He's primarily a PC gamer and gave the Arkham Knight PC disaster the "Stop pre-ordering games" award in his arbitrary award list. I'd find it hard for him to put AK on a top 10 positive list
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TotalBiscuit's Top 10 Games of 2015
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He's primarily a PC gamer and gave the Arkham Knight PC disaster the "Stop pre-ordering games" award in his arbitrary award list. I'd find it hard for him to put AK on a top 10 positive list
Even divorced from that context, Batman hasn't been appearing on many industry lists (and if it has, it's been far down on the list).
Xplatformer
Member
It's more the inclusion of Mad Max, than the exclusion of Batman.
Way better 3rd person action titles came out this year.
I'm sure it has to do with
1. Him being a fan of the franchise and
2. Not playing the other 3rd person titles
It was more due to how fun the car combat was for him more than anything.
Coreda
Member
In checking out his Soundcloud from jim's links noticed he posted an hour ago a full explanation of why he hasn't played The Witcher 3.
Boils down to conflict of interest with CDP sponsoring his gaming team, wanting to avoid lengthy games due to time and fatigue from his illness, and since so many nag and criticize him about it on a regular basis about it he's come to associate the game with negativity.
Goes on to clarify why Mad Max reached his top 10, past the issues he had with it. Basically re-iterating that it's a completely subjective list based on his personal enjoyment of the games even those that are far from perfect.
Boils down to conflict of interest with CDP sponsoring his gaming team, wanting to avoid lengthy games due to time and fatigue from his illness, and since so many nag and criticize him about it on a regular basis about it he's come to associate the game with negativity.
Goes on to clarify why Mad Max reached his top 10, past the issues he had with it. Basically re-iterating that it's a completely subjective list based on his personal enjoyment of the games even those that are far from perfect.
Imagine someone getting this angry over the joke name of a videogame award of a semi famous youtuber, lmfao
It's only game, why you heff to be mad?
LapinAgile
Member
What games couldn't benefit from the boost in performance a PC can provide? Even as a console gamer surely you can recognize that there is a more powerful alternative out there. I'd love a 60 fps 4K bloodborne!
entremet
Member
Lol at TB having a marketing team. Most Youtubers run lean shops.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
All- people act of their own self interest, but not all the time. The idea that you make a correlation between having a preferences towards your own habits, taste and desires and "he literally could not give a fuck about consumers"
is not so much as a childish knee jerk reaction, but offensively ignorant.
Nobody who doesn't harm anyone deserves ridicule and scorn. Your opinion is not invalidated because you don't play on all platforms or process all of the massive content.
In fact, I would argue that people having different experiences and playing different types of games that they like yields in more interesting top 10 lists. There are two many lists already that repeat the same doctrine. Lots of great games get ignored or don't get mentioned enough because the big games who took all the media spotlight hogs all the action.
What you're doing is parading some zealous conformist passive-aggressive tirade. It's dumb and ignorant. The world is better with more variety and more varied experiences. Not vacuum spaces with everyone unanimously only wanting to talk about the witches and bloodborne.
Finally, if you've ever listened regular to TB you know he loves console games and he knows that he is seen by some ignorant fools as a console hater because he doesn't like shitty ports. He cares a lot about consumers, informing the public about marketing fuckery and bad ports. In fact I'll say he is one of the youtube content creators who care the most and I frankly find it admiring that even though he is really sick he still makes videos regularly. To say that he doesn't care. Ignorant crap. He likes consoles, he grew up with console games, it's just that his preferences are often on PC and a lot of his content is aimed at indie titles that bigger sites don't cover. It's relevant to his interest.
The idea that this makes him a pathetic arrogant elitist cunt, frankly says more about you than him.
I think his wife handles the branding & other related matters. So team might be overselling it. He also has at least one employee and has "more Youtube money than God" (direct quote)
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
To be fair, he's been extremely up front and completely transparent about what content he produces and what will give him the most views. He has said on his youtube videos why he killed something and why he has doubled down on others. He's also leading the charge on stating outright when a video he posts is sponsored content.
And while he doesn't say that he has a marketing team, he does say that he has people working behind the scenes. Definitely lean to be sure, but he does have a team of people helping him out as far as I know.
I miss his regular VLOGs
Dick Justice
Banned
TB threads really attract the most insecure, pathetic fanboys on GAF, who bitch and moan because the mean Youtube man didn't hold the exact same opinions as them.
AHA-Lambda
Member
More_Badass
Member
Hand of Fate, Distance, Alto's Adventure, and Invisible Inc. Man has good tastes.
I'm actually quite surprised to see he enjoyed Alto's Adventure. That's a mobile game btw
If my memory serves me well, the response when discussing it on the podcast was rather lukewarm (although I don't remember how much of it was Jesse and how much TB, since I think Jesse might have been the most vocal about it).
People really are weird.
Its not surprising a busy man that is battling with cancer picked more focused/unique games (Once in a life time experiences like Undertale) and ones that have a more focus of playing with friends then something like Witcher3/ Fallout4/ MGS5, that you have to dump large hours of your time. He enjoyed different games then most popular opinions and people act like he personally kicked their dog for fun.
