shubleedsblue

Even with its flaws its a solid 9.0

Neon

Something I've oft wondered is why do you guys have to comply to a provincial law? Hell, delay it for ONE part of the continent, not... a whole country.

Also, I've always thought Ubi was fail in everything they did. This pretty much cinched it.

Feb. 1, huh?

Time for a trip to the States for me.

CommentatorHatman

A) First, The situation was involving the upper management. The only assumed involvement with the writers was with Gerstmann's firing, and the slight rewriting (and new video) of one review. Score was untouched.

I do agree that the rewriting was unnecessary. The review was meant to be how it was, even if people at GameSpot believed that the article was too harsh for the score. To be honest, if they wanted to change anything, change the score. The actual review is what the person believed in. Changing the review is deciding that the writer was unfit in his job.

B) Gerstmann said that the writers were never affected in such a way. I really wish I could provide a link, but this happened so far back that it's hard for me to search for where exactly he said this.

3) This is a quote from Frank Provo, from a while back.

"The GameSpot staff did not fire Jeff. The GameSpot staff are NOT corrupt. GameSpot itself is NOT the problem. CNet is. CNet's management is. The problem lies with the puppet masters. Unfortunately, those masters have RUINED GameSpot's credibility and reputation... a reputation built up for more than a decade."

Source: [www.gamedaily.com]

Instead of blowing off GameSpot, we really should be supporting them. The ones who don't want this to happen. We should support the ones who want the free speech, to be able to declare an over hyped game bad, or a under hyped game good (or bad...).

4) Another quote from the above source:

"I believe CNet management let Jeff go for all the wrong reasons," said Provo in his blog. "I believe CNet intends to soften the site's tone and push for higher scores to make advertisers happy."

This quote is originally sourced at [www.gamespot.com]

This is from a writer who wants the free speech, and understands whats happening. In dissecting his quote, he states "I believe CNet INTENDS to soften...," future tense. Plans to. Hasn't yet.

I understand why people are all over the GS debacle. I understand the feeling that GS should not be read. While this might hurt CNet, it will also hurt the people who want to deliver the stuff we want. The writers.

On Insomniac... I have no idea what that's about.

unspec4

theaznguy87

Jac21

Jac21

brieeyeball

MURDERFACE

ThisCharmingMan

valhum

Blood, Money, and old arcade style. I'm glad i reserved it.

Pawsie

taomaster99

"There are no cops to chase you down when you do something illegal (you are not allowed to do anything illegal anyway -- there aren't even any red lights to run)."

That's funny because I saw streetlights when I was playing and ran a dude over. But why would cops chase you anways, that's got nothing to do with what the game is about. Talk about going over someone's head.

Player2

FRANKENREVIEWs rule!

liquidmonk

they are uneccessary. there's plenty of other great sites that deserve that spot more.

liquidmonk

Ampillion = That Man.

GhaleonUnlimited

GhaleonUnlimited

teh_joe

Nate_Birch

I'm not saying that people can't have their opinions, but just from looking at the list of their reviews... well, if many reviewers had their outlook on the industry, I for one would be not be sad to see the gaming journalism/review industry ousted and replaced with people who can get over themselves long enough to understand the gaming industry is constantly evolving and changing... not locked in the past of obscure titles that never left Japan. Even more so if everyone is so egotistical they cannot deal with people having a difference of opinion in their forums. How depressing would this site be if we banned anyone who decided to start up rousing conversations in an opposition view to information in the news above?

Ampillion = That Man.

Anyways, I was pleased and surpirsed (with a side of "oh shit") that NMH was sold out at every gamestop/ebgames (save one) here in SF at around 1:40 when I got off school on the 23rd. Called up stonestown GS, and got in just in time to get one of 4 on-shelf copies.

I've been loving the game so far. The only real problem I have with this game is the bike. The constant riding makes me think of long boring boat rides in Wind Waker.

The rank 5 fight was... interesting. I wish I could keep on playing, but I'll have to wait til tomorrow now. Oh well, 3 ranks a day isn't too bad I suppose. Anyways, it's no understatement to say that it has me hooked with its twisted yet straightforward charms.

Kilian

doctorwily

Cerif27

Btw... a lot of the games on insomnia are relatively unknown because they're arcade games :\

Loler

I usually throw out the french manual anyways. Poor trees . . .

ShirtNinja

To quote SA, "They hate every band anyone else has heard of and hate every band they haven't heard. They're allowed to like a band that another indie fan likes, provided that they heard it before the other guy did. They loved The Shins until Garden State came out."

onikuwagata

psychicfriend

Gunhaver

Mark Wilson

So glad that this game is getting better than decent reviews though. We really need to let Suda know that his game won't flop in the states. He's got a lot of heart and guts to put out something as creative as this. I can't see why any otaku/Tarantino/hardcore gamer with a Wii would not want to pick this up.

