So, this is now a major media problem. Why?
Adults cry when they're told they suck
>>338036892
memes
Because "journalists" can't deal with being ridiculed for being incompetent at playing video games when that's their job.
Didn't Polygon give Last of Us a bad review because the zombies were too hard
>>338036892
shitty political pundits posing as journalists, even YouTube ecelebs have more integrity
>>338036892
> it's real
jesus fucking christ
>>338036892
>waaaa waaaa the internet meanies that I suck
>why can't THEY grow up?
Quiet day at the office, huh?
>His job is to play video games
>He can't even play video games
>>338036892
>no pastebin
Give me the short, meme version.
tell me about how gg doesnt harasses people.
>>338036892
"journalism"And also retards giving it attention and ad-clicks. I hope no one in this thread actually went to go look for the original.
>remember all those times when watching a review and the player was absolutely terrible
pastebin pls
>>338037570
They don't harass people.
>>338036892
>can't play vidya despite it being your job
>told you can't play vidya
>cries like a bitch non-stop since
Vidya journalism is a joke.
why don't they just game journo report on a game after watching a let's play, it would make more sense
>Jesse Singal
L o l
>>338037595
Why do you think it was posted here?
What's the story behind this? Who played Doom bad?
>>338036892
>"Hey you suck at video games bro"
>"SHUT THE FUCK UP GOBBLERGOOBER"
"What?"
Can't even call a priveldged westerner (who's job it is to play vidya) a silly fuck without them turning it into a War On Christmas. SJWs and Rightwing Fuckheads need to be dropped on an island.
What is this and why should I care
>In reality, Polygon is — to my mind at least — a good, smart gaming site
>>338036892
How can I expect an accurate, thorough review when you can't even control the game properly? Sounds like someone is just making excuses for their incompetence.
>>338037570
they do but that isn't relevant to this thread
gaming journos being god awful at games has nothing to do with gg
>>338036892
The article isn't even that sensational.
Thanks gamer gate faggots, now any criticism will be dismissed as "oh, it's just some goobergator" by some plastic rimmed scarf wearing faggot.
HAHAHAHA
UMADCUZBAD FAGGOT VIDEO GAMES JOURNALIST
>>338037663
>>338037734
Polygon reviewer makes video review of Doom. He sucks hard at it, proves SJWs rarely play video games.
Rock Paper Shotgun has launched a similar attempt at damage control just now. Pure coincidence, of course.
>>338036892
>your job is to determine how good a new car is
>you need to account for handling, behaviour on the road, etc
>can't actually drive
>people call you out on it and mock you for how terrible you are at driving
>instead of getting better at your job you go to cry
Games journalism is a joke.
>>338036892
>By Jesse Singal
>implying his many journalistic fuckups aren't well documented
>"major media problem"
>>338037561
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3pQ0oO_cDE
>>338037779
This
You wouldn't trust a car reviewer who stalls it and grinds on shifts, you wouldn't trust a food critic who gives everything 5 stars and eats tinned soup for every meal, and so forth.
>>338036892
And here I thought Kotaku was the cancer of gaming "journalism".
>>338037897
>FOOD ANA-
Oh, I guess car's are an okay analogy.
>>338037867
pastebin them pls
What culture war? The responses to the video are just laughing at Polygon for being awful at video games
>>338037963
>That music
I expected it and was still surprised. Bravo.
>>338037963
Fucking lol
>>338036892
>>338038169
I thought he died?
>>338037963
>mfw Polygon made the first 5 minutes into the first 30 minutes
Here's the thing. I expect film critics to have a good understanding of the medium and the various shots, angles, techniques etc. used to make a film great. I expect automobile critics to have a good understanding of what makes a car good to drive. I expect a good critic to be able to understand the procedures and intricacies behind gourmet food.
I expect a fucking person who reviews videogames for a living to be atleast competent at playing them. Holy shit.
>>338036892
>Everybody is laughing at polygon for being shitty at a video game
>I..Its a culture war guyz!!
These guys need to get off twitter
>>338037963
Oh my god
you can't be this fucking bad
>>338038362
unfortunately not.
>>338036892
Would you need to be a pilot to know if a plane is well-constructed? There are different skills one can apply when evaluating something.
