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EdHieron on 23 July 2014
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Ka-pi96 said:
EdHieron said:
Ka-pi96 said:

So what that Dave guy says is fact now? Anyone that thinks otherwise is 'definitely' wrong?

Certainly what Dave Halverson ( http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/02/column_game_mag_weaseling_dave.php ) says can be taken as Gospel.  Going back to 1991 or so, he's basically ( there are a few exceptions that have usually been part of his staff at his magazines like Nick Des Barres whose statements can also be taken in that light, Raychul Moore seems to be doing a good job ) the only American Games Journalist with a mind of his own that is unaffected by corporate dollars ( which is the only reason most Xbox games have scored as high as they have ) 


Sorry but I'm gonna have to disagree. Never even heard of the guy before and regardless of what he has done in the past it doesn't really matter. I'd rather play a game myself and see if I like it or not, pretty sure most people think that way as well.

 

Well, I played the first Gears of War game myself.  It was just a black and white ripoff of the 6th Gen Games "Kill.Switch", "Resident Evil 4", and "Freedom Fighters" one short on rails driving sequence, one puzzle that seemed to be ripped out of one of Final Fantasy X's temple sequences, and one boss battle stolen from Zelda:  The Windewaker with an occassional splash of red like Vizion Eck ( but Vizion Eck also has some blue, yellow, and green, better music and is like 2011's Overall Game of the Year Portal II in more regards as well ).

Dave Halverson said he wanted more heroines and less token GI Joes.  Well, if you look at the characters in Gears, they're all about as token as you can get.  They're all just a bunch of brainless jocks ripped out of the Madden series and, oh, yeah, you have the most stereotypical African American character EVER in a video game that apparently so many people love because he's so stereotypical.

The first Gears game didn't even measure up to Heavenly Sword or even Folklore and the succeeding games in the series kept getting worse from all that. 

The only reasons anyone bought it was because they belong to the Cult of X which basically means you think all games should be Western Made ripoffs of PC games on underpowered gaming consoles OR because they were racist ( which also explains why they're vehemently opposed to the fact that the games Sony puts out are magnitudes better ).