Must buy for any Wii owner.

Jenstar

If anything this article shows that there should be heroes and no more Insomnia. I wish death upon their site.

ManiLink

Like here: [insomnia.ac]

If you only ever read 1 insomnia article (well, besides the NMH review), read the above. Japanophile elitism beyond the max.

DarkOxygen

KM91

JaXs

PITwelve

A little off topic: this is the first frankenreview I see that the graph starts on 0. Every other I´ve seen is a weird 40 to 100 graph, with divisions every 12 units or something.

Garcia

Kind of like this game ;)

DaiMacculate

JackTretton

StarStabbedMoon

teh_sideburns

NeverSage

cio

half-beast

pinoy78

ProfWho

Zootalor

JimmyPageJun1or

Americana

God, where would people like this be without the internet?

NeverSage

doctorwily

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

ZinkO: Balls of the Patriots

If it's a troll I applaud them, if it's sincere...

Sinfjotle

"No More Heroes gives the finger to complexity and realism, going for simplicity and style and scoring pretty big. Things can seem sparse and simple a lot of square shapes and right angles, but the game knows how to use color, doing especially well with blood red, and lays down some thoughtful detail. The game also delivers kick-ass cutscenes and never turns down the chance to make a slick transition. For its part, the soundtrack is catchy and is a memorable part of the game's bizarre but cool atmosphere.

Super-concentrated style and constant action make No More Heroes game an unmistakable original for the Wii. The game boldly wears both its heart and its punk rock attitude on its sleeve, and manages a totally playable action control scheme for the Wii that uses the Wiimote without abusing it. The game is in some ways covers a narrow range and could definitely push farther with its open world concept, but the killer vibe and amazing moments make this heroic effort worth checking out."

aaa

BloodStainedVendetta

Dauragon C. Mikado

Additionally, Ubisoft has put very little money into promoting this thing; I've seen some ads on Penny Arcade but that's it. You can't accuse Gamespot of selling out for ad dollars in their review unless you can point me to the No More Heroes ads on the site.

The best review for this game is the GameTrailers one. Gamerankings puts this game at 88% right now. Gametrailers gave it an 8.2. This game is not as "niche" as Killer7. The Insomniac review is horrible. It's not supposed to be a GTA rip off, if you can't figure that out from the first five minutes of play then you have no business writing video game reviews. That Kotaku included this review is insulting to literate gamers everywhere.

aaa

TheCleaningGuy

KirbyMorph

That dude is such a noodle. I wanted to post there just to tell him how much of a dickhead he was. But then I saw that a couple of other people did and figured. Why bother? Who cares anyway?

He posted the one girls email on the forum and told his 4-5 flunky, dickriding followers to sign her up for spam and stuff like that.

Dude just comes off as a d-wad. It's fine if he has legitimate beefs with the game or just plainly doesn't like it. But he's comparing it to other games, justifying why he's doing that and if you disagree with the guy or call him out on his b.s. YOU ARE the idiot. Yeah okay.

Somebody needs to tell that guy that it's called a review not a compare and comparison.

I love how he justifys that by saying..."Oh but it's in the same vein as GTA3". So I guess all RPGS that started using animie style epic cut scenes should be compared to Final Fantasy right? Or any racing game that you hit a button for gas should be compared to Pole Position?

Dude is a noodle.

At first I thought that was a legitimate respected site. But upon further reveiw (ha) I saw that it's just mainly a dude with a website and an opinion.

But I'm done wasting time talking about that guy.

The game is great pick it up if you haven't

FunKrusher

Livid

Green-clad Gamer Dude

Oh, for people who may have missed it here is the Insomnia reviewer banning everyone in his forum who disagrees with him....

[forum.insomnia.ac]

What a bitch

ProfWho

ara

n8n8baby

zenfoldor

zenfoldor

forkon

zenfoldor

Tiger-Fever

RonJeremy4Pres

xot

As it stands, I'm swinging by FYE after work and seeing if they have it in stock.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

When they rated this game Mature, they absolutely meant it. It feels M rated in the first 5 minutes. And this made me so damn happy knowing that I had to lower the volume and shut the door to make sure the kids in the house weren't attracted to my new Wii game which obviously isn't meant for them.

Can you win a fight by turning backwards and mashing the A button? Yes. But that strategy lasts for about 30 seconds at most, and if Insomnia really thinks video games were meant to be played blind, then their reviews should be read blind as well.

This game is fun and so hugely different than anything on the Wii so far. Highly recommended.

Danj3ris: man of many overlooked ideas.

