A little heads up: The sound mixing on the God Hand gameplay is a bit screwed up, so its louder than the rest of the video, I have no clue what happened there, so be warned. I will be acquiring a new mic for my next video to hopefully sound way better than I do now.
@siamajuegogenchinimpa
Жыл бұрын
I thought that the mixing was part of the joke cause it fits really well tbh
@JimmehRulez
Жыл бұрын
God's mic
@novaleader7305
Жыл бұрын
You cannot silence the God Hand!
@britnibrid
Жыл бұрын
heres a mixing tip turn your speakers down as much as you can to faintly hear your voice. that way you can be sure the levels of your voice and music are on point
@itsyaboi-od6kj
Жыл бұрын
It's not that bad tho the video is too good I didn't notice it lol
@taktika4764
11 ай бұрын
There was also a moment when dmc 5 got reviewed by some journalist, where the guy basically said that the battle music sucks and lacks significant drops. Except he didn't know that music is dynamic in dmc 5 and it changes based on your style rank, so the journalist basically admitted that he sucks at the game
@realpatty
10 ай бұрын
love this
@ethanhernandez3663
10 ай бұрын
OOOOOOOOFFFF!!!
@BlazeSLK
9 ай бұрын
Imagine telling on yourself that hard
@PetitTasdeBoue
9 ай бұрын
Aha that's a good one
@AnakinTheWeird
9 ай бұрын
The best part was the developer responding and telling him to git gud
@SwaggyG_2102
Жыл бұрын
Gaming journalism, it's like writing an essay on a book that your class spent most of the semester reading, yet you've never even gotten past the first three pages.
@seereebee
Жыл бұрын
That's literally what it is. Many journalists just rush through the games as fast as possible so they can get their reviews up quickly.
@radiokunio3738
Жыл бұрын
My thing is most colleges require you take some English course, you don't have a choice. If you want a degree to programming, you have to write some essay about the cultural influences of Oedipus ( I wish I joking ). So why would you choose to write for something you don't care about, when it's your choice to write about literally anything else? Your miserable writing it and your readers will be miserable reading it.
@Thornbloom
Жыл бұрын
@@seereebee I've read some Q&A a long time ago where a journalist said that they would get maybe two to three hours total with a game sometimes, that they then had to write a review on, because they had like a queue of ten or so to write articles for and it really cut in to how much they could actually experience. Which if you're reviewing a JRPG....yeah.
@moosesues8887
Жыл бұрын
@@radiokunio3738 lmao u gotta write a essay on a irrelevant ass mf for a degree?
@TWLSpark
Жыл бұрын
@@Thornbloom companies thinks that "getting to the review first" is going to set them for success. Surely nothing videogame related ever went wrong because people decided to rush things, right? Sega: 💀
@evilartise8912
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing an article about some gaming journalist being mad that Chun-Li wasn't in the mortal kombat movie.
@hiddenflare6169
Жыл бұрын
... OH it took me a min to realize you said Mortal Combat and not Street Fighter XD. Dang guess Im as smart as that journalist.
@Sorrelhas
Жыл бұрын
Kombat
@ab-gail
Жыл бұрын
LOL that was an instant classic.
@isucc724
Жыл бұрын
that was super crystal clear clickbait and everyone took it HARD, in the end the guy got what he wanted
@c1oudsky
Жыл бұрын
it was a joke
@PhattyBolger
11 ай бұрын
The "ableist slur" turned out to be "Let's go, let's wait, *retaliate* "
@ravenID429
9 ай бұрын
Oh my god for real🤣
@solar104.6
9 ай бұрын
In Japanese Ls and Rs are pronounced pretty similarly
@codeine69
9 ай бұрын
@@solar104.6 They're morphed into the same sound they don't have a distinction i believe
@cosmicspacething3474
9 ай бұрын
I thought it was “Restart it”
@toddwatkins5011
9 ай бұрын
"Abelist slur"......let's be honest for a second. Everyone called stupid people retarded. It was clearly one of those retards that push for canceling the word. I say we bring it back.
@toyotatacoma1616
Жыл бұрын
Honestly that fucked up polygon doom gameplay is like therapy to me. No matter how bad I am at video games, I’m not that bad.
@darkjapan
Жыл бұрын
It's how my four year old who hasn't mastered dual analog plays. It's that amateur. I wonder if there was some strange controller set up or something. Edit: She can play much better than this now. Just took a bit of practice.
@kebm1388
Жыл бұрын
I have to think the controller he got for that video was fucked up
@Silverfirefly1
Жыл бұрын
I bought Boltgun and I don't know what's going on but I just shoot all around enemies like I'm a circus act. I'm going to have to try trying to miss.
@gimmeyourrights8292
Жыл бұрын
I was pretty bad at Doom 2016 but thank God I wasn't that bad.
@HypotheticallyHuxley
Жыл бұрын
You don’t understand, he’s such a big DooM fan that he still plays with keyboard aim in 2016.
@MetalLazer1980
10 ай бұрын
i will never forget pewdiepies playthrough of cuphead where he gives the ign reviewer the benifit of the doubt and then does the dash perfectly first, second and third try
@cosmicspacething3474
9 ай бұрын
Damn
@murilosampaio1264
9 ай бұрын
The game is incredibly responsive, there is no way in hell you can mess it up unless you either are trying to be bad or you have the motorskills of a newborn child
@sudanemamimikiki1527
9 ай бұрын
@@murilosampaio1264or you just never played games before
@pandavelli8176
9 ай бұрын
@@sudanemamimikiki1527. A games journalist that never played games before, who could even imagine such a thing! 😆
@sudanemamimikiki1527
9 ай бұрын
@@pandavelli8176 its actually pretty darn common... games journalism is considered the lowest form of journalism among journalist. many of the games journalist are made out of two categories. those who failed to become "proper" journalist and are now games journalist because they have no other choices and those who are just hoping to build up their name and then move on to "proper" journalism. vanishingly few games journalist from back in the day were games journalist because they loved gaming.
@Teratomaz
Жыл бұрын
Honorable mention is that one review of Shin Megami Tensei V calling it 'Persona's Edgier Younger Brother' despite Persona itself being a spinoff franchise of SMT itself
@anidiot192
Жыл бұрын
As well as the rest of the review amounting to "It's not this completely different game, so it's garbage"
@SomeBlokeOrWhatever
Жыл бұрын
Yah Persona is the well-behaved younger brother to SMT, not the other way around.
@user-tw3rh9po4t
Жыл бұрын
Didn’t SMT come first?
@chinsaw2727
Жыл бұрын
@@user-tw3rh9po4t If you go by the definition of “spin-off”, then yes, SMT came before Persona
@timmyreobed5043
Жыл бұрын
@@user-tw3rh9po4t Megami Tensei predates _Pokemon._ it's a way older franchise than most realize.
@Dairunt1
11 ай бұрын
2:42. The meme even got to official Pokemon games. When you take a picture in Sun & Moon, one of the comments you could get from an NPC is "7.8/10 too much water"
@shawnscouten5184
8 ай бұрын
Wow, that’s hilarious. Not much of a fan of game freak and I didn’t really like sun/moon, but that is one of the best things they have ever done if so.
@user-lh7mt7zo7l
7 ай бұрын
Was this in the Japanese version too?
@an_annoying_cat
6 ай бұрын
@@user-lh7mt7zo7lprobably not, assuming that pokemon localizers have a bit of a history of adding little references, like the guy that looks like moistcritical saying "this is what youve all been waiting for"
@Heavysweating
5 ай бұрын
Funnily enough, I think IGN is right on that one, 3rd gen pokemon did have too much of water in it. The last gyms are a slog to go through due to all the surfing and diving you need to do.
@kohakustella
4 ай бұрын
Gotta say, that's the meme-loving English adapters. Nothing of the sort happens, for example, in the Italian version which is lifted straight 1:1 from japanese. Anyhow, that review still sucks.
@aedwynn6474
Жыл бұрын
A very old-school embarrassing moment - The original Doom was criticised by one reviewer in Edge Magazine back in 1994 because you couldn't try talking it out peacefully with the demons. Not a joke.
@edoardobrunomazzitelli717
Жыл бұрын
A precursor to the Pizza Tower "does this game have a pacifist route???!!?!" clip
@kingofcrap4414
Жыл бұрын
21 years before Undertale too, wow.
@plasticflower
Жыл бұрын
It's his opinion, that's what reviews are for, aren't they? Admittedly it's a bit odd to say "I wish this game was a different genre of game", but hey.
@ImTheGuy
Жыл бұрын
That guy must have been beaming when he heard about Undertale
@MK_ULTRA420
Жыл бұрын
@@plasticflower No, the reviews are for telling us if the game is worth buying or not.
@canniechan1321
Жыл бұрын
The Persona lyrics thing is even more embarrassing when you think that the reviewer could've just, you know, googled the lyrics before writing a whole ass article about said lyrics. But I'm just spitballing here
@ab-gail
Жыл бұрын
Imagine doing research as a journalist. Crazy!
@DaTanMan01
Жыл бұрын
Actually, the article mentions that the official lyrics don’t mention “the word”, which means they looked it up, and then decided to write the article anyway🎉
@canniechan1321
Жыл бұрын
@@DaTanMan01 wow, my expectations were low but I'm still incredibly disappointed
@tykamen5588
Жыл бұрын
A games journalist doing research on the game that they're talking about? Inconceivable!
@tykamen5588
Жыл бұрын
@@DaTanMan01 you're saying that they did look up the lyrics but still went ahead and publish the article? It amazes me that Kotaku is still in business to this day.
@vangoghsseveredear
Жыл бұрын
The biggest mystery of this video and its extended universe is how the hell Kotaku is still in business
@thechugg4372
Жыл бұрын
Is it that mysterious? People are dumb, they keep watching kotaku because they like it, and its the people who dont care about gaming where all the money comes from
@DakotaofRaptors
Жыл бұрын
Didn't Kotaku also downplay some Hogwarts Legacy harrassment?
@Relativity404
Жыл бұрын
Probably just Jason Schreier. Each time he comes out with an article, it reminds people "oh yeah, this thing exists"
@CYAN_TOP_HAT
Жыл бұрын
i know some people that look at kotaku because it’s so bad that it becomes good.
@user-fe8gx3ie5v
Жыл бұрын
Kotaku and all other game journos lost a ton of money and will likely be sold for dirt cheap.
@snoookie456
10 ай бұрын
Bless that dude from Gamespot. He risked his career for honesty. His fall shed light on how bad things really are. I wish he's doing well now.
@JamesEnsor
9 ай бұрын
He's doing pretty good, I'd say. He ran Giant Bomb for about ten or fifteen years, I think. Now he's doing his own thing on YT/Twitch and has his own podcast, the Jeff Gerstmann Show.
@Exodia_Misogynist
9 ай бұрын
Gamespot is like Reddit with their fanboys, their only truth is what the media tells them and anyone having a different opinion is a bigoted conspiracionist
@FilmAcolyteReturns
9 ай бұрын
Gamespot is lucky he didn’t report them to the FTC for improper disclosure in influencer advertising. That was a big deal back then too. The government started to get wise with websites taking kickbacks from publishers and developers, but not disclosing said relationships.
@Irochi
8 ай бұрын
Gamespot used to be good until 10 years ago or something, when they decided they wanted to be like kotaku (woke and clickbaity) They are garbage now.
@thedogmaticdirector
8 ай бұрын
Honestly, at the time, other FPS games on the PS1 had bizzare controls. Medal of Honor comes to mind.
