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

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

Top reason I stopped going to IGN a long time ago.

@CptBedlam said:

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

Why Rapelay will smash IGN's face.

I laughed when I got this one on the generator.

Anyway about the article in question, IGN be trolling... again.

EDIT: I also liked this one: Top Ten sexiest mine cart levels in videogames.

EDIT EDIT: This one killed me: PAX: The plastic peripherals in Rapelay gave me goosebumps.

They just make articles like this to stir controversy, and look! it's worked! ;p

On a side note that article generator is awesome. It would actually take some talent to transform some of those headlines into something comprehensible.

I wonder how much money IGN makes off Giant Bomb forum posters complaining and linking every stupid article they put up?

@Village_Guy said:

PAX: The plastic peripherals in Rapelay gave me goosebumps.

Hahahahaha

The IGeNerator gave me this:

Why Cave Story will lick Gears of War's face.

Which is eerily close to the actual title of the article in question.

Jesus christ, you guys bitch too much.

It's funny because yesterday I thought to myself, "Hey, I haven't been on IGN for a long time, I wonder what they're like nowadays." Long story short this was the first article I clicked on (and that's all that matters for them - advertising).

You clicked through the article and actually linked to it on another site. They won. You just got them a bunch of page views... Don't click on stupid shit like that or top 10 and 100 lists, they are just there to gain traffic.

Giant Bomb Forum Thread Generator. Glass house people.

I skimmed through it and it did seem like bs. Don't get me wrong, I'm more excited for Dark Souls (1 week 3 days left!!!), but skyrim is showing a lot of promise, including, imo, better and more dynamic battles with dragons. Both are going to be excellent and I don't even think they can be compared that much. The pace and feel of dark souls will be completely different to skyrim.

@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 read the first page, didn't continue cause I didn't feel like giving them more hits. For the record, I think the BF3 vs MW3 "fight" is equally stupid.

Seems the news article generator is doing its job...

Should Dark Souls be a kart racer?

Brilliant...

I'll probably get both. I enjoyed and played Oblivion more than Demons Souls though because the difficulty when playing as a ranger was frustratingly punishing. I don't mind I challenge, I don't mind dying over and over and over and over (you get the idea?) but I died so many times on the same part that I found it ridiculous. I know what you're thinking(maybe), "Why didn't you just change classes?" Well good point. I should give Demons Souls another try one of these days.

That article was fairly biased and they excluded a large amount of the information about the dragons on the last part. From what I've heard the dragons in Skyrim will be totally unpredictable in their actions, which adds layers of apprehension and fear to the confrontations.

Appearances, while significant, are not everything.

If the dragons look cool but act like bumbling and dim witted creatures than what's the fun and thrill in killing them?

I haven't really been following Dark Souls so I can't really comment on their AI so that comment is just conjecture.

Here are five things I got from that generator-

Why Resident Evil will smash VVVVVV's face

How roosters could increase 999's popularity.

GDC: The polar bears in Imagine: Babyz gave me profound sadness.

Is GoldenEye a GoldenEye for adults? (WTF?)

E3: The morgues in Wii Fit gave me inspiration.

You know what? It's kind of a stupid article, but I find myself not caring because anything that gives Dark Souls more attention is fine with me.

@frythefly said:

Giant Bomb Forum Thread Generator. Glass house people.

Yes, because forum topics made by fans are the same as bylines created by professional writers.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@frythefly said:

Giant Bomb Forum Thread Generator. Glass house people.

Yes, because forum topics made by fans are the same as bylines created by professional writers.

"Glass House Effect (or GHE), is the resulting phenomenon brought on by an awareness that one is subject to ubiquitous surveillance. In corporate environments, the transparency is considered a good idea, as it is believed this discourages corporate crime and other misfeasance.

GHE can induce an overwhelming sense of hopelessness brought on those subject to such uncontrolled observation. In such circumstances, solitude is conspicuously absent, andprivacy is considered a thoughtcrime. The messages conveyed to the subject in such an environment usually involve some variation on the notion of Catch-22, such as

1. There is no place to hide; nor should you want to.
2. Any exhibited avoidance behavior is considered a threat, and an invitation for additional scrutiny."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_house_effect

For the people (like me) who didn't know what the glass house effect was.

@Still_I_Cry said:

@SeriouslyNow said:

@frythefly said:

Giant Bomb Forum Thread Generator. Glass house people.

Yes, because forum topics made by fans are the same as bylines created by professional writers.