So if I turn around and don't look at the screen and mash two buttons in God of War I WONT end up killing all the enemies? PFFT

X10A

awkward91

awkward91

THX5334

What an awesome way to display that it's still okay for publishers to buy off sites because they will still be included in articles like this.

Way to negate all that energy you guys spent reporting Gerstamngate.

THX5334

Why do you dtill include them after Gerstmangate, Gizmodo?

Are you trying to condone or legitimize sites that are bought by publishers?

Wow, all the energy expended on writing those Gerstmangate articles to all be forgotten and null and void while we just go back to business as usual and include Gamespot back in the mix.

Very disappointing.

THX5334

If you only have two dimensions (x, y) then graph only x and y. z does nothing to illustrate the data.

ProfWho

For those looking for a review, summarizing the above is correct; the overworld is very much a means to tie the missions together, not a "game". There's tons of slowdown in these sections, and the bike controls pretty much like ass; the combat, however, is IMMENSELY satisfying. This game is definately worth picking up--if anything, to show support to a third party, mature game.

...and now I'm going to play it, if you don't mind.

GundamAC197: Proud new Wii60 Owner!

Adam In Texas

daschupa

The fighting scenes are like Final Fight meets Tempest 2000. The driving scenes are like a game running on an emulator that you know won't run perfectly until you buy your next computer. Mash those two together, and it comes down to one thing: Did you like Final Fight? Did you like Tempest 2000? If you really love those games, you'll like No More Heroes, and you'll be able to tolerate the driving scenes as a means to a completely awesome end.

BtownDesignGuy

valhum

Furious_Liver

Astonishing!

subnet6

Danarcho

...too bad I am too broke for games.

JoDi

Overall, you spend easily the most time in missions with each one taking about a half hour. Makes for a not too long game but that's pretty much to be expected of the genre. Not like it needs to be drawn out or anything. Suda51 created had an idea, made a game out of it and his idea is executed perfectly. Technical aspects with the overworld can be pretty much ignored.

EggmaniMN

Perdew

Schu

Nate128

aminus

Spike

I'm not very far into it, but i will say that the Gamespot review is fairly dead on in terms of the meat of the game being in the boss fights. The free roaming world is hardly necessary though and can often be annoying.

Definitely worth a play though, this game was made for Tarantino fans

Direcrux

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

Chip

DaiMacculate

People put too much trust in reviews. We need more truthiness in games, more heart, less fact.

It's like kids shouldn't play hide and seek because someone twice their age from another country thinks it's lame.

I'll play whatever i want. That's what it's all about in the end.

Sunjammer

Tiger-Fever

Hiltz

pandafresh

AdmiralRupert

But dude came off like a hack wannabe reveiwer, writing for his highschool newspaper.

He spends at least half his reveiew talking about why the GTA series was so great and then blast this game for not being GTA (the stuff of pure genius /sarcasm). He even closes his review on that note.

Tries to be funny or cutting edge or hip, or man actually I don't know what dude was trying to do with his reveiw.

I'm surprised Insomoniac pays people like this to be apart of their staff. Dude came off like a fanboy in his review.

Note using colorful language, blasting a game because it's not like another game, and trying to be a comedian isn't cool. That's just bad journalism.

FunKrusher

The open world is basically a hub to get to other things, but you will not want to spend time exploring it anyways because you just want to get to the next awesome combat area. Also, probably the worst thing there is is the fact that if you fail a side mission (where you have to do an assassination of someone), you have to go back to the place where you sign up for the side mission and agree to do it again before trying it again - this can get a tiny bit annoying, but easy to get over.

I suggest people buy this game, but if you are expecting a GTA openworld-type game or a graphics powerhouse, then do not buy the game because that is not what this game is about.

Lstormy10

Candlejack

Melonfodder

Tubatic

JN64Lover

valhum

IGN and GameTrailers have had the best reviews thus far that looked at every aspect.

X-Play, GameSpot, and NGamer have good reviews also, but forgive a little more than the above two.

Insomnia is just out there somewhere (never even have heard of the site)...

Suggestion for Kotaku: Try not to include a review from Insomnia again in any Frakenreview as they have extreme biases and are egotistic (just check out their site and forums).

Lstormy10

Copesetic

Agies

I second that motion. Reading that thread I linked to above, the reviewer is clearly a prick who thinks anyone who disagrees with his opinion is an idiot.

ProfWho

Also, come off the whole Gamespot thing, do you honestly think SUDA 51 has the money to bribe reviewers with? I haven't seen one advertisement for this game yet either.

