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The GiantBomb Quick Look Thread

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Jocchan

Ὁ μεμβερος -ου
elrechazao said:
Do you think centuries old italian literature is above commercialistic reproach or something? Are you against developers promoting their games? I really just don't understand what you have a problem with unless you're dante's heir or were working on a serious Inferno film adaptation that shared a release date with this video game. If none of those things, I'll eagerly await you flipping out about god of war being the result of a 13 year old kid's twisted idea of the characters of greek mythology after reading a summary of the stories on wikipedia.
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Dante's birthplace is less than one hour by train from where I live. I've been to Florence twice last year, and I'm still mad because both times I had no time to visit Dante's monument in front of the church of Santa Croce. The Divine Comedy has been an integral part of my culture since my high school studies, I consider it the biggest literary masterpiece of all time.
So yes, I believe I have the right to feel disappointed at the way it's been treated.
And yes, I believe God of War is also juvenile, and so are many games nowadays. Does this deny me the right to feel more disappointed towards some of them? Especially when they hit closer to home?
Anyway, I'm tired of this discussion so I'm backing out. Have fun!
 
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elrechazado

Banned
Jocchan said:
Dante's birthplace is less than one hour by train from where I live. I've been to Florence twice last year, and I'm still mad because both times I had no time to visit Dante's monument in front of the church of Santa Croce. The Divine Comedy has been an integral part of my culture since my high school studies, I consider it the biggest literary masterpiece of all time.
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I'm from south america, and would love to play a game where Simon Bolivar teams up with Gabriel Garcia Marquez to solve crimes and fight aliens if it was a fun game. Get over it.
 
wolfmat

wolfmat

Confirmed Asshole
elrechazao said:
I'm from south america, and would love to play a game where Simon Bolivar teams up with Gabriel Garcia Marquez to solve crimes and fight aliens if it was a fun game. Get over it.
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Why does he have to get over it? Is everything just a random joke to you? He values the poems so much that he's obviously not cool with this title. How does that not make sense to you? I don't get you, man.
 
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elrechazado

Banned
wmat said:
Why does he have to get over it? Is everything just a random joke to you? He values the poems so much that he's obviously not cool with this title. How does that not make sense to you? I don't get you, man.
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What's to get? We all have opinions, and we're discussing them. Does that cause you some kind of trauma? He values italian literature, I value enjoyableness in games over artistic purity. Feel free to tell me to get over whatever you want, it's a discussion forum.
 
wolfmat

wolfmat

Confirmed Asshole
elrechazao said:
What's to get? We all have opinions, and we're discussing them. Does that cause you some kind of trauma? He values italian literature, I value enjoyableness in games over artistic purity. Feel free to tell me to get over whatever you want, it's a discussion forum.
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I'm just saying that you're not really making a strong argument. You're just telling people to get over this and that, that it's all chill in your opinion as long as it's a videogame, but I don't understand why you think it's a position to advocate.
 
lowrider007

lowrider007

Licorice-flavoured booze?
elrechazao said:
What's to get? We all have opinions, and we're discussing them. Does that cause you some kind of trauma? He values Italian literature, I value enjoyableness in games over artistic purity. Feel free to tell me to get over whatever you want, it's a discussion forum.
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The problem though isn't your opinion, it's your rudeness, there is a certain etiquette that should be followed on any forum, when you post like that your just inciting trouble, now I say this not as someone who is trying to moderate, but from one human being across the inter-webs to another trying to offer some friendly advice, try to be a little bit more polite to people, not just on here but, but to people in general, you'll honestly be much better received if you do.
 
-tetsuo-

-tetsuo-

Unlimited Capacity
Jocchan said:
It's obviously a blatant attempt to gather free advertising from this kind of discussions. If they honestly wanted to use that as a "backdrop for an epic action game" it would have had a different title and different characters
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What? Visceral Games chose the Divine Comedy to get free advertisement from a gaming forum? Are you serious right now? They already have changed the characters, what does it matter if they have the same name. It all falls back to what you yourself said earlier

If they just said they used Dante's nine circles of Hell as the setting for the story of their badass crusader trying to save his fiancee while slaying demons GoW-style I wouldn't have had any problem,
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If there was a dev quote that said that would it make you feel better? The game is exactly what you said it is and it is blatantly obvious as such no matter if they have said so or not.
 
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Artadius

Member
lowrider007 said:
The problem though isn't your opinion, it's your rudeness, there is a certain etiquette that should be followed on any forum, when you post like that your just inciting trouble, now I say this not as someone who is trying to moderate, but from one human being across the inter-webs to another trying to offer some friendly advice, try to be a little bit more polite to people, not just on here but, but to people in general, you'll honestly be much better received if you do.
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Are we reading the same forum?
 
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elrechazado

Banned
lowrider007 said:
The problem though isn't your opinion, it's your rudeness, there is a certain etiquette that should be followed on any forum, when you post like that your just inciting trouble, now I say this not as someone who is trying to moderate, but from one human being across the inter-webs to another trying to offer some friendly advice, try to be a little bit more polite to people, not just on here but, but to people in general, you'll honestly be much better received if you do.
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ot, but you've promised to ignore me at least 6 or so times, did you change your mind so you can give me heartfelt advice? Because if so, I'm very very thankful.
 
