faustyn

this sounds like fun! :D sign me up.

//terraria looks interesting :o

@Neverpraying said:

@faustyn:So he really liked a game then reviewed it as average? o.O When I really like a game I review it as good if not really good >_>

That's calling Arkham City average, the game is above average, the only reasonable sane complaints have been things like, how the Riddler challenges are more skill this time and less mental, and the game is a little oddly paced, like how you may get really wrapped into the story then oh a side mission pops up and distracts you. I personally don't count the Catwoman thing as a reasonable complaint, because you can buy the game new and get it, or used at gamestop and both out comes get the code, or if you buy it used else where the Catwoman stuff is not really needed but if you really really like the game you can just buy it, sure the fact that they did not include the Catwoman stuff in game is stupid but it does not make the game stupid, or any less in my opinion.

Also you may note I said "sane" complaints, those were logical complaints, what are the non logical ones? Someone said this is basically Arkham Asylum that's harder to get around with new crappy gadgets, how is that not logical? Complaining about that is not logical because the game is a sequel so yes it will be very similar to the one before it, but instead it'll add new features and adjust things to make them more enjoyable, and have a new plot that continues the old one, that's like complaining all the die hard movies are similiar. Harder to get around? The developers said this will be an open world 5times larger then Arkham City with much more to do...so ya it's harder to get around, that's a stupid complaint because the person is just lazy, people like my self and numerous other people I know enjoy an open world environment with lots to do. Next matter new crappy gadgets? If you call a smoke pellet that allows you to get away from foes, a freeze grenade that freezes some foes that also makes water platforms, a gadget that disarms foes with guns without them knowing and some other gadgets crappy then I guess that's a good solid complaint... Someone called the game to silly and the chatter that you over hear from enemies is childish, and how they are an adult and would not stand for it, the person obviously making a stupid complaint and is an obvious troll.

Anyhow I'm done with my rant about Arkham City, needed to get that out of my system sorry. The massive build up from really bad complaints in reviews that give the game 4/10 or 6/10 had me needing to release some of that.

since when 8,5/10 is an average? it's a great score and even DC recognizes it as a positive one (link). i know that sites like IGN, GameSpot and Gametrailers, are the reason why everyone thinks that if a game is awesome it automatically means it should get a 10/10, but some people still use the whole review scale. EDGE is a great example of a magazine that still gives a shit about this stuff. Yahoo on the other hand, is a great example of a site that is trying to fuck it up even more (6/5 for Arkham City).

The catwoman stuff is annoying to Jim (at least according to his review and twitter feed) not because it kinda ruins the pacing of the game, but because it is an inconvenience for the customers, and he is one of them. you can't play your video game after putting the disc in. you have to enter a code, then download the content and after that you get to play. even though you bought the original copy, for your money, you're still treated like shit and have to jump through different hoops to enjoy your game. that's his complaint. i personally couldn't care less about entering codes since i buy all my games new, (there are only a couple of places in Warsaw with used games and the prices are stupid) but i can see how people can be furious about it.

btw. someone really gave batman 4/10?! can you give me a link?

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@AjayRaz said:

destructoid is okay and i like jim sterling.

Im more surprised he gave Batman such a good score. I thought he would slam it for the clicks. But err...I think..he must have really liked it or somthing....Im scared....

Many of this years biggest games have gotten good scores from Jim this year. Deadspace 2, Portal 2, GOW3, Space marine, resistance 3 and deus ex: Human Revolution all got at least an 8. I honestly don't get why people call him a troll when many of his reviews are around the metacritic average.

Usually lower then the average actually. That's not trolling tho, that's more of being a reviewer who does not enjoy your average game has much as other reviewers.

it's not 'being a reviewer who does not enjoy games as much as others' but just being a critic. it's his own opinion. Jeff absolutely loved Batman, Jim thought it was amazing but had some flaws + he got really pissed of by the Catwoman situation. Jim is trolling a lot but not in his reviews. He's just using the whole scale.

@SniperXan said:

I love goofiness and all that jazz but when Jim has a regular feature showing off the the sweet swag he got from a publisher..or the fact that they review games with the purpose of being the top/bottom Metacritic score in a desperate attempt to say "Look over here!" It's just sad. I love me all kinds of Whiskey Media though, don't need that other trash :D

yeah. that's fuckin stupid! whiskeywouldneverdosomethinglikethat. i don't know what's the big deal with that anyways. it's just swag that all of the press gets. Jim is just showing it off for anyone interested in seeing it. and the metacritic thing you wrote...i know it's hard to believe but some people might hate stuff that you love. for example i absolutely love Arkham Asylum, but my friend has a different opinion. we agreed that the GAMEPLAY portion is brilliant, but he couldn't care less about the story and because of that he didn't enjoy the game as much as i did. people have different tastes, that's all.

What interesting to me is the fact that the Ultimate Team card packs purchases, are connected to your gamertag + console (and probably also your EA Account). You have to be logged in, in order to use them so i don't really understand what are these hackers gaining by buying them. Unless there is some really weird hack...anyways, thanks for the heads up. Just deleted my credit card info from my account.

Yay! That's great news! New voices were pretty horrible. Thanks Konami for fixing this :)

I was looking at stuff on the internet today and i've found this website called SmallDemons.com It basically looks like Giant Bomb or Screened but for Books. You can add places, characters and stuff like that, and then add books that reference them etc.

I know that some people from Whiskey were talking about a website like this but nothing really happened so here's my question:

Are you guys excited for this? Or will you just wait for a Whiskey site about books?

I personally don't care about cross-referencing books, but a website with a Giant Bomb editorial style about literature would be amazing. Long story short I'll wait for Whiskey to make a move in that direction.

great. i just LOOOOOOOOOVE living in Poland. eh, at least we have iTunes store (it launched last week...) :y

@Edwardryu said:

EGM, Edge? I never heard of both. I ignore them because they don't seem big review websites. I wait for IGN, Gamespot, gameinformer, gaintbomb, joystiq, ars technica, and PC gamer.

You don't know Edge? They're actually a pretty well known magazine.

There was a guy with something explosive on his back in Borderlands, right? Or am I thinking of the zombies throwing barrels at you? hm...