Jim Sterling Leaves Destructoid (UPDATE: Jim Joins The Escapist!)

[Alarien]

I don't know that it's fair to judge Sterling's reviews for B:AO vs MW3. Partially, I think, because of what different games try to do. We all may be sick to death of COD games (oh god, please stop... please stop making COD-only players think they are gamers, and flooding our community with cretins and 12 year old homophobic racist wannabes), but if COD games are doing what COD games are meant to do, and they are doing them well, then maybe they don't deserve bad scores just because they are COD games. B:AO, on the other hand, is a very bad attempt to pull off what B:AA did brilliantly and B:AC did only kinda-competently, and that deserves a bad score.

Sterling leaving D-toid is not a great thing, but it's probably good for him and good for The Escapist. It's possibly good for D-toid in the end in that, if they need a dedicated editor, I rather doubt it's him, considering all his other projects. Hell, if means Movie Defense Force every week instead of every two weeks... they are always good for a laugh.

I have kinda mixed views on Sterling, overall. I generally think he's a very smart guy and I generally agree with his opinions, editorials, and reviews, wholeheartedly. I just, sorta... can't take him. My wife laughs at Yahtzee despite saying she finds his voice grating. That's how I feel about Sterling. I can put up with his reviews and his editorials, but the voice can get a bit irritating and once I connect the voice and the face (mannerisms), I find that, while I agree with him, I also have this urge to punch him in the mouth at the same time.

Am I the only one?

 

[bigfatcarp93]

I love his Destructoid reviews, and I really hope he'll start reviewing here; that would be awesome.

As for Destructoid, they've just lost some real talent.

 

[Strazdas]

Well i wish that Jim will realize his dream be it wheever he goes. Im not the onle to idolize people, i dont have perfect movie star or anything like that that some people seem obsessed with, but Jim, Jim has brought this in me, i just cant get enough of him. His videos on Escapist, his podtoid, his youtube (to which i subscribed way before he decided to revive the channel, premonitions.... not deadly i hope[footnote]hes doing a chunky play of deadly premonition, this was supposed to be a pun[/footnote]).
The only thing im genuinely sad about is that he is probably not going to be on a Podtoid, and that i now have to go though the effort of deleting my destructoid account (i dont like loose ends).

I have kinda mixed views on Sterling, overall. I generally think he's a very smart guy and I generally agree with his opinions, editorials, and reviews, wholeheartedly. I just, sorta... can't take him. My wife laughs at Yahtzee despite saying she finds his voice grating. That's how I feel about Sterling. I can put up with his reviews and his editorials, but the voice can get a bit irritating and once I connect the voice and the face (mannerisms), I find that, while I agree with him, I also have this urge to punch him in the mouth at the same time.

Am I the only one?

Jims voice proves god exists because only god could create something so perfect. I guess you got my opinion here.

His reviews were all over the place on Destructoid. He was routinely famous for having the absolutely lowest review "score" for current games, but then he'd give something like Call of Duty almost a perfect score. For instance, his latest review, Batman: Arkham Origins was given below a 5, and he lauded it for being repetitive and more of the same with nothing new. Hello, where was that same criticism for Modern Warfare 3 for which he gave a 9.5? Whatever, man.

Actually that was a false rumor. During the high of this rumor Jim actually went and counted his scores. Average was above 7 (i dont remember exact number now, was years ago).


Capcha: You first
You always know how to insult me capcha, dont you.

 

[jackpipsam]

After his last review comes out, I will be canceling my HUGE subscription to the site.

The overall content of the website is going down and Jim Sterling was in my opinion holding up the whole site.
Also Podtoid was amazing.

PS. I am also sick of the site owners fetish with dogs.

 

[likalaruku]

Even his tweets are silly. & as soon as I read "vagina warrior radical feminist", I couldn't help but picture Jim in a giant vagina costume, holding a sword & shield, wearing a viking helmet with pigtails.

 

[FPLOON]

No 2 week notice? heh Something did happen

It's Max Scoville all over again!!!

