Veronin said: I don't know how Anita Sarkeesian could even be considered a bad influence on the industry. Even if she's abrasive and often has factually wrong arguments, her cause isn't a bad one at all. Playing the same 'gruff 30-year-old white man driven by revenge' over and over gets boring. Video games have incredible potential for storytelling and it limiting itself to one type of protagonist actively hinders that potential. Yes, I do want more female, non-white and bisexual/homosexual characters in video games. And that doesn't make me a feminist. It just means I care about games. . Diversity is a fight against centuries-long economic dominance which inevitably leads to cultural dominance. LashLethal said: Veronin said: I don't know how Anita Sarkeesian could even be considered a bad influence on the industry. She bullshits a lot. She tied up a female npc in Red Dead Redemption and said this and that even though the mechanic is mainly used to catch people with bounties on their head. She also killed strippers, dragged them around the floor and threw them off a balcony in Hitman. The funny thing is, you lose points for doing that and you're not even supposed to do it. She twist things because she's got no ground and she disable comments on her youtube vids for a reason. I'd give her the d though Her channel got a new video ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E47-FMmMLy0&list=UU7Edgk9RxP7Fm7vjQ1d-cDA Thoughts? |
LashLethal said: Well, she's already been exposed for the cheap con she is though, what with her constant shilling, lazy theft of footage and hilarious employment history. Not that it was any surprise, everyone but the radfems, SJW hatemob and whiteknights saw her for what she was long ago.She bullshits a lot. She tied up a female npc in Red Dead Redemption and said this and that even though the mechanic is mainly used to catch people with bounties on their head. She also killed strippers, dragged them around the floor and threw them off a balcony in Hitman. The funny thing is, you lose points for doing that and you're not even supposed to do it. She twist things because she's got no ground and she disable comments on her youtube vids for a reason. I'd give her the d though |
live2win said: Her channel got a new video ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E47-FMmMLy0&list=UU7Edgk9RxP7Fm7vjQ1d-cDA Thoughts? For one thing half of them are about harassment. (which is honestly basically all the same), It is like being called an "Idiot", then being called "dumb" and getting upset about how they are different. But I might have to agree with the convention one I heard some bad stuff about them. other then that It is super preachy. Some things are like ya that's bad. But most is like same old preaching. Like when people say 50% women play games is not true(maybe if you count mobile games most don't) It is growing a lot as core gamers grow up but 50% ya right. Also many games are more tasteful lately towards women unlike many games of old.(unless they are established Fighting games mostly). |
PoisonedTeaDec 3, 2014 4:50 AM
Veronin said: I don't know how Anita Sarkeesian could even be considered a bad influence on the industry. Even if she's abrasive and often has factually wrong arguments, her cause isn't a bad one at all. Playing the same 'gruff 30-year-old white man driven by revenge' over and over gets boring. Video games have incredible potential for storytelling and it limiting itself to one type of protagonist actively hinders that potential. Yes, I do want more female, non-white and bisexual/homosexual characters in video games. And that doesn't make me a feminist. It just means I care about games. As for the games themselves, yeah, 2014 sucked. Half of what was released was broken while the other half was simply mediocre. I honestly can't think of anything this year that really stood out to me as being exemplary. I'm more interested in playing a Japan-only JRPG (閃の軌跡2) than anything that came out in the west. Anita is a great person. Even if she is wrong from time to time, we NEED people who are willing to speak out like that. Or all that we will get will be scruff white bald military type sheppard protagonists... |
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| It was an alright year, but it could've been better. As for Advanced Warfare, it is pretty decent, especially for what people put out the Call of Duty series to be. It does have its issues as a new game, but the major issues are gone, so it's pretty alright. |
