Remember how people review-bombed Portal 2?

[repeating integers]

It seems to be at 39.8/10 on Xbox 360 XD

Not going to lie, I'd be a lot happier if 4chan did this more often instead of their normal shit.

...like outing child abusers and animal abusers?

...like standing up for freedom of information?

...like opposing a business masquerading as a religion?

You have your priorities all wrong.

Riiiight... because that's what 4chan is well-known for.

They are actually known for helping to take down animal abusers. It's the one thing they absolutely cannot stand.

 

[Hal10k]

It seems to be at 39.8/10 on Xbox 360 XD

Not going to lie, I'd be a lot happier if 4chan did this more often instead of their normal shit.

...like outing child abusers and animal abusers?

...like standing up for freedom of information?

...like opposing a business masquerading as a religion?

You have your priorities all wrong.

They also disrupted a police standoff by convincing the local police that the suspect's name was "Jimmy Russels" and that he had armed explosives inside his house. This in turn caused the police to not go into the suspect's house when it caught on fire, fearing the non-existent explosives. /b/ basically let a man burn to death.

4chan isn't Chaotic Good or Chaotic Evil; they're just plain Chaotic.

 

[Eamar]

It seems to be at 39.8/10 on Xbox 360 XD

Not going to lie, I'd be a lot happier if 4chan did this more often instead of their normal shit.

...like outing child abusers and animal abusers?

...like standing up for freedom of information?

...like opposing a business masquerading as a religion?

You have your priorities all wrong.

Riiiight... because that's what 4chan is well-known for.

They are actually known for helping to take down animal abusers. It's the one thing they absolutely cannot stand.

Sure. But to the average internet user they're known for /b/ and stupid memes, which is more what I was getting at. And that's putting it lightly- you know what /b/'s reputation is.

 

[repeating integers]

It seems to be at 39.8/10 on Xbox 360 XD

Not going to lie, I'd be a lot happier if 4chan did this more often instead of their normal shit.

...like outing child abusers and animal abusers?

...like standing up for freedom of information?

...like opposing a business masquerading as a religion?

You have your priorities all wrong.

They also disrupted a police standoff by convincing the local police that the suspect's name was "Jimmy Russels" and that he had armed explosives inside his house. This in turn caused the police to not go into the suspect's house when it caught on fire, fearing the non-existent explosives. /b/ basically let a man burn to death.

4chan isn't Chaotic Good or Chaotic Evil; they're just plain Chaotic.

I believe the official term is "Chaotic Neutral". Still not a place I'd like to hang out, mind.

 

[Hal10k]

They also disrupted a police standoff by convincing the local police that the suspect's name was "Jimmy Russels" and that he had armed explosives inside his house. This in turn caused the police to not go into the suspect's house when it caught on fire, fearing the non-existent explosives. /b/ basically let a man burn to death.

4chan isn't Chaotic Good or Chaotic Evil; they're just plain Chaotic.

I believe the official term is "Chaotic Neutral". Still not a place I'd like to hang out, mind.

Calling them Chaotic Neutral would imply that they usually perform actions that would be classified as Chaotic Neutral. 4chan is all over the board; I'm sticking with "Chaotic".

 

[Crazy Zaul]

All of the ones you posted have since been fixed.
Except Portal 2 on 360 has 38.9

 

[Zenn3k]

Wish i knew how to do this so I could give Diablo 3 a -99999999 score

 

[repeating integers]

All of the ones you posted have since been fixed.
Except Portal 2 on 360 has 38.9

Aye, I am aware of this. I shall edit it into the OP.

 

[Woodsey]

snip

That's your opinion leaking in, the big ***** fit was over the cosmetic purchases and because a splash screen said 'console' instead of 'PC', so people tried claiming it was a console port.

And moaning about price and then putting your fingers in your ears and pretending half the content wasn't there doesn't make it a rip-off, it means you should learn to wait for the price to drop if you only want to play one portion of the content.

My 'opinion' = metacritic reviewers who gave the game a less than honest score.

Did you even bother to read them?

Yeah, when they came out - and the biggest furor was over the cosmetics and the splash screens (and I think some people decided to get pissy about the ARG too).

Wow, Some things never change. I felt like this already happened once... http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.278379.10848437

April 19, 2011...

Spoiler

Valve has released a product that a lot of people aren't happy with. That is all.

Did you even READ the first post?
They aren't complaining about the game, or the content of the game, or the soundtracks, or the characters in it- they're complaining about DLC in the game, that doesn't affect the game in any way but cosmetic if you buy it, which you don't have to.

Yeah, great reason for a 0/10 guys!

Yep I read it. I think think the reason people are rating it poorly is because they didn't like it. Do you even READ the metacritic reviews he's talking about?

Some people aren't happy with the length of the game, the difficulty, the old forced humor... It's not JUST about DLC.

Yeah, well done. We're talking about the main thrust of the reason as for why it was bombed, not why it got regular neg-reviews.

 

[Spongebobdickpants]

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I do, if they're well-made cutscenes and important to the plot. Skipping cutscenes makes a game feel incomplete to me, like I'm not getting the full package.

