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JabbaDaHutt30

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  1. I'm sure the last thread spiraling into a discussion about the merits of Dragon Age 2 was not in any way, shape or form damage control over Dungeon Siege 3's mixed critical reception. I suppose Obsidian is exempt from making bad games, to the point that its fans will ignore the reception for Dungeon Siege 3 and still bring up the failure that was Dragon Age 2 whenever they can, as a mark of embarrassment for BioWare ( which they should, but I doubt most would have actually played it ). Chris Avellone and some of the others are still talented no doubt; I'd just wish they'd get their act together -- maybe work on smaller projects or something. Their talent is going to waste as it is, anyway.
  2. So one journalist has a silly rage, (even then he's still entitled to his opinion, even if you don't like it) and now game journalists have some vendetta against Obs? A best it's one guy blowing of steam, at worst it's one with an axe to grind. No secret conspiracy to bring Obs down. Buying Eidos doesn't have Edit: "much" to do with game reviews so I really don't know what you are stating here. (Eidos past history with gaming journalism can be ignored. Since, you know different managment and internal politics.) Also, nicely ignored the first part of my post to make a point that is completly pointless. There are journalists that don't like Obsidian very much. There are also journalists that like other companies not very much. Its just pretty visible in Obsidians case. So... I don't see the problem, even if that were the case. Critics definitely aren't under any obligation to like Obsidian if they don't think much of their games.
  3. Uhmmmm, Square Enix may be a well known publisher but you can't really suspect them of giving out bribe money. Their recent games aren't exactly known for scoring too high. Also, yes. There are journalists that have a personal feud against Obsidian as evidenced by a recent escapist article. I'm not suspecting them of giving bribe money. I'm saying they probably have the means to, just like EA. I also don't automatically suspect EA of dealing out bribe money if their games happen to score a little higher. An 8.0 from Gamespot compared to the 9.5 Origins got from Kevin VanOrd is hardly flattering for Dragon Age 2. What is this 'evidence'? Why would anyone 'have it out for Obsidian' in the first place? Sounds absolutely ridculous. I didn't really say anything about EA............... Just defended Square. Also about "some" (I'm not saying its the majority. Far from it)journalists having it out against Obsidian. Behold glorius game journalist http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/v...ditors-Note-DIY No, I know you didn't. That part was written with the original quote in mind. I don't see the problem there. The article writer complains about the problems present in most, if not all of Obsidian's games; problems which can be off-putting for some people. Doesn't indicate that he won't give Obsidian's games a fair shot if he reviews them, or at least, if Obsidian gets its act together. I see no reason to defend the practice of releasing unfinished games. Some critics might respond more harshly to it, while others may be more lenient. When I think of a critic "having it out for Obsidian" ( or any developer for that matter ), I think of some kind of heavily prejudiced dislike for the developer that's only very loosely related to the studio's talent as a group of video game designers -- which still kinda sounds.... silly.
  4. Uhmmmm, Square Enix may be a well known publisher but you can't really suspect them of giving out bribe money. Their recent games aren't exactly known for scoring too high. Also, yes. There are journalists that have a personal feud against Obsidian as evidenced by a recent escapist article. I'm not suspecting them of giving bribe money. I'm saying they probably have the means to, just like EA. I also don't automatically suspect EA of dealing out bribe money if their games happen to score a little higher. An 8.0 from Gamespot compared to the 9.5 Origins got from Kevin VanOrd is hardly flattering for Dragon Age 2. What is this 'evidence'? Why would anyone 'have it out for Obsidian' in the first place? Sounds absolutely ridculous.
  5. Maybe, you know... Dragon Age 2 was better than Dungeon Siege 3? I don't like the game myself very much ( Dragon Age 2 ), but I can't imagine Obsidian having much higher standards for failure.
  6. That was pretty harsh review. It's pretty stupid how he goes on about how the controls aren't fine for PC, but I didn't see him mention once how you can use a bloody controller on the PC as well and the controls will be just as fine as on consoles. Maybe if Dungeon Siege 3 lasted 50 hours (20 of those using same maps over and over again) the game would have gotten a better score. Both reviews are sad. They show how out of touch Gamespot and IGN are giving horrible games like Dragon Age 2 8's and above, while giving this very solid, well written game with excellent combat mechanics, 6.5 and under. It seems like the expectations for an ARPG are so set in stone, and if they don't get what they want, ie. Diablo style multi player, then it's just not good. Well this game is something different, but it's still very good and it's sad to see the major sites ignore this. Worse still, this will hurt sales in North America badly. I would have loved to see it get an 8 from both these sites, because imo, that's what it deserves. Dragon Age 2 on the other hand...5 or 6 would have been more appropriate. That's because the PR firm didn't pay as much for them to praise DS3 as the PR firm for DA2 paid them. Next time the PR firm will cut them out (bad idea) or pay higher (like EA did for DA2). Golly, yes! How could a small and insignificant publisher like Square Enix possibly deal out enough bribe money in time to appease the boundless appetites of big, corporate video game journalists, surely obsessed with destroying what reputation Obsidian has left with their acrid, depreciative Dungeon Siege III reviews? You, to have unthreaded their dark scheme so skillfully, are a single bastion of light in a sea of infinite darkness. I kneel in awe before you, sir.
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