@billyboleson2830
Жыл бұрын
I don’t think younger people understand the magnitude of the Kane and lynch fiasco. Nowadays calling a critic paid off is normal but back then that’s when the magic died, when the realization that the Easter bunny or Santa weren’t real and when gamers took notice that journalists can be easily paid for
@TheT3rr0rMask
Жыл бұрын
Those old Gamespot reviews are so chill today. Felt like everyday guys who enjoyed games as much as we did talking about whether a games worth getting or not. Was a more innocent time, and games could just be enjoyed. Now reviewers try to sound like we'll versed artistic experts and scream about non-gameplay related things while the gameplay takes backstage.
@ShadowSumac
Жыл бұрын
@@TheT3rr0rMask For some reasons video game journos decided they are some kind of literary geniuses, few minutes away from a Pulitzer and can talk about problems of the world, instead of games or using game reviews as a vehicle for their ill-thought ramblings. The problem is: game reviews are neither a time or a place for this crap. I want to read about what make good or bad, not thoughts of a guy who failed to qualify as a weather newscaster for CNN 20 years ago, about Feminism or Colonialism. It doesn't help that when they do it, their thoughts is not even original or smart. Gladly, nowadays, thanks to the rise of influencers and streaming they are mostly irrelevant.
@qty1315
Жыл бұрын
@@TheT3rr0rMask Uhhhhhh, no... game journalism was never like that, at all. Even in the 90s most game reviews were like "Super Mario Bros. 3 is... magical, a truly transcendent experience the likes of which we'll never see again. It's simultaneously the greatest game ever made, but also... the worse. It represents everything good and everything bad about gaming as a whole, which is what makes it such an extraordinary achievement, and far more important than Doom could ever hope to be. Games like this showcase why console gamers are the superior gamers."
@shirleymaemattthews4862
Жыл бұрын
BUT SNATA AMD THE EASTER RABBIT IS REAL!!! WHAT NEXT? JESUS ISNT REAL?!?
@heikkint
Жыл бұрын
Indeed they don't. My earliest memories of ANY kind of bs in the industry is probably from the 90's hardcore Pelit magazine in finland that took jabs at eurogamer or some other major euro* something magazine abroad like that, and their jabs were of the kind: 'these guys take money and provide the biggest multi page reviews of the games and it's so obvious'. So basically a precursor to what was to come when money really did start to matter in the scene. From that it was still a long way to what happened in 2014. Not to mention how stiff things are right now: Trust is gone and will not come back.
@RisingRevengeance
Жыл бұрын
That cuphead clip is never going away. It alone represents game journalism.
@projectpems8304
Жыл бұрын
It was uploaded as a self deprecating joke on the journalist’s part but everyone grabbed ahold of it and use it as “proof” that gaming journalists don’t know what they’re talking about while also using it to incessantly mock the original uploader. It’s why I think criticism of game journalism veers into irrational territory
@oompalumpus699
Жыл бұрын
@@projectpems8304 Found the simp. Source?
@minihalkoja590
Жыл бұрын
@@projectpems8304Calm down mr. Takahashi.
@RaynaDJ
Жыл бұрын
@@projectpems8304 That's a less believable conspiracy theory than flat earth lmao
@negative6442
Жыл бұрын
@@oompalumpus699 it's been a while since I've seen it but I do remember reading that the journo who posted the video was making fun of himself
@DialgoPrima
Жыл бұрын
I remember when Gamespot gave the Ducktales remaster a 4.5/10 because the bosses, levels, and music were the same as the original 😂
@ciphergacha9100
Жыл бұрын
Breaking news: a remaster is a remaster, Gaming journalists shocked
@RushWheeler
Жыл бұрын
Imagine how they feel about RE4 remake
@alex99x99x
Жыл бұрын
It’s like ign’s battle for bikini bottom rehydrated review. Where the reviewer states that the game is the exact same, and is TOO EASY, for a game that is targeted towards children/people who used to play it when they were a child.
@thiccfett238
11 ай бұрын
@@alex99x99xand in the same review displayed multiple failures to do the basic bubble bowling ability to progress
@insensitive919
11 ай бұрын
But... the bosses, levels, and music are what made OG Ducktales such a classic. Boy, remember when Disney knew how to hire/license to some really good studios? Damn.
@Mr0901
11 ай бұрын
Can't spell ignorance without IGN
@Reggieeeeeeee322
9 ай бұрын
Nor can you spell genius
@ColinJoesseppiVEVO
9 ай бұрын
Gonna be honest I don’t know where else to put this comment but I found it kinda weird that the Bayonetta Franchise was made purely for Anime Level Fanservice. Like, I’m not trying to say that it’s sexist, but I thought so many people liked it for the difficulty or combat?
@sporeham1674
9 ай бұрын
@@Reggieeeeeeee322gni
@mr_red3
9 ай бұрын
@@Reggieeeeeeee322 you have to rearrange the letters for that
@Reggieeeeeeee322
9 ай бұрын
@@mr_red3 correct. Hence one cannot spell the word with out the letter. you added nothing to the conversation....
@BluSteel_
Жыл бұрын
The smash slur thing baffles me beyond belief. Mass Destruction from Persona 3 was literally censored so that the song doesn't have the word damn in it. So why in the hell would Nintendo allow a slur if they don't even allow damn
@TusksTheAxew
Жыл бұрын
Because people are too goofy to realise accents and speech quirks exist, apparently. Or even that total coincidences exist sometimes (see Bowser supposedly saying a certain offensive word that starts with N). Yes, MAYBE if you're not listening properly, maybe it sounds bad. But why would they use a word like that for no reason whatsoever...? Especially if it doesn't even make sense with context clues?
@TheUltimateRey
Жыл бұрын
You could say.. she was a little slow..
@SkylineFTW97
Жыл бұрын
Nintendo has been looser with it's censors over the past few years (I would argue it's a welcome change). Otherwise, no way games like Bayonetta or Xenoblade 2 would've been allowed. It's not like when I was a kid during the 2000s and them releasing Shadow the Hedgehog on GameCube was considered edgy for them.
@skootergirl22
Жыл бұрын
I know the word spaz isn't considered a slur in America, but in the uk, apparently nintendo did use that word in a Mario game once that got censored by their European team. I'm Aware f*g and fa**ot is a gay slur in America, but it's just slang for cigarettes and a strange meatball sausage thing in a can. Yes, I censored those last two words because youtube is an American company
@SkylineFTW97
Жыл бұрын
@@skootergirl22 I no longer care what is and isn't a slur anywhere. This shit is getting downright retarded (and yes, I know that's considered a slur by some here, but stupid is as stupid does).
@AustinFire
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Pokemon acknowledged the "too much water" review as a comment in Sun & Moon's photo mode.
@Scp--pg7fg
Жыл бұрын
Its an area based on hawaii what were they expecting💀
@shockthetoast
Жыл бұрын
@@Scp--pg7fgthe "Too Much Water" review was about the Gen 3 remake games which took place in Hoenn, which was based on the Kyushu region of Japan. They just made a joking reference to it in Sun & Moon, which took place in a region based on Hawaii (Alola).
@caolanochearnaigh9804
Жыл бұрын
IGN is a front for Team Magma!
@borismuller86
10 ай бұрын
@@shockthetoastas someone who lives in Kyushu, I can confirm that there’s still too much water here.
@basedsketch4133
Ай бұрын
Badass song in my mind I love what I hear lol
@catpissandvinegar
Жыл бұрын
I remember Laura Dale, the persona 5 slur writer, had a Kiwi Farms page that went over all her controversies over the years. One of the stand out ones was when her and her friend doxxed, harassed, and stalked a 15 year old online because he insulted her or whatever, and then got him expelled from his school and bragged about it on twitter. She's a genuinely awful person.
@Shyguy5104
Жыл бұрын
oh so she's a kiwifarms user too, how awful
@luanvieira6892
Жыл бұрын
Qrd?
@DoctorEviloply
Жыл бұрын
Are you saying the delusional man who can't even groom himself or look in the mirror is a bad person? Say it isn't so. It's almost like catering to their delusions gives them a sense of power that they then use to bully others.
@hypnotised-clover
Жыл бұрын
@@DoctorEviloply Based.
@GarrulousHerald
Жыл бұрын
People who do things like that should not be able to leave their houses and feel safe.
@seanrrr
9 ай бұрын
A hilarious moment the other way: earlier this year, a game reviewer posted a review with gameplay prior to the release of Redfall. A lot of people shat on his review, saying it was biased since the reviewer was so terrible at video games. In the gameplay, he could barely hit the enemies and kept dying, so people made fun of him for it. Once the game released however... turns out the reviewer wasn't bad at gaming, Redfall was just that shitty and difficult to control.
@thefiresworddragon927
8 ай бұрын
He probably was also terrible. It definitely didn't help
@ZachH1233
8 ай бұрын
Not even close redfall sucked donkey dick
@mmd3585
8 ай бұрын
@@thefiresworddragon927lol at your response. "He was PROBABLY terrible" you didn't even fucking watch the thing and is supposing shit
@ARStudios2000
26 күн бұрын
I remember that. That was a really funny twist As Skill Up said later "We all owe that guy an apology"
@FernieCanto
22 күн бұрын
@@thefiresworddragon927 That's 100% perfect gamer logic: "Turns out this thing is completely factually true... but it's probably false anyway."
@Nerdtendo6366
Жыл бұрын
“The highest honor a journalist can receive isn’t a reward or medal, it’s to get killed by the CIA” - Someone I Don’t Remember
@hisupwassup
Жыл бұрын
sounds like something a Max0r could say, and i think i recall him doing it
@CasuallyShadow
Жыл бұрын
Its simply a common saying really
@conormullins4900
Жыл бұрын
@@hisupwassupthanks for putting that mental image in my head
@purpleneons
Жыл бұрын
@@hisupwassup could also be DJ Peach Cobbler
@ArariaKAgelessTraveller
Жыл бұрын
"The three hardest deed are Patient when angry, generous when poor, and Telling the truth to the ones who fear it"
@liamcampbell3721
Жыл бұрын
The sad thing is that there's always that one journalist who takes their job seriously but nobody talks about them.
@victoralexandervinkenes9193
11 ай бұрын
It's probably because if they were, they would be fired for not shutting up and taking the money.
@madeliner1682
11 ай бұрын
Yahtzee?
@liamcampbell3721
11 ай бұрын
@@madeliner1682 Huh?
@madeliner1682
11 ай бұрын
@@liamcampbell3721 I believe Yahtzee takes his job seriously
@ukaznipsigururuk8685
11 ай бұрын
Like any corporation, if you just work in complete honesty, you will never climb the ladder
@OodldoodlNoodlesocks
9 ай бұрын
Someone once said "If game journalists were real journalists, they wouldn't be doing game journalism."
@nehehehgraylois
8 ай бұрын
In fairness journalism as a whole has been a complete joke
@Ninjaananas
8 ай бұрын
@@nehehehgraylois If that was the case, you would know far less about the world than you do now.
@nehehehgraylois
8 ай бұрын
does he know
@NikoNicodemus010
8 ай бұрын
@@NinjaananasHow do we tell him? *insert mr crab face*
@Ninjaananas
8 ай бұрын
@@NikoNicodemus010 Just tell him that most of what he knows about the outside world has been gleaned by journalists. He has no concept of how much of his knowledge is from journalism.
