Great. Mania isn't posting anything that takes me longer than five minutes to write. this is the second time I've had my post munched..

Good Lord, I just spent 10 minutes writing a response that, somehow, didn't get posted. Ugh. I'll get back to it later but Thanks Ultrazilla for appreciated the humor :)

First of all, I can mention any darn games in the same sentence that I want to. Mario Bros. and Kirby! There, go get your shorts wrapped up in a ball over that.

Secondly, you might find CoD4 generic and overrated but sir, you are in a very small minority. I played that game eight straight months and never stopped having an great time. That game has always been about the multiplayer and while the single player campaign was short it also offered some truly thought provoking and disturbing experiences. I'm not going to defend CoD4s multiplayer mode to you, you don't have to like it. All I'll say as I was a newbie to at one point facing stronger opponants and getting my ass handed to me in mere seconds. I played the game, got better, learned the shit and started plastering newbies cyberbrains all over the walls and, once again, had one of the best times I ever had playing a game. CoD4's single player, for me, and millions of others,  was just prep for the multi-player experience.

Also Mr. Smarty Pants, you say the game deserves an 8 (we have an alphabetical grading scale here not a numerical one), I gave it a C which roughly translates to a 7.9, so if you have nothing better to do than to get pissy over what is essentially a 1% difference in what you thought the game deserved then go play CoD: World at War.

Also Mr. Moneybags, you AGREE with me that the game is no Bioshock or Half-Life (of Fallout 3)! I think it's great for you and your family that you have no trouble whatsoever dropping 60 bones on any darn game you want to but many of us out there don't have that kind of disposable income. One of my duties here is to help people make a decision on what they should drop their hard earned cash on. I have long thought, and I'm not the only one, that a "one price fits all" pricing structure for games isn't appropriate and does a disservice to both the gaming audience and to games that might have an easier time finding an audience at a lower price point. At $60 a pop, much of the gaming audience can't afford to take  risks or make frequent game purchases.

Also Mr. Sequel: A game should absolutely 100% stand on its own. No need to play Fallout 1 or 2 to enjoy #3. No need to play Super Mario Bros. 1 and 2 to enjoy #3 or #4. No need to play Fable 1 to enjoy Fable 2. No need to see Batman Begins to enjoy The Dark Knight. Shall I continue? I'm sure I'm not the only person who hasn't played the first one. I think it's damn important to let other people who haven't played the first one what their experience will be like with FEAR:2. That seems obvious. NOW, Mr. Disposable Income, if you want to buy me a copy of FEAR 1, I'll be happy to play it and get back to you on what I think.

Also Mr. Punctual, there was a mail mixup and I didn't recieve my review copy until quite recently. So, there! A plus to a review that's a little late in coming is that it keeps the game (that you feel deserves so much more of a fair shake than it got) in front of people's eyes after it's fallen off the major radar.

Maata, If you read the last paragraph of the review and you look at my comments here, it should clear up your misconceptions about what you think I wrote.

Graver7, You have my respect. I appreciate your latest post and the points you raise. I also understand your position about not needing to shine a light on every single potential hot bed issue. I personally like to hear what people think and how certain things make them feel. I'm a psych major so that figures, I guess.  I was caught a little by surprised myselfwhen I first saw the RE 5 trailer in question and so I'm interested in knowing how people are percieving the game now that it's been released.

Thanks again for your post, much respect to you, sir.

Hi Mhalakai, Thanks for your level headedness :)

Strangely enough I haven't found the game particularly scary but I'm really, really loving it. It has more of an adventure feel than a horror vibe though, believe me though, there is a great deal of horror in the game. I am really enjoying the setting, it really is a great breath of fresh air from your typical zombie and horror setting.

Hi Hanso, The game is roughly 15-20 hours. Thanks for backing me up earlier. For some people the obvious isn't so obvious!

Hi Rob, you asked me a while ago if I've ever seen any of Universal's classic horror films on the big screen.Strangely, It's something I'd never thought about until you asked me. I have not but I think it would be an amazing thing to see. Have you? I'd love to hear about it if you have.

Being a huge Dead Space fan I'm looking forward to this next installment though I hope it's not too much of a carbon copy of the original

Can anyone here read? What could I possibly have said to engender so much anger? Unless some of the commenters are racist themselves, in which case I could understand why they'd take offense.