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Will Half-Life: Alyx gets review-bomb by non-VR users for being a VR game?
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We've had one user here on ERA completely destroy a game's score on metacritic just because the game treated his "waifu" or whatever badly. And that was just one person. So yeah it'll be review bombed.
Link to the AI Somnium review bomber thread?
Found it: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai...b_SKM3vEv2qmO2mjGn8TpT2Z4VywpO4#post-28953714
Found it: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai...b_SKM3vEv2qmO2mjGn8TpT2Z4VywpO4#post-28953714
And my answer will be the same, it's a legit opinion. If "user reviews" are supposed to be representative of the public opinion at large, then no matter how imperfect (read: incomplete) it will be, people not liking the game because they're not on certain platforms is still a valid opinion. It doesn't represent e.g. how finely tuned the game mechanics may be, but such is the limitation of numerical scoring.
No stick to "Pancake Gamer" from now on anytime anybody complains about VR games I will just reply with the simple:
"Ok pancake gamer"
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So because I want game x to be on my console, it's fine for me to give a game a 0/10?
This remains one of the most wild things ever to happen on this forum.
Why wouldn't it be? What's a legit opinion? Are you paid by the competitor?
Of course some people will always try to abuse the system, and it has the potential to become a console war proxy (what doesn't though?).
But if you want to play a game and can't because you don't own the compatible platform, then it's (for you) an objective major flaw of the game, even if it's written on the box and you aren't deceived.
I really havent seen it in a snobbish way. I've seen flat and pancake used interchangibly. It maybe started as a joke but I always see it as another way to say flat
Yeah, this is exactly why attaching a silly term to the group that you're not a part of is generally elitist bullshit. A lot of groups do this, especially on places like reddit. Though many othering terms on reddit are way more mean-spirited.
It's the same thing as when decades ago, people tried to introduce the term "meatspace" for real life because they were so techy and into cyberspace instead. It deliberately puts distance between you and the group that you're not into. It also adds an air of elitism to your own group, because you have no need to come up with a silly name for whatever you're doing.
"Pancake" or "pizza" may be benign words in themselves, but the point is that there's no need to even make up a term when you could just say "non-vr" and avoid introducing this whole angle in the first place.
This just seems like OP is the inverse of the "pizza gamers" review bombing.
OP is the white knight here to defend the games and valves honour against of the hoards of pizza gamers trying to make it look bad.
Meta critic User scores confirmed terrible once again as they are easily manipulated.
OP just chill it actually doesn't really matter.. the world will not end
Almost certainly, because gamers are petty and the pc community seems to do this a lot on steam.
AI: The Somnium Files was review bombed on Metacritic (From 8.2 to 1.9 in 1 day)
I have my problems with this game, but it's definitely worth checking out, especially if you like the Zero Escape or Ace Attorney games. It's a fairly light-hearted overall, but it can still pack an emotional punch when it wants to. It also revolves around a pretty mature and grounded theme that...
www.resetera.com
There are some plot twists and burying the lede, you think Krvavi Abadas is a good guy for going on about Metacritic systems but turns out he's the mastermind villain because of his unhealthy obsession with a female character.
OP
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why is everyone telling me to chill when i am rather calm, lol
No stick to "Pancake Gamer" from now on anytime anybody complains about VR games I will just reply with the simple:
"Ok pancake gamer"
Had no idea that was an Era user. What an absolute piece of shit.
Yes. You waffle gamers just don't wanna grow up and get jobs.
A bunch will try, but it won't catch on if Valve's review-bombing algorithm works as intended, and it probably will.
Also: I love VR games but this "pancake" shit is just... not great. Honestly sounds smug as hell.
Also: I love VR games but this "pancake" shit is just... not great. Honestly sounds smug as hell.
I fully expect some review bombing but not necessarily because it's a VR only spin off. No, the problem is Valve has piss poor output when it comes to giving people things they want and now to release this instead of Half Life 3, well that's probably going to ruffle some feathers. It's not going to be as poorly met as Artifact but people are still going to be frustrated.
I mean if you can call modding Mario 64 to be a 2D platformer the same game, sure that may happen. I'd rather watch the entire game on YouTube though, instead of subjecting myself to this.
Oh haaaa. I read that post and remember thinking, boy that guy was really on top of what happened, that's weird, almost looks like a pyromaniac alerting the fire brigade. Oh well probably nothing... I never knew it continued on like that.AI: The Somnium Files was review bombed on Metacritic (From 8.2 to 1.9 in 1 day)
I have my problems with this game, but it's definitely worth checking out, especially if you like the Zero Escape or Ace Attorney games. It's a fairly light-hearted overall, but it can still pack an emotional punch when it wants to. It also revolves around a pretty mature and grounded theme that...
There are some plot twists and burying the lede, you think Krvavi Abadas is a good guy for going on about Metacritic systems but turns out he's the mastermind villain because of his unhealthy obsession with a female character.
What specific VR features cant be mapped to a controller? Sure some puzzles might require the 3D controller, but I doubt that it cant be translated to a traditional controller, even if it means that it will be clunky as hell. It will just allow more people to enjoy the game (even means in an inferior form)
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Holy shit.AI: The Somnium Files was review bombed on Metacritic (From 8.2 to 1.9 in 1 day)
I have my problems with this game, but it's definitely worth checking out, especially if you like the Zero Escape or Ace Attorney games. It's a fairly light-hearted overall, but it can still pack an emotional punch when it wants to. It also revolves around a pretty mature and grounded theme that...
There are some plot twists and burying the lede, you think Krvavi Abadas is a good guy for going on about Metacritic systems but turns out he's the mastermind villain because of his unhealthy obsession with a female character.
What the fuck is a "pizza gamer"
I'm sure this has been asked and answered in this very thread but I still need to ask who tried to make this a thing and if they are already serving a sentence for it
Edit: Or I guess pancake gamer which sounds even dumber somehow?
I'm sure this has been asked and answered in this very thread but I still need to ask who tried to make this a thing and if they are already serving a sentence for it
Edit: Or I guess pancake gamer which sounds even dumber somehow?
The amount of dumb takes about this game will never cease to amaze me, so yeah.
It's a VR game, get over it.
It's a VR game, get over it.
They can try.
Not really going to be the same, in any way... so it won't really be HL: Alyx.
Not really going to be the same, in any way... so it won't really be HL: Alyx.
"pancake gamer" "pizza gamer" lol, the only thing toxic about this is the stupid generalizations in the OP.
Unfortunately it'll probably be review bombed, like basically every other game on metacritic.
Unfortunately it'll probably be review bombed, like basically every other game on metacritic.
The two greatest political movements of our time, pizzagate and gamergate together at last.
Probably worse, made me think of "PizzaGater," which would be a person deep in the alt-right / fringe conspiracy theorist world, which eventually led to someone carrying an assault rifle into a DC pizza shop which was, wrongfully and in utter fantasy land, alleged to be the center of a vast Democratic-party-led-child-sex-ring.
Honestly thought you were making a play on words with it
All of the core systems will be reliant on 6DoF physics interactions. This means the player mechanics, the AI, the puzzles, and possibly even general NPC interactions.
It's the same difficulty as having to make Mario 64 as a 2D game.