Psychotext
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lol... I only just notice the "posted by" names. :lol
Ooh, that one's gotta sting for MN.PrivateRyan said:If DLC for N+ comes out, I don't think I'll be buying it now, will save the points for Peggle instead (that's right Metanet, FUCKING PEGGLE)
idiots said:Asteroids/Asteroids Deluxe A single review covers almost all of the retro/arcade titles: disappointing.
I won't bother getting into how lame/lazy the remade graphics tend to be.
Centipede/Millipede see above
Defender see generic retro review above
Dig Dug see above
Discs of Tron see above
Double Dragon One of my biggest retro disappointments.. I played a lot of this in arcades and PC, but it just sucks now.
20 years of improvements to the genre have made it horribly obsolete/awkward/frustrating/boring.
Would have considered it if it was all the Double Dragons together.
Fatal Fury Special see generic retro review above
Frogger see above
Galaga see above
Gauntlet see above
Golden Axe see above
Gyruss see above
Joust see above
Missile Command see generic retro review
New Rally-X see generic retro review
Robotron: 2084 see generic retro review
<snip of zillions more retrowhining>
Sensible World of Soccer A thoroughly smashing, corking game. It's tops. Grab a couple of mates, and Bob's your uncle!
FINALLY I get to play this! The depth with such a simple control scheme is brilliant, the graphics are gorgeous. Toodle-pip!
I love how they just keep fumbling, and won't just bow out gracefully. They keep trying to save face by posting something neutral, fair or even positive, but they always end up in Bittersville by the end of the article and what was supposed to be positive turns into a whiny rant. Just stop talking, guys!Segata Sanshiro said:Unbelievable.
I do believe they are going to choke and die on their own foot.
Psychotext said:One thing hasn't been answered on this yet... will the royalty thing affect their profit from N+ or just their profits on future XBLA stuff? I really can't see it being the former, but they're so angry that I can't help feeling it is.
Psychotext said:One thing hasn't been answered on this yet... will the royalty thing affect their profit from N+ or just their profits on future XBLA stuff? I really can't see it being the former, but they're so angry that I can't help feeling it is.
Did they say that? Man, I like these guys more and more every day.Brashnir said:If NSMB, Halo1 and 2, and SSHD are crap...
Slavik81 said:Each one of those are critically praised through the roof but are disappointingly only maybe a single standard deviation above average (as compared to other major releases). Certainly not crap, but there's a nice middle-ground there somewhere.
Yeah, that was my impression of it. Still, they probably made more on N+ than they expected to make on their first two titles anyway. :lolxblarcade said:I'm pretty sure it's not for N+ but for their future titles. First off if the contract was signed, then MS wouldn't be able to change it. Secondly when he was bitching about it, he seemed to be referring to having to change their business model going forward.
About on par with Stardust, and a few notches down from the other three there.xblarcade said:Don't take this as me knocking N+, but where do you see it in that scale?
Shard said:Another thing that is grinding my gears is their bitching about games that are available elsewhere being on the XBLA. I am sorry Metanet but not everybody bought the Gamecube version of Alien Hominid HD and it is kind of nice to have a place where the game is readily available.
Draft said::lol
Holy shit OK so maybe these guys are crazy.
avatar299 said:You guy are acting like a bunch of babies, jesus.
Yes they are. It's called trolling. People have gotten so upset over a little exaggerated comment over a service, and completely ignored their complaints. I don't blame them for pissing so many people off If it's this damn easy.sneaky77 said:And they are acting like unprofessional pricks... so they should be called on it
Pretty much. That list was pathetic. Really sad to see developers stooping like this.Sean said:
80% of their reviews go like this:
- I hear multiplayer is awesome but I've only got a silver account!
- Does the world need another *insert genre here*?
- 'We fucking hate PopCap games kick them off the service, rawr!!'
avatar299 said:Yes they are. It's called trolling. People have gotten so upset over a little exaggerated comment over a service, and completely ignored their complaints. I don't blame them for pissing so many people off If it's this damn easy.
And last I checked their game developers. Not ambassadors.
The thing is that opinions aren't this kind of holy sanctuary that nobody can touch. Opinions can be wrong, and opinions can be bullshit. We're just calling them out on throwing shit in every direction without even seeing what they're throwing at.Gowans007 said:I really love the fact the N+ guys are out there saying this stuff, its there opinion like mine is to disagree with most of it as a platform I love XBLA.
That's their own damn fault, though. They should've shut up with their ignorant "opinions" if they wanted to deliver a message. And the thing isn't just "a little exaggerated comment." The original interview was littered with bullshit statements, then they followed it up with even more bull, and then even more.avatar299 said:People have gotten so upset over a little exaggerated comment over a service, and completely ignored their complaints.
Last I checked, capitalism requires everybody involved to have a few ambassadors on staff. Ever hear of this little thing called "PR"?avatar299 said:And last I checked their game developers. Not ambassadors.
avatar299 said:Yes they are. It's called trolling. People have gotten so upset over a little exaggerated comment over a service, and completely ignored their complaints. I don't blame them for pissing so many people off If it's this damn easy.
