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@Maxxthepenguin
They're all sequels. shooters. what Republicans call "lamestream". been there, done that. Nothing to see here folks, move along.
I've played 7/20. Trust me you're not missin much if you havn't played some of those.
examples? cod? bfbc2? another halo?? expanswion on fallout? plz how about something new?
They're all sequels. shooters. what Republicans call "lamestream". been there, done that. Nothing to see here folks, move along.
I've played 7/20. Trust me you're not missin much if you havn't played some of those.
examples? cod? bfbc2? another halo?? expanswion on fallout? plz how about something new?
I must agree with your own detraction. How can you be a games blogger for a living without playing TWENTY of the best games of the year?
The only game I played on that list was Mass Effect 2. And I played the PS3 version. Most of the games on that list aren't my cup of tea either.
Halo and Mass effect are the only thing on that list I've played. (I have the undead nightmare expansion of RDR for ps3 if you want to count that, don't own/never played the real game)
@JavTheGreat
Unless damaging the enemies makes numbers fly out of their heads, Dale gives it a pass ;)
Unless damaging the enemies makes numbers fly out of their heads, Dale gives it a pass ;)
I've played two of those: Red Dead Redemption and Fable III. The former I didn't care much for and the later I absolutely despised. Really, I've been more into games from XBLA and PSN than any of the big disc releases.
Some of these responses are a bit over the top. At no point did Dale shit on any of your favourite games, or make anti-Western comments. He just likes to play games that appeal to his personal sensibilities.
There is a whole world of games that don't fit into the genres and styles covered in this Top 20 list. Dale does a great job of covering them. His work for Destructoid is completely valid, whether he's played the above games or not.
There is a whole world of games that don't fit into the genres and styles covered in this Top 20 list. Dale does a great job of covering them. His work for Destructoid is completely valid, whether he's played the above games or not.
I've played 4/20. Of the four, I played Mass Effect 2 the most. I probably had the most fun with Dead Rising 2 (and both Cases Zero and West). Red Dead Redemption I actually didn't like and never finished. The game just never really held my interest. Oh, and Conviction was ok too.
@JohnGrisham:
And writing off every game with guns, without even dipping your toe in to try one of them, when you want to be an authority on gaming (and I'd assume a game blogger/reviewer wants some authority on the subject) is ludicrous. He's paid to be write knowledgeably about the gaming world and is ignoring a gigantic part of it? I mean even Armond White sees the films that he ends up hating. He doesn't isolate himself from them.
And writing off every game with guns, without even dipping your toe in to try one of them, when you want to be an authority on gaming (and I'd assume a game blogger/reviewer wants some authority on the subject) is ludicrous. He's paid to be write knowledgeably about the gaming world and is ignoring a gigantic part of it? I mean even Armond White sees the films that he ends up hating. He doesn't isolate himself from them.
Played 18/20 (I don't play sports games out of Madden, so forget NBA and FIFA), and I own about half.
How anyone hasn't played at least 3 of these is beyond me! It's ok to ignore the mainstream, but some of these are just so good you can't miss them, no matter what type of gamer you are.
How anyone hasn't played at least 3 of these is beyond me! It's ok to ignore the mainstream, but some of these are just so good you can't miss them, no matter what type of gamer you are.
I have been playing Black Ops constantly, but I'm not as familiar with the rest of the games on the list. http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=529613
I like you Dale. I enjoy your reviews and articles. But if you can't find one of those games to play you're doing it wrong. I think I've got similar gaming likes at you and I played, beat and LOVED at least 3 games on that list.
Do you play anything on either the PS3 or Xbox 360? It's just, I have a hard time understanding why you would assume you wouldn't like any of these games if you haven't played any of them. Do you simply consider anything that's remotely a shooter to be "not nerdy"? That's what it seems like, and honestly I don't think you're giving these games enough credit.
I don't really know your tastes that well, but from what little I've gathered, I assume you would at least like Mass Effect.
I don't really know your tastes that well, but from what little I've gathered, I assume you would at least like Mass Effect.
Note to Dale: Hipster garbage isn't necessarily nerdy shit. For example: Fallout? Not "cool".
Also I own only 8 of those titles, and furthermore only have played 3-- though it's a bit slanted as I only own a PS3. It's just too cookie-cutter of a list, with carbon-copy games.
Also I own only 8 of those titles, and furthermore only have played 3-- though it's a bit slanted as I only own a PS3. It's just too cookie-cutter of a list, with carbon-copy games.
13/20 for me. What happens if you like mainstream and nerdy shit? Where do I fit in? I guess I'm just a whore.
i think its because Dale is more the Technology/peripheral guy, not the games reviewer etc. so he isnt forced to play games he doesnt want to.
