Rob Xoxak Pro Review + Chad Warden's Protege + YouTube Fun

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:12 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vAO6akjqdg

Ugly as shit but it'll do.

innerpattern · Post by **innerpattern** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:12 am

FIRST!!!

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:51 pm

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:20 pm

I love it.

escadrille · Post by **escadrille** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:38 pm

Rob wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vAO6akjqdg

Ugly as shit but it'll do.

That's just the brown and grey.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:36 pm

if you find normal mode not challenging enough, why not play hard mode?

kozo · Post by **kozo** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:45 pm

I love Ikaruga.

...

And that was an awesome review.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:43 am

The very end had me laughing out loud.

Zuhzuhzombie!! · Post by **Zuhzuhzombie!!** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:59 pm

professor ganson wrote:The very end had me laughing out loud.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT PLAYING FOR CHAINS!

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:33 pm

The Gigawing video is cruel, but funny. Why on earth would you play that badly and still upload your video, he was burning a credit every 10 seconds or so.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:18 am

FIL wrote:The Gigawing video is cruel,

Not much offense intended, but do feel like a bit of an ass. I tried to give a few tips.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:49 am

Rob the pace of your narrations seems to have sped up some. You used to be all laid back then you started getting a bit faster. Still love you work. I prefer the more leisurely pace you used to have.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:08 pm

I really enjoy this commentary style. I even got them via FLV2MP3 on my ipod, that´s how much I like them. And I don´t think the Gigawing one was cruel at all - that´s what you get when you put dumb stuff on the internet.

innerpattern · Post by **innerpattern** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:51 am

Frederik wrote:. And I don´t think the Gigawing one was cruel at all

yes...if I was to play the final stage of gigawang right now I probably wouldn't do much better (I also wouldn't credit feed)...but if you can't play a game right...don't play it completely wrong and put it on the internet for mass consumption...

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:01 am

I wish there were more big game site video reviews for games like Shikigami 2/3 (is there one?) or Border Down. Makes it a lot easier not having to record and edit video. I'll do a few more of those for sure.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:01 am

I am losing my shit watching this Giga Wing video.

It feels so great watching you tear him apart because you never ever hear/see people who know the first thing about shmups on Youtube

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:14 am

Frederik wrote: And I don´t think the Gigawing one was cruel at all

He did call him a retard.

Funny as hell though

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:40 am

I like the little sidestory about the sleepover at his only friend Terry.

Also, we should have the word "toady shooters" in the glossary. Some as "ibsoorp bullets".

Sometimes these threads about Robs videos feel like a big long asskissing session, but it´s just so hard to surpress the enjoyment they bring.

Rob wrote:I wish there were more big game site video reviews for games like Shikigami 2/3 (is there one?) or Border Down. Makes it a lot easier not having to record and edit video. I'll do a few more of those for sure.

Please do. They have a very nice dynamic, the pseudo-dialogue adds more tempo to the commentary.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:01 am

If I had video recording and editing hardware/software, I'd make credit-feed recordings of me playing shooters (I'm TERRIBLE at shooters) for you to review at request =)

Unfortunately, this is not the case.

kozo · Post by **kozo** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:32 am

Frederik wrote:Sometimes these threads about Robs videos feel like a big long asskissing session, but it´s just so hard to surpress the enjoyment they bring.

escadrille · Post by **escadrille** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:36 am

More great videos.
I'm all for trashing Gamespot reviews. The Giga Wing kid seems like a slow moving target, but it's still funny.

Rob, what are your views on the loli/cute-em-up/little-girls-as-ships style of shooter? Ideally this would be answered in a video review.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:34 am

Strongly prefer Forgotten Worlds.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:38 pm

That vid got me curious about Giga Wing, so I tried it out... and got to the "last" stage on probably my 4th or 5th try. I honestly have no idea how you could suck badly enough to die in the first level, let alone twice.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:48 pm

captpain wrote:That vid got me curious about Giga Wing, so I tried it out... and got to the "last" stage on probably my 4th or 5th try. I honestly have no idea how you could suck badly enough to die in the first level, let alone twice.

risk & reward.

start playing for score and youll see its difficulty

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:57 pm

sven666 wrote:
captpain wrote:That vid got me curious about Giga Wing, so I tried it out... and got to the "last" stage on probably my 4th or 5th try. I honestly have no idea how you could suck badly enough to die in the first level, let alone twice.
risk & reward.

start playing for score and youll see its difficulty

Why bring that up?

I wasn't playing for score and neither was he, that was implicit in my post. I'm not stupid.

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:04 am

captpain wrote:That vid got me curious about Giga Wing, so I tried it out... and got to the "last" stage on probably my 4th or 5th try. I honestly have no idea how you could suck badly enough to die in the first level, let alone twice.

here we go

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:55 am

henry dark wrote:
captpain wrote:That vid got me curious about Giga Wing, so I tried it out... and got to the "last" stage on probably my 4th or 5th try. I honestly have no idea how you could suck badly enough to die in the first level, let alone twice.

here we go

I guess discussion of GW's difficulty tends to start flamewars?

I'm definitely not saying it's an easy game, because my score was completely abysmal and obviously that's what a game with ten gazillion medals on the screen and a 300 digit score is about... Score.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:04 am

captpain wrote:I guess discussion of GW's difficulty tends to start flamewars?

I guess he might be assuming that I'd argue with that.

I don't want to add a useless question like this to the TF6 thread, but has anyone who pre-ordered it not received it? I'm dying here. I want to see this mediocre game for myself.

TLB · Post by **TLB** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:57 am

I have a feeling I saw your Progear review some time ago...I just watched your Gunbird 2 lolview, and I think it was the same person speaking. I remember the reviewer playing through the first stage and commenting on how he has to stick his face up to the screen and something about how he plays these games too much. It was quite a while ago and I couldn't find it when I searched youtube just now (unless mobile youtube is still incomplete? Fuck phone posting...), was it, perhaps, YOUUU, ROB? Laughed my ass off =P

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:40 am

my eyes hurt like a toothache