Here we have further proof that gamers tend to, sadly, be reactive, defensive, whiny crybaby bitches who scream and rant at every perceived threat to their favorite console or game. Our Lost Odyssey review hit News4Gamers with my opening paragraph attached, which reads like this. Admittedly the intro seems engineered by the poster to look negative, however, the score was included and people could actually READ the reviews Orcist and I wrote:
"Despite having a range of different genres, the Xbox 360 cannot seem to stop itself being associated with shooters. It's true that shooting games seem most at home on Microsoft'sred ring machine, but the platform is certainly attempting to provide a variety of gameplay experiences. One area in which it has sorely been lacking is JRPGs -- scratch that -- good JRPGs.
Enchanted Arms was a flop, Blue Dragon is widely regarded as disappointing and Eternal Sonata, though an excellent stopgap, was not without its glaring faults and left fans wanting something more. Well, something more has arrived and it's come in the form of Mistwalker's Lost Odyssey.
Visually, Lost Odyssey is rather good looking, though not the prettiest title on the Xbox 360. There are nice effects, such as backgrounds and foregrounds moving in and out of focus as you move around the world, but ultimately it's nothing jaw dropping. The framerate issues are sadly true as well, with the 360 sometimes struggling to run it smoothly.
(Note 2 Scores were given by 2 reviewers. One was a 9, and the other was 8.)"
So, what's the first fucking comment that someone posts?
"This is just slagging off the Xbox 360 and its games! Who approved this??!
The PS3 has just as many shooters, but shooting games are popular and the Xbox 360 is the ONLY console to have the most RPG's and exclusives ones at that."
Yeah ... I don't know WHY gamers continue to surprise me with this tampon-hungry bullshit, but once again I was astonished by the willful ignorance on display. After an entire praiseworthy review (two of them) of LO, we get some bitch's little rant about slagging off the 360's games library.
"Its destructoid after all. It is a fanboy site so don't pay much attenton."
Is it just people as a whole, or are gamers in particular fucking stupid? I swear I've never met a whinier bunch than some of these guys.
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Also, ignore the fuckheads. This is the internet, so there’s already a good chance you’re going to meet a fuckhead, and since you’re dealing with gamers, that probability gets ever closer to 100%.
BUT SYSTEM EVAR!
Jim, people are idiots. Their is nothing we can do short of compiling a list and going door to door like Jay and silent bob.
.... Whos up for a road trip
2. & also being the first one to rant.
Conclusion.......
3. Poster didn't even read the article, just spewed garbage.
You're and asshole Jim. An asshole. This ignorant speech obviously forced out of your sphincter is unacceptable.
Just kidding.
Also, I read your review and I'm seriously considering giving up on mt next prestige on COD4 to play that game. (Yeah, I agree with the shooter comment too)
in summary, to the idiots...
STFUAJPG
Thank you.
I have a PM for you concerning the Easter Bunny.
Honestly, you probably would have gotten that no matter -where- you posted it, or what you posted it about. You type something, and -someones- immediately going to find something wrong with it. It's just the way the world works.
Honestly, I think a lot of the "ZOMG Destructoid is fanboi!" perception began back when Destructoid was finally getting popular and Summa was EIC. Summa certainly had his share of "preferences" and wasn't afraid to share them.
There's no way to put more innuendo in that statement.
I've been experiencing some weird kind of zen phase lately where instead of hating everything, I'm at peace with all systems and all genres of games and feel no need to attack other people for their opinions. It's called "maturity." I don't think it's going to be a fad that catches on, though...
I'm going to go on record and say that gamers aren't any worse than other groups. Seriously, you pay enough attention to people going on about music, movies, or art, and you'll find there are just as many pretentious pedant cunts (just look at many of the responses to most of my cblog posts :p). Thing is that gamers more than many others have embraced the internet and the anonymity that it offers, so you hear more from them.
Good point.
Jim, your awesome and I can live with that. I wonder what the median age is for fanboys? (or girls)
Fuck the haters Jim. I'm pretty sure that guy will lighten up once he leaves his mom's basement and discover the touch of a woman.
Loyalty to one system, doesn't get you a official seal of loyalty on your arse. Get over yourselves and embrace all systems on offer. Its only worth raging on a system, when there's seriously something wrong with it, or what's running on it and those in charge of it.
Good review of Lost Odyssey.
Only one movie in the top twenty in sales was nominated for an academy award!
Our fanboys may be very vocal but at least they aren't sending death threats to a departing coaches kids or blindly disregarding the general publics opinion while holding their pinkies up and sipping champagne
Just ignore it and filter through comments for positive feedback or for anything that helps you yourself :)
You can rest easy knowing that there are intelligent people who'll defend what you're doing and call out the retards on their bullshit. You can be sure as hell that retardation isn't allowed here. People will be eaten alive.
I liked the review Jim, don't sweat the haters.