Comments on: GRAW Pissed Me Off

By: hater

hater — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 02:58:59 +0000

GRAW rocks, best game out on the 360, then PD0 following.

By: Raz

Raz — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:36:10 +0000

Well, I gotta say that the team made a pretty good job with the architecture and the city's feeling overall. Although it's not a block by block copy, the feeling of the city certainly it's there and missions like the Angel of Independence and Zocalo Plaza are just great. Actually I felt pretty good to see that they portrait it as it is: a modern complex city without the usual mexican city cliches.

I also liked many of the mexican rebels lines, some of them are very close to the way we talk like "Se esconden como viejas!" (which would be something like "They hide like sissies") or "Salgan gringos!" ("Come out gringos"). Some of them were very funny and made me smile, nice effort there.

However, I have a few complaints about it, first, it's plain disappointing that the most crowded city in the world appears totally empty (even before the kidnapping), that definitely hurts the feeling. And also, I know that this is fiction and it's a game, but the plot overall feels a little bit out of Mexico's current situation. They seem to portrait Mexico as a country with an estability that seems more like other latin countries like Colombia or Venezuela which are going through a different situation. It's true that we certainly are not free of social and political problems but we certainly cherish our peace and being out of major problems seems to keep us calm. Also, really, no offense at all, but Mexico's government is so tight about letting other countries take action in Mexico that the idea of letting American soldiers take part in a multinational security program and let them work in mexican territory (before the kidnapping of course) seems just unreal. There would be madness in the Congress if something like that is suggested.

I guess my only complains would be about representing Mexico's lifestyle and culture because their job recreating Mexico City was just superb…. an empty but great Mexico City

Sorry for the long comment! and looking forward to see your review and impressions about my country, thanks!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:35:39 +0000

@Raz: I think a better question would be – how do you think Mexico City was represented in the game? Is it accurate? I saw some photos beside screenshots from the game and they looked pretty close. I've never actually been to Mexico myself, so I don't really have an opinion on the matter.

By: Raz

Raz — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:17:00 +0000

Hi guys, I'm new to this blog but I really like it.

I'm from Mexico and I was wondering what do you guys think of how well was Mexico and Mexico City represented??

By: Paolo

Paolo — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:40:53 +0000

Two titles are out for the PC that I'm enjoying from the theatre of WWII. Sniper Elite and Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Sadly my old mare of a system isn't up to standard for truly immersive play and I'm faced with that tough decision. Break my bond and upgrade or save the extra cash for the Xbox360. OR get the mac mini, but then that's just gonna kill my gaming habbit. [sigh]

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:35:15 +0000

Good thoughts on the game bro. I totally agree with you on the ole' GR games. I had GR2 and had to stop playing it after a while. I think i have too much of that Halo 2 run and gun mentality. I think GR3 has a perfect balance of the two. You have to be careful but it's not that 'i got sniped while laying in tall grass from a mile away' hard. It's very well done.

rock on.

By: Jesse Donat

Jesse Donat — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:51:15 +0000

All I can say is "Graw, graw… GRAWWWWW!!!"

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:41:11 +0000

It's stupidly hard, I'm on the third last mission, you have to escort 3 tanks yet you only control one of them and you have to head over rooftops by yourself. I bet your team are sitting at basecamp playing football while your being put through hell.

The multiplayer has some annoying issues with network problems and the such. If only every multiplayer game was as well tested as Halo 2.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:36:24 +0000

Uh oh, things are getting tense around here! We still have months and months to wait for the PS3 and in that time, MS could roll out some major improvements to the 360 dashboard and Live. You can bet your ass there's going to be a shit ton of huge titles hitting the streets for the 360 in November as well. It's going to be an interesting fourth quarter, to say the least. While we're on the topic of Xbox 360 and GRAW... GR3, dammit. I spent some time this afternoon doing some capture tests. Things are looking pretty good for 360 gameplay videos. I was worried that I'd need an HD capture card, but since I'm streaming the videos and they're way under HD resolution, there's no need for that. Svideo does just fine for my purposes.

By: essdub

essdub — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:20:57 +0000

Hey Matt, when can we expect the official Matt Brett WordPress theme?