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I sat at my computer for about 4 and half hours yesterday and watched the whole Phantasmagoria play though. Best content GB has ever produced.


"Amazing" says Red UFO of neogaf.com
 
Hoo-doo said:
Nonsense. Neither Patrick, Jeff or Ryan would give Diablo 3 the time investment it requires to write a proper review.
I dare say even Brad's review is quite premature, seeing as he probably hasn't even started Hell yet, and that's where the game really gets good. (my apologies if you did, Brad)

Judging Diablo 3 on a single run-through on normal is completely missing the point of why many people play these games, none of the other staff members have expressed any real interest in the game besides Brad, so it's only natural he reviews it.
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I suppose you are right, but my comment was on a more general note, not just about Diablo 3, that was just what triggered my post.

If i'm not mistaken, in this week's ILM Jeff was talking about how he's been playing Diablo 3 and not a lot of games released this week is great because he can play even more Diablo 3.

Eitherway, just my two cents. :P
 
pslayer666 said:
wouldn't be better if some of the reviews were done by the non-fanboy members for that particular game of GB?

Like, someone other than Jeff do the MK reviews and someone other than Brad do the SC and Diablo ones?

Did anyone expect Brad to give Diablo 3 anything other than a 5/5?
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There's a difference between a fan and a fanboy.
 
pslayer666 said:
wouldn't be better if some of the reviews were done by the non-fanboy members for that particular game of GB?
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If I was looking at a review for purchasing decision, I would perhaps prefer someone with some context in the genre or franchise of whatever it was I was looking at. I could see where it could make something seem biased or overly positive/negative as a result, but if they can put into words their reasoning then that's all I would want.
 
I haven't been playing D3 nearly as much as most people, but barring the second day, the only problems I've had is one disconnect (and I was immediately able to reconnect) and the fact that I have crazy high pings considering I'm on FIOS.
 
Blizzard made no attempt to reinvent the wheel a couple of years ago when it revitalized StarCraft after its decade-long absence, choosing instead to simply modernize and spit-polish that franchise's well-known fundamentals until they reached the company's trademark high-gloss sheen. They've taken the same tack in reviving Diablo after its own 12-year hiatus
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Putting aside the onerous DRM and at times game breaking internet connection requirement...has Brad not played the first two Diablos? The entire leveling and skill system has been overhauled. For a game with a lot going on like Mass Effect that might be a small tweak, but considering leveling is one of only two mechanics in a Diablo game...it's a pretty massive deal that they completely gutted and rebuilt it.

Like it or not, Diablo III is a whole hell of a lot more than simply a spit-polish.

As to there being no issues after the first day and a half? haha. There have been multiple planned server downtimes since then and more issues with log in errors.
 
eznark said:
Putting aside the onerous DRM and at times game breaking internet connection requirement...has Brad not played the first two Diablos? The entire leveling and skill system has been overhauled. For a game with a lot going on like Mass Effect that might be a small tweak, but considering leveling is one of only two mechanics in a Diablo game...it's a pretty massive deal that they completely gutted and rebuilt it.

Like it or not, Diablo III is a whole hell of a lot more than simply a spit-polish.

As to there being no issues after the first day and a half? haha. There have been multiple planned server downtimes since then and more issues with log in errors.
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It might still have been "smooth sailing" for him, if he got lucky and didn't encounter those issues.
 
Well Brad seems to love everything about the game except some of the UI. There are some rose-colored glasses on surely, because I think there are many issues with the game.
 
ArjanN said:
It might still have been "smooth sailing" for him, if he got lucky and didn't encounter those issues.
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Sure, but he didn't say "it was smooth sailing for me" he just said it wasn't an issue after the first couple of days, which is obviously not true. There will also be future server down times as well.
 
derFeef said:
Well Brad seems to love everything about the game except some of the UI. There are some rose-colored glasses on surely, because I think there are many issues with the game.
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That's generally how Brad views games he really likes. Remember the Skyrim GOTY debates?
 
pslayer666 said:
wouldn't be better if some of the reviews were done by the non-fanboy members for that particular game of GB?

Like, someone other than Jeff do the MK reviews and someone other than Brad do the SC and Diablo ones?

Did anyone expect Brad to give Diablo 3 anything other than a 5/5?
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That doesn't sound like much fun for them.
 
I know I'm not the average user but of all the content they produce, the reviews are least interesting to me. Their opinions are usually perfectly clear after listening to the podcast and watching Quick Looks.

If I had control of the content being produced by the Giant Bomb crew, it would be endless scrub league tournaments, quick looks and random PC videos, all day, everyday. No reviews, no previews, no events. Also, the site would likely have been shut down within 6 months because the content would be catered to crazy people like myself.
 
Felix Lighter said:
I know I'm not the average user but of all the content they produce, the reviews are least interesting to me. There opinions are usually perfectly clear after listening to the podcast and watching Quick Looks.

If I had control of the content being produced by the Giant Bomb crew, it would be endless scrub league tournaments, quick looks and random PC videos, all day, everyday. No reviews, no previews, no events. Also, the site would likely have been shut down within 6 months because the content would be catered to crazy people like myself.
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I definitely agree with you. I barely pay attention to reviews at all, because I feel like I get a better sense of their opinions via their other content.

But I believe they've indicated that reviews do get hits, and I think they wouldn't get the access they get from many studios if they didn't do reviews. It "legitimizes" them, I think.
 
eznark said:
Putting aside the onerous DRM and at times game breaking internet connection requirement...has Brad not played the first two Diablos? The entire leveling and skill system has been overhauled. For a game with a lot going on like Mass Effect that might be a small tweak, but considering leveling is one of only two mechanics in a Diablo game...it's a pretty massive deal that they completely gutted and rebuilt it.

Like it or not, Diablo III is a whole hell of a lot more than simply a spit-polish.

As to there being no issues after the first day and a half? haha. There have been multiple planned server downtimes since then and more issues with log in errors.
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They changed plenty of systems in Starcraft 2 as well, but the end result is the same. The game ends up playing and looking extremely similar to the previous one despite changing some stuff under the hood, which is his point.
 
cuevas said:
Someone who hasn't run into many issues after the first day?
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The auction house is down as we speak, and has been busted for over a day now. Just yesterday the game was down for 8 hours. Latency is still a significant problem. If he said the game was mostly playable after the first two days, he'd be right, but smooth sailing? Hahaha.
 
I'm so glad I cut down on my gaming podcasts. Last E3 I was listening to half a dozen a week. Now it's just GB (Well, and Idle Thumbs when it's about).

I'll fit them in to my week better!
 
razgriz417 said:
The expansion is already OOS
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that's lame. They said they would print a shit load of these and they run out of the expansion on the first day.

I printed off the game at a staples for less than $5, and was looking forward to buying the real game along with the expansion. No real point to without that though.
 
ChuckNoLuck said:
Rich Gallup is now on twitter.

RIIIIIIIIIIIIICH GAAAAALLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP

https://twitter.com/#!/rich_gallup
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Damn Rich is looking manly these days.


I guess he wasn't apart of the recent layoffs at 38?
 
Rich is great. Every time he does something with the Giant Bomb crew, it's like he never stopped hosting shows. The guy has real camera/microphone presence. If by some crazy turn of events, he ended up on Giant Bomb, it would immediately feel like he was always there.
 
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