THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Barry Egan on May 04, 2010, 02:18:27 PM

Title: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Barry Egan on May 04, 2010, 02:18:27 PM
So Justin McElroy of Joystiq posts this (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/03/nier-review-fail/) video demonstrating his frustration over a mandatory fishing game.  He decides that the game is not worth a review as a result of its tediousness and his inability to master the challenge.

Has McElroy permanently degraded the face of game journalism? y/n
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 04, 2010, 02:19:44 PM
Dude stops playing shitty game because its shitty. Seems about right.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Barry Egan on May 04, 2010, 02:22:18 PM
I guess it's called Nier or something.  Whatever.
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Post by: magus on May 04, 2010, 02:22:57 PM
couldn't care less
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: demi on May 04, 2010, 02:23:14 PM
Nah, I complain just like he does. But I still finish the game :rock
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Barry Egan on May 04, 2010, 02:24:03 PM
Dude stops playing shitty game because its shitty. Seems about right.

Or maybe he's just an impotent non-gamer who can't handle a challenge.  See above post ^
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 04, 2010, 02:25:21 PM
Dude stops playing shitty game because its shitty. Seems about right.

Or maybe he's just an impotent non-gamer who can't handle a challenge.  See above post ^

Only a fool keeps playing something he doesn't like. Or actually reads Joystiq reviews.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: demi on May 04, 2010, 02:29:00 PM
Achievements :rock
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 04, 2010, 02:39:01 PM
[youtube=560,345]IddHJmT-LYs[/youtube]
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Barry Egan on May 04, 2010, 02:41:57 PM
McElroys repute as a journalist is the only thing being cut short-short.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 04, 2010, 02:42:46 PM
joystiq is a bunch of tards
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Brehvolution on May 04, 2010, 02:58:19 PM
When I posted on jstiq, long before I knew about EB or gaf, I once received the Justin McElroy burn of the day for annihilating one of the resident trolls. There was peace on the internet that day.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: iconoclast on May 04, 2010, 03:07:13 PM
he couldn't follow the big red X on the map to go fish.

game reviewers suck at games, news at 11.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Brehvolution on May 04, 2010, 03:11:36 PM
link
Holy shit I've found it! I am(was) Matt B

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/02/create-your-own-custom-psp-theme/
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on May 04, 2010, 03:12:18 PM
at least he's honest about not finishing the game
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Third on May 04, 2010, 03:45:43 PM
Game is better than FFXIII.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
No troll here. I'm being serious.
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Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 04, 2010, 04:16:40 PM
joystiq is a bunch of tards

So is Square-Enix.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 04, 2010, 04:52:37 PM
true

it's a wash

a tardwash
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 04, 2010, 05:38:48 PM
lol he's posturing that he has super high standards
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Kestastrophe on May 04, 2010, 05:57:22 PM
McElroy is an exceptional tard in a sea of tards at the 'stiq. I remember when he was whining at GAF, asking for the site to be unbanned (which it was  :().
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 04, 2010, 08:13:50 PM
1. the fishing game is easy as fuck if you actually go to the place marked on your map
2. if you fail it three times because you suck, the game GIVES you the fish
3. you never hafta touch the fishing game again

dipshit went to the fishing area adjacent to the quest giver which is for folks with a high level fishing skill, proceeded to self-pwn for an hour, and then blubbered off to the internet. we call this "fail" in the parlance of the interfag
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: MCD on May 04, 2010, 08:15:46 PM
it's a cavia game.

cool shit, garbage gameplay.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on May 04, 2010, 08:26:30 PM
1. the fishing game is easy as fuck if you actually go to the place marked on your map
2. if you fail it three times because you suck, the game GIVES you the fish
3. you never hafta touch the fishing game again

dipshit went to the fishing area adjacent to the quest giver which is for folks with a high level fishing skill, proceeded to self-pwn for an hour, and then blubbered off to the internet. we call this "fail" in the parlance of the interfag

:rofl
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Kestastrophe on May 04, 2010, 08:46:00 PM
If what Prole says is true, this Joystiq dude rivals Dean Takahashi and his Mass Effect gaffe
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 04, 2010, 11:28:46 PM
If what Prole says is true, this Joystiq dude rivals Dean Takahashi and his Mass Effect gaffe

The guy admits at the bottom of the article after his rant video that it's true, but he just couldn't continue because the game had "already broken his spirit."
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Trent Dole on May 05, 2010, 03:06:50 AM
If what Prole says is true, this Joystiq dude rivals Dean Takahashi and his Mass Effect gaffe

The guy admits at the bottom of the article after his rant video that it's true, but he just couldn't continue because the game had "already broken his spirit."
:duh :wtf :dur :dizzy :elephant
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Barry Egan on May 05, 2010, 03:17:25 AM
the disclaimer he added still leaves out the fact that the pond he was looking for was marked on the map though  :lol
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Ichirou on May 05, 2010, 04:22:01 AM
Takahashi gave Mass Effect a horrible review and called it "Mass Defect" only to later find out that he hadn't bothered to use the talent points to level up any of his characters throughout the game.  So he somehow managed to finish the game with all his characters stuck at level 1 stats.