@stoptheterrorist333
11 ай бұрын
You cannot have this list without the Gamespot's spongebob battle for bikini bottom review. That whole bowling puzzle dive they did was beyond embarrassing.
@the2401
10 ай бұрын
while ign (at least I think it was ign) complained that it was too easy and kid friendly
@chee.rah.monurB
7 ай бұрын
Explain???
@Pc_98_Fan
7 ай бұрын
@@chee.rah.monurB from what I remember the journalist had to stand on a button and throw the ball, but instead of doing that he either stepped out of the button or tried to hit it close without pressing said button, remaining stuck.
@ORiOh4582
6 ай бұрын
@Pc_98_Fan A little more specificity just because I loved the original as a kid. the ability you use to hit the button moves you forward slightly while it's winding up, he kept sliding off the button because he kept starting on the very edge. Instead if ya know, taking a step back first to line everything up
@southofheck
Жыл бұрын
The reason why real gamers aren’t hired as games journalists is because then they’d be honest about video games. We wouldn’t want to upset those sponsors, now would we?
@comixproviderftw_02
Жыл бұрын
It’s all about the money
@georgegeorge25812g
Жыл бұрын
gamers are honest about video games??? we all just regurgitate what everyone else says
@dissraps
Жыл бұрын
Yea thats the reason, because there's nothing more objective than an autistic fanboy
@st.haborym
Жыл бұрын
@@georgegeorge25812g Speak for yourself sheep
@georgegeorge25812g
Жыл бұрын
@@st.haborym am i wrong though everyone on the internet has the exact same thoughts and opinions. everyone "hates" assassins creed games that they have never played, and everyone sucks on gta 4's dick. every single person on the internet just sucks everyone else off to fit in
@MalachiCo0
Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite game reviews as a Nintendo fan was how (I believe) GameSpot gave Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, a Tatical RPG set in a fantasy world where you tell your units to attack people on an almost Chess-like board, a negative review because the game didn't include motion controls or Miis. No seriously.
@espurrseyes42
Жыл бұрын
Who in their right mind wants MORE motion controls? Especially in a game that doesn't need it?
@Lucifronz
11 ай бұрын
I fucking hate motion controls and miis. It's why I despised the Wii so much. Miitopia made Miis less annoying with some cute-ish voices, and the Switch port with new face stuff went a long way towards making them less shit, but outside of that, I *genuinely* despise Miis. Nintendo has so many IPs they could have pulled from (Animal Crossing being a great one) and they chose to make these ugly little Fisher-Price looking motherfuckers... And motion controls? I don't want to clear space and wave my fucking hands like an idiot all day. People injected motion controls into every element with no alternative, it made that era of Nintendo *hell* and outside of the DS, thanks to Pokemon Platinum and SoulSilver, I avoided Nintendo like the plague. Didn't come back until late in the 3DS' lifecycle to start playing X/Y, and eventually Omega Ruby and Sun when it released. Ugh... I think I blew a gasket. The 3DS was a great system, though. Gyroscopic controls were hamfisted into stuff too, but they were less annoying overall at least, and usually had a purpose. Wish when they continued it for Switch they didn't force it into the puzzles for Breath of the Wild, especially since the gyroscopic controls on the joy-cons kinda sucked, but what can you do?
@EchoGulch64
11 ай бұрын
@@Lucifronzthe wii was genuinely an *awful* time in retrospect. There were so many games that were weighed down by a gimmick that ended up making it so much more unfun and tiring on my arms, there were some that I can't even play without the risk of potentially *popping off the joint of my leg.* Overall, I think the focus on making gimmick consoles is what's holding Nintendo back in the modern era, sure it saved their ass back when the GameCube flopped and was revolutionary for the time, but hindsight is 2023 and I think they should finally take off those training wheels and finally make an actually high quality console.
@TheMisterManGuy
11 ай бұрын
@@Lucifronz Motion controls can be great when done correctly. Most Splatoon players swear by gyro aiming, and there have been games like Ring Fit Adventure and ARMS, or VR that utilize them in fun and creative ways. Of course, that's good motion controls. Far too many people played one game with bad motion controls and swore off them for good, which is pretty unfair. @EchoGulch64 With the Switch being as successful as it is, that's not happening anytime soon.
@SuperM789
11 ай бұрын
@@Lucifronz sneethe
@Tarkus_H
Жыл бұрын
Just a reminder that a few weeks ago, a Kotaku journalist posted a violent tweet directed at Nintendo workers for blacklisting Kotaku from getting a review copy of Tears Of The Kingdom after they posted leaks about it.
@chee.rah.monurB
Жыл бұрын
What the hell was he expecting?
@lukaszzylik4437
Жыл бұрын
Just a reminder that sucking Nintendos corporate dick won't stop them from using terror tactics on you if you play their games the wrong way.
@ravensblade
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't the blacklist because they basically instead of reviewing the Metroid Dread, said that it's best to play on emulators, and explained how to emulate the game with links included? At the time of the game premiere? It wasn't becouse of some leak incident, but conscious action.
@revolvingworld2676
Жыл бұрын
@@ravensblade You are right, in fact I’m pretty sure the leak is actually a spiteful response to the blacklist or Nintendo in general. Id expect this from a normal youtube channel or indie reviewer but not from a “professional” journalist company
@privateinformation2960
Жыл бұрын
Unemployable morons are morons.
@juro7854
9 ай бұрын
I will never forget how upset the Persona 5 voice actors were when that Kotaku article came out
@gregthehedgehog0956
2 ай бұрын
How pissed are we talking?
@EliteLoserZR
Жыл бұрын
I'm sad "X is the Dark Souls of Y" wasn't brought up but it's a bit of a broad subject. Any time a slightly difficult game was making rounds you'll see at least one journalist go "It's the dark souls of this genre" or something goofy along those lines.
@PB-ie8cj
Жыл бұрын
To this day, you can still find people in steam using the cringe template to review a game that has "dark souls" as the max difficulty
@marukuanfuni
Жыл бұрын
its more kinda annoying than meets the embarrassing standard of this video. plus that's not that bad because the dark souls example is like something to measure games by, cause games like Dark souls or even castlevania SOTN set a high standard for similar games to follow for the time!
@SergyMilitaryRankings
Жыл бұрын
@@marukuanfuni wouldn't exactly call cheap camera angles, crappy mechanics and the most extreme trial and error gameplay as setting the standard, but each to their own, I suppose.
@Shiirow
Жыл бұрын
you also having people on the other side of the aisle complaining that if a game has a difficulty lower than "dark souls", they are 'dumbing the game down' and ruining their experience knowing less skilled players are drinking their kool aid. Video games have had multiple difficulty settings for several decades, not every game needs to be ball busting hard, not all players find enjoyment in that.
@Walamonga1313
Жыл бұрын
I always laugh when people have Dark souls as max difficulty, when shit like Ninja Gaiden exists. And I'm someone who's no life'd Souls since Demon's lol
@captaineli2461
Жыл бұрын
You should’ve mentioned IGN and Gamespot’s reviews for the SpongeBob bfbb remake, one of the complaints was that the game was TOO KID FRIENDLY! What were they expecting, Squidward committing genocide?!
@doomslayerobama
Жыл бұрын
For a kid friendly game, they sure suck at it.
@not_funni353
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like the type of idiot who thought Squidward suicide or any creepypasta in general was real
@revolvingworld2676
Жыл бұрын
We know he would if he could
@theMyRadiowasTaken
Жыл бұрын
@@gregoryford2532WAIT REALLY
@yellow_x522
Жыл бұрын
Wait a minute, aren't IGN the same people who had a segment of journalists crying over the violence in COD MW 2019?
@hilotakenaka
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: IIRC Laura Kate Dale, who wrote in the story at 5:45, had written articles and tweets in the past attacking other games made by Atlus. So I don't think that this was an honest mistake, I think she was genuinely trying to write a hit piece and she got caught in the act.
@ViVi-ev2cn
10 ай бұрын
Laura gives me vibes of the person who made the art supplies shoplift comic
@comyuse9103
10 ай бұрын
i don't knwo much about her personally, i know better than to troll through game journo bullshit (usually), but she does have a reputation of being a shitheel that is yellow through and through.
@FelicMer
10 ай бұрын
@@ViVi-ev2cn Do you have any info on the artist of the comic? I tried finding it but couldn't.
@ViVi-ev2cn
10 ай бұрын
@@FelicMer unfortunately no
@boxingmaster2663
10 ай бұрын
arent they man
@user-cd3zd9yu5w
9 ай бұрын
Who can forget the legendary "Who forgot to invite Chun-Li to The Mortal Kombat"?
@rykehuss3435
6 ай бұрын
that was trolling
@god-of-war-fan
2 ай бұрын
@@rykehuss3435 poe's law
@hola-gy8te
Жыл бұрын
kotaku: why are we blacklisted from making official nintendo articles??? also kotaku: *shows how to pirate metroid dread and totk ahead of release date*
@GBDupree
Жыл бұрын
Another Metroid related one that I never see people mention was when all the news sites published a fake interview with Sakamoto that made him look like a psychotic misogynist and never acknowledged it was fake (well 1 of them did iirc). For the (long) context, there was a parody website called P4RGaming that touted itself as "The Onion of gaming" that is now defunct. At the time it was fairly popular for making fun of different things including games journalism, and people who were in on the joke would have fun in the comments section seeing how many people fell for it. When Other M came out, the news media decided in unison to use the game as the scapegoat to push their narrative against sexism in gaming (the precursor to whatever the whole gamergate debacle was about). They went so hard against it, even though the game wasn't even sexist (they never talked about specifics of the story, just a "trust me bro" about Adam and Samus' interactions). P4R decided to parody this sentiment by making a fake interview where "Sakamoto" acted exactly like they framed him to be, but so cartoonishly that it should be obvious it was fake. Despite all the context clues about the article and the website itself showing it to be fake, it was still picked up by multiple websites and published as a real article (often not even sourcing the original to appear more genuine). Without the proper context these websites convince tons of people that it was real. It got so bad that P4R took down the original and posted an apology as he never intended it to actively affect the public perception of Sakamoto, but without the full context people were now believing and attacking him as a sexist. But of course none of the games journalism websites redacted the articles they made or published an apology and since most of the sources for the page were to the other websites sourcing themselves, most people were completely unaware that it was fake and still often cite it as true. The person running P4R would eventually give up (or died?) Because the website eventually stopped updating and then the domain reset or went for sale so none of it exists there anymore (but Wayback Machine should have some of it). The cruel irony of this is that all reasons the journalists claimed it to be sexist for was discovered to be active changes made by the translators that don't exist in the Japanese original. So they destroyed his reputation for something he never did, and the fans took that anger out on him by applying even more lies to him. Luckily most of those were dispelled with the newest games both having references to the Prime series and having Samus flanderized as a badass. So most people have lightened up on him, but there are still some that hate him to this day.
@davimbecil
Жыл бұрын
Actually based
@Silentguy_
Жыл бұрын
All of their other flaws aside, that’s pretty based though.
@harrietr.5073
Жыл бұрын
Link please?
@funkymachine
Жыл бұрын
That's pretty cool ngl
@LordofSadFac
Жыл бұрын
You should have included the recent Blacklisting of Kotaku from reviewing Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, one of the most awaited games of the year and how Kotaku threw a hissyfit over it.
@Gatorade69
Жыл бұрын
Wait, what happened ? Who blacklisted them and why ?
