Gentleman Jack
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Toe the company line. That is his job I guess.
I suppose being honest at this point would open him and Gearbox up to lawsuits from Sega and elsewhere.
Toe the company line. That is his job I guess.
Halo 2 is a empirically a significantly better game.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/halo-2 = 95
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/aliens-colonial-marines = 49
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.@DuvalMagic what if I repeatedly promise to tweet something positive but it turns out to actually be a big pile of shit?
Randy Pitchford just blocked me. Apparently it's not just threats and insults he'll block, but simply people writing about things he said publicly.
Randy Pitchford just blocked me. Apparently it's not just threats and insults he'll block, but simply people writing about things he said publicly.
What? I never said Aliens: CM was good. Is this a joke post?
holy shitA number of Twitter accounts, which were only set up recently and seem spectacularly preoccupied with Gearbox and Gearbox products, are lavishing Pitchford with praise for Colonial Marines
Randy Pitchford just blocked me. Apparently it's not just threats and insults he'll block, but simply people writing about things he said publicly.
Yes, yes they are.holy shit
Are they implying what I think they're implying?
Interesting. Bonuses were tied to the Metacritic score or something?Randy Pitchford said:I'm afraid it looks like I will lose a huge amount of money. We pay for our education...
Source: Twitter (@DuvalMagic)Randy Pitchford said:As a glass-half-full kind of guy, so I only want positive feelings with my personal twitter. Thanks for understanding!
mah gawdYes, yes they are.
I'm implying it's so outrageous that I have to express some level of disbelief to drive the gravity of it home.Are you implying what they are implying is bullshit?
-Game took 6 years to come out.
-Randy promises awesome game.
-Shows E3 demo that looks awesome or at the very least decent. Randy makes a ton of claims in the E3 demo walkthrough, none of which are in the retail product.
-Game releases to terribad reviews.
-Nothing shown in the in-game demo was actually in the retail game apart from some assets and similar locations. Everything looks incredibly bad compared to E3 demo. Gearbox pretty much just created the demo to impress press and trick consumers.
-Turns out game was outsourced and treated like shit by Gearbox, all the while rumored to have spent Aliens: CM development money on Borderlands development.
-Sega seemingly becomes lax on Gearbox once Borderlands comes out and doesn't check in on Gearbox until it's too late. They ended up with outsourced shit and Gearbox finally came in to help develop and fix any game breaking issues at the last minute once they realize what ass the game is.
This is some of the shit I heard off NeoGAF/reddit since release, from sources like Sega to actual game testers.
I could go on and on but I'm on my phone. Gearbox treated the game like shit and pretty much lied to consumers about it. Everyone wants to know what the fuck went wrong and they've just been ignoring the situation seemingly creating fake positive twitter posts. Everything points to the terrible stories being true and Gearbox is like a deer in the headlights now that the cat is out of the bag.
Hopefully they make an official comment so we know what actually happened. I hope not all of the nasty rumors/stories are true but things don't look good.
Randy Pitchford said:You're welcome to say whatever you want, of course. Know that I will tend to block users who I believe are not offering value, but injury.
Randy Pitchford said:No - we have countless paths for feedback and are learning many lessons. My personal twitter is my own. Also, blocked...So basically you're putting your fingers in your ears about a poor product your company shipped? Real mature.
Yes Randy, sometimes the truth hurts.
Then they treated their Borderlands fans like shit by outsourcing its DLC so that they had time to throw some perfume on this Aliens turd, pissing off the Borderlands fans that expected DLC that would match the quality of the main game. It was a lose/lose way to do it.
The last DLC wasnt as good for sure, but the pirate and Tourge DLC's were fantastic.
The last DLC wasnt as good for sure, but the pirate and Tourge DLC's were fantastic.
Brothers in Arms was also great, but went downhill after Road to Hill 30. Still hoping for a sequel in the franchise. I don't think the actual studio is bad, but the quality control on their outsourced stuff definitely is lacking...I'm starting to think Borderlands 1 was a fluke. BL2 was just more of the same. (Both were great)
You used to be cool Randy. News of Gearbox doing DNF and A:CM were met with adoration. Now look at you.
I'm boycotting the shit outta you Gearbox. Meet me when BL3 comes out. Maybe.
yup. didnt play the third yet, but i have no qualms with my season pass.
I wouldn't say "fantastic". They were decent. But according to Randy's direct words, he said that we can expect "Knoxx-level" of quality for EACH of the DLC's. but he didn't reveal that they were outsourced. Gearbox did Knoxx, so how can you tell us to expect outsourced companies to match your own game's develop,ent studio in quality? He knew it was a lie as the words left his mouth.
They're still worth the $10, but they're not each Knoxx-quality.
Telling us that our product was bad = injury.
he is saying something though.
ShockingAlberto said:Wait, I don't understand this.
He is looking in to why the game is different from the demo?
Wouldn't, like, the publisher be looking in to that? Or is he saying he has no idea what goes on beneath him and will only look in to it after the game had already shipped?
What is it with Twitter that makes people look like idiots...