Okay I watched it. Nice reminder of why I don't watch anything from G4. He almost makes some good points, but ultimately I saw it almost as a plea for games that already exist. He has to qualify his arguement first by saying "ignore the Wii" and then mentions that these types of games still exist from small indie companies.  So right there he's already framed his argument by eliminating a console and most downloadable games (he also left out handhelds). Essentially he's just making this point for the 360 and PS3. Everywhere else it's almost invalid.

Not trying to nitpick it apart, but he could have scored some points with my by actually taking a minute to give some examples of some cartoony/character driven action games that do exist and maybe deserve to be played, rather than just saying they barely exist and we should have more.

robio said:

Okay I watched it. Nice reminder of why I don't watch anything from G4. He almost makes some good points, but ultimately I saw it almost as a plea for games that already exist. He has to qualify his arguement first by saying "ignore the Wii" and then mentions that these types of games still exist from small indie companies.  So right there he's already framed his argument by eliminating a console and most downloadable games (he also left out handhelds). Essentially he's just making this point for the 360 and PS3. Everywhere else it's almost invalid.

Not trying to nitpick it apart, but he could have scored some points with my by actually taking a minute to give some examples of some cartoony/character driven action games that do exist and maybe deserve to be played, rather than just saying they barely exist and we should have more.

As soon as I saw Sessler and Penis in the same sentence, I avoided the video.

gamingeek said:

Damned fine Wind Waker gifs here.

I never found this game to be that good looking. Sure the character models and the ocean look great. But everything else looks like shit.

ONM - review scores


Epic Mickey - 85%

DKCR - 91%

Super Mario All Stars - 90%

Golden Sun DD - 92%

Harry Potter Wii - 60%

Goldeneye 007 - 90%

CoD DS - 75%

SW Force Unleashed II Wii - 67%

Rock Band 3 Wii - 90%

Blood Stone 007 - 77%

Create - 82%

Doctor Who: EE - 69%

Michael Jackson - 59%

Rock Band 3 DS - 80%

WWE 2011 - 80%

Rabbids: TiT -40%

Doctor Who RtE - 19%

Goldeneye 007 DS - 78%

Star Wars FU II DS - 39%

Ghost Recon - 66%

Sims 3 DS - 71%

Harry Potter DS - 79%

Monopoly Streets - 70%

PacMan Party - 69%

HAWX 2 - 38%

CoD Wii - 90%

Glow Artisan - 72%

Thorium Wars - 78%

Bookworm - 82%

Street Hoop - 70%

Rytmik - 81%

Go! Go! Island Rescue - 79%

Thruspace - 75%

Chick Chick Boom - 80%

Quickpick farmer - 80%

My Starry Night - 72%

Datamine - 78%

Adventure on Lost Island - 43%

Racers Island - 32%

Miffy's WOrld - 54%

Match Up - 45%

Go Series Pinball - 40%

Go Series Fatal Blow - 34%

Petz Superstar - 16%

Punk Rebel Ecks said:

I never found this game to be that good looking. Sure the character models and the ocean look great. But everything else looks like shit.

ಠ_ಠ

gamingeek said:

I don't get it.

What's not to get? They're all pretty enjoyable systems.

GT5 has GAF head over heels now. Between the reviews and the fact that many people are finding the game disappointing, it's been a wild ride over there today.

robio said:

Okay I watched it. Nice reminder of why I don't watch anything from G4. He almost makes some good points, but ultimately I saw it almost as a plea for games that already exist. He has to qualify his arguement first by saying "ignore the Wii" and then mentions that these types of games still exist from small indie companies.  So right there he's already framed his argument by eliminating a console and most downloadable games (he also left out handhelds). Essentially he's just making this point for the 360 and PS3. Everywhere else it's almost invalid.

Not trying to nitpick it apart, but he could have scored some points with my by actually taking a minute to give some examples of some cartoony/character driven action games that do exist and maybe deserve to be played, rather than just saying they barely exist and we should have more.

Entirely true.  

In his defense though, it was with the excuse of the release of the Sly collection on PS3, but he did go off into a big tangent and tried to make a very general point which falls apart unless it's made within the boundary conditions you mention (ie for PS3 and 360 only and even excluding downloadables).  However it's mostly true for those consoles and I think that a lot of beautiful games could be getting made if they weren't all so very macho.  Off the top of my head, Ninokuni is the only game I can think of with such qualities planned for the HD consoles, maybe Beyond good and evil 2 though even that has been given a shot of testosterone compared to the original

Did you guys see the latest Medai Create Sales? A FPS actually sold big in Japan!

01. / 00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Subtitled Edition) (Square Enix) - 128.922 / NEW

02. / 00. [NDS] Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo) - 42.829 / NEW

03. / 04. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) - 39.883 / 4.450.879 (-6%)

04. / 03. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) - 38.219 / 565.928 (-12%)

05. / 01. [PSP] Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Square Enix) - 37.350 / 213.503 (-79%)

06. / 00. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) - 35.500 / NEW

07. / 00. [360] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Subtitled Edition) (Square Enix) - 30.279 / NEW

08. / 05. [NDS] Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami) - 24.918 / 65.126 (-38%)

09. / 07. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) - 22.383 / 323.803 (-26%)

10. / 00. [PS3] Record of Agarest War 2 (Compile Heart) - 20.889 / NEW

11. / 06. [PSP] God Eater: Burst (Bandai Namco) - 18.726 / 375.082 (-40%)

12. / 00. [PSP] Criminal Girls (Nippon Ichi Software) - 17.855 / NEW

13. / 00. [PS3] Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi: CR Evangelion - Hajimari no Fukuin (Fields) - 16.964 / NEW

14. / 08. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 16.814 / 1.208.037 (-4%)

15. / 02. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Bandai Namco) - 14.632 / 62.241 (-69%)

16. / 00. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) - 14.450 / NEW

17. / 10. [WII] Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo) - 11.840 / 199.618 (-15%)

18. / 09. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo) - 11.745 / 26.184 (-19%)

19. / 00. [PSP] Hisshou Pachinko Pachislot Kouryaku Series Portable Vol. 2: CR Neon Genesis Evangelion - Hajimari no Fukuin (D3 Publisher) - 9.102 / NEW

20. / 00. [WII] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) - 8.105 / NEW

Someone on GAF listed the slaes progression with the Call of Duty games since the CoD2. With every new game, the sales increased.

I doubt shooters will become popular in Japan but this is a good sign. Square-Enix publishing it is helping though. And it's the complete opposite in Japan from the west and how the PS3 version sells more even though it's been fully confirmed that the 360 version is the better version.

Also, Japan gets these. I'm freaking jealous!

ASK_Story said:

And a big "what?!" at Mark Wahlberg playing Nathan Drake!

He's a good actor and all, but they couldn't find anyone who looks like Drake!?

It reminds me of Max Payne. Wahlberg does not look like the Max Payne character. I can't believe Hollywood always does this!

I'm more baffled at the thought of having DeNiro and Joe fucking Pesci as Drake's father and uncle, respectively.