funkystudent
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Almost every game. Not every game.
If brad started giving games like RE6 and Steel Battalion 5 stars I think Jeff would have a word with him before it even hit the site.
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Almost every game. Not every game.
If brad started giving games like RE6 and Steel Battalion 5 stars I think Jeff would have a word with him before it even hit the site.
Meatvillain
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#teambrad
I have a feeling DmC will get mentioned as many times as Diablo 3 was in the 2012 GOTY podcasts.
Meatvillain
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Brad Shoemaker likes video games, what an awful person.
Alright, I've already gone this far. I might as well take the plunge...
Total number of games Brad reviewed in 2012: 26
Number of games that Brad gave 5 stars: 5
"Almost every game": Less than 25%
Math!
jediyoshi
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5 star brad is alex. brad is 3 star brad. even jeff's bulk of reviews is higher on average, at least compared to just the three of them.
Meatvillain
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But only the games I think are perfect are allowed to get 5 stars!
EmCeeGramr
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I honestly think it's not "Brad likes video games" but "Brad has a tendency for uncontrollable hyperbole for games that he likes"
like, not Arthur Gies levels, but at least 0.68 gies of hyperbole on the scale
funkystudent
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FUUUUCK. I cant be assed to check your math out but sure. You win.
Posts like this make me wish Giant Bomb would just do away with scores. I get why, but even as the shortest of short hands for how a reviewer feels about a game (1-5, as opposed to say 1-100), it always dominates the conversation over the actual text in the review.
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Get your math and logic out of here! This is a place for blind criticisms with no basis, it is our way of life.
BobTheFork
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If you are going to complain about the review of a game you haven't played yet because you think the score is too high (or the reviewer was), why do you even read reviews? Honest question, because I've felt for a long time that the only reason most people care about reviews is because they've already made up their mind and most people CRAVE affirmation of their opinions.
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RaySpencer
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Since you did all the work already, what were the 5 he gave 5/5?
Oh, I gotcha.
wtf, WHY DOES GIANTBOMB HATE PLAYSTATION 3 SO MUCH? DID SONY PISS IN THEIR CORN FLAKES THE MORNING THEY FOUNDED THE SITE? Maybe they're too busy wearing their MONEYHATS from MICROSOFT??! Heh... more like MICROSHAFT, amirite?
Far Cry 3, Diablo III, Mark of the Ninja, Trials: Evolution, Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Source: http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/
Giant Bomb in general uses the "perfect" score more often because they have less range in their scores on a 5 point scale. They also give more "6/10" scores (3/5) than most sites for this reason as well. I don't see a big problem with this. It doesn't mean a given game is perfect or mind blowingly amazing it means it is a very high recommendation.
jediyoshi
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I know the important one: Diablo 3. That's the one that "hits me in the feels" as the kids say. God that game was boring, uninspired by the numbers loot grind. I have a hard time believing if it had any other name on the box it would not have recieved nearly as many near perfect scores.
But in general, I have no problems with Brad's reviews and I generally share his tastes (excepting his absolutely crazy justifications for Skyrim being better than Saints Row The Third).
Far Cry 3 was Jeff.
Meatvillain
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Totally.
Felix Lighter
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Very illuminating! Less than 25% on a 5 star scale seems reasonable. I'm not a big reviews guy anyway. They are the features I'm probably least likely to read but I'm sure I'm in the minority.
catotheyounger
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5/5 scores on Gb or 10s on other sites does NOT mean perfect. As it reads on GB's faq concerning their metric on what constitutes a 5/5, "While we don't believe any game is perfect, we recommend this game without reservation."
BobTheFork
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Well yeah, no shit, but I would love to squeeze some blood from a stone and figure out why people are disagreeing to a review for a game they haven't played.
jediyoshi
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Can you define 'more often'? For most of them it's their third most used score behind 4 and 3. Patrick didn't even give out a 5 and Ryan only gave out one last year.
It's also worth keeping in mind the types of games each staff member is being given, as Brad could be getting lucky on average with his assignments. Their worst game of the year category is "presented by Alex Navarro" for a reason
firehawk12
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Because in theory, they give him all the junk games that none of them want to play.It's also worth keeping in mind the types of games each staff member is being given, as Brad could be getting lucky on average with his assignments. Their worst game of the year category is "presented by Alex Navarro" for a reason
Site average is meaningless anyway, since the site is basically personality driven.
Die Squirrel Die
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I thought the review read fine apart from the last line. Regurgitating Capcom's PR bullshit about the series being in decline as part of a critical analysis seems weird. Like some preemptive appeal to authority against the inevitable internet flames.
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firehawk12
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Cool!
Actraiser's lack of a 00 life is criminal.
Whenever they say things like this it seems to be a mix of their personal opinion and their friends.
RaySpencer
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Thanks. Mostly agreeable. I can't speak about dust though.
It is a slightly off statement: Devil May Cry 4 sold 2.2 million copies as of early 2009, still quite popular. He's probably more referring to the fact that it's been so long since DMC4, less so of the franchise's popularity. It's been almost exactly 5 years since DMC4 came out.
nckillthegrimace
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What are you talking about? "YOU HAVE NO SCHOOLS. YOU HAVE MECHS," is the greatest piece of dialogue in video game history.
Pretty much. His opinion also tends to become less hyperbolic as more time passes from the game's release.
And come on, any comparison to Gies is just mean.
WrenchNinja
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Brad has never steered me wrong, aside from LA Noire. Ill check DMC out when its cheaper.
Edit: Oh wait there was Diablo 3 and Other M too. But most of the time his recommendations worked out.
Edit: Oh wait there was Diablo 3 and Other M too. But most of the time his recommendations worked out.
Riposte
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Damn
EmCeeGramr
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False dichotomies? Message board threads.
MuddyDonut
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oh DMC got 5 stars cool lemme read it
cool cool sounds good
oh 400 comments let me check and see what's going on in there
"I used to value your opinion Brad, no longer. I used to trust giantbomb's reviews, no longer. After this and your view of ME3, you're either clinically retarded or getting paid, and either way, I just can't stomach you anymore."
*closes tab*
cool cool sounds good
oh 400 comments let me check and see what's going on in there
"I used to value your opinion Brad, no longer. I used to trust giantbomb's reviews, no longer. After this and your view of ME3, you're either clinically retarded or getting paid, and either way, I just can't stomach you anymore."
*closes tab*
I'll never forgive them for LA Noire.
terrdactycalsrock
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Meh, I dont care about reviews. I make purchasing decisions passed off of podcast conversations and quick looks
Felix Lighter
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Oh man, why are people so brutal? I get disagreements but such rage over a person's opinion of a videogame. Obviously, it's nothing new but I still just do not understand that mentality. I feel like I'm as passionate about games as just about anyone and I've never had this kind of reaction.
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