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IkePoR on 05 September 2017
palou said:
I love how the whimsical music perfectly complements the pure comedy of his incompetence.


"You should be banned. Youre clearly flaming the president and even his brother who you know nothing about. Dont be such a partisan hack"

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Lauster on 06 September 2017
mutantsushi said:
JEMC said:

It's like he can't do two things at the same time: jumping & shooting, looking at the enemies while controlling the character, etc.

He seems to score higher the games where he can stand still, shoot, move to the next position and repeat.

Spot on. And this isn't about attacking him personally, but the system which gives him job of reviewing games.
Allowing this level of incompetence (NOT merely low-average skill) to define metric by which games are judged
in articles which influence game sales means games become designed around people who aren't real gamers.
His article actually has some good lines, acknowledging that "hard skill-based games" may have positive value,
but most importantly noting that such types of games have become rarer... NOW WHY WOULD THAT BE???
When game reviews are given to people who can't engage in MOST BASIC LEVEL gaming skills or even apparently
just pay attention to the game and not repeatedly do the same things that don't work and/or lead to death?

But this is NOT a review of the game...



Porcupine_I on 06 September 2017

This looks so gorgeous, I really hope this isn't a case of style over substance



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’

gcwy on 06 September 2017

This has to be fake. This guy has no concept of trial and error.



mutantsushi on 06 September 2017
Lauster said:

But this is NOT a review of the game...

How is it not a review? He describes the game, and gives his opinion on aspects of it (some good, some bad).
Sure, you can call that a limited review, a superficial review, but that is still what a game review essentially is.
Sure, it doesn't give a "score", but that isn't inherent to a game review, but simply a convention.
Sure, you can say this isn't a very good review. That's kind of the point of the thread.

Youtube reaction I found on this guy, I saved it at point they move on from drilling him for Cuphead
and address the deeper reality of industry shilling not gaming not being critical career factor,
going on to address the reality of microtransactions as akin to gambling yet marketted to kids: 

https://youtu.be/Iollg33eBTU?t=923



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Wyrdness on 06 September 2017



Veknoid_Outcast on 06 September 2017
Wyrdness said:

Lol, that is absolutely savage :D



mutantsushi on 06 September 2017
Wyrdness said:

10/10 The "toxic" usage was classic. And can we speculate on what our intrepid games journalist's amateur political blogging consists of?
I'm sure vague idealistic platitudes to signal his own superior moral qualities, while avoiding nasties like game industry micro-transactions normalizing gambling, often amongst vulnerable minors. (to rehash video above, but the politics thing triggered me)



JEMC on 06 September 2017

^ A dev with sense of humor.

On a side note, I hope Takahashi doesn't make the review of the game, because no one's going to believe the score.



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AngryLittleAlchemist on 06 September 2017
Wyrdness said:

Is this real? Was it already made before the journalist? lol