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mcvey posted:Splatoon was playable. If you call gyroscopic anything in 2014 playable then yeah.
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Neo Rasa posted:They often brag about how it has higher circulation than Playboy, though they generally leave out that it's hard to beat a business model where they literally give it away. It wasn't until last year that they really went gung ho with moving towards digital.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:38
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AngryBooch posted:Are people seriously getting excited about loving Splatoon? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4JL5H7XMKY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kycn7GBqoFs Yup. Nothing but trailers.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:41
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AngryBooch posted:Oh yeah, nobody who actually played it was talking about it because it "features" gyroscopic aim. Jesus Christ. It was actually the most popular demo in the entire show and gyro aiming is optional but you're clearly very angry at Nintendo for some inexplicable reason so I doubt you'll take that information in.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:41
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Dart posted:It was actually the most popular demo in the entire show and gyro aiming is optional but you're clearly very angry at Nintendo for some inexplicable reason so I doubt you'll take that information in. Gyro aiming was optional but clearly superior btw. Analog stick for aiming is complete poo poo and almost anything is better. Gyro aiming is way, way better.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:42
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Nihilarian posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxcLLFbmJHE GodDAMN those are some well made trailers.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:46
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Rainbow Six was playable too and looked just like the seemingly bullshit stage demo. I was surprised you didn't see more people talking about that.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:52
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I think Splatoon looked fun I'm sorry if that means I'm human garbage
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Jun 18, 2014 01:52
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Nihilarian posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxcLLFbmJHE Some seriously bad looking gameplay is probably worse than trailers. Like, are people seriously questioning why Splatoon isn't winning awards over Evolve or Destiny? Maybe it's because Splatoon is seemingly centered around always firing your gun to avoid getting stuck in mud.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:53
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AngryBooch posted:Some seriously bad looking gameplay is probably worse than trailers. You're 100% right, a game should just stick with the status quo. God forbid anything actually tries to differentiate itself in this industry.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:55
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AngryBooch posted:Like, are people seriously questioning why Splatoon isn't winning awards over Evolve or Destiny? Maybe it's because Splatoon is seemingly centered around always firing your gun to avoid getting stuck in mud. ~nobody cares about E3 'awards'~
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Jun 18, 2014 01:58
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TARDISman posted:Nope, and Smash is mentioned all of once in explaining why it didn't win "Best Wii U Exclusive." Hell, the only two times Nintendo's even on the list is for their console's exclusives. Y'know they're allowed to have whatever opinion they want, but it sure would be funny if they had peddled the "Ugh another loving Mario game" talking point at any point in any issue that's come out in the last few years while writing opinion columns asking for something new or revived from Nintendo, and then poop out that award for Mario Maker.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:58
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TARDISman posted:You're 100% right, a game should just stick with the status quo. God forbid anything actually tries to differentiate itself in this industry. My point was actually that maybe games writers aren't anointing Splatoon with all kinds of meaningless honors because they didn't like it that much, instead of being due to some Gamestop / game publishers collusion or whatever. mcvey posted:~nobody cares about E3 'awards'~ Except the dude upset that Splatoon didn't get any.
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AngryBooch posted:Like, are people seriously questioning why Splatoon isn't winning awards over Evolve or Destiny? Maybe it's because Splatoon is seemingly centered around always firing your gun to avoid getting stuck in mud. Destiny is centered around hyper-repetitive MMO missions with samey gunplay so I'm questioning it at least a little bit.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:59
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JordanKai posted:Destiny is centered around hyper-repetitive MMO missions with samey gunplay so I'm questioning it at least a little bit. I'm not excited for any shooter coming out of E3 myself.
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Jun 18, 2014 02:01
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Splatoon's territory system means it's virtually impossible to miss and easy to keep track of all relevant gameplay conditions, and the transformation mechanic, where you regain ammo in the much more agile squid form but can only shoot in human form, means that moving is both more complex and more rewarding than shooting. All this combines to make it a shooter with the lowest skill floor I've ever seen (a good thing). Would've liked to see somebody's reports of the other, less spammy weapons shown in the trailer, though.