I agree, what's the point in playing a single player game if story is unimportant to you, especially in a game like max payne 3.

A cutscene or a loading screen, i think using cutscenes to disguise loading screens is very smart. Now on pc the inability to skip SOME cutscenes on fast machines is a pain but if you are playing a story driven game and knowingly buy a story driven game and realise that hey cutscenes are a part of them you have shouldnt complain.

He mentioned that "HALFLIFE 2 DIDNT HAVE CUTSCENES SO ALL GAMES MUST NOT HAVE CUTSCENES",this is bullshit.

The reason it worked in hl2 is because Gordon freeman is a non character with no impact on the narrative so you could fuck about all you want and have no impact on the road the story takes because you were not part of the story, you were an observer.

Im sure there were trigger finger gamers who wished the game didnt have dialogue because it was interrupting them shooting things.

Its simple, cutscenes are a game design tool. If you dont want plot, thats fine. Just dont but a plot driven game. And for fuck sake dont review bomb a game because TB doesnt like cutscene

Have fun playing through the game more than once and sitting through the same cutscene several times, then. I know that *I* don't enjoy watching cutscenes more than once.

I have done and i am. Noticing the plot foreshadowing and various nuance in the cinematics that i didnt notice before.

I've played the bastion 3 times over because the story and gameplay were so strong i also played resident evil 4, 7 times over.

Cinematics dont diminish replayability as long as they are well designed and important for me atleast.

Seriously second time round i noticed alot of important things like rodrigo branco's reaction to da silva investigating them which i never took in the first time and it made me appreciate the game more and i enjoy picking up on these things.

Again im not saying your wrong for not wanting to rewatch a cutscene, but you dont have too.

Just like the people who buy this game didnt have to and they should have know that well max payne games tend to have a story line.

It was said by somebody else that most of the cutscenes were unnecissary. And again due to me replaying it im struggling to find them.

The most important thing for me atleast was that whever max was doing something cool or exciting, i was in control. This is much better than ALOT of games which do abuse cutscenes and take control away from the player when it should be theirs. The most famous example of this is devil may cry which didnt exactly have a rich subtext filled plot.

 

[ResonanceSD]

So Portal 2 was review bombed? Why?

Because it had micro transaction in it, and apparently some people thought harmless cosmetic purchases was a terrible affliction for a game.

Because people are idiots and Metacritic is something that should require real name registration.

 

[BernardoOne]

Max payne getting review bombed because i has alot of cutscenes in a story driven game.

Well that is hilariously stupid

Well, i loved the game, i really did, and the story also, but i think that the cutscenes could be better paced. I mean, every freaking door triggers a cutscene, it is sometimes annoying.

 

[piinyouri]

Portal 2 was, in comparison to the first, garbage.
On it's own, it's just average.

 

[repeating integers]

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I do, if they're well-made cutscenes and important to the plot. Skipping cutscenes makes a game feel incomplete to me, like I'm not getting the full package.

I agree, what's the point in playing a single player game if story is unimportant to you, especially in a game like max payne 3.

A cutscene or a loading screen, i think using cutscenes to disguise loading screens is very smart. Now on pc the inability to skip SOME cutscenes on fast machines is a pain but if you are playing a story driven game and knowingly buy a story driven game and realise that hey cutscenes are a part of them you have shouldnt complain.

He mentioned that "HALFLIFE 2 DIDNT HAVE CUTSCENES SO ALL GAMES MUST NOT HAVE CUTSCENES",this is bullshit.

The reason it worked in hl2 is because Gordon freeman is a non character with no impact on the narrative so you could fuck about all you want and have no impact on the road the story takes because you were not part of the story, you were an observer.

Im sure there were trigger finger gamers who wished the game didnt have dialogue because it was interrupting them shooting things.

Its simple, cutscenes are a game design tool. If you dont want plot, thats fine. Just dont but a plot driven game. And for fuck sake dont review bomb a game because TB doesnt like cutscene

Have fun playing through the game more than once and sitting through the same cutscene several times, then. I know that *I* don't enjoy watching cutscenes more than once.

I have done and i am. Noticing the plot foreshadowing and various nuance in the cinematics that i didnt notice before.

I've played the bastion 3 times over because the story and gameplay were so strong i also played resident evil 4, 7 times over.

Cinematics dont diminish replayability as long as they are well designed and important for me atleast.

Seriously second time round i noticed alot of important things like rodrigo branco's reaction to da silva investigating them which i never took in the first time and it made me appreciate the game more and i enjoy picking up on these things.

Again im not saying your wrong for not wanting to rewatch a cutscene, but you dont have too.

Just like the people who buy this game didnt have to and they should have know that well max payne games tend to have a story line.

It was said by somebody else that most of the cutscenes were unnecissary. And again due to me replaying it im struggling to find them.

The most important thing for me atleast was that whever max was doing something cool or exciting, i was in control. This is much better than ALOT of games which do abuse cutscenes and take control away from the player when it should be theirs. The most famous example of this is devil may cry which didnt exactly have a rich subtext filled plot.

You quoted the wrong guy, mate. I actually didn't say that.