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FGAU1912 said: No. No No No no.your broougth up Globalization tha the west does w when the biggest devs[ based on net worth ] are still eastern od that that was my point hell even Konani wh have been ot the shits lately have a bigger net woth than BA do and game quitly is in the ye of the beholder and how one mesrure quitkly is varies widly i mesure on story and Challenge mainly [ then genrembased things] I'm not talking about globalization in the economic sense. I'm talking about the globalization of video game ethics. I'm talking about how western games became more than just an appeal to a niche audience but to an audience that reaches to all demographics. ethics like bribing reivers go give good reviews or placing embargoes on reviews thats very unethical imo hance why the cry for traansparcy was never a eastern gaminbg thiitng[ i mean korea and other asian markets as well not just Japan] if that not what you mean by ethics tell me what you mean plz did not the WII do that and the DS too the WII maybe hated but it reached to more people than any other game platform and ds things like brain age and kawashima games were for more then just gamers and nintendo in not a gamer ads just saying hughe back lash on that but no bacl lash on what you say western devs do ie not apaaling top the core when Nintendo did it here was huge back lash mostly likly people like you attacked the WII that is consmuer provincialism of iits worst form i adit i mnay gae on handhels but do you see games like the witcher on Oparh[ or show like it ] like the WII was im sorry no you do not that is fact black and white im tyring to se your side here and have a fare ballaced debate the so called Ethical westren dEVS are the most un Ethical people going hwi poenly bribe people and do not get in trboule in nay other midia be it film music books ect if the sort of things that western devs[ maily us dves do ] open censorship journalistic freedom and open bribery why are they not in Jail for that that is Ethical really really really i think aristole would disagree with you there[/quote] TRANSLATION REQUIRED... ERROR, UNINTELLIGIBLE SPEECH. Sarcasm aside, it was a good year. Not as bad as pessimistic people say, but not as great as other years. Bayonetta 2, Smash Bros, ORAS (and the too much water jokes), Bravely Default, Hyrule Warriors, Shadow of Mordor, Child of Light, Fantasy Life, Tales of Xillia 2, South Park: Stick of truth. Metal Gear V, Captain Toad and other games which we still have to see. It´s good that Tales of Hearts R made it to the west, shame it´s the inferior version. |
WolfsbaneDec 3, 2014 4:01 PM
| Bit of Nintendo bias on that vid I mean all those Nintendo games hold no interest to me and im sure some other gamers too. So why say that Nintendo releases are a high point of the year, maybe for a vast majority but not everyone. A new mario cart doesn't mean much to me or most of the people who don't own a wii u. |
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Kibura_Iburasa said: Bit of Nintendo bias on that vid I mean all those Nintendo games hold no interest to me and im sure some other gamers too. So why say that Nintendo releases are a high point of the year, maybe for a vast majority but not everyone. A new mario cart doesn't mean much to me or most of the people who don't own a wii u. No kidding, and new Halo games won't appeal to anyone who doesn't own an Xbox One. Why is Nintendo always held to a double standard as if their games don't count? They released some great games this year. They got great reviews; everyone who's actually played them has generally liked them. What else is there to say? Nintendo bias? Every opinion is biased toward the titles the person likes. I could mention Bravely Default, Shadow of Mordor, Child of Light, and Dragon Age Inquisition as some non-Nintendo examples for why this year didn't suck and it would still be just as "biased" as any other opinion. That's why it's an opinion. |
kingcity20 said: Oh for the love of -_- nvm gotta love MAL |
| 2014 in general is a fucking terrible year, and that includes games too. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Spooks_McBones said: Bit of Nintendo bias on that vid I mean all those Nintendo games hold no interest to me and im sure some other gamers too. So why say that Nintendo releases are a high point of the year, maybe for a vast majority but not everyone. A new mario cart doesn't mean much to me or most of the people who don't own a wii u. Obviously every single critic reviewer and buyer disagrees with you. WHen a company releases what is called "best racing game ever", followed by "BEst Spectacle Fighter ever", ending with "the pinnacle of fighting games" its not hard to see why people claim its highpoint. Unless you would like to be ridiculous and claim that Smash Bros, Bayonetta and Mario Kart ARE NOT some of the best and most polished and most visually beautiful games in last few years. |
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CookingPriest said: 10/10 toppest kek of the day.Anita is a great person. Even if she is wrong from time to time, we NEED people who are willing to speak out like that. Or all that we will get will be scruff white bald military type sheppard protagonists... |