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Jun 18, 2014 02:02
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AngryBooch posted:I'm not excited for any shooter coming out of E3 myself. I was actually somewhat curious about Destiny before E3 but then I got my hands on the PS4 alpha and it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Quite a shame, really. 
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JordanKai posted:I was actually somewhat curious about Destiny before E3 but then I got my hands on the PS4 alpha and it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Quite a shame, really. I saw how ugly and dime-a-dozen sci fi Destiny was in its trailer and could never even muster up any interest in it.
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Jun 18, 2014 02:04
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TARDISman posted:It's kinda hilarious how much they ignored Nintendo. Andy McNamara isn't a big fan of Nintendo anymore. AngryBooch posted:Are people seriously getting excited about loving Splatoon? Ahahahaha. This fuckin' guy.
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Jun 18, 2014 02:06
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The Last of Us PS4 remake says "Winner of Over 200 Game of the year Awards" right on the cover. I don't think any awards are really worthwhile once you get to that number, granted it's not the garish 10/10 Batman cover. But it does call into question how important Game Awards are when you can bag a few hundred.
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Jun 18, 2014 02:07
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Viewtiful Jew posted:Y'know they're allowed to have whatever opinion they want, but it sure would be funny if they had peddled the "Ugh another loving Mario game" talking point at any point in any issue that's come out in the last few years while writing opinion columns asking for something new or revived from Nintendo, and then poop out that award for Mario Maker. Did they just not show a lot of the features that Mario Maker had when they demoed it on the Treehouse stream, or is it actually inferior as a Mario level creator to Super Mario Bros. X which came out like 6 years ago? The toolbar looked like it didn't even have all the enemies from SMB1.
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Jun 18, 2014 02:08
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AngryBooch posted:My point was actually that maybe games writers aren't anointing Splatoon with all kinds of meaningless honors because they didn't like it that much, instead of being due to some Gamestop / game publishers collusion or whatever. It's really more that Nintendo actually did very well this year at E3. As far as presentations go they knocked it out of the park as well as having one of the strongest showings overall thanks to the Treehouse and the Smash invitational. Honestly, this doesn't even bug me that much, I posted it because I found it hilarious that Game Informer twisted themselves into a Windsor knot to avoid mentioning any of that.
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JordanKai posted:I was actually somewhat curious about Destiny before E3 but then I got my hands on the PS4 alpha and it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Quite a shame, really. This is actually the polar opposite of how I feel, I had written the game off as Borderlands with Halo gameplay but it's actually a not-poo poo Borderlands with Halo gameplay. AngryBooch posted:My point was actually that maybe games writers aren't anointing Splatoon with all kinds of meaningless honors because they didn't like it that much, instead of being due to some Gamestop / game publishers collusion or whatever. Why would people keep lining up to play it for the entire duration of the show if they didn't like it?
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Jun 18, 2014 02:09
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raditts posted:Did they just not show a lot of the features that Mario Maker had when they demoed it on the Treehouse stream, or is it actually inferior as a Mario level creator to Super Mario Bros. X which came out like 6 years ago? All the demos of Nintendo games due for release in 2015 were conspicuously pared-down.
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JordanKai posted:I was actually somewhat curious about Destiny before E3 but then I got my hands on the PS4 alpha and it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Quite a shame, really. Uh...what? This post makes no sense to me. I mean, I don't care if someone says they don't like Destiny, though I thought the alpha was awesome, but what about the playable product did you find to not live up to the marketing? I actually found the marketing to belie how fun the game actually is.
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Jun 18, 2014 02:18
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Dart posted:Why would people keep lining up to play it for the entire duration of the show if they didn't like it? They liked it but didn't write about it because it's a game for kids and they're grown ups so here are games for grown ups because we're a grown up magazine so if you don't like it grow up.
