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    Greg Kasavin

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    Former game journalist Greg Kasavin is currently the Creative Director of Supergiant Games, developer of Bastion. He has previously worked at 2K, EA LA, and was Editor-in-Chief of GameSpot.

    Ok I'll bite. What's your favorite Greg kasavin review?

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    #1  Edited By snide

    Mine would absolutely be his review of Arcanum. Basically, that's the one that totally made me understand his review philosophies.


    7.3


    "If you're serious about role-playing games, Arcanum is well worth the investment of time, money, and effort"

    Yes, absolutely. What that sentence says is ... hey, are you one of those dnd nerds? If you are, this game is a 10, otherwise... beware. Arcanum turned out to be one of my favorite games of all time. In fact... lemme go see if I can fill some stuff in on that page. :)

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    #2  Edited By Riddler

    ninja gaiden

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    #3  Edited By Termite

    Morrowind for sure

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    #4  Edited By De5

    Metroid Prime.

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    #5  Edited By KillaMaStA

    I liked all of his reviews, maybe morrowind the most

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    #6  Edited By Scorched

    Ninja Gaidan

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    #7  Edited By Jensonb

    Not sure about text reviews, they were all great. I loved the Video Review of Red Steel

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    #8  Edited By geldart

    The Red Steel review is great. You have to remember the context - Red Steel was supposed to be the game that showed off how the Wii remote could take first person to the next level, and instead it sucked. Greg's dead-pan dissection is just what was needed to make sure I never bought this title!

    Oh yeah, and the last 3 seconds are... unique.

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    #9  Edited By RWHC

    Oh man. Kasavin was the main reason why I got so into games because he inspired me to actually carefully consider what I played and think about what was going on in my games.  I definitely looked into whatever he recommended because it was a safe bet that it was worth my time and money.

    My favorite Greg Kasavin review?

    Chess

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    #10  Edited By Rearmed

    For me its probably Final Fantasy X but wow is a god contender there as well.

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    #11  Edited By snide

    Nice, I remember the april fools chess review!

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    #12  Edited By Happy_Cloud

    The Lumines video review, if only because he changed the size of the screen with his hands. Amazing man. What couldn't he do?

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    #13  Edited By xplodedd

    I would like to say PDZ because it was so inaccurate.

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    #14  Edited By NickM

    I liked the Ninja Gaiden Black review... oh wait, that was Jeff in disguise PAM PAM PAM!!!!

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    #15  Edited By Scorched

    all of them

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    #16  Edited By DualReaver
    Scorched said:
    "all of them
    "
    Agreed, he was the one guy I always agreed with.
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    #17  Edited By Whisperkill

    All of them

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    #18  Edited By FengShuiGod

    I miss Greg. ;(

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    #19  Edited By nezze00

    I can't pinpoint one. He is my favorite reviewer thus far. Greg's reviews never seem biased, they are usually spot on, and he delivers them ingeniously. All of his reviews were great.

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    #20  Edited By Hannibal

    Call of Duty where he busted out the Russian

    Either that or Ninja Gaiden when he came out with a ninja mask

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    #21  Edited By BranDong

    All of them .. but Advance Wars for the GBA sticks out in my mind for some reason

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    #22  Edited By Hellbizzle

    I especially liked the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion review of his, it made me want to buy the game, which i did shortly after

    watching his review, i still have the video on my PC i believe.
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    #23  Edited By demonbear

    I liked the oblivion review he did also, and the live gameplay session he had when the game came out? that was awesome. Wasn't it on that session the fire alarm went on?

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    #24  Edited By pause422

    Greg is the fucking man. I loved his Condemned:Criminal Origins review a ton,and don't forget all his live gameplay marathons he would put on for people. The shit he would say while playing was usually pretty hilarious as well.

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    #25  Edited By LuckyWanderDude

    Manhunt or Killer 7

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    #26  Edited By Bettenfutter

    Loved that chess review!

