IGN's "Top 5 reasons Dark Souls will eat Skyrim's Face"...Really?

So...IGN is a shit website. Nothing new.

That article title sounds exactly like something that IGN headline generator would create. So I guess that means they really are getting their article ideas from it?

TURN IT ON AND RIP THE KNOB OFF

We are comparing Skyrim and Dark Souls together now? Man, they are really just putting their hands in the dumpster hoping some hobo wrote down a good idea now aren't they.

This is literally a result from that IGN article generator and its written by Casey Lynch.

I'm pretty sure you all just got trolled.

@DystopiaX said:

So...IGN is a shit website. Nothing new.

I take it you didn't read the article in its entirety. This is almost as grand as the MW3 v BF3 fight raging for First-Person Shooters this November.

@C_Rakestraw: That headline generator is god damn hilarious. What makes it more funny is that I can totally see them being real articles on IGN.

Pretty sure it's just a joke.

@C_Rakestraw said:

That article title sounds exactly like something that IGN headline generator would create. So I guess that means they really are getting their article ideas from it?

Holy shit that's a great generator.

"Is Street Fighter a FIFA for adults?"

"What Red Dead Redemption could learn from Wii Fit."

"Why Kinectimals will step on Infinity Blade's face." and "Why Dark Souls will love Splosion Man's face."(holy shit, these two are almost exactly like the real one)

EDIT: I LOL'ed on this one "Should Skyrim be set in Canada?"

"What Call of Duty could learn from Guitar Hero." Actually I believe that could be a lot, like not releasing too many games and oversaturate the market for example.

I can't stop generating...

That article title sounds exactly like something that IGN headline generator would create. So I guess that means they really are getting their article ideas from it?

@Makoto_Mizuhara_Sakamoto said:

@DystopiaX said:

So...IGN is a shit website. Nothing new.

I take it you didn't read the article in its entirety. This is almost as grand as the MW3 v BF3 fight raging for First-Person Shooters this November.

I won't read any top 5/ top 10 list of any kind in its entirety if bullshit websites separate the list in pages just to buff their page views. It's even worse when there are ads in between like in IGN.

Top Ten Reasons IGN is worse than Herpes.

IGN trolls the gaming community and they keep walking right into it...

I loved Demon's Souls and I know personally I'll probably play Dark Souls more than Skyrim, but this article is dumb. IMO, comparing the two games is like comparing one badass supercar to another. No matter which one you choose, you still made a damn good choice.

In the past, I tried to defend IGN, but they got annoying even for me. It had nothing to do with the reviews or anything. It just felt as if the articles/editorials had taken a huge dip in quality and the people working there didn't really put any passion into it. It felt as if they were just doing a job, like they came to work to collect a paycheck and that's it. I know that's really unfair of me to say, but that's just what it felt like to me personally. Like I listen to the Bombcast, Podtoid, Weekend Confirmed, Invisible Walls, Rebel FM, etc and you can feel their love of what they do. They're knowledgeable, they speak with energy, they sound like they're having fun. You listen to an IGN podcast and it sounds like they're just reading off of a list. It's hard to explain. I'm sorry for going on this stupid rant too, I just had to get it off my chest lol.

Is Beyond Good & Evil a Duke Nukem Forever for adults?

I thought about this for a second... maybe it is.

I'm all for IGN wanting to help get the word out about Dark Souls, but all that article seemed to do was make the commenters dislike the game because Skyrim was compared unfavorably with it.

I don't know if I'm losing faith in the gaming public for not wanting to try something new, or IGN for being stupid enough to make an article like this.

Here is what I got from the headline generator just felt like sharing

IGeNerator - Story Generator

Should Duck Tales be a dating simulation?

@BabyChooChoo said:

I loved Demon's Souls and I know personally I'll probably play Dark Souls more than Skyrim, but this article is dumb. IMO, comparing the two games is like comparing one badass supercar to another. No matter which one you choose, you still made a damn good choice.