"Glass House Effect (or GHE), is the resulting phenomenon brought on by an awareness that one is subject to ubiquitous surveillance. In corporate environments, the transparency is considered a good idea, as it is believed this discourages corporate crime and other misfeasance.

GHE can induce an overwhelming sense of hopelessness brought on those subject to such uncontrolled observation. In such circumstances, solitude is conspicuously absent, andprivacy is considered a thoughtcrime. The messages conveyed to the subject in such an environment usually involve some variation on the notion of Catch-22, such as

1. There is no place to hide; nor should you want to.
2. Any exhibited avoidance behavior is considered a threat, and an invitation for additional scrutiny."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_house_effect

For the people (like me) who didn't know what the glass house effect was.

That's not what he was talking about. This has nothing to do with paranoia.

He's referring to the idiomatic phrase:-

"People who live in Glass Houses shouldn't throw stones"

Basically, it means that if you're going to criticise people make sure you're not as easily judged. He thinks that forum topics are the same as professionally written article headlines designed to attract attention, which of course is fucking bullshit.

IGN has said something controversial to garner media attention?! Why I never!

Should Rapelay be a racing game?

Great stuff.

@SeriouslyNow: My response was more of a joke..but good to know what you he were really referring to.

Haha yeah, that sounds like an IGN article. I have to chuckle when people tell me that their main source of gaming related news is still IGN. A few years ago, it was excusable, but I feel like there are so many higher-quality sources of information out there now.

I like that having no DLC is better than having any at any price. It's kind of like how Dark Souls is worse than nothing, because Dark Souls is a game that costs 60 bucks and nothing is free.

Oh IGN, i never really understood why people hated you so much...until now.

@SeriouslyNow: This thread is entitled "IGN's " Top 5 reasons..." ...Really?", a title designed to attract attention. A true gamer might hang around in a glass house, but a true gamer would never like to live in a glass house. The glasses here are bulletproof anyway thanks to the top men in charge. Hissyfit.

I'm sure Dark Souls will be good, but no way is it gonna destroy Skyrim. This may be subjective, but Western RPG's are almost always better than their Japanese counterparts.

I'm getting both so :D

I don't know if you can compare them, they're both REALLY (Well maybe not) different games. I don't think the price tag they applied should play a factor, it's all about the graphics and gameplay!

I'm not going to click through; I'd much rather waste my time on something interesting. That article heading is TERRIBLE. What are we, 12?

@Getz said:

I'm not going to click through; I'd much rather waste my time on something interesting. That article heading is TERRIBLE. What are we, 12?

You're right. A reputable gaming website should have higher standards than this.

@MiniPato said:

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.

This right here.

RIGHT HERE

bullshit websites separate the list in pages just to buff their page views.

Stop doing this, internet.

Messing around with the IGeNerator I got "Is Rapelay a Farmville for adults?"

Nothing will beat that

Typical IGN article to get the click count up. It worked.

two very different games, don't get why they would compare them in the first place, other than to get reactions like this thread and funnel traffic their way.

"How screen tearing could increase Darksiders's popularity."

"Should Heavy Rain be a naughty, naughty game?"

Giant Bomb thread generator has some serious competition.

Nah, Demon's Souls and Dark Souls while good games, are fatally flawed. They are japanese.

I'm jumping on that IGN headline generator train with this beautiful gem:

"Space World: The mannequins in Rapelay gave me peace of mind."

Stop giving them hits by posting direct links! Post screencaps instead.

Well if you read it, and I did, mission accomplished for them

Top ten most uncomfortable random encounters in video games.

GC: The power ups in Imagine: Babyz gave me profound sadness.

So wait...when Jeff says something semi-controversial it's a 'matter of opinion, don't take it so seriously.'

But when IGN says something semi-controversial, it's because 'it's a shitty site that's full of shit.'

It couldn't possibly be a case of a individual editor expressing their opinion could it? Oh no, wait, it's just shit.

GB Community cracks me up.

Oh, relax. Shit. I remember a similar article saying [Prototype] was better than Infamous. It's an article with exaggerations and half-truthes written for laughs.

What Dark Souls Could Learn from Braid.

That was the second click.

I understand that everyone gets mad when there favorite main stream big budget game get talked bad about , just because skyrim looks pretty does not mean it wont still be the same game that oblivion was. Oblivions combat was not very good and Skyrims does not look to change it very much asaid from a few new animations for the main character.

"Why hardcore games will lick Dark Souls's face. " 
 
Kinda scary that this was what the generator gave me...