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| News Comments > Sunday Consolidation |
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re: GoW controversy |
Mar 10, 2013, 23:09 |
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While the reviewer is mistaken as to what exactly the trophy is given for, and I personally agree that the name of the trophy is questionable, at the end of the day the God Of War games are mature rated entertainment. To make a fuss about a trophy called "Bros before Hos" would be similar to complaining about similar jokes on Saturday Night Live....where the punch line is often rich in sarcasm and irony. Can people misunderstand the point of the reference? Sure. Getting yourself all twisted about something like that when you just got finished kicking a woman's face in rings as hollow as getting bent about a SNL race joke when you just got finished laughing at it.
Generally speaking, I don't find political correctness to be nearly as overdone as many people do, but this complaint by this particular reviewer comes off as a bit too "White Knight" and very thin on credibility. From the beginning of the series, which the reviewer claims to love, women have been treated as either sex objects or punching bags. To cry "misogyny" over a trophy name at the end of game number 5 is just ridiculous and sensationalist. |
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| News Comments > EA Adds SimCity Servers; Promises Free Game |
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Re: Which free game? |
Mar 9, 2013, 21:52 |
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Creston wrote on Mar 9, 2013, 21:17:
It is? I did a google on it, and I didn't see a site called SimCity UK offhand, but obviously they may have a different name than they do on FB.
Creston
Yep, it's a fan site. I am not sure it really makes it so much better...just stupid for a different reason. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Mar 9, 2013, 17:53 |
Jivaro |
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Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 9, 2013, 14:42:
GMT everywhere, all the time. Fixes everything.
I am down with this. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Mar 8, 2013, 12:39 |
Jivaro |
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I have promised myself that I will not partake in the next 2-3 years of "what will the new Star Wars be about" stuff. For my own sanity and my marriage.  I am not going to read every stupid speculation article, and I am not going to watch every trailer...fan made or not. I will pay to go see the first one regardless of what the reviews say ahead of time because I am a fan and I want to make up my own mind. If they suck, I will most likely say that I won't see any of the others and then go see the others...just like I did with episodes 1 thru 3.
When it comes to Star Wars I have no backbone, but I am going to do myself a huge favor and just give in to the dark side by being the willing sheep that just goes to the movies and takes whatever they dish out.
Some franchises I can walk away from, like Transformers, but Star Wars doesn't appear to be one of them so I am giving in. Shut up and take my money Disney. |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
Mar 8, 2013, 11:29 |
Jivaro |
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I know the following is just my little bubble..."Jivaro Island" if you will...but here are my observations on this fiasco:
I know nobody who has been able to play the game to their own satisfaction and actually have fun. I know of a few people that have been able to get enough time in to see some potential, but that just pisses them off more when things come to a grinding halt via crash or disconnection.
All I can say is thank you to Blizzard and Diablo 3 for teaching me the lesson that kept me from buying this game and any future games that require always-on connections for single player gameplay.
Side note and unrelated "technically": Is an always-on connection required for the most recent Anno and HoMM games or is it just a "check" when you launch the game? |
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| News Comments > GeForce Tomb Raider Fixes Inbound |
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Re: GeForce Tomb Raider Fixes Inbound |
Mar 7, 2013, 16:26 |
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SlimRam wrote on Mar 7, 2013, 16:14:
I REFUSE to get this game until the Nude Mod comes out, period! *Stomps foot down*
I know you are joking but.....you won't have to wait long for a nude patch. There is already a terrible "see through shirt" version available. I imagine it uses something like Texmod.
Of course, we all knew this would happen. It wouldn't be a Tomb Raider game without a nude patch. |
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| News Comments > etc. |
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Re: etc. |
Mar 7, 2013, 16:18 |
Jivaro |
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Verno wrote on Mar 7, 2013, 09:27:
Good on Ubisoft for not caving to that bullshit.
PETA is the most hypocritical organization this side of political parties. |
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| News Comments > GeForce Tomb Raider Fixes Inbound |
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Re: GeForce Tomb Raider Fixes Inbound |
Mar 7, 2013, 15:58 |
Jivaro |
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Love the game. Have a 6xx series Nvidia card on Ultra and the only issue I am having is that her hair keeps changing color from brown to black. Not flickering, but for extended periods of time, usually in odd lighting with a lot of shadows. No crashes at all. Of course, now that I have bragged....I will now go turn the game on and have it promptly blow up my computer. 
