I'm bringing this thread back. The original thread was deleted because it had the word "shit" in the title. I forgot you're no longer allowed to curse in thread titles.

This is for those who were interested in Hard Corps: Uprising, but were turned off because certain footage made it look "slow" or "outdated" or whatever. It shows off advanced techniques like vaulting, dodging, and super tackling. Also, it's fucking fast. The run starts one minute into the video, so you might want to fast-forward to that point.

You are so astronomically bitter.

You realize that doesn't make it look "fun" for people who haven't played it. Speed runs are fun for people who really like a game and want to see someone "break" it.

Still doesn't look like fun to me. It looks like work, with very little payoff.

I had no idea that there was a Hard Corps defense force.

" @groin: There are defense forces for lots of games. We usually call them "fans", though. Like the Uncharted 2 fans who defend that game, the Mass Effect 2 fans who defend that game, and yes, Hard Corps: Uprising fans who defend that game.Or is it only a "defense force" when it's for something the staff members don't like? "

I have yet to see the Quick Look in question but if anything that footage puts me off the game. I've also heard some stuff about loading times that didn't help.

The staff usually are terrible at playing games, so I usually don't form my opinion based on their quick looks anyway.

So, why the fuck can we no longer use curse words in thread titles?

" The staff usually are terrible at playing games, so I usually don't form my opinion based on their quick looks anyway. "

" @Icemael said:

" @groin: There are defense forces for lots of games. We usually call them "fans", though. Like the Uncharted 2 fans who defend that game, the Mass Effect 2 fans who defend that game, and yes, Hard Corps: Uprising fans who defend that game.Or is it only a "defense force" when it's for something the staff members don't like? "

I like lots of games that the staff members did not like. However, I do not post on forums trying to convince others to agree with my opinion. "

There's a defense force for Hardcorps: Uprising because its a freakin' stellar game and that Giantbomb quicklook kinda made a laughing stock out of it which is kind of infuriating when you actually play it. I normally trust the opinions of the overall attitude of Giantbomb and it's kinda betraying when they pull something like that. I'm sure a lot of people here now won't give this game a second thought after that quicklook, which means less people to play with online (especially off this site) and it ends up being kind of a downer. 
 
It's not even a case of 'this isn't really for me', because the Rising mode is actually makes it really accessible.
 
And pretty much all this stems from the fact that there's this hate for Arc's games, for some crazy reason. Because the amount of awesome little touches they put in their titles are quickly making them one of my favorite developers.

Good vid .... whoever is playing is indeed very good at this awesome game , and it is a better representation of the game than the sorry excuse of QL that the giantbombers did. But IDK maybe Im being harsh on them but this is a good game , may not be for everyone but it does not lack quality or fun factor. 
 
@EuanDewar: 
The load times are only at the start of each level and it only takes 25 seconds to load , albeit this is only during 1 player game IDK the times at multiplayer , but if you loose your lives and continue the level there is no re-load so the load times are not bad as the Jeff & Ryan at the QL made it  be.

The staff's combined gamerscore alone tells me that they are probably pretty good at games. But it's kinda hard to play and shoot a video at the same time. So cut them some fucking slack.

" @HandsomeDead: ..... but this thread is as much an act of love as it is one of contempt. "

I am still considering picking this up, this video made me want it more. Thanks!

I have to admit, I liked the don't-stop-for-nothing/always-be -shooting vibe of that video.

The load times are craptastically long, and the art style really puts me off.  
 
Aside from that, looks like an average Contra shooter.

omg shutup dis game iz lame cuz jeff said so... and Jeff played it for maybe 20 minutes and has a tendency to be the biggest biased baby when he wants to be. It's a shame so many take his; and the other GB crew's word, as gold.

" omg shutup dis game iz lame cuz jeff said so... and Jeff played it for maybe 20 minutes and has a tendency to be the biggest biased baby when he wants to be. It's a shame so many take his; and the other GB crew's word, as gold. "

Just played this game a while ago and it's awesome! Well I guess I've always been a Contra fan and I like the pacing of this game.  Trying to play it too slow can drag but playing it fast, it's intense!  And difficulty is just fine, typical Contra difficulty where you really have to know what's going to happen next.  I guess only Contra fans would really appreciate the game, like me, I really find it awesome :)

"The staff usually are terrible at playing games, so I usually don't form my opinion based on their quick looks anyway. "

" @sofacitysweetheart said:

" omg shutup dis game iz lame cuz jeff said so... and Jeff played it for maybe 20 minutes and has a tendency to be the biggest biased baby when he wants to be. It's a shame so many take his; and the other GB crew's word, as gold. "

I agree that it's silly to take their "word as gold", but it's just as silly to criticize every little thing they do and say. "

" @CrazyChris said:

" @sofacitysweetheart said:

" omg shutup dis game iz lame cuz jeff said so... and Jeff played it for maybe 20 minutes and has a tendency to be the biggest biased baby when he wants to be. It's a shame so many take his; and the other GB crew's word, as gold. "

I agree that it's silly to take their "word as gold", but it's just as silly to criticize every little thing they do and say. "

You can watch their video on mute and reach the same conclusion they did.  This video didn't solve for me the checkpoint problems or the loading problems by cropping out the loading and not dying. "

Looks fun to watch, but then again so is any other game that I don't wanna take the time to learn. It's just one of those things when I look at Starcraft II or MvC3 where I appreciate the time people take to get this down to a microscopic level, but damn me if I don't know where to start let alone if I wanna start.