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09/01/23 4:02:10 PM
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09/01/23 4:02:10 PM
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Blue_Inigo
09/01/23 6:04:10 PM
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People literally lost their minds over this

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Turbam
09/01/23 6:05:16 PM
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I was seething

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DKBananaSlamma
09/01/23 6:07:23 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/2/AAfOu0AADtlW.jpg

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PowerOats
09/01/23 6:08:31 PM
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I missed a part of history

Was it that bad?
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DKBananaSlamma
09/01/23 6:10:01 PM
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PowerOats posted...
I missed a part of history

Was it that bad?
Yeah lol. What's funny is Jeff Gerstmann actually wanted to rate it lower, but when he plugged the numbers into the rubric, it came out as 8.8 and just went with that.

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Kitt
09/01/23 6:10:18 PM
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/2/AAfOu0AADtlW.jpg
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Turbam
09/01/23 6:11:01 PM
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/2/AAfOu0AADtlW.jpg
>Girthman

Lmfao

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rexcrk
09/01/23 6:12:54 PM
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How much of a pathetic loser does one have to be to get upset over someone elses rating of a game? Jesus fucking Christ.

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SrRd_RacinG
09/01/23 6:13:24 PM
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How do you literally lose your mind?

Are you being metaphorical in your use of literally?

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marthsheretoo
09/01/23 6:13:37 PM
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In hindsight, a justified score.

The shitty part was rating the GC version 8.9, docking points because the Wii version was better. That kind of confirmed for me that Gerstmann's motivation was rage bait the whole time.

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DKBananaSlamma
09/01/23 6:13:37 PM
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"Jeff Gerstmann is fat!!!" and "Jeff was abused as a Child" are my favorites >_>

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GeminiDeus
09/01/23 6:14:39 PM
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Beveren_Rabbit posted...
What exactly made Twilight Princess bad? Literally updated Ocarina of Time. You guys got what you wanted. TP as hated for being too similar. Wind Waker was hated for being too different. now we have Breath of the Wild which doesn't play like a Zelda game at all and it's the best selling Zelda game of all time. Appeasing the fans doesn't make money.
Loved Twilight Princess and Midna was the best companion to date, but the like, 4 hour long mandatory opening tutorial is boring as hell.

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archizzy
09/01/23 6:15:53 PM
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Back when gamefaqs actually had a legitimate amount of traffic.

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Hayame_Zero
09/01/23 6:16:55 PM
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It was a shitshow, and that would still end up being the second biggest Jeff Gerstmann review controversy.

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DKBananaSlamma
09/01/23 6:17:18 PM
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Beveren_Rabbit posted...
What exactly made Twilight Princess bad? Literally updated Ocarina of Time. You guys got what you wanted. TP as hated for being too similar. Wind Waker was hated for being too different. now we have Breath of the Wild which doesn't play like a Zelda game at all and it's the best selling Zelda game of all time. Appeasing the fans doesn't make money.
Long ass tutorial in the beginning, pretty linear, collecting tears of light is awful, not a lot of sidequests that aren't just collect poes/bugs/heart pieces

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Kim_Seong-a
09/01/23 6:21:30 PM
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Beveren_Rabbit posted...
What exactly made Twilight Princess bad?

Biggest complaints I remember people talking about

-wolf sucked
-tears of light sucked
-too easy
-those stupid twilight monsters that you had to kill multiple of at the same time
-items too gimmicky
-story gets hijacked by Ganon for no reason
-hyrule field "too big"

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Crimsoness
09/01/23 6:23:19 PM
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It's ridiculous that 8.8 was treated as a bad score

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flussence
09/01/23 6:26:31 PM
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/2/AAfOu0AADtlW.jpg

gamespot was a mistake

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Kitt
09/01/23 6:32:00 PM
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rexcrk posted...
How much of a pathetic loser does one have to be to get upset over someone elses rating of a game? Jesus fucking Christ.
We're seeing it again right now with people frothing at the mouth over Starfield getting a 7/10 from two outlets.

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DKBananaSlamma
09/01/23 6:34:05 PM
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Beveren_Rabbit posted...
meanwhile... Ocarina of Time has a long tutorial but is considered a 10/10 and people have looked up of Malon than Midna
You can beat the 1st dungeon within 15 minutes. You can't do with that Twilight Princess for like 2-3 hours

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Crimsoness
09/01/23 6:34:46 PM
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Kitt posted...
We're seeing it again right now with people frothing at the mouth over Starfield getting a 7/10 from two outlets.
What's hilarious is that on opencritic and metacritic the score is 88 AKA the dreaded 8.8

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nexigrams
09/01/23 6:40:26 PM
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I will never forget that lol. That was a particularly special tantrum of CE's, if I do say so myself.

