PCGamer.uk crowns "best RPG combat ever", gives 94

[Volourn]

*shrug*

 

[SCO]

Proper journalism lololololo

 

[Nael]

Sellouts.

What a parody...But since everyone and his dog can become a game journalist this really shouldn't be a surprise.

PCGamer sold out a looooooong time ago. Get with the fucking program.



Edit: It goes as far back as stuffing their magazine wrappers with worthless CDROMs loaded with 1000 of the worst Doom wads ever made.

 

[Jack]

Why, in these games, is it socially acceptable to kill, murder, slaughter, betray, lie, insult, curse, swear, steal, rob, destroy, pillage, and every other "evil" action but not have a quickie with one's sister/brother, them willing?

It's probably the publishers that won't allow it, if Bioware could they would make every character "romanceable". In the cheap action game Drakengard (which I was recently playing) the main character's sister is in love with him, this was censored in the European/American versions even though nothing actually happened between the two. Anyway, censorship is bad in most cases, DA2 being the exception.
The "violence is acceptable sex isn't" attitude authorities have on games is both hilarious and sad.

 

[Mastermind]

The "violence is acceptable sex isn't" attitude authorities have on games is both hilarious and sad.

There's a lot of dumb shits who are confused about this apparent paradox. Being the biggest intellectual on this message board, I shall attempt to enlighten the unwashed masses as to why this is so:

Sex, unlike violence, is a normal (and in our culture, heavily encouraged) urge. Bashing people's face in and chopping their heads off is not. So whereas oversexualization of media could lead to dumbfucks engaging in more sex than they should (usually, none at all). it's highly unlikely to lead to dumbfucks bashing each other's heads in with a hammer. In other words, you'd have to be a fucking psycho to to out and kill people because it's enjoyable in videogames whereas you just have to be a dumbfuck to want to have sex because sexual predator sheppard banged a blue alien in mass effect. And God knows there's plenty of dumbfucks out there. Also, killing stuff in video games is likely to help you relax and get your "violence fix". Watching someone else have sex will have the opposite effect.

 

[dragonfk]

Sellouts.

What a parody...But since everyone and his dog can become a game journalist this really shouldn't be a surprise.

PCGamer sold out a looooooong time ago. Get with the fucking program.



Edit: It goes as far back as stuffing their magazine wrappers with worthless CDROMs loaded with 1000 of the worst Doom wads ever made.

Well there's always room for more whining on RPGCODEX, is there not?

 

[visions]

Why, in these games, is it socially acceptable to kill, murder, slaughter, betray, lie, insult, curse, swear, steal, rob, destroy, pillage, and every other "evil" action but not have a quickie with one's sister/brother, them willing?

This is hardly exclusive to games so I don't see what's the big deal here.Violence and a/immoral behaviour are common in all forms of media, incest isn't and is seen as a taboo (in pretty much every culture, afaik, although what qualifies as incest varies from culture to culture, of course). Also, violence and a/immoral behaviour are more common among people than incest, no need to put any imaginable form of deviant behaviour into a mainstream videogame just because you can.

 

[racofer]

I'm so gonna play this game.

 

[Trash]

Damn, didn't realise it would be out this soon. Now I'll need to finish both Mass Effect AND Dragon Age: Origins before march. Dammit.

I'm pretty stoked on this baby. DA:O was a letdown mainly because it felt sterile. MEII on the other hand was awesome. Am interested to see if they really did focus most of the game on one city. At least that did work before. :D Can still go both ways but hey, we'll see.

 

[Black]

I'm so gonna play this game.

But are you gonna LP it?!

 

[Jools]

Why, in these games, is it socially acceptable to kill, murder, slaughter, betray, lie, insult, curse, swear, steal, rob, destroy, pillage, and every other "evil" action but not have a quickie with one's sister/brother, them willing?

This is hardly exclusive to games so I don't see what's the big deal here.Violence and a/immoral behaviour are common in all forms of media, incest isn't and is seen as a taboo (in pretty much every culture, afaik, although what qualifies as incest varies from culture to culture, of course). Also, violence and a/immoral behaviour are more common among people than incest, no need to put any imaginable form of deviant behaviour into a mainstream videogame just because you can.

For one, Greek tragedies, for the sake of catharsis ("purification"), included violence, sex, and incest. Incest is also featured in many mythologies (again, just like violence and sex).

Anyway, I really think that, at this point, rape is the only answer.

 

[commie]

Man I barely started DA once or twice...now I'm pumped to bolt myself to a chair, ignore my family and go on a DA,DLC,Awakenings, DA2 run through! YEEEAAHHHH!!!



How long until we get a retrospective from PC Gamer lamenting how DA2 wasn't as good as everyone said it was?

 

[a budda]

MEII on the other hand was awesome

cut down on dope, lass

 

[IronicNeurotic]

the main character's sister is in love with him, this was censored in the European/American versions even though nothing actually happened between the two.

Well, when his sister realises that her brother won't fuck with her she kills herself therby summoning giant babys.

