Felix Lighter
Member
Nice.
Giant Bomb Thread The Third: #TeamBrad
- Thread starter randomlyrossy
- Start date
- Status
Nice.
Haunted
Member
joker_here_we_go_.gif
HamPster PamPster
Member
If people in the |OT| are enjoying Declassified, more power to them. They simply have way more disposable income then I do. I can't imagine a scenario in which dropping $50 on this game is a smart decision for me. I want a multiplayer shooter on the Vita but port the $10 Gotham City Impostors instead or something - don't try to sell something with the same amount of content for 5 times the price
Reading impressions in the |OT| the game seems fine and I imagine most technical/connection issues will get worked out. A shame they are trying to pass it off at $50 though (in my opinion anyway)
Reading impressions in the |OT| the game seems fine and I imagine most technical/connection issues will get worked out. A shame they are trying to pass it off at $50 though (in my opinion anyway)
As an owner of Declassified, I agree with all of Jeff's points (though crackling audio is the extent of my tech issues). It seems he hasn't had enough time to get used to the controls (the Vita sticks are inherently over-sensitive), and I can't really think of a better way to toss grenades given the limited buttons. On a relative basis, it's reasonable to expect way more content for $50.
That being said, it truly emulates CoD multi on a smaller scale, on the go; and to me (someone who thinks even the console CoDs' SP is awful) that's worth it.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
That's fair.
I'm not saying ALL Vita fans are blind and just clutching to anything... but I wouldn't trust a Vita owner's opinion on many games at the moment. Sony fans are rather questionable at the best of time and if you throw a failing handheld in to that equation, well, let's just say most aren't as honest and articulate as you
ShockingAlberto
Member
Felix Lighter
Member
A handheld Persona 4 port does sound very appealing but I can't say that I could justify the purchase based on my limited knowledge of its library.
Arlecchino
Member
Anecdotal of course, but when I started Liberation on the Vita, the controls seemed terrible (keep in mind this was the first game I played on the Vita) but over time I got used to them (and the framerate) and started to like it. So I could totally believe a scenario where you never "get" the controls, and end up hating it.
Not to say the controls aren't bad, I haven't played it.
Shame on you. I bought it at the Persona sale before last, without any intention of buying a PSP or PSV.
Not to say the controls aren't bad, I haven't played it.
:lol
As Persona 4 gets closer I keep kicking myself for passing on the Persona 3 Portable for 50% off last week. What was I thinking
Shame on you. I bought it at the Persona sale before last, without any intention of buying a PSP or PSV.
The first review of the game on Metacritic did complain about having to buy the game themselves, that's what people were commenting on.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
:lol
As Persona 4 gets closer I keep kicking myself for passing on the Persona 3 Portable for 50% off last week. What was I thinking
Peeked into the Declassified thread
Ryan Davis: The only proper reviewer on Giant Bomb
Ryan Davis: The only proper reviewer on Giant Bomb
EmCeeGramr
Member
What are you talking about, they're all being reasonab-
Yeah Jeff, why did you just relate your experiences with the game while reviewing the game? You should have done something else like... list bullet points on the box! Or something. Also, this means that you never reviewed the game for what it is, even though your review is supposedly just a collection of anecdotes about what the game is.
Yeah Jeff, why did you just relate your experiences with the game while reviewing the game? You should have done something else like... list bullet points on the box! Or something. Also, this means that you never reviewed the game for what it is, even though your review is supposedly just a collection of anecdotes about what the game is.
Felix Lighter
Member
Official threads for poorly received platform exclusive games are always a little scary. Things get worse when the platform is struggling. The Declassified OT certainly isn't the worst I've seen but it is a weird game to defend, especially when the defenders seem to be suggesting that the game is overpriced and mediocre, not terrible.
Replace Vita with 3DS/Wii/PS3 and you describe the past few years.
I am expecting a shitstorm over anything viewed as being the slightest bit critical when their first Wii U reviews (WiivUs?) hit.
slaughterking
Member
Uncharted:GA 3/5
Wipeout 3/5
Gravity Rush 3/5
AssCreed:L 3/5
CoD:C 1/5
no QLs since launch
i guess gb just really hatez the most desirable handheld ever
Nope.
ashbash159
Member
[INSERT EXPLANATION FOR NO VITA QUICK LOOKS HERE]
I think that's because they don't have very good capture equipment for it, other than just filming the screen. Nintendo gave them capture kits for the 3DS almost straight away hence why they are able to produce so many 3DS quick looks.
Jeff's review is totally fine. That said I am enjoying the game. It is silly to get all bothered about a review like this and then next week when they give P4G a glowing review everyone will be back on the train. CoD
has a ton of problems, from a consumer report standpoint its pretty gross. I still think its the best FPS on a handheld I have played.
has a ton of problems, from a consumer report standpoint its pretty gross. I still think its the best FPS on a handheld I have played.Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
LOL! Appropriate indeed.
