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Postby AgentX 24 » Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:07 pm

Yep, Kieron Gillen's review of the game is SomethingAwful's 3rd worst game review of the year!

Check it out.
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Postby edd8990 » Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:48 pm

I quite enjoyed him ripping into the review, until he commented on the AI. He really should play it before he makes that comment. The rest is good :D
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Postby Punisher Bass » Sat Dec 31, 2005 2:34 am

Who was it that said "there is no such thing as bad publicity"?
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There is no patch for human stupidity.
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Postby Icepick » Sat Dec 31, 2005 3:18 am

'Something Awful, by retards, for retards!'

No, seriously.
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Postby Tortanick » Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:08 am

nah edd, he seems to be twisting Kerons words then attacking them, like when he says driv3r should be good because it mixes GTA with other stuff. Keron never said post-genera was a "magic formular" and RTS-RPG would be better than RTS or RPG just that its good to see people experimenting again.
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Postby coolsi » Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:49 am

It's true though, as a game review it's pretty bollocks.
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Postby Haarball » Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:00 pm

Bollocks? I think the word you're looking for is non-formulaic.
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Postby prophile » Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:23 pm

The only reason I have any respect for something awful is that SA vs Ebaums debate. Other than that, they kinda suck based on what you see here.
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Postby panda of doom » Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:36 am

First of all, the article in question
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3468

Secondly this,
'Something Awful, by retards, for retards!'

No, seriously.
baffles me to no end. Such an incomprehensibly ignorant statement. You are labeling hundreds of thousands of viewers by one person's opinion.

I can't see how anyone can be offended by this article, not even Kieron Gillen. The article points out how uneffective the review is to the common person because it explains so little of the game. There is humor there, I don't care if you've never laughed in your life.
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Postby OrR » Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:59 pm

If anything, this is positive press. It's Something Awful!
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Postby Hahaha » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:25 pm

OrR wrote:If anything, this is positive press. It's Something Awful!


Ba-dum TISH!

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