- Atari
Over the last half-decade that I’ve been lacing the Portland Mercury’s game reviews with esoteric pop culture references and childish dick jokes, I’ve begun to worry that maybe I was being seen as too kind. There’s nothing worse than a critic who doesn’t actually critique, and almost every game review the Merc has published is intensely positive.
Of course, the real cause of all this uncharacteristic optimism is that I’m the one who decides what I want to cover. I simply don’t bother with lame bullshit.
Still, I feel I should offer some evidence of my capacity, not for incredibly bitter cynicism — that’s too easy and kinda childish — but of my ability to craft a 330-word analogue for “meh.”
Unfortunately this evidence comes at the expense of the Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale, a new downloadable action roleplaying title for the Xbox 360 and PC. If I’m murdered by Gygax cultists incensed that I might question the quality of any part of the D&D empire, know that I died as I lived; with a sleeping cat clawing my genitals.
I see your apathy, and raise you my indifference.
Don’t blame the cat, we know you claw your own genitals.
I was excited by the possibility of this game being as good as the Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance games for the PS2, but I played the demo and I didn’t think it was very fun.
Dungeons and Dragons is owned by Hasbro. Gary Gygax lost D&D many years ago…1986. Any Gygax cultist worth their salt will commend you for trashing yet another half rate product associated with his creation.
@tk.: I just started replaying the first Dark Alliance, and yeah, it’s still awesome.
I wanted to like this.