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[Tobor]

I wonder if the Walking Dead winning GOTY means that portable games will finally have a shot too. No excuses any more, damn it!

The Walking Dead is available on iPad. There you go!

 

[SketchTheArtist]

Oh man now I have to go to CES so I can give Pachter endless shit.

Do god's work sir. O_O

 

[angelfly]

The "old school" game was either DS2 or LoS2.

The Walking Dead. Is the better experience on a console, or an iPad?

Totally different games.

 

[Conflict NZ]

Oh man now I have to go to CES so I can give Pachter endless shit.

As you should, and if you ever see Satterfield do the same to that douche.

 

[Kacho]

I hope a new thread gets created to discuss the Bioshock Infinite gameplay. Would be a very interesting discussion.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

It's an award show, not E3. The reactions here are hilarious. What were you guys expecting? :/

Well when a producer of the show says to expect five brand new game announcements, and another says to expect a glimpse into next gen and a retro revival, that's usually what you expect.

 

[haikira]

WTF you talking about?

He's referring to Reggie lying on a television interview, about how Black Ops 2 was so much better on the Wii-U. When in fact, the port is more problematic.

 

[BurnOutBrighter]

I can't believe what a poor showing BioShock Infinite had.

- Awful framerate
- 2nd-class animation
- The exact same type of gameplay we've seen in older previews
- Confusing gameplay segment

 

[chubigans]

Which sort Dark Souls is. Old school type game, part 3. Although misleading as hell, most people actually are annoyed at the 5 announcements thing. Someone, ANYONE having the link to that? Otherwise people should stop posting that.

As it turns out it was Mark Burnett, the exec producer who said that and not Geoff.

Unless there's a twitter post I'm missing.

 

[dark_inferno]

Which sort Dark Souls is. Old school type game, part 3. Although misleading as hell, most people actually are annoyed at the 5 announcements thing. Someone, ANYONE having the link to that? Otherwise people should stop posting that.

Read OP. And i dont thing OP lies.

 

[Jburton]

Anyone complaining about Geoff over hyping for nothing needs to have their head examined. What else does he do?

He should not be given a platform to do it anymore, other places .. Like sites that make shit up for clicks are banned from GAF ...... Geoff is a walking, talking version of these.

 

[Bizubani]

Walking Dead's win was absolutely deserved. Good on them.
This year's VGAs was a huge improvement over last year's calamity. No tea-bagging means automatic elevation from total embarrassment.

 

[bigboss370]

goddamnit, shoulda left after Phantom Pain (Metal Gear) and Last of Us.

 

[Puppet Shadow]

He still promised an old-school game revival.

Castlevania?

 

[Gemüsepizza]

It's an award show, not E3. The reactions here are hilarious. What were you guys expecting? :/

The producer of the show said there will be 5 never-seen-before games announced on the show. There was 1 (one) announcement of a new game (Dark Souls 2).

 

[Dance Inferno]

Didn't know Geoff had a GAF account, what's his username?

Wario64

 

[SAB CA]

So... anyone make a gif of Cello girl, to go with Violin one? XD

That who show... wasn't as bad as it could of been! I like the respect given to gaming music throughout it all. Nice to see Dust: AET get a bit more attention, too.

I wonder if it's worth it, for someone like Kojima to come all the way out to the US for something like that.. I guess only if Phantom Pain is the other side of MGS.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

DO IT!

I agree but I have one demand. Film that shit when you do. I want to see the crow he'll be eating when you do.

 

[The_Monk]

Oh man now I have to go to CES so I can give Pachter endless shit.

Oh YES please!

You know what. YOU should do some predictions for his career! That would be amazing.

 

[Meohsix]

Can we just ban everything Geoff related from now on?

 

[Gsak]

Ok, I think that Geoff and Spike need to understand that "revealing" something, means showing something that was "hidden" before.

When people hear there are gonna be "Reveals", they expect to see or hear about something that either wasn't announced, shown, or you know... already revealed.

Also: Phantom Pain? They had to waste a potential unveiling for MGS viral marketing? Really?

 

[iammeiam]

It looks like Mark Burnett may be behind the expectation of five reveals? USA Today quotes him as saying:

"For hard-core gamers this is the first place you will ever see those new games," says the show's executive producer Mark Burnett. "Imagine if the Academy Awards was on and they announced five movies that no one has ever heard of. That is the equivalent. You will be on a rip-roaring, two-hour ride of television."

He may have oversold it.

Just a little.

 

[Zeth]

We knew about LoS II, AC3: George Washington and the new spartan ops season. Those weren't announcements at all.

99% of viewers didn't know about them. I think the piling-on is excessive.