@LordofSadFac
Жыл бұрын
@@Gatorade69 Nintendo itself Blacklisted Kotaku's entirely from making a review of the new Zelda game. Cant remember why, but i beleave its due to their awful reputation and wanted to avoid any kind of toxic negativity from them.
@Gatorade69
Жыл бұрын
@@LordofSadFac I find that incredibly funny.
@robertoazuaje9279
Жыл бұрын
Supposedly it's because they published an article describing how to play Metroid Dread on emulator when it first came out
@callumdointhings5
Жыл бұрын
Nobody knows the reason why - not even Kotaku - but it's generally assumed it was the Metroid Dread Already Running Great In Emulators.
@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK
Жыл бұрын
Jeff is exactly what a journalist should be , honest and fair, a truly rare commodity in journalism in general, and was fired for it
@Kirbicle
10 ай бұрын
This reminded me of Gamespot’s review of Mario Party Superstars where they gave it a 6/10 with their reasoning basically being “my son said it isn’t Super Mario Party”.
@chee.rah.monurB
7 ай бұрын
...Maybe because it was an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT GAME?
@Salithin
5 ай бұрын
I hate Mario because it isn’t crash bandicoot
@krodmandoon3479
Ай бұрын
Based. So fvcking zased...
@OkMakuTree
Жыл бұрын
The funniest part about “Too much water” is that it’s an warranted criticism. The mandatory ocean routes are by far the least interesting parts of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (and the original games too). IGN’s reputation and the patent absurdity of “Too much water” out of context are what sealed their fate and made that review infamous.
@darthgamer9861
Жыл бұрын
it definitely baffles me as to why people hate the “too much water” criticism. ANYONE who has played Gen 3 hates the abundance of water
@JukaDominator
Жыл бұрын
@@darthgamer9861 Because he wrote that in the dumbest way possible.
@woobgamer5210
Жыл бұрын
@@darthgamer9861 i mean here's the thing Fly exists you can skip the water routes as long as you go to a city once. this means this dude just didnt pick up Fly, and went by surfing every single time.
@AwesomeMooseSmile
Жыл бұрын
@@darthgamer9861 the main issue is despite RSE having the same issue if not worse, it got a higher score
@keelyhawthorn9721
Жыл бұрын
If you catch a sharpedo you can swim faster while using surf in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Also using repels solves the problem of running into wild pokemon. So swimming in ORAS is a lot less tedious than the original Ruby and Sapphire.
@mqfii8992
Жыл бұрын
Another ironic thing about the Bayonetta bit Is that, for the most part, women LOVE Cereza. She gathered the reputation of "sexualization done right".
@ethannorman7537
Жыл бұрын
That's cause she sexy for her own sake, for the most part anyway. There's a few scenes which are just fan service, but mostly she's sexy because SHE wants to be (which is weird I know, she's a video game character with no will)
@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868
Жыл бұрын
There's a great video on this by hbomberguy. She's a good example of this because she's a strong female character for whom her sexuality is empowering. The problem is that this is the only kind of strong female characters a certain subset of gamers will allow to exist in their games, while male characters who would be sexualized the same way aren't allowed to exist in their games. Like, Kratos barely wears a top and is less sexualized than her, could you imagine if they leaned into kratos being sexy? I think we all know who would be whining like babies about it
@Waskomsause
Жыл бұрын
@@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868 "The only kind that gamers allow to exist in their games" I call bullshit. We've gone past that era once we had "The Last of Us" and modern "Tomb Raider" games as well as the "Resident Evil" titles. The problem is basically nobody TRIES to make a character interesting if they think "strong female character" they try and make a "GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GGIRL POWER!" character that comes off as cocky, smug, and most of the time seems like an asshole, because any male character around her has to be a moronic useless prick. Hell, not to mention, the number of times men get sexualized isn't all that low, people just get told "get over it" when someone points it out. Good example is people wondering why male armour in a lot of games that comes off as "barbarian" armour in modern games has women with a top, pants, skirt over the pants and sometimes a jacket, but with men it's 90% loincloth and wrist guards with boots.
@QDRG64
Жыл бұрын
@@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868 Being a good father is sexy af tho.
@jag764
Жыл бұрын
@@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868 Hbomberguy is the same guy who sexually objectifies women by referring to them as '' titninja ''because they have big boobs and wear a skin tight outfit but never calls male characters shit like that when they wear skin tight outfits and looks like Chris Hemsworth. People act like if women are attractive or have '' large assets ''/ have emphasized feminine curves then her entire existenca can only be sexual, no one acts weird about men looking like irl male sex icons and people being horny over them. Even if the only difference between the characters with female Kratos was that Kratos was a woman and she had the same design as his shirtless ones ( except for covered nipples I guess because people are still immature and prudish about that ). People would still be flipping out about it and saying she's '' oversexualized '' and '' not wearing practical clothes ''. People only apply these standards and put women under a microscope regardless of the characters personality. You can have a male and female barbarian character both in a loincloth in an arctic region and people will literally only whine about the female characters as if the male character is immune to the cold. It reminds me of it in WoW too how people pretend to care about '' practicality '' in armor when it comes to female characters because a character like Sylvanas used to show *gasp* midriff ( she's also undead, she could literally be gutted and survive and undead have hardened flesh ) or Jaina showing midriff/ cleavage depending on her design. But no one complains about the endless ocean of pointlessly shirtless/ unarmored men in the game who are also melee fighters on top of it too which makes it even dumber.
@thetreyceratops
2 ай бұрын
The guy who did the Alien Resurrection review watching that control scheme he hated become the industry standard must’ve been like when Woody realised all his posters and blankets were replaced with Buzz ones
@Chernobog2
11 ай бұрын
I remember Gamespot taking points off Metroid Prime 3 because the controls were perfectly responsive which made the game "too easy" Speaking of Metroid, remember that time Kotaku decided to tell people to pirate Metroid Dread because it ran well enough on emulators? And then Nintendo got after them so they had to edit the article to say they don't actually condone piracy?
@TheInhumanBeatdown
10 ай бұрын
And then they got butt hurt that Nintendo won't send them free stuff anymore lol
@poemsbypoetry
10 ай бұрын
Damn I didn't know Kotaku was so based, fuck Nintendo
@user-fn2mx6dd5k
10 ай бұрын
Pirate nintendo? Don't mind if l do
@yeafu1924
10 ай бұрын
@@user-fn2mx6dd5kMetroid is one of the few nintendo series you SHOULDN'T pirate
@giga_chad9
10 ай бұрын
@@TheInhumanBeatdownthey’re liberals, all they want is free shit lol
@ahmadmalaki8364
Жыл бұрын
4:30 fun fact the director or creator said that he hates power rangers so he add these guys as a boss so he could imagine players beating up power rangers
@bucketbutters866
Жыл бұрын
Simultaneously a W and an L
@kingdom1872
11 ай бұрын
The most annoying boss in the game 😅
@LordTepes81
Жыл бұрын
One of the biggest reasons why the Vita failed from the start was one of the most idiotic moves in gaming history, by Sony. Instead of being able to use any type of micro SD to save files on the Vita they decided to have Playstation "Only" micro SDs. Now this wouldn't have been a big deal, except for the fact that they jacked the prices on every micro SD. I think it was something like 3x the amount of a normal one. It was doomed to fail from the start because of (no surprise to anyone) corporate greed.
@cattysplat
Жыл бұрын
Yep Sony thought they could do an Apple and believed it's customers were so loyal they'd put up with any bull. Nope, gamers are nowhere near as loyal as Apple drones. Especially when the PSP had been so open it was incredibly easy to hack and mod.
@EmilyKimMartin
Жыл бұрын
@@cattysplatSony has been doing an Apple since the PS2 days and the consumers have been paying for it all this time. Can you blame them for thinking it'd work again?
@pipebombpete.6861
11 ай бұрын
They also released almost no games for it.its only good if you know how to emulat.
@axt2
11 ай бұрын
absolutely baffling move. The PSP was absolutely fantastic thanks to its modding no less
@Yarsig
11 ай бұрын
@@cattysplat "Gamers are nowhere near as loyal as Apple drones." "Looks at the state of the gaming industry caused in large part because of gamer drones." Riiiiiight
@Anijah2001
Жыл бұрын
I've never seen people be less qualified for a job more than game journalists
@dingus_maximus
Жыл бұрын
Don't know much about politics, do you?
@Gatorade69
Жыл бұрын
You don't pay attention to politics, do you ?
@Gatorade69
Жыл бұрын
@@dingus_maximus Lol. I saw this comment and instantly commented. Now reading the comments I realize my comment is basically the same as yours including the "do you ?" Haha.
@jasperfizzelle-halloran4867
Жыл бұрын
@@dingus_maximus The hell are you talking about, when did politics even get mentioned?
@superplayerex2431
Жыл бұрын
@@jasperfizzelle-halloran4867 They weren't, it's simply a comparison he made. Which is also quite correct, if you ask me...
@SaintSC05
10 ай бұрын
Gaming journalism should have quotation marks around both gaming and journalism.
@gregthehedgehog0956
2 ай бұрын
We don't take what these idiot "journalists" say as fact anyway
@PanagiotisPolitis-bl9xj
Жыл бұрын
To me the funniest part of the Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire review is that the criticism is true, there are too many dull and samey ocean routes, but they chose the WORST possible way to phrase it.
@ionkneva
Жыл бұрын
I loved omega ruby but do agree it had too much water but sun moon had too much
@PregnantAdamSandler
Жыл бұрын
I remember playing that game and going "oh my god they were right. The water routes SUCK!"
@calebcoulter2268
Жыл бұрын
Nah. Everyone knew exactly what was meant by Too Much Water, and even if someone disagreed they still got the sentiment.the blowback from it was entirely dishonest and just being mad at IGN for criticizing a beloved game
@PanagiotisPolitis-bl9xj
Жыл бұрын
@@calebcoulter2268 it's not beloved at all from most of the Pokémon fandom
@danang5
Жыл бұрын
@@calebcoulter2268i think most people sees it for the first time out of context making fun of IGN,like me
@therealthirst8099
Жыл бұрын
Gaming journalism is like old corporate news. Both are institutions which have been made irrelevant by the internet and the rise of independant reporting. We simply have better alternatives today.
@Zebo12345678
Жыл бұрын
True, but game guides on game journalism websites are still relatively helpful, as they're generally pretty organized.
@FunkyGhostHD
Жыл бұрын
@@Zebo12345678Yeah, that's that. But given the fact that they've been doing it since the earliest time, even before internet times kinda makes it a thing which is almost impossible to mess up.
@AttacMage
Жыл бұрын
@@Zebo12345678 I've honestly just given up on those and moved to either KZitem videos or specific forums for it. Nearly every time I look at an IGN or Fandom wiki page they're either missing info or incorrect, while I could spend two minutes getting better visual info from somewhere else.
@Bomberthegreat
Жыл бұрын
@@FunkyGhostHD Before the time of the internet we pretty much had to take their word for it, which sucks now because you can only think of legit games that got shat on due to bad reviews from people who don't care for how good it actually is or not.
@philipdale3129
11 ай бұрын
To be fair to the Alien reviewer being one of the first twin stick shooters the game probably had no aim assist and would also be a completely novel experience for most players. When Halo was released some time later it was lauded for its controls but was running at least three types of aim assist under the hood which was why it felt so much better than anything else at the time.
@zebwiz1900
8 ай бұрын
Give a non-gamer a controller for a first person shooter and what he describes is exactly what happens. I've seen it happen so many times.