Neither did I, I beat the Red Dead Single player, but I didn't touch the online mode. The online crowd for GTA4 was obnoxious and I didn't want to ruin my image of Red Dead. Nerdy shit all the way
@Maxxthepenguin and many others:
I still don't understand why having played the latest multiplayer modes in COD will give Dale a wider perspective on the JRPGs he tends to cover. Having those experiences won't do anything to improve his skill as a gamer or writer.
And it's not like he's working in a Japanese vacuum. I'd be willing to bet that, as a Destructoid contributor, he reads a majority of its content, including the posts that touch on these Top 20 games. With YouTube etc. it's likely that he's seen most of these games in action. I know I have, and I don't own a 360.
There are people at Destructoid who cover these Top 20 games on a regular basis. Why is it so imperative that everyone play the same games?
Remember where you are; many of the writers of this site pride themselves on covering games and news items that might fly under the radar elsewhere. Many of them don't consider Bulletstorm and Gears of War to be the be-all and end all of gaming experiences (see: Max Scoville's recent brush-up with Epic). Many of them classify themselves as geeks, and their coverage skews that way. If you don't like it, maybe you're in the wrong place.
I still don't understand why having played the latest multiplayer modes in COD will give Dale a wider perspective on the JRPGs he tends to cover. Having those experiences won't do anything to improve his skill as a gamer or writer.
And it's not like he's working in a Japanese vacuum. I'd be willing to bet that, as a Destructoid contributor, he reads a majority of its content, including the posts that touch on these Top 20 games. With YouTube etc. it's likely that he's seen most of these games in action. I know I have, and I don't own a 360.
There are people at Destructoid who cover these Top 20 games on a regular basis. Why is it so imperative that everyone play the same games?
Remember where you are; many of the writers of this site pride themselves on covering games and news items that might fly under the radar elsewhere. Many of them don't consider Bulletstorm and Gears of War to be the be-all and end all of gaming experiences (see: Max Scoville's recent brush-up with Epic). Many of them classify themselves as geeks, and their coverage skews that way. If you don't like it, maybe you're in the wrong place.
Too cool for you? Sci-fi is too cool for you? High fantasy roleplaying is too cool for you? Were all the hip kids at your school heavily into DnD and Star Trek? What the hell? (Why is everything I say a question?)
@jayson just stop trolling the 360 articles with your sterotypes we get it you like the Ps3 it has blu~ray and exclusives and we all know anyone with a Ass Creed Avatar like the ps3. {whopty doo} I play on Xbox live all the time and most of the time I hear nothing >_> even on CoD I hear not racsim or immature crap spoken and if you ever do hear it just mute them. and most "Bro shooters" on the 360 are on the ps3 as well... they are both equally fine systems in their own rights.
Anyway I feel kinda Spoiled I have played 11 out of 20 of these games Mostly rented them with gamefly ;D or blockbuster.
Anyway I feel kinda Spoiled I have played 11 out of 20 of these games Mostly rented them with gamefly ;D or blockbuster.
I haven't played any of them either, I'm not apposed to RDR or DR2 just haven't gotten around to picking them up yet. Also a little disappointed to see non of the current fighting games up there.
@rentson:
But reviewing JRPGs and only JRPGs as a niche without playing games like New Vegas is missing a large amount of the point. We all have seen some amount of stagnation in the JRPG genre and to properly criticize it, you have to know the alternatives. Through contrast, both virtues and flaws become more apparent. There is much that the JRPG world could learn from Fallout: New Vegas and Mass Effect 2 but without playing those games, you're missing out on the potential.
Honestly, rigid adherence to genre isn't a good thing, not from developers and not from writers.
But reviewing JRPGs and only JRPGs as a niche without playing games like New Vegas is missing a large amount of the point. We all have seen some amount of stagnation in the JRPG genre and to properly criticize it, you have to know the alternatives. Through contrast, both virtues and flaws become more apparent. There is much that the JRPG world could learn from Fallout: New Vegas and Mass Effect 2 but without playing those games, you're missing out on the potential.
Honestly, rigid adherence to genre isn't a good thing, not from developers and not from writers.
"These were the top 20 Xbox Live games of 2010;"
(Lists 20 games representing a broad cross-section of gaming genres available: RPG, Sport, Open-world, Action, FPS, Sandbox, Sci-Fi, Period-Piece, and even Family-Friendly,)
"I've played none of them."
/crickets
To what dark, quiet niche of the blog-reading, gaming public does a writer who does not play games cater? Perhaps you simply misspoke? By that I mean, you could have just said, "I only play imported, non-dubbed, non-subbed, Japanese voice-tracked games on my non-region-locked [/insert console other than Xbox 360]."