You do not need to be great at games to evaluate the graphical fidelity, art style, narrative design, etc.
>>338038169
How hypocritical of him, considering he reviews puzzlegames/platformers and yet is absolutely terrible at them. I suppose he was playing the "suicidal route"? Wouldn't be surprised, considering the state of his life.
>>338038450
*food critic
>>338036892
>>338036892
>s-stop bullying me
Kek
>>338038450
But its ther opin0n!!!!11
archive link?
I wanna read the tears.
Why is this real.
The fuck is wrong with the world?
>>338036892
I like how they take issue with this, but not the VR gun range game video where Kuchera also made a fool of himself and subsequently pulled it.
I also appreciate how mockery of cunt being whiny is somehow a culture war because Kuchera's somehow a bigwig
It was probably Ben Cuckhera playing.
He almost had PTSD playing some shooting range game in VR, crying about MUH REALISTIC GUNS.
>>338038602
fresh from KotakuInAction
http://archive.is/eVrlE
>>338037765
>It doesn't matter if it happened or not. It happened in my mind, so it's real.
>>338038504
>>You do not need to be great at games to evaluate the graphical fidelity, art style, narrative design, etc.
If you wanna evaluate its gameplay you need to know how to play the fucking game, you dumb faggot.
>>338038691
>http://archive.is/eVrlE
merci fampi
>>338037963
Thank you for this. Fucking kek.
Pastebin because none of you faggots made it before.
http://pastebin.com/3CKQes3t
>>338038602
It's actually not as salty as you'd think.
Aside from blaming "gamergate fallout" the butt hurt isn't too much.
Shit, the writer even admits they found some shady stuff but focusing on individual targets made them look like shit (which is true).
That said, I can only imagine the asspain if a woman made that doom video.
>>338037963
What is that nvidia video?
>>338038504
Unfortunately there's much more to games than da graffix. Believe it or not some people want GOOD GAMEPLAY out of their video games. If you can't show off all the aspects of a game then you have failed as a reviewer.
>>338036892
>a Culture-War Issue
what does this even mean
>>338038504
>Would you need to be a pilot to know if a plane is well-constructed?
Yes you would.
>>338038504
Gameplay is more comparable to piloting and you can't really give a good opinion on how a plane flies if you crash while taking off.
>>338037963
rekt
>>338038691
>What’s going on here? You guessed it: Gamergate fallout.
>>338037648
wasnt polygon also banned fro e3 for that one review where the guy said hatedp people having fun and videogames, wish i still had the link
>>338038504
Regardless of Totalasscancer being a dumb fuck, you got so triggered it's not even funny.
You'd need to be a pilot to talk about how it flies, just as you need to be half-way competent at videogames to give actual advice on whether or not Doom is a good or a bad game.
This is not Life is Strange, you don't play for story, and this is not Crysis 3, you don't play for the graphics.
This is Doom you play for the gameplay.
There's a reason people don't trust game "journalists" when they talk about fighting games, because if you cannot function with a controller in your hand, your opinions are not to be believed.
>>338038715
Or at least not being completely incompetent at it.
>>338038801
That was an Nvidia spokesperson showcasing the game running on their new graphics card.
It's just someone spinning people laughing at people being bad at videogames into some gamergate drama faggotry. There, saved you a read.
Sensationalist bullshit, who would have guessed
It's a tough game if you're only used to linear style shooters. I'd say most people don't play arena style games where you have to constantly move and almost play it like it was a sport. I understand why someone would play that way, but why upload the footage? That's some /v/ type shit, intentionally trying to make a game look like shit because you're so desperate to be right.
>>338037292
This. Videogame journalism is not even a joke anymore.
>>338038486
E D G Y
D
G
Y
>>338037963
man, what a fag
>>338038504
>Would you need to be a pilot to know if a plane is well-constructed?
Are you fucking retarded? You need the input of a ton of different people with different skillsets to know that, including a pilot.
> is shitty at shooters
> uses a controller for shooters
> reviews shooters
why should i be suprised?
>>338038691
>What’s going on here? You guessed it: Gamergate fallout.
I didn't guess that at all.