@KHJohan
7 ай бұрын
Bayonettas sex appeal is used well to give her an attitude of “I’m so great, I can beat your ass and look good doing it”. She is in a way mocking her opponent.
@illford
Жыл бұрын
The bayonetta thing is so funny because every woman I've met who has played or seen bayonetta loves the character for being a bad ass witch 🤣
@user-dl8vp7qc2x
Жыл бұрын
and was literally designed by a woman but i guess everyone specifically chose to forget that
@pineappleproductions1534
Жыл бұрын
Man, I'm a girl and I frickin love bayonetta! Like theres nothing wrong with having an sexy girl character if they are actually well written
@azizalfa752
Жыл бұрын
@@pineappleproductions1534even they are not well writing don’t take away good looking characters
@cattysplat
Жыл бұрын
Feminists unable to decide if revealing clothing is liberating to women's rights or puritanical evil because men like it.
@godofsquirrels494
Жыл бұрын
Bad ass ass witch
@HoggyThePig
Жыл бұрын
I forgot where I heard this but gaming journalists use cheats to make deadlines. They dont actually play games. Its why the games that have more story tend to grt rated higher.
@HoggyThePig
Жыл бұрын
Ik it was a ytber who said this
@LonelyGamer4
Жыл бұрын
@@HoggyThePig the most reliable of sources
@ab-gail
Жыл бұрын
I don’t know about cheats but them enjoying story heavy games for that reason make a lot of sense to me.
@YodielandInhabitant710
Жыл бұрын
Upper echelon
@amentco8445
Жыл бұрын
@@LonelyGamer4 Look it up. The sources were ripped from the journos themselves. The big pin in this is their treatment of MGS5.
@DawnofInfo
Жыл бұрын
The most embarrassing moment for me was a gaming journalist that decided to do a livestream for his 25th work anniversary. The audience decided for him to play a FPS and in the first minutes he was standing in front of a ladder and didn't know how to interact with it while "Press E to interact" was shown on screen....
@luchalegend2185
Жыл бұрын
Hmmm…this reminds me. I’m not gonna go into other details but i’ll tell you this. Someone once tried to use an arcade machine and he tried pressing on the screen that said “press to start” he pressed a few times and then he walked away saying that the machine is broken. The camera then looks down a few inches and zooms in on a big red glowing button
@chee.rah.monurB
Жыл бұрын
Video source?
@chee.rah.monurB
Жыл бұрын
@@luchalegend2185Sometimes,people are morons because of psychology things,like "Tunnel Vision" or "Thalassophobia" or such.Sometimes they are morons because they are smply unintelligent.
@GBDupree
Жыл бұрын
The most bizarre one for me was the E3 demo for The Wonderful 101, a reviewer was playing the game and a character tosses a rose towards the screen and the reviewer instinctively tries to catch it. It wasn't played for laughs either, as I think he was unaware he was being filmed (it was a low quality phone camera footage). He must have been really high at the time.
@anafu-sankanashi8933
11 ай бұрын
@@chee.rah.monurB thalassophobia is fear of the ocean......i dont think thats the right context.
@1337foxs
10 ай бұрын
The mishearing a song lyric one is hilarious because she whined about a disability slur while basically putting the singer on blast for being ESL.
@soulhunter91
11 ай бұрын
I knew gaming journalism was bad when I read an article that said the Wii isn't family friendly because it had access to the internet.
@perryfrost4911
11 ай бұрын
Bayonetta is SO evenly appealing to both the male and female gaze that it actually makes her one of the best character designs ever. i'm not surprised that it took 2 whole genders to create her lmaoo
@oreopug7986
10 ай бұрын
Bayonetta truly is the female power fantasy
@xWhackoJacko
10 ай бұрын
People do seem to forget that women like sexy women just as much as we dudes do. Look at kpop as a glaring example of this. More female fans swoon over the female idols than they do for the male ones, lmao. And you will hear CONSISTENTLY from female gamers (not the phone playing ones, the real ones) that they like sexy female designs.
@25Leprechaun
10 ай бұрын
I've played WoW for 15 years and in that time I have never met a woman who didn't either play a human, blood elf, or another "sexy" race. They have things like dwarves and orcs but the joke in the community is " female dwarves/orcs they don't exist" because no one plays them. @@xWhackoJacko
@NicoKyunKyun
10 ай бұрын
@@25Leprechauni thought you were gonna stop at "i have never met a woman" after saying you played WoW 😂
@Meleedropped
9 ай бұрын
@@xWhackoJackowdym "real ones"? Im a phone player, i think bayonettas hot, do you think everyones iust able to afford consoles and laptops??
@draculactica
Жыл бұрын
the persona 5 disability slur situation really lends credence to the view that western games journalism is really shitty toward japanese developed games. like imagine hearing a native japanese speaker singing a song and deciding "ah yes, they are purposefully using a slur in my native language. also, they *must* be fluent in my native language because the world is centered around me and my culture." i gotta shout out jason schreier though. people are weirdly hostile toward him, but dude is one of the few people doing actually legit journalism for the games industry. like he's one of the main reasons we know how much of a clusterfuck the development of anthem was, and he's broken tons of stories about poor labor practices in games studios. even if you don't like him personally, games journalism would be better if people tried to do actual journalism like that instead of writing articles about how samus needs to smile more.
@elneco4654
Жыл бұрын
"Weirdly hostile", more like they remember what/how he was before. When Dragon's Crown came out, he whined about the Sorceress' design and called it a "lolicon fantasy" (which would be like calling a chocolate bar a vegetable), and the director of the game himself mocked him by saying "maybe this is more to your taste" and posting a picture of three scantily clad dwarf characters from it.
@draculactica
Жыл бұрын
@@elneco4654 lol that's pretty funny. i guess i can understand being upset with him over that, but it doesn't seem like a big deal to me. But to each their own, im not gonna gatekeep disliking someone lol
@Cinnaschticks
Жыл бұрын
Please tell me there's not actually a review about how Samus needs to smile more...
@enthiegavoir5955
Жыл бұрын
Jason Schrier is interesting because on one hand he does sometimes get caught up in the mountain out of mole hills political BS that other journalists do. On the other hand, he is legitimately a fantastic journalist who has a glowing reputation in a space where people actually doing their job properly makes them exceptional. I kind of feel like the fact that people respect him makes them look at him more critically in some cases, because he's shown to do great work most of the time.
@draculactica
Жыл бұрын
@@Cinnaschticks yeah there's a rough kotaku article that essentially says "samus doesn't have to be a badass all the time, she can smile and be joyful" A bunch of people pointed out, rightfully imo, that no one is saying that about like the doomslayer lol
@franzpattison
11 ай бұрын
Honestly the whole R word fiasco is as much the fault of the editor as the journalist. Any competent editor should have questioned the shit out of that and grilled the journalist about it before publishing. I know this because I've been a journalist for about a decade and my editor would never let me get away with something like that. So whoever that editor is should have moved on to their "personal projects" too.
@h.m.friendly
11 ай бұрын
I know this, because Tyler knows this.
@Wallace-Amadeus
9 ай бұрын
That "journalist" is retarded and so is her editor if she even has one
@Rotwold
8 ай бұрын
I'm not surprised, I have two friends who were journalists. One stopped due to the pressure to publish first, often leading to factual errors and a lack of moral judgment. When #metoo led to a public figure committing suicide after being wrongly accused of heinous crimes, that's when the other decided to leave the industry. One became a social worker and the other is working for a publishing house.
@Birds_In_Crime
8 ай бұрын
kotaku is infamous for having editors who dont care. this person is essentially their own editor
@blueishgreen76
8 ай бұрын
If you pause and read the writers response the editor removed all the weasel language and published before getting a response from the studio without the writers knowledge. Now, the weasel language would have made for terrible writing, but giving the studio a heads up that "players reported hearing the R word in the game, and if you've d like to deny it and tell us what was actually said we'll include your response" would have been fair game. It also sounded like the response time was one of those cases or requesting it at COB on Friday and publishing on Monday morning.
@michel0dy
11 ай бұрын
I have a close friend who got their masters degree talking about Bayonetta's character design, so it's so hilariously ridiculous to see someone saying "sexy=bad" for their work
@theslyfox1580
10 ай бұрын
I’d love to read that thesis paper if you can link it!
@luckystarplays1837
10 ай бұрын
What course were they taking?
@codeine69
9 ай бұрын
@@luckystarplays1837 Sexology
@The-jy3yq
9 ай бұрын
@@codeine69 doctor sex * MEDIC! plays *
@conspiracypanda1200
9 ай бұрын
My 60yo Mum saw me play Bayonetta and got all nostalgic about how she used to read Vampirella. Unfortunately one of the nuns at her boarding school caught her reading one and ripped it in half, tossed it in the trash, gave her a lashing and made her scrape the wax out of the floorboards with a butter knife. We went into a comic shop much later and she wanted to see if it was still running. Turns out they did and the guy at the counter admitted he used to hide some of the issues under his bed as a teen lmao
@ToniaGlitched
Жыл бұрын
fun fact: I once got stuck for a few seconds on Cuphead tutorial, noticed my keyboard's button that should be used to dash wasn't working, changed it on the pause menu, and finished it... that's all I wanted to say. my laptop's keyboard is fully broken now because one of my sisters have threw detergent on it btw
@terminator572
Жыл бұрын
It's "has thrown", not "have threw", if you are only talking about one person performing the acfion
@Gatorade69
Жыл бұрын
@@terminator572 English may not be their native tongue.
@terminator572
Жыл бұрын
@@Gatorade69 it isn't mine either.
@pillowmint4622
Жыл бұрын
throw detergent on your sister.
@SchizophrenixTheGaul3478
Жыл бұрын
Who tf throws detergent on their elecrical devices
@blondesummer7980
Жыл бұрын
God Hand is like Sifu's wacky Japanese big brother. They share a lot of similar elements from dodging with analog stick, punishing difficulty, how special moves works, and even some enemies reviving and becoming stronger. Really underrated action game, check it out if you enjoyed Sifu.
@thechugg4372
Жыл бұрын
Yes, sifu is already s spiritual successor to Absolver, which itself was heavily inspired by god hand!
@blondesummer7980
Жыл бұрын
@@thechugg4372 I'm actually interested in trying Absolver, but I heard it's mostly a PvP game, right? There's not much single player content in it.
@ascended8174
Жыл бұрын
@@blondesummer7980Get a friend to play it with, enjoyed it a lot beating friends with stagger style
@tumultoustortellini
Жыл бұрын
@@thechugg4372 I was just about to mention absolver! Honestly, that game was so fun but such wasted potential. The drunken master meta got boring real fast
@tumultoustortellini
Жыл бұрын
@@blondesummer7980 It has some hours of single player content. Worth a buy for sure
@MUGENanaya
9 ай бұрын
Oh shoutouts to that one Hot Dog Horseshoes and Hand Grenades review where the review staff saw this gun simulator game and went "Hey, let's get the guy with ACTUAL GUN RELATED TRAUMA to review this game"
@mechadeka
7 ай бұрын
And he didn't even actually talk about the game lol
@Narrator1
Жыл бұрын
If you do a sequel, I have a recommendation: The Independent's review of Astral Chain, made by Platinum Games (company founded by many of the same people behind God Hand). Gave it a 1 out of 5 and called it a brainless button masher, while their own screenshots gave away the fact that they were playing on a difficulty too low to be scored by the game's own in-game rating system.