MiniSiets said: Nintendo bias? Every opinion is biased toward the titles the person likes. I could mention Bravely Default, Shadow of Mordor, Child of Light, and Dragon Age Inquisition as some non-Nintendo examples for why this year didn't suck and it would still be just as "biased" as any other opinion. That's why it's an opinion. What I was saying is that they mentioned it was the year of bad and broken games then only used Nintendo as the last bastion of good games this year. Wouldn't have killed them to mention a few of the other good games this year not released on the wii U. Made it seem like Nintendo were the only ones to release anything good this year. |
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Nicoreos said: Nintendo has been saved thanks to Wiimmfi, a brick wall is more smarter than you. When did Nintendo need saving? the way I see it they have been going strong from the portable market domination. Even with the release of the Wii-U and its original disappointing sales. |
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I'll wait to pick up a Wii-U when the finally release Dark souls 1+2 for it Nicoreos said: Nintendo needed saving because Eric-sama said we were obsessed drones who would commit suicide on May 20th ;( ..I think we are on different things right now. |
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jascol said: (since many cannot afford the Wii U) That is not why people don't buy the Wii-U man. |
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jascol said: Spooks_McBones said: That is not why people don't buy the Wii-U man. That wasn't the point of my post. I know, I was making a side point. |
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jascol said: I see, well, I know many of the players who didn't go to the Wii U couldn't afford it, which is why many in the competitive MKW/MK7 community didn't switch over. Why do you think people didn't bother to buy a Wii U after all these big titles came out? Whilst I can't speak for the general gaming community my reasons were at first the horrendous controller and lack of any real third party titles of interest. I won't buy a Nintendo console to play the latest Zelda/Mario games again. But the main reason is the Wii U is third party unfriendly, it was designed without any gaming publisher/company input like the other two consoles so it was developed out of the loop and it makes it really difficult for third parties to make games for it. Hell a lot of companies pulled out of the wii u all together refusing to make games for it. Nintendo basically approached the big guys after the console had been released and said make a game for it. Its actually really insulting to the game devs and publishers basically they didn't really take the western industry seriously or show them any respect. “So, these larger studios had a choice. Would they develop a port of an existing game to a console with limited capabilities and limited market penetration? Or put their teams to work on developing new features and concepts for the “real” next-gen consoles that were going to be launched that year? When you look at it this way, the choice isn’t that hard. Knowing the Wii U would have limited third party titles put me off paying nearly the price of other actually next gen consoles. The system was already underpowered so over the next few years the games wouldn't really evolve in any way. Regardless of a loyal fanbase Nintendo's consoles still have a rather niche market aimed towards those who are happy with a console that only really makes Nintendo games. And I have a PC :P I did games development at uni, I spent 3 years sitting in talks with games companies and tech shows, having all that stuff drilled into my mind every day :P RedTie47 said: Alien Isolation, etc. what was wrong with that game? creative assembly were one of my favorite speakers in Uni and they are a British games company so..bias extra support :p |
SpooksDec 4, 2014 2:07 PM
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Spooks_McBones said: jascol said: (since many cannot afford the Wii U) That is not why people don't buy the Wii-U man. I know, they do not buy it because they are cheap shits. There's literally no excuse to NOT own a wii right now. Its the only console worth owning. |
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| Well, I mostly just play indie games anyways so I was totally fine, but I probably played Mario Kart 8 and Crypt of the Necrodancer a lot more often than I would have otherwise. |
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CookingPriest said: It is the only console of this generation. The PS4 and the Xbone are just PC wannabesSpooks_McBones said: That is not why people don't buy the Wii-U man. I know, they do not buy it because they are cheap shits. There's literally no excuse to NOT own a wii right now. Its the only console worth owning. |