In the past, I tried to defend IGN, but they got annoying even for me. It had nothing to do with the reviews or anything. It just felt as if the articles/editorials had taken a huge dip in quality and the people working there didn't really put any passion into it. It felt as if they were just doing a job, like they came to work to collect a paycheck and that's it. I know that's really unfair of me to say, but that's just what it felt like to me personally. Like I listen to the Bombcast, Podtoid, Weekend Confirmed, Invisible Walls, Rebel FM, etc and you can feel their love of what they do. They're knowledgeable, they speak with energy, they sound like they're having fun. You listen to an IGN podcast and it sounds like they're just reading off of a list. It's hard to explain. I'm sorry for going on this stupid rant too, I just had to get it off my chest lol.

You do realize half of the Rebel FM crew is/was employed by IGN, right? And they've both admitted they had the exact same mindset on IGN as all the other idiots until they started working there and saw it was just a bunch of guys/girls who love games.

Okay one more but this one seems legit

What Tomb Raider could learn from Uncharted.

That generator is great.
 
BlizzCon: The penguins in No More Heroes gave me enlightenment.

@BabyChooChoo:

My sentiments exactly.

There has to be a more finite reason as to why things have gotten so bad. As Jeff said during this years PAX panel, the majority of IGN hits come from people using google, and for that reason the content on the site has to be of a broader nature.

But fuck, there seems to have been a sharp, sharp decline in quality recently. Maybe the Murdoch buyout has affected things more than expected?

@TaliciaDragonsong said:

IGN trolls the gaming community and they keep walking right into it...

THIS so can everyone stop fuckin posting storys from IGN now!

It was funny a couple of times but now I'm getting sick of reading about this shitty website on Giant bomb with all the troll and flame bait that it brings with it making this website have a fishy troll musk to it.

STOP IT I SAY. THANKYOU SIR!

I can give you an exact date of when I lost my respect for IGN. http://xbox.ign.com/articles/383/383421p1.html January 22, 2003

"The finely sculpted DOA girls truly set a standard for how good characters can look in videogames"

"There are women in the real world who look like the DOA girls" yes that is a quote.

"The fact that every character in the game is showing off plenty of flesh never became irrelevant even when I was locked in a close match where every bump, set and spike was crucial."

"Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball wasn't attempting to do too much more than put the voluptuous DOA girls on a beach playing volleyball. That's what we were given, nothing more, nothing less." Score? 9.2/10

If I cared about IGN articles I'd be there. Go peddle for hits elsewhere, shill.

Is Wii Music a Duck Tales for adults?

LOLOLOLOL

Okay last one just because it is relevant

Why Scott Pilgrim will eat Dark Souls's face.

People still read IGN?

@dagas said:

I can give you an exact date of when I lost my respect for IGN. http://xbox.ign.com/articles/383/383421p1.html January 22, 2003

"The finely sculpted DOA girls truly set a standard for how good characters can look in videogames"

"There are women in the real world who look like the DOA girls" yes that is a quote.

"The fact that every character in the game is showing off plenty of flesh never became irrelevant even when I was locked in a close match where every bump, set and spike was crucial."

"Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball wasn't attempting to do too much more than put the voluptuous DOA girls on a beach playing volleyball. That's what we were given, nothing more, nothing less." Score? 9.2/10

Actually evaluating that thing as a game and not a softcore porn simulator is pretty weak.

@rebgav said:

@Manhattan_Project said:

You do realize half of the Rebel FM crew is/was employed by IGN, right? And they've both admitted they had the exact same mindset on IGN as all the other idiots until they started working there and saw it was just a bunch of guys/girls who love games.

You're saying that their impression of IGN improved once they were picking up a paycheck there? That seems inevitable, doesn't it?

The people who work at IGN could love games more, and more deeply, than anyone has ever loved videogames but that doesn't really excuse the state of their website and the content produced for it, does it? Good people make bad products every day.

I never said any of this.

