• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

NHL Off-Season 2015 |OT| With the first pick the LA Kings are proud to select...

Z

zroid

Banned
lamaroo said:
I hate the demos they do during conferences, they're all the same. Some guy monotonously narrates it while they start off panning around the environment showing how beautiful their game is, then sometimes kill weak ass enemies, and finally ending with something good ten minutes later(but it cuts off just before the real exciting part). Add in some cringe moments where they repeat internet memes out loud, and you've got a conference.
Click to expand...

I think I'm done watching press conferences until MS and Sony change to the Nintendo format. I just can't deal with all the manufactured hype and over-marketing and forced applause, etc. anymore. It's too much.

I'm fine following along on twitter and getting the news after the fact.
 
L

lamaroo

Unconfirmed Member
zroid said:
I think I'm done watching press conferences until MS and Sony change to the Nintendo format. I just can't deal with all the manufactured hype and over-marketing and forced applause, etc. anymore. It's too much.

I'm fine following along on twitter and getting the news after the fact.
Click to expand...

Yeah, trying to play to a crowd(let alone a crowd full of man children) really kills the flow of these conferences.

Crowd reactions sometimes are really great though, yesterdays Super Mario Maker speedruns had some awesome moments.
 
C

Calamari41

41 > 38
lamaroo said:
Yeah, trying to play to a crowd(let alone a crowd full of man children) really kills the flow of these conferences.

Crowd reactions sometimes are really great though, yesterdays Super Mario Maker speedruns had some awesome moments.
Click to expand...

That's what happens when you have people playing the game for real, rather than having the marketing director walk through a scripted demo sequence.
 
C

Calamari41

41 > 38
19 & 21 said:
It's funny as fuck to me that Nintendo is the only one doing shit right. They've got the delivery to consumer down.
Click to expand...

They were pretty much forced to innovate in this area due to the fact that the gaming media is staffed by a bunch of childish, horrible nerds with no journalism degrees or experience, who play favorites based on pure fanboy idiocy and literally take bribes.
 
U

Unhandled Exception

Member
Calamari41 said:
They were pretty much forced to innovate in this area due to the fact that the gaming media is staffed by a bunch of childish, horrible nerds with no journalism degrees or experience, who play favorites based on pure fanboy idiocy and literally take bribes.
Click to expand...

Which is exactly why I distanced myself. I wrote a Mass Effect 3 review once upon a time and gave it something like a 7.6 that mysteriously turned into an 8.5 with ZERO discussion from any of my editors. They didn't want to risk EA giving them review code. Wouldn't even acknowledge that it happened.
 
L

Lone_Prodigy

Member
Gameplay trailers are no different from teasers of teasers of trailers.

1. Ominous text
2. Shot of famous recognizable callback object.
3. More ominous text
4. Explosions, main character shown
5. Even more ominous text
6. Quick cutaway shot of villain (no face shown)
7. Crazy stunts, setpiece of villain's army, cutaway of kiss with love interest, someone falling.
8. One line of dialogue
9. Title card
 
C

Curufinwe

Member
Calamari41 said:
They were pretty much forced to innovate in this area due to the fact that the gaming media is staffed by a bunch of childish, horrible nerds with no journalism degrees or experience, who play favorites based on pure fanboy idiocy and literally take bribes.
Click to expand...

Reads like a #gamergate post.
 
Z

zroid

Banned
19 & 21 said:
Which is exactly why I distanced myself. I wrote a Mass Effect 3 review once upon a time and gave it something like a 7.6 that mysteriously turned into an 8.5 with ZERO discussion from any of my editors. They didn't want to risk EA giving them review code. Wouldn't even acknowledge that it happened.
Click to expand...

wow :lol
 
L

lamaroo

Unconfirmed Member
Lone_Prodigy said:
Gameplay trailers are no different from teasers of teasers of trailers.

1. Ominous text
2. Shot of famous recognizable callback object.
3. More ominous text
4. Explosions, main character shown
5. Even more ominous text
6. Quick cutaway shot of villain (no face shown)
7. Crazy stunts, setpiece of villain's army, cutaway of kiss with love interest, someone falling.
8. One line of dialogue
9. Title card
Click to expand...

At least teasers are generally short.

I just tried watching the Fallout 4 video from Microsoft's conference but couldn't last a minute before being bored to death. Everyone knows how Fallout works, and what the basic story is, just get to the good stuff.

