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| Topic | More game reviewers need to go back to a 5-star rating system. |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 10:40:15 PM #4 | ShinyMuffin posted... There was this one magazine that basically rated games like this Didn't Roger Ebert rate like this for movies too However I don't like that rating system because a game could be a 1 and a 2 for different reasons --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Did Trump's huge SOTU speech enable the fastest 500 topic on CE in years? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 10:38:20 PM #5 | Pfft. Get Allen to post and that topic will blow up instantly --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | More game reviewers need to go back to a 5-star rating system. |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 10:35:15 PM #1 | X-Play had this right years ago: 1 - Hated it. Do not buy this game. Not even worth the bargain bin. Run from it. Escape!! Escape!! 2 - Alright. These games are fun, with some good points, but nothing special. There's definitely a few specific things holding this game back. Wait until the price comes down or pick it up as [a] renter to check out some of the things it does right. 3 - Good. Fun to play, pretty solid titles, with a few minor flaws. Most games will probably fall into this category. They're the games that if you like the genre, or liked other similar titles, you might consider giving it a good look. Otherwise, you might not be into it. 4 - Very good. Games that are at the top of all our lists, but are missing that strange intangible aura of perfection, and unfortunately that's keeping them from getting in the realm of the almighty five. 5 - Near perfect/perfect. If you're a true player, these games will undoubtedly be in your collection, or at the very least you'll have played them until the cartridges and CDs melted. If a game gets a 5, and you like the genre, you should buy. Now here's the same descriptions using the 10 rating: 1-8 Hated it. Do not buy this game. Not even worth the bargain bin. Run from it. Escape!! Escape!! 8-8.5 Alright. These games are fun, with some good points, but nothing special. There's definitely a few specific things holding this game back. Wait until the price comes down or pick it up as [a] renter to check out some of the things it does right. 8.5-9 Good. Fun to play, pretty solid titles, with a few minor flaws. Most games will probably fall into this category. They're the games that if you like the genre, or liked other similar titles, you might consider giving it a good look. Otherwise, you might not be into it. 9-9.5 Very good. Games that are at the top of all our lists, but are missing that strange intangible aura of perfection, and unfortunately that's keeping them from getting in the realm of the almighty five. 9.5-10 Perfect. If you're a true player, these games will undoubtedly be in your collection, or at the very least you'll have played them until the cartridges and CDs melted. If a game gets a 9.5-10, and you like the genre, you should buy. A game can get a 4 star and everyone will understand why. A game can get an 8 and people get mad af if it's a highly anticipated one. A game can get a 5 star and it'll be known as one of the best around. Most games that get a 10 nowadays are either Zelda/Mario games or indie sprite games. I know that if I ever review games, it'll be on a 5-star basis --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | A guy on r/NEET describes his growing anger at being a NEET |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 10:30:10 PM #8 | First step is realizing you have a problem and that guy certainly does. I hope he can break out of it --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | What small game design flaw damages an otherwise great game? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 9:17:34 PM #8 | I agree with Valkyria Chronicles, that was annoying. In Smackdown vs Raw 2008, your character could get injured in 24/7 Mode and perform worse in game. But unless youre playing as a general manager, you have no way to rest your character because you have to do a different activity every day. --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | These are the 5 best combat systems in a JRPG |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 6:29:27 PM #29 | Antifar posted... Tales, tho Idk, there's a million different things you can do in Tales but once you find a reliable combo you can beat the whole game with it --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | KFC's advertisements are pretty committed. |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 6:28:36 PM #25 | I don't mind them switching Colonels all the time But I think it's funny how they get younger visually every time --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | What video games saved you from your depression? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 6:24:42 PM #47 | Relient_K posted... I meant it as a good thing. Sitting at home thinking negativity would have been terrible. But games didn't like cure depression or give me a new outlook on life. I know it sounds shallow, but Persona 3 helped me come to terms with a lot of my high school issues at the time (namely my dad's passing) since it was the only one I actually played while still in high school --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Detroit - what went wrong? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 5:56:07 PM #17 | youngfossil posted... r4X0r posted...You put Democrats in charge of anything for a significant duration, it will go to shit. Sephiroth1288 posted... John_Galt posted...HypnoCoosh posted...Also Democrats. --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Unlike Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp looks fantastic |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 5:43:40 PM #40 | I like how Homecoming used Liz as bait for the viewer's expectations --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | What video games saved you from your depression? