UK charts: DJ Hero bombs as FM2010 hits No. 1

wait a sec you mean to tell me you’ve gotten this far into gaming ever since the days of atari or snes and you never enjoyed 3rd person action games. huh?

So I guess you got your hands on Goldeneye64 and said to yourself, never again will I touch another genre. Lol, ok man if you say so, but you are missing out on what almost every gamer has always wanted videos games to be like.

TEA, it’s the remainder of the fanboy in him.

Which is fine. I’d be lying if I said I ever wanted to pick up a Gears of War game.

You hear all the hype, you see all the unecesary jizzing (it’s defintely happening with Uncharted 2) and you get put off, not only as a skeptic but as a fanboy.

Becuase the hype literally is unjustifiable.

I think there is a key step in games which appeal and sell to core gamers and those which will sell to a wider audience. I think you are being too simplistic in trying to equate a good metacritic score to exceptional sales.

Sales are a hell of a lot more complex than simply the meta critic scores. There are factors of target demographic, genre, marketing, game content etc. For example space marines and macho soldiers may sell more games than adventure type blokes – but that doesn’t mean all games should have macho space marines as the main character.

If you look at the genre U2 is in – action adventure closer to the Tomb Raider series, then achieving global sales of 1.3m in the first two weeks is pretty damn good. The point coming off from this is that there is a limited number of people who would ever consider buying this sort of game – regardless of how good it was. For example the best Knitting simulator in the world could be developed – but would you ever consider buying it?

Final point – titles launching at this time of year – with a decent gap before Christmas. Tend to go down in sales but have a bump in the weeks before Christmas as they get bought as presents. So while you may not see anything obvious if you just use chart position as your reference that doesn’t mean sales are on a constant downward slope.

Are you speaking to me Dr Damn? Becuase at no point was I referencing scores, outside of replying to you. I was most certainly not equating a high metacritic to high sales.

@ tea:

Hehe… Nah, Gears used to be favourite game, and GRAW before that, so I don’t have a problem with TPS’s at all. I dunno, it’s difficult to explain. The main character just looks a bit… scrawny and feeble compared to a US Marine or a COG. I’d feel like I was playing as a banker or an office boy instead of a proper heroic kind of character. I realise that that will sound totally ‘meat-head’ to some people, but that’s just the way that I see it.

However, after that glowing reference from you, I’ve just decided that I’ll definitely get it now, so I hope that you’re right!

PUD half the time I can barely understand what point you are trying to get across. Are you saying UC2 doesn’t live up to the hype. What hype was around it? I only knew it was goig to be good because I played the first one and Naughty Dog are great developers.

Or are you saying G1GA is a fanboy that is just being headstrong and ignoring how great the game is because he wishes it was on xbox too?

I haven’t forgotten that you’re still the official Fanboy of the Year, btw PUD…

If U2 was on 360, I still wouldn’t have bought it yet. And that’s the honest truth.

He’s got no chance of winning it this year. There’s a whole new level now.

@PUD
No it was directed at G1GA. It’s him who thinks the two go hand in hand.

well that’s great G1GA. If I had to explain UC2 in one sentence it would be this. “A movie experience that you control” or “The best game movie hybrid ever created so far”

and btw Gears was your favorite game? you’re kidding right? I hope you mean this generation so far. Oh well this week I’m starting the COD4 campaign for the first time ever since the release of the game (back in 2007 ) I hope it makes me want MW2 even more.

I meant both of the things I said.

Most big games have unjustifiable hype. And if you’re a fan of the ‘other system’, althoguh G1GA is way more objective now, which I appreciate, hearing ridiculous hype, that you aren’t a part of, leaves you skeptical.

I had no desire to play Gears 2, and he didn’t have any desire to play Uncharted 2.

I am no longer fanboy of the year though, am I G1GA, and I doubt you’re in the running this year. So lets speak as normal folk, right?

Interestingly enough I’m also going through it on PS3 again now that I’m without an internet connection for a while. (Did you get my message?)

I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.

BDH has it sewn up this year. It’d be really funny if the prize was a console game.

That can be arranged, Blerk.

@G1GA Yeah I wouldn’t have bought Gears 2 on PS3. It just doesn’t appeal to me. So I don’t actually understand why you will go and pick up Uncharted 2. Wait for it to be knocked down in price or something.

@Blerk, well fuck you too, I made an effort this year! I am not gettign prizes for being a better commenter. Some might say, I am like Jesus.

http://minimalistsupergroup.tumblr.com/

Poor BDH, he worked really hard for that prize.

But I am sure there was a reason I got some 360 games. xD

@TEA
“A movie experience that you control” or “The best game movie hybrid ever created so far”

That’s actually a good and bad description. Good because it’s correct from my perspective. Bad because of what that sort of description conjures from previous experiences. Its really impressive how it manages to be so cinematic whilst leaving the control of the game and how things pan out up to the actions of the player. No other game I’ve played comes close. My wife made a similar comment whilst I was playing the moving train level – “this is like a really good action movie” – except I was fully in control with options about how I tackled what was put before me.

I loved CoD4 for the MP aspects. The SP campaign I completed but didn’t enjoy any where near as much. The re-spawning enemy mechanic spoils the game for me personally. They did mention they were looking at this aspect a little while ago for MW2 – but not sure what they have done.

yea I got that message G1GA (on live) did those 1080p wallpapers make it to you ok? (on PSN)

Yeah, I replied saying thanks… They were pretty amazing! Cheers fella!

The whole concept of a fanboy is stupid, i mean do you honestly think Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft actyally give a dam about you personally.

They are all in this business to make money its as simple as that. Sonys games eac do 1m or over every time. Microsoft rely on Gears and Halo to sell its all they have.

Every game Nintendo do sells like 10m each, so all companies do well

You can’t understand the concept of fanboys? That would be fine if there weren’t millions to study, but stop being ignorant and ask questions.

For me it was easy, I just understood why I was like it. If you feel you are impartial enoguh that you need specimens for your education on fanboys, ask others.

I am still not impartial enoguh for that though.