Author Topic: CliffyB is obsessed with dildos. (Read 4385 times)

Joe Molotov · « **on:** January 25, 2013, 10:28:04 AM »

I bet he's the bottom of the relationship.

MCD · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2013, 10:34:44 AM »

that game with the chainsaw dildo

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2013, 10:36:38 AM »

I knew this would migrate over here soon enough.

Saints Row won't ever challenge GTA because of the brand of GTA. It's the king of the genre. Removing dildo's and such and making the series more grounded might have a small impact on sales but it would probably be minimal.

I know people on xbox live who wouldn't buy Saints Row simply because its not GTA. The fact that its kinda silly wasn't necessarily what turned them off. What turned them off was it wasn't GTA.

The Call of Duty clones have a similar problem.

Now I probably wouldn't make the dildo the centerpiece of a marketing program but I don't think the right approach for SR3 is to get more gritty ala Heat or Training Day. I think Saints Row 3 was the first one where they got the tone mostly right.

Huff · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2013, 10:36:42 AM »

Projecting. Dude wants his wife to fuck his ass hard

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2013, 10:43:37 AM »

We had one of those already you stupid, stupid man, it was called GTA4 and it SUCKED.

Hock · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2013, 10:43:48 AM »

"Make an open world game that's more Michael Mann/Heat/Collateral/Training Day"

Ok we can have a discussion about losing the dildos but this is not the direction I want Saints Row to go in at all.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2013, 10:49:14 AM »

Quote from: Hock on January 25, 2013, 10:43:48 AM

Ok we can have a discussion about losing the dildos but this is not the direction I want Saints Row to go in at all.

That's exactly the point that needs to be emphasized here. CliffyB is making this arbitrary black-and-white separation that an open-world game is either a juvenile sex comedy or a super-serious, grim-dark crime drama. I think most people agree that toning down some of the juvenile humor wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing for Saints Row, but keeping that over-the-top humor and absolutely insane set pieces is the top priority for a sequel. In other words: shut up, CliffyB.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2013, 10:52:57 AM »

Quote from: Eschaton on January 25, 2013, 10:38:06 AM

lol @ cliffy being the guy talking about elevating the industry. half your games are about guns and meat mountains dude

Yeah he's been going for this elder statesman of the industry thing for a while now which is just weird coming from him. Offering advice to everybody about how they could/should be doing. That's never very attractive.

MCD · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2013, 10:58:37 AM »

To me, Sleeping Dogs was the perfect blend of serious and humor in an open world game.

WEI FUCKING SHEN MOTHERFUCKER

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:06:21 AM »

The problem is, he is arguing as if perfect tone is easy to achieve and then guarantee's perfect sales especially in a crowded market. It's a lot more complicated than that.

Look at something like Bulletstorm which he was somewhat involved with and sold poorly. Should he have made that more like Call of Duty or Gears of War? Would it have sold better? Why did it ship with the tone it shipped with?

I like bulletstorm for what its worth but It's always easy to look at what somebody else did and then pick out the perceived flaws. It's much harder when you are working on it yourself and trying to differentiate yourself in the market.

Saint's Row is the funny, wacky GTA kinda game to the casual market. That's not going to appeal to everybody but that's probably a better identity than just being a straight GTA clone at this point.

Himu · « **Reply #10 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:11:46 AM »

Chainsaws connected to guns: okay

tw@ internet cafe: okay

dildo bats: too juvenile

Okay.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:44:50 AM »

"Games need to be more serious-minded and should focus on elevating the industry above immaturity!" says the man who specialized in developing games with chainsaw guns, curb-stomping aliens, and beefy, roided-up musclemen.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #12 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:47:56 AM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on January 25, 2013, 10:28:04 AM

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hey, average married guy, please stop imposing your marriage's rules on us single, man cave types. Enjoyment of filth and sleaze is what I get in return for solitude.

cool breeze · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:49:18 AM »

Quote from: Hock on January 25, 2013, 10:43:48 AM

"Make an open world game that's more Michael Mann/Heat/Collateral/Training Day"

Ok we can have a discussion about losing the dildos but this is not the direction I want Saints Row to go in at all.

initially I thought he said "Make an open world game that's more than Michael Mann/Heat/Collateral/Training Day," like, to set it apart from the other open world games. I thought that's what saint's row the third did well and the direction to take it.

