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Hey, whaddya know! Street Fighter IV has finally released a screenshot. And after seeing the above image, I really can't think of a better way to describe it than 2D/3D/Cel-Shaded...
It's definitely a different style. Sort of like a colored pencil sketch come to life.

It's not traditional 3D, it's not 2D, and it's not really cel-shaded either.
What would you call it? And more importantly, do we like it?

[via 1up]

Soooo... It's been a while.

For the uninitiated [read: all of you], every so often I pull a review out of my ass that I wrote damn near 4 years ago for everyone to giggle at like little school girls with tentacles tickling their girlish loins.
I'm not willing to commit to a deadline anymore, as I NEVER MAKE IT... EVER. So for the first time in a long time, here's another slanted opinion on video games.
For your own sake, please remember that nothing has been edited.

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This won't be easy, but it'll damn well be fun...most of the time.

December 20, 2003 - Opening Comments:
Sam Fisher is the man, he doesn't take "no" for an answer, only "maybe"s and full sentences.

Story:
You're Sam Fisher. Your mission? To stop a government conspiracy. How? By any means necessary. This will be no easy task, but it will be mostly enjoyable.

Gameplay:
The controls in this game can sometimes confuse (in the XBox version you shoot with the little black button), but always come through when you need them, because all the other buttons are busy doing other things. The game starts you an a tutorial, where you can learn the tricks of the trade, like how to move your head left and right, and up and down, and you know you need that! Ok, Seriously, the gameplay is brilliant, and Sam moves and acts like a pro... because he is one, but that won't stop you from dying a few times.

Graphics:
There's no shortage of beauty in Splinter cell...except for the peoples hands, what's up with that? Their fore-finger and middle-finger are super-glued together as well as the other two, it's kinda creepy. But that doesn't hold back the rest of this game from having beautiful lighting and sound. And the level design is superb. I'd say this is one of those games only Halo 2 will beat...or Ninja Gaiden.

Sound:
Don't get me wrong, I like what little music is in this game, and the sound effects are great, I just want to know why you'd put any music in if the rest of the game was going to be "SSSSHHHHHH, don't let them hear your radio!" All right, they don't play when you're trying to listen for baddies walking your way, or any other "I NEED QUIET" moment, so I won't argue with Ubi Soft on this one.

Closing Comments:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is #8 on my "Must-buy or you're a loser" list.

-- Terry B. | Eques_Ardor

Presentation: 5/5
Beautiful graphics, beautiful lighting, and beautiful sound, earn this one a platinum in my books. There isn't even any slow-down during the entire game, and That's what I like.

Graphics: 5/5
Oooooooooooooooooooooo *seizure*. 'nuff said. Please note that this game does not cause seizures.

Sound: 4/5
Ubi Soft does a nice job (most of the time) to give you that "I'm sneaky, and they don't know I'm here" ambience. There ARE however, some issues with not putting in enough music to make you feel like "OMG I gotta get out of here" in escape missions, but I don't think I can warrant this anything less.

Gameplay: 3.5/5
Grrrrrrrr, you stupid black button...why couldn't you be a trigger instead? Yes, that black button (especially on the original XBox controller) is quite bothersome, who would think of putting the fire button there anyways? Bad Ubi soft, I hope you change the control scheme for the next one, because this makes me cry...ok, well not cry, but dislike fire-fights in this game...Oh wow, I shot him in the head, yahoo. After you finally get someone down, this is where things get interesting, the controls work For you! It's easy to figure out what button you can press to pick up the body, and toss it into the dark, or drag them over to shadow, and hope he isn't found. Ok, the fire button is a minor thing, and I'm not known for my general playing skills, so I'll raise the grade to a 3.5.

Lasting Appeal: 4.5/5
Can you say, "Hey, I've done this already"? Good, now throw it into the trash compactor, because this isn't as repetitive as one might think a stealth action game might be. It's usually just hit and run over and over in other stealth games, but here, you have objectives, so you have a REASON for hitting and running. This game does go a little stale after 10 hours, but 3/4 of that 10 hours will be pure fun. There's no reason not to buy this game, unless you don't like stealth. buy it!

OVERALL: 4.5/5(not an average)

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I often wonder just what kind of wonderful acid trip I was on back when I wrote these...

I love how I raised the gameplay score just because I was apparently retarded, wherein I should have complained that the game wasn't easily accessible to the mentally challenged.

So, as some of you may have noticed, the results of the PS3 Dtoid theme contest are up, and I can't tell if I came in 3rd or if they decided to give both runners-up equal credit, but I'll assume I came in 3rd. Because assuming I came in 1st would be both wrong, and cause an outbreak of herpes the likes of which only Richard Simmons himself has seen.

How a false assumption can lead to a herpes outbreak, I'll leave to your imaginations.
[Hint: Your mom is in on it]

But seeing as Dtoid has yet to provide these for download, I've put mine up for grabs at the following location:
http://www.allps3themes.com/2007/12/04/dtoid/

You can also grab Jay's here:
http://www.allps3themes.com/2007/11/19/destructoid/

A big congrats to Jay for making an awesome theme. And a slightly smaller, but still meaningful congrats to JJP3D for being slightly less awesome than Jay, but still more awesome than me.
I'll provide a link here to JJP3D's whenever he puts his up somewhere.

Hope you guys enjoy!

EDIT: They work quick! A link to download all of the winning themes has been provided in the post on the main page at:
http://www.destructoid.com/ps3-themes-skins-destructoid.zip

EDIT 2: The theme I submitted has 2 backgrounds it switches between randomly at the startup of your system. If you would like the version that has only my super awesome Dtoid head background, then I suggest you use the first link I provided in this post.
Otherwise, you'll notice my theme has an identity crisis.

EDIT 3: JJP3D's theme can now be downloaded here:
http://www.allps3themes.com/2007/12/05/destructoid-3d/

I HAS FOUND TEH MAGIC SCHOOLBUS!!! :D

Ok, so I lied. What I'm really here to talk about is who you think should be in SSBB. Do you think we should be able to blow fireballs out of our noses with Karnov? Do you think Tom Nook would be the best thing since sliced bread? What are your thoughts?

I, personally, think that Birdo should finally be added as a playable character. That Tingle should be playable, so you can kooloo lim-PAH all over the other players in a sticky white mes-- uh...
But really, I think that Geno has gotten the shaft ever since Super Mario RPG. I don't give a shit what Mallow's doing nowadays; maybe he could be a "helper character". However, Geno was a badass, and I demand his presence in the battlefield. I must have my Finger Shot!!!

What do you all think?