And last I checked their game developers. Not ambassadors.
While I do agree with what you're saying, that isn't the message at all. If you read all they've said so far, the message is clearly that they're pissed off that their indie favorites and buddies aren't on there. All that bitching about PopCap has absolutely nothing to do with the ease of use of the system. How "every shooter but Ikaruga sucks" has nothing to do with proper marketing. There is no higher purpose or message than plain old bitching here.haowan said:I think people are concentrating on the details while not looking at the overall gist of what they're saying: it wouldn't matter if there were all these crappy games on there if it were easier for users to see at a glance what people thought was great, and if there were many more games than there currently are.
I assumed somebody would say that, but no, that's not it. Throughout the entire "review list," he constantly calls out specific titles by name. Not as examples of a genre, but specific games. He does it several dozen times throughout the post. I am to assume that he broke that consistency completely at random, with no indication, with Wipeout? No, not really.haowan said:That's the message, not "why isn't there any Wipeout on XBLA". Which by the way just means "Why isn't there any high speed racing game on XBLA".
But does it matter if I think it's crap or not? If it's selling then who am I to judge? I specifically like XBLA because there's such a massive range of games on there that you pretty much hate gaming if you can't find something worth playing.haowan said:That's what I'm saying though - he's got carried away trying to prove that his original assertion that XBLA sucks is correct, when really it doesn't matter at all what he's said about those games. The point is, there's a lot of crap content on there that, even if you don't think it's crap, is preventing further content that might be better from getting on to the service.
Ah, yes, that I will agree has been one of the points, and it's correct. Mad Tracks blocking other racing games is wrong. The "only on wednesdays!" schedule is broken. Certification sucks and takes too long.haowan said:The point is, there's a lot of crap content on there that, even if you don't think it's crap, is preventing further content that might be better from getting on to the service.
Psychotext said:But does it matter if I think it's crap or not? If it's selling then who am I to judge? I specifically like XBLA because there's such a massive range of games on there that you pretty much hate gaming if you can't find something worth playing.
As for stopping other games getting on the service... I can't believe that, simply because there have been a number of weeks where we've got no new releases.
aku:jiki said:Ah, yes, that I will agree has been one of the points, and it's correct. Mad Tracks blocking other racing games is wrong. The "only on wednesdays!" schedule is broken. Certification sucks and takes too long.
The way Metanet has gone about saying this, however, has been wrong in every single way possible. Plus, it's not like these are shocking revelations that we need to ignore the bullshit to pay attention to. There's just not enough gold to find in the pile of shit Metanet has left here, and all we're left with are shitty hands.
I agree with your sentiment, but being fair he was more comparing the presentation and visual approach of the games rather than the scenario concepts. Fire Emblem (or Advance Wars really) may have a more generic setting than BoB, but doesn't mean they necessairily look more generic.aku:jiki said:Did he really just call a game based on fantasy bugs generic compared to bog-standard fantasy game Fire Emblem? Somebody needs a dictionary.
Yeah they said it in a bad way, but everyone understood what they were saying. You just purposely ignored it and focused on something easy to attack.aku:jiki said:That's their own damn fault, though. They should've shut up with their ignorant "opinions" if they wanted to deliver a message. And the thing isn't just "a little exaggerated comment." The original interview was littered with bullshit statements, then they followed it up with even more bull, and then even more.
:lol :lol Talk about needing PR. Nice to know developers under XBLA should follow the company lineaku:jiki said:And if you don't understand why a minor company trolling the corporate sphere is utterly retarded, that's your problem.
Last I checked, capitalism doesn't need PR. PR exists becuase everyone is either an idiot, a pussy, or likes being a martyr.aku:jiki said:Last I checked, capitalism requires everybody involved to have a few ambassadors on staff. Ever hear of this little thing called "PR"?
To be fair, the majority of shooters released on XBL do suck. Years later, we have a million uninspired cash ins on the success of Geometry Wars (which, while fun, is derivative enough already).aku:jiki said:While I do agree with what you're saying, that isn't the message at all. If you read all they've said so far, the message is clearly that they're pissed off that their indie favorites and buddies aren't on there. All that bitching about PopCap has absolutely nothing to do with the ease of use of the system. How "every shooter but Ikaruga sucks" has nothing to do with proper marketing. There is no higher purpose or message than plain old bitching here.
Yeah, their reviews are not a good idea. At all.I assumed somebody would say that, but no, that's not it. Throughout the entire "review list," he constantly calls out specific titles by name. Not as examples of a genre, but specific games. He does it several dozen times throughout the post. I am to assume that he broke that consistency completely at random, with no indication, with Wipeout? No, not really.
Mr Killemgood said:Hmm. I thought MN was publishing Braid for Mr. Blow?
Mr Killemgood said:A whole lot of sensible stuff