Giant Bomb Thread The Third: #TeamBrad

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Isn't the story of DmC Dante getting mad at a tv station or something? CBS should take a stand, a subsidiary shouldn't be seen as supporting that type of anti-network behavior.
 
Valnen said:
I'm perfectly fine with just disregarding this and all his future reviews. I don't care what he does for his job, man's gotta pay the bills somehow I suppose.
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You're disregarding all his future reviews over this one thing?

Also, you seem to be mistaken. Giant Bomb reviews are not designed only for fans of the Devil May Cry series. They are written for the general audience which includes, but is not limited to, both a.)people who have never played Devil May Cry and b.)People who hate Devil May Cry.
 
NewLib said:
If anything shouldn't Brad be commended for letting the readers know his experience with the DMC franchise? He isn't hiding the fact that he never played DMC 3 and therefore gives the readers an insight on his level of knowledge with the series. Readers can then take his opinion with the appropriate weight
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Right, I really wish more reviewers would disclose that sort of thing right at the start of reviews. Things like whether they've played any previous games in a franchise; if so, whether they liked them or link to their reviews if they have them, or what their feelings are towards the genre or similar games.

Because that's really the only way reviews are worth anything anyway- if you know the tastes and preferences of the person doing the review.
 
I'm a bit confused... Devil May Cry has fans?

I thought they all jumped ship and hopped on Bayonetta's ass (literally and figuratively.)
 
Valnen said:
The score is positive but what really matters in the review are the words. The combat isn't as good as previous games and the style system is broken, and that the game is overall disappointing for a hardcore fan of the series. The boss fights are also bad.

Did you actually read it?
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Dahbomb said:
Game play/Combat: This is the fucking shit right here. Ignore what I have said before if you want "real talk". Overall I felt that the combat of DmC was its strongest point and I know many people did not expect this. I think the artstyle, platforming, soundtrack, visuals and story are OK to good at best but the game play is something that transcends better than good even into great territory. I certainly had the most fun fighting hordes of enemies and crowd controlling them with my tools. While the game play and combat is not up to snuff with previous DMC games, even being just a tier below those games makes the game play of this game very solid. There are quite a few mechanics in the game that promote skillful play like perfect releases, parry, enemy step, on the fly weapon swaps. Please note that the style ranking and mission ranking system is still borked to hell but the best way to extract enjoyment out of the game is to just try to style on enemies the best you can and disregard the SSSs on the side and after missions. You will have fun experimenting with weapon moves and attributes against different enemies.
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The gameplay only manages to be "great"? Fuck you ninja theory.
 
I liked DMC 1/3/4 and wasn't interested in the new one at all, but i'm pretty curious after seeing Brads review.
I'm really looking forword to the QL, i might even preorder the PC version.
 
So Brad (and most other reviewers) are generally positive about DmC thus not giving longtime DMC fans and/or Capcom critics the chance to crap all over the game without looking crazy. Have I got that right?

I hate that this feels like the moment that will finally stop him from posting regularly on GAF. I hope it isn't.
 
Typographenia said:
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edit: Updated for you, Patrick.
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The internet is a strange, but also, wonderful place at times.
 
TheBigG753 said:
People want the game to fail, so good reviews are seen as detrimental to the "cause." It's the same thing when people want/are convinced that a game is going to be the best thing ever, and it doesn't get 10/10 everywhere.
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I think you're really oversimplifying things. People don't want to see games do better in reviews than other games they're comparable to which they consider to be superior. Ordinarily I wouldn't give a damn what reviewers think however in a culture where bonuses are dependant on meta-critic rankings it breaks my heart to see titles like Fallout 3 review better than tittles like New Vega, when New Vegas is a better game to me in every regard. Especially when a major criticism (bugs) is present in both games but ignored when it comes to reviewing the former title (and Skyrim for that matter) whilst the latter title is castigated over it.

However I can also see that it's the fault of the publishers rather than the reviewers so I can't help but feel it's pretty funny that people are so mad over Brad's opinion.
 
Manbig said:
Except that choosing to just call it DMC instead of DMC5 should change what those expectations are. This is not a game solely for hardcore DMC1-4 fans. This was a change meant to bring new people that did not play those older ones into the fold. This is why Devil May Cry 1, 3, or 4 do not matter. This really can't be made anymore clear here.
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If the other DMC games did not matter then perhaps they(Capcom) should have named it something else(but then it would have sold terribly like most NT games), this game is clearly trying to trade of the reputation the PS2 games garnered

sixghost said:
The gameplay only manages to be "great"? Fuck you ninja theory.
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You didn't bold the part where he said the combat is worse than the other DMC games, do you honestly think that people should be happy a series known for it's mechanics is going backwards?

I am confused why people care so much about Brads review however, it is pretty obvious he has no great understanding of that genre (which is fine, GB is not a specialist review site & judging by most of the responses to the game most people will likely agree with him), given his thoughts on Bayonetta.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
I hated that No Mutants Allowed dumb nitpicking over Power Armor design gave a bad name to anyone who criticized Fallout 3's legitimate failings.
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"Cockiness leads to hate. Hate leads to exposure. Exposure leads to sales. NT has been doing this thing for years now."

It's funny yet tragic watching the red herring defense being used so successfully.
 
Te best part of the whole DmC fiasco is that the most vocal anti-NT crusaders have given the game a much wider and more constant stream of exposure. Now people will hear about all the rage, check out the good scores, maybe play the demo and think "Well that wasn't that bad" or maybe even "pretty fun" and possibly net capcom another sold copy. The proper thing to do was to ignore the game and give it no hype, but the constant hate gave DmC more eyes on it than capcom's marketing team possibly could have.

Irony.
 
I think more people are mad at the direction the game has taken the character as well as the 30fps issue and the casual direction the fighting and scoring has gone. I don't think the fact Tameem hasn't exactly been the best person to be a spokesman for the game helped as well.
 
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Confused Cheeseburger said:
Te best part of the whole DmC fiasco is that the most vocal anti-NT crusaders have given the game a much wider and more constant stream of exposure. Now people will hear about all the rage, check out the good scores, maybe play the demo and think "Well that wasn't that bad" or maybe even "pretty fun" and possibly net capcom another sold copy. The proper thing to do was to ignore the game and give it no hype, but the constant hate gave DmC more eyes on it than capcom's marketing team possibly could have.

Irony.
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hmm....

Ni No Kuni is terrible! Screw all the good reviews, it's an abomination and an affront to JRPG fans everywhere! No one should buy it or else good sales might encourage Namco to bring other atrocious JRPGs to America like Xillia!

Keep America American!
 
Manbig said:
Except that choosing to just call it DMC instead of DMC5 should change what those expectations are. This is not a game solely for hardcore DMC1-4 fans. This was a change meant to bring new people that did not play those older ones into the fold. This is why Devil May Cry 1, 3, or 4 do not matter. This really can't be made anymore clear here.
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Sorry, but you can't have it both ways. You can't attempt to use the Devil May Cry name for the new game to cash in on the popularity of previous titles, while simultaneously claiming that you cannot compare the game to those same previous titles and they no longer matter.
 
HamPster PamPster said:
hmm....

Ni No Kuni is terrible! Screw all the good reviews, it's an abomination and an affront to JRPG fans everywhere! No one should buy it or else good sales might encourage Namco to bring other atrocious JRPGs to America like Xillia!

Keep America American!
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What are you doing?! It has the opposite effect on Japanese games!
 
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