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Nov. 21, 2009
  • Wow. So he likes a game you haven't even played. Quickly, let's throw insults at him and indulge ourselves in other immature jerk-like behavior! Seriously, grow up. I'm sure you've all enjoyed something generally considered shitty ass shit at some point in your life.  With that said, purchasing this game for $120 is...unwise. The price will drop like a stone. $80 by next month I bet.
    1 day, 2 hours ago
Nov. 20, 2009
  • VibratingDonkey commented on Jeff's editorial review Tony Hawk: RIDE
    Having scrolled down through the review to be met by the 5 star user review at the end is kind of great.
    1 day, 16 hours ago
  • Apparently this game is good if you're gonna drink and get drunk.  And you can hook up eight skateboards actually. I would love to see that happen. EDIT: Never mind, it's just a "pass the sick deck around" mode. :(
    1 day, 16 hours ago
Nov. 15, 2009
Nov. 12, 2009
  • @MAST said: " @Curufinwe said: "No, it doesn't work just fine.  As usual, ignorance is bliss."Congratulations, you were able to dig up some random blog post and/or article of someone bitching about MW2. That by no means proves anything, or suggests that I'm "ignorant." I bought the game on PC, and have been playing it on the PC for an entire day now. It works just fine. In addition, this ...
    1 week, 2 days ago
Nov. 11, 2009
  • VibratingDonkey replied to the topic Anyone not play MW2 yet? in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    Waiting for it to be reasonably priced. I'm primarily interested in the singleplayer and I'm not paying full price for 5 hours of it.
    1 week, 3 days ago
  • @Zatoichi_Sanjuro said: " IW had the video proving their "cheat free" game was already full of cheats pulled.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MdSwgKtSYg "I think that dude was advertising the hack rather than just showing it, so good thing they did pull it.
    1 week, 3 days ago
  • @Alphazero said: " @VibratingDonkey said: " @Alphazero said: " Has anyone compared IW / Giant Bomb / or Brad to Hitler yet? Just want to gauge the thread's longevity. "Giant Bomb is like a nazi, in Call of Duty Classic. Blissfully unaware that getting shot in the face is a bad thing as that's what they're used to. And if he gets shot he'll just respawn, so who cares.  Close, ...
    1 week, 3 days ago
  • @Jeffsekai said: " @VibratingDonkey said: " @Jeffsekai: Well, who cares to be honest. He only seems to have an interest in focusing on the more extreme reactions anyway. If he wants to consider us all a bunch of whiners and disregard us because a few are being overzealous, despite our complaints and concerns being fully justified, then I guess that's his prerogative.   Thanks for the support Giant Bomb... "Onoz now ...
    1 week, 3 days ago
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    1 week, 3 days ago
  • @Jeffsekai: Well, who cares to be honest. He only seems to have an interest in focusing on the more extreme reactions anyway. If he wants to consider us all a bunch of whiners and disregard us because a few are being overzealous, despite our complaints and concerns being fully justified, then I guess that's his prerogative.   Thanks for the support Giant Bomb...
    1 week, 3 days ago
  • These games do not age particularly well. Bet the multiplayer is still alright though. In my memory it was more or less the same thing as Call of Duty 4, only without all the perks and streaks. Maybe if there were dedicated servers you would have been able to try it out. ;)
    1 week, 3 days ago
  • @Brad: Self-entitled forum posts and online petitions help inform people of the situation, because you (as in the enthusiast press) certainly don't seem to have much interest in doing so. If we hadn't made a big stink I doubt the issue would even have gotten the little coverage it has.
    1 week, 3 days ago
  • @Brad: Pointing to Borderlands apparently also being a mess doesn't make this any less of one. If saying "no thanks" to companies doing business at our expense makes them lose interest in the platform, then eff them.
    1 week, 3 days ago
  • It's not balanced for 9vs9.  Anyone know where you can find the forum thread attached to the MW2 PC quick look? There has to be one right? Or does that only happen for articles?
    1 week, 4 days ago
  • @Zatoichi_Sanjuro said: " Yeah Jeff, you're not missing out on the higher playcount because YOU DON'T PLAY IT ON PC. And it's 6v6 TDM not 9v9.   20,000 dedicated servers for MW (paid for by the gamers, not IW, Brad). Why there are thousands of dedicated servers :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHsWZp5pWCo#   "This seems like a great example of how to make a console game for the PC and not short change the PC ...
    1 week, 4 days ago
  • @dn_leech said: " Of all the sites I've read reviews on, none of them have seperated the PC version from the console and written a SEPERATE review. Nobody has the balls to actually give the PC version a 8.x score after taking away features that its predecessor had.  Five stars? PC quick look? I mean I don't even get it.  IGN? 9.5 across all platforms? Does everyone in the gaming journalism industry ...
    1 week, 4 days ago
  • They're also completely ignoring the community aspect of dedicated servers. I'm probably late as all hell to this, but on the last bombcast Ryan was talking about how Party Chat was his preferred method of playing the game as that way he could avoid hearing all the jackasses on Xbox Live. Amongst other things, dedicated servers is an alternate solution to that problem. Instead of jackasses being muted and ignored, ...
    1 week, 4 days ago
Nov. 10, 2009
Added by VibratingDonkey on Nov. 8, 2009

I try not to play my worst game of the year, but year after year I fail. This year I have two candidates, that I can remember.
 
