Resident Evil 5

[Cirtur]

This thread is why I don't play video games.

[Edminster]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... ent-Evil-5

'Nuff said.

I'm glad to see Oldrac is branching out his CV. Now, was it a paid gig, or did he just do it for the honour of working with Mr. Croshaw, the former Uk?

::edit::
I have been informed that it was not Oldrac who appeared, but his brother-in-law Arkathon Pincervise. Apparently they are confused for each other quite often.

[mountainmage]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... ent-Evil-5

'Nuff said.

I'm glad to see Oldrac is branching out his CV. Now, was it a paid gig, or did he just do it for the honour of working with Mr. Croshaw, the former Uk?

::edit::
I have been informed that it was not Oldrac who appeared, but his brother-in-law Arkathon Pincervise. Apparently they are confused for each other quite often.

Ed, did you forget to take your meds today?

[Cirtur]

He told me he's "progressed beyond his need for meds".

Then he told me to "ride the soundwave."

[Frostbite]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... ent-Evil-5

'Nuff said.

Not enough said at all. His reviews are generally pretty inaccurate and terrible. They are meant mostly for humor. He makes good points sometimes, but a lot of the time he is just trying way too hard to be indie. It gets annoying.

[mountainmage]

I don't agree with you at all. He always points out the good and the bad, using humor as his critiquing device. I don't know what you mean by "indie" and I find he's usually quite accurate.

[Frostbite]

Really? You thought his 50 Cent review was accurate? He seemed to think it was better than most mainstream games. Stupid.

I use him mostly for his humor and not for actual game reviews. He does have some good points. Yeah, games are getting more and more stupid. But it doesn't take a self-important fellow such as himself to notice that. Just go into any retailer or Blockbuster and you an see that.

[LordRetard]

Indie is a word that some people think means "good" and some people think means "bad". It's better to ignore than anything, 'cept I always think it's weird when bands are said to be part of an "indie genre", which is apparently a statement of how little money the band has (not always true, either) rather than what type of music they play. Then again genres aren't always useful categories so maybe they've just found a way to encrypt more information into their titles.

I find that, like many game critics, they're better to watch after you've played the game so that you'll get all of the jokes, otherwise it can be kind of boring. As far as a "good" game review goes I'd rather hear a breakdown of ideas and then something like a "buy?/no buy?" finish. Yahtzee's funny but he can act like a bit of a tool. Plus I like the RE series, so he earns no points for insulting it slash disagreeing with me. I can't think of any game reviewers that I would actually trust, honestly, since they usually have vastly different tastes than I do (surprise, people are individuals).

The inventory/dumbass partner does sound like a bit of a handicap. I'll probably pick it up eventually anyway, I have a surplus of cash and it's unnerving not having anything to spend it on.

[mountainmage]

Really? You thought his 50 Cent review was accurate? He seemed to think it was better than most mainstream games. Stupid.

Woah woah woah, where did he say it was better than most mainstream games? If you're referring to the Farcry 2/F.E.A.R. 2/Killzone 2 mentions, the first two he wasn't even comparing to 50 cent, and the only thing he said 50 cent held over was Killzone 2 was that it had a little bit more exploration in it. I hardly think that he is saying it's better than any of those games.

[Frostbite]

I actually enjoy the new inventory system. It goes back to the same system as the old ones. Set number of spots. Also it gets intense sometimes during games when you're rooting through your inventory. It got kind of stupid how you could stop the whole game down in RE4, an action game to get healing implements or new guns out. Also, it was easy to carry enough guns and ammo to rival the entire American Army.

I dunno. I enjoy the RE series also. Whatever though.

[smiley_cow]

Indie is a word that some people think means "good" and some people think means "bad". It's better to ignore than anything, 'cept I always think it's weird when bands are said to be part of an "indie genre", which is apparently a statement of how little money the band has (not always true, either) rather than what type of music they play. Then again genres aren't always useful categories so maybe they've just found a way to encrypt more information into their titles.

I thought Indie just meant independent. When a band is called Indie it either means that they don't belong to a large record label or that the agreement they have with their label gives them more control over their own band, music, etc...

Indie, by its strictest definition doesn't have anything to do with sound or with how successful they are. At least that's how I've always understood it.

[mountainmage]

I find myself agreeing with you most of the time, Cow. This is one of those times.

[LordRetard]

Indie, by its strictest definition doesn't have anything to do with sound or with how successful they are. At least that's how I've always understood it.

Well if it has nothing to do with sound then how can that be a genre?

I don't know, I see a lot of supposed "indie" bands joining big labels (no example whatsoever, this is all hearsay because I don't listen to "indie"). When I think of "full control" I think of the Melvins who simply refused to work with anyone who wouldn't give it to them, but no one would ever call the Melvins indie (I think King Buzzo said something like "no one would pay us to sell out because we're too ugly", which is totally true). I honestly see "indie" as a self-affixed title by people who want to be known as "indie" musicians, which may not sound problematic in itself at all but I still dislike the idea.

[Sahan]

Indie is just a label given by others to imply non-mainstream, I think it earns a label in music because it implies that the music hasn't been considered popular by large recording companies, so it gives a warning to listeners/attracts listeners wanting to hear something new. It really isn't much of a label outside of independent and non-mainstream.

[LordRetard]

Music that isn't considered popular? Isn't that the same thing as "underground", then?