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DNF wasn't that bad. The PC version was average, maybe a little less or more than. Heard it was a fucking turd on consoles due to bad controls and load times, though.
Duke nukem deserves all the hate it gets, it's the pinnacle of bad level design (thus making your enjoyment nil), though in order to understand how shitty DNF was you have to actually respect games and understand what makes a good game. I may sound like an ass, but that's something I truly believe, you don't know what makes a good game if you think DNF was unfairly criticized.
Utterly predictable from Jim "I played the bad console port version so that means the game is naturally shit" Sterling. The fact that I enjoyed DNF as one of my favourite games this year probably means I should continue ignoring Jims opinion as I have always done.
@Wrath and Pride
The level design is literally a continuous linear corridor with enemies that pop out when you enter rooms or press buttons. It's not particularly good, but it IS exactly the same as other modern shooters like CoD. Does that mean that you don't understand what makes a good game if you like Call of Duty?
The level design is literally a continuous linear corridor with enemies that pop out when you enter rooms or press buttons. It's not particularly good, but it IS exactly the same as other modern shooters like CoD. Does that mean that you don't understand what makes a good game if you like Call of Duty?
Jim, you big sexy bastard you. If you want the shit games to stop, its time to hit shit publishers (Activision/EA) in the wallet. You EASILY could make (and perfect) a column dedicated to calling out terrible games. You have your audience, and you have your delicious brain. You could prevent thousands of unwarranted sales, you could change the industry as we know it. One small step for VIDYERGAMEZ, one giant leap in my personal entertainment! I would PAY to read a monthly magazine based on pure hatrid of bad games. but I coudl just pay you in ad revenue instead Jim!
I used to be a critic and now I cant get enough of your Jimquisitions. Stay awesome, Jim. Happy Birthday, hope you got all the games you asked for.
I used to be a critic and now I cant get enough of your Jimquisitions. Stay awesome, Jim. Happy Birthday, hope you got all the games you asked for.
next time just write an article... every time i see and hear you I am reminded of the worse traits of humankind.
Another game they totally trashed being believe was flatout 3. I just tried playing it and omg! how do they dare to call that flatout? yes, its that awful!
"Does that mean that you don't understand what makes a good game if you like Call of Duty?"
Both Duke Nukem and Shadows of the damned have outlandish humor, yet the difference is Shadows can be funny some times, in other words you may be able to generalize it by saying corridors, but the way they are executed can make a world of a difference.
Both Duke Nukem and Shadows of the damned have outlandish humor, yet the difference is Shadows can be funny some times, in other words you may be able to generalize it by saying corridors, but the way they are executed can make a world of a difference.
Duke Nukem Forever is one of the worst games ever made and I'm giving my pants to a dog in shame of knowing it was made by humans.
@Wrath and Pride
It would have been different if you'd said writing instead of level design. Then I would have agreed with you. ;) The writing in DNF is absolutely terrible.
It would have been different if you'd said writing instead of level design. Then I would have agreed with you. ;) The writing in DNF is absolutely terrible.
No I was using it as a comparison, that just because one thing falls into a certain category, does not make it bad or good, it all depends on how the devs execute the scene, whether it is a gameplay level, or some potty humor, and imo (ofc) the entirety of the game was poorly executed.
I tend to read into things more than I would like, I mean I criticize Deus ex human revolution level design, so I guess you could say that you take what I say about DNF with a grain of salt, though I do strongly stand by it.
I tend to read into things more than I would like, I mean I criticize Deus ex human revolution level design, so I guess you could say that you take what I say about DNF with a grain of salt, though I do strongly stand by it.
wow! this is a short list to be honest... 95% of the new games are worthless junk... I seriously gave up on the game industry.
Really, he hates on a lot of games from very small developers...
Jim, you lost your balls somewhere? Bash on the new CoD you loved for it's stupid story (I mean, thats something not even square does. Russia taking over europe in ONE DAY?! It took the Nazis way more than a day to take over BELGIUM! And that was called a "Blitzkrieg"! And opposed to the Russians, the German where a high tech army back in the day.)
Or Zelda SS. Or other overhyped games with flaws that don't come from a studio so small they couldn't even afford good graphics?
Well anyway.
Jim, you lost your balls somewhere? Bash on the new CoD you loved for it's stupid story (I mean, thats something not even square does. Russia taking over europe in ONE DAY?! It took the Nazis way more than a day to take over BELGIUM! And that was called a "Blitzkrieg"! And opposed to the Russians, the German where a high tech army back in the day.)
Or Zelda SS. Or other overhyped games with flaws that don't come from a studio so small they couldn't even afford good graphics?
