marlow83

No, I'd like to keep that comment rating bullshit, in any of its forms, out of Giant Bomb. It would be a fucking disaster, like it is on any other website. 

I'm not as sick of Call of Duty as I am of threads about Call of Duty.

At the risk of sounding like a total prick, if you didn't like the ending then you don't understand the noir style. Noir generally never ends prettily, there is never absolute victory. The ending honestly reminded me of Chinatown, a neo-noir classic. The corrupt men win, because at the end of the day, they're untouchable. The audience may leave angry and unsatisfied, but guess what? That's the whole idea. Jack and Elsa are sitting there at the end, watching Roy play the good guy and give a eulogy to a man he destroyed. They're infuriated at their loss, and the audience should be too.  

North Carolina fuck yeah!

No.

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      First, I think everyone who is saying “Because their games are good” is kind of missing the point of this thread. The OP is questioning why everyone thinks valve games are the “magnificent pieces of art” everyone thinks they are, not the general quality of the games. Nobody can deny the fanatical devotion that some people have to Valve.

    I think they’re so popular because Valve focuses on pleasing the PC gaming audience, and generally does nothing for the console gaming crowd. Ergo, they're the greatest thing ever to PC gamers, because that's just their messed up  "us or them" mentality. I don't think Valve games are all that great, but I'll give them this: the voice acting in their games, even L4D, surpasses the voice work for any other game that any other company has released (I'm not kidding). And I think the Half Life 2 story is genuinely excellent. And all of their games are generally crafted well, with good atmosphere and decent level design

    ...But they don't play that well. Seriously, go play counter strike, then left 4 dead. The shooting is almost indistinguishable, and those two games were released 8 years apart. (Also, Portal is the most overrated game of all time... *whew* - i finally got that off my chest)

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HSSSSSSSSSSS!!! BURN THE HERITIC!!! "

At least I'll burn without regrets "

*Looks down at torch as he lights it on fire* As long as you burn I'm happy. So I'm glad we are both getting what we want. "

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      First, I think everyone who is saying “Because their games are good” is kind of missing the point of this thread. The OP is questioning why everyone thinks valve games are the “magnificent pieces of art” everyone thinks they are, not the general quality of the games. Nobody can deny the fanatical devotion that some people have to Valve.

    I think they’re so popular because Valve focuses on pleasing the PC gaming audience, and generally does nothing for the console gaming crowd. Ergo, they're the greatest thing ever to PC gamers, because that's just their messed up  "us or them" mentality. I don't think Valve games are all that great, but I'll give them this: the voice acting in their games, even L4D, surpasses the voice work for any other game that any other company has released (I'm not kidding). And I think the Half Life 2 story is genuinely excellent. And all of their games are generally crafted well, with good atmosphere and decent level design

    ...But they don't play that well. Seriously, go play counter strike, then left 4 dead. The shooting is almost indistinguishable, and those two games were released 8 years apart. (Also, Portal is the most overrated game of all time... *whew* - i finally got that off my chest)

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HSSSSSSSSSSS!!! BURN THE HERITIC!!! "

      First, I think everyone who is saying “Because their games are good” is kind of missing the point of this thread. The OP is questioning why everyone thinks valve games are the “magnificent pieces of art” everyone thinks they are, not the general quality of the games. Nobody can deny the fanatical devotion that some people have to Valve.

    I think they’re so popular because Valve focuses on pleasing the PC gaming audience, and generally does nothing for the console gaming crowd. Ergo, they're the greatest thing ever to PC gamers, because that's just their messed up  "us or them" mentality. I don't think Valve games are all that great, but I'll give them this: the voice acting in their games, even L4D, surpasses the voice work for any other game that any other company has released (I'm not kidding). And I think the Half Life 2 story is genuinely excellent. And all of their games are generally crafted well, with good atmosphere and decent level design

    ...But they don't play that well. Seriously, go play counter strike, then left 4 dead. The shooting is almost indistinguishable, and those two games were released 8 years apart. (Also, Portal is the most overrated game of all time... *whew* - i finally got that off my chest)

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" @SeriouslyNow: Dude. Chill out. The man asked an honest, albeit dumb, question. That's no reason to call him a hick and proclaim your hate of an entire nation. He didn't appear to try to offend anyone, he just wanted to contribute to the conversation. Sometimes you have to accommodate uninformed comments, and at least this one had fairly good intentions (I think). And before you accuse me of being ignorant or whatever, I hate my government, I know about the bullshit legislation that gets passed by the US Congress, and I know Obama is really no better than Bush. All I ask is that you show some restraint when it comes to bashing an entire people because of one comment.  "

The dude is a racist, nationalist flag waving prick.  You should look up his posts sometime. "