    There are so many Kasavin greats.  The advance wars games were great as were his KOTOR reviews.  The one that sticks in my mind the most is his review of Ace Combat 5.  It was the first video review I ever saw on the internet.  I had just discovered gamespot, and i was frankly amazed that there was a website like this that actually reviewed games via video.....awesome!  (I know was very late to the party!)  Because of this introduction, Greg was always Mr Gamespot to me.  I miss him too........sob!  I'm watching it again now, ah the memories!!!

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    #27  Edited By Shade

    His oblivion review was incredibly in depth and solid, it's one of my favorites. I really like all of his reviews as I usually agreed with him. It's a real shame that we don't hear much from him these days.

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    #28  Edited By benderunit22

    I think his Disgaea: Hour of Darkness review hit every single nail right on the head.

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    #29  Edited By Evilross

    Greg K was a fantastic reveiwer. My personal most trusted in his reviewing days.  I'm glad to hear he's enjoying his new line of work so much.

    I enjoyed his review of Icewind Dale II . Very informative, and assured me that it was done right, and would be a game I would enjoy for a long time. And he was right, it was.

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    #30  Edited By Gizmo

    Battlefield 1942.

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    #31  Edited By Gizmo

    Battlefield 1942.

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    #32  Edited By Not_Rage

    The 12 hour Oblivion marathon

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    #33  Edited By Hulk

    Hulk not sure off top of Hulk head.   But one that come to mind at moment is Oblivion.  Or maybe Baldur's Gate 2.

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    #34  Edited By jacksukeru

    I'd say Metriod Prime cause it was the first video review I saw on gamespot and the first time I saw Greg. Though I initially didn't think much of him I came to respect him greatly. Still, hearing all these guys talking about their favourite reviews brings back so many good memories. ^^

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    #35  Edited By BigDo6

    The WoW video review.

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    #36  Edited By turboman

    I wish Greg would come to Giant Bomb

    him and Rich, then the site would be perfect.....

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    #37  Edited By mussbus999

    Oblivion, so in depth, it's amazing

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    #39  Edited By DrLove

    easy answer .. all of them

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    #40  Edited By Mourne

    I'm going to say Halo 2. I don't know why, but that review was so well written and engaging (especially considering it was like what, five pages?).

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    #41  Edited By TheGTAvaccine

    Red Steel.

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    #42  Edited By classic

    Greg was a very inteligent reviewer and I wish he joined giantbomb

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    #43  Edited By muralbat

    My favourite review was morrowind. favourite moment was the oblivion marathon. Greg K was awesome!

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    #44  Edited By ZimpanX
    Riddler said:
    "ninja gaiden"
    Yup, that one is sooo good.
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    #45  Edited By SSbabel

    His Oblivion review, that had me respecting him as a GOD.

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    #46  Edited By solidphoenix

    Greg Kasavin was and still is my favourite reviewer of all time.
    His writing and the way in which he delivered his opinion were of the highest quality.
    He was also a great speaker, and knew his stuff.

    Oh boy, favourite review? I can't choose a specific one, but here are my favourites:
    - Ninja Gaiden
    - Final Fantasy X
    - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
    - Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (1 hour of Greg!)
    - Devil May Cry 3
    - Metroid Prime
    - Halo 2
    - World of Warcraft

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    #47  Edited By Ideas

    Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater


    I don't think I had ever before agreed more with a review (except maybe some of Bob Colyco's reviews).

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    #48  Edited By jimbo_n

    Oblivion. And I want to add the Oblivion gameplay marathon to that aswell.

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    #49  Edited By piecat

    Nearly all of his reviews are extremely well written and accurate. The only two I disagree with are MGS3 (too low) and PDZ (far too high).

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    #50  Edited By Stange

    His World of Warcraft review always stuck with me. When he said  "it makes you glad that you are someone who plays games and feel sorry for people who don't" i felt that he was dead on. When that game first came out it was just a wonderfully epic experience, truly something else.

    Also yeah, his Ninja Gaiden Review.

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