Mr. Mastodon Farm

Knoxximus (360/PSN)

durrem

I LOVE THIS GAME!! XD

It is practically the spirtual heir to God Hand....and probably the closest thing we'll see to a sequel in our lifetimes. This game is a personal love letter to open minded gamers everywhere....you know, the kind of gamer that doesn't try to put every game into the box that it seems to fit into the best.

It's kinda hard to the enjoy a game for what it is when you are too busy trying to fuckin' pidgeonhole it.

Knoxximus (360/PSN)

DaiMacculate

Ampillion = That Man.

P.S. If I was a few years younger I would probably think this is the best game of all time.

ytdb

mtvernon

SanjiX

StupidDufus

MURDERFACE

[forum.insomnia.ac]

ProfWho

Player2

Mr. Fap☆Fap!

I don't know it I'd quite say reviews are "polarized." That Insomnia one is pretty much the only bad review I've seen.

ajay42

kthorjensen

brello

Damn French translation for the manual, not to sound Xenophobic but is it really necessary and why the hell didn't Ubisoft get their act together in the first place.

MacHarper

I've put in about 4 hours so far (Shinobu is fucking awesome) and I can hardly wait to put in more.

It really is like a love letter to a very specific kind of geek. Much as was Kill Bill. And like Kill Bill, if you're the kind of geek they're aiming for, you need to experience this.

Spike

It's like the first "post-modern" video game in the way that it wants to look and feel as much like a VIDEO GAME as it can. Most games now are either trying to look like reality or like some subgenre of animation - this one wants to look like an early-90s arcade brawler in a free-roaming setting; complete with pixel-art powerups, hordes of identical enemies with themed costumes, the funky half-cel/half-textured character designs, the "high score" ranking screen... beautiful. It's like the bastard offspring of "Shenmue" and "River City Ransom."

moviebob

FoxHoundADAM

"But this simplicity means nothing, because Mario doesn't feel like he used to. And that's not just my rancid age talking or my dislike of the cheap, crude, charmless "2.5D" cardboard cutouts that serve as graphics -- control is less precise, less responsive, less fun. With this fundamental aspect, not broken, but imperfect, the unimaginative stage design combines and conspires to make playing through the quest a chore."

Really, there was no charm to the graphics and the control was not good? You are right these guys are some full of themselves snobs who think obscure games are the only good ones.

ProfWho

That being said, Insomnia doesn't know what the hell they're talking about if they can't find this game very enjoyable. It's a tribute to the hardcore gamers of the world- it delights in its own idiosyncratic world and pays homage to the culture of videogames while doing it in high style.

I'm enjoying it more than... *gasp* Mario Galaxy!

Crosswayboy

AppleTamer

Gadgetron

jive238

MURDERFACE

No, I'll agree with Prof, this site seems to reek of some terrible. From the looks of it, they review mostly obscure stuff, and tend to love it, worship it... where as more popular things like Resistance, Mario Kart, FFXII Revenant Wings get crapped on.

Ampillion = That Man.

kwan

I've been playing this since yesterday, and I gotta say the game is fun (which to me is really all that matters). If you play the game on normal mode the combat actually seems alot deeper than Insomnia makes it sound. I died twice fighting the opening boss trying to figure out his tells, and by the time I got to the third boss this at about noon today I was so frustraited that I was seriously considering restarting the game on easy mode. The discrepency between my experience and the Insomnia review makes me think they just defaulted to easy mode (admit it you do it too). Something I resolved not to do on new years eve.

Omi

suburbancowboy

Granthunter

Maldron

Benjo

But I guess different strokes for different folks.

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teh_joe

Mpalm.

@sadkermit: This strategy would sadly work well for many of the flunky encounters, but it's a fast-track to death during boss fights. Yes the combat is shallow, they could've stood to actually implement the break system as something more than a novelty ((from what I've seen sofar they haven't)) but bosses require careful maneuvering.

Maldron

AnEternalEnigma

@ProfWho: Well, it was really easy.

ceilingFANBOY

Cuban__B

Seriously? Jesus.

Man, I loved Killer7... Too bad my Wii isn't at school with me or I would have picked this up by now.

Touy

Roadkill

Tonx

goldwings

[insomnia.ac]

New Super Mario Bros. get a 2 out of 5.

ProfWho

I'm sure devs are happy to see good scores coming for the most part - I'm sure there'll be advert dollars directed to those good review sites. I do wish the game the best, good luck NMH.

Hope I don't see you in the bargain bin for $20 in 6 months, but I wouldn't be surprised.

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi.

valhum

This game is right up my alley, but there's this problem... I don't have a Wii. Not that I couldn't procure one if the need arose, but the DMC4 demo is out and that game will be dropping in a few weeks.

Unfortunately this one is getting lost in the shuffle for now.

Madeira

Anubis II? At least that has a universal reaction...

blackadvent

drweazel