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Kotaku: Still total shit
Upon reading some information on Spore, I came across one review from a source that I have typically found to be less than credible in their original thought, but I figure "hey, they have to write this themselves since they reviewed the game." I went ahead and read their impressions, which I am now going to pick apart. I hope most of you can relate in hating Kotaku for being a useless waste of bandwidth.
Source: Impressions: Spore? Or SimSim?
Kotaku gives the impression that this is your RPG where you're bound to one character for all of eternity while completing all the tasks the game has to offer, ensuring you that starting a new character will only net you the same quests you did your first run through. Remember, the game name is Spore, not SimSpore.
Sim City. The Sims. I find the trend there yet do not see it in the title "Spore." This isn't the Sim series that Kotaku believes to be. Its one thing to have experienced nothing else by Maxis over the years other than these simulators and to be uncomfortable with a change, but the incorporation of a different style is okay. It doesn't mean the game sucks.
Adding to the replay value is the fact that not only can you make a new organism, but the fact that it will interact differently than the last one. The one aspect that all these Maxis games seems to retain is the sandbox mode that you experience in each one. They've all proven that the replay value in creation is always above the bar. I'm sure that simply with the understanding of perhaps the inclusion of monoliths on other planets as you get to "start over" there with a new species, suddenly the poor review turns around into what these people want: species creation. Then again, what's the harm in starting a new organism over like you do a new family on the Sims? Doubting Will Wright is rather bold. The man is one of the greatest game creators and that his success in the past has yet to give any reason to think otherwise about his projects. The concept of "games must be 40 hours of linear play" is crap, as are most of the "experts" on Kotaku. Their lack of original thought combined with their staff's inability to examine a game for what it is and not what they want it to be has once again given me very little reason to visit, much less read any content on kotaku.com, short of using the source for criticism to educate readers and encourage them to take interest in titles based off their own impressions and not from someone who is paid to copy+paste all day. Most amazing jew boots ![]() |
Well the impression is about 8 months old Lukage. Its possible that their impressions have changed if they reviewed the product now.
There's nowhere I can't reach.
Missing that one music track:
Fire Fight - Mission X // Frostbite |
Kotaku: Still total shit
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Sorry, forgot to edit in the "I'm aware of how old this is"
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I'd like to point out that Kotaku editors in general are distrustful of anything not made in Japan.
I was speaking idiomatically. |
A lot of Kotaku hate here. Regardless I don't read them for reviews, rather news. Ditto Joystiq.
FELIPE NO |
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I editted your thread title to be both shorter and more factual. Hope you don't mind, buddy.
As for Kotaku themselves, their news stealing, penchant for making shit up, and using hilarious "sources" for their "breaking news" is disgusting. I've thought about some serious asskickings for people who cite it as a source, and if I get enough support for it, I might just start deleting posts that do such things. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Saying Joystiq is a superior experience to Kotaku is like saying you'd rather have a sexy woman kill your cat with a meat grinder instead of a fat ugly guy beating it with a mallet. Doesn't matter how good it looks or how much more efficient it is, the end result is still extreme fucking sadness and crying.
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I don't see any of you guys providing a one-stop shop for game news.
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I was speaking idiomatically. ![]() |
I kinda like GAF for news, even though, you know, there's a lot of idiots there too. But you don't actually have to read the threads. Just the first posts.
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<@a_lurker> I like zeal better than guru.
<@a_lurker> There, I said it, I'm not taking it back. |
I still prefer gametab over joystiq and kotaku. It's a fancy RSS feed, but sage looks good awful.
And besides, kotaku is owened by Gawker Media, a large blog conglomerate type of deal. What do you expect? Mo0: GameTab - The Game Reviews & News Compilation Site. Skills: Your sig, specifically the IRC portion, needs to be updated. FELIPE NO ![]() |
Are there any decent places to get game news that isn't fed through a corporate shit-engine? What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? ![]() |
Thank you for the GameTab recommendation, shit's exactly what I'm looking for. Links right away without any goddamn interstitial ads.
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Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Um...GameTab sucks ass. How is "Street Fighter IV Announced" considered latest news?
The only place I even visit anymore is Gamersyde. They focus on media rather than the news, and that's good enough for me. There's nowhere I can't reach. ![]() |
Yeah. I don't know what's up with their 1up selection. The pulldown menu that has quick links to all the new articles still works though. Never noticed that before.
Pricetabber is probably the most useful. Edit: Also, gametab is owned by Ziff Davis, which also owns 1up. Weird. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. ![]()
Last edited by xiaowei; Mar 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM.
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I haven't paid any attention to 'mainstream' review and game news sites for a really long time now. You're far better off if you can find a special interest site like RPGFan for RPGs for example. Though a problem with this is there might not be any decent general genre sites equal to this.
Shacknews comes to mind but they aren't a video game dedicated site. Most amazing jew boots ![]()
Last edited by Cetra; Mar 5, 2008 at 01:07 AM.
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I read a lot of kotaku and its not THAT bad. Of course citing kotaku as a source would be wrong since they cite their newspost sources as well.
I was speaking idiomatically.
Missing that one music track:
Fire Fight - Mission X // Frostbite |
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I just see Kotaku as a place where they find the news for me, put it on under one site so I don't have to hunting millions of sites to find different gaming news. Besides, they cite their sources so thats not stealing, they're just spreading the word. So I don't see what's wrong with it as long as I get some daily gaming news. I skip the reviews.
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