Hmm... I feel like I'm getting quite a bit out of mileage out of my Vita, but a lot of the stuff I've enjoyed are ports or things I could enjoy on other systems (ex: Sound Shapes on PS3 which I felt controlled better there due to the analog sticks, Virtue's Last Reward where I used the photo album app to "take notes" as opposed to trying to write on Vita, Rayman Origins which I'd played on PS3 the year before, etc.), or original stuff that I played but it ended up being rather mediocre or having some inconsistencies (ex: Gravity Rush, AC3:L, etc.).
I'm playing through Ys Celceta right now and I think it's an improvement on Seven, which I didn't like much, so... Vita's got something. Lumines was great too. Silent Hill: Book of Memories seems ok so far but I could probably think it's middling later on. Vita's a great device and I like the hardware a lot, but it suffers the same things that the PSP had: lots of ports, lots of the good stuff probably staying overseas, and the software library just doesn't seem to be there.
slaughterking
Member
Backfoggen
Banned
If you go to a site only to see your opinion validated and then get outraged if it doesn't you are a bad person.
There should be a Metacritic-type site where people can decide what scores they get to see. 10/10s for all your favorite games man! Internets redeemed.
There should be a Metacritic-type site where people can decide what scores they get to see. 10/10s for all your favorite games man! Internets redeemed.
I don't see that, I am a huge Vita Supporter and vastly prefer it over the 3DS but they have explained time and time again why they don't really do Vita Quicklooks or anything since they don't have a great way of capturing the footage.
I also feel that the Vita has no games preception is insane.
I thought GAF's staunch Vita lovers were GAF's staunch Vita lovers Public Enemy #1
Not many people have a Vita so I think the whole no games thing is appropriate for them. I don't understand why anyone who has a plus account and is even remotely interested wouldn't get a Vita though at this point.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Haha, they have different opinions. What a bunch of loons.
Kind of how I feel about the WiiU lineup as well
'It's got Mario!' Great, but from what Brad was saying about the tilesets on the bombcast, it's Nintendo doing 'just good enough' which is NOT what proper Mario titles should be. They should be some of the best games of the year, not 'oh I guess I'll buy this because I got nothing else to play on the system.' Zombi U looks okay, but it's just not my kind of game.
Beautiful, sir.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Yes, I'm making fun of them for having "different opinions," not their insane conspiracy theories about Giant Bomb and journalism bias.
All you're asking for is your opinion to be validated.
It's notoriously a pain in the ass to do video of the vita being played because there are so many factors to control, where you're sitting, how you're sitting, where the camera is, how the lighting is, what the exposure of the camera is... etc. Given the amount of pain in the ass work you have to do to get a video up of someone playing a video game, it just doesn't seem like it'd be worth it for them especially for the quality of the video they'd have up.
If Jeff wants to give CODBLOPS
a single star, he reserves every right to have that judgement, but to act like a child and summarize their disappointment in the selection of software for a system as "they hate the system" is pretty crude and single minded.Don't place them in the "they hate the Vita" camp, start placing yourself in the "they're giving low-scoring reviews for a system I spent money on and I'm upset about it" camp.
I wish they would do another Wikipedia panel of experts.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
I'm sure the guys at Giant Bomb appreciate your defense, sir.
EmCeeGramr
Member
All you're asking for is your opinion to be validated.
It's notoriously a pain in the ass to do video of the vita being played because there are so many factors to control, where you're sitting, how you're sitting, where the camera is, how the lighting is, what the exposure of the camera is... etc. Given the amount of pain in the ass work you have to do to get a video up of someone playing a video game, it just doesn't seem like it'd be worth it for them especially for the quality of the video they'd have up.
If Jeff wants to give CODBLOPS
Don't place them in the "they hate the Vita" camp, start placing yourself in the "they're giving low-scoring reviews for a system I spent money on and I'm upset about it" camp.
Slaughterking is joking.
When was I defending them?
If other people's opinion bother you so much aren't you just doing the exact same thing?
When Tom Chick gave Halo 4 1/5 stars, the reviews thread on GAF exploded. Did that make you want to sell your Xbox 360?
I'm sure the people at sony appreciate you doing their job for them.
darkressurection
Banned
I love the Vita as a piece of hardware, but I have played fuck all on it since Gravity Rush. P4G and DJ Max Technika are the only 2 upcoming things I want, and it seems like Most Wanted got a good port so I may pick that up. But people defending the Vita shouldn't get mad at reviewers, they should get mad at Sony and developers for completely fucking up awareness and quality on nearly all software related to the system.
Felix Lighter
Member
If the Vita was thriving, I would imagine, instead of defending a content starved Call of Duty game that is almost universally considered overpriced against poor reviews, the OT would be filled with posters calling Activision out on this obvious, almost deceptive, cash in.
If the Vita or the handheld market in general had better options for FPS online games then sure, CoD would get panned by critics and gamers alike. The problem is that, despite being very overpriced and completely mediocre, it's still the best option for a portable FPS, so people bought the game and they are enjoying it for what it is.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Those above quotes are clearly battered wives syndrome.
Battered wives might have it better than Vita owners, though.
- Status