It's really entertaining to read.
thelastcrusader
Banned
I don't know who TotalBiscuit is but the fact that #1 is the wrong title gives him zero credibility in my book.
More_Badass
Member
i hope this is sarcasm
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
The Artisan
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it's not on Ps4 :\If there's one I absolutely must recommend, it's Sunless Sea. The guys at Failbetter are masters of prose, and bring the dank depths to inky black Lovecraftian/Gothic life with their wonderful writing. The journeys are grueling atmospheric adventures, as you set on voyages into the unknown waters where otherworldly beings and mind-rending horrors lurk.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
Steam or GOG clearly /s.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
Animal Crossing amiibo Festival
More_Badass
Member
They're considering it, but it's not the kind of game that would work well on a TV. There's a lot of reading. There's a good chance of it coming to iPad though
DICKS AHOY
Banned
That's not too surprising, and I say this as someone who still really liked the game. A lot of people got burnt badly by the forced Batmobile segments and the terrible DLC support afterwards.
Messofanego
Banned
You can play Sunless Sea on pretty much most laptops or desktops. Same goes for Undertale, Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime, or Renowned Explorers.
Dicktatorship
Junior Member
Hey TB, if you're reading this I just want you to know that I respect your opinion and that you're an alright dude. Also apparently I need to play Undertale
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Same, you're my boy TB. Your videos are useful as hell and I check them out before buying a game to see if the port is good if they're timely enough.
Keep doing what you're doing.
The Artisan
Member
hm...i don't like playing video games on computers but maybe i can try it out on a macbook.
Chinese Cartoons
Banned
Why the hell you people getting mad over his list but then again I don't understand what makes him so special.
johnnydrama
Banned
A shill for that company that makes the closed PC box. Totalbiscuit is a rabid fanboy who wants everyone to own a computer... oh, wait.
old manatee
Banned
I'm enjoying Mad Max more than I thought I would. Superficially it's just like a bunch of terrible Ubisoft-style open world games, but it is filled with small design choices that make it a better game than any Far Cry or Assassin's Creed. The same thing happened this year with Dontnod putting out a better Telltale game than Telltale ever will.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Jesus Christ V_V
I hear he made a video about all his picks. It's probably linked in this thread's OP. You should try clicking it.
he actually doesnt own a PC and just watches games on his smartphone
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
TB can be controversial around these parts. I'm not surprised one iota.
More_Badass
Member
He doesn't even watch the videos. His marketing team does then pass him along their notes
/s
roadrunn3r
Member
I heard the game has better writing and smarter dialogs on a macbook. Oh and better colors and artwork too.
Dictator93
Member
This may sound a bit odd, but a macbook may be a computer.
I have yet to research into it yet though, so I could be wrong.
QuantumSquid
Member
Thank you for this post. As someone who has been subscribed to TB since his video about the addition of microtransactions to TF2 back in 2010, it really frustrates me to so frequently see people who know so little about him make these posts with such vitriol.
He's far from perfect, but the same can be said for everyone else on the planet, and he's been continuing to make videos to inform consumers about the quality of new releases and rising business practices while battling cancer for the better part of the past two years. It's fine to not like him or to not enjoy his content, but to say he is a shill (the polar opposite of what he is) and that he doesn't care for consumers is ridiculous and displays a level of ignorance that, as you say, says more about the person spewing such false information than it does about TB.
To follow in line with what the other folks in this thread are doing:
TB, if you're reading this, I just want you to know that I recognize and appreciate your efforts to help consumers make the right choices in the years since your channel was created. Since I subscribed to you in 2010, you have helped myself and my friends stay informed on the latest releases and their quality both as a game and as a PC port. You are one of the few honest YT content creators remaining on the site and I'll keep watching your videos as long as you keep making them.
There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with wanting a console game to be on PC.
Nothing at all.
I fucking WISH Destiny was on PC.
60 fps, faster load times, much quicker and easier to patch for Bungie.
We're not even gonna talk about if it was a PC exclusive and then could have,you know, actual expansive worlds and more enemies and players in one area at the same time, etc...
Geez,I really wonder why anyone would want a console game on a PC...
Nothing at all.
I fucking WISH Destiny was on PC.
60 fps, faster load times, much quicker and easier to patch for Bungie.
We're not even gonna talk about if it was a PC exclusive and then could have,you know, actual expansive worlds and more enemies and players in one area at the same time, etc...
Geez,I really wonder why anyone would want a console game on a PC...
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
Really? The PC can move the goalposts every 3 months when they come out with their new cards and chips. Any sort of deficiencies that the consoles have can be brute forced by the current PC cards.
If anything, TB is fair and he will absolutely lavish love on a proper port. Take a look at his WTF of Dust: An Elysian Tail. He is almost begging people at the end to support the title.
Well, my last 2 major PC graphics cards have been AMD. My gaming laptop uses Nvidia. So while market share may say one thing the platform allows for choice. I just like good cards and both have them. Also amd and intel gpu's baked into to cpu's have gotten better especially if you like indie games and/or game on a Mac.
As for his list, I think it's ok. Another tip of the hat for Undertale. I am pretty curious about it.