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Jun 18, 2014 02:22
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Lotish posted:They liked it but didn't write about it because it's a game for kids and they're grown ups so here are games for grown ups because we're a grown up magazine so if you don't like it grow up. It actually has nothing to do with faux maturity or presenting the image as such. I mean they didn't bother with showing what Atlus had on the floor either and a load of other things.
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Jun 18, 2014 02:28
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The Taint Reaper posted:It actually has nothing to do with faux maturity or presenting the image as such. It's because Atlus is a niche publisher and pretending they are anything otherwise is being willfully ignorant.
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Jun 18, 2014 02:29
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Is there anybody excited about Splatoon? Well obviously. It's not exactly Luigi-death-stare levels yet, but there's already hints of virality behind it. There's still that stigma of "games are for kids" that gamers are desperate to shake, thanks to some deep-seated social insecurities--the old sentiment of "mature games for mature gamers like myself" abounds. So when a kid's game that comes out of nowhere to become an E3 sleeper hit without the same sort of colossal-budgeted marketing apparatus backing some of its competition, it's not surprising that a demographic known for being susceptible both to big-budget hype and to taking themselves way too seriously don't really know what to do with it. Like game journalists, for example. Those who've played it know it's fun, and it's already starting to get people's attention, but is it any surprise the likes of Game Informer don't want to mention it? GI's literally just a marketing arm of Gamestop, and the conspicuous lack of acknowledgement of Nintendo's strong showing at E3 doesn't mean anything other than that Nintendo's conspicuously smaller marketing budget can't compete the way they used to. You know, compared to back when they actually made money and not mind-bogglingly terrible business decisions.
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Strange Quark posted:It's because Atlus is a niche publisher and pretending they are anything otherwise is being willfully ignorant. And now you have your answer for Nintendo. The Wii-U is very small compared to the other two systems in America. Game Informer is part of Gamestop so they're going to be spending more time on the larger install bases because that's whats gets more people into the stores. Mind you retailers have had shitloads of wii-u's that have not moved for over a year. So their advertising is not going to be all that favorable of the system or give it preferred time and focus. IF the Wii-U made money, yeah you would see them putting everything in there everywhere. But it hasn't and GI just goes with what's more profitable for Gamestop. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Jun 18, 2014 |
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The Taint Reaper posted:And now you have your answer for Nintendo. That too. It's not like the Wii U is even a blip on Gamestop's radar, though Nintendo's desperately trying to turn things around. Honestly I'd like it if they did. Since I have a gaming PC, the Wii U is the only console that covers niches my PC doesn't already handle.
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I was wondering when Game Trailers would put up their usual "Best of E3" videos for 2014, then I realized the majority of people working behind the scenes there have more pressing stuff on their minds at the moment. 
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The Taint Reaper posted:The Last of Us PS4 remake says "Winner of Over 200 Game of the year Awards" right on the cover. This is video games. The numbers must get bigger.
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splifyphus posted:This is video games. The numbers must get bigger. We're going to wind up with a game that says "First game to ever break one million game of the year awards".
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Jun 18, 2014 03:07
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We're gonna start rating our games in Game of the Years. Splatoon "The childish look and style is offensive to the eyes, lack of single-player content is insulting, and why aren't any of the characters I shoot dying? It's not wonder Nintendo clings on to their old IPs as those are the only ones people can nostalgia trip about hard enough to act like they enjoy." 1 Game of the Year out of 5
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Beef Waifu posted:We're gonna start rating our games in Game of the Years.
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I actually did not know that... the egg is on my face, you see.
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Jun 18, 2014 03:16
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Well 4chan certainly seemed excited. They were drawing sexual fanart within an hour of the Splatoon reveal.
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Excels posted:Well 4chan certainly seemed excited. They were drawing sexual fanart within an hour of the Splatoon reveal. the characters look like little girls so of course they were 
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Little girls who are also half-squid, a kink that I thought was exclusive to /a/.
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