Amusingly bad reviews

[trap15]

Or when you want to lose yourself in a more easily immersive and atmospheric experience.

We have that. It's called outside.

But there are humans there! Too scary for me...

[Lord Satori]

Or when you want to lose yourself in a more easily immersive and atmospheric experience.

We have that. It's called outside.

Go jump off a bridge.

[Formless God]

You have the debate skills of a chimp.

[Skykid]

Or when you want to lose yourself in a more easily immersive and atmospheric experience.

We have that. It's called outside.

Hee hee.

You get a special Skykid sticker for that one.

[Blinge]

I would never touch an RPG, for example, no matter how developers would paint it or how much naked women they would put in it. I just don't like it and never will.

what about action RPGs tho?

heh, bye bye topic..

[Kollision]

I would never touch an RPG, for example, no matter how developers would paint it or how much naked women they would put in it. I just don't like it and never will.

what about action RPGs tho?

Does X-Men Legends count?

[nosorrow]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it so far, but THE review that threw me off the most was the Gamespot Giga Wing review from 2000 or around that time. I had been enjoying shmups for a few years at that point but the terrible review he gave the game (from my recollection, that is) had me discouraging people to even try out the game! (Stupidly, I had never tried the game myself but I naively, blindly, believed what that Gamespot guy was saying... (shamefully) lol.) Imagine my surprise when, several years later, I realized the game was very well regarded. (I haven't been to Gamespot in years, but back in 1997-2000, it was pretty much my "bible"... Man, hahaha...)

[shmuppyLove]

I would never touch an RPG, for example, no matter how developers would paint it or how much naked women they would put in it. I just don't like it and never will.

RegalSin? Is that you?

[spadgy]

Or when you want to lose yourself in a more easily immersive and atmospheric experience.

We have that. It's called outside.

Go jump off a bridge.

Come on Lord Satori. Be a little friendly here! All you recent posts have been 'shut up', 'STFU', 'leave the internet', 'jump of a bridge'. Disagreeing, debating and arguing are all fine; we love it here; excel at it, even. But do it with a bit of courtesy. Perhaps I've missed a tone of playful sarcasm or something, but such blunt statements come across as antagonistic, which can too readily serve to foster a thread derailing shitstorm. That's not even me talking as a mod; just a fellow user.

Friendly, funny and informed (with a few crude innuendos if you want) is a far better way of joining in.

[mastermx]

I would never touch an RPG, for example, no matter how developers would paint it or how much naked women they would put in it.

Shmups have as much naked woman as other genres. Lolicon is everywhere these days.

Btw there are rpgs with very minimal talking or cutscenes. Wizardry is a good example of this. As for action rpgs, there are the souls series. Diablo too. There's also strategy types. There's just so much variety in the genre.

I like jrpgs, and like to relax sometimes by playing them. Chrono trigger was what really got me into the genre when I was young.

But if you don't like narrative based games, I bet you'd hate point and click adventure games. Why stop there, maybe even movies, comics and novels(unless you count those choose your own adventure novels).

[Kollision]

point-and-click as just as sneeze-inducing as RPGs for me
I have to think all day at work, why would I want to do any more trial and error and conversation gaming when I get home?

and just for the record, I was just kidding with the naked chicks thing

[Doctor Butler]

On topic: http://tinyurl.com/lg8ccxd

"I hate shooter air plans that swarms the screen with enemy bullets and gives you at the same time the fire power to do minimum effort to breeze through it. Simply ridicules game play."

?????

[BrianC]

On topic: http://tinyurl.com/lg8ccxd

"I hate shooter air plans that swarms the screen with enemy bullets and gives you at the same time the fire power to do minimum effort to breeze through it. Simply ridicules game play."

?????

Regal Sin?

[Squire Grooktook]

On topic: http://tinyurl.com/lg8ccxd

"I hate shooter air plans that swarms the screen with enemy bullets and gives you at the same time the fire power to do minimum effort to breeze through it. Simply ridicules game play."

?????

Take out the swarming bullets, and you do have a Thunderforce game there.

[Stevens]

On topic: http://tinyurl.com/lg8ccxd

"I hate shooter air plans that swarms the screen with enemy bullets and gives you at the same time the fire power to do minimum effort to breeze through it. Simply ridicules game play."

?????

Regal Sin?

Was that typed by a three year old?

[Ed Oscuro]

On topic: http://tinyurl.com/lg8ccxd

"I hate shooter air plans that swarms the screen with enemy bullets and gives you at the same time the fire power to do minimum effort to breeze through it. Simply ridicules game play."

?????

Take out the swarming bullets, and you do have a Thunderforce game there.

"Scoring mechanic: Move as little as possible"
- Hyper Duel

[Ed Oscuro]

Or when you want to lose yourself in a more easily immersive and atmospheric experience.

We have that. It's called outside.