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 5:40:44 PM #42 | Relient_K posted... The only thing games have done during tough times is give me something to do with myself other than dwell on problems. Yikes. That's kind of a depressing way to look at it C'mon bruh There's NOTHING out there that was memorable to you long-term? Made you look at something in a way you might not have? --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | iPhone X is officially a flop; Apple slashes production by half |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 5:36:05 PM #95 | Let me put it this way. Some things are worth paying for. You don't need a 1K iPhone. You also don't need a 4K TV. But you get the TV. Why? Because you feel it enhances the experience of whatever you'll be playing or watching. I feel the iPhone X is worth the entry cost, and I'm sure many more won't. But like everything else, it's all subjective. So this phone debate is dumb. --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | iPhone X is officially a flop; Apple slashes production by half |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 5:32:52 PM #93 | Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted... You all sound like a bunch of poor people jobbering about a phone, just looking to bash something. Why, because it is something you cannot afford, so you're just looking to feel important? Idk, whatever the case you look like idiots. I love the phone, there are a couple of people at school who have it and they all love it. Just as any of you ignorant trolls, if you could actually own one, I am sure you as well would say you love it. To be fair, people here are also conflating not knowing better with a preferred ecosystem. --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Why don't we call female doctors Doctresses? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 4:14:30 PM #12 | IIRC doctor is a gender neutral term --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | What video games saved you from your depression? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 4:02:39 PM #18 | Persona 3 Persona 4 Golden Fallout New Vegas Assassin's Creed 2 --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Bought a new gun today. |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 4:01:18 PM #54 | Whew, knew I wasn't crazy! Why is the AK-102 so out there? It's not nearly as in pop media as the AK-74 or even the 12. Is it just the black sheep of the AK lineup? Also, what exactly is the AKM compared to the 47/74? --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Bought a new gun today. |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 3:52:08 PM #52 | That reminds me of the AK-102 from MGS4: https://img00.deviantart.net/4ba4/i/2017/160/9/7/mgs4_izhmash_ak_102_by_portugueseotaku-dbbwisg.jpg --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | iPhone X is officially a flop; Apple slashes production by half |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 3:50:25 PM #74 | BJ-blazkowics posted... J E S U S posted...i have an iphone x Problem is that they already said the X is gonna define the next decade of iPhones, so a variation of the X is likely to be the flagship from here on out. --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Unlike Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp looks fantastic |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 3:49:02 PM #31 | Kitt posted... AvantgardeAClue posted...AdviceMan posted...AvantgardeAClue posted...Your thoughts on BP feel like bait but I feel like he's just not that compelling of a superhero to have his own movie at the moment, although he was great in Civil War. Winter Soldier is my favorite MCU movie and yep, fairly serious. That being said, it also had a bit of a thriller/spy vibe going for it that definitely helped it out. Black Panther I'm gonna need more info about the story before I can judge it completely, but I swear to fuck if there's some thinly veiled social commentary in it that has no relevance to the story --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Eight month old baby raped in India |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 3:47:15 PM #22 | No fucking words man.... --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | iPhone X is officially a flop; Apple slashes production by half |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 3:26:19 PM #66 | Coffeebeanz posted... FLUFFYGERM posted...I tried a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 which was around $1,000 too and had to return it because the battery life was shit and the features weren't substantial enough to justify the price tag. Hmm I wonder how you were able to do that and other people couldn't --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | iPhone X is officially a flop; Apple slashes production by half |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 3:25:28 PM #65 | ITT: People who don't realize that everyone who cared about the iPhone X likely already have it right now Samsung probably cuts the production of their Galaxy S phones right before they announce the Note for that year; do we doom and gloom them for it too? --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Unlike Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp looks fantastic |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 3:23:46 PM #17 | AdviceMan posted... AvantgardeAClue posted...Your thoughts on BP feel like bait but I feel like he's just not that compelling of a superhero to have his own movie at the moment, although he was great in Civil War. I saw Antman in Civil War before his own movie and my opinion was still fairly positive. Black Panther seems to be a serious business movie in comparison, not that a serious tone is a bad thing but it certainly means that people are going to be looking for qualities in it that just aren't gonna be there --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Polygon: Microsoft looking into acquiring EA |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 3:05:50 PM #7 | This is just as much speculation as the Apple/Netflix thing. Lots of companies have enough money to buy out the other. That doesn't mean that they will. --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | It's crazy that Bam Margera has turned into his father |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 3:04:58 PM #15 | Foppe posted... Jackass Number Two had a trailer with Don Vito sitting down with a string tied to one of his teeth, with the other end being connected to a car, cutting away right before the tooth is pulled out. Didn't they repeat that one with someone else in 3 --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Unlike Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp looks fantastic |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 3:02:00 PM #3 | Ant-Man was a fun-ass movie that managed to still have plenty of ties to the MCU in the process. Your thoughts on BP feel like bait but I feel like he's just not that compelling of a superhero to have his own movie at the moment, although he was great in Civil War. --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | You know damn well you don't give a shit if the foriegner came legally or not |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 1:10:14 PM #25 | Why are all the gimmick posters making these topics now --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | the Shadow of the Colossus remake reviews are coming in |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 10:25:04 AM #27 | So is it a remake or a remaster They've been very vague about it If it's the latter then I'll just wait --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Why does Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events misrepresent the books? