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Author: zippdementia
Posted: January 20, 2009 (12:14 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
"While we oooh and aaah and pat ourselves on the back for catching a covert reference to the life of Jesus, we neglect to realize that if director Tetsuya Takahashi and producer Hiromichi Tanaka were really of the same cerebral pedigree as Immanuel Kant, they'd be writing the Critique of Pure Reason not making a fucking video game."
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Author: Suskie
Posted: March 24, 2009 (07:11 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Huh, I guess the original feedback topic for this review was purged like the rest, so I'll say it again: This review sucks. Dismissing Xenogears as overly preachy is a fair point but I'm sure there better ways of doing so than accusing its fans of being shallow idiots who pretend to enjoy it because they don't actually understand it.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: March 24, 2009 (07:18 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
That's kind of a 32-bit Square trademark, though. Discover their game plots are half-baked so inject healthy doses of overly-pretentious hyperbole and, when people complain, the defensive fanbase can just insult their intelligence. See: FFt, FFVII, Chrono Cross and, yes, very much Xenogears.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: March 24, 2009 (07:41 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
But did Denouement really want to sink to their level, though? It feels like he's reviewing the fanbase more than the game.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: March 24, 2009 (09:04 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
He opens and closes with shots at the fanbase, but that's hardly the focus of the review. As I see it, he takes what is meant to be Gears' biggest highlight, the plot, then does what we all do when we bash, tears it to shreds. But he does so better than a lot of us in how he displays a confident, assured tone and a high degree of knowledge on what he feels the game is ripping off.
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