In my case, Brad seems to enjoy the same kind of games and enjoys the same aspects of games as me. As for the least similar it would be either Ryan or Jeff
Which GB staff has the most similar taste in games as you?
This topic is locked from further discussion.
I have no idea. Each and everyone of those persons like something I like a lot and then like something I don't care for.... at all.
Maybe if you tossed Drew on that list I could at least press a button.
Mine is most definitely Brad, judging from his GOTY. Also, maybe it's because he seems to be the resident PS3 gamer.
Jeff comes closest, but to be honest, I don't think I line up too well with any of the GB crew. It's more an overall site tone that fits me.
I have to say... Vinny? He's said he isn't much of a multiplayer gamer, IIRC. I rarely play games online, mainly because I utterly and completely suck. But to be honest, getting to the specific stuff, I can't say who's taste matches mine. They all like and dislike things I like and dislike.
Vinny has to win this, just because he seems the least.. needing of all? He seems like he can have a good time with just about anything, for the most part.
Mine is Dave and Vinny, and a dash of Brad and Ryan. I don't agree with Jeff at all; ever. All he likes are shooters, fighters (Mortal Kombat vs DC a 5 star!?!?!) and crazy-bad games. Dave for his utter nerdism and Vinny because he just seems like he'll play anything to have a good time.
Unless someone knows the staff well enough to tell me who finds all the genres fun given the right games, none of them would have a similar taste to games that I have. I just enjoy good games and have experienced them in basically every genre at some point in time. I've never been exclusively interested in any particular genres either as I don't like limiting my options for games to consider trying out.
A mix of Dave and Vinny, but I chose Dave because I'm also into slightly janky "Eastern Bloc" video games. I eat those up for breakfast. YUMMO. (OH GOD I HATE THAT WORD SO MUCH).
for me is a Dave, Brad and Vinny combo, mostly Dave though.
Dave loves the hardcore games like me, Brad is very eclectic I think, more open minded, not dismissing great games like Flower, Vinny won points with me for being the only one on the crew to at least give Demons Souls a chance(for what I can remember anyway), also he prefers Morrowind, nuff said and Jeff and Ryan are pretty much the definition of mass market.
" @ShiftyMagician: That's fair enough, but at some point when listening to podcasts or reviews or even the top 10 lists, don't you expect one of the staff to have the same opinion of a game as you? "Oh definitely. There were plenty of times where one of them had a similar view of a game that I did along with dissimilar views. At times I agreed with Jeff's enthusiasm for Mass Effect 2 whilst also sharing Brad's viewpoint of Bioware's excessive changing of the formula to be almost a straight shooter with arbitrary levels and a smaller variety of abilities and weapon/armour options.
I just thought your question was spanning the overall tastes of each staff member and had a tough time myself actually relating to any one of them under that line of thought. Apologies if I thought wrong there.
Well I guess Vinny because my game of the year list for 2010 where almost identical, but I think all of the giantbomb guys are great trust their opinion over any other gaming site
Definitely Brad. It's thanks to his reviews of games like Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and Far Cry 2 that I've had some of my most enjoyable gaming experiences.
Vinny definitely.
I very very rarely play multiplayer, I love a good narrative, I rarely ever hate a game, I find flower dumb beyond the tech demo-y "Hey look I'm moving the controller to do this" thing, and I'll often randomly check out an odd game that quietly released several years ago or something (The Whispered World, whatever the Sherlock Holmes thing was that Vinny bought during some Steam sale and actually played) and I'll also check out games that somehow caught my interest with some random mechanic, even when I know they probably aren't all that great. (Vinny said he has Dante's Inferno and The Saboteur ready to go, I recently bought Folklore)
So yeah...
None of them. I care for gameplay and hate story/social simulator "games" and artsy games. About 80% would disagree with my tastes.
Vinny. Jeff and Brad are just ass backwards in terms of the things I like in games. Like honestly sometimes the things either of them complain about I pay no attention to, doesn't even strike me as odd, or I even like. Whereas Vinny seems to appreciate games for the same reasons as I do sometimes. Not saying all the time though, this is only based on what I've seen of Vinny. Dave would probably be second.
Please Log In to post.
Log in to comment