Well anyway.
I'm never going to defend a game against a person's opinion. Duke Nukem Forever is a very easy game to hate. I played it, noticing what people would hate about it, but also notice what people can enjoy about it, and enjoyed playing it.
I don't remember anything in the games marketing campaign claiming to be the best game ever. In fact the whole marketing campaign, in my opinion, set me up for exactly what I got and was able to take from it. A game that was never meant to be taken seriously and an end to the most tired April Fools joke of the video game industry (come up with new ones now you tired old hacks *shakes fist*).
While I agree that all the games were poorly made and just terrible games. People attacking others who enjoyed or didn't enjoy a game is silly, and insulting their intelligence because of opinion, double silly. You are not going to change someone's opinion by calling them names it's their opinion, deal with it!
I think ultimately the issue with the entire entertainment critic industry, is that they seem unable to think about what types of people would enjoy a medium and what types wouldn't. Instead they offer their complete and total one dimensional opinion, and make anyone with an opposing opinion out to be some kind of half-witted idiot. One day in my utopian future, this will change. Until then I'll live on knowing that I have my own opinion on what to buy and play, and get my OWN enjoyment out of it (or disappointment in some cases).
As a side note, I tried SO HARD to enjoy X-Men Destiny, and couldn't. Canada had such a bad showing this year. We should all be ashamed of ourselves.
*grabs soap box and waddles home carrying his Canadian flag*
I don't remember anything in the games marketing campaign claiming to be the best game ever. In fact the whole marketing campaign, in my opinion, set me up for exactly what I got and was able to take from it. A game that was never meant to be taken seriously and an end to the most tired April Fools joke of the video game industry (come up with new ones now you tired old hacks *shakes fist*).
While I agree that all the games were poorly made and just terrible games. People attacking others who enjoyed or didn't enjoy a game is silly, and insulting their intelligence because of opinion, double silly. You are not going to change someone's opinion by calling them names it's their opinion, deal with it!
I think ultimately the issue with the entire entertainment critic industry, is that they seem unable to think about what types of people would enjoy a medium and what types wouldn't. Instead they offer their complete and total one dimensional opinion, and make anyone with an opposing opinion out to be some kind of half-witted idiot. One day in my utopian future, this will change. Until then I'll live on knowing that I have my own opinion on what to buy and play, and get my OWN enjoyment out of it (or disappointment in some cases).
As a side note, I tried SO HARD to enjoy X-Men Destiny, and couldn't. Canada had such a bad showing this year. We should all be ashamed of ourselves.
*grabs soap box and waddles home carrying his Canadian flag*
Throw me in the list of people who found something to enjoy about DNF. I don't think anyone here would say it ws their favourite game or that it had great graphics etc.
I thinkit did have quite abit of nostalgia and stupid humour going for it.
I thinkit did have quite abit of nostalgia and stupid humour going for it.
^^^ Try it, it's best to form your own opinion on a game. It's the reason I have beaten games that I didn't like so I can not sound like a complete ass when a discussion comes around. It's also in the 10 dollar range in Amazon, so you wouldn't waste much.
Thanks Jim. I've never actually seen RTW before, but I just knew that was him from what I've heard. Have you ever wanked along with Richard before?
@Wrath and Pride
It's good to see that someone else plays a game before judging it. It pisses me off when games are instantly talked shit about by people who haven't played it yet or when the occasional shit head gets angry about a review of a game that hasn't come out yet. However some games you don't have to play all the way through but should atleast put a few hours into it like FF or any other massive RPG. If you can't get into it after a few hours it's not a good sign.
It's good to see that someone else plays a game before judging it. It pisses me off when games are instantly talked shit about by people who haven't played it yet or when the occasional shit head gets angry about a review of a game that hasn't come out yet. However some games you don't have to play all the way through but should atleast put a few hours into it like FF or any other massive RPG. If you can't get into it after a few hours it's not a good sign.
It's a shame Cursed Crusade turned out to be trash. Conceptually, I was really hoping they would've taken Army Of Two and made it not awful.
@rockwallofmight
i was gonna blast your post, but then i realized you just don't get the joke. so i'm just going to feel sorry for you.
i was gonna blast your post, but then i realized you just don't get the joke. so i'm just going to feel sorry for you.
oh shit.
though i already bought Bloodrayne Betrayal. i'll judge it myself thank you ^^
i also wonder why you hated Knights Contract???
though i already bought Bloodrayne Betrayal. i'll judge it myself thank you ^^
i also wonder why you hated Knights Contract???
