Jimquisition: Sky Hype
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I can't even procedurally generate the words. Just fucking what.
SumptuousLemur
Banned
It's odd because here on GAF it's the complete opposite.
Those in the OT are having fun and being civil, while the review and no MP threads (filled with a majority of people who aren't playing and may never will) are the threads filled with toxicity and outright hope for the game to fail.
Sure makes you think...
Those in the OT are having fun and being civil, while the review and no MP threads (filled with a majority of people who aren't playing and may never will) are the threads filled with toxicity and outright hope for the game to fail.
Sure makes you think...
Haven't had the chance to watch yet.
Does Jim address the other side of the coin of "Games having a lot of Hype" as well? Which would be completely over-the-top Hate on the smallest things (even when not having played the game at all), outright glee at possible bad critiques, when not actually calling the fans of said games "morons" among other things (as illustrated in the Screenshot on page1 of this very thread in fact).
Because that's a thing too it seems, and props to Jim if he did adress that as well.
Does Jim address the other side of the coin of "Games having a lot of Hype" as well? Which would be completely over-the-top Hate on the smallest things (even when not having played the game at all), outright glee at possible bad critiques, when not actually calling the fans of said games "morons" among other things (as illustrated in the Screenshot on page1 of this very thread in fact).
Because that's a thing too it seems, and props to Jim if he did adress that as well.
Corleth the Fey
Member
That's not what the video is about. Did you watch it?
Great video from Jimothy. I like the game, but the fucking behaviour from a minority on both sides is so pathetically sad.
some people do want to just see things and exist in an incomprehensibly vast space
personally i think it sounds boring as shit but i can't judge
Uno Venova
Banned
And in the recent sales thread, people are blatantly upset that this game still performed well despite "mediocrity" and "tricking the consumer".
But only one side in all of this gets the negative attention...
Interesting...
SumptuousLemur
Banned
I've been excited for this game for awhile. I'm an astronomer so I was very curious. I didn't follow all the hype, just E3 trailers and stage demos but not much else.
I was sad to see how awful the community is when the whole delay fiasco began and now. From the looks of it this has been the nature of this community for awhile.
Luckily it doesn't seem to be that way here and those in the OT are having fun.
mikefrails
Banned
The game could legitimately be garbage and people on GAF would still lionize it in their OT. It doesn't make me think anything.
This is what happens when the hype becomes terminal
SpiceMelange
Member
Well one side sends death threats and DDOS sites, but anyway Jim's video did touch on both sides initially and on the zealotry of both but did end up focusing more on the defense force for obvious reasons.
Diablohead
Member
Hey, I remember Boglins!
Sodding_Gamer
Member
What makes me laugh though is that there was that multiplayer thread which was absolutely disgusting, full of people ravaging the game and throwing insults left right and centre to the devs and people who had been playing the game, yet he is calling out just the NMS fanbase. There have been people wanting to hate on the game since release (but what do you do in the game?!?!)
Always two sides to a coin.
Also just to add: I've played the game for 35 hours and had fun for the most part. It has a lot of flaws, and Hello Games have let me down with their communication about certain things. But I'm hoping they live up to the promise of free updates to get this game in a better shape. I'm aware there are some crazy people on the internet. Most fanbases have plenty nutjobs lol.
Always two sides to a coin.
Also just to add: I've played the game for 35 hours and had fun for the most part. It has a lot of flaws, and Hello Games have let me down with their communication about certain things. But I'm hoping they live up to the promise of free updates to get this game in a better shape. I'm aware there are some crazy people on the internet. Most fanbases have plenty nutjobs lol.
WoolyNinja
Member
"what do you even do in Doom"
All you do is shoot and punch things over and over again. So repetitive and boring.
Just showing how silly of a statement the "what do you even do" has always been. Also showing how silly the repetitive and boring statement is.
If you like the gameplay loop any game will be fun... if you don't, any game can seem pointless, repetitive and boring.
EDIT: on topic - i completely agree with the video. the death threat, hate culture on the internet, but especially in gaming has gotten out of hand. no one should have their life threatened for delaying a game (or reporting on said delay
AtomicShroom
Member
What I don't really get is that those people also seem to be the kind of people who did hang onto every little info Sean dropped, so you'd assume that those would then also be the most upset by unfulfilled promises
I think this puts No Man's Sky into proper perspective:
https://twitter.com/Britbongreturns/status/765190830894317568
https://twitter.com/Britbongreturns/status/765190830894317568
A lot of people want to believe in procedural generation. A lot of people want to believe in perceived underdog developers. A lot of people like space. It makes sense that it whipped a bunch of people up into a fervor.
BrutishMrFish
Member
I read your post before watching the video and it still managed to take me by surprise.
The side that sends death threats, DDoS attacks a reviewer who didn't like the game, and generally makes the fanbase look crazy by being both crazy and louder than the rest is the one that gets the attention, because it's undeniably worse.
SolidChamp
Banned
Apologise for what? That second half was one of the best things I've ever seen.
They're in too deep at this point, they have hyped the game to the point where it's part of their identity, an attack on the game is an attack on them
sammyCYBORG
Member
This is amazing.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Yeah that's pretty rough and I feel for the guy getting his website DDOS'd. Absolutely ridiculous.
Vincent Grayson
Member
I quite like NMS, even with its flaws, but yeah this is a little much.
While we all laugh at these poor souls, can I say that I am not at all surprised that this game in particular has engendered a response like that from some people?
If you think about it in the most romantic of terms, it's an entire universe (or series of galaxies, rather, but still) that has never before existed, and that will never be fully explored. There's something alluring about that notion. If you can look past its flaws and just get totally absorbed into it (as some number of people always do with games), it's a rare game which will provide functionally infinite content to explore.
Especially for those who might not be big fans of this reality, it's not all that weird.
While we all laugh at these poor souls, can I say that I am not at all surprised that this game in particular has engendered a response like that from some people?
If you think about it in the most romantic of terms, it's an entire universe (or series of galaxies, rather, but still) that has never before existed, and that will never be fully explored. There's something alluring about that notion. If you can look past its flaws and just get totally absorbed into it (as some number of people always do with games), it's a rare game which will provide functionally infinite content to explore.
Especially for those who might not be big fans of this reality, it's not all that weird.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
He does mention the people crusading for the game to fail as well. You guys are leaping to the defence of some seriously crazy people by commenting without watching the video.
This cracked me up
Hahaha
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Burst out laughing at this hahaa. Amazing.
Doom was a huge success and inspired an entire genre of games with its gameplay. No Mans Sky is generic survival with a pretty coat of paint. What kind of comparison even is this? Also denying that repetitive and boring arent legitimate criticism for a game is bonkers.
The Cartographer
Member
I wonder what game will become the next No Man's Sky.
AHA-Lambda
Member
It can indeed get nuts on both sides. All I know is that I was amped as hell for the game since it came out of nowhere and took us all by surprise. I even managed to enjoy it up to a point, but then the cracks started to show and it became a literal chore to play. Good for those still having a fun time with it, though.
Kacho
Member
This is really hilarious lol
Wandering Robot
Member
Spot-on about hype culture. Unfortunately it'll take something far worse than what's happened with No Man's Sky to really change things (or so it seems in our current climate)...
Anyway, great video. This whole affair has been a cringefest.
Anyway, great video. This whole affair has been a cringefest.
Can you screenshot the tweet, I can't access it through the link.
it's a video
Yeah, I am glad that the game is out, it's over with and reality has set in. But I do wish that PSN would offer refunds, lol.
Ah damn, oh well