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webrunner

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I dont have a problem with a game company putting out a gorefest God of War clone.

I do have a problem with a game company putting out a gorefest God of War clone and pretending it's an adaption of a non-violent epic poem.
 
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Technoob

Banned
webrunner said:
I dont have a problem with a game company putting out a gorefest God of War clone.

I do have a problem with a game company putting out a gorefest God of War clone and pretending it's an adaption of a non-violent epic poem.
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Then I guess you have no problems, because this is not and never has been an adaptation.

So many people propping up these strawmen of what they think the game is supposed to be so they can knock it down, it's just getting silly by now.
 
lowrider007

lowrider007

Licorice-flavoured booze?
elrechazao said:
ot, but you've promised to ignore me at least 6 or so times, did you change your mind so you can give me heartfelt advice? Because if so, I'm very very thankful.
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I didn't promise anything, And yes I did at one time if I remember correctly say that I was going to add you to ignore, but obviously I'm not doing that at this moment in time am I, and yes that was just some friendly advice, I hope you follow it.
 
wolfmat

wolfmat

Confirmed Asshole
Technoob said:
Then I guess you have no problems, because this is not and never has been an adaptation.

So many people propping up these strawmen of what they think the game is supposed to be so they can knock it down, it's just getting silly by now.
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Silly arguments about a silly game. Totally makes sense to me!
 
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Jocchan

Ὁ μεμβερος -ου
elrechazao said:
I'm from south america, and would love to play a game where Simon Bolivar teams up with Gabriel Garcia Marquez to solve crimes and fight aliens if it was a fun game. Get over it.
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Excuse me, do I know you? If I do get over it or don't, it's none of your business.
I said I'm tired and I'm backing out from the discussion, so that was completely unnecessary.

_tetsuo_ said:
What? Visceral Games chose the Divine Comedy to get free advertisement from a gaming forum? Are you serious right now? They already have changed the characters, what does it matter if they have the same name. It all falls back to what you yourself said earlier

If there was a dev quote that said that would it make you feel better? The game is exactly what you said it is and it is blatantly obvious as such no matter if they have said so or not.
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Where did I say they wanted to get free advertisement from a gaming forum? I was obviously talking about the discussions they were hoping would have popped up everywhere because of the game touching delicate religious subjects and messing with literature. Hell, they even paid people to fake a protest.
Anyway, feel free to believe what you want.
 
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Deleted member 30609

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everyone should stop quoting elrechazao, because it, like, totally ruins my ignore function, you know
 
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Technoob

Banned
wmat said:
Silly arguments about a silly game. Totally makes sense to me!
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Yeah it is silly, that's why the people making a beef about how horrible it is to treat fine literature like this is so funny.
 
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AltogetherAndrews

Member
Technoob said:
Then I guess you have no problems, because this is not and never has been an adaptation.

So many people propping up these strawmen of what they think the game is supposed to be so they can knock it down, it's just getting silly by now.
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Blame EA. Really, that's who you should be looking at here, given how adamant the company has been in establishing and maintaining a direct connection. It's not important to me but that's apparently not how everyone feels about it. Shocker.

elrechazao said:
I comment on what interests me, and the anti dante's inferno crowd is simply fascinating.
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Which is board drama. We get that. Oddly enough, that was apparently enough to set you off on a poorly thought out and catastrophically ill fitting "pot meets kettle" bender, while all along you actually agreed with me. Now if we are going to talk board drama, that is mildly fascinating.

Oh, and by the by, whatever you might think of the justness of your, er, approach, accusing people of account fudgery is just plain lame.
 
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elrechazado

Banned
lowrider007 said:
I didn't promise anything, I yes I did at one time if I remember correctly say that I was going to add you to ignore, but obviously I'm not doing that at this moment in time am I, and yes that was just some friendly advice, I hope you follow it.
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I really think you should, it might save you from using your high school pysch class cliff's notes to give shitty advice.

AltogetherAndrews said:
Which is board drama. We get that. Oddly enough, that was apparently enough to set you off on a poorly thought out and catastrophically ill fitting "pot meets kettle" bender, while all along you actually agreed with me. Now if we are going to talk board drama, that is mildly fascinating..
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You seem quite obsessed with board drama, although I haven't got a fucking clue what you're talking about, I'm sure you'll keep bringing it up until ...well something or someone agrees with you. Maybe if you talk to lowrider he'll give you some classy advice on how to deal with your concerns. It has nothing to do with me though, as fascinated as you are with my posting interests.
 
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AltogetherAndrews

Member
Rez said:
everyone should stop quoting elrechazao, because it, like, totally ruins my ignore function, you know
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Fair enough. Besides, going all board drama myself has me standing knee-deep in hypocrisy, so I'm out before I drown in the shit.
 
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neojubei

Will drop pants for Sony.
Rez said:
everyone should stop quoting elrechazao, because it, like, totally ruins my ignore function, you know
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I agree.


Anyone else replaying mass effect 1? I should be playing FF13 but i am totally in the mass effect zone right now.
 
