So, Why all the hate?
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Well, I'd disagree with you to an extent. Many comedians have an annoying habit of conveying truths in their humour, which yahtzee does.zauxz said:
He doesn't review the games the same way a professional review does, but he does make key points.
And I've never played fable.
Go for it, I put it on the internet so I lost the right to it, also try to use this one occasionally "It's like picking between getting stabbed in the left leg or the right leg, either way you still just got stabbed in the fucking leg" If you are trying to put hate on something (for instance in Twilight, book compared to movie I used this add on) "though admittedly one knife is serrated and covered in lemon juice...".Lord Krunk said:
God I love putting shit on Twilight in front of hardcore fans.
I played Fable before hearing about Yahtzee and have to say that I thought it was pretty boring. Probably a good enough game for young gamers looking for a way into the genre but for some reason can't get into a better game in the genre. Fable is a playable game that passes time.
It's not reality. It's the fallacious argument of argumentum ad hominem. It's a dirty and underhanded tactic of changing the subject away from the actual topic and toward the person making the counter argument. It in no way addresses or refutes their points. It's a bad debate tactic. Do not do this.s-l-u-g said:
A lot of high profile games attract unreasonable hate. Occasionally a thread will come up about "Worst Game Ever" and someone always nominates Halo 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Fallout 3, Mario, Zelda or similar. It's absurd, but it always happens. I guess some people - probably a lot of Zero Punctuation fans - aren't comfortable letting something popular be just "ok" or "not my taste"; if it didn't thrill them it's utter garbage. There's usually a reason presented to justify slamming one of the most critically acclaimed games of the past few years as total crap, and it's usually totally trivial. One hyperventilating forumite justified calling Halo 3 the "worst game I've ever played" partly by saying that the guns in the game have a maximum firing distance beyond which bullets don't do any damage - which would have been a minuscule problem if it was even true, which it isn't.
Couldn't have said it better.the antithesis said:
The reason Fable 2 is hated so much is probably because it was expected to be as well done or even better than Fable/The Lost Chapters. And it didn't even come close. Also, F2 wasn't linked to the first one much either. And the ending................ Theresa says for most of the game she wants to destroy the Spire. In the end she gives you one of three crappy wishes and tells you to fuck off and that she owns the Spire. If you choose family (the "neutral" choice) then you get you dog back and your sister randomly comes back to life somewhere and all you get is a stupid letter from her. You never actually get to see her again (and alot of people will hate you). And the good/bad paths couldn't be crappier. In F2 if you dare to choose anything but the good choices people will act all "OMFG how could you". The truth is when playing a game and you are told to accept the fact that doing a good deed is the best reward of all, well it's total bullshit. Maybe in real life it is acceptable, but not in a game. So if you do choose the good path then you loose experience, look like a coward and get dramatically aged. People not liking you is a small price to pay to have a better time.
And yes, just now I have concluded that this is a reply rant. I'm almost done.
The main reason I didn't like F2 was that after playing both good and evil in the first game (back when no matter what your alignment was you could still have good fun) i came to F2 expecting it to be as good, if not better and was dissapointed. It's still woth having (yes i bought the DLC which was quite good and will probably buy the next DLC) and i dont regret buying it. (Much)
Finally. End. Reply rant.
Don't push that plate of "you couldn't do any better" bullshit on us. Critisism still counts as feedback and if Lionhead Studios listens, their next game could be just what everyone wants.s-l-u-g said:
And yes, just now I have concluded that this is a reply rant. I'm almost done.
The main reason I didn't like F2 was that after playing both good and evil in the first game (back when no matter what your alignment was you could still have good fun) i came to F2 expecting it to be as good, if not better and was dissapointed. It's still woth having (yes i bought the DLC which was quite good and will probably buy the next DLC) and i dont regret buying it. (Much)
Finally. End. Reply rant.