>culture war
gitting gud is not cultural
you just need to git gud
>>338038691
>"What’s going on here? You guessed it: Gamergate fallout."
the word patriarchy was used mockingly in ONE of the comments shown, and that means "OMG GAMERGATE"
fucking unreal, i thought SJWs blaming everything on the gamergate boogeyman was just a meme
>>338038981
Oh look, it's the "controllers are never viable" meme.
>>338038781
>gamergate fallout
>>338038691
>shit at your job
>blame GG
Guys I had to change the batteries in my clock yesterday. Fucking GG at it again!
>>338038691
>Last week, the video game website Polygon posted a video entitled “DOOM GAMEPLAY - The First Thirty Minutes”
>...Posted a video entitled "DOOM..."...
>... Video Entitled...
>... ENTITLED...
You know you're deep in SJW when there's a word similar to one of your buzzwords, and can't make the difference between them.
>Hi. I’m Jesse Singal, a New-York-based journalist
>new york
Why is this always fucking Americans?
>>338038450
>I expect film critics to have a good understanding of the medium and the various shots, angles, techniques etc. used to make a film great.
This is a perfect analogy
And, guess waht? That DOESN'T MEAN THEY ACTUALLY CAN DO A GREAT MOVIE.
No, videogame critics don't need to play well, they need to KNOW video game DESIGN. Which they also fail at, but that's an entirely different story.
>>338038763
I love this reaction.
It's so gleefully into-it.
>>338038715
Where did I mention gameplay? Call me dumb when you learn to read.
>>338038802
Some people value gameplay over story, for example, others do not. It is a free market and everyone can listen to reviewers they believe best evaluate the aspect of videogames they enjoy the most.
>>338038817
No you wouldn't. Thank you for the argument.
>>338038831
>>338038848
As I said, gameplay is not all that important to some people. They might not care about how the game handles or what frames it runs at. They might care about what story it tells, what characters and narratives it embraces, how diverse the cast is, etc. It is a perfectly viable approach when selecting which piece of media you will consume, and thus, it is a perfectly viable thing to review these aspects of a game and place them above the rest, since this is what your audience values.
>This is real
What the fuck?
>>338036892
holy shit why the fuck these people can't handle the banter.
this shouldn't be that hard for fucks sake.
What the fuck is wrong with Clapistan ?
People who started playing videogames in 2008 are now video game journalists.
>>338038691
>In reality, Polygon is — to my mind at least — a good, smart gaming site, and anyone who wants gaming taken seriously should celebrate the fact that games journalists are starting to analyze games’ political messages more critically.
>>338038805
Trying to spin someone sucking ass at playing a game into another 'gamergate r meeny poo-poo heds >:(' story
HAVING TO AIM IN AN FPS IS AN EVIL CONSTRUCT OF THE OVERBEARING PATRIARCHY AND MUST BE DISMANTLED
Aiming is also extremely male-centric and not inclusive of other genders and problematic because a penis can be aimed but a vulva cannot
We need to move to a post-aiming society in order to make sure my feelings aren't hurt
There now maybe polygon will give me free vidya to "review"
SO IS GAMERGATE DEAD OR NOT? THEY CAN'T SEEM TO DECIDE
>>338038801
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T_zaNqAqzY
>>338038504
>Would you need to be a pilot to know if a plane is well-constructed?
YES. Do you know how many people died testing planes?
>>338039102
An American is a reviewer for an American website weird.
Sorry we ain't europoors who give our jobs to achmed over there.
>>338038781
so this shit is based on a few youtube comments? For fuck sake.
Did Polygon release the name of the game journo who played Doom that bad?
>>338038691
>someone plays Doom badly
>people criticize him
>GamerGate everywhere
This is so ridiculous, I can't believe someone wrote this in serious manner
>>338036892
It's been said countless times already, but you expect competency from someone who does any profession for a living. Video game "journalism" simply has literally no standards.
>gamergate will NEVER go away
>>338037963
>Comments
>"Aiming in video games is a social construct we must disestablish for the good of equality"
>>338039118
>videogame critics don't need to play well, they need to KNOW video game DESIGN
>>338039141
Era of hurt feelings. No one is bad at anything ever. EVER.
>>338039129
>Where did I mention gameplay?