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panda21

Member
new star trek

http://www.giantbomb.com/star-trek-online-set-phasers-to-fun-part-09/17-1910/

i totally think they should do some more new style things like this (pretty sure they said they wouldnt necessarily do another endurance run, but other ways of doing daily content).

personally i want them to do something like this but with MAG, because the matches can get pretty epic, and if they could have all of them in a squad it would be ridiculous awesome, not sure if you can get friends in your squad though.

and some kind of insane giant bomb staff super street fighter IV tournament with long matches, like best of 5 individual matches to decide each fight, and deciding every position with runner up matches.

i wonder if this counts as giant bomb fan fiction :S
 
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Calcaneus

Member
panda21 said:
new star trek

http://www.giantbomb.com/star-trek-online-set-phasers-to-fun-part-09/17-1910/

i totally think they should do some more new style things like this (pretty sure they said they wouldnt necessarily do another endurance run, but other ways of doing daily content).

personally i want them to do something like this but with MAG, because the matches can get pretty epic, and if they could have all of them in a squad it would be ridiculous awesome, not sure if you can get friends in your squad though.

and some kind of insane giant bomb staff super street fighter IV tournament with long matches, like best of 5 individual matches to decide each fight, and deciding every position with runner up matches.

i wonder if this counts as giant bomb fan fiction :S
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It isn't real giant bomb fan fiction if energy drinks aren't involved.
 
X

Xater

Member
panda21 said:
new star trek

http://www.giantbomb.com/star-trek-online-set-phasers-to-fun-part-09/17-1910/

i totally think they should do some more new style things like this (pretty sure they said they wouldnt necessarily do another endurance run, but other ways of doing daily content).

personally i want them to do something like this but with MAG, because the matches can get pretty epic, and if they could have all of them in a squad it would be ridiculous awesome, not sure if you can get friends in your squad though.

and some kind of insane giant bomb staff super street fighter IV tournament with long matches, like best of 5 individual matches to decide each fight, and deciding every position with runner up matches.

i wonder if this counts as giant bomb fan fiction :S
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well you are in luck, because they will do a couple of QL for MAG. They think actually playing on retail servers will benefitthe review.

I also can't stop laughing every time Jeff is trying to sell everyone on a lifetime suscription. :lol
 
Malio

Malio

Member
Never having a Playstation, I've only gotten to watch other people play GOW. I will probably get Dante's Inferno at the $40 price point. I love that sick, bloody art style and it does look like it's fun. Don't h8.
 
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K.Jack

Knowledge is power, guard it well
They aren't Quick Looks, but the Star Trek Online series is them at their absolute best. Purely golden. :lol
 
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Myomoto

Member
Archaix said:
Six minutes in, Blood Bowl looks like the worst thing since polio.
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The game has a pretty steep learning curve. Considering that it takes you reading a rulebook of about 50 pages to start understanding what is going on in the game, I'd say it's a very poor candidate for a "quick" look.

Also, the pc version is infinitely better than the 360 version.
 
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Archaix

Drunky McMurder
K.Jack said:
They aren't Quick Looks, but the Star Trek Online series is them at their absolute best. Purely golden. :lol
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They really are. Jeff needs to record all seven times he plays STO with his lifetime subscription.


I joke of course. Honestly, if the lifetime fee of 240 included the game, I'd be all over it. Then again, I'd play a hell of a lot more MMORPGs if there wasn't an initial jump of 50 bucks on top of the fee, or if the fee were a lot cheaper.
 
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AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
Myomoto said:
The game has a pretty steep learning curve. Considering that it takes you reading a rulebook of about 50 pages to start understanding what is going on in the game, I'd say it's a very poor candidate for a "quick" look.

Also, the pc version is infinitely better than the 360 version.
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I own the PC version and I do agree with their statements about it feeling unpolished and having bad presentation regardless though. Never mind all the bug issues when it came out that required them to issue a patch downgrading graphics settings because peoples' GPUs were being fried apparently. I wanted it to be great but it had rush job written all over it. Should have come out for XBLA/PSN and at a more reasonable price point for PC. Ultimate no brainer.
 
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Myomoto

Member
AstroLad said:
I own the PC version and I do agree with their statements about it feeling unpolished and having bad presentation regardless though. Never mind all the bug issues when it came out that required them to issue a patch downgrading graphics settings because peoples' GPUs were being fried apparently. I wanted it to be great but it had rush job written all over it. Should have come out for XBLA/PSN and at a more reasonable price point for PC. Ultimate no brainer.
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This is true. But it's done by a very small team I think, and I'm pretty sure Games workshop have a part to play in the steep pricing.
 
A

AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
It did have that labor of love feel, which is why I wanted it to be great and bought it day one basically sight unseen. Probably a mistake though.
 
H

Hugbot

Member
SmokyDave said:
I would pay good money for an optional Giant Bomb commentary track on every Ace Attorney game.
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Fair enough. They're one of the few groups of game-related people who are consistently funny.
 
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NameGenerated

Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Is anyone watching? They put the stream in the stream in the stream in the stream and the audio is just repeating. I'm almost crying from laughter. :lol
 
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