FrankieSpankie

@believer258: @believer258 said:

@FrankieSpankie said:

@notdavid said:

If you like Call of Duty, buy Call of Duty. Fuck all these hipsters saying that popularist games should be ignored.

I don't see how it's being a hipster to hate Call of Duty. The majority of CoD haters don't hate on other popular games just because of their popularity. Here's why I hate CoD and my attempt to talk you out of it:

I love games, it's probably my favorite hobby, I spent a lot of my free time playing them. I want games to continue to improve technologically. The problem is that by buying Call of Duty 4: 6th Edition, you're telling the entire game industry that we don't want innovation, we will continue to pay full price for a couple new maps, new weapons, and a very brief campaign. Save your money and rent the game if you want it for the campaign. I guarantee you you will beat it before it has to be returned. The multiplayer is something you've already played a lot of in previous versions... It's not worth the money for you and it hurts the innovation in future AAA titles.

I don't like this "Call of Duty is restricting game design!" argument. Bioshock Infinite, Mass Effect 3, Far Cry 3, Halo 4, Dead Space 3, Dishonored, Devil May Cry, Assassin's Creed 3, and X-Com were all released this year or will be released early next year, and let's not forget the juggernaut that was last year. Skyrim, Rage, Arkham City, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Driver San Francisco, Resistance 3, Dead Space 2, and more. You're telling me that CoD is restricting all of those? Holding back gaming? Come on. There's so much evidence to the contrary that having to point it out almost proves that your head is stuck under a rock.

The problem is that literally every game you listed with the exceptions of Rage and Dishonored are sequels. I personally liked Rage more than most people did but I still wouldn't call it that amazing of a game that I would list it in an effort to prove a point about innovation in gaming. Dishonored was literally the only game this year that blew me away with how innovative and fresh it was. I still stand by my point. Companies would rather bring in sequel after sequel and adding a few gimmicky additions to make it feel fresh than to take a chance and work on something completely new. Like I said, it's proven it could work with games like Call of Duty. You can't deny that there have been much more sequels over the past couple of years than there were a decade ago.

I never really had to deal with trolls, I just ignore them when I see them. They're just trying to piss you off and get the attention, why play their game? It's like when you're at work and a customer is yelling at you just to piss you off. What should you do? Just smile at them because nobody will tell you you're doing wrong and it pisses them off even more!

Valkyria Chronicles and Deus Ex: Human Revolution are easily my two favorites from that list.

Bioshock Infinite

Routine

And if they come out in 2013:

Carmageddon Reincarnation

Thief 4

Metro: Last Night

Kotaku

**Kind of spoilers if you're not done with episode 4**

I went with the more popular route in the attic but went with the much less popular route in episode 3 with Kenny/similar situation. Although it's kind of funny my reason for doing it in one episode and not the other is the same excuse I hear from others who did it vice versa.

XD I probably would have had the same reaction.

I heard so much about Five Guys for years. From everybody it's the "best burger chain there is." Granted, there is no In n Out Burger around Boston. I finally went, pretty excited about all the great things I've heard, and I thought it was the most disappointing burger ever. They wouldn't even let me get it medium rare. It came out burned and dry. From my own experience, the best burgers seem to come out of steakhouses.

I feel like Dishonored was the only AAA title worthy of GotY this year. Aside from Dishonored, I don't think any AAA title should win any awards. I was actually talking to a friend of mine a couple months ago before Dishonored came out and saying that out of all the games that came out this year, I honestly thought Black Mesa of all games was the best. Which is sad because it's a remake of a 14 ear old game using the engine of an 8 year old game...

Lots of good indie games though.

I'm off work today and will be voting with my mom when she gets home from work. She gets home around 4 so hopefully we can beat the mad dash at 5 when everybody is coming home from work. I'll be voting for Gary Johnson because I vote for who I think is the best candidate, not for who I think is the less bad of the two popular choices.