Are you mentally handicapped?
How are you gonna review a game like Doom without taking its gameplay into consideration?
>>338039141
Too many of us forgot that the internet isn't real life
>>338039165
I think someone else said it perfectly that most video game journalists are people who couldn't hack it in real journalism, and defaulted to trying to use their BA on fucking video games to make themselves look important.
>>338038893
>>338038801
This video apparently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anrvBD4aTGY
It does look pretty gud
>>338037963
Holy fuck. How can you be that fucking horrible when you job is playing video games?
>>338039141
Special snowflake syndrome.
>>338039118
>No, videogame critics don't need to play well
I'm not trusting the review of a fuck head that plays worse than me.
>>338039102
because only they in english? All EU magazines write in their language and nobody reads them because of that.
>>338037292
This.
The problem is that they aren't people who enjoy games and decided to write about them.
They are people who want to write about something and thought games would be an easy topic.
They tackled the topic from the completely other direction, which is also why they don't understand what people who actually enjoy to play games care about.
>>338039023
The expectation that I should "git gud" is exclusionary and ableist
I am very good at games like Gone Home, games which demand a high level of emotional skill
My inability to strafe doesn't make me less of a gamer than you
Frankly, you sound like a GamerGater and I will be blogging about this
>>338039281
That's a qt rat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yYp8ZeQ-I8
I just don't get it. how can polygon even publish that video, did no one check the quality of their videos before publishing? are they all fucking bad at playing video games, that's impossible because there are some souls videos boss guides in their YT videos, who in their right mind in the company watched that gameplay video and thought it would be fucking ok to unleash it onto the internet? I understand that polygon and these journos in general operate on pure cronyism but this is just plain incompetence.
If people are going to take this seriously then the issue here is that this person/people are paid to play games and comment on them for others to get an idea of the product they seek to buy, they make a living doing this, if they cannot play the games how is their opinion of them of any value, how do they still have their job. This is like a hockey player who cant ice skate.
>"this game is complete shit, do not buy"
>the person that reviewed was playing blindfolder and had never played a game in their life
>game then takes damage in sales because of this negative review by a popular reviewer
This is actually harmful in more ways than someone feelies getting hurt because people said they sucked at playing a very simple game.
>>338039298
Like you would review a game like Firewatch by not taking its narrative into consideration. You will call it shit, and it will be shit for people who expect narrative out of doom or deep gameplay out of firewatch. Everything is subjective.
>>338039129
>some people value story over gameplay
and that is absolutely valid. my issue here however is that DOOM is not a story-heavy game, or the story isn't the focus. why should I trust a review of a gameplay-focused game by a reviewer who doesn't play or enjoy those kinds of games?
>GamerGate this
>GamerGate that
The witch hunt is getting stronger and stronger.
>>338039118
If you don't even know how to play video games, how do they judge the control scheme? How do they judge game difficulty? You know, key components of video game design.
>>338039412
>undertalefags
>>338039352
>>338039219
As much as I dislike nVid, that really is nice and smooth.
>>338039265
>it's another country that's 60% "white" tries to talk shit about a country >90% white for being overtaken by immigrants episode
>it's another "non whites in our country are assimilated" whilst there's millions of people in ghettos sequel episode as well
>>338039284
just like MRAs, it's too good of a strawman/boogeyman to bury
>>338037561
>polygon streams doom
>only thing they manage to hit on the first try is the health pack they unloaded and entire clip on
>people notice they're embarrassingly bad
>jesse singal writes an article about how noticing things like that is gamergates fault
Can't wait for Trump to get elected so we can legally hunt and shoot numale scum.
>>338039498
do you think polygon cares about the gameplay in games
>>338038026
>Go to see Captain America:Civil War with my dad.
>He falls asleep for the first part of the movie.
>Later tells his patients the movie was really confusing and he couldn't figure out why everyone was fighting each other.
>>338039412
Guys, they might have a point. They're experts in projection.
>>338037292
Game journalists can't deal with negativity and ridicule, so they point at the Pink Elephant in the corner of the room and cry, "Gamergate is making fun of us!!!"
Sadly, the pink elephant doesn't exist because it's a figment of their own drunken minds.
>>338038918
I assume you didn't see the video?