AAA kusoge bullshit

1.2/5

Real Life has obviously had years of production work done into the art assets - but the "stunning realism" is broken because the game actors don't act reasonably. The economy is broken; selling loot and fetch questing are topics too complicated to even begin to broach ("salt the fries" is the worst fetch quest I have ever seen, and the auction house is fraught with scams and unpredictability, with layer upon layer of moderators but nobody really taking charge), and occasionally the game actors started engaging in weird, nonsensical performance art routines which did nothing for my appreciation of the game.

Also, Gary Busey. AMAZON FIRE TV! I also saw a chipmunk jumpkick a bird. Great, but how am I going to kit out a fast vehicle with rocket launchers?

[nosorrow]

here's the Giga Wing review I was alluding to earlier this week:
http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/gigawin ... 0-2540311/

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it so far, but THE review that threw me off the most was the Gamespot Giga Wing review from 2000 or around that time. I had been enjoying shmups for a few years at that point but the terrible review he gave the game (from my recollection, that is) had me discouraging people to even try out the game! (Stupidly, I had never tried the game myself but I naively, blindly, believed what that Gamespot guy was saying... (shamefully) lol.) Imagine my surprise when, several years later, I realized the game was very well regarded. (I haven't been to Gamespot in years, but back in 1997-2000, it was pretty much my "bible"... Man, hahaha...)

[mastermx]

here's the Giga Wing review I was alluding to earlier this week:
http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/gigawin ... 0-2540311/

Lol that review! He says it's impossible. Then he goes on to say he completed it in his first sitting with unlimited continues.

[50Hz]

Spoiler

Checkpoints

As annoying as they are, prevent a lot of stigma that other games in the genre garner from mainstream reviewers.
When does anybody shit on Einhander? Granted that one also has fancy cinematics as well as a limited number continues on top of that.

[LordHypnos]

Spoiler

Checkpoints

As annoying as they are, prevent a lot of stigma that other games in the genre garner from mainstream reviewers.
When does anybody shit on Einhander? Granted that one also has fancy cinematics as well as a limited number continues on top of that.

Yeah, I kind of feel like this / also going to the beginning of stages when you continue (e.g. Thunder Force games and others) + limited continues is part of why shmups were a bit more mainstream back in the 16 bit days.
Also that was back when people didn't hate pixel art, 2D playfields, etc. because polygons were a little out of the reach of consoles. Einhander also puts an effort into feeling more 3D & uses polygons (that were pretty impressive for the time, as well). Also Square were pretty popular at the time b/c FF7

[Aleksei]

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Check out this helpful collector's review of SDOJ

[Lord Satori]

So I guess being unable to understand bullet patterns makes it random shooting.

[AntiFritz]

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Check out this helpful collector's review of SDOJ

I completely agree about all the levels feeling the same though. They're all blue.

[Lord Satori]

I noticed that, too. It didn't really feel like Dodonpachi. I suppose to an extent, it was supposed to, considering it was an alternate timeline.

[endoKarb]

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Check out this helpful collector's review of SDOJ

I think he's being too harsh, but overall I agree with the spirit of his review. Same-y level, boring system, game feels "rushed", in-game shop is dull.

That "There are several modes to play in but none of them really stand out" is the only thing I cannot agree with. X360 mode is easily one of the finest and most enjoyable Arrange Mode to date, and the Novice Modes where well put together too.

[spadgy]

What kind of fucking idiot journalist would come to this thread to post one of their own reviews? An idiot called spadgy!

Not actually posting this due to quality (you can all be the judge of that!), but because of the conversation on the previous page of this thread about the whole 'communicating single credit play with newcomers/mainstream gamers' issue, I thought this relevant here (and I feel rather smug about getting it done ).

I did manage to get this line in print in a UK national newspaper (The Observer) in my review of Raiden IV Overkill...



So, just so you know, there are some press fighting the good fight. And while I joke about being smug, I do think it vital that a reviewing journalist would communicate a defining gameplay tenant of title that, if adhered to, improves the experience of the game.

I actually really thought the line might get removed by the subs/proofers, but it made it through. I think I'd used a few extra words to say 'absolute thriller' in my original, but I do like to go over word count.

The full review is online here on the website of The Observer's sister paper, The Guardian. Before anyone gets potentially get upset by its length, that is the word count to fit the small space in print (150 words approx). Also, as it's a mainstream paper, I can't use anything but very common jargon ('FPS' is on the border of being too niche!) and can't assume prior knowledge of the reader. Introducing genre, setting/theme, gameplay, game history and critiquing in 150 words is damn hard.

For reference, this post is around 300 words long.

That's my excuses out the way. Now you can tear it to shreds and call me an insignificant prick.

[Mortificator]

Congrats.

I'm sorry, I had a meaningful comment, but I seem to have forgotten it after seeing the sidebar article about a student being trapped by a giant vagina.

[spadgy]

Congrats.

I'm sorry, I had a meaningful comment, but I seem to have forgotten it after seeing the sidebar article about a student being trapped by a giant vagina.

Has that never happened to you? Quite common place over here in Europe.

[Lord Satori]

sidebar article about a student being trapped by a giant vagina.

What?!