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Turbam
09/01/23 6:41:21 PM
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
You can beat the 1st dungeon within 15 minutes. You can't do with that Twilight Princess for like 2-3 hours
Deku Tree has always been more annoying for me even tho it's much quicker.

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Northlane
09/01/23 6:44:34 PM
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Historically, the Nintendo fans have always been the loudest, whiniest part of the userbase on this site

Sharing any sort of negative opinion on anything with the Nintendo badge on it is trolling in their mind

"If you don't like what I like, you're wrong"

The 8.8 meltdown was so embarrassing even TvTropes references it

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kage_53
09/01/23 6:46:18 PM
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I was on gamespot forums during that era. It was so bad. There were account suicides, many bannings and Jeff got death threats. It was a fun time if you were a PS or Xbox fanboy.
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Solar_Crimson
09/01/23 6:53:43 PM
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marthsheretoo posted...
In hindsight, a justified score.
Honestly would have rated it lower. A solid 8/10, nothing more.

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nexigrams
09/01/23 6:56:00 PM
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And it went on forever, too, btw. This wasn't just like an hour after the review came out. Shit went on for days.

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Kim_Seong-a
09/01/23 7:04:54 PM
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marthsheretoo posted...
In hindsight, a justified score.

Not even hindsight tbh

Plenty of people thought it was a reasonable score. We were just drowned out by the overwhelming shitstorm of weird nerds >_>

Something similar happened when Metroid Prime 2 scored lower than Halo 2 but idk if that was the whole internet or localized to the Nsider forums <_<

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ssk9716757
09/01/23 7:10:41 PM
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I remember that on this very website and people making fun of Jeff Getstmanns weight (calling him Jeff Girthmann iirc which is actually pretty clever). Further reinforces that Jeff has always been a threat.

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radical_rhino
09/01/23 7:28:35 PM
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That was a good time. I was a bit irked by the review as a Nintendo fanboy.

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Metal_Gear_Raxis
09/01/23 7:30:26 PM
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8.8 was way higher than the game deserves.

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Hayame_Zero
09/01/23 9:08:56 PM
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I remember when IGN gave Assassins Creed 1 a 7.5, and people lost their minds over it being too low.

It ended up being the fairest and most accurate review of the game.

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ProfessorKukui
09/01/23 10:13:00 PM
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average Nintendo gamer

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ModernPost
09/01/23 10:19:54 PM
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SrRd_RacinG posted...
How do you literally lose your mind?

Are you being metaphorical in your use of literally?
I think that would be a generous and adequate reading, yes.

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VideoboysaysCube
09/01/23 10:24:04 PM
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I remember. Fun times.

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Kitt
09/02/23 1:12:29 AM
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Hayame_Zero posted...
I remember when IGN gave Assassins Creed 1 a 7.5, and people lost their minds over it being too low.

It ended up being the fairest and most accurate review of the game.
Should be lower. AssCreed1 is cheeks.

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Pikachuchupika
09/02/23 1:24:02 AM
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That was nearly 17 years ago...
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Kradek
09/02/23 4:05:58 AM
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/2/AAfOu0AADtlW.jpg

My favorite one is "Jeff Gertsman is fat! LOL!" because it reminds me of koth when Hank goes, "hey, Fatty! You are FAT! hehe". Also that last one talking about how they thought the KH2 board was bad when it came to IGN reviews.

Kitt posted...
Gamers and unhinged behavior. Name a more iconic duo.

Christo-fascism and right-wingism

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SpiritSephiroth
09/02/23 4:07:15 AM
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/2/AAfOu0AADtlW.jpg

And they say xbox and ps fans are bad. This is shitty too.

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Returning_CEmen
09/02/23 4:09:34 AM
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Kitt posted...
Gamers and unhinged behavior. Name a more iconic duo.
Star Wars and unhinged abusive fan behavior

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Zithers
09/02/23 4:11:29 AM
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i was on gamespot at the time. the system wars board kicked ass for a few days after. just hilarious.

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Dark_Arbron
09/02/23 4:14:48 AM
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Kitt posted...
Gamers and unhinged behavior. Name a more iconic duo.

Even among hardcore gamers, Nintendo fanboys are a special breed of pathetic.

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Smashingpmkns
09/02/23 4:19:50 AM
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The IGN reviewer who reviewed Starfield is currently getting harassed on Twitter so gamers really haven't changed all that much

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Dark_Arbron
09/02/23 5:33:07 AM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
The IGN reviewer who reviewed Starfield is currently getting harassed on Twitter so gamers really haven't changed all that much

Yeah this gamer bro thing has gotten worse. Gamergate was just a sample. And unsurprisingly theres a lot of overlap with incel culture.

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