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South Park: The Stick of Truth |OT| Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (In select regions)
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Ah, my bad!
All this drama and worry about the game after having played the entire thing just seems weird to me. Like I want to say something, but I can't, but I'm chuckling here. So since it's ok to post cryptic things on twitter about the game and make people worry but not say on a forum, etc. Here is my tweet.
And now I'm smiling too
SneakyStephan
Banned
Sorry for the late reply was in a dota match.
Just to be clear, I don't pre order , ever, but others do and it's affecting the way games are designed and which game concepts are approved to begin with (jim has some videos on the whole pre ordering thing)
I'm not telling you to break embargo, I'm telling you not to sign them
You can't bemoan the pre order culture and how you can't warn your readers while collectively (as in all of you combined) are enabling it by being willing to work with publishers under these terms
I as consumer can tell other consumers not to pre order and take responsibility by not doign it myself
You as journalist can apparently tell me and other consumers to take responsibility, but if I suggest you share it too? you get defensive because if you break the mold and don't play along then your livelyhood is at stake (a bed you've collectively made for yourself) , You don't hold your colleagues accountable for putting you in that position (which is my issue)
It's preposterous to you to not play along with the embargoes, I know, that is part of the problem
At the underlined, it's not for absolutely no reason, if you can't inform or represent the interests of your users then what is the purpose of games journalism again? it's like a broken lightbulb
I've asked this question a few times now but it never gets adressed
I fully agree with you
you don't see this situation as problematic?
But everyone washes their hands off it, as long as they get theirs
Gintoki313
Banned
8hrs? He must have been speed running through the game. Also, did you actually watch the whole thing? Aren't you kinda spoiling it for yourself?
March of the Crabs
Member
CambriaRising
Member
Pretty much.
BoboBrazil
Member
Yeah I did, which ones have you already gotten? Also have you
got all the kids playing hide and seek? I can't get to the one behind the bush next to one of the houses with blonde hair and I've tried everything
edit- oops just got your pm
StevePharma
Member
I watch everything if I can, I'm not bothered by spoilers, If I see something on stream it's good enough and when I play it for myself I can see how it feels if I'm playing myself.
I even saw the censored stuff that I won't be able to see in my EU version!
Only thing I would like to experience myself without knowing stuff is mostly visual novel related. If you would spoil a Danganronpa, Phoenix Wright or Zero Escape on me I would probably be a little sad. The rest I don't care about. Same with movies.
Gunstarheroes
Member
Is it wrong the only thing i really want to know is if the original pre-order bonus from the THQ days is still in the game? I need to get the "Good Times with Weapons" stuff man, its one of my favorite episodes.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Well was informed me telling folks on twitter that I beat the game and I am smiling afterwards could be considered embargo breaking. I removed it. I give up LOL. It's just annoying see people get so worked up with someone tweet about making sure to wait for reviews and scaring folks. Sure it's good advice, but that's also common sense with any game, but at this point it just feels scaring people imo even if that is not the intent. Guess it's just best to shut up from here on out. Enjoy it come Tuesday all!
A great adventure is waiting for you ahead.
Hurry onward jschreier, for you will soon be dead.
The journey before you may be long and filled with woe.
But you must escape the GAF OT, or your tale can't be told.
jschreier's journey is distant, far and fast!
To find his way out of an embargo trap!
The road ahead is filled with danger and fright!
But push onward jschreier, with all of your might!
The Review Thread lies somewhere way up ahead!
Don't look back jschreier, or you will soon be dead!
jschreier, jschreier, the time is growing late.
Slow down now, and seal your fate.
Take the magic press copy to help you light the way, there's still a lot of ground to cross inside the forum so lame!
Ahead of you lies adventure, and your strength still lies within!
Freedom from the wrath of nerds is the treasure you will win!
Just some minor dialogue and one or two achievements.
I actually didn't mind that one, played it quite a bit, lol.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Now I can't get the Lemmiwinks song out of my head. 10/10.
ieatzombies
Member
I still can't get enough of those piss balls.
bravo
And that's why with streaming being built into the OS of consoles it will lead to make reviews already more irrelevant than they are.
Why should I wait for a reviewer opinion when I can see someone actually play and then make my own mind based on what I'm seeing which allows to see technical performance, bugs, gameplay etc with the added bonus of being able to watch before release?
Because you don't want to watch the entire game before you get a chance to play it?