The Godfather II
I absolutely hated the first one but thought I'd give this a chance anyway, because that's what I'm like. It is a vast improvement over its predecessor, meaning it's garbage. Basically it has evolved into Saints Row 2, but without the fun, as the fierce, soulless blandness that has come to define the series has survived fully intact. So it's douchey, crass and dull.
 
Guitar Hero 5
The setlist is TERRIBLE, rendering the whole game worthless. My fault for assuming it would be alright and not terrible like in every other Guitar Hero I've played. But alas. Also it turned out I don't really care for the genre any longer. Having wasted €90 on it doesn't make me hate it any less either.


Added by VibratingDonkey on June 7, 2009

Return of J Allard postponed yet another year. :(


Added by VibratingDonkey on March 9, 2009

Critics didn't appreciate this game as they simply didn't realize what it was. It was wrongfully marketed as a WW2 FPS when it in fact is one of the few comedy games. For proof, see what happens when you replace the r's in the title with l's. Hour of Victory - Houl of Victloly - Howl of Victloly.

Or you can watch this.
  



Added by VibratingDonkey on Feb. 5, 2009

I'm getting a bunch of games. Like three.

People say Street Fighter IV is the shit, but this will be the first fighting game I've bought since like...DOA3, and that sure was a mistake.

Killzone 2 demo is ok. Nothing super-interesting going on here it seems, but the AI makes things fun. Have hopes for the multiplayer.

F.E.A.R.2. The one I'm looking forward to the most. Because combat in this game is FREAKING MAD BANANAS YO! You're like this sweet ass ninja of total radness and you run and mess people's shit up like a mofo in slomo without even thinking twice about it god damn. If there ever was a Max Payne substitute, this would be it. I just wish it would channel some more kung fu and John Woo.


Added by VibratingDonkey on Dec. 27, 2008

I remember the developers used to talk up the fact that in Turning Point you were playing as a relatable, regular guy just like you and me, getting caught up in this situation which forced him into joining the resistance to fight in this alternate history WW2, where Winston Churchill was killed before the war broke out ???? and then Germany invades America with giant assault blimps which the US radar system somehow failed to pick up.

Then it just goes downhill from there with this average Joe being ordered by the military to blow up tanks and infiltrate enemy fortifications. "You, random guy, blow up those tanks!" they would say before just standing there, immobile, staring into the abyss. After a while you just sort of go with the flow like this mute, oblivious, dullard of a shell you're playing as. Even then you just keep on tripping over the hitches and cutting yourself on the uneven edges.
"Young lady, I am an expert on humans. Now open your throat and lets have a look at that stomach heart."
"Young lady, I am an expert on humans. Now open your throat and lets have a look at that stomach heart."

They try to evoke this atmosphere of an invasion actually taking place with other civilians running and standing around. But...yeah... Good thing they gave something a try at least, because the rest of the game is just a very poor effort.

Level design is bland, incoherent and dull. Cookie cutter AI that occasionally spazzes out. Mediocre graphics. Incredibly bad and poorly told story. etc etc. It's just this boring trudge through generic levels, shooting stupid enemies. And also it's bad.


VibratingDonkey's Reviews
Jack in a box. (X360)
Hadn't bought one of these since Guitar Hero 3. Felt like it was time to give the genre a try again. What I was actually interested in purchasing was Rock Band 2, but there's no RB2 guitar bundle here in Europe because something. Was looking at World Tour for €60, ...
Reviewed by VibratingDonkey on Sept. 17, 2009
Noby noby noby boy! ()
I walked with the front legs and then the back legs and then got long and colored and I ate a basketball, then I flew in the sky and a man stood on a dog, footballs rained from the sky, I went through the donut clouds, I tied a knot ...
Reviewed by VibratingDonkey on Feb. 19, 2009
Pretty well ()
In a review about flower it's easy to go off on some pretentious tangent about how elegantly it evokes a sensation of happiness and relaxation in your soul with its soothing, mesmerizing presentation and the simple elegance of its unique design. It's easy because it's actually not that far from ...
Reviewed by VibratingDonkey on Feb. 14, 2009
This game is wonderful. (X360)
This game is wonderful. The beautiful visuals are always so, and mesmerizing those times when it essentially feels like you're watching concept art in motion. Ubisoft presents a fantastical world where the striking visuals convey an atmosphere that is positively sparkling with ethereal magic. The Prince may not be a ...
Reviewed by VibratingDonkey on Dec. 30, 2008
More like Sbore. lol! (PC)
(rating thing appears to be a bit broken. actually not supposed to be 5 stars there, but 2.5.)Revealed to much fanfare and mindblowingness at E3 2005, Will Wright's next miracle promised to contain an entire universe populated with weird creatures created by the players themselves. It all sounded so majestic ...
Reviewed by VibratingDonkey on Nov. 1, 2008

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The game's Alone in the Dark...just leave it there. (X360)
I wanted to believe. Eden Studios had created the most excellent Test Drive Unlimited, which is based upon the most brilliant concept ever. Wasn't flawlessly executed, but the concept was so ingenious it didn't really matter. Alone in the Dark had similarly ambitious ideas and I was hoping for a ...
Reviewed by VibratingDonkey on July 25, 2008
Nostalgia-fueled review results in crazy score. (NES)
I remember when I was but a wee lad, back when I couldn't afford a single piece of cartridge for Nintendo's electronical videogame machinery due to my moneylessness. So I used to leech off of those who could. One beautiful day when the birds were chirping and the sun had ...
Reviewed by VibratingDonkey on July 21, 2008


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