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Rabid Fanboy Post with Fake Info on Last of Us AKA a big FU to Thread Standards
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Byronic Hero
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Fixed?
How many non-English magazines do you know?
On GAF everything that isn't English isn't well-known. That doesn't mean that all relevant magazines are in English, however.
Ignis Fatuus
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Oh I'm subbing this now. Can't wait to see the payoff.
I spend half my time discussing a Japanese rag that makes promises and never delivers. I know not all relevant publications are in English, I assure you.
maquiladora
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Title is amazing. LOL
Dragon1893
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The saddest thing about these made up rumours is that eventually some people will play the game and say "I wish they had used the feature that was in that rumor" and blame the game for not being something it never intended to be.
Must be frustrating for developers seeing people on the net bashing the game for something that doesn't even exist.
Must be frustrating for developers seeing people on the net bashing the game for something that doesn't even exist.
darkistheway
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Haha, so funny. if it reads like fanboy bullshit then it's probably fanboy bullshit.
The tone of the OP was just too much to take.
The tone of the OP was just too much to take.
CadetMahoney
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That's what I want to know, was this some viral promotion for TLOU lol.
"New Info on Last of Us AKA a big FU to conventional AAA games"
I'm not kidding you. Lol. I was just wondering if the guy was a viral marketer just hours before it was called as a fake.
Cute. Please name some other, more "relevant" non-English gaming magazines that you're aware of. No googling. Thought so.
ElectricKaibutsu
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And I was going to go to sleep. Glad I didn't miss out on a good backfire thread.
metsallica
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The fantastic Durarara!! Also, I get fanboyism and all, but to go through all that trouble in such minute detail? That's... uh... interesting.
"Thought so"? lol, not only did you give me no time to respond, you assumed I'd bother to begin with.
I thought it was obvious without saying that I'm excluding Japanese magazines like Famitsu from this. After all, those are pretty much the only source of information for Japanese games -- if you are interested in Japanese games, you don't have any other choice than to pay attention. I'm referring to Western media. Since all of them are pretty much reporting about the same stuff, there's not much reason to know any of the magazines apart of the ones in your mother tongue and/or English. However, that doesn't make other magazines "no-name" or not relevant.
Ace Harding
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So was this article just a complete copy and paste from GAF, attributing it to a magazine?
http://www.gamepur.com/news/10605-n...-joel-has-own-hit-detection-no-blindfire.html
http://www.gamepur.com/news/10605-n...-joel-has-own-hit-detection-no-blindfire.html
Kill Your Masters
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subscribed just need some popcorn.
Maniac is around since the 1990. in germany, so they are definitely not no-name, then again I don't read them so I don't know if they make stuff up.
Maniac is around since the 1990. in germany, so they are definitely not no-name, then again I don't read them so I don't know if they make stuff up.
Stabby McSter
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I read the first fourth of the OP. Good thing I didn't finish reading.
I think it'd be cool if you had the ability to choose what hand was dominant for characters. I want all my characters to represent me and my left-handedness!
I think it'd be cool if you had the ability to choose what hand was dominant for characters. I want all my characters to represent me and my left-handedness!
not really, but it'd still be cool
Honestly first time I read it this morning I had the exact opposite reaction. It felt like an anti-viral marketer. Some "positive" remarks and comments and then a huge eyebrow rising negative (input lag) casually thrown at the end just to stir things up.
Here's what happened:
- Secretarial Dog posted information split into two parts, one from a "source" of his who he claims has actually played the game, and the other from the German magazine he had. The information is clearly separated in that post.
- meta4 decides that he's too cool for school, and rushes to make a sensationalist thread about how the information shows that Last of Us is the second coming of creative freedom giving the finger to the AAA industry... or whatever. And he mixes all the info into one post and then dumps a photo of the mag cover at the end.
- The information gets picked up by press outlets which attribute most of the information to the magazine.
- Said information is debunked by the director of Last of Us.
So somewhere along the line, someone lied. Was it the magazine? Was it his source? Both? Is there some misunderstanding about the facts being presented? I don't think we have a clear picture yet other than the fact that the OP is too embarrassing to ignore.
Melchiah
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I played the game through again recently, and to tell the truth it didn't bother me at all. The same can be said about the first playthrough before the patch. It certainly didn't cripple the game for me. Then again, it may be I'm not that sensitive about it, as I had been playing on my LCD with the game mode off for ages, and the greater input lag (70-80ms, IIRC) never bothered me. And I don't play FPS games that much, so I may not be that accustomed to how the other games play.
I imagine KZ2 would feel different if you played it right after CoD or such, but the same can be said about games of other genres. I personally welcome the difference, everything doesn't have be made according to the same mold, and handle exactly the same.
Neuromancer
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So basically it'll be Uncharted after all
I'm not. At least we would have a less "editorialized" sensationalistic title and actual real info on the game if you were the OP.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
So OK,
- the #1 part is from the unidentified source, and it's BS. This is the part that quotes input lag, and "hearing mode" btw.
- the #2 part is from the magazine and is supposed to be true? This is the part where all the really interesting stuff is anyway, like bullet extraction, healing, having to use smaller gun when shot in arm etc.
- the #1 part is from the unidentified source, and it's BS. This is the part that quotes input lag, and "hearing mode" btw.
- the #2 part is from the magazine and is supposed to be true? This is the part where all the really interesting stuff is anyway, like bullet extraction, healing, having to use smaller gun when shot in arm etc.
Easy: Ask the guy to send you the photos of the pages from magazine.
Was literally about to post this, haha.
Puppet Shadow
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Thanks, I was having a hard time trying to figure out this thread.
I'm really considering walking to the gas station to pick it up myself.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
What if he just goes dark for a while?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
It would be pretty crazy that a gaming magazine printed something so detailed and deliberate about the game, that's also completely made up. I can't even fathom the conditions for something like that to happen, on your cover story none the less.
Do it for the good of GAF. For the kingdom!
Sure thing.
I'm on my way.Palette Swap
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At least, this thread taught me there's an input lag defense force. I can't wait for the day I see the ones for aliasing and low FOVs in action.
Callibretto
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maybe dog secretary is just too excited for the game and filling the blanks by himself when he read the actual info from the magazine? making assumption of what a particular sentence might mean for the actual game etc.
On second thought. Maybe meta4 works for M! and this is a ploy to get people to buy it.Sure thing.
Don't buy!
As far as FOV goes, plenty of people don't like the "fish-eye"ing that occurs at high PC FOVs like 105 or 110.
Personally, I love it.
Can't you just call the store?
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