It honestly looked like the first time EVER playing an first person game (let alone a shooter, or a fast paced shooter) on a controller.
They never aimed and moved at the same time, they arkwardly strafed around with the camera perfectly still, stopped, aimed (poorly) and fired.
It had all the hallmarks of someone who had trouble grasping the concept of moving through a 3D space from first person. It played identically to when I tried to get my mum to play Portal.
>>338038169
speaking of cancer in video games...
>>338037963
>>338039352
>Player speed is increased
>Enemies are still slow and stupid as fuck
I just don't get how people can consider this game good.
>>338038781
What a cuck article trying to play both sides, fucking weak. Gas them.
>culture war
lol they just got laughed at a bit for sucking. why are they so dramatic?
>>338038691
>http://archive.is/eVrlE
>GAMER GATE
Jesus fucking christ they are retarded
>>338039118
Because creating a great movie requires a high level of skill and talent of many, many people working together in a focused direction. Which is actually the same as making video games.
The only way this analogy applies is if we're suggesting some people inherently watch a movie worse than someone else watches a movie. Which is true to some extent, I suppose, because some people are mentally retarded or don't have an attention span that goes beyond their phone screen or tries to discern sexism in a loaf of bread, but then I don't expect those kinds of people to be reviewing films so I don't see why I should be okay with them reviewing video games.
>>338039585
They don't. I am just pointing out that you need to know how to play games to know game design. That is the basic. The dude suggest other.
>>338039412
This is a joke right? Not saying its untrue, but the exact opposite is even more so.
>>338037963
>>338039210
It's funny. On one hand they are celebrating how "we won! GG was destroyed! In fact, they never even properly existed! la la laa" and then on the other whenever something happens that they don't like "i bet the omnipotent internet hatemachine GG did this! we are literally in danger! we fear for our very lives!"
>>338039481
Sjw is the new McCarthyism.
How long before we start executing suspected racists?
>>338039412
even though the thing about "pure projection" is wrong he does have a point.
>>338037292
I'm surprised that Brad Shoemaker has kept his job at Giantbomb for so long. I've never seen a grown man have such little processing power in his brain.
>>338039298
>pants on head
>not pantsu on head
ONE. JOB.
>>338039623
later arenas are pretty good with tons of enemies
>What’s going on here? You guessed it: Gamergate fallout.
>>338039476
>You shouldn't. You need to be aware of the reviewer's biases (which you can see based on previous work of hers/his), and know what they are likely to emphasize on. Once you know which reviewers you agree with the most, you can follow them for opinions and reviews of games.
>>338039453
It is a helpful thing to do. By watching this, you will be aware of the perspective the reviewer is writing from. So, if you are a fan of the gameplay of similar games, you would know that this article will likely not be of much use to you as a consumer.
>>338036892
Because beating someone so bad in a video game that they never stood a chance is toxic video game culture and literally toxic masculinity.
>>338039623
maybe you should play it and see that you are wrong?
>>338039472
>Like you would review a game like Firewatch by not taking its narrative into consideration
Why would anyone do that?
>>338038691
This comic isn't even hyperbole anymore
this is reality
What's funny about these articles is that pretty much everyone has grown tired and is openly making fun of the "everything-must-be-pc" media, yet they still blame gamers and those mean bullies of gg.
They'll just keep eating themselves until they're gone.
>>338039129
>As I said, gameplay is not all that important to some people. They might not care about how the game handles or what frames it runs at. They might care about what story it tells, what characters and narratives it embraces, how diverse the cast is, etc. It is a perfectly viable approach when selecting which piece of media you will consume, and thus, it is a perfectly viable thing to review these aspects of a game and place them above the rest, since this is what your audience values.
Never did I say otherwise. I play many racing games not really for the systems, story or character development themselves, but because of the relaxing nature that many of them have. But I would never go out and make a review of Grid when I barely put any thought into it and used it as a pass-time while listening to music/podcasts.
And, in this case, we are talking about Doom, a game that has no story, no character development, a competent art-style and not that jaw dropping visuals.
If you are interested in Doom, you want to play the systems, you don't give a damn about how Doom guy feels about killing demons.
