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[Keyser Soze]

Jeff's game...

???

A few sites have recently ran previews, so he could have access to a copy.

 

[hwy_61]

Have a feeling Ryan would be doing the SimCity review, given his absolute love for the franchise.

My money is on Ryan NOT reviewing it. He loves it too much!

 

[Darklord]

My money is on Ryan NOT reviewing it. He loves it too much!

How does that make sense?

 

[BearPawB]

You are now connected

Building structures, laying down roads

You are now disconnected, you will be taken back to the main menu

5 minutes later

You are now connected

"What the fuck? All the roads I laid down are gone."

Put roads back down

Delete/destroy a school to build a better school in it's place

You are now disconnected



So far any frustration would come from having to be online to work on your city, if any maintenance or troubleshooting happening with EA servers I wonder what happens to current players and what's saved city wise.

As far as I'm aware if you are disconnected mid game you are not tossed from the game. Logging in is the only problem. I think once u reconnect it will throw your save to the cloud

 

[Felix Lighter]

Jeff does like Star Trek and that game is likely to be pretty shitty but a veteran like Jeff would be fully prepared for that shittiness.

 

[greatnorthern]

Jeff is on record saying he always plays PC FPS games with a controller. I'm guessing Bioshock has controller support.

I'm really reading into this, I know.

 

[MormaPope]

As far as I'm aware if you are disconnected mid game you are not tossed from the game. Logging in is the only problem. I think once u reconnect it will throw your save to the cloud

If that's the case, it can't be Sim City then.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Jeff is on record saying he always plays PC FPS games with a controller. I'm guessing Bioshock has controller support.

Except for games that require very precise input control, such as a game that emphasizes the use of sniper rifles.

 

[Aaron]

Except for games that require very precise input control, such as a game that emphasizes the use of sniper rifles.

Or micromanaging small units.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Typically, I wouldn't be too bothered by something Jeff said about a random game. My taste isn't really in line with his but this is an odd month that I actually preordered (something I rarely do) 3(!) games for this month, all PC games and 2 are PC exclusives, so knowing if one of those is actually broken would be helpful for me.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Or micromanaging small units.

In which upcoming PC FPS do you micro-manage small units?

 

[pieatorium]

Games don't have to be bad for you to get your controller chucking on

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Games don't have to be bad for you to get your controller chucking on

Generally you don't say "Fuck this game" and chuck a controller when you're having fun.

 

[pieatorium]

Games don't have to be fun to be good

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Games don't have to be fun to be good

I think the implication of the tweet was Jeff was fed up with a shit game and is not going to play it anymore, and that hasn't happened to him in a while. Not that he was so into it that he threw the mouse in frustration when his buddy beat him in a race, or something.

 

[eznark]

I'm watching the Unprofessional Friday's and I cannot stop laughing at Patrick. Looks like the middle school kid who just realized he can grow facial "hair." Especially sitting next to Vinny. Amazing that he's kept it up this long.

 

[hwy_61]

How does that make sense?

Why would you want to play a game for work? Wouldn't you want to enjoy it on your own time?

 

[Blastoise]

Maybe he got early access to Questmania?

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Alex says on Twitter that he is reviewing SimCity and it's good.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Well SimCity is one of my preordered games, so that's good. I'm not concerned with HotS because I know exactly what to expect there. The last of my preorders is Bioshock.

 

[Megasoum]

I hope they will start uploading videos to youtube again soon. It's, by far, the best way to watch videos on the site (especially if I'm at work).

 

[Htown]

Generally you don't say "Fuck this game" and chuck a controller when you're having fun.

Dark Souls

F-Zero GX

any number of good but very difficult games

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Dark Souls

F-Zero GX

any number of good but very difficult games

Generally. Which means most of the time but not always. Of course there are some exceptions, there are exceptions to everything. Generally, throwing your controller and saying "fuck this game" does not actually mean "Gee golly this game is tough, but I love the challenge!" It means "This game is a broken piece of shit," especially if you then feel the need to tweet about it.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Maybe Infinite is good overall but it has one godawful frustrating bit.

 

[Megasoum]

I'm glad to see that they continue the tradition of amazing Sleeping Dogs quicklook lol.

 

[CrazyDude]

Games don't have to be fun to be good

If it's not fun, it's a chore. Do you find playing something a chore a good thing?

 

[cr_blah_blah]

Sessler tweeted last week about getting stuck on one part of a mystery game for 3 hours and asked someone to contact him about it. I wonder if that's just a coincidence..

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

no way, no fucking way that Bioshock is that frustrating I would just not have it.
In Levin we trust

[edit] I think its gears of war or army of two

 

[xanavi]

‏@alex_navarro Does it run like complete garbage on your machine? The frame rate over here is painful when you turn the game speed up.

"fuck this game"

 

[sixghost]

If it's not fun, it's a chore. Do you find playing something a chore a good thing?

That's not true at all.

