The Bore does what NeoGAF doesn't.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=202216845

:damn

[Rufus]

That guy has more DS games than I have console games in total.

[thisismyusername]

The crazy hat economy of TF2 must be going bonkers 

I doubt it, some prices will either raise or crash hard. The major problem is those folks not able to dump them, but that's payment for them cheating in online multiplayer.

[Great Rumbler]

Spoiler culture was a mistake.

It's gotten so bad lately. Look, I understand being upset that somebody told you about a major plot turn or character death or ending to a movie/book/game you were really looking forward to. But the DS fanbase was freaking out earlier over a Youtube video that confirmed the existence of a weapon in the game. That was it. Nothing about character appearing. Nothing about the plot. A weapon. That has appeared in earlier DS games. Is also in DS3.

This is...like...flipping out because somebody told you Nolan's next movie starred Matthew McConaughey and featured blackholes. 

[qq more]

My favorite part is how people are on media blackout about a game and yet still goes to any thread about said game.

OH NO YOUVE SAID THERES A BIG FOREST IN DARK SOULS 3 FUCK YOU GAME RUINED. NO I DIDNT KNOW I COULD JUST NOT CLICK ON THE THREAD, WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THAT?? BAN THIS MEMBER.

[Joe Molotov]

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=202216845

:damn

demi alt detected

[Tasty]

Shit reminds me of when my friend got drunk as fuck and some rapey dude was trying to take her home. Luckily she was able to call me and I picked her up well past midnight. Brought her to my place and had a female friend come over shortly thereafter as an alibi just in case. Gotta think two steps ahead as a black man


Female friend got her situated and then left. I went to bed. Then she drunkenly wobbled into my room and wanted to sleep with me (as in just in the bed). Naaaahh nicca. Carried her out, put her in another room then I found a couch and played my DS until I fell asleep.

Alas, I highly doubt blasting Zelda music will get me laid.

[archie4208]

[Jansen]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1213467

[Trent Dole]

Uncharted - It's like Tomb Raider but with a dude, which was like Indiana Jones but with a Lady? I bet he might have his shirt half tucked in the entire game!

[meeb]

I cant risk my account, otherwise I'd post this thread.

So I've been thinking a bit lately, and I think that even the title of a game can be a form of spoiler. Especially for someone like me who does full media blackouts. How so? Think about it. Dark Souls THREE means that the ending on the second game does not render the DS world unfeasible for a third game. That's a huge spoiler for people who haven't yet played Dark Souls II. Now they know that there isn't some world ending apocalypse.

Uncharted 4? Well now I know Drake doesn't die in 3, or that there isn't a world ending apocalypse.

You might find this unreasonable, but there's no time limit on spoilers. There are probably still people who haven't played the previous games in the series and they shouldn't have their enjoyment completely ruined by spoilers like this.

I've been devising an alternate system for naming games that I think the gaming industry could adopt. Instead of a name, games are given a randomized serial number. We no longer discuss Dark Souls 3. Instead it is announced that From Software is working on #1021132ab78. People who want to participate in that discussion can do so. But the people who are on media blackout now have no way of getting spoiled by the title. The game's actual title could be hidden within the loading screen of the game itself.

Thoughts?

[Mr. Nobody]

I'd do it for you but feds watching 

[meeb]

I'd do it for you but feds watching 

If you save it, I can edit my post here.

[nudemacusers]

I cant risk my account, otherwise I'd post this thread.

So I've been thinking a bit lately, and I think that even the title of a game can be a form of spoiler. Especially for someone like me who does full media blackouts. How so? Think about it. Dark Souls THREE means that the ending on the second game does not render the DS world unfeasible for a third game. That's a huge spoiler for people who haven't yet played Dark Souls II. Now they know that there isn't some world ending apocalypse.

Uncharted 4? Well now I know Drake doesn't die in 3, or that there isn't a world ending apocalypse.

You might find this unreasonable, but there's no time limit on spoilers. There are probably still people who haven't played the previous games in the series and they shouldn't have their enjoyment completely ruined by spoilers like this.

