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Rooster Teeth berate Jeff Gerstmann/Giant Bomb's Fallout 4 review while...
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Oh I didn't know that, guess I was wrong.
Jeff's opinion can be impactful sometimes. That Fallout 4 review is an example: the guy looked to be really enjoying Fallout 4, but then, he gave it a 3 stars.
Giant Bomb and sometimes Jim Sterling are usually the guys who will rate a game pretty low, devianting from the press norm.
That being said, the only reason that I don't get shocked and don't think this kind of reviews are click bait is because I have a friend that is even worse than these two. His top games are usually 8/10 and the only game he gave a 10/10 score was Final Fantasy VII.
That being said, Rooster Teeth is more of a fun conversation between friends than Giant Bomb, which is some kind of "somellier hideout" for games/gaming.
I find both enterntaining. The curious thing is that I was really waiting for the time when reviewers would review... reviews, haha!
Giant Bomb and sometimes Jim Sterling are usually the guys who will rate a game pretty low, devianting from the press norm.
That being said, the only reason that I don't get shocked and don't think this kind of reviews are click bait is because I have a friend that is even worse than these two. His top games are usually 8/10 and the only game he gave a 10/10 score was Final Fantasy VII.
That being said, Rooster Teeth is more of a fun conversation between friends than Giant Bomb, which is some kind of "somellier hideout" for games/gaming.
I find both enterntaining. The curious thing is that I was really waiting for the time when reviewers would review... reviews, haha!
But he gave the PC version 4 stars.
Tesseract
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15 minutes into skylanders and chill and he gives you this look
nutted but i'm still chuckling, like obama for chaos emeralds
blame space
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man following video games sure is getting wacky these days!
Oh man, will this ever end?
-RT will not be apologizing, they are not known to do that and they will always believe that they are in the right in their own inner-circle, they will be assholes to their own fans if need be.
-Ryan will never EVER admit he's wrong, I've watched almost all of the Achievement Hunter videos and he has never ever apologized for anything, even when he was clearly in the wrong.
There will be no closure out of this. People will forget, and RT will continue to be RT until they fuck up yet again.
Jeff Gerstmann will continue to not give a fuck.
-RT will not be apologizing, they are not known to do that and they will always believe that they are in the right in their own inner-circle, they will be assholes to their own fans if need be.
-Ryan will never EVER admit he's wrong, I've watched almost all of the Achievement Hunter videos and he has never ever apologized for anything, even when he was clearly in the wrong.
There will be no closure out of this. People will forget, and RT will continue to be RT until they fuck up yet again.
Jeff Gerstmann will continue to not give a fuck.
Palculator
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google "Meg Turney MIMP" tho
I don't personally like her either. I understand that she has an audience, and a market in the more casual gaming crowd, and that's fine. But to then insult the integrity of one of the biggest names in games media since it even began...well, you'd better have something damn good to go on.
I honestly think that 90%+ of people getting outraged about this don't even realize that.
Oh... Okay
TwoDurans
"Never said I wasn't a hypocrite."
Not saying she's not attractive. But I wish there was something else to qualify her as a "gaming personality" aside from "she is a good looking nerd girl."
MisterR
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There is a difference between disagreeing and basically questioning the integrity of the review. Which is what they actually did.
He gave it 4 stars (PC version). He marked the console versions down because of technical issues.
Inferno313
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I don't know how people feel that way when Jeff and Dan are going around saying things like Super Mario Maker is the greatest Nintendo game since Ocarina of Time. I find it refreshing that they don't freak out about every AAA games that comes their way.
DeepEnigma
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That gaming talent.
Easton Dark
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He apologized for dumping garbage on Gavin during Call of Duty 2.
Lol sorry I should have specified when they argue about anything.
Yeah he does say sorry when they end up losing because of him (Though that's rare).
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NinjaFridge
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Textbook Internet Outrage.
Pewpewlazors99
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You have the best avatar to make this post...