That response was to his claim that the writers there are just in it for money and that the Rebel FM guys are different when in fact they are the same.

I couldn't help but laugh as soon as I saw this on their front page. I can only imagine the flame was they generated within their community (I dare not look at the comments).

@dagas: That review was written 8 years ago and Aaron Boulding hasn't worked at IGN for over 5 years. Why do you still care?

@Manhattan_Project said:

This is literally a result from that IGN article generator and its written by Casey Lynch.

I'm pretty sure you all just got trolled.

Is Little King's Story a Donkey Kong for adults?

How hacking minigames could increase Silent Hill's popularity.

TGS: The Easter eggs in Kinectimals gave me herpes.

Should Ace Attorney be a shooter?

Is casual games a hardcore games for adults?

How screen resolutions could increase Imagine: Babyz's popularity.

@rebgav said:

@Manhattan_Project said:

@rebgav said:

@Manhattan_Project said:

You do realize half of the Rebel FM crew is/was employed by IGN, right? And they've both admitted they had the exact same mindset on IGN as all the other idiots until they started working there and saw it was just a bunch of guys/girls who love games.

You're saying that their impression of IGN improved once they were picking up a paycheck there? That seems inevitable, doesn't it?

The people who work at IGN could love games more, and more deeply, than anyone has ever loved videogames but that doesn't really excuse the state of their website and the content produced for it, does it? Good people make bad products every day.

I never said any of this.

I know, I said it. I made it a separate paragraph to avoid confusion. Huge success?

You putting it in a response to me kinda implies it, no? Whatever...heres a cat:

Best One I got: Harvest Moon should be a farm simulation

@DystopiaX said:

So...IGN is a shit website. Nothing new.

This.

Also, these kinds of stupid top lists and comparisons are just meant to be click-magnets and many of you people jump for them. They count on your nerdrage.

and somehow kids on this forum have called gb unprofessional. LOL

@rb_man said:

Here is what I got from the headline generator just felt like sharing

IGeNerator - Story Generator

Should Duck Tales be a dating simulation?

Well, yes, obviously.

Who doesn't want to fuck a duck?

@penINC: I know right? :P

If I had the power to get rid of any site on the internet, it'd be a close race between IGN and 4chan... if only because I feel like I wouldn't actually be able to destroy 4chan.

@Generic_Ninja: Like most people said its up to taste Dark Souls looks cool, but I personally am going to get Skyrim and play that a ton, where as I probably wont pick up Dark Souls.

BlizzCon: The manchildren in Virtua Cop gave me herpes.

Wat.

I read the entire thing and was essentially trolling on quite an epic scale. It seems as if IGN is trying to start a flame war between fans of both games. The story has about 3100 comments the last time I looked. It also seems that they were suggesting that true hardcore gamers should prefer Dark Souls because of the unforgiving difficulty and everyone who liked Skyrim was too mainstream. The comments of the story ended up with an 80-20 split in favor of Skyrim, with the other fans calling out the Skyrim fans over how much more rewarding the challenge of Dark Souls was. Personally, I am getting both games, but I am looking more forward to Skyrim because Oblivion is my all-time favorite game.

IGN does all kinds of stupid Tops lists just for clicks.

What Persona could learn from Dead Island.

...oh god.

@Generic_Ninja: Posting this shit here makes you part of the problem. Just ignore their stupid click-magnet "articles".

I think IGN is pulling a sterling.

I wish people would stop posting threads about IGN, Gamespot and Jim Sterling.

@C_Rakestraw said:

That article title sounds exactly like something that IGN headline generator would create. So I guess that means they really are getting their article ideas from it?

Is Facebook games a iOS games for adults?

Is Wii Sports a Metal Gear for adults?

Why Persona will eat Persona's face.

Why Beyond Good & Evil will eat MineSweeper's face.

How escort missions could increase Rock Band's popularity.

Should Braid be a corridor shooter?

Far too many other good ones.

I'll probably play both games a bunch.