(Lists 20 games representing a broad cross-section of gaming genres available: RPG, Sport, Open-world, Action, FPS, Sandbox, Sci-Fi, Period-Piece, and even Family-Friendly,)
"I've played none of them."
/crickets
To what dark, quiet niche of the blog-reading, gaming public does a writer who does not play games cater? Perhaps you simply misspoke? By that I mean, you could have just said, "I only play imported, non-dubbed, non-subbed, Japanese voice-tracked games on my non-region-locked [/insert console other than Xbox 360]."
It's nice to see the Xbox Live community branching out from the perception of it as filled with shooter obsessed gamers.
I own 11 of these and have only played 4 :P
After someone mentioned how these results were compiled it's more understandable that AvP is there, but Army of Two and Crackdown:Rebooted?!
Okay, okay, I admit I got ripped off on Crackdown 2 as well *facepalms* not that I don't think it was a decent game but not worth anywhere close to $60.
Y'know Dale I have to concur you are missing out on some games that I have personally enjoyed very much, but I don't want to be another commenter that sounds like he's convinced that whatever I like everyone else should like as well. To each their own!
And I play the majority of my games on my xbox, so I won't argue that playing MP can be pretty annoying if you don't have friends to play with. But if you're going to try and say immature behavior doesn't happen on PSN you're talking out your ass.
After someone mentioned how these results were compiled it's more understandable that AvP is there, but Army of Two and Crackdown:Rebooted?!
Okay, okay, I admit I got ripped off on Crackdown 2 as well *facepalms* not that I don't think it was a decent game but not worth anywhere close to $60.
Y'know Dale I have to concur you are missing out on some games that I have personally enjoyed very much, but I don't want to be another commenter that sounds like he's convinced that whatever I like everyone else should like as well. To each their own!
And I play the majority of my games on my xbox, so I won't argue that playing MP can be pretty annoying if you don't have friends to play with. But if you're going to try and say immature behavior doesn't happen on PSN you're talking out your ass.
And Dale, I have to wonder if you're one of those gamers that won't play a popular game on purpose BECAUSE it's so popular? ;P
Like I said, though, to each their own :) I enjoy reading your articles just as much as anyone else's, if only to inform me of games/genres I'm unfamiliar with
Like I said, though, to each their own :) I enjoy reading your articles just as much as anyone else's, if only to inform me of games/genres I'm unfamiliar with
Holy cats, that picture is absolutely HILARIOUS. Good job finding it.
@rentson
I'm with you, Dale liking and writing about a specific type of game is fine with me. There are other writers on Destructoid to handle what he skips. Personally, I've only played one of those listed, though I own another that I haven't gotten around to playing yet.
@rentson
I'm with you, Dale liking and writing about a specific type of game is fine with me. There are other writers on Destructoid to handle what he skips. Personally, I've only played one of those listed, though I own another that I haven't gotten around to playing yet.
Meh, from that list i've only played Bioshock 2.
@mrandydixon: AvP? i'm more concerned about Kinect Adventures even making the list.
@mrandydixon: AvP? i'm more concerned about Kinect Adventures even making the list.
@EdgyDude
I can honestly (honestly) say that I had more fun playing Kinect Adventures than I did playing AvP.
I can honestly (honestly) say that I had more fun playing Kinect Adventures than I did playing AvP.
Holy shit, let the man be. I know you guys aren't really being rude, but the guy doesn't have to like everything everyone else likes.
The way I look at it is this: If you like the games you're playing than you're a gamer and more power to you. Sure, I agree you're probably missing out on some good fun, but that's OK. I'm sure I'm missing out on some epic RPGs due to my lack of time and ever-changing tastes in games. It is what it is. So long as you enjoy yourself it's all good.
The way I look at it is this: If you like the games you're playing than you're a gamer and more power to you. Sure, I agree you're probably missing out on some good fun, but that's OK. I'm sure I'm missing out on some epic RPGs due to my lack of time and ever-changing tastes in games. It is what it is. So long as you enjoy yourself it's all good.
So, uh, this is awkward. Daily visitor as dtoid. Never commented before. Know the whole "use random pictures for posts that don't have an obvious image" thing you guys got going on here.
This random image happens to come from a company outing last winter. At first I thought some sort of weird fb joke was being played on me. But nope, that's us. Ha ha.
The interwebs are smaller than we think. :)
This random image happens to come from a company outing last winter. At first I thought some sort of weird fb joke was being played on me. But nope, that's us. Ha ha.
The interwebs are smaller than we think. :)
@mrandydixon: wow, i mean seriously? just how much can AvP suck for KA! to be better? that'd be like... oh...
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