I've been devising an alternate system for naming games that I think the gaming industry could adopt. Instead of a name, games are given a randomized serial number. We no longer discuss Dark Souls 3. Instead it is announced that From Software is working on #1021132ab78. People who want to participate in that discussion can do so. But the people who are on media blackout now have no way of getting spoiled by the title. The game's actual title could be hidden within the loading screen of the game itself.

Thoughts?

Nut up and do it or I will brah

[meeb]

I cant risk my account [...]

Be fearful of your GAF account brehs

I use it for like two community threads, so...

I mean I really like forum mafia.

[demi]

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=202216845

:damn

demi alt detected

I wish - I only have 736

[Rahxephon91]

Spoiler culture seems to think even count saying a Star Destroyer is in The Force Awakens is a spoiler. It's fucking ridiculous these days when people cry about anything in a trailer. It's like you have no context or whatever and the shit is edited in a way that nothing could be true yet people go crazy over the little things.

"Fuck it's a spoiler because they said a name"

"Shit they showed a vehicle".

It's moved beyond simple story twists to complaining about simply showing or revealing anything even if you don't know what he fuck it means.

[zomgee]

I heard Cid was going to be in FFXV

[Rahxephon91]

I heard Cid was going to be in FFXV

Dude WTF? TAG that shit

[benjipwns]

I heard Cid was going to be in FFXV

mods help

[benjipwns]

I heard Cid was going to be in FFXV

Dude WTF? TAG that shit

I heard Cid was going to be in FFXV

mods help

don't quote him guys, jeez!

[benjipwns]

I want to be banned because I'm an asshole

hope it was worth it douchebag

[Joe Molotov]

I didn't know that was a spoiler until benji said something, ban benji.

[meeb]

I heard Cid was going to be in FFXV

This sort of shit is unacceptable. People are on media blackouts FFS dude.

[benjipwns]

I didn't know that was a spoiler until benji said something, ban benji.

Great now everybody knows its a spoiler, Joe needs a ban.

[benjipwns]

I heard Cid was going to be in FFXV

This sort of shit is unacceptable. People are on media blackouts FFS dude.

I didn't know that was a spoiler until benji said something, ban benji.

Great now everybody knows its a spoiler, Joe needs a ban.

DON'T QUOTE THEM GUYS GOD

[zomgee]

Jesus hasn't anyone heard of the first ammennedmernt

[benjipwns]

You can't shout "they all die in a fire at the end" in a crowded theater.

[tiesto]

You couldn't pay me to play Axiom Verge again.

Wait, whaa? Thought it was a damn good game myself, even more impressive being entirely developed by a single person. Had a ton of content for an indie game, too. My only major complaint with the game is that the boss battles drag on for too long and their patterns are much too repetitive. And also that song that starts like AWWWWWWWW-AAHHHHHHHH.

[Trent Dole]

I got to late in the game and have no idea of where the hell to go. It's a bit too...obtuse maybe? In some spots. I guess retrofucks like that sort of thing though.

[Jansen]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202305737&postcount=1
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202319793&postcount=34

[doctavius bonbon]

You couldn't pay me to play Axiom Verge again.

Wait, whaa? Thought it was a damn good game myself, even more impressive being entirely developed by a single person. Had a ton of content for an indie game, too. My only major complaint with the game is that the boss battles drag on for too long and their patterns are much too repetitive. And also that song that starts like AWWWWWWWW-AAHHHHHHHH.

i liked it, but that last boss battle was scust

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202305737&postcount=1
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202319793&postcount=34

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202323003&postcount=86

[benjipwns]

[VomKriege]

The whole spoiler nonsense will soon reach boiling point (on GAF anyway) as now it is anathema to mention anything even remotely specific yet while having at least 3 different threads on the main page ? Mods also made it clear they're fed up with that insanity

The U4 review thread is already turning into bullshit before even the first review

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1213579

Oh I'm sure there will be a few, seems to be the case for a lot of popular games. You'll have a few clickbait "reviews".

