November 14, 2009 3:13:53 AM
They put in this scene as a cheap press grab, and boy did NGJ ever bite in hook line and sinker?
October 29, 2009 1:42:40 PM
@DavidThomas: First of all, these are issues you can take with Devil May Cry, Tekken, or Messiah. So I don't know why suddenly this issue has burst out with Brutal Legend, you could apply your article (sans the bits on metal) to a number of games.I still am waiting for my copy to ship from ebay, but if they say "you're evil, but not bad evil, cool evil" in the game, and that's what your article is based on, then you're the most obtuse person in the world.I said brutality because that is a representation of evil manifest in the real world. You bandied around the word enough for a guy who doesn't really believe in it, so I'm working with the assumption that we're talking about evil as a force, if you want to back pedal you can rewrite the article or stop replying.My point here is that you're more worried about evil iconography being represented in a video game than a video game that lets you act out real life dastardly acts.To bring this into the season, It's almost like being hung up on what's worse, a Ted Bundy costume or a Slutty Devil costume. I really don't understand the issue with the game, and I really hope you don't write a similar thing about Bayonetta "Lemme get this right, the things I kill have Angel wings? AND I'M THE GOOD GUY?"I just seriously take issue with your premise at it's core, and I feel you're either confused or purposefully writing something like this for the traffic.
October 29, 2009 10:30:02 AM
@CG-Prophet: You do realize you just went "THERE ARE PLENTY OF DEVIL WORSHIPPERS OOOOOOoooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooOOOOOOOOoooo", in pure ghost story around the camp fire fashion, right?It's like you guys instead of saying "better the devil you know than the devil you don't" say "better the devil that doesn't exist than the one I'm in denial about".I don't deny that people sacrifice animals, and some people might do it as a devil worshipers. However it's just nonsense when you try to argue that it's a network of people who take orders from the ACTUAL SATAN.That seems to be the author's problem. He can't realize that metal adopted satanic imagery because it was cool and in fact that's the reason most people adopt that imagery.Hell, Satan has been COOL since Paradise Lost was wrote, you guys are stumbling over blocks that most people have moved far beyond.
October 29, 2009 8:24:25 AM
I really don't get how likely non-existent manifestations of evil(demons, monsters, Cannibal Corpse, etc) are more of an issue for this writer than real world manifestations of evil (brutality, murder, etc).I guess it's just an issue of non-existent evil being easier for more people to take issue with. I wonder if this writer thinks there are cabals of Satan Worshippers in the world who sacrifice animals once in awhile.
June 20, 2009 4:07:09 AM
@GusMastrapa: Well that would insinuate I didn't have a point. You'd be able to accurately argue if I had a point or not if you played the game or were doing anything other than white knighting about stuff you have no clue about.I read this review and as someone who played the game, I think it's pretty obvious it gives some false impressions. He certainly is misrepresenting the volume and difficulty of the boss fights. I was trying to be nice, though yeah, the first paragraph is dishonest, and he's a fucking liar for writing it.I mean 0, 1, and 2 are the number of bosses less than Prototype's. So various is dishonest there, he's a professional writer, right? Additionally maybe if he was paying attention to the third boss fight he wouldn't have had so much trouble, rather than declaring the boss beaten when it retreats with two thirds of it's health bar intact. @CG-Prophet: oh I think he finished it. However he isn't recalling it very well. So he kind of ended up with a hack job type piece.
June 17, 2009 4:14:13 PM
Can I ask you, all these people who feel like they "played the game" based on this review, how many bosses do you feel you played? If I told you 3 bosses one of which you fight twice, would you think I didn't play the game?I think this is a pretty disingenuous review in the beginning, after that he gets into 9/11 and shit, which I can't relate to because I've got no feelings.The third boss and fourth bosses were pretty long fights, and somewhat difficult. Though not as oppressively as Tom is trying to make out. The boss where he wonders "WHEN WILL THIS END" had a god damn health bar for Christ's sake.I can tell it's a polarizing game, however I don't see the point in being dishonest about it.
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