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 10:20:10 AM #41 | M_Live posted... I've never read the books, were they really that nihilist for a children's series? Not nihilistic, the kids are pretty positive despite all the shit happening to them, it's just that there's very little payoff in terms of the overarching story, the last book pissed me off quite a bit with how little is actually explained --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | what if being god is actually hell |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 1:52:44 AM #12 | armandro posted... AvantgardeAClue posted...I'm writing a novel where one of the characters goes through just that Will do To elaborate this person was made a god by a council of other gods against her will because of story reasons and the sudden revelation of what everything is like made her snap and want to be the only deity around --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | How do you feel about a series keeping numbered titles the entire time? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 1:50:46 AM #8 | Skye Reynolds posted... TheMarthKoopa posted...It's boring, but if you're going to do it keep with it instead of shit like "DOOM" rather than Doom 4 Yeah, Doom 4 was stupidly called just DOOM or DOOM 2016 --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | what if being god is actually hell |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 12:47:02 AM #2 | I'm writing a novel where one of the characters goes through just that --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | How do you feel about a series keeping numbered titles the entire time? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 12:45:14 AM #4 | Zikten posted... I hate it. like the new God of War. game looks cool but the name is shit It's literally God of War 4. Just fucking name it that Reboot titles are the worst thing ever --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Granddads testicle explodes, erruption was so big his balls had to wear a diaper |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 12:40:54 AM #75 | Awesome posted... felt pain reading that --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | only 0.7% of Android users are using the latest version? lol wut |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 12:37:52 AM #3 | LolAndroid I love the hardware of some phones but Android as a software has a long way to go I've had Android and iOS phones for equal amounts of time and the iOS phones were always the better experience even if the Droids were more customizable --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Sea of Thieves is pretty fun tbh |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 12:36:57 AM #11 | Not even the graphical fidelity though, just the art style lol Idk, pirate games have always had bad reps and I'm thinking this one isn't gonna change that for some reason --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Without naming the video game, what's the one quote that would give it away? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 12:35:41 AM #176 | "Become as gods" --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Sea of Thieves is pretty fun tbh |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 12:34:39 AM #8 | sktgamer_13dude posted... AvantgardeAClue posted...I have an Xbox One X and I can't say I'm all that interested in it unfortunately Yeah I'm sure of that, it's just that the art style is way too reminiscent of all those *blank* of *blank* mobile games for me --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | How do you feel about a series keeping numbered titles the entire time? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 12:33:29 AM #1 | Assassin's Creed is the worst with this. 1, 2, Brotherhood, Revelations, 3, 4, Unity. Least Brotherhood and Revelations have the excuse of existing in the same era --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Sea of Thieves is pretty fun tbh |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 12:31:00 AM #6 | I have an Xbox One X and I can't say I'm all that interested in it unfortunately It looks like a F2P or mobile game, might be the art style Plus pirate games are kinda meh overall, the best one isn't even a proper pirate game (Assassin's Creed IV) --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Finally got a Switch Pro Controller, it might be the best controller ever |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/30/18 12:29:46 AM #8 | wackyteen posted... But tc --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Why does Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events misrepresent the books? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/29/18 11:57:20 PM #31 | A Count Olaf as accurate as the books would leave me up at night. Jim Carrey and NPH had to give him a comedic vibe to offset this, although NPH is a much more sinister Olaf than Carrey. --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Best version of PS3 to buy? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/29/18 7:09:24 PM #11 | Slim is the best, or a backwards compatible phat model --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Poll: favorite Hanna Barbera cartoon? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/29/18 7:06:04 PM #11 | DocileOrangeCup posted... Are you fucking kidding me --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | What was the best Sherlock episode? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/29/18 6:53:03 PM #8 | Mikablu posted... I loved A Sign of Three. Sherlock's best man speech is awesome and completely him. That was a great moment too, so curt and yet so personal --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | What was the best Sherlock episode? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/29/18 6:49:25 PM #4 | Hound of the Baskervilles because of how over-the-top it is and how John was able to use his illegally-owned service pistol --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Facebook has finally gone too far. |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/29/18 6:45:40 PM #14 | Ivynn posted... I just want to say it's nice to see a charged phone for once lmao --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | #metoo |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/29/18 6:43:48 PM #3 | lmao --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | Racing game topic |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/29/18 6:37:49 PM #61 | Midnight Club 3 is my GOAT racing game Forza Horizon 2 isn't street racing but it's pretty fucking close The Need For Speed reboot is cool too on the mobile front, NFS No Limits is something I play almost every day It's grindy but not really P2W --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
| Topic | What can I do to get J.J. Abrams to notice me? |
| AvantgardeAClue 01/29/18 5:49:02 PM #3 | Mark Hamill-sempai noticed me on Twitter --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. |
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