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[Mistral]

I actually read the write up from Gabe, and do remember him explaining all his points throughout. I did think he brought up some good points.

That Sharpless guy however, sounds like an idiot.

Seconded.

I mean, if I recall, one of them linked one of their older reviews of a game (in the Prince of Persia series, I believe?) in a comment about their basis for selecting ads, that they demand advance copies of the games to determine if they're good first now. It just stuck out in my mind because a review bashing a game right next to a banner advertising the same game was rather amusing.

Ah, found it, it was the very same post Gabe discussed Assassins Creed in. Of course, things can change in several years, and more importantly, if they were being shills for this game, they'd logically want to sell their street cred as harsh reviewers with another game. Only the guilty have something to hide.

[Anonymous]

Penny Arcade is condescending, pretentious, bullshit.

[Anonymous]

thanks, 4chan.

[Cyberxion]

Well, I'm the sort of person who, when I'm not guilty of something, I don't make it a point to go out of my way to drive that point home. They addressed the adds and the comic before going into why they thought the game was getting an unfair shake, and while that's not exactly damning, to my mind they would've been better off not doing that at all. Bringing attention to the fact that, yes they do have that stuff up, and no it didn't have any effect on his write-up, makes me wonder if it was guilt talking.

Or maybe not. Maybe they just felt it necessary to address that bullshit before anyone else had the chance to bring it up. Whatever the case may be, I do find the adds and the tie-in comic drawn by Gabe to cast enough doubt on the review to essentially render it worthless.

Though in my opinion, no review should be given much credit anyway, at least not as a determining factor in one's purchase. It's really easy to rent games these days and decide for yourself if something is for you. Reviews are just some guy's opinion, and unless we suddenly all start liking the exact same things, reviews will never speak to what works for the anyone but the reviewer himself.

Which sort of makes a moot point out of the issue of whether or not the write-up is suspect. Either way, it shouldn't be a deciding factor in whether or not someone buys Assassin's Creed.

[Cyberxion]

Penny Arcade is condescending, pretentious, bullshit.

It certainly can be. Tycho has an unrivaled love of words. He says things in twelve paragraphs that can be summed up in a single sentence, and while I'm actually impressed by his mastery of the English language, I find the way he flaunts it to be pretty pretentious.

Gabe on the other hand seems to like to get into shit with people. It doesn't happen too often, but it happens, and he never seems to be able to let it go.

I'm sort of like them, now that I think about it.

[The Joker]

life sucks.

[Jetsetlemming]

[Evans]

life sucks.

Might I add: no fat chicks!

[Evans]

I believe I can fly!

[Evans]

I'm bored and sleepy. Nyah!

[Jetsetlemming]

I believe I can fly!

You're ignoring the point of the screenshot, which is me winning.

[Evans]

You're ignoring the point of the screenshot, which is me winning.

You have the advantage of flight. DURRRRRR

[polobunny]

It certainly can be. Tycho has an unrivaled love of words. He says things in twelve paragraphs that can be summed up in a single sentence, and while I'm actually impressed by his mastery of the English language, I find the way he flaunts it to be pretty pretentious.

Gabe on the other hand seems to like to get into shit with people. It doesn't happen too often, but it happens, and he never seems to be able to let it go.

I'm sort of like them, now that I think about it.

With less skill and more shit.
<3

[Jetsetlemming]

You have the advantage of flight. DURRRRRR

More like hovering.
And hey, that guy's invisible (until he's dead).

That's the point of the game. A team of normal soldiers against an invisible superhuman guy with a knife and pipebombs. That kill's about 20 seconds after the start of the match though, I got lucky. That damage I took was from the teamates behind me shooting me in the ass as we all spotted him run by at once.

[Evans]

More like hovering.
And hey, that guy's invisible (until he's dead).

That's the point of the game. A team of normal soldiers against an invisible superhuman guy with a knife and pipebombs. That kill's about 20 seconds after the start of the match though, I got lucky. That damage I took was from the teamates behind me shooting me in the ass as we all spotted him run by at once.

Sounds neat.