TheMrPliskin
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Giant Bomb 18: Everything is always a surprise on some level
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It's a fun toy to goof around in. It was cheap and I don't regret it, I can fire it up for ten minutes and laugh at nonsense every now and again.
Easy, I played the Wii version. It's fucking awful, just like any other game that replaces simple actions with shake your hand around and hope.
Piston Hyundai
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"I'm trying to think of a way to say 'it's short and it's way better with two people' without it coming off as some kind of sexual joke, but I'm failing to do so."
"Even months later, RE4 proves its timelessness"
"Song selection for Tony Hawk soundtracks have been consistently terrible for the most part."
"Even months later, RE4 proves its timelessness"
"Song selection for Tony Hawk soundtracks have been consistently terrible for the most part."
Piston Hyundai
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"This insane attention to detail is made extremely apparent in the massive create-a-wrestler mode. More user-friendly than ever, this game will allow you to create just about anything you can imagine. My RoboHitler was complete with an eye visor, hook hands, skin that resembled metal and the people in the crowd even held up the German flag and "SUPPORT THE TROOPS" signs for him."
He truly is a monster.
Yeah, even as a Twilight Princess fan that sentence is crazy.
And not even top 5 Zelda games!
C'mon Dan... Not cool.
http://www.lawrence.com/weblogs/gamer/2005/apr/13/mizzledagamas/
New profile for Dan Ryckert, for newbies who don't know him yet.
Dan Ryckert
Common Multiplayer Username: LarryDavid
Most played console: PS2
Favorite Game: The entire Metal Gear Solid series. Great gameplay, hilarious sense of humor, and (most importantly) the best stories ever told in videogames. Sons of Liberty is better than any film I've ever seen.
Most overrated current-gen game: Halo and Halo 2. Terrible single-player mode and entirely unoriginal and repetitive. Why aren't there bots in multiplayer?!
Most underrated current-gen game: 007 Everything or Nothing. First great Bond game since Goldeneye. Didn't get much attention when released (thanks to the previous crappy games), but was fun as hell. The motorcycle mission alone makes it worth checking out.
Best current-gen game no one played: Gitaroo Man
Favorite game of 05 so far: Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry 3
Favorite NES game: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
If I were any video game villain, I'd be: Waluigi
If I were any video game hero, I'd be: Mega Man
Favorite Developer: Capcom
Worst movie based off of a game: Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Good god, that movie sucked.
Non-gaming hobbies: Making short films, skydiving, whiskey
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So yeah same guy. Just didn't know that Dan hated Halo 1 and 2 so much.
New profile for Dan Ryckert, for newbies who don't know him yet.
Dan Ryckert
Common Multiplayer Username: LarryDavid
Most played console: PS2
Favorite Game: The entire Metal Gear Solid series. Great gameplay, hilarious sense of humor, and (most importantly) the best stories ever told in videogames. Sons of Liberty is better than any film I've ever seen.
Most overrated current-gen game: Halo and Halo 2. Terrible single-player mode and entirely unoriginal and repetitive. Why aren't there bots in multiplayer?!
Most underrated current-gen game: 007 Everything or Nothing. First great Bond game since Goldeneye. Didn't get much attention when released (thanks to the previous crappy games), but was fun as hell. The motorcycle mission alone makes it worth checking out.
Best current-gen game no one played: Gitaroo Man
Favorite game of 05 so far: Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry 3
Favorite NES game: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
If I were any video game villain, I'd be: Waluigi
If I were any video game hero, I'd be: Mega Man
Favorite Developer: Capcom
Worst movie based off of a game: Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Good god, that movie sucked.
Non-gaming hobbies: Making short films, skydiving, whiskey
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So yeah same guy. Just didn't know that Dan hated Halo 1 and 2 so much.
Twin Tails
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Gold mine
He's had bad opinions since you've known him. This shouldn't be surprising.
giant_frying_pan
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Time makes fools of us all. I'm sure these days he'd rank MacGruber above MGS 2.