I repeat my fighting game example: you don't make reviews on the story of Tekken because that's not what the game even wants to convey.
>>338039393
>and thought games would be an easy topic.
well it's true
there are no standards for gaming journalism
>>338037963
>>338038691
It feels like the whole thing was just staged, so people would criticize the video and then journalists can write their clickbait articles and blame GG. Can't wait for their next plan!
>>338039102
>Meanwhile in europe refugees are allowed to rape and assault at will because no one wants to be "racist"
Say what you will about American media, at least we are not as governmentally shit upon as euroscum
>>338039412
>have a chrome plugin that changes SJW to "skeleton"
>sans avatar
Fuck that made me laugh. The filename is "anti skeleton".
>>338038797
I fail to see how the author establishes a fragile tertiary connection between goobergaters and the blowhards at polygon sucking at a basic tenet of their job: playing games. a couple youtube comments making sjw jokes isn't really any evidence. just about any youtube video will have some of that as background noise.
the reality of it, in my opinion, is it demonstrates that polygon's brand of journalism isn't particularly vested in the gameplay of games but rather the messages they see the games put forth. In any other medium, before one would levy such heavy criticism you'd expect that they have strong fundamental understanding of the subject at hand. People have long felt polygon's journos lack this understanding and watching their laughable gameplay kinda proves it - whoever made that video definitely never played the original doom on DOS, or quake, or unreal, etc etc. It seriously brings into question their credibility to comment on the most basic aspect of the medium, let alone the ethics of a game.
for people who take identity politics and cultural appropriation so seriously, it is ironic that they co-opt the ethos of "gamer" when they clearly haven't lived it.
>>338039563
>It's another europeans tout their whitness but disregard the fact that 99.9% of them are liberal faggots episode
>>338039046
They are not good when it comes to shooters.
If you think they are, you are objectively wrong.
>>338039129
>I don't need to drive the cars I critique, I can just look at the parts and determine what it must be like!
You're making a fool of yourself
>>338038781
This article essentially says nothing but "gamergate bad"
>>338037963
probably played with a controller
>>338036892
>gamergate is taking advantage of this situtuation
>which is why I'm also taking advantage of this situation to point out that they're taking advantage of the situation P.S. I hate gamergate
but the real question is
does any of this change the fact that someone at Polygon is clearly not qualified to do their job?
>>338038781
>IT'S GAMERGATE AGAIN
>In reality, Polygon is — to my mind at least — a good, smart gaming site, and anyone who wants gaming taken seriously should celebrate the fact that games journalists are starting to analyze games’ political messages more critically
>>338037292
No music writer will say he hates going to concerts or listening to music, same way no movie reviewer will say he hates the theater. Video game writing is the only field where the writers openly shit on videogames because they're not interested in the actual games, just the culture around them.
>>338039809
that extension was made by an SJW coincidentally.
That Polygon gameplay video is just further proof that video game journalism is just pure cronyism at this point.
Then again that applies to journalism in general, what a sad state it is in.
>>338039823
No, they're not they best. But for most people who are only passively into shooters it gets the job done.
>>338037765
>>338039720
I doubt that that changes much, because from the looks of it you can run around back and forth and the enemies will barely even scratch you. Seems that you take no damage in glory kills and enemies get stunned way too often.
>>338039750
Why I would buy a game that looks like shit? It fails to sell itself to me from the videos and there's no demo to download and try out.
>>338039118
That's a poor comparison.
"I can't make a video game" would be the same as "I can't make a movie", that is, both taking foundation in the development, not the experience or enjoyment of them.
Playing a game and watching a movie are the equivalents here, because watching is how you experience a movie and playing is how you experience a game.
Also you will not understand the intricacies of game design in the first place if you can't play above a certain threshold where you're proactively using those intricacies, which they aren't, so yes, it's a valid attack on their status as critics .
>>338036892
>reads article
>They blame gamergate
OH FOR FUCKS SAKE REALLY
>>338039580
>>338036892
After Washington Post became an amazon product it became a tabloid blog, this Jesse is a sjw that loves zoe, anita and these polygon hipsters.
>>338039758
actuallyLOL'd
>>338036892
XDDD
Aaaaaaaaah
Let me reiterate
AAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAH
This is fucking hilarious
Oh wow, so now calling out games journalists at being shit at games is now a GRABBLYGAPER position? What a joke.