@tykamen5588
Жыл бұрын
There's a reasons why Nintendo and other game companies blacklisted Kotaku, I'm not saying that the Smash Bros ultimate article was the sole reason just one of many reasons.
@wolfekupo5651
Жыл бұрын
I mean Kotaku literally was advertising and made a guide on how to emulate and pirate Metroid Dread not even a month after the game came out, if any company deserves to blacklist Kotaku it is Nintendo for that
@asuraofwrath
Жыл бұрын
@@user-qv5sm5dw1v old games yes new games or games that haven't released yet no
@azizalfa752
Жыл бұрын
@@wolfekupo5651and kotaku abd other destroying anime games with good looking anime waifus thats even sader its a liberal left based agenda journalist team with blue hair😂
@azizalfa752
Жыл бұрын
Deserved
@minecraftworks41
Жыл бұрын
God being reminded of the Doom 2016 review, you’d think someone watched the video before it got released and saw the person playing clearly struggling, but I guess not. Frankly I’m glad it’s around as it’s a spectacle to watch, for anyone who has tried to get a non-gaming family member or friend try out a game you like.
@jorda8915
Жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly the guy who played it actually tried his damn hardest to get better at it too after the video came out lol
@nikguimont8546
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching it and thinking “ is he trying to hide content from us “ like was he asked to not show off other guns or do headshots for some reason but no he was just bad
@coffeemug1012
Жыл бұрын
my guess is that he was primarily a controller player and was asked to play mouse and keyboard for the gameplay
@CasuallyShadow
Жыл бұрын
@@coffeemug1012 That would honestly make a lot of sense, thats why it reminds me of how I play games on computer (I do actually play computer games a lot its just, not first person shooter games, so I'm really bad on computer when it comes to that)
@Icemario87
Жыл бұрын
@@coffeemug1012 But mouseclicking is like 10 million times easier than using a joystick. I was a diehard console gamer until I got a PC when I was almost 20. Using a mouse is like suddenly being able to walk after being wheelchair-bound.
@KasbashPlays
10 ай бұрын
I know this one’s tepid in comparison to the other ones featured on your video but I think Kotaku’s infamous “Sekiro could do with an easy mode” article deserves an honourable mention. The comments and replies on that article were glorious.
@huntforbigfloptober1333
Жыл бұрын
Remember that time a game reviewer played Devil May Cry (I think it was 5?) and they said there wasn’t much music If you don’t know, DMC games amp up the music based on your performance. Boxo unintentionally outed their ineptitude 😂
@espurrseyes42
Жыл бұрын
I think that was DmC. The reboot.
@izuko5857
Жыл бұрын
@@espurrseyes42 Nah that's where you're wrong. Game journos love DmC. It was most definitely 5 because it's the only game with music that ramps up with your rank
@espurrseyes42
Жыл бұрын
@@izuko5857 No, DmC did that before 5. Maybe not in the same way, but it introduced Dynamic music to the franchise. And "loving" the game doesn't mean they're good at it.
@yourlocalmilkman916
11 ай бұрын
Dude. They reviewed txr d2 they wonder why their front wheel drive car cant drift. Like no shit. The front wheel is the one that spins
@chee.rah.monurB
11 ай бұрын
Automatic su1cide.
@agisuru
Жыл бұрын
I remember reading Kotaku's review of Triangle Strategy, where the author complains about the "silly" spellings of words like domain as demesne or jail as gaol. This same person also reviewed Bloodborne. There is literal proof that he should know better and that this is just old english. He also talked about how characters "guilt tripped" him for the choices he made. Weighing the cost and benefit of a choice and knowing some characters may not agree and wondering if there may have been a better way is the literal entire point of the game. He also complained about the game's difficulty while doing things like leaving his healers fully exposed to get annihilated by enemies. Like he complains about needing strategy in a strategy game. The game has strategy in its name. C'mon now.
@theleftfootedsultan
Жыл бұрын
If only the game allowed you to change difficulty settings at any time, and even included a “Very Easy” setting where it becomes borderline impossible to lose unless you actively try to. That would be so convenient.
@ThoraeJenkins
Жыл бұрын
They're still called gaol in Australia too. A lot of us media consumption means that most of the public uses jail, but that's sadly just the way things go.
@shawnscouten5184
8 ай бұрын
To be fair, some of the choices in the game do feel a tad contrived for characters in the game, particularly at the end, it felt like they were trying to force an idealogical choice that didn’t quite make sense, like the kings son, Roland I think, being so obsessed with defeating the red empire that he wants to join a religious dictatorship with a literal race of s*laves (sorry for the dumb censorship, but I prefer my comment undeleted) but to top it off, he has the gall to be one at the end of that ending going “ohh, the s*aves might be free but they are still treated poorly” like dude, if you had your way, they would still be s*aves and the game tries to hammer home this weird point by having the protag make a near out of character declaration regarding punishment of those people, I get its not the perfect True Ending™️ but it really feels kinda forced, with the negative consequences not coming as a result of your actions, but as a result of the MC just deciding to be a d*uchebag to the people he just freed for no clear reason. Not sure if guilt tripping is the best word, but I can see where he is coming from.
@BlindMango
Жыл бұрын
I love how even a child would do more research figuring out the Smash Bros thing than a “grown adult” games blogger did lmao
@jacobmatthews7524
11 ай бұрын
child vs adult has nothing to do with intelligence, i was smarter as a child than every adult i knew
8:55 I thought he was gonna say “Having become a punching bag and having your article deleted, then leaving the company a month later… That’s really ret……”
@Vyse1984
11 ай бұрын
One of my favorite Polygon fails was their preview of Rock Band 4, where the writer would rather talk about anything other than the game he was not interested in. It is best known as the “politics in the Philippines” article.
@oz_jones
11 ай бұрын
😂 sounds wild. Need to read that
@genericname2747
7 ай бұрын
You know what, props to him for just writing literally whatever. That's funny
@Spacemongerr
7 ай бұрын
That's not a fail, the reviewer obviously did it on purpose and it's kinda funny: "I'm supposed to be focusing my attention on Rock Band 4, but there's more chance of Ferdinand Marcos leaping onto that stage than there is of me mounting the boards, swinging a guitar strap around my neck and yelling "whooooooo." I don't care about rock music. [..] Look, sometimes in this job you gotta cover games you don't really give a stuff about. I played some Guitar Hero ten years ago and I thought it was kinda stupid." 😄
@chee.rah.monurB
7 ай бұрын
Jesus fuck.
@Vyse1984
7 ай бұрын
@Spacemongerr Still felt disingenuous to send someone who doesn't care about a particular game or genre to cover said game/genre and allow him/her to write their disdain. Imagine if a big publication did that on a fighting game or a JRPG, and that was your main preview or review.
@alaeriia01
Жыл бұрын
In defense of the alien Resurrection review, when a few quake players started using the now-ubiquitous WASD and mouse control scheme, they were mocked for it. People just don't like change.
@thenonexistinghero
11 ай бұрын
A lot of people still hate on gyro stupidly enough as well. I can't even play fps games with just dual-sticks anymore. I never thought it was an amazing scheme, but it was doable when there was nothing else to make fps on consoles properly playable. But now gyro makes it possible to be almost as good as PC mouse + keyboard players with aiming and most people are still latching on to dual-stick only like crazy. It's a shame MS hasn't included it on their Xbox controllers. Basically the only reason it's still not included in all fps games as a standard scheme because pretty much every other controller does have gyro included.
@MooseCastle
11 ай бұрын
@@thenonexistingheroDisliking motion controls isn't stupid, it's perfectly normal. I like pressing buttons and moving sticks, not waggling my controller about, and I don't care how many people say it's "superior" when I can just use a mouse instead.
@thenonexistinghero
11 ай бұрын
@@MooseCastle You don't need to waggle your controller about, just shows you don't know anything. And it's objectively superior to dual analog. You also can't just use a mouse for consoles. And using a mouse for gaming is also pretty awful if your want to sit on your couch and play on your TV. Mouse only works properly on a desk.
@resyntax
10 ай бұрын
@@MooseCastleif you say "waggling" you have no idea what youre talking about.
@Fanimati0n
Жыл бұрын
Only respect for Jeff Gertsmann. Man stood his ground & spoke the TRUTH even though it cost him his job. Godspeed, Jeff. The only games journalist o7
@goldenfiberwheat238
11 ай бұрын
Journalist fired for doing journalism. Sounds like an onion article
@chee.rah.monurB
11 ай бұрын
Elaborate?
@GrugGangGrugGang
11 ай бұрын
@@chee.rah.monurB He got fired from Gamespot for giving Kane and Lynch a bad review.
@donovanlocust1106
11 ай бұрын
@@GrugGangGrugGangi heard it got mixed reviews
@LaBarata12
11 ай бұрын
So basically, here’s what happened: There was a game called Kane and Lynch. It was bad. It was REAL bad. Seriously, this thing was awful. Terrible plot, awful characters and wretched gameplay. However, several big companies like Gamespot had already signed enormous ad contracts with the publisher, guaranteeing them everything from constant advertisements on every square inch of the site (buttons and banners and BUY KANE AND LYNCH NOW on every single page) to the most sumptuous of review blowjobs. However, Jeff refused to play ball. The game was garbage and he refused to say otherwise, because this was back when at least some folks left had journalistic integrity. He stood up and gave an honest, unbiased review of that dumpster fire and in retaliation he was fired from GameStop.
@Stewart.george
11 ай бұрын
They shouldn't of scored aliens low for poor controls but instead being nearly impossible without cheats. Holy shit the face huggers being an insta kill was brutal.
@cryguy0000
Жыл бұрын
I will never forgive IGN for killing God Hand and Clover Studio, that game is incredible and deserved so much better
@merunask.9640
Жыл бұрын
Its not his fault for paying the game on easy and thinking its actually easy and not normal difficulty. If you didn't know the Japanese people thought it would be too easy so they ramped up the difficulty so for English version easy=normal, normal=hard and hard became just insta kill
@jamesbrown6994
Жыл бұрын
It was literally a skill issue
@CoalEater_Elli
Жыл бұрын
I pray to God that some company gets rights to God Hand and makes a sequel and they make a sequence where you fight a game journalist.
@NemesisOgreKing
Жыл бұрын
@@merunask.9640 No, they didn't want westerners beating it in a single rental, renting movies and video games is illegal in japan. The Japanese have traditionally not thought highly of the west. Considering france and canada are part of the west, I don't blame them.
@SpicyButterflyWings
Жыл бұрын
I haven't played God Hand myself yet, but considering how much of a masterpiece Okami is, I too can never forgive IGN. If they hadn't gone under, there's no telling what kind of other amazing titles they'd have created.
@scottsymonds5649
Жыл бұрын
Tbf, Imagine: Party Babyz executed its concept perfectly. The cover promises that you will imagine partying babies, and you get exactly that.
@wolliveryoutube
Жыл бұрын
In defense of the Mario Wii reviewer, that game is extremely difficult-if you’re playing multiplayer. Later NSMB games are better designed for four players, but the Wii game is so hilariously chaotic and crowded that you’re just as often the enemy of your fellow players as you are their ally.
@no-bark4112
9 ай бұрын
yeah you're not wrong. i remember playing that game with my kid and nephews, and I ended up having to quit and just let them play because I was getting absurdly frustrated with it
@EchoPixel01
8 ай бұрын
Played with my brothers... they kept throwing me off ledges and stuff, it was pretty funny looking back on it though.
