edgecrusher said:

I agree.

I think MGS4 was more deserving of the 10's it got, but even that game in many ways could have been better. There are extreme points of badassness, and also points of MEH...in it. In some ways MGS3 was a better game, yet Gamespot gave it an 8.7 originally (until they added ONLINE MULTIPLAYER! Then it got the 9 it should have got) But the high points of MGS4 are indeed the best points of the series, at least IMO.

It all seems pretty shady to me how suddenly places are giving perfect scores out like they are. Like they're just trying to either kiss ass, or attract attention.

I think since gertsmangate, gamespot has given out something like three 10.00? What's going on there?

There's only one game I can think of that I would give a straight 10.00 to, all the others, even some of the greatest I've played would be 9.6 or 9.8.

iga_bobovic said:

Where is Raven? It is his turn to do the updates, and he used to be so reliable . GG maybe you should put your updates in.

By the way I proclaim Ragnaar and HiresDes gone. Hires has not done any update recently and Rag has forsaken us .

I saw them both posting at Gamespot, so I guess they do not want to stay here .

I don't think Rag ever seriously considered posting here. Don't know what is happening with HiRes and his updates. I think you would be able to tell if he was posting news more than me as you are on the same days. I can't tell who posted what apart from my own.

^

That last sentence reminds me of Carnage. LOL

gamingeek said:

iga_bobovic said:

Rag made a blog that he would leave Gamespot and he will be hanging out here and in Neogaf, but than he changed his mind and dropped us like we are hot. About Hires, no the last few times were all me GG. I just post after my deadline, because no one else will. It seems the only one who take the news posting seriously are : you, Raven, Steel and me. This is not good, not good at all.

If one cannot post on a day, than one should say so, so some one else can fill in. And if one has no desire to post anymore, than be a man and tell it. It's like being surrounded by children.

Yeowch.

But yes, if you're not going to able to post news, some forewarning would be welcomed.

If Rag doesn't want to post I don't mind. I hope he comes along when he wants to

Losing HiRes' updates would leave something of a hole in the news and mean that the rest of us have to do more so if there are any other voluteers who could step forward it would be helpful.

Edgecrusher, you're usually online here, so that would be a good option too.

I was thinking the same thing

P.S. me last sentence was not written in hot anger, but in cold logic.

iga_bobovic said:

edgecrusher said:

gamingeek said:

edgecrusher said:

gamingeek said:

I have found some stupid and annoying parts, like when you take on a mission you have to travel about 6-10 minutes real time to get to the start point, you fail the mission in like 2 seconds then when you hit restart you start where the mission was first issued and not where it really begins. So then you face another 10 minute ride back to that location or pay a cab and force a couple of reload sequences and pay cash out. Sometimes you fail a mission because the game magically vanishes your car which you carefully parked. Or it leaves you vehicleless while your target zooms away on a motorbike.

Again it's a solid game, just not as enjoyable as past games for me.

Oh my fucking word.....that's what I hated most about the game. I still can't believe so many idiots were bribed into giving it a 10.

I have no idea how this game got a 10, but I am one of those guys who thinks that 10's should be reserved for truly, truly, amazing games. If a mag or site rates out of whole numbers I can accept it more easily for instance 8/10 or 9/10.

But if there is a site which uses 0.1 or 0.5 increments, for instance 8.4 or 92% I think it's a joke TBH giving recent games massive 10.00's

I agree.

I think MGS4 was more deserving of the 10's it got, but even that game in many ways could have been better. There are extreme points of badassness, and also points of MEH...in it. In some ways MGS3 was a better game, yet Gamespot gave it an 8.7 originally (until they added ONLINE MULTIPLAYER! Then it got the 9 it should have got) But the high points of MGS4 are indeed the best points of the series, at least IMO.

It all seems pretty shady to me how suddenly places are giving perfect scores out like they are. Like they're just trying to either kiss ass, or attract attention.

I think 10s should be reserved to games that are insanely polished and also revolutionary. With revolutionary I think about games that change the direction of the genre or gaming in general. Besides these two points the game needs to be fun and not drag to much. In other words the pacing is very important. Awesome Graphics and Sound are the final things a 10 game has to have.

So the game needs to be fun, revolutionary, polished, awesome pacing, awesome graphics and sound. Some of the games in the past that I played that might, I say might be 10s are: Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime 1 and maybe 3, OOT, Mario 64 and Galaxy. I personally would not give any a 10, but I have a weird way of scoring games.

Yeah I don't like giving a 10 either, but it depends on the style of the review system. EGM I can understand, since they go by a .5 scale. But a place like Gamespot is stupid because they went by a .1 scale then changed it. So unless they get harder on reviews, they'll end up with way too many 9.5 and 10 games.

I used to use 9.7 as my high rating for ELITE games, as Gamespot did for awhile in the Kasavin era.