>>338038691
>What’s going on here? You guessed it: Gamergate fallout.
Please don't put such stupid words into my mouth
>>338036892
>major media
kek
>>338037570
Tell me about how both sides don't have extremists and sensationalists that do shitty thing. Fucking retarded.
>>338037963
Oh look who it is
Is this site real?
>He essentially stated that he used an elite controller on the Xbone, and apparently played with the sticks reversed(guessing he is a southpaw), but the problem was that this also reversed the triggers, thus the shoot button was on the left trigger making it very awkward to acclimate(he just wanted the sticks reversed). On top of that he complained the sensitivity of the elite controller profile he was using caused his aiming to overshoot targets constantly until he made adjustments.
this is polygon's new excuse.
>>338036892
what the hell is the """""""""culture"""""""" war. isnt that just another cheesy flame war?
>>338039870
Those darn skeleton warriors are trying to spook the world!
>>338039118
would you trust a food critic who couldn't taste sweet or sour and missed his mouth more than half the time?
>>338036892
When people talk about objectivity in game reviews, this is (what I hope) they're talking about. It's good that people know that the person reviewing the game fucking sucks at it.
As someone who is mediocre at games, I don't mind a reviewer being mediocre as well.
But goddamn the butthurt from people bothered that others expect a reviewer to be skilled at a game is obscene. We're not even talking skilled here, just capable.
>>338039472
>review video GAME
>somehow the entire notion of GAMEplay is subjective as an element of overall quality
>>338037963
>a grown man who is paid to play video games is this fucking horrible
No, this isn't real. This is a ruse. There is no way a grown man could be this terrible at video games.
>>338039751
Because they have built an audience primarily interested by game mechanics and want to inform them on how well the game handles this aspect so that they know that it is not for them.
>>338039771
It might be a review aimed at consumers who dislike action-focused game and, like my example above, aim to warm them against making the purchase since it wouldn't be their cup of tea. It vastly depends on your audience as a critic.
>>338039827
Or you could review cars based on how they look/sound because your audience are collectors who are not seeking a high-speed thrill. You need to consider the audience and perspective.
>>338038450
Do you expect car reviewers to be race drivers as well?
>>338039453
> room full of red barrels
> spends 10 minutes in the room
> doesn't shoot a single barrel
kek
>>338039870
Well yeah, why do you think he's using it?
>>338039841
Your point being? Nigger even i can play better with a controller, and I'm a PCFag
>>338037963
>>338038691
This is the thread that keeps on giving
>>338039386
It's really not that.
It's that locals think up of CRAZIEST translations for english words.
For example
>HDD means shotgun
>floppies meant magnetic drive discs
>monitor means screen visualizer
>internet means news network
>>338040003
fuck that asshole for making ID/bethesda add shitty kill moves to Doom
>>338040017
That's more bullshit than an entire herd of cows produces.
>>338040084
I would expect them to be able to drive.
>>338038691
B-B-BUT GAMERGATE, GUYS! SERIOUSLY!
>>338039758
>that art
Damn it. I think that might even look worse then the last time I saw it posted on /v/ after dropping it at last like 4 years ago.
On the other hand, it looks like they're actually getting a little bit of their bite back after years of being the politically correct cancer or look_at_muh_kids_more stuff? Still more WORDSWORDS then their best old stuff but the message at least is correct. Has PA gotten through their midlife crisis a little? Are they being drugged less heavily now?
>>338040025
hey that's a nifty trick
if you put enough quotation marks around something it diminishes the subject
let me try it
that was a great """""""""""""""""""post"""""""""""""""""""", anon.
You make excellent """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""arguments"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>>338040084
I would expect them to have been in a car at least once before reviewing one.
How can this be gamergate related if gamergate is not actually about video game journalism?
>>338040084
No why should I? I expect them to know how to drive and what makes a good car though just like how I expect people who play videogames for a living to atleast be competent at it.
Nice strawman, shame the tactics you use when posting on Neogaf doesn't work here
>>338039581
I hate him and everything he stands for, yet I feel drawn to him because he just anally annihilates SJWs and traditional republicans alike.
