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Mass Effect 3 Spoiler Thread |OT2| Taste the Rainbow
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Empty Space
Member
I'm not being naive the uptake gaming articles started long before ME3 go look at the writers post history. I don't know why they are suddenly okay with more gaming articles, but they are and I was just commenting on that fact.
Uno Venova
Banned
So good, this Mass Effect fiasco has easily been my favorite topic in a long time.
SerArthurDayne
Member
Hahaha. Pathetic, especially from him. He knows that .gif is out there, right. What is the Game Informer piece?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah I'm echoing this question. Last thing I saw from Game Informer they were also writing about how this industry will die if Bioware caves to the fans.
Empty Space
Member
Might be their podcast
sleeprockss
Banned
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...urnalism-is-a-sham/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
It was an article about Game Informer and Unreality pulled it today.
Mass Effect is greater than all of us.
Whether your theory or is true or not, fine with me.
I'm just happy someone with a voice is calling all these reviewers on their bullshit. We've done it for years, but these game journalists put themselves on such a pedestal and wouldn't listen to underlings like us.
I still don't see why I or any other gamer would subscribe to Forbes. I'm inclined to believe it's not them trying to get a new demographic. To my knowledge they're just a financial business. They don't have other areas like entertainment divisions or something that would appeal to us.
Either way I'll still support them.
Also worth checking @forbesgames and @erikkain.
Forbes is kicking ass right now. Good to see. The familiar faces of game journalism need to be knocked out of their complacency. They'll entrench themselves and kick and scream for a good while, but this is good for them (and us). Forbes has the resources to compete. Hope they keep it up.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, they're getting quite a bit of good will from people who are just tired of the game press right now. I can't believe I'm going to become a Forbes reader... and it's all thanks to Mass Effect 3.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I hope in Dragon Age 3, you get to bang Greg Miller.
The thing is, I don't really mind when they're honest about it. You look at GDC and for the press, it's basically an excuse to go drink with their friends in the game industry and, at least in previous years, that's reflected in the drunk podcasts that places like 1up produced. These guys are all friends and their companies need each other to survive. The same way that Michael Ausiello gets ALL his TV "scoops" because he knows everyone in the TV industry and is friends with them. They use him as their mouthpiece and he uses them to get hits to his site. It's a symbiotic relationship.
But to get all uppity when someone calls you out on it is really disingenuous. More so when it's clear that you are really not capable of critical thought - let alone cogent writing.
I mean, do we even need to read a review of GTA5? We all know that IGN will give it a 10. To believe otherwise is to be naive.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Reaaaaaaaaaaaaally not looking forward to tomorrow's news cycles if the charity story goes big, or if Penny Arcade decides to make a snarky backhanded strip about BioWare's response or the Child's Play thing (though they're equally likely at this point to wash their hands of this stint with gaming and go back to making strips about D&D and parenting and iPhone apps).
Do be so hasty. He mentions the only decent reviewer is zero punctuation which has its own slew of problems. Like being paid to be overly negative.
heliosRAzi
Banned
The ending controversy has certainly been entertaining.
Why? Havent you already distanced yourself from this? I'm just doing it for kicks while I play Devil Survivor 2
firehawk12
Subete no aware
That's true. Yahtzee is so tiring that I haven't watched any of his content in a year because there's no real point.
I think his point is that Yahtzee is the only one who's allowed to at least be honest in a field where honesty is bad for the bottom line. But then again, he doesn't "score" his reviews and isn't aggregated on metacritic, so he doesn't "count" anyway.
Is it weird that I read that all extremely quickly in yahtzee's voice? cuz it was weird for me.
Why not? Just sit back, prepare a cold one and see bloggers make fools of themselves and insult their audiences. And you don't even have to visit their sites, it will be all over GAF
They are just dumb game sites though. Let them make fools and tools of themselves. They do it all the time.
Empty Space
Member
You open it from a computer somewhere else.
In C-Sec HQ? There is a control panel somewhere that lets you in.
Did you edit your avatar to be like a Quarian? I hadn't noticed the lines on the forehead until now.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
It'll be interesting to see how the PA Charity thing plays out.
I think in a way it was a sensible thing for them to do, but given their own positive take on the ending plus the fact that they did do some work for EA/Bioware before the game came out, I don't think it's going to be hard for the more loony amongst the detractors to see conspiracy involved.
