yea MAG was different and fun but i don't give credit for 50% or going 1 for 2.

LMAO!!! ow man that was good? they got rid of the confusing clutter?? THat what MADE it a good JRPG, FF13 is just a really expensive dungeon crawler and if anyone was ever confused in a FF game then that person clearly was an idiot and had no buisness playing in the first place. 

Genesis??? I love Crisis Core as much as the next guy but no one knows who the hell that is. THat guy was a cornball and he was easy to kill. 

On a serious note. SE the dev is meh, their console offerings have sucked. But the handhelds are a different story. Crisis COre, Dissidia, TWENY, KH BBS & 358 days are better than anything they put out on consoles this gen. The publishing side is actually good, im shocked that they had Eidos pull their head out of their ass oh sure there was teh Kane & Lynch but for every one of those we got a Just Cause2, a Deus Ex, Lara Croft etc.

No one has mentioned R*. I had to force myself through GTA4 but ended up enjoying it. Having played L.A. Noire and RDR I am really looking forward to #5. These are sprawling, ambitious games set in beautifully realized worlds. Decent QA too.

Bethesda are still my fav and I've had few of the problems I read about here. I'd put up with a lot more to get that feeling of being footloose and heavily armed they always give me. FYI Oblivion had a difficulty slider that could correct scaling issues on console. Just sayin.

Ubi have made huge strides with the AC series and I'm sure titles like Just Dance etc. more than make up for anything PoP did financially. I still wish Prince of Persia had gotten more of their attention.

EA has done better and I give them credit for supporting Dead Space but Bioware had already built the Mass Effect universe and Dragon Age was in PC first production years before the buyout. EA can't take credit for either while the direction away from rpg staples to more linear gameplay is their idea. This makes for easier storytelling, better visuals and presentation and helps with the bottom line but are they better? ME yes, DA no. Jmos.

That's an exaggeration but I have spawned 1 1/2 kilometres from any action. It shows the distance you are from the objectives in metres and I was 1500 metres from the nearest objective. The first time it happened I got almost all the way there and got sniped by some camper, the second time I took your advice and quit. 

lol thats fucked up. well thanks for the heads up.

Sony, no doubt about it.
Various new Highquality Ips like Motorstorm, Infamous, Uncharted, LittleBigPlanet, Resistance and Heavy Rain and making great sequels to already established franchises like killzone and god of war, almost 60% of all my ps3 games are published by sony.

Prince of Persia was alright last gen, but Prince of Persia (cell chaded) is better then the older ones IMO. However Assassin's Creed is a much bigger game then Prince of Persia. Either way, everyone has their own opinion, I though Assassin's Creed was one of the first games to properly use the HD system capabilitities, and from the start it was a great game.

Bethesda also is a really good pick, but to be fair Oblivion isn't that different from Morrowind. Skyrim and Fallout are where that developer shines, and yea I was in the same boat as you before, I love Fallout 3 so much I bought Fallout 1, and 2 for PC (Not bethesda, but still).

You need to move on. JRPGs have changed for the better, just like all genres. New technology enables developrs to improve their games and make them as they always wanted to make them, no longer constrained by the limits of technology. We can see clearly in FF13 how Squeenix have embraced the more advanced technology of the PS360 and how it has allowed them to do so much more with the franchise.

We truly live in the golden age of gaming.

And as for Genesis, he is truly the greatest character Squeeenix have ever made. Just listen to him recite Loveless, a poem of genuine literary merit:

My friend, do you fly away now?
To a world that abhors you and I?
All that awaits you is a somber morrow
No matter where the winds may blow

Such amazing use of language! Such a masterful grasp of metre and grammar! Such heartfelt sentiments! Such originality!

He is a character of incredible depth and maturity.

I'm going to make a possible prediction. Next generation I think the publisher who will really step up most could be THQ. The company has been backed into a corner and you never corner a wolf. They have decided to make higher quality internal titles rather then rely on cheaply made licenses. They also are throwing their support behind WiiU, big support and appear to be on the ball when it comes to next gen consoles.

If THQ really pulls all the stops and puts all of its energy and efforts into bringing high quality origional and successful IP to tnext generation consoles. If THQ takes Ubi's position as Nintendo's biggest supporter and solidifies a position as one of the big publishers once again. Then they could very well be next generations biggest step up publisher.

naughty dog. rockstar for everything but the last gta game.