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04/28/09
I think thats really the problem with critics in the first place; they're quick to judge, even though they themselves could never produce something of the sort.
From the smattering of comments I've read from this story, people loved the game, and people didn't like the game. Read comments from any top tier game (MGS4, GoW2, Halo3) and you'll find the same thing. People loved the game. People didn't like the game.
So reviews are bullshit. Unless the game is obviously bad, a game is worth playing.
In short, critics suck.
04/23/09
Thick skin and all the rest of it, but dude, when the critics, "professional critquers of work," say something is bad, it's got to affect them somehow. If it didn't, they're in the wrong profession. I'm glad they cared enough about it, and thank god they have you to tell them what's what.
Next up: When Luke Plunkett next pops off about microtransactions in ranty posts, college undergraduates will talk down to him about his attitude.
04/23/09
If they care enough to get depressed, they care enough to make a better game next time. It's just being human. I thought the game was competent, not great. I'm looking forward to what they might accomplish in the sequel. Again, while it would be nice to have both, they definitely had the sales, which is more important than good reviews.
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04/23/09
Look. These people are making the archetype of a commercial game. And it is remarkable when they manage to admit they get hurt when they /only/ succeed commercially. I mean, do they genuinely believe the "Farce Unleashed" is a good game? That's astounding.
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04/23/09
Yup. If they'd just copied only that game, instead of cramming in every gimmick from every best- selling action game made in the last couple of years into every single scene, it might've been playable. Even with the atrocious writing.
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04/23/09
Maybe *gasp* this license does not convey well to a game environment. Having force powers gets old fast.
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04/23/09
Sure is bandwagon following around here.
04/23/09
Esp. when, in the first 20 minutes, he played through one of the levels almost every critic, whether they loved or hated the game, really had fun with -- the Wookie level. Far too many glitches in the game and lack of inspiration in the level design to really recommend this one, but I had some fun with it as a Star Wars' fan and someone who enjoys a good story to go along with their gameplay. I thought they knocked it out of the park with the story and the cutscenes (which I actually watched again after playing the game -- something I rarely do).
04/23/09
The only good Star Wars games seem to be RPGs, Flight games and perhaps the Jedi Knight series - but those aren't relevant anymore. For whatever reason.
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04/23/09
Nothing like Ninja Gaiden at hardest of course.
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04/23/09
The Pats do, opening week, we'll fine out of TO actually makes a difference. It sucks royally that Lynch will be out though.
04/23/09
04/23/09
Watched my fiancee play through it, struggling through the banal game play and dull story.
Wouldn't go see it in theaters though.
04/23/09
04/23/09
It's a criminally piss poor story that undermines a great deal of the pathos and ethos within the franchise, particularly that which regards the character of Anakin Skywalker.
It's a wretched attempt to cash-in on the franchise with a "whoa cool, did you see what he did?" collection of moments that serve no other purpose than to be "awesome". Yep, Yoda, one of the most powerful Jedi in the galaxy struggles to hold falling rubble off of Obi-Wan and Anakin... But Mr. Apprentice can pull down an entire Star Destroyer... And take on both Vader and Palpatine without much difficulty...
Starkiller's (hah!) inclusion into the canon of the series is far worse than anything the prequels ever did. His personality, status and mere presence within the Star Wars story is borderline reprehensible to anyone with a brain.
So yeah, I'm serious. It was dull.