 

I was on the U3 wall of shame because I pointed out a review that seemed to criticize things that made no sense to me. It was following U2, what I considered to be a top game in history, so I needed to see valid criticisms.

I had lots of faith in U3, but in the end I learned what had happened to the studio during its development, and how Druckmann took a team to begin the TLOU concept, and suddenly the disappointment U3 ended up being made sense.

For U4 I expect it to have glowing reviews like TLOU because it's the same team. Some reviewers won't like it but I think it will do better than U3 because it seems confirmed that it doesn't have the issues that game did.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202334015&postcount=99

"I repeatedly make a fool of myself for assuming I know better about games I haven't played yet. Anyway U4 will be better than U3."

 

[Rufus]

Review threads are prime bullshit bingo material.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202330655&postcount=46

This interaction stood out to me in a sea of people trying to predict the Metacritic score.

[benjipwns]

Oh I'm sure there will be a few, seems to be the case for a lot of popular games. You'll have a few clickbait "reviews".

Every non top of the rating scale review for "nerd" culture stuff has these accusations right at the top of the comments. People who haven't seen the movie or played the game saying someone who has just gave the score to get clicks and ruin the metacritic.

Not impossible mind you, but almost always posted without reading any of the text.

That Civil War review I posted in the movie thread has that all over it (along with the even better "BvS sucked", "DC fans are so pathetic", "someone should find his past reviews", etc.) and the review basically starts off saying that it's the first Marvel film he hasn't fully loved and how it's still way better than BvS. 

Tom Chick reviews of console fan boy games are always fun because Metacritic interprets his scores as 20-40-60-80-100 and so people click through from their F5ing of Metacritic to a site/author they have no knowledge of.

Not saying there aren't those type of people out there (though they often seem to be going the other way, boosting stuff considered mostly garbage) but just commenting on how it seems that it's not possible for someone to actually dislike the things you do, but that they instead must have some kind of sinister motive. Bathing in group think hype building (WITH NO SPOILERS) leads to some real insanity when the real world encroaches.

I almost wish I could create an alternative universe GAF just to read the threads as the GameFan, EGM and GamePro reviews of 16-bit games roll out.

[Rufus]

I'm looking forward to another wall of shame compilation.

Not saying there aren't those type of people out there (though they often seem to be going the other way, boosting stuff considered mostly garbage) but just commenting on how it seems that it's not possible for someone to actually dislike the things you do, but that they instead must have some kind of sinister motive. Bathing in group think hype building (WITH NO SPOILERS) leads to some real insanity when the real world encroaches.

Oh yes. A group of people unanimously agreeing on something is somehow the expected norm, outliers being indicative of some vile plot.  The UC3 review thread had some people more or less thanking publications who didn't disappoint their high expectations.

[Oblivion]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202339909&postcount=20

Seems like an obvious edit opportunity, but I'm not gonna risk it. 

[VomKriege]

We have a nice amount of impressions and 3 guys that talked with some of their journalists friends, all suggesting U2 level of reception here, which I think translate today to 92-93 at least, but I have some faith it can break that barrier and sit around 94-95 maybe, I'm sure most will think it's the best in the series regardless.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202342207&postcount=244

[Let's Cyber]

I'm looking forward to another wall of shame compilation.

it's going to be so good 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202342207&postcount=244

it's already starting.   

Please please please be lower than 90.  Let the outrage and bans flow like the blood of 10,000 slain fanboys

[meeb]

Uncharted isn't even that great. I found it boring as fuck tbh.

[archie4208]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1213615

Defensive Nintendo fans. 

Uncharted isn't even that great. I found it boring as fuck tbh.

U2 has some amazing setpieces (the train sequence ) but the core gameplay is pretty darn generic.

Honestly Gears feels more fun to play.

[bork]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202323005&postcount=17000

Walked in to the DCCU thread for the first time and found this 

Wonder Woman sure has changed.

[meeb]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1213615

Defensive Nintendo fans. 

Uncharted isn't even that great. I found it boring as fuck tbh.

U2 has some amazing setpieces (the train sequence ) but the core gameplay is pretty darn generic.