If I wanted to watch some guy play and explain his way through a demo, I'd watch IGN/Gamespot/Giant Bomb do it later on, with probably better commentary.
 
F

fallout

Member
KernelPanic said:
I thought the whole Doritos Pope thing would have enlightened people how BS "games journalism" is.
Click to expand...
Why? The focus on that instance was entirely misguided. Everyone was hung up on the Doritos and Mountain Dew while ignoring the giant Master Chief cutout in the background.
 
R

RC

Banned
Samyy said:
Its happening
The ff7 remake is happening

Also DJ Smith offered an assistant coaching job with the Leafs
Click to expand...

I hate to admit it, but an FFVII remake would force me to go "next-gen."

FFVII was such a huge game for me as a teenager, in terms of impact nothing else ever came close.

Of course I'm still taking this with a huge grain of salt, I won't believe it till is see it with my own eyes.
 
S

Samyy

Member
RC said:
I hate to admit it, but an FFVII remake would force me to go "next-gen."

FFVII was such a huge game for me as a teenager, in terms of impact nothing else ever came close.

Of course I'm still taking this with a huge grain of salt, I won't believe it till is see it with my own eyes.
Click to expand...

Yea, I'm getting too excited, a lot of smoke this year.
 
R

RC

Banned
Samyy said:
Yea, I'm getting too excited, a lot of smoke this year.
Click to expand...

Leave it to rumours of an FFVII remake to get me excited about video games again.

Although a part of me is kind of hoping this is all bs just to see the meltdowns on the gaming side.
 
Y

Yawnier

Banned
RC said:
Leave it to rumours of an FFVII remake to get me excited about video games again.

Although a part of me is kind of hoping this is all bs just to see the meltdowns on the gaming side.
Click to expand...

There is 3 or so seperate sources talking about it now

It's happening
 
M

Marvie_3

Banned
Calamari41 said:
They were pretty much forced to innovate in this area due to the fact that the gaming media is staffed by a bunch of childish, horrible nerds with no journalism degrees or experience, who play favorites based on pure fanboy idiocy and literally take bribes.
Click to expand...
Maybe if nintendo wasnt all kiddies games for stupid babies, real gamers like me might care bro
 
P

Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Marvie_3 said:
Maybe if nintendo wasnt all kiddies games for stupid babies, real gamers like me might care bro
Click to expand...

I was about to blast you for this and then I took the time to see the sarcastic slamming of the gaming journalism industry, and instead gave you a standing ovation.

As for E3, Microsoft's conference was average at best. CG everywhere. Rare's game was not Banjo-Kazooie 3, which was disappointing. Rare Replay is a definite buy.

I'm not buying that Hololens stuff for a second. Not after Kinect.
 
S

Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
I've never played a single FF game.

Never owned any sony consoles when I was younger :/ Nintendo all the way
 
C

Curufinwe

Member
Smiley90 said:
I've never played a single FF game.

Never owned any sony consoles when I was younger :/ Nintendo all the way
Click to expand...

delita_blameyourselfandgod.jpg
 
R

RC

Banned
Smiley90 said:
I've never played a single FF game.

Never owned any sony consoles when I was younger :/ Nintendo all the way
Click to expand...

Let's see for me it went: NES, Genesis, PS2, PS3, and Wii (Which has been hardly touched)

I really wished I had a SNES growing up though. The first time I saw Donkey Kong Country made me instantly regret going SEGA.
 
S

Samyy

Member
I didn't have a console until the PS2 but I managed to play all the FF games through PSN and GBA.

Only one I couldn't stand was FF2, FF4 is easily one of my favourites alongside FF7.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Deadlock |OT|
|OT| Community 2
75
4K
Robot Carnival replied
K-Drama |OT| A Swoonworthy Community
36
2K
near replied
Deadpool & Wolverine: 30 Spoiler-Filled Details From the First 35 Minutes
Spoilers
19
4K
Toots replied
IGN: Phil Spencer Has Now Been Head of Xbox for 10 Years; We Look Back at His First Decade
Opinion Analysis 2 3
130
11K
ZehDon replied
PlayStation Plus Extra & Premium Game Catalog for June: Monster Hunter Rise, Football Manager 2024, Crusader Kings III, After Us and more
News
29
2K
TGO replied
Top Bottom