Obviously a play on Dvaders: I got a game and completed it thread. :P
Wondering why more people don't do this.
Contrary to opinion these threads that I have made which are 6 + pages long actually don't have a lot of replies. They are on the front page because whenever there are new screens, previews or videos, I update them. And a large ream of screenshots can push a thread into multiple pages.
I don't think I remember a case of your guys picking up on a game early and following its progress up until release.
Is there any reason for this? Why don't you update your threads?
If I let them die, perhaps the board wouldn't have this so called "too nintendo centric" facade. Or perhaps, if you guys actually did the same for the games you are interested in, other people would have the chance to become more interested in those games?
If someone were to post updates for a game i wasn't familiar with for a long time I would follow and read the important parts and perhaps become more and more enthusiastic about said game until I decided to buy it.
So what games in development are you pumped about the most at the moment?
**Not at all a play on GG and Vader's topics... at all... in the least...**
I try and try and try, it's either a lack of responses on other's parts --OR-- lack of new information to keep a topic going!
Yeah, I do that as well. Once I've made up my mind to buy a game, there's really no reason to continue watching videos or reading much about them. I also hate spoilers, and following a game closely tends to reveal a lot of info that I'd rather experience first hand.
Sorry Leo, good stuff there.
But I meant catching a game early on, like really early. For instance as soon as Silent Hill was first unveiled I posted a preview. Then that thread became a bigger thread because you can use it to dump info into.
BTW there have been a couple more Metroid Other M tidbits. You should have added them to the thread, there was a tecmo video interview I posted recentely. And for instance Raven made that NSMB thread and there have been tons more updates since then but no one has kept up. But I want to see a thread for instance on Uncharted 2 since the day it was announced and to see the weekly updates up until release.
Or more stuff on Forza 3, even though its a game that doesn't interest me, if there is new media or preview snippets I find it interesting to read etc. It's a great way to get info about games you're not SO interested in to go seek out info on. If someone else is passionate about the game, then show me why.
I have never cared for giant pre release info threads. For one I think it limits the amount of people that checks it out, people just keep seeing the same thread so they dont go in and even if the title changes to reflect new content its not the same as having a fresh new thread. You will just end up with a few guys that visit the thread over and over.
When I make a major thread its usually near release. I want the thread to be about impressions more than info gathering.
I think I posted quite a few Overkill updates. Well when playing it anyway...
The problem is I get my information for games FROM the threads!
That's not very useful on a site with very few members that are unlikely to be playing the same game at the same time.
True. I am just talking in general.
Add to that I live in a country that caps monthly bandwidth, so I avoid screen-laden threads.