I agree that the scale is used incorrectly, but doesn't it make sense how its used? 9/10 or 10/10 is an A grade in school. 8/10 is B, 7/10 is a C (which is Average), 6/10 is a D, and 5/10 is an F.
Easton Dark
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That is true. He doesn't give up during arguments.
EvilKatarn
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It's a bad idea on paper and it's a bad idea on an Oreo.
Fucking gross ass nacho cheese should just be banned already.
I know...
Like I said... impactful if you are not prepared. I really wasn't prepared for a 3 star (good game) only, even from Giant Bomb.
As I stated, he really seemed to be enjoying Fallout 4 in the gameplay video posted on youtube, and he was playing the ps4 version.
But it's just opinions. His evaluation was spot on when you consider that sometimes people are fed up with the Fallout bugs. Me, personally, I'm in the lucky side, where I almost never have any bugs that stops me from being immersed. In almost any game, actually.
Then there is still no point in having a 10 point scale if you don't want to use it all. Might as well cut it down to 5, have 1 be an F and go up from there. Even in that sense, a 3 isn't a bad score.
Bartholomuse
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People have been making this error for the whole thread, I wouldn't bother correcting people by now. It's funny because Gerstmann explicitly giving the game two scores actually proves how interested he is in giving a balanced appraisal of the game, it totally negates the "low score for clikz" angle
DeepEnigma
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Agreed.
Oldest Snake
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They already give reviews that don't use the 1-10 scale an approximate score when they're submitted to Metacritic. They'd just do the same with that.
Pewpewlazors99
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Don't get me wrong, the 10-point scale is real dumb. I just wanted to point this out because maybe this is how review outlets consider the 10-point scale.
TheChewyWaffles
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The worst part about all of this is the click-bait thread title.
Why did nobody slam Giantbomb when they gave Mirror's Edge like 2 stars?
jk. This thread is funny though.
Wee need Mangod Bettenhausen to reclaim the 6.5 again. Quit your job Shane and back to reviews you go.
and when Jeff said "anime is for jerks" back during the Gamespot years?
jk. This thread is funny though.
Wee need Mangod Bettenhausen to reclaim the 6.5 again. Quit your job Shane and back to reviews you go.
DeepEnigma
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That is not the worst part. Come on, very disingenuous.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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Jeff Gerstmann has been like this for almost 20 years. He hasn't lost his passion for anything, he's always been like this.
Messofanego
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I thought the lack of ethics on Rooster Teeth's part and insinuating someone who's done reviews for decades does it just for clicks was the worst part but lol ok.
DeepEnigma
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Exactly.
It is still not the worst thing. People would click the fuck out of it just for seeing RT berates Jeff Gerstmann. Let's be honest.
Looks more like a copy/paste job that cut off and was not cleaned up.
Palculator
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I think their problem was mainly with the "while..." bit of the thread title. At least that's the only part I could confidently describe as "clickbait."
"Click this sentence to learn what they were doing!"
Messofanego
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Well, can't fit "wearing pip boys and doing ads" or the character count would go over
People hate ellipses apparently! It's not like I mislead anyone or was inaccurate, clickbait often is unsatisfying.
Alebrije
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To insinuate that Jeff Gerstmann is some kind of hipster who hates something just because other people like it so he can stand out and look cool for being different is beyond ridiculous.
The dude has some opinions on games, has his tastes, and is very open about them.
Fallout 4 is pretty easily my GOTY already, but I can very easily see how it's not for everyone. Jeff is one of those people and that's fine. I still love it.
The dude has some opinions on games, has his tastes, and is very open about them.
Fallout 4 is pretty easily my GOTY already, but I can very easily see how it's not for everyone. Jeff is one of those people and that's fine. I still love it.
BlastProcessing
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Personally, when my friends talk about games it sounds like Giant Bomb. If my friends sounded like that "The Patch" clip from the OP... I would seek out new friends. It sounded like conversations I would overhear at a Gamestop while I kept my head down.
Different strokes and all that.
Sheriff_Battlesnake
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I'm sure it was a joke, hombre. I'm sure he doesn't think he actually refuted you.
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