Honestly Gears feels more fun to play.

The opening train sequence wasn't fun for me.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Since they're setting their expectations so high for the metacritic score, any review that gives less than a 9.5 is going to result in meltdowns.  It's going to be amazing to see.

[thisismyusername]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202352763&postcount=5

I really want to post "But the NX is the last time we'll see him and it'll have the tribute of him failing to make a mainstream console. " in that thread, but I know I'd be banned instantly from Nintoddlers screaming bloody murder.

[Mupepe]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1213615

Defensive Nintendo fans. 

Uncharted isn't even that great. I found it boring as fuck tbh.

U2 has some amazing setpieces (the train sequence ) but the core gameplay is pretty darn generic.

Honestly Gears feels more fun to play.

The opening train sequence wasn't fun for me.

Same here. If you wanted you could find my annoyingly excited posts about UC1 here. Then I got my hands on UC2 and I was turned off in the first few minutes. Never cared for it.

I own UC3, but I don't own a PS3 anymore. But UC1 was incredible to me when it first came out.

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1213615

Defensive Nintendo fans. 

"Narrative" driven games

Arcadey gameplay-driven games  

[Mr. Nobody]

I think people with Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite avatars should be seen with as much scrutiny as ones with Walter White avatars. There's this dude who infected GAF-Hop recently making it nigh unreadable.

 

He's definitely a doe eyed newcomer to the genre but I don't think he's done or said anything outlandish....yet.

[mormapope]

Nintendo stopped being interesting after the Gamecube. A lot of risk was taken with all of their IPs during that generation. Donkey Kong became a rhythm action game with a bongo drum accessory. Metroid became a first person shooter. Kirby got a racing game. Mario got a environmental cleanup gimmick as a platforming tool. Zelda got cel shaded. Animal Crossing, the last great Paper Mario game.

Nintendo got lazy with the Wii and then got even lazier with the Wii-U.

[mormapope]

Everything I said was meant to be positive regarding creativity. Windwaker was also one of the few pirate themed games on consoles that got sailing and the sense of exploration right. A talking boat was also infinitely more interesting than Epona.

[Joe Molotov]

games

games  

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Nintendo stopped being interesting after the Gamecube. A lot of risk was taken with all of their IPs during that generation. Donkey Kong became a rhythm action game with a bongo drum accessory. Metroid became a first person shooter. Kirby got a racing game. Mario got a environmental cleanup gimmick as a platforming tool. Zelda got cel shaded. Animal Crossing, the last great Paper Mario game.

Nintendo got lazy with the Wii and then got even lazier with the Wii-U.

Nintendo has an interesting balance: if they have too much success, they get lazy and do nothing.  If they have too little success, they just decide to sit out the rest of the generation.  The key is the middle, when they think they have some hope, which explains games like Mario Kart 8 and Mario Galaxy: these were games when Nintendo was hungry for success.  Star Fox Zero, Wii Music, and NSMB rehashes are signs when Nintendo has become complacent.

[qq more]

Never forget Animal Crossing City Folk, even down to the music and calendar events was the same exact shit.


And then there's that whole 2012 thing with 2 NSMB games within a few months apart, along with the most unimaginative Mario RPG game (Sticker Star) which also happens to be inspired off of the NSMB games given how it mimics half of its aesthetics.

[Phoenix Dark]

Nintendo has done plenty of different things but the problem is that they tend to simply rehash the same IPs over and over with a new gimmick.

[VomKriege]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202374365&postcount=448

Predicting review scores, metacritic averages, now sales... Forums are really just horse racing tracks for nerds.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202360477&postcount=351

...but circlejerks are OK.

COMPLETE... TOTAL... VALIDATION.

[Your Stalker]

Some of those people need to be taken out back.

[Phoenix Dark]

live vicariously through the success of multi million/billion corporations that don't give a fuck about you brehs

[archie4208]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1213615

Defensive Nintendo fans. 

"Narrative" driven games

Arcadey gameplay-driven games  

You can enjoy both.