As for the QTEs...I think you have to be bothered by the very existence of QTEs to be bothered by them in this game. They are incredibly simple and get further and further apart as you progress through the game. I am only 52% through the game (according to the save game) and I have been averaging only like 1 an hour for the last 8 hours of game time. The first couple hours of the game though it seemed like their were quite a few. I don't know if there really were or if it was just that they stood out more because I hadn't quite gotten a grip on the QTE system and thus had to redo the first couple of them a few times each.
The knock on the size of the tombs is something I would agree with generally speaking but I have been looking at it as a design necessity. I mean, the story line is hectic and it would seem a bit odd if Lara took an extended period of time to go explore some random tomb given what is going on in with the plot. (I know we are all about to die..but Sam...SHINY!!! Be back in a few hours!) I am going to let the devs off the hook provided the next game offers compensation by including ridiculously huge tombs. 
Overall, the game is as good, if not better, then I hoped. So glad this isn't the horrible mess that some folks were predicting. |
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| News Comments > Dead Space 4 Cancelled? |
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Re: Dead Space 4 Cancelled? |
Mar 5, 2013, 11:51 |
Jivaro |
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All this means is that the Dead space franchise has milked everything it can from the mainstream and that eventually it will be reborn via Kickstarter. Minus all the extraneous crap of course.
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| News Comments > Arma III Alpha Released |
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Re: Arma III Alpha Released |
Mar 5, 2013, 11:49 |
Jivaro |
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Creston wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 11:40:
Verno wrote on Mar 5, 2013, 09:51:
I know indies paved the way for this but I am really iffy about alpha stuff being on Steam, it just doesn't seem like a good precedent to set even with all of their other efforts at curation.
Yeah, I'm a bit baffled by this as well. If WarZ got banned until it had its shit sorted (austensibly), why is someone else's Alpha allowed?
Creston
Isn't that because WarZ claimed stuff was already in there that wasn't...and wasn't going to be for some time...while they were charging money for things that would be used up or disappear by the time the game released, while this is basically the same as buying the full game and getting to participate in the beta testing of said game that to my knowledge won't have a micro-transaction store or the ability to lose anything you have already paid for? I could be wrong, but it seems to me that there is a world of difference between the two scenarios. |
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| News Comments > Jason West Retires? |
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Re: Jason West Retires? |
Mar 4, 2013, 15:24 |
Jivaro |
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I don't understand why some of you are speculating about settlements and business theories when he has been on leave for a family related issue for quite some time.
He got his money..if shit ain't right at home for whatever reason (health, marriage, etc) now seems as good as any to leave doesn't it? Done with one company, practically no time invested into the new one or it's project. Makes sense to me. What am I missing? |
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| News Comments > Steam Top 10 |
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Re: Steam Top 10 |
Mar 3, 2013, 15:22 |
Jivaro |
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RollinThundr wrote on Mar 3, 2013, 14:34:
PHJF wrote on Mar 3, 2013, 14:32:
Fantastic Tombr Raider game, with a pinch of Uncharted.
Excuse me? Wasn't that "Fantastic Uncharted game, with a pinch of Tomb Raider"?
So you've played it already and know it's all gun fights? From what I've seen of the game, there's more to it than just shooting everything that moves.
Personally I think it's about time a TR game has combat in it that didn't feel like an afterthought during development.
This. I am not saying PHJF is wrong, I haven't played it yet either, but for all we know the marketing team wants the mainstream to compare the game to a highly awarded and recognizable franchise like Uncharted and thus focuses on those aspects with the marketing. The full game itself may not be as similar as they are presenting it. That may or may not be a good thing. I mean, I love the Uncharted games but only because they aren't as QTE based as the marketing videos make them out to be. If they were they would be boring.