I wouldn't mind it if saint's row lost dildo bats or fecal spraying trucks or whatever. Now, gimp rickshaw chases are another story.

really, though, the best parts of saint's row 3 weren't the cruder moments people point to. focusing on those parts undermines the wit of the people making the game.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #14 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:49:53 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 25, 2013, 11:44:50 AM

"Games need to be more serious-minded and should focus on elevating the industry above immaturity!" says the man who specialized in developing games with chainsaw guns, curb-stomping aliens, and beefy, roided-up musclemen.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #15 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:51:23 AM »

I didn't need a wife around to get embarrassed at the phrase "dick tits"

MCD · « **Reply #16 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:52:44 AM »

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #17 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:59:04 AM »

I want it to skew towards being more like Crackdown

basically supercriminals with dildos

Barry Egan · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:00:05 PM »

Sounds like he has a humorless wife. Not the game industries fault bro.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #19 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:04:21 PM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on January 25, 2013, 12:00:05 PM

Sounds like he has a humorless wife. Not the game industries fault bro.

i bet we see news of their divorce soon. after he made that tweet, he must have realized his life was on the decline. It's not too late cliffy! You're rich, young, no biological clock. Have kids when you're 40!

edit: oh wait, he's 37. well, it's time for him to start getting lame, i guess. Like Jenna Jameson when she went on her anti-porn crusade.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #20 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:16:55 PM »

Also, why should the videogame industry cater solely to married men with humorless wives?

Himu · « **Reply #21 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:17:47 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 25, 2013, 12:16:55 PM

Also, why should the videogame industry cater solely to married men with humorless wives?

http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46890681&postcount=602

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #22 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:19:07 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on January 25, 2013, 12:17:47 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 25, 2013, 12:16:55 PM
Also, why should the videogame industry cater solely to married men with humorless wives?

http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46890681&postcount=602

if i ran a game company, I wouldn't have a PR team, I'd have a GAF account.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #23 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:19:54 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on January 25, 2013, 11:59:04 AM

I want it to skew towards being more like Crackdown

Playing Saints Row 3, you definitely sense that these guys should make a superhero game where there are no limitations to real life.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #24 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:28:16 PM »

I don't ever want Volition to get rid of the stupid. Getting down with the stupid is one of the most awesome parts of the SR series, sorry if you have a stick up your ass about it Cliff.

Seriously, can anyone tell me that the Tiger escort mission would have been better if you were driving some fucktard around instead? No. It was hilarious because you were driving around an angry tiger that would occasionally claw you if you bored him.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #25 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:29:52 PM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on January 25, 2013, 12:28:16 PM

I don't ever want Volition to get rid of the stupid. Getting down with the stupid is one of the most awesome parts of the SR series, sorry if you have a stick up your ass about it Cliff.

Seriously, can anyone tell me that the Tiger escort mission would have been better if you were driving some fucktard around instead? No. It was hilarious because you were driving around an angry tiger that would occasionally claw you if you bored him.

Somebody post that video some guys here made with the co-op from Saints Row 2.

demi · « **Reply #26 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:32:32 PM »

Chad Warden don't want to play with no deeldoh

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #27 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:33:28 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 25, 2013, 12:29:52 PM

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on January 25, 2013, 12:28:16 PM
I don't ever want Volition to get rid of the stupid. Getting down with the stupid is one of the most awesome parts of the SR series, sorry if you have a stick up your ass about it Cliff.

Seriously, can anyone tell me that the Tiger escort mission would have been better if you were driving some fucktard around instead? No. It was hilarious because you were driving around an angry tiger that would occasionally claw you if you bored him.

Somebody post that video some guys here made with the co-op from Saints Row 2.

youtube took it down :'(

Himu · « **Reply #28 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:34:02 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 25, 2013, 12:29:52 PM

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on January 25, 2013, 12:28:16 PM
I don't ever want Volition to get rid of the stupid. Getting down with the stupid is one of the most awesome parts of the SR series, sorry if you have a stick up your ass about it Cliff.

Seriously, can anyone tell me that the Tiger escort mission would have been better if you were driving some fucktard around instead? No. It was hilarious because you were driving around an angry tiger that would occasionally claw you if you bored him.

Somebody post that video some guys here made with the co-op from Saints Row 2.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #29 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:37:28 PM »

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #30 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:41:53 PM »

yesssssss iguess pf reuploaded them

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #31 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:43:45 PM »

if they turn SR serious the series is dead, flipping it into a goofy jackass game is what saved it in the first place

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #32 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:45:12 PM »

it definitely fills a niche because of the dildos. who would be dumb enough to compete with GTA?

Diunx · « **Reply #33 on:** January 25, 2013, 01:13:32 PM »

There is room for both serious and silly games, just like there is room for Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter on literature and movies.

headwalk · « **Reply #34 on:** January 25, 2013, 01:21:17 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on January 25, 2013, 01:13:32 PM

There is room for both serious and silly games, just like there is room for Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter on literature and movies.

personally, i found all the graphic dildo pegging in lincoln all a bit much.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #35 on:** January 25, 2013, 01:24:20 PM »

Remember that part in gears of War were you had to make the dude chainsaw his zombie wife in half and then he cried about it? elevating the industry

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #36 on:** January 25, 2013, 01:42:34 PM »

Quote from: headwalk on January 25, 2013, 01:21:17 PM

Quote from: Diunx on January 25, 2013, 01:13:32 PM
There is room for both serious and silly games, just like there is room for Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter on literature and movies.

personally, i found all the graphic dildo pegging in lincoln all a bit much.

Yeah, Spielberg went too far.