Duke really was fucking abysmal. I took it back to Gamestation under their very generous returns policy. The counter guy proceeded to tell me that it was a crime bringing back the game before the 'hilarious' dildo hunting escapade. It's only the second time I've had such an allergic reaction to a game, the first being the PS3 version of Dragon age, a game that looked so much like shit that my eyes were constantly trying to refocus because they literally couldn't believe something could look so poor the constant eye fuckery ended up giving me a massive migraine.
@ Scaryjim
The PS3 version of Dragon Age is the second best looking version. The PC being the best, obviously, and the 360 being the worst. There are a ton of videos online comparing all three versions. The 360 version looks like you are playing it through a dirty mirror with low res everything, especially the character models. The PS3 version is much sharper with better character models.
The PC version is the best of all of them, obviously. I'm surprised you bought it on a console if you knew you would have preferred the better graphics of the PC version. Just be happy you didn't buy the 360 version like so many of us accidentally did.
The PS3 version of Dragon Age is the second best looking version. The PC being the best, obviously, and the 360 being the worst. There are a ton of videos online comparing all three versions. The 360 version looks like you are playing it through a dirty mirror with low res everything, especially the character models. The PS3 version is much sharper with better character models.
The PC version is the best of all of them, obviously. I'm surprised you bought it on a console if you knew you would have preferred the better graphics of the PC version. Just be happy you didn't buy the 360 version like so many of us accidentally did.
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines came out just before Troika closed its doors and its a FANTASTIC game
that was fantastic. why is that almost no games us splitscreen coop anymore but most of the ones that do suck dick? The last retail game I played with splitscreen was split second, not including the lego games and when they do have splitscreen it sucks like lost planet 2 and the spec ops mode on mw2 where they give each player an iphone sized screen
I love when trolls actually even form sentences complaining about Jim Sterling. Their points have no point other than to complain.
RockWallofMight359
Is a good example of somebody who doesn't know what he's talking about.
Why are you defending things that aren't even being attacked?
Yes Some people like games that "aren't well received" but if 90% of people think it's shit. Then it's still shit. Nobody is saying you can't like shit. Maybe you like the texture of shit being pushed through your teeth with your own tongue. And thats fine.
I really Enjoyed Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom. And that game is unfinished.
RockWallofMight359
Is a good example of somebody who doesn't know what he's talking about.
Why are you defending things that aren't even being attacked?
Yes Some people like games that "aren't well received" but if 90% of people think it's shit. Then it's still shit. Nobody is saying you can't like shit. Maybe you like the texture of shit being pushed through your teeth with your own tongue. And thats fine.
I really Enjoyed Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom. And that game is unfinished.
@ WrathofPride
Because he gave it a 9/10. Thats a lot of hate there.
No, because it's cheap to bash small developers for not having money for good graphics. Or for their games not being perfect.
But that's probably the difference between critics and videogame reviewers. While every critic would bash the Action Movie before some B or C-Movie, Videogame critics lack the guts. Besides how he bashed Assassin Creed 2, that was a good one.
Then again, doesn't matter. Picking on the weak is a hobby of videogame journalist. Except for Yathzee, he is the only one in the video game review scene that got what critics actually do.
Because he gave it a 9/10. Thats a lot of hate there.
No, because it's cheap to bash small developers for not having money for good graphics. Or for their games not being perfect.
But that's probably the difference between critics and videogame reviewers. While every critic would bash the Action Movie before some B or C-Movie, Videogame critics lack the guts. Besides how he bashed Assassin Creed 2, that was a good one.
Then again, doesn't matter. Picking on the weak is a hobby of videogame journalist. Except for Yathzee, he is the only one in the video game review scene that got what critics actually do.
People are in fact strange - some of them payed actual money to play DNF. Can you imagine! That's like paying someone to hit you in the balls.
Oh, and anyone played Battle LA? DNF still wins the crown as the shittiest game of the year but Battle LA oh man, that was some nasty stuff.
@Cudgeon
If you don't tell anyone they did a shitty job, they are going to think what they did was good.
I say Highlight the good points of the game. And feel free to stick to what works. But Fix the bad and everything will be alright!
If you don't tell anyone they did a shitty job, they are going to think what they did was good.
I say Highlight the good points of the game. And feel free to stick to what works. But Fix the bad and everything will be alright!
IMHO, CoJ: The Cartel is worse than Duke. I cannot vouch for DNF's quality, but I cannot say it's the worst thing this year, or EVER. It's just a mess that resulted from years of development hell, and it shows. And yes, most of it is attributed to 3D Realms, so don't panic about the quality of Borderlands 2 everyone. It's still going to be pretty good, I hope. :P
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