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MiniSiets said: No kidding, and new Halo games won't appeal to anyone who doesn't own an Xbox One. Why is Nintendo always held to a double standard as if their games don't count? They released some great games this year. They got great reviews; everyone who's actually played them has generally liked them. What else is there to say? Nintendo bias? Every opinion is biased toward the titles the person likes. I could mention Bravely Default, Shadow of Mordor, Child of Light, and Dragon Age Inquisition as some non-Nintendo examples for why this year didn't suck and it would still be just as "biased" as any other opinion. That's why it's an opinion. It´s really funny. We just mention the many great games they released this year and suddenly there is a bias. I say there is bias, for Sony which are praised everywhere even though both PS4 and Vita suck. Dragon Age Inquisition sucks a lot. Nicoreos said: Nintendo has been saved thanks to Wiimmfi, a brick wall is more smarter than you.  |
Soul-Master said: It´s really funny. We just mention the many great games they released this year and suddenly there is a bias. You're not the video as I believe I was talking about the games in the video, didn't even read your comments man. Soul-Master said: Nicoreos said: Nintendo has been saved thanks to Wiimmfi, a brick wall is more smarter than you. Show me a brick wall that has a uni degree in games and their market and i'll agree with you.  CookingPriest said: There's literally no excuse to NOT own a wii right now. Its the only console worth owning. Yeah if you're poor, rich people own PC's and just emulate the wii games and its only a matter of time before they break Wii-U coding and we can emulate them too, making the console totally obsolete when someone can go from playing the latest mario kart to playing battlefield or any of the latest games. PC master race bitch. The only Nintendo product worth owning is their portable systems. |
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VitaminCaim said: CookingPriest said: It is the only console of this generation. The PS4 and the Xbone are just PC wannabesI know, they do not buy it because they are cheap shits. There's literally no excuse to NOT own a wii right now. Its the only console worth owning. True, true. They'll only be able to stand on their own once they get some amazing exclusives, which will probably then make them the best consoles, but that hasn't happened....yet..... |
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Spooks_McBones said: Soul-Master said: It´s really funny. We just mention the many great games they released this year and suddenly there is a bias. You're not the video as I believe I was talking about the games in the video, didn't even read your comments man. Soul-Master said: Show me a brick wall that has a uni degree in games and their market and i'll agree with you. CookingPriest said: There's literally no excuse to NOT own a wii right now. Its the only console worth owning. Yeah if you're poor, rich people own PC's and just emulate the wii games and its only a matter of time before they break Wii-U coding and we can emulate them too, making the console totally obsolete when someone can go from playing the latest mario kart to playing battlefield or any of the latest games. PC master race bitch. The only Nintendo product worth owning is their portable systems. wasnt the latest Battlefield unplayable at launch? (actually i know it was, i played it... it had some pretty funny glitches though except when i started to constantly fall through the world) i rather go back to Mario Kart |
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silversaint said: wasnt the latest Battlefield unplayable at launch? (actually i know it was, i played it... it had some pretty funny glitches though except when i started to constantly fall through the world) i rather go back to Mario Kart Yup was awful, like early beta DayZ awful. Thats why im still sticking with battlefield 3 till its totally fixed, im not in a rush. Its a common problem when a new system releases, they rush out a title before they fixed the bugs to meet launch time then have to fix with patches later on. In terms of business its release early with bugs to meet the rush or release later but more polished. Too many companies choose the first. This is defiantly a pushy publisher problem over the actually games companies. EA specifically forces developers to push out a game early so in the down time between finishing and release they have time to work on making launch DLC. A lot of industry professionals don't agree with how they operate either not just the general public but EA is also known for making buckets of cash so they keep to that system. |
SpooksDec 5, 2014 10:02 AM
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Dark_Chaos said: VitaminCaim said: It is the only console of this generation. The PS4 and the Xbone are just PC wannabes True, true. They'll only be able to stand on their own once they get some amazing exclusives, which will probably then make them the best consoles, but that hasn't happened....yet..... Ima let you finish but its the Wii U that has best console exclusives of all time right now. |
