Once upon a time they were a high quality, high budget gaming website that had everything: excellent, well written reviews, professional-level presentation, the best E3 coverage by far, TV deal, the big guns like AVGN, Adam Sessler, Michael Pachter, regular dev interviews etc.
These days, their big feature shows are done by guys like Mike Huber and Kyle Bosman; young new shitters who look like they came right out of Youtube. No more big names or ambitious projects, all the buzz now is seeing one faggot sitting in front of a camera giving his shit opinion.
What the fuck happened?
Shane Satterfield left
>>321754101
Once upon a time they were what they were called: game trailers.
I used to download their sonic 06 trailers for my amvs.
>>321754686
This.
>>321754686
That only made things better though.
Site was sold, people were fired, they lost almost all budget.
>>321754101
No one had to go to their site once youtube got some steam.
Bosman is pretty great.
When I think about it, it is the only site I have used consistently for a decade now, without dropping it.
Defy Media had a round of sackings though, two thirds gone.
>>321754101
>viacom sold GT which laid off a shit ton of staff
>AVGN, pachter, screwattack, shane did their own thing
i used to go there around 2004-2006
got permanently banned for mentioning the word "faggot"
Gametrailers sent me here all those years ago, Gametrailers condemned me to this autistic lifestyle
They're low budget and basically a group of friends who hang out and discuss things with each other.
It feels more honest and heartfelt.
The VA for all their projects has THE perfect voice.
I listen to their stuff when I'm at work and it feels like just overhearing a friendly discussion about vidya.
>>321754101
>big guns like AVGN, Adam Sessler, Michael Pachter
So you're saying they're worse off now for getting rid of this garbage tier shit?
I like new GT, people enjoy what they do, have a bunch of passion for games, and know their shit, they are a good example of games media.
Since old Invisible Walls and EBC shut down, I stopped coming to GT.
Fuck them.
>>321754686
First post.
Best post.
>>321756779
GT Time, nigga.
>>321756779
whats so good about invisible walls?
>>321754686
Shane Satterfield was a fucking faggot. Things have only improved since he's left.
>>321754101
I still like GT reviews more than IGN or Gamespot.
Maybe it's his voice or maybe I think 9 minutes is a more appropriate runtime than 4 minutes for talking about modern games (especially those with distinct multiplayers and singleplayers), but I'll always watch a GT review for entertainment value.
Their opinions aren't always flawless, but taking reviews as 100% gospel just means having a closed mind.
GT is better than ever you gigantic faggot.
Shane Satterfield is an insufferable idiot.
>>321755650
I also ended up here from the Gametrailers forums. Someone posted that one encyclopedia dramatica page with all the gore and shit on it. That eventually led me to /b/ and then after a year or so of that I started coming to /v/.
Fuck the guy who posted that. I wish I never clicked it.
>>321757631
This guy gets it
Kyle Bosman is there
What else do you want?
>>321756504
>>321756612
Why the fuck do you care about a group of friends who hang out and discuss things? There are probably hundreds of thousands doing that on Youtube.
What made them a great site in the past was having shows that were worth a damn; the type poor, talentless retards on Youtube couldn't match.
>>321757559
Their reviews are still good, but they seem more retarded than they used to at times. One of them said Quiet from MGSV was a "memorable character".
their podcast is GOAT
>>321757907
most "people on the internet" are annoying as fuck. people on GT are not annoying, and they are pretty knowledgeable actually.
>>321757849
If I'm going to watch someone sitting in front of a camera talking, I'd rather it be someone like Michael Pachter, who offers an interesting perspective into the industry, rather than some faggot there for his quirky personality.
The fuck? When was AVGN with GT?
>>321758102
>actually wanting to listen to Pachter
>>321758170
They hosted his content for a bunch of years.
>>321758102
Michael Pachter is gaming comedy at best.
>>321758170
Back when they hosted Screwattack's content
>>321758102
>Michael Pachter
but why
Old GT: Long, detailed and well-written retrospectives for classic series' that analyze what made them so great.
New GT: Huber Hype- you get to see Mike Huber talk in front of a camera complete with all his crazy antics!
>>321758389
Old GT also had Viacom cash to back those projects up.
>>321756504
The VA for all their projects is actually the founder.
>>321757631
>insufferable
the guy is just doing his job to create discussion and look since you're commenting how shit he was then he succeeded
>>321758179
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>>321758303
Called the WiiU trash and said it would sell like shit the moment it was announced.
He's interesting to listen to. Sorry you were stupid enough to believe his show was about predictions. There's a reason he has his job.
>>321758565
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
>>321758565
Didn't he say that consoles will die next generation?
>>321754101
Hey guys, did you see their top 10 Mario Kart items video?
I can't believe they left out the lightning bolt
>>321757907
Don't you talk to your friends about videogames?
Don't you read discussions on /v/ about videogames?
Well there are hundreds of thousands of people talking about videogames!
Why would you consider /v/ special?
4chan has anonymity as its gimmick.
GT has a "we are not being paid to tell you this so we'll take 10, 20, 40 minutes to explain how we feel about every facet of this thing".
There.
