Damn. This really makes you think

Damn. This really makes you think.

Fake and Gay

ok

>I can only give this 3 mortys out of ten

Ok

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>The game is too difficult

Given the state of games journalism, I can't tell if the author is being satirical or not.

>games journalists are upset that they're bad at a game they care about (as opposed to bad at games in general)
>meanwhile I have been a 2hu fan for a decade and still haven't got a 1cc on Easy

Bunch of entitled shits

>Dark Souls of platformers
i want to see them give Super Panga World a try just so they know what the fuck they're talking about

the shitpost memes are really all over the place
good post user

The dark souls of platformers is IWBTG.

> Do game journalists have to be good at video games?

Think about how stupid this sounds.

>Do car journalists have to be good at driving cars?
>Do book reviewers have to be good at reading books?

It's fake user

RPS's review of Cuphead was more or less "Buy this fucking shit right now"

...

They don't have to be formula one drivers or anything, but if their reviews consist of "car is awful, it can't take turns without swerving into walls, and when going in reverse, it repeatedly backs into cars", maybe they shouldn't be doing reviews.

So yeah, they don't have to be expert platforms, but they have to not suck.

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>>Do book reviewers have to be good at reading books?
Uh, yeah? You think some smacked ass who has only read goosebumps when he was 12 is going to make it as a literature critic?

Yes

XD

lol I am totally going to listen to a car reviewer who can't even put the fucking thing in gear or figure out how to turn the headlights on. Go watch any random motortrend review and tell me those guys are as comparably dumb as the fucking retard in the OP. Christ I watched one vid where the motortrend guy was within spitting distance of the lap time of Ferrari's own test driver on Ferrari's test track.

>the Dark Souls of platformers
lmao

You have a golden career opportunity then my friend. Go start that next big prestigious literature institution by showing the world your fresh, inspiring interpretation of Night of the Living Dummy II. I'll be waiting eagerly for news of your explosive success.

These are the kind of people that work at blizzard.
Sad but true.

Depends. Is he in a position where he's being paid to promote what the publishers want him to, as all (economically) significant literature critics are at present? Because it sounds like he has a lovely career ahead of him as an ad-man without the suit.

Art is inherently elitist.
What's the problem? I thought video games were art.

tfw I thought I was well read as a kid because I read goosebumps

Then you're legitimately retarded.

GOTTEM

....yes to all of them...?

What the fuck kind of argument were you going for here, lmao?

Elitism is ok, if there is a reason for people to be elitist
playing primitive platformer game is not a reason

The mermaid is hitler

Poe's law in full effect

>Calls it Dark Souls
>Is literally a tweaked Megaman

Fucking kill me

The article is not real.

For a guy who edits and runs a video games news website, this John Walker guy seems to really fucking hate video games.

He's right you know.

Is Cuphead the best thing to happen this year?
>DRM-free day 1
>lowered price for 3rd worlders outside the U.S
>indie game without pixelshit graphics
>actual love and hard work went into it
>moderately challenging without being try-hard
>addictive gameplay
>embarrassed gaming journalists and e-celebs
>triggered faggots who pretend to like video games because of "elitism"

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>Do car journalists have to be good at driving cars?
yes.
you need to at least be of reasonable skill (i.e having a driver's licence)
A car journalist who has not learned to drive a car is pretty worthless.
>Do book reviewers have to be good at reading books?
yes, if you can't read you won't be able to review it.
A better example would be "does a sports journalist have to be good at sports or an athlete themself".
But the problem there is enjoying watching sports does not depend on your participation to have a knowledge of them, while video games in fact do.
The key here is you have to be at reasonable levels.

People who never play video games were able to instantly do the tutorial, that means the journalist was not of a reasonable skill level even by the most minimal expectations.

this is a good post

I'd much rather elites than retard rednecks with their MAGA shit and awful so edgy humor

They're too far in the hole at this point to be worth salvaging

>Dark Souls of x

I love this meme.

>3 morty's out of 10

Also they're fucking traitors. They'd rather have foreign intelligence in the White House than a Democrat POTUS.

>dark souls of _
this is bad now?

Journalism =/= reviewer.

Do you think all good journalists are also good politicians? Do you think Ken Burns is a good soldier cause he made docs on war? Do you think every talking head on ESPN is also an athlete? Music journos all musicians?

Knowledge of a subject matter doesn't mean you're good at actually performing the thing. Games are a BUSINESS. Guarantee you the guys at Forbes or WSJ aren't gamers, yet they write game journalism regularly.

Your points are correct for a reviewer. Not for a reporter.

>no link in the entire thread
>cant find the article with google

Fake news. Of course Sup Forums is gonna take the bait anyways.

That's always been bad. Are you retarded?

Is it a bit ironic that for the last decade games have been, for the most part, reasonably easy? complaining about that is met with the argument, "you're not the demographic for the game, not everything has to be as you'd like it" to which there's not much you can say otherwise. That's fair, not every game is for you, it's disappointing that it doesn't meet your standard for difficulty or design but it is how it is, either play it and hate it, like bits or doesn't play it.

I've constantly been told that "you're not the demographic for the game"
I'd even argue that for the most part, we are the demographic for a lot of games. I'm sure many of you have felt alienated from a franchise you once loved for the same reasons or similar ones.

so why doesn't it work in reverse? There are people who think cup head is too hard, there are people who think it's just rather fine for difficulty, the difficulty is subjective. Why can't people accept that maybe the game just isn't for them, I have to do it for games I wish were better, I'm not allowed to be "entitled" to games with deeper and more complex systems but they're allowed to be entitled to a game which has systems that they don't like or wish were something else. when I don't like something I just go play something I will like seems fair, it's not for me.

Why does cup head have to be for everyone?

seems like a double standard in this case.

All else side tho, they are simply stupi, pampered babies whose sole political ideology is derived from gamer gate and SJW tears.

I already touched on the sports example actually.
we've already identified that the level of participation varies depending on medium.

The type of journalism you're talking about, where someone merely writes about gaming news without doing opinions pieces or reviews, does not require engaging with the product itself, you simply report like you would for any other topic.
If you're at an event to try a game and report on your experience, that requires participation and engagement so you need to be up for it.

Even if you aren't specifically reviewing the game, the question is whether you are going to give your opinion based on your own personal experience with it, or whether you're simply delivering gaming news.

Wow boss, didn't know old fashioned gumshoes still existed

That's not why he was there. He was there to talk to the industry people and just having fun while on the floor, possibly talking to someone while playing too.

Dat Paul Fenech. Ausfag?

not him but having been here for over a decade I've seen some shit. I wouldn't be surprised at this point if kotaku ran an article bashing the game because the cups are white.

>3 hour tutorial
It's fake

now there is no need to be sarcastic

You are just too cute.

You did well, I'm sure a lot of people would fall for it.

for a board that seems to do nothing but bait and falseflag endlessly, you lot are hilariously gullible when it comes to other websites doing it. do you guys think the onion is a genuine news site too?

>absolutely terrible shop
>kiddies on Sup Forums still fall for it
this board truly is the worst on Sup Forums

As if it hadn't been definitively proven time and time again, this thread confirms that Sup Forums is littered with genuine, unironic autismos.