I wouldn't call that nothing....

 

[Jools]

Damn, didn't realise it would be out this soon. Now I'll need to finish both Mass Effect AND Dragon Age: Origins before march. Dammit.

It's not like it is going to be much of an issue. The two games, combined, don't reach 30 hours gameplay.

 

[JarlFrank]

The "violence is acceptable sex isn't" attitude authorities have on games is both hilarious and sad.

There's a lot of dumb shits who are confused about this apparent paradox. Being the biggest intellectual on this message board, I shall attempt to enlighten the unwashed masses as to why this is so:

Sex, unlike violence, is a normal (and in our culture, heavily encouraged) urge. Bashing people's face in and chopping their heads off is not. So whereas oversexualization of media could lead to dumbfucks engaging in more sex than they should (usually, none at all). it's highly unlikely to lead to dumbfucks bashing each other's heads in with a hammer. In other words, you'd have to be a fucking psycho to to out and kill people because it's enjoyable in videogames whereas you just have to be a dumbfuck to want to have sex because sexual predator sheppard banged a blue alien in mass effect. And God knows there's plenty of dumbfucks out there. Also, killing stuff in video games is likely to help you relax and get your "violence fix". Watching someone else have sex will have the opposite effect.

DOING SOMETHING IN A GAME MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT IN REALITY TOO

Really, if you believe that there's anyone out there who does not have access to any erotic content he wishes merely by putting "porn" or "naked women" into google, you're stupid. Which means that it's also stupid to censor sex from games for the reasons you mentioned.

 

[Trash]

Damn, didn't realise it would be out this soon. Now I'll need to finish both Mass Effect AND Dragon Age: Origins before march. Dammit.

It's not like it is going to be much of an issue. The two games, combined, don't reach 30 hours gameplay.

Rubbish and even if it wasn't, I'm a completionist. Barely scratched the main story in ME and I'm already in for 14 hours. Not to mention that my game time is rather limited these days.

MEII on the other hand was awesome

cut down on dope, lass

Grammar and punctuation are your friends, kid.

 

[7hm]

PCGamer gives AAA title high rating in review shocker!

banal shit boring, yes?

 

[bhlaab]

The "violence is acceptable sex isn't" attitude authorities have on games is both hilarious and sad.

There's a lot of dumb shits who are confused about this apparent paradox. Being the biggest intellectual on this message board, I shall attempt to enlighten the unwashed masses as to why this is so:

Sex, unlike violence, is a normal (and in our culture, heavily encouraged) urge. Bashing people's face in and chopping their heads off is not. So whereas oversexualization of media could lead to dumbfucks engaging in more sex than they should (usually, none at all). it's highly unlikely to lead to dumbfucks bashing each other's heads in with a hammer. In other words, you'd have to be a fucking psycho to to out and kill people because it's enjoyable in videogames whereas you just have to be a dumbfuck to want to have sex because sexual predator sheppard banged a blue alien in mass effect. And God knows there's plenty of dumbfucks out there. Also, killing stuff in video games is likely to help you relax and get your "violence fix". Watching someone else have sex will have the opposite effect.

Good point i never wanted to have sex before i started playing donkey kong country 2 diddy kongs quest

so does this review have any analysis of the experience or is it all just lavish hyperbole

 

[bhlaab]

Pretty srange that they're reviewing this game upwards of a month before it's released as well. I wonder how they pulled that off.

 

[Nael]

Man I barely started DA once or twice...now I'm pumped to bolt myself to a chair, ignore my family and go on a DA,DLC,Awakenings, DA2 run through! YEEEAAHHHH!!!



How long until we get a retrospective from PC Gamer lamenting how DA2 wasn't as good as everyone said it was?

As soon as they blow thru the cash BioWare shoved up their anuses.

 

[IronicNeurotic]

Watching the Livestream.

The Wardog is now a summon.

 

[racofer]

I'm so gonna play this game.

But are you gonna LP it?!

Of course not. I will keep that great experience all to myself.

MEII on the other hand was awesome

cut down on dope, lass

Don't you talk shit like that to Trash. If he likes ME2 he's my BRO so if you mess with him you're fucking messing with me!

 

[santino27]

Man, if it couldn't even get a rating in the upper half of the 90 percentile, it must really suck.

Hopefully, we can at least still rely on IGN to go 10/10 and Gamespy to go 5/5, per their usual objective Bioware ratings.

 

[Sceptic]

Rubbish and even if it wasn't, I'm a completionist. Barely scratched the main story in ME and I'm already in for 14 hours. Not to mention that my game time is rather limited these days.

DAO by itself will take you around 40h if you do every single sidequest. That game's a real triumph of quantity over quality, though some of the sidequests are good fun (not too many unfortunately). But I'm surprised ME1's taking you so long. It was a 30h game for me, and that included all sidequests (playing on Normal). Unless you listen to every line of dialog and read every codex entry... IIRC ME2 was a bit longer (maybe 35h), but it was also much more boring (though not as much as DAO).