trouble sleeping cos i'm scared still lol. hopefully amnesia has that effect. on the other hand, I thought the 1st episode of penumbra was a bit average and not scary at all. 

Dino Run SE is free right now. Dumb but fun.
http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorunse/ 

Although the vfx were a bit rough.

The DLC is also good, and disturbing in a slightly different way. 

Get some eye, ear, brain and taste bleach ready before viewing this footage of Cave Story 3D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRrTEeA_hko

It is higher resolution and 3D thus better. 

Just finished it

Visuals : A+, the game looks fantastic, loved the use of different primary colours in environments. Lighting in particular is extremely high quality, using very high resolution lightmaps and radiosity, it really makes the levels come alive. It's what kept me playing really, to see the next environment!

Gameplay : The running and jumping stuff is excellent, reminded me of Brink's parkour system but it feels better here, some areas were a little frustrating to figure out how to get through them but the game never relies on precision jumping and movement too heavily which is a good thing from my perspective. There were a couple of areas where it was tough to get the character to do the correct jump however and failing this usually led to my death by falling. Lucky the checkpoints are fairly well placed.

The combat is where it gets quite frustrating however, there are lots of melee moves you can do to take out enemies, or disarm them and use their weapons. But it never gets above mediocre. The guns feel pretty bad overall and these combat areas are the worst parts of the game, luckily they are not the main focus.

Really enjoyed it overall, would recommend it if you haven't tried it out yet.

Screenshots - http://steamcommunity.com/id/darrenweekes/screenshots?tab=public&showdate=1&filter=shortcut_179 

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/10/13/see-syndicate-move-first-ever-footage/#more-77815 

agreed on Cave Story... they really did themselves no favours by showing the comparison shots - the 2d art was so much clearer and the environments were much more understandable.

I guess they've done the market research, but I would have thought that the Cave Story license would have been best served by keeping things as they were - the only people that know it are people that sought out pseudo-8bit indie platformers in the internet. 

btw you linked to a Die Antwoord video, here's the Cave Story trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uas-5yDc70k 

<Chillingbler> so
<Chillingbler> syndicate
<Chillingbler> childish rip-off of deus ex in box rooms
<Chillingbler> although again playing on a console controller is so utterly slow and awful you really can't tell

Could be fun though. The outside bit looked pretty and combat could be fun on a PC. 

 

Although it looks better in motion compared to screenshots, the game loses its visual charm by turning it into 3D like that. Could you imagine VVVVVV given a similar treatment? I feel it's part of the experience, not just something being there. It also had more atmosphere in general and I loved that about it, especially the latter Labrynth sections. Not keen on the new Egg Corridor soundtrack either, especially the beginning. 

Looks okay. The rooms look a bit Half-Life1'ish and boxy, but outdoors looked okay.

Having to disable forcefields on enemies (those flying things) before I can shoot them will be a pain, and all those icons cluttering up the screen in the middle of a firefight will annoy me. I'll still play it though. 

Here's my Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (2007) Review

http://www.electricescape.com/etherealhell/reviews/2011/kaneandlynch.php

6.0/10 if you can't be bothered reading it. 

Rumors are going around that Doom4 might be having some trouble because of Rage's poor launch... Hope this isn't true.

http://kotaku.com/5851953/doom-4-indefinitely-postponed-following-rages-disappointing-launch 

 

Of bull to me.

"Company wide meetings" don't decide anything - it's not a democracy. They're only to inform the staff of what management wants them to know.

"Poor Reviews" also don't mean a thing, it's sales and market research that decide what a company does.

Doom4 was on a shaky peg the moment it was put on the "back burner" - that is production speak for "a few dead weights are keeping it ticking over until we have something better for them to do".

Sales for Rage won't be clear for months, and I doubt how well it does, or doesn't has anything to do with if Doom4 gets made.

Rage is a new IP, Doom known to every gamer alive already.