 

[cr_blah_blah]

If it's not fun, it's a chore. Do you find playing something a chore a good thing?

There's at least a thousand exit ramps between fun and chore.

 

[bonercop]

their video-player has been such a piece of shit ever since the site relaunch.

 

[Felix Lighter]

"fuck this game"

SimCity it is. I haven't heard many performance complaints from the Beta though.

 

[Alo81]

You need one to drive on the roads. I bet they just motored around a parking lot.

Maybe they just illegally drove around a bit.

 

[Darklord]

"fuck this game"

And OH MY GOD the bug-like state where I'm buying a lot of out-of-town water but some buildings refuse to acknowledge that.

Yep, SimCity. Fuck.

 

[CrazyDude]

That's not true at all.

Then tell me what exactly is the world for something that is not fun, but is also good. It can't be enjoyment, that's another word for fun.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

If it's not fun, it's a chore. Do you find playing something a chore a good thing?

Have you heard of "grinding"?

 

[mnz]

I hope they will start uploading videos to youtube again soon. It's, by far, the best way to watch videos on the site (especially if I'm at work).

All their original-non-premium stuff is still on youtube. It just gets uploaded later. Manually, probably.

 

[CrazyDude]

Have you heard of "grinding"?

So a chore. Grinding is a chore. It is also not emotion you have towards a game. Grinding is an act. If you enjoy grinding, then you are have fun with it. If you don't like grinding but feel like you have to do it, it is called a chore.

 

[alr1ght]

All their original-non-premium stuff is still on youtube. It just gets uploaded later. Manually, probably.

Well they used to do it automatically but something may have changed with the new site.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

So a chore. Grinding is a chore. It is also not emotion you have towards a game. Grinding is an act. If you enjoy grinding, then you are have fun with it. If you don't like grinding but feel like you have to do it, it is called a chore.

So two people doing the same exact thing in a game are doing two different things?

 

[CrazyDude]

So two people doing the same exact thing in a game are doing two different things?

I don't get how emotions=action. Both are grinding, one person is doing it because he enjoys it and the other person does not but does it out of necessitate. No one feel grinding.

 

[alr1ght]

Quick Look: Urban Trial Freestyle (Brad/Jeff)
Before you start comparing this to that OTHER trials game, consider that this game's rider could be in ZZ Top.

 

[eznark]

http://www.shacknews.com/article/78062/simcity-review-return-of-a-classic

Matt Rorie appears

 

[chogidogs]

RIP Shacknews

Spoiler

I kid.

 

[alr1ght]

The always-on connection requirement isn't quite as welcome if you enjoy playing solo, though, as the lack of manual saving leads to some silly complications in single player. Most notably, every action you take is immediately irrevocable: there's no rewind button or grace period when placing a building. Normally, that's not a big deal, but if you accidentally lay a road too close to a hill, you may find yourself forced to bulldoze and rebuild it (at significant cost) to actually zone the area around it. More frustratingly, if you find yourself mis-clicking when attempting to place a building, you can find yourself making very expensive mistakes. If you place a very, very costly water treatment plant and immediately discover that it's a bit closer to your wealthy residences than you intended, there's no recourse, which can be frustrating if you value efficient play. (In the absence of manual saves, disabling your internet connection is the only way to test out a risky move before actually making it permanent, which isn't an outcome that anyone can describe as ideal.) And, of course, if the master server goes down, you're unable to play even single-player. Alt-tabbing out of the game for more than a few minutes will likewise often cause you to lose your sync and be forced to restart the client entirely.

Oh that sounds like a joy to play. Thanks EA!

 

[Haunted]

Quick Look: Urban Trial Freestyle (Brad/Vinny)
Before you start comparing this to that OTHER trials game, consider that this game's rider could be in ZZ Top.

It's just not up to snuff. Fuck those jaggies. Random PS3 game insertions on billboards that look completely out of place. :lol

Trials Evolution: Gold Edition is where it's at.

http://www.shacknews.com/article/780...n-of-a-classic

Matt Rorie appears

back to freelancing, I suppose.

Oh that sounds like a joy to play. Thanks EA!

No manual saves in a SimCity game? If their servers make a boo boo, I don't have access to my singleplayer game?

They can fuck right off. Sorry developers, even if your game is great I can't support this surrounding shit with my wallet.

 

[funkystudent]

The worst thing to come out of the CBS buyout is the pre video ads for esports stuff that just makes me want to hate esports every time I see one of them going "ESPORTS WHAAAA! WE ARE SO HYPE AND COOL"

 

[Ventilaator]

Listening to them describe the PS3 Trials as a disgusting and shameless ripoff is pretty funny, considering my reaction when I saw the 360 Trials was "Oh it's another one of those."

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Listening to them describe the PS3 Trials as a disgusting and shameless ripoff is pretty funny, considering my reaction when I saw the 360 Trials was "Oh it's another one of those"

Trials HD did perfect that type of game, but I agree, there is no reason to ever call it original or accuse similar games after it as being ripoffs.