When I watch the videos of TR I definitely see Uncharted presentation and gameplay elements, but I see elements of many other games as well. I am hoping that doesn't make it into a boring game with a lack of identity, but time will tell I suppose. First game I have pre-ordered in 5 months. Sometimes my "want" of a game to be good just overrides my common sense. You would think I would have learned my lesson about pre-ordering any mainstream title by now. :/ |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
Mar 1, 2013, 19:50 |
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Eh, his main point is correct even if his presentation needs some work. I don't think he intended to communicate anything along the lines of "the vocal minority has no rights because they are the minority", I think the point was more along the lines of "if there are people willing to spend the money...there are people willing to take it."
I am not sure what made him post this though...it isn't exactly an Earth shattering revelation. Seems like it is more likely just to piss people off given the tone of the piece. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Mar 1, 2013, 12:28 |
Jivaro |
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| I saw that part, and it left me a bit confused and I...perhaps incorrectly...assumed that it was simply over-simplified. We are basing spending predictions on the thoughts of somebody as young as 9 years old? That can't be right can it? Would any of us consider a "core" gamer someone who games only 5 hours a week? What is the point of limiting the genre's if you are basically going to include all of them? |
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| News Comments > Heroes & Generals Open Beta |
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Re: Dark Reign Redux |
Mar 1, 2013, 12:05 |
Jivaro |
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Techie714 © wrote on Mar 1, 2013, 11:50:
PunkiBastardo wrote on Mar 1, 2013, 11:33:
I tried the closed beta, It's not a large open world or anything like that, it's more like Day of Defeat where there are individual matches that last maybe 20 minutes in predefined smaller maps where a team of say 10 axis battle against 10 allied troops. The only difference I saw was that instead of choosing a server from a list, you choose one of the points in a map to join matches. Sadly it didn't grab my attention for long.
Bummer, hopefully I'll enjoy it. I'm a HUGE RO (Red Orchestra) fan maybe it's like that with planes, tanks, etc.
That is indeed a bummer. I am going to try it as well but I was hoping for a more positive response from someone who had actually tried it. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Mar 1, 2013, 12:00 |
Jivaro |
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a) They never list how they were "put into buckets" that I can find. My question stands. What makes someone a "core" gamer by their standards. Did you find that, if you did I would like to see it. I am sure they had some sort of definition and it is entirely possible that my Google-Fu is not strong enough to find it, but that doesn't mean I am just going to assume that it must be completely valid and logical.
b) My point was that there are gobs of numbers based on actual reality rather then having to rely on asking people questions that quite frankly could have a different answer the very next day. In other words you can take this survey and ask people if they plan on buying something but the reality is that they could say anything. Using history to predict the future seems a bunch more reliable then what I am seeing from this particular NPD.
c) I never said surveys weren't useful. I said this survey wasn't. I clearly laid out my reasons. If my "rant" was too wordy for your attention span feel free to skip them in the future. You did this the last time we interacted as well Beamer. If you can't keep the personal insults out of it, then add me to block and don't engage me. You don't have to agree with me but you don't have to be insulting either.
This comment was edited on Mar 1, 2013, 12:07. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Mar 1, 2013, 11:05 |
Jivaro |
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Verno wrote on Mar 1, 2013, 10:29:
Those NPD numbers seem like pure horseshit. The sweet spot is $299 for core gamers and that's usually at least 2 years after launch.
Yep. I mean how valid is a survey when you let the participants define themselves? They found a bunch of people who consider themselves "core" gamers? What does that even mean? I have a dozen friends that would say they are "core" gamers that don't own a PC for gaming and use their console as little as once a week. But hey, they game and have been doing so for a long time so "core" right? Give me a break. A subjective and silly title used as the basis for a survey that is supposed to actually be taken seriously by anyone. I don't think so.
The retailers have numbers from previous release years that can be cross referenced with various factors like launch window, unemployment rate, competitor releases, marketing expenditures, etc. Because most of them track purchases by individual customers they could even define statistically what a "core" gamer is and use hard numbers to base a prediction off of. Gamestop could do that easily using the ProMember database. I would find those types of predictions much more interesting and much more likely to be at least in spitting distance of the real life results. I would assume that anyone who actually has a financial interest in these types of predictions would find them far more interesting as well. |
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