Grampy said: That said however, I personally think they wasted that by putting it in a game with waves of zombies attacking at such a frenetic pace that it mostly about reflexes; twitch and try not to blow away your buddy. I personally would prefer to have that level of sophisticated co-op in a genre more like Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30 where there was actually time to practice some strategy and better squad tactics. What I saw on the videos was more like a FPS “Four Person Shooter”. At the pace of the game I wouldn’t expect nor did I see any real joint tactics. Shooters are fine but they are far better when they also engage the brain. Just my opinion, unlike a lot of people on this site, I don’t judge people for liking something else. Fine by me. The thought that my taste were like everyone else would disappoint me. I just don’t find the fact that someone likes something different a person attack on my values and way of life. You would have to admit, some peoples reaction to others not sharing their taste in games, is ridiculous melodramatic and childish. |
I did ask for people's opinion on the videos, but I didn't ask for their conclusions about the game...that would be silly since very few people have played it. But you did in fact offer your conclusion which was, to refresh everyone's memory, that the game was "disappointing considering the talent and effort that went into it". Thats quite a lot to glean from a couple videos and no play time.
You are of course entitled to your opinion of both the game and the video...once you've played and watched them respectively. I never said you weren't, and I'd appreciate it if you stopped acting like I did. But you were quite clearly talking about the game unless you believe there was a lot of effort and talent put into the video (not likely). This is what Ben, Bod, and myself responded to.
You seem to think we were attempting to silence your opinion but if you check back in the thread the first responce from all three of us was telling you what we saw in the game that we thought you missed. This is called a discussion, giving your opinion is a two-way street afterall. If you were expecting to give your opinion and then have nobody respond to, ask questions, or disagree with it then I have to say you were sorely missinformed about what it is that happens on these forums.
This is a place to discuss these games, and I think its a bit naive not to expect people to respond to you when you post fairly negative comments about a game in a thread about videos meant to hype the game. If you didn't want anyone to question or discuss your views why did you post? The bottom line is that the very point of these forums is to have a discussion, this topic specifically is a discussion on what people think about what we've seen so far from this game. Your opinion is valid, but don't assume it will or should go unchallenged.
Honestly I thought the folks who responded to you were quite helpful, informative, and simply trying to point out why/how they thought you had missed what was good about the game. You clearly want none of it though so I'm content to let you miss out on what will probably be remembered imo as one of the best games of 2008, which from appearances is saying quite a lot.
Put simply there is an easy rule of thumb on forums. If you want to discuss a topic, then post. If you don't want to discuss a topic, then don't post, or at least don't respond to those who disagreed with you. I cannot fathom why you would get yourself in a huff about having to participate in the discussion...you're the one who joined it.
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