I think that by asking the dude to stop, it gives the appearance of taking sides on this issue.
I think in a way it was a sensible thing for them to do, but given their own positive take on the ending plus the fact that they did do some work for EA/Bioware before the game came out, I don't think it's going to be hard for the more loony amongst the detractors to see conspiracy involved.
I think that by asking the dude to stop, it gives the appearance of taking sides on this issue.
Its been like that for a while.
Dead Man Typing
Member
My dream ending to Mass Effect 3 would have been for The Inquisitor from Red Dwarf to show up and put me on trial for all the decisions I'd made over the 3 games.
Your final Renegade/Paragon rating would be based on your actions over the trilogy and the answers you give in the final conversation with the Inquisitor to justify why you made those decisions.
Too Renegade and I'd be judged a failure for being too cruel - Galaxy destroyed
Too Paragon and I'd be judged a failure for being too weak - Galaxy destroyed
Too neutral and I'd be judged a failure for being indecisive - Mass losses but win the day
Just enough Renegade or just enough Paragon judged to be capable of being compassionate but ready to make the tough decisions - Reapers are wiped out and the people you care about mostly live based on your war readiness level
Poor readiness level plus all the wrong justifications would see The Inquisitor erase you from existence and put another Shepard in your place.
Would that have been so difficult, Bioware?
Your final Renegade/Paragon rating would be based on your actions over the trilogy and the answers you give in the final conversation with the Inquisitor to justify why you made those decisions.
Too Renegade and I'd be judged a failure for being too cruel - Galaxy destroyed
Too Paragon and I'd be judged a failure for being too weak - Galaxy destroyed
Too neutral and I'd be judged a failure for being indecisive - Mass losses but win the day
Just enough Renegade or just enough Paragon judged to be capable of being compassionate but ready to make the tough decisions - Reapers are wiped out and the people you care about mostly live based on your war readiness level
Poor readiness level plus all the wrong justifications would see The Inquisitor erase you from existence and put another Shepard in your place.
Would that have been so difficult, Bioware?
heliosRAzi
Banned
The threads move fast.
Also, if there are any people who actually like the endings, please post, but be prepared to have a debate.
lol look at the upload date.
Holy Shit! Mind = Blown!
I saw the video in the last Spoiler OT and thought it was done AFTER the fact. Hold me GAF, this is getting scary.
sleeprockss
Banned
I wouldn't say I liked the endings but by no means do I hate them, and even if I did the rest of the game would more than make up for it.
WrenchNinja
Member
Yeah, that part surprised me too.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Would love to Mass Effectisize my cookie monster. Star Wars, Mass Effect, Family Guy, Sesame Street all in one. Best avatar ever.
Riposte
Member
There's plenty of "honesty" in videogame criticism. The problem is a lack of expertise and grounded perspectives. Yahtzee has neither of those, in fact he is particularly lacking. I question his honesty too. Seems like he'll skip over the details for a good joke or rant.
EDIT: Hmm, pretty sure Gerstmann mentioned how bad the ending was. If it wasn't in his review, then I'm surprised, because he was talking about how much he disliked it on the bombcast from the start.
Empty Space
Member
You could give yourself the Garrus eye piece like a lot of people do or just slap an N7 on his chest. I'm just thinking of the easiest way possible.
Cookie monster doesn't have a forehead though.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Good point about the forehead. I gave him an N7 badge... really one of the worst cut and paste jobs ever. It's embarrassing to look at but it's mine.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I think Gerstmann is serious about treating reviews as consumer buyer guides, so in that respect, his integrity is all he has.
Like, if Consumer Reports suddenly recommends a shit product, no one will listen to them any more.
Look at his point about how one or two months after the fact, inevitably every game loses its "shine" and suddenly the hyperbolic reviews that call a game "Oscar worthy" seem childish. Game reviewers seem to be all about hyping certain games in their reviews these days, and that's the problem I have with the process at this point.
Even he seems to think so
heliosRAzi
Banned
Eh, you should've seen the stuff last thursday. That is when the shit really hit the fan. Wikipedia vandalism, ME3 BSN forums getting locked down, threats, SPECULATION... it was bad.
But yeah, 5 threads about the ending is a lot.