2007 had Bioshock, Halo 3, God of War 2, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Crysis, Uncharted, The Orange Box, Super Mario Galaxy, Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, Forza 2, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Unreal Tournament 3, Skate, Super Paper Mario, STALKER.
2008 had Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Metal Gear Solid 4, Devil May Cry 4, Dead Space, Persona 4, Mirror's Edge, Rainbow Six: Vegas, Little...
the article is great, but the headline is super misleading. The author is just saying that the game deserved far more recognition and praise than it actually did.
Infinite was far from a bad game, but the first game was an absolute masterpiece.
People use hyperbole in describing games they admire. And that's wrong.
There, that's the article for you.
They usually do not sell well. I adored Call of Juarez - Bound in Blood, but the market just wasn't there, for whatever reason.
Just read through some of your comments to get a sense of who you are, and came away with two things:
You are *super* negative in 90% of what you comment on.
You speak in extremes, with hyperbolic language that it's hard to tell what you consider a major issue and a trivial one.
I disagree with your assessment on Control. The story and general exposition weren't "horrible" but felt intentionally obfuscated. I enjoyed the King/ Lynchian i...
I snapped my Ninja Gaiden (for the og xbox) disc in half literally 30 minutes in. Then went out a bought a new copy the next day, and then went on to beat it three times.
Good times.
People are far more concerned with the opinions of others than just enjoying the content for itself.
If this was a bad/faulty review targeting an indie game that lives and dies on any press it receives, then you can send a harshly worded email. But it isn't. It's a massive game by a massive publisher expected to do massive numbers. One "negative" review isn't going to tank the franchise.
I'm 31. Death threats targeted at game reviewers h...
@Darkrider
You understand that reviews are actually subjective. Not objective. Opinions will always be subjective. These are not facts. These are feelings. Saying "their points are wrong" is wild to me.
And *beginning* your post with "it's a trash review" comes across as condoning the behavior. It doesn't matter if the review was rife with spelling and punctuation errors. It doesn't matter if they played it in one stretch ...
No one is conflating quality with sales, but you sure are.
Even though this series isn't really my thing, I can totally see why people love them.
You make it sound like the voice actor is going to be paid 4k a month. It's a one-and-done paycheck. The programmer has a monthly salary.
God, what a bad take.
Beyond Good and Evil aged just fine, as did the original Psychonauts. Visually, sure, a bit rough (though both have a wonderfully refreshing art style that more than makes up for actual "visual fidelity".)
I'd say that you really need to give both of these games another shot. Psychonauts is one of the most original and utterly creative games I've ever played, and it's also one of the funniest as well. Psychonauts 2 was even better, and basically, a (we...
Basically the age-old answer to the question, "what does a day in the life of Korben Dallas look like?"
When people speak of "polar opposites", they mean opposite ends of a spectrum.
I don't see many if just clamoring at the bit to claim this game is GOTY material (which, if they "loved" it, they would be doing).
The reception has been negative, with some of the more middling scores giving faint praise while ultimately giving it a mediocre score.
Game design dictated by suits rather than actual designers was always going to falter after enough people caught on.
It's not even "design by committee", it's just spreadsheets and powerpoints of bankable game "features" that make them more money.
Listen, EA hasn't always been this way. They are a scummy bunch, but they took way more risks back in the 6th gen (xbox, gamecube, ps2) that was honestly awesome to see.
Here...
Pot, meet Kettle.
I felt the need to login here and say to PorkChop: I am so sorry to hear about your dad. Seriously. That is absolutely heartbreaking. I made a comment below that didn't outright claim she was lying, but that the timing was suspicious, and my entire family has been through a lot as well and things can change so quickly. I honestly regret making that comment.
I'd rather believe that she has a medical emergency rather than call her out and be wrong, because, at the en...
I *really* do not want to be a prick. I hope her family is okay HOWEVER....This happening right as hundreds of articles and reports are circulating about the state of the game and the studio's incompetence is hard for me to not see as related to each other.
In some articles, it sounds like she was planning on retiring soon, regardless.
I hope her family is okay, and I of course wish no ill will towards her and that particular studio. It's a friggin game r...
this looks fascinating!
I've owned many consoles. SNES, genesis, saturn, dreamcast, Gamecube, N64, PS1,PS2, PS3, Xbox, X360, and PS4, as well as their respective portable brothern (PSP, PSP-VITA, GB, GBC, GBA, GBA-SP, DS, DS-LITE) and I say all of that to say this: as someone who usually gets massive amounts of FOMO when not buying a platform, I feel absolutely nothing about this generation.
It is honestly baffling. It's not "bad" persay, it's just....middling, with perhaps ...