Whoops! :lol
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: jiji on May 05, 2010, 04:30:34 AM
I bought this game today. $15 discount :punch
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on May 05, 2010, 02:13:54 PM
Takahashi gave Mass Effect a horrible review and called it "Mass Defect" only to later find out that he hadn't bothered to use the talent points to level up any of his characters throughout the game.

:lol

Quote
So he somehow managed to finish the game with all his characters stuck at level 1 stats.

Whoops! :lol

 :o How is that possible?
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Trent Dole on May 05, 2010, 03:55:56 PM
How are reviewers that dense? I thought they were given a bunch of info with most review copies of stuff.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 05, 2010, 04:15:48 PM
How are reviewers that dense? I thought they were given a bunch of info with most review copies of stuff.

Videogame "journalists" (:teehee) are generally semi-distinguished mentally-challenged nerdlingers.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 05, 2010, 04:38:21 PM
Didn't Prole buy a PSPGo and an iPad? :teehee
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 05, 2010, 06:30:22 PM
:'(
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on May 05, 2010, 06:45:26 PM
A dumb fuck game journalist?

Oh man. I am shocked.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Ichirou on May 05, 2010, 06:56:08 PM
He didn't finish the game.  A lot of game reviewers don't finish games, especially bad ones like Mass Effect.

This is like Nick Rox's Lunar review all over again. :o
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: demi on May 05, 2010, 07:23:21 PM
wasn't prole a videogame "journalist" for a minute? :teehee

Uh oh...

Pop quiz: Which fishing game is better - Nier or Zelda OOT
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Ichirou on May 05, 2010, 08:17:58 PM
Oh, fuck, don't get him started.  He'll write a dissertation on it.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Kestastrophe on May 05, 2010, 08:21:15 PM
Quote from: Dean Takahashi circa 2007
The tactical play is horrendous. That wasn’t so evident on the early Eden Prime level, but once you’re off in the missions to other planets, it becomes overwhelmingly bad. You feel like you’re fighting with extremely incapable soldiers.

You never run out of ammo. But you’re always shooting these solid mass bullets at the enemy. Every guns sounds and fires and behaves the same, whether it’s a shotgun or an assault rifle. Stupid. Then, when you’re shooting at a target, an orange box appears as the one and only place on that target where you can actually hit them with a mass bullet. That’s not even close to realistic, and counts as stupid No. 2. Then you can’t even tell if you’ve hit your target because your target just keeps coming at you or does not even flinch upon impact, whether their shields are up or down. That’s stupid no. 3. You get a red bar that shows exactly how many times you have to shoot the enemy in order to take them down, no matter whether you’re getting in the equivalent of head shots or toe shots. The grenades are equally stupid. They fly in straight lines like hockey pucks on ice until they hit something. That something will often keep running right at you and then blow you up.

Quote from: Dean Takahashi a few days later
The dumb thing about the way I played the game, as many pointed out, is that I didn’t make use of my Talent Points. I started the game doing so, but while on Feros, I didn’t pay attention to all the Talent Points I was accumulating after every encounter. Those points just sat there.

classic  :lol
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Ichirou on May 05, 2010, 08:24:01 PM
You can detonate the grenades at any time by hitting a button, too.  Whatta maroon.
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Post by: brawndolicious on May 05, 2010, 08:29:22 PM
I believe headshots mattered.  Most of the damage you dealt was with biotic and tech abilities though.
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Post by: Ichirou on May 05, 2010, 08:33:07 PM
Not for me.  I played as a soldier.

Also, all the guns worked differently.  Takahashi obviously didn't know what he was doing/wasn't paying attention.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 05, 2010, 09:36:08 PM
Quote from: Dean Takahashi circa 2007
Then, when you’re shooting at a target, an orange box appears as the one and only place on that target where you can actually hit them with a mass bullet. That’s not even close to realistic, and counts as stupid No. 2.

 :wtf
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Ichirou on May 05, 2010, 10:31:36 PM
The orange box just indicates when a target is in sight, isn't it?  You can still do headshots and shit, it's just more difficult in the first one than in the second.
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: dicklaurent on May 06, 2010, 01:35:09 PM
How are reviewers that dense? I thought they were given a bunch of info with most review copies of stuff.
heh. reviewer blinders. he's on the clock and wants to finish the game as fast as possible to move on to the next one. and I doubt he read any of the info in the printouts he got with the review copy

check out his posts in the gaf thread http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21105403&postcount=553 what a freaking moron

my favourite part of the gaf thread though was the amount of other bloggotypists seemingly alerted to the plight of their fellow trucker by the twitterosphere or something. absolutely pathetic. I have no idea what makes these losers feel like they have to stick together and stick up for each other, but it only reminds me of truckers. or motorbikers. although these internet typists are obviously far more pathetic
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Kestastrophe on May 06, 2010, 07:15:55 PM
Quote from: Blogfag
Some of you thought I just should have kept my mouth shut because I either didn't agree with you or didn't play the game in the way that you would hope. I would hope you realize that's a pretty anti-consumer way of looking at the issue.

 :derp

Playing the game like we hoped? lol. How about flatout playing the game wrong. This is like getting pissed at an action game because you chose not to press the attack button and lost. What a fucking whiner
Title: Re: So what does everyone think of NAIR-gate?!
Post by: Ichirou on May 06, 2010, 09:03:50 PM
lol, what a complete fucktard.