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Author: Leroux
Posted: December 23, 2010 (05:39 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
MONEY QUOTE! |
Author: radicaldreamer
Posted: December 24, 2010 (12:20 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I can't say I'm too happy that this review was written as a retort to mine, but as far as the game is concerned I'll just say that "intense" is the absolute last word I would use to describe it.
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Author: JANUS2
Posted: December 24, 2010 (12:48 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I did write this review as a response to the review on Gameroni. I'm sorry if I offended you, although most of my comments are about how people treat beat 'em ups generally, rather than in any specific review.
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Author: radicaldreamer
Posted: December 24, 2010 (01:08 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I mean, if your review just happened to have counterpoints to mine then I probably wouldn't even have said anything. But since the first sentence was lifted verbatim from mine it was pretty obvious.
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Author: JANUS2
Posted: December 24, 2010 (01:57 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
It doesn't offer a comparable experience and many will see unlimited continues as a fatal flaw, but my intention was to show that there is another view, that there are people who are enjoying X-Men. I would hope that people read your review and my review, as well as spaceworlder's and leroux's, to determine whether they're the sort of person who is going to enjoy the game or not, rather than judge it on the basis of one opinion.
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Author: asherdeus
Posted: December 24, 2010 (02:05 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I love X-Men in the arcade and I love it over Xbox Live. It isn't perfect and they could have done a lot more, but I gotta side with Janus on this one. The game is just plain fun, even if people do abuse the mutant powers.
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Author: Leroux
Posted: December 24, 2010 (04:49 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Bob, |
Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: December 24, 2010 (07:18 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I've not read the offending review, nor am I likely to, but I will offer the following insight linked to Leroux's previous example.
For us. For them. For you. |
Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: December 24, 2010 (07:32 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You'll also want to stay away from hockey, Emp, the real man's sport.
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Author: zigfried
Posted: December 24, 2010 (08:10 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Regarding continues:
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: December 24, 2010 (08:10 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Jokes on you -- I played two years ice hockey.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: December 24, 2010 (08:20 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
English ice hockey? Don't be daft.
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Author: radicaldreamer
Posted: December 24, 2010 (01:02 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Leroux, my review takes the position that X-Men Arcade does not exist in a vacuum and that this re-release has extremely different socio-structural circumstances that is affecting how will it is being received. It also takes the position that the "intended" audience is not the actual audience. You think everyone who is downloading this game is a die-hard beatemup fan or that they even played the original? I'm willing to bet that far less than half of them fall into that category, though that's not to say that those who don't aren't enjoying the game. The actual audience X-Men is serving are people who are simply looking for a game, rather than a very specific interest, and I think those people might find some value in my review.
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Author: hmd
Posted: December 24, 2010 (01:26 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Frankly, I'm still shocked that those Gameroni reviews were serious and not some weird gimmick I was too dim to pick up on.
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Author: hmd
Posted: December 24, 2010 (01:51 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Taken from both XBox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network:
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Author: Leroux
Posted: December 24, 2010 (02:52 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Let's say I am reviewing pencil sharpeners. There are electric sharpeners, and there are hand crank. |
Author: radicaldreamer
Posted: December 24, 2010 (03:47 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Except my review is not just an indictment of all beatemups, so now I'm telling you that your comments are without merit, since you're essentially telling me that all beatemups have unlimited continues, that learning the game and being challenged are NOT part of their essential value, and that they can all be completed in a single playthrough on everyone's very first try. Is it just about the martial arts and the flashy colors for you? So apologies, but the tone you've taken now suggests that you're at the point of "I'm just angry and wanna rage about it."
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Author: Leroux
Posted: December 24, 2010 (03:58 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
"There are valid points upon reread, I know, but those are easily overlooked in your taking of X-Men to task for a genre you clearly have no interest in." |
Author: radicaldreamer
Posted: December 24, 2010 (04:35 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Well it's good that you have your mind made up and that you'll stop reading once you realize that I don't think similarly. The broad stance is where I'm coming from and the only way I could change that is by spending the next month or two absorbing the history of the genre.
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Author: zigfried
Posted: December 24, 2010 (06:01 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Neither the broad perspective, the narrow perspective, nor aperspectivity (I realize I'm making this word up) are ideal. Multiple perspectives are the answer.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: December 24, 2010 (07:45 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I think zigfried put it well, so I'll jump off in a new direction...
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