SlasherJPC
Banned
Honestly this is the way of the feature imo. As streaming takes off even bigger, the need for reviews will go down. Sure they might still exist but, I can't tell you how many times I've streamed games and then see people go. "This game sucks though acording to *insert random gaming site name* but this looks great! So yeah. As I always preach, to each their own and what you like and don't like. It's all gravy.
zer0blivion
Member
Yes, you can pre-load on Steam since last Thursday or Friday.
I don't think anyone is saying the situation is perfect -- thats why its a compromise.
Publishers get to pick and choose who gets early access to their product, and that is something that will never change because there's no reason for them to give that up.
zer0blivion
Member
Yes.
Yes. There was a tweet somewhere from Obsidian that the game is fully compatible with the controller.
Amazon sent out keys around 14 hours ago so I imagine GMG, Nuuvem, etc. can't be far behind.
I managed to get a copy of this for PS3 over the weekend, and am currently about 11 hours in. Anyone who has concerns shouldn't. The game is fantastic. The presentation is spot-on, the RPG elements are satisfying, the writing is hilarious as expected. I think this could finally be the game to get Obsidian their Metacritic bonus.
From a technical standpoint, the game is fine. Only things I've noticed are the aforementioned intermittent slowdown when entering new areas, and a character's movement controls occasionally 'sticking' (character will start running in a random direction after battle with no controller input. Wiggling the analog stick seems to fix it). Not enough to detract from the game overall, and I'm sure it will get patched out anyway.
From a technical standpoint, the game is fine. Only things I've noticed are the aforementioned intermittent slowdown when entering new areas, and a character's movement controls occasionally 'sticking' (character will start running in a random direction after battle with no controller input. Wiggling the analog stick seems to fix it). Not enough to detract from the game overall, and I'm sure it will get patched out anyway.
Sublyminal
Neo Member
Depends on your play style would be my guess.
I like to explore everything that I can and talking to the NPCs.
I haven't read much on it to avoid spoilers but is it random battles? Or are enemies visible that you can avoid?
Sublyminal
Neo Member
That one I couldn't answer, as steam hasn't unlocked yet and I refuse to be a pirate.
SketchTheArtist
Member
I also know someone who's completed the game and can't stop talking about it. Says its the South Park game he's always been waiting for.
So yeah, coupled with other people's hands-on impressions (I know they're not Journalists with integrity, they're just normal people), but I have a feeling this game will be popular due to the positive word-of-mouth (people around them who didn't care to wait for the reviews and enjoyed it and now they're relaying their positive experience to the people around them). Just like it should. Without the need to wait for those reviews.
So yeah, coupled with other people's hands-on impressions (I know they're not Journalists with integrity, they're just normal people), but I have a feeling this game will be popular due to the positive word-of-mouth (people around them who didn't care to wait for the reviews and enjoyed it and now they're relaying their positive experience to the people around them). Just like it should. Without the need to wait for those reviews.
SuperSonic1305
Member
We don't take kindly to negativity around these parts.
I predict this game will mostly get 9's...........mostly.
And if by chance it doesn't I will say screw you guys I'm going home.
I predict this game will mostly get 9's...........mostly.
And if by chance it doesn't I will say screw you guys I'm going home.
Excellent post.
RaoulDukeGonzo
Member
I have just pre-ordered my US copy to be shipped over to Blighty.
How do you like them apples, Ubisoft EMEA?
How do you like them apples, Ubisoft EMEA?
BoboBrazil
Member
You can see the people you can on the screen so they are avoidable if you want to.
Even if it turns out an awesome game maybe it isn't actually to someone's preferences, just look at the reasons Bioshock Infinite got the backlash it did from some people. For a lot it's a great game, but it's probably not the game some BIoshock and especially System Shock 2 fans had been wanting.
Twitch has ruined waiting for reviews. Why wait for someone elses opinion when you can watch a stream and judge for yourself. These embargoes only hurt websites when I can go watch the game being played on Twitch right now.
BioShock Infinite was also not the game that they showed off in their E3 2011 gameplay debut.
matrixman92
Member
Bioshock 1 is one of my favorite games of all time, infinite was the game I had been waiting for. I will never understand people's disappointment with Infinite
True, that too. That initial trailer had me sold on the game, and the final product was way more restrictive than that was.
I'm not sure what you liked best about Bioshock 1, but I have to imagine it comes down to which you preferred: exploring and finding stuff in Rapture, or seeing the story unfold. The latter is succeeded masterfully with Infinite, the former was reduced even further. And combined with how few FPSes are actually good about more than just going down a path and shooting everything that comes along that was disappointing for me.
securitypigeon
Banned
I could've sworn I preordered this on PC about a week ago but can't find any record of me doing so... hyped tho.
-MD-
Member
Never gamble.