I'm just saying it's silly to write it off completely before any impressions.
as for KI, I have no attachment to the origional and honestly the new one looks mashy (as did the old one lol) but it's not just Max. It apparently went pretty well at EVO (booing from minions aside lol) and a lot of dudes from there said it was good. Isn't that a sign that DH has learned from their mistakes? and perhaps they can improve a lot?
I just rather be optimistic about things rather than pessimistic all the time. The latter only leads to you not having a good time because you end up trying to prove that you were right and end up nitpicking everything instead of just enjoying it. I swear Gafs rating system is GDLK or Complete shite. and anything that doesn't meet near perfection is bad.
makes gaming side difficult as fuck to read.
also I am not saying it should be sunshine and rainbows because if this game is ass then yeah people were right. People have the right to be hesistant or every letdown but let wait and see more. and more importantly wait for impressions, more vids, a demo even.
If people decide they're not going to look at another piece of media or another article/interview, then sure. That's unreasonable. But no one here is going to do that, even if they say they are (unless they already had complete apathy for the Strider brand, in which case it still doesn't make a difference).
People should complain right now if they want to because this is the best time to get your voice heard. And yes, complaining in public forums, complaining in DH forums, complaining on Capcom's forums... it all matters. It creates buzz, either positive or negative, about certain aspects of this upcoming title.
And people can continue to bash Double Helix because, again, they've made shit. Maybe some of it was out of their control, but it's still in their closet. With regard to KI impressions, everyone that tries out a new game, especially one with next gen graphics, will probably be smitted at first. People acted that way with SFxT, too. I'm not saying KI is the same, but I'm also saying that positive initial impressions don't really hold as much weight anymore.
I think pre-release pre-emptive negativity can be a very good thing. There are plenty of public forums that are probably gushing and won't contribute a lick to making Strider a better game.
Not sure what makes Max so untrustworthy all of a sudden but I trust the opinions of those who played the game over those who haven't. Along with how the game keeps looking better and better everytime they show it.
It's not really sudden for me. For fighting games, Max has a propensity of falling to pre-release hype hardcore. For non-fighting games, he's just generally bad at them, and it leads to lopsided opinions.
As a pre-release hype man, he's fine.
