Never seen anyone claim Mario and Pokemon aren't real games before. That's some top-tier shitty gatekeeping right there.
Not as funny as his other commentocracy videos, I feel there was better material from the Era thread when AC was nominated for GotY.
Ever since I first started criticizing the business practices of mainstream videogame publishers, people have been quick to remind me that it doesn't matter what I think, people will buy games anyway. The facts are the facts, and I can't dispute the truth that publishers enjoy success regardless of how they treat their staff and their audience. They will continue to make money, even as the industry faces scandal after scandal, and publicly sneers at all accountability. I'm told that all this is proof that the publishers are right. They set out to make money, they made money, and that justifies all the exploitation and abuse. But they're wrong. Money isn't a validation. It's only a motive.
I missed the Commentocracy before coming to this thread!
I don't care about Jim's opinion in most games but Warriors games is where I would definitely want to hear what he has to say.
He's passionate about it and while I think that the thing that made DW9 unforgiveable for him was fairly minor he could still explain why regradless of what they DID to that character, he still got a point.Aaaaaye! Taking Koei to task after DW9 too goes to show he won't just blindly accept what they pump out, even if he's a fan of said series.
Apparently Jim is back to more regular video posting, which is a relief
If this is the extent of the Game Awards trailers, I'm kind of happy to not have wasted time following it.
Gamers get the reviews they deserve when they harass anyone that dares go against the marketing-fueled early consensus. I don't blame reviewers that gave this game higher scores than it deserved when the alternative was targeted harassment by the Gamer brigade. We really need to do something about games discourse but I have no idea what can be done
I don't follow. What are you implying?Well, gleefully showing a game bug highlight reel set to classical music surely is a valuable contribution to the discourse about videogames.
It's more coverage of the bugs than we received from your average reviewer, so it's actually pretty beneficial to show.Well, gleefully showing a game bug highlight reel set to classical music surely is a valuable contribution to the discourse about videogames.
You're referring to a 1 minute and 30 second segment of a 22 minute-long video.Well, gleefully showing a game bug highlight reel set to classical music surely is a valuable contribution to the discourse about videogames.
Best part of the video. Did you watch the rest of it?Well, gleefully showing a game bug highlight reel set to classical music surely is a valuable contribution to the discourse about videogames.
The point of the bug montage is to illustrate the bugs so he can continue with his point, which is that the only thing that makes Gamers On The Hype Train turn on a game is bugs that are so bad that they can't play the game.To me the way it was done is the same tactic far more unpleasant Youtubers than Jim use. You can criticize something like a buggy open world game at launch, something that isn't all that uncommon, better than this way.
The video is a critique of the discourse around video games that has remained unchanged for decades. He's not putting out a critical review of Cyberpunk 2077. That particular montage was him highlighting the circus of bugs within the game and how gaming journalism did nothing to cover any of that information. He rounds this point out by discussing that reviewers who stray from the path of blind 10/10 distribution are harassed and assaulted.To me the way it was done is the same tactic far more unpleasant Youtubers than Jim use. You can criticize something like a buggy open world game at launch, something that isn't all that uncommon, better than this way.
In isolation maybe that would be fair criticism, but it's used within the context of the full video and a broader, much more nuanced argument. Assuming you did watch the whole thing and didn't just skim it for a hot take.Well, gleefully showing a game bug highlight reel set to classical music surely is a valuable contribution to the discourse about videogames.