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With the 3 biggest videogame egos on the internet on the same panel, I have to wonder how a singularity didn't form on the spot.
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I love that they had to keep Dr Mark between Yahtzee and Jim. Because... as has been explained before, the two of them together will cause a singularity that sucks everything into a cynical, British amalgamation. God help us if TotalBiscuit entered the room for any reason...
How can Escapist get their video turned around in a few days but Destructoid's PAX panel is still in the internet abyss?
i still don't get the hate Kane & Lynch games get from the people.
i loved the first game - i never found shooting mechanic broken as it was actually intentional and realistic approach to gunplay.
i loved the second one for really good and original storyline and singleplayer experience. i liked the artistic style and direction, the crowd control(both K&L games were great with crowd), setting, pacing etc. the campaign might have been only 4 hour long but it was great campaign and you had actually plenty of replay value through multiplayer and arcade mode. also i don't understand the criticism about pacing of the campaign - it was actually one of the very few games(and series) that nailed to movie-style storytelling. 99% of games have Michael Bay style storytelling - now how many of you consider Transformers series a masterpiece at storytelling?
i liked the fact that IO took chance with different approach to story and hopefully we will get more action/adventure games that are more about providing interesting experiences, good story and quiet moments(kinda like Neeson's movie, The Grey) rather than constant balls-to-the-wall action.
also i hate the fact that we as gamers are in general treated as idiots - why i have to learn everything from cutscenes or vioceovers where character says or being told the entire storyline. i would like to have a game where i'm left on my own and i have to figure out what's happening in the world i'm in.
i loved the first game - i never found shooting mechanic broken as it was actually intentional and realistic approach to gunplay.
i loved the second one for really good and original storyline and singleplayer experience. i liked the artistic style and direction, the crowd control(both K&L games were great with crowd), setting, pacing etc. the campaign might have been only 4 hour long but it was great campaign and you had actually plenty of replay value through multiplayer and arcade mode. also i don't understand the criticism about pacing of the campaign - it was actually one of the very few games(and series) that nailed to movie-style storytelling. 99% of games have Michael Bay style storytelling - now how many of you consider Transformers series a masterpiece at storytelling?
i liked the fact that IO took chance with different approach to story and hopefully we will get more action/adventure games that are more about providing interesting experiences, good story and quiet moments(kinda like Neeson's movie, The Grey) rather than constant balls-to-the-wall action.
also i hate the fact that we as gamers are in general treated as idiots - why i have to learn everything from cutscenes or vioceovers where character says or being told the entire storyline. i would like to have a game where i'm left on my own and i have to figure out what's happening in the world i'm in.
@ sofik88, i used to like K&L2 until i played it all the way through to the end. Its so repetitive that the repetition kills all good ambience that the game spent the first 30 minutes establishing. By the second half you're just praying for an ending sooner rather than later. Compare that to the movie Heat, which has a very intense shootout and chase scene near the end of the movie, and uses the whole first 3/4 as setup to the action scene. Same vibe on the surface, totally different pacing.
Yahtzee looked genuinely annoyed at that stupid idiot that walked up and give him those cat ears. I'm not sure I would have had his level of restraint.
@sofik88
Jeff Gerstmann and GameSpot played a big part in the sheer spite for the first one. And the second one made a lot of people very, very, physically sick and ill. Sometimes those things just aren't worth looking past for what is, underneath, a merely functional third-person shooter with marginally interesting characterization.
Also, I think it's pretty normal to want to defend a game that you like that everyone else hates, but I think it's worth learning that opinions are unweildly instruments and really shouldn't be used to duel. If a general consensus is one thing, it helps to just understand that just because that's the case, doesn't mean your opinion is wrong, or bad. I love Duke Nukem Forever, for example. I used to think I was obliged to bring it up every time someone mentioned they hated it, but I understand now exactly why. That doesn't change what I think of the game, it doesn't change that I enjoy playing it, but I can appreciate other's opinions and I 100% am behind them if they want to express it. Jim Sterling himself would agree that just because someone's opinion is different to yours, doesn't mean that person is wrong, or stupid, or trying too hard, because it all boils down to subjective thoughts in the end - and while we can argue objective merits with reasonable success, at the end of the day, an opinion is an opinion, and you can't hate on it for that if the opinion is intelligently expressed.