@SykoMuffin
8 ай бұрын
World 9 level 7. That’s all I have to say about that XD
@RamalhoRodrigo
18 сағат бұрын
@@SykoMuffin new super Luigi u that one level with fire bars
@TheRoboKitty
8 ай бұрын
You forgot the best part of the Alien Resurrection review: where he tells you to "wait for Aliens: Colonial Marines instead"
@darthgamer9861
3 ай бұрын
ah, hilarious in hindsight
@DMMDestroyer
Жыл бұрын
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) was an incredible gaming journalism magazine that would not cave to censorship or bribes. They covered everything in an unbiased manner and had dedicated players who also knew how to review, handle dozens of titles every month. They would break news on things and have exclusive interviews that were sometimes years ahead of when the product would release. When they closed up, I stopped paying attention to reviewers. It truly wasn't always like this, newer Gamers - your intuitions about things for the last 10+ years not being normal, are correct. Enjoyed the video, Mush of Magic - thanks for another great one.
@terminator572
Жыл бұрын
In Latin America we had Meristation, and it was great up until 2015 when they changed hands. Now it is basically IGN in Spanish
@PB-ie8cj
Жыл бұрын
Gamer moment
@Gatorade69
Жыл бұрын
What I feel places like EGM did right was have multiple reviewers per game. So even if one reviewer hated a game/had a crappy take it could be balanced out by the other reviewers. Which let's face it, we have crappy takes every now and then or just don't like something that others would enjoy. I seriously miss reviews having multiple reviewers from a single outlet. Like IGN adopting a system like that would only help them but IGN doesn't care, they want to keep sucking.
@DMMDestroyer
Жыл бұрын
@@Gatorade69 I'm still pissed Perfect Dark for N64 didn't get 3 10 out of 10s for the Platinum award because one guy who specialized mostly in sports games gave it a 9.5 because of framerate drops. Where ever he is, I hope he somehow sees this and knows he's forever known as the Madden guy who still had to admit a game outside of his normal genre was incredible enough to give a 9.5. Happy 23rd Birthday to Perfect Dark this month.
@Gatorade69
Жыл бұрын
@@DMMDestroyer I mean to be fair the framerate drops were kind of bad, though back then they were definitely more tolerated. Now a days those framerate drops would have people ripping into the game, unless that game is Zelda.
@lvl5Vaporeon
Жыл бұрын
Anything with Dean Takahashi will be comedy gold.
@HalfOtaku
Жыл бұрын
Did you know?
@Nyrus13
Жыл бұрын
You can never bring up gaming journalism without this man lol 😂
@WeaponizedAutism2005
Жыл бұрын
@@HalfOtaku that in terms of
@brightblackhole2442
Жыл бұрын
@@WeaponizedAutism2005 w
@LoliconSamalik
Жыл бұрын
@@Nyrus13 The irony is that he's not even a gaming journalist. He's a tech journalist first
@Sorrelhas
Жыл бұрын
My theories are that some of it is bad management, very tight deadlines, ragebaiting, low pay, lax quality control, "the blacklist", and employing mostly people with zero journalism experience Also some of it is people reading a perfectly harmless opinion piece and losing their minds
@bigbabado8296
Жыл бұрын
Overreacting is just part of being a gamer
@Gatorade69
Жыл бұрын
@@bigbabado8296 See AVGN.
@Ultimate_Hater75
Жыл бұрын
Overacting is as natural to gamers as finding an autistic kid in a sped class.
@poke548
Жыл бұрын
Pretty much all but the last two are the reason GameXplain fell apart.
@agedstring
Жыл бұрын
There's also the factor that they follow a "bad publicity = publicity" mindset, pick the most over exaggerated stories, then bam a money printer. In case for game reviews, yeah, I see they have VERY tight deadlines. If I had 5 minutes left to complete the Fighting Fate stage from Theatrhythm Final Bar Line on Supreme, then blind rage takes over for my poor skill and will blame the game for it.
@JoeyJ0J0
10 ай бұрын
God Hand is a masterpiece, One of the best beat em ups ever and Bayonetta 2 was fantastic, I loved it
@_Paul_N
9 ай бұрын
Bayonetta 2 is flawed, yet amazing. God Hand is flat out legendary 😎
@BongoThe
7 ай бұрын
@@_Paul_Ndamn fucking right!
@monmagog
Жыл бұрын
My most hated article of all time was Kotaku’s Metroid dread review. A game that improves on the Metroid formula masterfully, but kotaku said that it was so bad that you should pirate it, and EVEN GAVE A DOWNLOAD LINK SO PEOPLE COULD EMULATE IT. This wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t from a series that historically didn’t sell well and many fans were wanting the new game to sell well so that Nintendo would be eager to finish a game that has been in development hell since 2017. Luckily, it became the best selling Metroid game ever, beating out Metroid Prime. ( until ofc, the remastered came out
@FunkyGhostHD
Жыл бұрын
I haven't read the review and don't know if the actual reasoning behind the encouragment to emulate the game solely was because it was "so bad" but even when it is Kotaku it is hard to believe. However if they were complaining about performance issues and then said that it was better to emulate to get the best experience out of it, I'd actually support that. It's been what, 7-8 years since the Switch released and even then it wasn't a beast when it came to technical performance so it is high time Nintendo should update it or at least release a new one. Bayonetta 3 also ran extremely poorly and they even had to scale it down because of the console's limitations. Emulation isn't pirating as long as you own a copy of the game, backed by actual laws so, I'd say it is wrong to call it as such and demonize it like that. Also as long as you can't come up with a better way of game preservation I'd advise you to get used to it and since you're beloved Nintendo doesn't give two cents about it and their own games, honestly you should kinda appreciate the emulation community.
@oompalumpus699
Жыл бұрын
@@FunkyGhostHD So you're on the pirate's side?
@FunkyGhostHD
Жыл бұрын
@@oompalumpus699 How about making my point more clear, huh? So Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is one of my favorites and I have it physical on PSP. However my PSP was almost unrepairable and decided to sell it a while ago. Now suddenly I wanna play it but definitely won't pay extremely inflated prices a for a refurbished/unopened PSP because it is "retro and cool" now. So I'll try emulation🤷♂️. And no, I'm not "on the pirate's" side, even if it is Kotaku they can raise decent arguments from time to time, a la "the broken clock" metaphor. However, Nintendo is also right in their own right to ban them as they please because you can't really reason with companies, especially like the ones that are such "DMCA-strike heavy" like them.
@lobstrosity7163
Жыл бұрын
Dread isn't very good.
@BlueEyedVibeChecker
Жыл бұрын
@@oompalumpus699 Not necessarily, you can emulate without piracy. For example, my Xbox 360 doesn't pirate my OG Xbox games, but it does emulate them. Way I see it, emulation is fine so long as you own the game(or if it's not commercially available anymore like Atari's ET then do what you must) But those who do emulate shouldn't be reporting issues they have in-game since those issues might be purely down to the emulation software and not the game. I own a Switch but still emulate my copy of Pokémon Scarlet since it's the only way to maintain a solid framerate. That said, them actively enabling piracy was a dick move and they totally should've got the Gary Bowser treatment.
@juancarlosfernandezperez6843
Жыл бұрын
If I recall well, the Bayo 2 review writer was later caught having an account on a smut site. Absolute hypocrisy.
@dAWwr906
Жыл бұрын
Someone's preference in porn is different from their preference in video games. Doesn't mean I agree with them, but doesn't make them a hypocrit.
@UmiZoomR
Жыл бұрын
Its 2 different things??????
@officegossip
Жыл бұрын
@@dAWwr906 seems more like they were closeted and projecting a facade about them. Probably internally struggling with how much he secretly enjoyed Bayonetta’s ass but wanted to let the world know that it’s not right to condone a game like it.
@chee.rah.monurB
Жыл бұрын
With the Buffy and Rick&Morty s3ual 4ssault controversies,it seems like the brightest of white knghts are some of the most mysogynistic!
@ED-gw9rg
Жыл бұрын
@@chee.rah.monurBI guess it takes one to know one
@AlexTenThousand
Жыл бұрын
Arthur Gies is also, as reported by Guru Larry a few years ago in his Fact Hunt series, the very guy who basically acted like an agent of propaganda for EA when he reviewed Sim City 2013 and defended EA's decision to only ever allow you to build tiny cities in an always-online environment and was impossible to patch the game to be offline.
@chee.rah.monurB
Жыл бұрын
Is there a video of this?I don't remember if I heard of Guru Larry.
@DIOBrando-ij2bp
7 ай бұрын
I can’t seem to find it anymore, but Chris Roper used to have a blog where he’d review games and talk about stuff. Came across it while reading XCOM reviews. And one of the articles on there, and mind you this is years after the God Hand review, was him doubling down on his God Hand review and talking about how nobody in the office at the time liked the game either. You are missing one of the best ones. The Polygon preview event for Rock Band 4, where Colin Campbell writes an article about how he didn’t play the game he was sent their to play, how he doesn’t like rock music or crowds, drones on about random shit, and says all video games are stupid is a crowning moment in dumb video game article. The PS5 article is comparable in stupidity, but the PS5 guy also wasn’t sent to a big press event to not do his job.
@Pc_98_Fan
7 ай бұрын
The Rockband 4 story haves the same weight as the guy who was supposed to review the newly released PS5, and instead said review became a really big political rambling over Trump and Biden. It was big at the time of release and was just more shit over gaming journalism.
@Morgoroth_07
Жыл бұрын
Speaking of bad reviews of games set in the Alien(s) universe, remember when gaming journalists unanimously decided that Alien isolation, one of the best games of 2014, deserved a 4/10 because it was a stealth game and you couldn't kill the xenomorph.
@thebudderblock2149
11 ай бұрын
Man, it is like the game is also a horror game based off a horror movie.
@zerochill4326
11 ай бұрын
Still, to this day I refuse to play. My anxiety will not allow me to.
@MrHeiska01
11 ай бұрын
They also called Aliens AI stupid because it changed its behavior and approach every time they loaded the save.
@Loltroll8
11 ай бұрын
@@MrHeiska01when the AI is so advanced that it adapts to your game style and acts differently so it isn't stale, " THIS GAME IS HARD IT MAKES ME LOOK BAD."
@larryhouse3776
11 ай бұрын
Alien Isolation is a EASY 9/10. I played it last year for the 1st time. It holds up today and I experienced no bugs or issues. Horror games are a genre, Alien Isolation is so much more, it's a true Terror Game.
@MiggyBird
11 ай бұрын
I was introduced to Bayonetta by a woman I dated, who was a huge fan of the character. We watched the animated adaptation together, so before I even got my hands on the original game I started to understand the character and why my girlfriend loved her so much. Bayo is beautiful and sexy, poised and perfect, but also the most dangerous and powerful fighter and the most capable and in-control person in the room at all times. The pinnacle of well-deserved confidence, to an honestly hilarious degree when she’s no-selling a tornado while shit-talking an angelic colossus, and with a gorgeous and unique personal style that is all glamour, glory, mystery and darkness. All this is to say, fans don’t love Bayo because “boobs and action.” We love her because she’s *fucking awesome.*
@bysigmarareyouseriously156
11 ай бұрын
Boobs and ass make a part in that too
@MrVariant
10 ай бұрын
Whole lot of rationalization similar to these journalists, similar to how vid drags. Just enjoy your crotch spreading gunfu and hump suplexes and skip the dialogue.
@cthulhurage5598
10 ай бұрын
Also most ppl don't even realize Bayonetta was created by a women.
