Achievements are like lingerie for games...It's a nice wrapping on the real action.

They don't have any purpose other than bragging rights to your mates while it's hanging on your wall it makes you proud that you wasted the time to achieve the status of being there and doing that.

I could not care less about my achievements.

But they are still cool.

MGS series has become much like snakes mullet.

unruly, unkempt and uncool!

It's lost it's magic a LONG time ago.

Oops!!

Sorry Susan.

I mean Master Chief

I agree with what a lot of people here are saying. Really any game that gives you such freedom of choice and expression like Oblivion or Mass Effect should be held in high regard.

However, having said that lets be honest these games are "Evolutionary" Not "Revolutionary" granted they were impressive staples for the next generation and truly a bar has been set for the sheer amount of side quests and making your own personal avatar to best suit your choices and demeanor. But at the end of the day when you have exhausted your side-quests and have played the story to the peak of it's amazingly intricate and well written plot it comes to the very bare bones fact that now that you have done all this for yourself, for the kingdom ,for the very existence of the galaxy!

What are you left with? 2 Endings!!!! that's it!

ALL!! this effort for 1 of 2 Possible endings!!!! and that's for Mass Effect! Oblivion only has 1 Stinking Ending!!!

what the hell? I thought this was "The NEXT GENERATION OF GAMING!"

Well, if that's so why are we given such lush environments a plethora of customizable options just to essentially (analogy)be led down a gloriously decorated hallway of fantastic locations and memorable characters just to open door number 1 or door number 2. Games of this caliber and magnitude leave me disappointed and unjustified in my actions when I was playing the game as I had many choices to make and now at the END? what?....oh that's right I forgot It's just a game, not the experiences I had just this lame predictable ending, and I suppose if I go through it again...oh ok different ending this time. but just as lame.

Better games mean MORE choices. But don't fudge on the ending! That's where the most important choices can reside or better yet make the character feel they had the chance and the choice to change the world they were in.

Sorry for the rant. Long story short (too late) these games are great! But could have been outstanding!

I believe that Master Chief is in reality a steroidal-pumped-sixth grade girl named Suzy.

I'm glad you quipped in time. For a moment there my friend the severity of your highly judgemental accusation of my particualr online habits was about to make me think that you were the first jerk I've encountered in my getting online. lol kidding

However I do agree with you. most of the time I do play games online with a solid group of friends that I have known for a while.

Yet to further my point they are very good people i have met online and not at all racist and I don't allow myself to be involved with people who just want to vent their lifestyles through the online gaming.

First let me say that I think it's a abominable shame that those here have experienced racist conduct on Xboxlive, I myself have never encountered any racial hostility or any purveyance of racist conduct sure I run into the odd or some 12 year old who wants to talk poop, but that's cool I understand that there are jerks and hypocrites aplenty in this world.

Now having said that let's get something clear. Humans are a Very judgemental,hateful,vindictive species. We're the only creatures on this planet who not only have no trouble killing or enslaving our own kind, but we also have allowed ourselves to separate and judge each other upon social constructs that are of our own devising i.e. Race,Class,Religion. No matter what you do if you go outside or hook up you Xbox there is always going to be people out there who are hateful,disgusting racists.

Even To call it "Racism" bothers me, Because last time I checked we all belonged to ONE race and that's "The Human Race" Doesn't matter what color we are if your going to join online and be apart of a gaming community you have to distinguish yourself and all those that you meet with the same honor you would have bestowed upon yourself.

Join The 21st Century!!!!

Call Of Duty 4.

It's just not as good as they say. just another cookie-cutter FPS

I want to see a Fatal Frame sequel for nextgen.

Midway Battlestations.

Project Sylpheed

And Especially Overlord (this game is the Bomb!! It's like an Evil Pikmin)