Jeff Gerstmann and GameSpot played a big part in the sheer spite for the first one. And the second one made a lot of people very, very, physically sick and ill. Sometimes those things just aren't worth looking past for what is, underneath, a merely functional third-person shooter with marginally interesting characterization.
Also, I think it's pretty normal to want to defend a game that you like that everyone else hates, but I think it's worth learning that opinions are unweildly instruments and really shouldn't be used to duel. If a general consensus is one thing, it helps to just understand that just because that's the case, doesn't mean your opinion is wrong, or bad. I love Duke Nukem Forever, for example. I used to think I was obliged to bring it up every time someone mentioned they hated it, but I understand now exactly why. That doesn't change what I think of the game, it doesn't change that I enjoy playing it, but I can appreciate other's opinions and I 100% am behind them if they want to express it. Jim Sterling himself would agree that just because someone's opinion is different to yours, doesn't mean that person is wrong, or stupid, or trying too hard, because it all boils down to subjective thoughts in the end - and while we can argue objective merits with reasonable success, at the end of the day, an opinion is an opinion, and you can't hate on it for that if the opinion is intelligently expressed.
i liked the pacing of both Kane & Lynch games and frankly both games had a lot of original story ideas and setups. i really hope there will be a third game sometime.
Dude in the middle is worthless for this panel. Not worthless as a person or anything; just worthless for a Q&A. His constant Harpo Marx like stare is just... euuugg...
Oh boy, 3 people that no one inside or out of gaming can stand.
If only someone had crowded all of your empty headed fans inside, locked the doors, and burned down the building. The average IQ of the community would have jumped up at least 10 points.
If only someone had crowded all of your empty headed fans inside, locked the doors, and burned down the building. The average IQ of the community would have jumped up at least 10 points.
@DLZ
Casually talking about murdering a room full of people is always really awesome and makes you a stand up internet guy really
@Jim
I can't hear you speak without hearing that FFIX jester moon song
Casually talking about murdering a room full of people is always really awesome and makes you a stand up internet guy really
@Jim
I can't hear you speak without hearing that FFIX jester moon song
breast physics!!
Well worth watching... very funny (and Dr. Mark was also very unexpectedly funny too!)
Serve the Sausage... yeah, I'd buy that T-shirt!
A lot of good laughs... though definitely wish this could be viewed on my iPod Touch or iPad... about 25 minutes in I really wanted a "to go" version but instead went and did some stuff and came back. Hate that these vids are always flash based. :(
... worth watching the whole thing though!
Well worth watching... very funny (and Dr. Mark was also very unexpectedly funny too!)
Serve the Sausage... yeah, I'd buy that T-shirt!
A lot of good laughs... though definitely wish this could be viewed on my iPod Touch or iPad... about 25 minutes in I really wanted a "to go" version but instead went and did some stuff and came back. Hate that these vids are always flash based. :(
... worth watching the whole thing though!
I cant believe no one thought to ask about your sunny disposition on Always on-line DRM.
I would have loved to see you answer that one.
I would have loved to see you answer that one.
Loved it. Three of my favorite content providers having a jolly good time, some people might have this notion of you guys been rivals or something, so it's wonderful to see you hanging out and even completing each other's jokes.
Thanks for the answer to final fantasy XIII Jim, as someone who you earned respect with with its review, I couldn't have handled any other answer.
Thanks for the answer to final fantasy XIII Jim, as someone who you earned respect with with its review, I couldn't have handled any other answer.
Not sure why Jim gave up on his dream of becoming a stand up.
The man certainly knows how to work a crowd.
The man certainly knows how to work a crowd.
@Andy What if instead they all merged into an all powerful super cynic? We must test this in the name of science!
@DLZ: Ah, young man, I do recommend you look into the term 'psychological projection'! I believe you may find it most enlightening.
@Jim Sterling: Have you noticed how Yahtzee looked at you during those panels? How he giggles at your jokes? I almost feel sorry for the man, knowing how loyal you are to Jonathan...
@Jim Sterling: Have you noticed how Yahtzee looked at you during those panels? How he giggles at your jokes? I almost feel sorry for the man, knowing how loyal you are to Jonathan...
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