ThunderPeel2001

Who will win in Man V Penguin? 6qNOIJNfICI

Gamers save the day

Play it, Miffy! I want your opinion!

For anyone who wants to relive the "magic", you can play it online for free here: http://www.twinbee.org/hob/play.php?snap=treasureislanddizzy CONTROLS - Z - Left X - Right SPACE - Jump ENTER - Pickup Don't press Q! (Instant quit.) GOAL - Get Dizzy off the island. And, to make it even "easier" here's a map: ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/t/TreasureIslandDizzy_3.jpg Looks simple, doesn't it?

Yep, I recall that too. The write up on Wikipedia is actually pretty insightful...

You've only got yourself to blame.

Three lives?! Right! Try ONE with insta-death. (No energy.) Treasure Island Dizzy way BEYOND sadistic. Pretty common for old games to not allow you to save, to be fair

You see someone like this, and you know they're going to succeed... LAo-DmzdvK0 At least I hope he does! He deserves to.

Astonishingly, there's already a Dizzy thread

You don't agree with me at all? So you don't agree that "A professional game reviewer's job is to look past hype, technical achievements, general graphical slickness, and focus on the important thing: Gameplay"? I guess that's a matter of taste. I prefer my reviewers to try to look past their own personal biases as much as they can. It sounds like you're trying to say that all criticism is pointless, as everyone has a different point of view. That's a huge discussion in itself. Yep, my bad. I chose my words poorly. I've gone back and changed that word. True, but it stands to reason that a lot of those reviews were probably by people who were in the "honeymoon" period of the game, does it not? I know if you look at the LA Noire thread here that we were all talking about it while we were playing it... but then there seemed to be a general sense of disappointment and disillusionment once we'd completed it.

The impetus is that you might end up with a very large readership because you're offering something different, like: Decent and dependable game criticism. This is something David Simon talked about when I saw him. He was talking about the general decline in good journalism due to the internet, and used HBO as a good example as to why there might be another business model around the corner: People have lots of free content available on TV, but a small audience is prepared to pay for higher quality/different content. I prefer to remain optimistic, like him, that we might see a return of quality journalism once people realise what they're missing. Well, not with that attitude, certainly

I knew you were going to say this To me, what you've described is just scenario #1. I still say that, if we're in scenario #2, they dropped the ball. They didn't look past the slickness of the game to see what was really there. I don't really want to get sidetracked into a whole "what is criticism?" discussion, though. As I already said, the job of a reviewer is to have a fully developed sense of appreciation and understanding for the area they review. Getting dazzled by technical achievements when you're reviewing a game is not doing your job properly, IMO. Also, to Nappi: Yes, I completely agree that I'm possibly extrapolating too much from this thread with regards to how the general populace now feel about LA Noire. JonCole, however, has only taken issue with what I said about reviewers, and not about how the public feel, so that's what I'm addressing.

This should have been his campaign poster.

I'm not sure what you're saying... You seem to be acknowledging that the vast majority of people who played LA Noire found it to be a let down when all was said and done (which is something I'm only guessing based on the posts in this thread). I'm assuming this because instead of arguing against that, you're trying to say that every major review site/magazine was right to give it high praise. This means there's only two possible explanations: 1. A small group of reviewers saw something of merit in the game that the general playing populace was unable to appreciate. I've seen this with film reviews all the time. (Go look at all the complaints on Citizen Kane's Amazon page from people who found the film to be a huge let down -- quite incredible!) 2. A small group of reviewers gave the game an unworthy amount of praise, the general populace picked it up in good faith and were let down. I've seen this scenario my entire gaming life. Dragon's Lair, Microcosm, etc. A professional game reviewer's job is to look past hype, technical achievements, general graphical slickness, and focus on the important thing: Gameplay. If we're in scenario two, as I think we are, then they really dropped the ball.

This is the answer to every unsolved problem on SuperUser.com.

Yep. It's a game reviewer's job to help their readers make a decision whether to buy something or not.

No.

If the vast majority of people think the game is the "let down of the year" (and that's what I seem to be feeling from this thread), then the big game reviewers have not done their job well at all.

Everyone's already seen the Introversion Humble Bundle, right?

When I read the book, I could totally imagine BSG's Jamie Bamber as Nick Carroway. Also, everyone's already seen the Video game version of GG, right? http://greatgatsbygame.com/ They did a great job of capturing the book.

Er... So Steam allowed you to buy the game, but they're not letting you install and play it? What's that all about? Is there some massive internet uproar about this? Surely what they're doing is kind of illegal? Have they offered you a refund?

There was animation before Flash?

Actually I didn't really know that... My question is this, though: Why aren't they getting together to create a decent game review site to rival "the best"?

Wow. And the ending was the worst part. I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling so let down by LA Noire, but listening to everyone, maybe its deserved review score should be in the 40%s? It's amazing what the Power Of Hype™ can do, though. I thought it was a good game at first -- it was only when I finished it that I realised I was waiting for it to become good the whole time I was playing it. Almost enjoying it on its potential, rather than its actual quality. And it makes me even sadder that there's no big review site that is actually good at their job as they ALL gave it a great review. So either they're too afraid to go against the grain, or they just aren't any good at reviewing games. I wonder which it is.

Yes.