>>338040084
no, but I expect them to have a driver's licence at least.
>>338039758
I actually laughed at a Penny Arcade comic.
What is happening to the world?
>>338039785
if that is true, how come they fail so spectacularly?
>>338040084
He said "competent."
I expect people responding to posts to be literate.
>>338040017
>Controller was unoptimized, leading to shitty gameplay
THEN WHY WOULD HE NOT FIX HIS CONTROLLER BEFORE UPLOADING THE VIDEO?
>>338040084
if they're reviewing a race car, yeah I'd probably want the review conducted by someone capable of utilizing the vehicle in it's intended purpose.
>>338039129
That's not an argument, that's a contradiction. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
>>338040017
Actually sounds plausible. You need an hour or two to get used to a new control scheme different than the one that you usually use, and he only had 30 or so minutes.
>>338037963
You can literally hear the polygon faggot looking down trying to find the single button need to execute any sort of action ingame
fucking pathetic
>>338039590
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>>338039436
that's a guinea pig
this is a rat
>>338039910
Meh, I guess so.
FUCKING CASUALS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I´m sad now.
>>338040017
>b-but it was my controller!
Then change the settings, asshole.
>>338040216
good to know you """"""""learnt""""""" how to meme
>>338039609
I especially liked the part where they made a straight line for an enemy and instead of pressing the melee button they pressed the swap weapon button instead. It's fucking priceless. I just imagine this dick trying to play, constantly looking down from the screen to the controller like "Fuck, what do I press again? Why isn't my thesaurus helping me?"
>>338040249
stop being so ableist you gg bully
This is pretty much 'that kid' all grown up
>you know the one
>the one who made every excuse under the sun when he lost or died in a game
>like a DSP that honestly believed he died because gamerdate DDOS'd him
>>338040283
He doesn't get paid to spend 3 minutes "fixing" controllers
>>338040017
>elite controller on the Xbone
it will be all ok if not for the fact that you can reprogram elite controller
>>338039819
>it's another Americans being dumb shits who don't know that libre means free and their own constitution is liberal as fuck episode
>Jesse Singal
I recognize that name. What a nutcase.
>>338036892
>Muh gamergate
top kek. It has nothing to do with that shit, people are just ridiculing them because you might at leat expect a video game reviewer to actually know his stuff about video games, or at least be fucking able to play them better than a normie. This video showed them instead playing worse.
>>338040061
>not knowing how to review the most important aspect of the game, which it was build upon is helping people understand why it's shit
Nice try, Polygon.
>>338037963
That looks like the very first time I played a first person shooter. Only I figured out what I was doing wrong after 5 minutes.
This was played by someone whose job it is to play and properly review video games?
If I were id & Bethesda and their review was anything but complimentary, I WOULD demand their review to be re-scored by someone who knew what they were doing.
>Polygon: It's not a guarantee that a game will be bad when reviewers don't get it early — Blizzard notoriously doesn't send out review copies of its games in advance, for example — but it's usually a bad sign. With that in mind, I'm just going to say it: I don't know why Bethesda didn't want reviewers playing the new Doom early, because about halfway through, it's really not bad at all. In fact, it's occasionally pretty good, at least so far.
--from a pre-review excerpt at metacritic
...they may demand it anyway. Seriously, bitching about not getting the game early because 'muh jurnahjizm?'?
>>338040283
Because they are incompetent humans. I'm surprised he made it through life this long.
>>338036892
Anybody can make Doom look real fuckin good while playing it, even with a shit ass controller, but for some reason these guys cant.
BECAUSE THEY SUCK!
How in fuck is this about gamergate
How is that what people take away from this
How is this anything more than people making fun of a person, who is supposed to have a job revolving around VIDEO GAMES, not knowing the BAREBONE BASICS of VIDEO GAMES?
>>338040326
That's spaghetti, you dumdum
>>338038691
>What’s going on here? You guessed it: Gamergate fallout.
>>338040270
It's pandering to you. That's why you laughed.
>>338039284
What are you talking about? GG is dead and has been for years!
>>338038960
White.
>>338040404
POLYGON BTFO
YOU FUCKING BURNED THEM NIGGUH