OT: Troubled times in the Kingdom of Jim... I'm sure it's nothing and the promised land is still a reality...

Oh... and good luck, Jim! Let us know when you'll do a written review here on the Escapist, ya hear? Or would a "wildcard"-esque Escapist column suffice for you?

 

[garjian]

Time to take Destructoid off my bookmark list, it seems.

Yeah... Jim was the only reason I ever went to Destructoid. I hear they have a decent community over there, but now that Jim's gone I suppose I'll never find out >.>

Oh god no... their forums are a mess, if that's what you're talking about.
The forum site barely works! I actually have to remove sections of the website with an adblocker because they've scaled incorrectly and covered half of the bloody page. Oh, and they have an awards system like here it seems, but it displays ALL OF THEM, and the maximum size for avatars is far too large.

Not exactly a friendly community either... but maybe that's just me.

 

[Korolev]

Whatever your reasons for leaving, I am sure you'll find that a lot of people will follow you to wherever it is you go.

 

[DataSnake]

His reviews were all over the place on Destructoid. He was routinely famous for having the absolutely lowest review "score" for current games, but then he'd give something like Call of Duty almost a perfect score. For instance, his latest review, Batman: Arkham Origins was given below a 5, and he lauded it for being repetitive and more of the same with nothing new.

People keep saying that, but it isn't what Jim said at all. Here's a quote from the review [http://www.destructoid.com/review-batman-arkham-origins-264357.phtml]:

The only good in Origins comes from work already accomplished in previous games, with a whole lot of bad added in

In other words, the problem isn't that they didn't change anything, the problem is that the changes made it worse. Here are a few of the changes listed in the review:

Spoiler

*Story feels contrived, especially with this being the first appearance of EVERY villain
*Most of the villains are D-list
*Narrative isn't very fleshed out
*Combat feels off
*Boss fights aren't up to the standard Mr. Freeze set last time
*It's glitchy to the point of being almost unplayable
*Multiplayer mode feels shoehorned in and isn't very good

 

[ConanThe3rd]

No 2 week notice? heh Something did happen

Well, it might have happened and we were just not party to it.

 

[Weaver]

If it gives him more time to do his Youtube content I'm pretty happy. I wonder if meeting TB at the Escapist expo inspired him a bit?

Regardless, I really like his youtube content

 

[Glaice]

If the allegations are true with Destructoid, they have lost my respect for the most part. Seriously, we NEED critical reviews in this industry so it's not all the same asspatting and dongle sucking each other for decent scores.

Does this mean Jim will talk critical about Destructoid now as he's not on board with them now?

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Does this mean Jim will talk critical about Destructoid now as he's not on board with them now?

That would be a bit hypocritical from him wouldn't it.

 

[Zenn3k]

I'm a Jim Sterling fan, I'll follow his reviews wherever they go, because he is no non-sense and isn't afraid to blast garbage as being garbage?something really rare in game reviews these days.

Best of luck Jim!

 

[Skops]

He has also given Call of Duty: Ghosts a low score. 5/10.

http://www.destructoid.com/review-call-of-duty-ghosts-264903.phtml

 

[Lightknight]

Hmm, looks like we just have to wait until he announces where his reviews will take place.

 

[Dragonbums]

Not exactly a friendly community either... but maybe that's just me.

While nowhere close to other communities like Gamespot and IGN, the amount of insults thrown at people, and users going on about off topic discussions that span pages is ridiculous.

 

[Rad Party God]

Oh Jimothy, you sexy, controversial hunk of a man, I'll follow you wherever you go.

Best of luck on your future endeavors, I'm looking forward to them

 

[Rabidkitten]

NO MORE PODTOID?!?! NOO!!!!

 

[Slycne]

I'm @TheEscapistMag [https://twitter.com/TheEscapistMag]'s reviews editor.

— Jim Sterling (@JimSterling) November 6, 2013 [https://twitter.com/JimSterling/statuses/398107844576174081]

As a few of you guessed and hoped, Jim will indeed be joining the site.