 

[syko de4d]

i hope pachter never said "I believe the world will not end on 21. December" .... i hope he never said this to anyone...

 

[Pranay]

5 new game announcement was from ustoday and not geoff

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I can't believe what a poor showing BioShock Infinite had.

- Awful framerate
- 2nd-class animation
- The exact same type of gameplay we've seen in older previews
- Confusing gameplay segment

I didn't watch the show... was it a new section or something from E3?

All the latest previews sound great

 

[iNvid02]

Oh man now I have to go to CES so I can give Pachter endless shit.

congrats

 

[Jarmel]

Bigger disappointment?

E3 or VGAs?

 

[grandjedi6]

I watched the show but I still don't get this picture, sorry:

I think Gabe was supposed to announce the overall winner of the Saxton awards but the VGA people cut him off before he could talk

 

[Toma]

Read OP. And i dont thing OP lies.

Read the post above you. Chubigans word over almost anyone posting here, yes even a mod.

 

[angelfly]

As it turns out it was Mark Burnett, the exec producer who said that and not Geoff.

Unless there's a twitter post I'm missing.

Doritos Pope - 1
GAF - 0

 

[Mushroomer25]

It's an award show, not E3. The reactions here are hilarious. What were you guys expecting? :/

We were expecting the things that were teased as a method of hyping the show.

Multiple Spike representatives directly stated announcements would be there, that were not present. They promised & didn't deliver.

Either something was cut for time (unlikely, since nothing in the show seemed to go long & was overall very scripted), or Spike can be accused of false advertising.

 

[Corto]

I have an exclusive on a personal message from the head of Moby Dick Studio to all of us:

 

[op_ivy]

wtf. bait and switch. wheres my next gen?

 

[BY2K]

IT WASN'T GEOFF!

It was Mark Burnett!

"For hard-core gamers this is the first place you will ever see those new games," says the show's executive producer Mark Burnett. "Imagine if the Academy Awards was on and they announced five movies that no one has ever heard of. That is the equivalent. You will be on a rip-roaring, two-hour ride of television."

 

[SmithnCo]

Castlevania?

Glad we finally got another Castlevania, been decades since that's been revived.

 

[BiggNife]

Regardless of whether or not Geoff was the source of the 5 games things it doesn't change the fact that there was no surprise retro game revival.

And no, Dark Souls 2 is not a retro game revival. That makes literally zero sense.

 

[Dance Inferno]

Haha whoever trolled this is awesome:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Video_Game_Awards

 

[Hot Coldman]

well it's not like he bothered to correct Mark

and there wasn't a retro game either

 

[Kacho]

Bigger disappointment?

E3 or VGAs?

Oh, E3 hands down.

 

[Salsa]

oh yeah: saxxy winner not shown during the awards. Another lie.

 

[Zeth]

It looks like Mark Burnett may be behind the expectation of five reveals? USA Today quotes him as saying:



He may have oversold it.

Just a little.

If that's the source of the "5 reveals" thing then fucking lol. thisisneogaf.gif

 

[tacotime77]

At least Kyle Gas was there.

 

[iNvid02]

Bigger disappointment?

E3 or VGAs?

E3

after last years VGAs it was hard not to expect the worst, but this was a good show overall

 

[Paladin CL]

Who won the best racing game award? Forza Horizon or Most wanted?

 

[Jake Tower]

Oh man now I have to go to CES so I can give Pachter endless shit.

DO IT.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Twist: Geoff is right, Dark Souls II was rendered 80% in engine.

Dun dun dun.

that would seriously convince me to play this game. Even though the whole "masochism, yay!" is not something I would want to play.

(and haven't, so far. I should probably try to get demon souls somewhere on the cheap)


The Bioshock Infinite trailer / demo looked good (consoles, people!), but I guess a bit 'all too familiar' having played the previous games. The framerate shouldn't be an issue on a PC anyway, and the gameplay does look as good as ever. Just familiar.

 

[Papercuts]

Wow, they never actually did say most anticipated game despite talking about it in the pre-show. They forgot? Hahaha.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

I think Gabe was supposed to announce the overall winner of the Saxton awards but the VGA people cut him off before he could talk

It was revealed and the whole short film shown in the preshow, it was the film about the Sentry Gun.

 

[Kusagari]

Regardless of whether or not Geoff was the source of the 5 games things it doesn't change the fact that there was no surprise retro game revival.

And no, Dark Souls 2 is not a retro game revival. That makes literally zero sense.

Look at how he worded it. He said it would be a surprise for old-school game fans.

Dark/Demon's Souls have been described as old-school type games and it was a surprise.

It fit perfectly. He just intentionally worded it so everyone would imagine something different from the wording.