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CookingPriest said: Hey now, Sony is definitely going to defeat Super Smash Bros when they release Allstar Battle Royale. kekDark_Chaos said: True, true. They'll only be able to stand on their own once they get some amazing exclusives, which will probably then make them the best consoles, but that hasn't happened....yet..... Ima let you finish but its the Wii U that has best console exclusives of all time right now.  |
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CookingPriest said: Dark_Chaos said: True, true. They'll only be able to stand on their own once they get some amazing exclusives, which will probably then make them the best consoles, but that hasn't happened....yet..... Ima let you finish but its the Wii U that has best console exclusives of all time right now. The Wii U has Smash Bros and I doubt any exclusive on the Xbox One or Playstation 4 could ever top that. However, I do think that those two consoles may eventually get a bigger variety of amazing exclusives as opposed to the Wii U's once in a while amazing exclusives. That is, if those two consoles are anything like their predecessors, because the Xbox 360 and the PS3 (especially the PS3) had so many amazing exclusives you'd never find on a Nintendo console. Again though, this is just a prediction based on past games and the like. |
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Dark_Chaos said: The Wii U has Smash Bros and I doubt any exclusive on the Xbox One or Playstation 4 could ever top that. Depends on what you like, some people just don't fancy smash bro's. Unless its at a mates house and you are having a house party, drinking and smash bro's is most fun. |
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Spooks_McBones said: Yeah if you're poor, rich people own PC's and just emulate the wii games and its only a matter of time before they break Wii-U coding and we can emulate them too, making the console totally obsolete when someone can go from playing the latest mario kart to playing battlefield or any of the latest games. Yeah, but even Dolphin emu still doesn't emulate games perfectly. I still get random cutouts with the audio in Twilight Princess, and it's probably going to be a long wait before the Wii U gets emulated to a point where it's not only stable but doesn't require extremely expensive hardware to run. Emulators generally require much more powerful hardware than the system they're emulating in order to run properly, and while we've reached a point where it's easy enough to run the Wii, I'm sure the Wii U is a whole different story. Not to mention that one way or another you're probably going to need the tablet controller in order to operate certain games, as some of its features might be difficult to reproduce without the controller, and that means you're going to have to buy a Wii U at some point to play it anyway, because I'm pretty sure they don't sell those controllers separately. |
kingcity20 said: Oh for the love of -_- nvm gotta love MAL |
Spooks_McBones said: Dark_Chaos said: The Wii U has Smash Bros and I doubt any exclusive on the Xbox One or Playstation 4 could ever top that. Depends on what you like, some people just don't fancy smash bro's. Unless its at a mates house and you are having a house party, drinking and smash bro's is most fun. I know a lot of people, and not one of them doesn't like Smash Bros (the gamers I mean). I'd imagine the only ones who wouldn't like it are those odd PC only gamers. |
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Zarbel said: As i remember he is a Japan only rouge, hates on every thing non Japanese. But this year was awesome. although, was a more shallow year. I still enjoyed it. still will remember some of the games i played. Also, the Wii-U is most likely the worst console. I mean who the hell wants to play different Mario games every god damn year. Its all Nintendo has, and will ever have. Nintendo is holding them self back.FGAU1912 said: 2015 in Japan will is fact be the best year in Gaming for at lest the last ten id say 13 and 114 were week over all imo Why are you obsessed with Japanese games? |
ARtheBushmasterDec 5, 2014 10:30 PM
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Spooks_McBones said: Dark_Chaos said: The Wii U has Smash Bros and I doubt any exclusive on the Xbox One or Playstation 4 could ever top that. Depends on what you like, some people just don't fancy smash bro's. Unless its at a mates house and you are having a house party, drinking and smash bro's is most fun. Don't like a best fighting game in last decade? Oh well There's always Bayonetta for best spectacle fight of last decade, Mario Kart for one of the best racing games of last decade, Hyrule warriors, Picmin, etc. And soon Zelda Wii U and Splatoon(one of the most original and innovative "shooters" in last decade) |
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| It was pretty lame. Mostly for the people looking forward to new releases. The negative effects of everything went over my head though. All I play is retro crap on emulators and Dota 2. I did feel some annoyance with the WoW queue times, but I had other games to fill in that gap. |
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