Piston Hyundai
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"Funniest moment by far: Dropping a piano on a girl's head while I was dressed as a giant bird" -
"The MGS series is renowned as having the best story in videogames, and reducing it to standard action movie dialogue and brief action scenes really doesn't do it justice." - Dan's prophetic review of the Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel
"Decent first effort" - Dan's review of the fifth Commandos game
"Creating a stage filled with interesting platforming segments and good enemy placement is a true commitment and the payoff isn't there." - Mega Man Powered Up; 87%
Hitman: Blood Money; 8.4
"The MGS series is renowned as having the best story in videogames, and reducing it to standard action movie dialogue and brief action scenes really doesn't do it justice." - Dan's prophetic review of the Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel
"Decent first effort" - Dan's review of the fifth Commandos game
"Creating a stage filled with interesting platforming segments and good enemy placement is a true commitment and the payoff isn't there." - Mega Man Powered Up; 87%
Purple_Tentacle
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These reviews are really fitting the Dan as Homer Simpson narrative.
What's the English equivalent for [ Groaning ]?
I'd say ''transcendent.
'How about ''groin-grabbingly transcendent''?
What's the English equivalent for [ Groaning ]?
I'd say ''transcendent.
'How about ''groin-grabbingly transcendent''?
Dari Elxix
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Oh man, these Ryckert Reviews are spectakalar.
Piston Hyundai
Member
I guess we know what next year's Extra Life stream is going to be like.
(also, the review goes on to shit on Gain Ground which is not a good look)
EDIT: Here's Dan's Mii from 2006.
That mii is definitely into some serious hohokum
Yup, not there anymore.
This is the same man who recently said that Super Mario World was one of the only two perfect games ever made. (TP was not the other one)
N
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skLaFarebear
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MGS2 > everything you love
, but still doesn't know his pants size
NumberThree
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Unless they changed this for the Wii U version you don't need to change the wind direction for every little thing, you can sail against the wind just fine (if a bit slower). I know they added the Swift Sail but I never got that, so it's not that either.
I only ever changed the wind direction based on my general direction.
Wind Waker (HD since that's the first time I played it) is my favourite Zelda game.
That's great. I miss Commandos.
soundscream
Member
SMH
Probably played on normal. Halo on normal is kind of ass.
Should've played on Heroic, the way it's meant to be played.
That's a great surname discovery! I'm also #Team
Victori
Saved it locally, don't ever want to lose this image.
Piston Hyundai
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"Once you've seen all the attacks and tired of the humor, all that's left is a disappointing beat-em-up that fails to live up to the titles it's paying homage to." -
(not quite as good as Danny Phantom: Urban Jungle for the DS, which got a 7.1)
"I'm a white guy from Kansas, but I think I'm smart enough to realize that Def Jam Icon resembles 'street life' about as much as God of War resembles the US Marine experience."
"The voice acting is some of the worst I've ever heard in a videogame, and I've played Elebits. When I kicked a henchman off the roof of a giant skyscraper, he sounded as concerned as he'd be if he accidentally spilled some nacho cheese on his pants." - Crackdown, 4.0 in sound
God Hand; 6.9
"I'm a white guy from Kansas, but I think I'm smart enough to realize that Def Jam Icon resembles 'street life' about as much as God of War resembles the US Marine experience."
"The voice acting is some of the worst I've ever heard in a videogame, and I've played Elebits. When I kicked a henchman off the roof of a giant skyscraper, he sounded as concerned as he'd be if he accidentally spilled some nacho cheese on his pants." - Crackdown, 4.0 in sound
Dan has a problem.
skLaFarebear
Member
These quotes are amazing. Dan is the best.
Twin Tails
Member
Pretty much. Not a real Halo player. You gotta legendary blind skull that shit.
Piston Hyundai
Member
Most likely. Some of the Super Replay fans in the Facebook group would put a lot of GB guys to shame.
No. Game Informer fans only do normal guy stuff.
Piston Hyundai
Member
A lot of their Super Replays are right up there with GB's content.
Twin Tails
Member
They also have a podcast, which someone listens to.
soundscream
Member
Damn right!!!!!!!
Piston Hyundai
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"Considering this game is made by the actual army, you'd think it would feel more realistic than the military-based games made by Activision and the like." - Dan on America's Army; 3/10
it's a good no-nonsense podcast
it's a good no-nonsense podcast
funkystudent
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The only person I can name from Game Infromer is Andy McNamara and thats only because he has been working there for 25 years and been its EIC for 22 of them and thats kind of awesome and insane.
Has gamestop always owned GI or was that a cheap buy when for GS magazines where dying?
Has gamestop always owned GI or was that a cheap buy when for GS magazines where dying?
Well, the developer is United States Army.
Piston Hyundai
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