@MrVariant
10 ай бұрын
@cthulhurage5598 Hideki Kamiya is a guy who left platinum games, with many sources like pc gamer saying he created Bayonetta. What woman are you referring to?
@cthulhurage5598
10 ай бұрын
@@MrVariant Mari Shimazaki. I should have specified she was designed not created my bad
@robotmaster4515
11 ай бұрын
It's really crazy how Bayonetta has switched up completely to people. I saw a viral tweet a few weeks ago talking about how they couldn't get how men could like Bayonetta cause it was "built for the girlies". People went from complaining that bayo was a male fantasy game to a game for the girls and gays (both are valid statements). It's just funny how people went through such a switch up on bayo. At the end of the day Bayonetta shows that everyone loves the female body be you a straight or gay, man or girl, everybody can appreciate a good rack.
@HoshitheLycanroc
10 ай бұрын
Which is incredibly ironic considering she was based on hideki kamiya's (her creator) type of woman.
@RGC_animation
10 ай бұрын
"Bayonetta is a game for good boys and girls."
@robotmaster4515
10 ай бұрын
@@RGC_animation amen
@DoubleRainbows667
10 ай бұрын
@@RGC_animationamen
@Neogears1312
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact; 5:49 I got permanently suspended from twitter on my old account for explicitly calling the person out who did this when they were bitching about ppl being too whiny. That’s kind of the evidence they just bribe they’re way through life.
@Cinnaschticks
Жыл бұрын
Can't argue with the corporations, I'm afraid. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@Animanay
Жыл бұрын
I will never forgive GameSpot for giving Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated a 2/10
@user-jr3st4dp2u
Жыл бұрын
Rotten Tomatoes critics gives Mario movie a 59% while they give Cuties 87% is absolutely sickening. This is why we don't trust movie journalism even video games.
@MisterSpeedStacking
Жыл бұрын
Cuties did nothing wrong
@neuxdex9740
Жыл бұрын
@@MisterSpeedStacking bruh 💀
@Cinnaschticks
Жыл бұрын
Yikes.
@ChucksSEADnDEAD
Жыл бұрын
Rotten Tomatoes aggregates reviews. The critic score is derived from professional critics, not RT staff.
@oompalumpus699
Жыл бұрын
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD So the critics are ped0s?
@HippieInHeart
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, that Kane&Lynch thing was definite proof that games journalism has devolved into games marketing.
@FranklySean
Жыл бұрын
What is really scary, is that gaming journos aren't special. This is just what journalists are like.
@slimewizard7350
Жыл бұрын
Part of me wants to become a gaming journalist because I feel like I could do this job so much better, but the rest of me knows theres a reason these guys turned out the way they did, and that I will not be immune to having my soul crushed in just the same way.
@borismuller86
10 ай бұрын
I’m always suspicious about making a hobby a profession. Not impossible, of course, but fraught with risk.
@blakepollock8074
10 ай бұрын
I think it's just the fact that in journalism you have to be competitive for a really long time to get anywhere, so much so that only the most dogged and terminally online shitposters make it. Do you want to know the gaming opinions of a dude who spends their whole life on niche forums doing nothing productive? This is the industry, those are the ones who make it.
@dropandy1453
10 ай бұрын
@blakepollock8074 that is definitely a factor, but it’s far from the main one. the biggest issues facing gaming journalism are, at their core, time and money. Time: being first to release a review is a huge priority for review companies, so they give journalists a very small amount of time to do a write up for anything that isn’t a AAA game given to them early by the developers. However getting big name games early isn’t good either - Money: the review companies want to keep getting those early copies, so they inflate scores here and there to keep up goodwill. The system is quite literally a lose-lose, regardless of if the individual reviewers are well-intentioned or not.
@blakepollock8074
9 ай бұрын
@@dropandy1453 Those are publication issues and I think the distinction is important, having little to do with incompetence on the side of journalists themselves and often the assumption of these factors from the mildly informed public shields said journalists from areas they themselves are lacking when it comes to professional standards.
@dropandy1453
9 ай бұрын
@@blakepollock8074 i totally agree with you, i just think those publication issues are what led gaming journalism to what it is today. incompetence is rewarded cause of it. idk just my 2 cents.
@Kira-Nerys
Жыл бұрын
I remember one review of Days Gone where she admitted to basically not playing the game and spent most of it complaining about Deacon being a white male. I think she also somehow managed to weave gripes about environmentalism into it. Absolutely bonkers.
@MDLuffy1234YT
Жыл бұрын
God forbid the game reviewer actually plays the game.
@MDLuffy1234YT
Жыл бұрын
Also, my favorite non review was when one guy was reviewing the PS5 and went completely off the rails and got on a whole ass rant about the political situation in the US and how they were getting violently depressed at the chance of Trump's re-election.
@Predator20357
Жыл бұрын
@@MDLuffy1234YT someone should tell him that the review paper isn’t his diary
@NAFEDUDE
Жыл бұрын
It's insane that whenever I hear an anecdote like this, the outlet and reviewer is never actually mentioned. I have to assume this isn't actually what was said. I know the game's director *claimed* this was what the source of criticism was but that dude was obviously malding about getting fired for being a pain to work with
@Kira-Nerys
Жыл бұрын
@@NAFEDUDE It was from years ago at this point, man. I can't remember exactly which stupid game journo wrote the hit piece. And besides that, you know KZitem doesn't allow links in comments anyway. But yeah, keep playing pretend like game journos aren't ridiculous hacks, I guess.
@Lorentz_Driver
8 ай бұрын
To be fair Pokemon Gen 3 had an over-reliance on water sections. There were more water routes than land routes, which wouldn't be a problem if they weren't visually similar and didn't have the same 'mons.
@brendan5260
8 ай бұрын
Yeah that’s because Hoenn is a fuckin island. You gonna complain Unova had too many cities? It’s New York.
@genericname2747
7 ай бұрын
@@brendan5260Doesn't make the water sections any better. They're the weakest part of Pokémon
@Lorentz_Driver
7 ай бұрын
@@brendan5260 We really gonna throw away good game design for realism? It's Pokémon.
@mechadeka
7 ай бұрын
@@brendan5260Wow almost like they designed a bad region.
@jtflightlesswallow2930
7 ай бұрын
I'd complain too but I feel like moving around on water still feels really similar to land in these games. The only real difference is you can't sprint or take out your bike and it feels way too simple and everything looks the goddamned sa- okay never mind it does suck. Edit: I may be wrong about the sprinting, going off of memory here.
@mikan7908
Жыл бұрын
I'm absolutely shocked that you never mentioned Gamespot Twilight Princess "8.8" review controversy despite mentioning Jeff Gertsmann. It's probably one of his biggest controversies during his time at Gamespot.
@chexmixkitty
Жыл бұрын
8.8 is a controversial score?
@mikan7908
Жыл бұрын
@@chexmixkitty It was back in the day, especially when Twilight Princess was the most hyped up game of the year since it was a launch title for the Wii and it looked WAY more promising than Wind Waker in the eyes of many. So when Jeff gave Twilight Princess a respectable 8.8, most people were legitimately pissed at him since they believed the game should have a automatic 10 out of 10. It's a bit funny though that ultimately Jeff was right in the end with his review considering Twilight Princess hasn't exactly aged well and isn't exactly 10/10 material.
@chexmixkitty
Жыл бұрын
@@mikan7908 I was gonna say, it was good, but I wouldn't say it's the best Zelda out there. I liked WW a lot more.
@mechadeka
11 ай бұрын
@@mikan7908 Ok? I wouldn't give TP more than a 7/10. You being a Zelda game doesn't magically make something a masterpiece, right? Much like calling a movie Star Wars doesn't make it as good as ESB.
@mauwus4322
21 күн бұрын
@mechadeka tbf, 8.8/10 is basically a 7/10 in journalism. Review scores are always inflated a little bit to please companies who released the product. Middling movies or games aren't given 5/10 for being average, no, they get at least a 7, even if they aren't nearly good enough for that.
@trashmammal5420
Жыл бұрын
My favorite one has got to be polygon's review on "hotdogs, horseshoes and hand grenades", a vr simulation game of a firing range and the guy they got to review it went on a ptsd-induced recollection on why he doesn't like guns
@humphreyspellingbee1732
Жыл бұрын
Hey there! I just found the article you’re mentioning, and it’s an *opinion piece*, not a *review*. In this case, the author was sharing their views of our relationship with guns and video games. These are very distinct genres of nonfiction. Whereas a *review* is an assessment of a piece of media’s quality, typically including some kind of score, an *opinion piece* openly shares a certain, individual perspective. You may not agree (in fact, it would be impossible by definition to agree with every opinion piece), but, well… that’s the point of opinion pieces. It’s pretty standard for hardcore fans of any form of art, be it film, theater, or music, to know the difference between these two genres. After all, we’re talking about basic media literacy here! So I’m curious why you - doubtless a huge fan of high-quality video games - decided to call this article a review rather than an opinion piece?
@trashmammal5420
Жыл бұрын
@@humphreyspellingbee1732 oh i was referring more to the video than the article since that's what i was exposed to. Nowhere in the video did it say it was an opinion piece, the video was just the author fumbling around with the guns while saying how much he doesn't like guns due to his childhood as well as his distaste for simulating said guns. I barely got any information on "taking a look at the game" from the video aside from his fear and discomfort of the game so you'll have yo excuse me if i was expecting something about it rather than ben kuchera almost having a breakdown in 3 minutes
@lordpillows762
Жыл бұрын
@@humphreyspellingbee1732 damm, you know you could've ended that comment on the first sentence right? I mean, the name "opinion article" is very self explanatory, you didn't need to drop the whole wikipedia for it here, that made you sound kinda desperate lol Edit: tbf, it was actually mostly the overly formal language you used, but oh well
@turnburn26
Жыл бұрын
@@humphreyspellingbee1732We're still laughing at you, Ben. Thanks for all the good times!
@colehuntley6166
11 ай бұрын
@@humphreyspellingbee1732I bet you wrote that review didn't you
@cococroako
Жыл бұрын
Hey MagicMush, I gotta defend the Alien Resurrection review at 14:20. Although the dual analog stick setup is now the standard for fps games, the main issue with Alien Resurrection was the lack of aim assist. Moving the right stick without anything to magnetize your reticle onto makes that setup incredibly difficult to work with. It wasn't until Halo introduced aim assist which helped make the dual analog stick setup viable. Edit: Goldeneye did it first. Thank you @Dark Japan
@leftysheppey
Жыл бұрын
Skill issue
@darkjapan
Жыл бұрын
You're not wrong but technically Goldeneye also had dual analog support (with two controllers) and also aim assist.
@manformerlypigbukkit
Жыл бұрын
@@leftysheppey “skill issue” mfers when I hit them with a crowbar (their reflexes weren’t skillful enough)
@leftysheppey
Жыл бұрын
@MAN it is a skill issue. 11 year old me had no major issues playing this game. Aim assist is useful but I don't think it was required on this game in particular
@brokentoaster4231
Жыл бұрын
@@leftysheppey what about the crowbar coming towards your face? you should do something about that.
@MrNeutral
2 ай бұрын
I always associate Kotaku with bashing George Kamitani for giving the Sorceress huge boobs in Dragon's Crown, and forcing Kamitani to apologize (atleast he did so to my knowledge) This was only after Kamitani responded to said journalist with an entire art piece he drew up of 3 incredibly muscular shirtless dwarves holding one another with the caption "I drew something that the journalist would find more appealing", what a legend
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