Diunx · « **Reply #37 on:** January 25, 2013, 01:55:50 PM »

DDL was fantastic in those scenes though.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #38 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:24:31 PM »

The difference between Saints Row and GTA is diversity in the medium, a clear choice, even if I don't agree with everything that both games do. Getting rid of that difference and making them both be the same doesn't equate to industry maturity, more like the exact opposite. There's plenty of room in the industry for both, just like there's plenty of room in the movie industry for Oscar-bait and the latest Michael Bay blockbuster. So, I really don't understand where CliffyB is coming from at all here. I mean, it's fine if he doesn't like the game or what the game decided it wants to be, that's his opinion to have it he wants to have it, but his authoritative tone is bothersome.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #39 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:43:59 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46896054&postcount=712

this guy's full o' himself, ain't he?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #40 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:50:05 PM »

Quote from: CliffyB

And those of you who like to try to invalidate my opinion by citing my prior work, in all sincerity, blow me.

Industry maturity!

Himu · « **Reply #41 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:51:53 PM »

Omg kill me

maxy · « **Reply #42 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:58:07 PM »

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And those of you who like to try to invalidate my opinion by citing my prior work, in all sincerity, blow me.

What goes around comes around,Cliffy.Looking forward to your next game.

demi · « **Reply #43 on:** January 25, 2013, 03:05:40 PM »

There is a seriouz game - its called Sleeping Dogs. Nobody bought that either. lol

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #44 on:** January 25, 2013, 03:14:17 PM »

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Next time your opinion generates a 15 page debate on GAF call me.

*calls CliffyB up to let him know religion is dumb and why do girls not wanna date nice guys*

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #45 on:** January 25, 2013, 03:18:19 PM »

Quote from: CliffyB talking about that guy killing his wife in Gears of War

That scene was directly made to make a statement on my personal belief of right to die in the wake of Terri Schaivo. Was it appropriate to put that sort of thing into a game that features buff guys chainsawing lizard men? Debatable.

Okay.

demi · « **Reply #46 on:** January 25, 2013, 03:19:31 PM »

Now every time I see that scene I will see "In Memory of Terry Schiavo"

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #47 on:** January 25, 2013, 03:23:29 PM »

lik dis if u cry errytime

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #48 on:** January 25, 2013, 03:24:02 PM »

Now, CliffyB is saying that Saints Row needs to tone down the sexual content because America is a sexually repressed society that views sex/nudity as worse than violence/killing and that repression should be catered to by developers because something something

Positive Touch · « **Reply #49 on:** January 25, 2013, 04:05:01 PM »

Quote from: demi on January 25, 2013, 03:19:31 PM

Now every time I see that scene I will see "In Memory of Terry Schiavo"

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #50 on:** January 25, 2013, 05:04:43 PM »

probably not the most prudent thing to post; fucking 4chan

pilonv1 · « **Reply #51 on:** January 25, 2013, 05:54:43 PM »

Some games would be a lot better if they didn't try to achieve broader appeal

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #52 on:** January 25, 2013, 08:09:55 PM »

Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on January 25, 2013, 02:43:59 PM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46896054&postcount=712

this guy's full o' himself, ain't he?

Wowwww. This is what happens folks, this is what happens when you don't actually think about anything ever outside of your bubble.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #53 on:** January 25, 2013, 08:21:48 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 25, 2013, 03:24:02 PM

Now, CliffyB is saying that Saints Row needs to tone down the sexual content because America is a sexually repressed society that views sex/nudity as worse than violence/killing and that repression should be catered to by developers because something something

I called him out on that, but I doubt he'll reply. Suffice it to say that's a stupid reasoning for obvious reasons and if he's offended, well... to quote him: "[he can] blow [Volition]."

Trent Dole · « **Reply #54 on:** January 25, 2013, 09:47:42 PM »

CriffyBew fucku offu desu

maxy · « **Reply #55 on:** January 26, 2013, 12:50:29 AM »

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Jason Rubin ‏@Jason_Rubin
Not leaving @thq without my personal effects. For the record, still #notembarrased @VolitionInc pic.twitter.com/bYG1XvNl

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #56 on:** January 26, 2013, 01:17:02 AM »

CliffyB annihilated!

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #57 on:** January 26, 2013, 01:24:29 AM »

yes, get rid of the PG-13 dildos

gamers are mature enough to handle BBCs, no need to beat around the bush

Trent Dole · « **Reply #58 on:** January 26, 2013, 03:41:10 AM »

Quote from: maxy on January 26, 2013, 12:50:29 AM

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Jason Rubin ‏@Jason_Rubin
Not leaving @thq without my personal effects. For the record, still #notembarrased @VolitionInc pic.twitter.com/bYG1XvNl

(Image removed from quote.)

BEST IN THE WORLD

Fifstar · « **Reply #59 on:** January 26, 2013, 04:07:00 AM »

That pic makes me want to give Saint's Row a shot. If only I didn't really dislike Open World games...

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Author Topic: CliffyB is obsessed with dildos. (Read 4385 times)