For me, my "10" games since the beginning of last gen would be:

• Metroid Prime
• Halo: Combat Evolved
• Grand Theft Auto 3
• Resident Evil 4
• Knights of the Old Republic
• Metal Gear Solid 3
• Metal Gear Solid 4
• Half-life 2

I think that's about it in the upper 9's to 10 range. Then in the previous Gen it would be:

• Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Goldeneye 007
• Resident Evil 2
• Final Fantasy 7
• Tomb Raider
• Super Mario 64
• Banjo Kazooie
• Gran Turismo

......Shit, its funny, as great as I thought the Dreamcast was, I don't think I'd put any of its games in this league. The only 2 that were close were probably Resident Evil: Code Veronica and Phantasy Star Online. Shenmue was definitely revolutionary, but also very flawed.

is anyone else thinking of ordering the Korg synthesiser emulator on the DS?  Apparently it emulates a long now extinct analog Korg synth.  it interests me greatly for many reasons but i have to wait till i'm back home before i can order it.  hopefully there will be some good translation guides by then

The problem with me is, I've never been really good at finding news like you guys. I've never been a news hound like GG and Minda Cubed. I'm also behind you guys in PC skillz....and am kind of sporadic about hanging out on here. At least once a year I go through a period of not wanting to hang online.

So I doubt I'd do anything but piss you off if I was posting news, haha.

iga_bobovic said:

Yee, so all the other times you started earlier? Man you are awesome, Reliability +10

P.S. I did mention you in a positive sense in my later post.

P.P.S. what the hell is that furry thing in your avatar? And can you eat it?

P.P.P.S. oversleeping is no big deal, as long if you update at least once in a day!

Don't worry, I didn't take that negative comment too seriously, Iga. Yeah, for the last few weeks, if I couldn't sleep, I'd just start my shift 7-8 hours earlier; well after Hires's shift was over.

That furry thing is a guinea pig. And yes, I do believe some people have eaten these, but I wouldn't recommend it! Do a search for "guinea pig" on Google Images, and you'll see several pics of a fried guinea pig on a plate; I found it quite disturbing, though.

iga_bobovic said:

ravenprose said:

iga_bobovic said:

Yee, so all the other times you started earlier? Man you are awesome, Reliability +10

P.S. I did mention you in a positive sense in my later post.

P.P.S. what the hell is that furry thing in your avatar? And can you eat it?

P.P.P.S. oversleeping is no big deal, as long if you update at least once in a day!

Don't worry, I didn't take that negative comment too seriously, Iga. Yeah, for the last few weeks, if I couldn't sleep, I'd just start my shift 7-8 hours earlier; well after Hires's shift was over.

That furry thing is a guinea pig. And yes, I do believe some people have eaten these, but I wouldn't recommend it! Do a search for "guinea pig" on Google Images, and you'll see several pics of a fried guinea pig on a plate; I found it quite disturbing, though.

That all right my "negative" comment was not that serious either, was more like oh shit Raven not you too. Noooooooooo!! The later post was dead serious however, but not directed toward you.

Ahaa, I thought it was either a G. Pig or a Hamster! What your fascination with these furry lab rats?

Are you going to inquire about my username now? BEAVERS RULE!!!! Uh, um... both kinds.

iga_bobovic said:

ravenprose said:

iga_bobovic said:

Yee, so all the other times you started earlier? Man you are awesome, Reliability +10

P.S. I did mention you in a positive sense in my later post.

P.P.S. what the hell is that furry thing in your avatar? And can you eat it?

P.P.P.S. oversleeping is no big deal, as long if you update at least once in a day!

Don't worry, I didn't take that negative comment too seriously, Iga. Yeah, for the last few weeks, if I couldn't sleep, I'd just start my shift 7-8 hours earlier; well after Hires's shift was over.

That furry thing is a guinea pig. And yes, I do believe some people have eaten these, but I wouldn't recommend it! Do a search for "guinea pig" on Google Images, and you'll see several pics of a fried guinea pig on a plate; I found it quite disturbing, though.

That all right my "negative" comment was not that serious either, was more like oh shit Raven not you too. Noooooooooo!! The later post was dead serious however, but not directed toward you.

Ahaa, I thought it was either a G. Pig or a Hamster! What your fascination with these furry lab rats?

Ravem, don't take Iga so seriously. He's usually an asshole. But the good part is that he's a cool asshole, so you can tell him to fuck off and stop busting your balls everytime you want.

IGA: FUCK OFF!!! STOP BEING A DICK!

And suck my balls.

See?

steelattack said:

iga_bobovic said:

ravenprose said:

iga_bobovic said:

Yee, so all the other times you started earlier? Man you are awesome, Reliability +10

P.S. I did mention you in a positive sense in my later post.

P.P.S. what the hell is that furry thing in your avatar? And can you eat it?

P.P.P.S. oversleeping is no big deal, as long if you update at least once in a day!

Don't worry, I didn't take that negative comment too seriously, Iga. Yeah, for the last few weeks, if I couldn't sleep, I'd just start my shift 7-8 hours earlier; well after Hires's shift was over.

That furry thing is a guinea pig. And yes, I do believe some people have eaten these, but I wouldn't recommend it! Do a search for "guinea pig" on Google Images, and you'll see several pics of a fried guinea pig on a plate; I found it quite disturbing, though.

That all right my "negative" comment was not that serious either, was more like oh shit Raven not you too. Noooooooooo!! The later post was dead serious however, but not directed toward you.

Ahaa, I thought it was either a G. Pig or a Hamster! What your fascination with these furry lab rats?

Ravem, don't take Iga so seriously. He's usually an asshole. But the good part is that he's a cool asshole, so you can tell him to fuck off and stop busting your balls everytime you want.

IGA: FUCK OFF!!! STOP BEING A DICK!

And suck my balls.

See?

Only I you put me in a triangle choke.