dear game informer... you suck. in a bad way.

vegas-steven

So today i went into gamestop to trade in arkham asylum before it is worth about $5... and to see if i can get further towards Modern Warfare 2 which i want but cant afford (being married costs money!)

so gamestop is having one of their sales where they take basically any game for the ps3/wii/360 and the more you trade the more you get, topping off at an extra 40% for 6 games or more.

seeing as i had $57 worth of trade, adding an edge card would help me on the used title, and it would get me a year of game informer.

i remembered that magazine. the halfway decent one where if you can get over the fact that it pushes whatever gamestop wants to sell you there are some good articles.

but things are different now.
first of all, have you seen this months cover feature?
its for a wii game.

its for "epic mickey" which is some title that is a "darker side of mickey mouse"
really?

so other than that its the same, right? well, no not really. i guess they want to compete with real competent gaming websites, so now there are some articles about movie games, something about keeping the storyline of a game straight... and some other sort of crap.

they even took out the classic game informer feature at the end of the magazine...

if it werent FREE with the edge card, i would never buy this thing.
the last version was more for gamers. this version is for... f*cking everyone. like a wii.
which i do not own.
and there is a reason for that.
i dont get it.
not at all.

Lionel-Richie

Epic Mickey kinda sounds interesting though...why the hate?

Zombiemambo

its for "epic mickey" which is some title that is a "darker side of mickey mouse"
really?

Yes, really, and if you took a moment to look at what it was you might understand why some people are excited. Unless you just want the cover to be Madden 2049, bro.

Zerokku

Zombiemambo wrote: »

its for "epic mickey" which is some title that is a "darker side of mickey mouse"
really?

Yes, really, and if you took a moment to look at what it was you might understand why some people are excited. Unless you just want the cover to be Madden 2049, bro.

Limed for truth.

The Sneak!

vegas-steven wrote: »

and to see if i can get further towards Modern Warfare 2 which i want but cant afford (being married costs money!)

hahahahaha what

LittleBoots

Please don't have kids.

scootch

High five! Fist bump! Halo! Call of duty! Big American party!

ironsizide

Epic Mickey's lead designer is Warren Spector. Once I found that out (by reading the GI article), even I became interested.

Delta Assault

Gaming magazines are like strategy guides. They just don't make any sense to me anymore.

Zombiemambo

Delta Assault wrote: »

Gaming magazines are like strategy guides. They just don't make any sense to me anymore.

Do you have trouble "surfing" the "world wide web" too, old-timer? :P

eelektrik

So your real beef isn't with Game Informer, its with the Wii. Gotcha. This really isn't the place for fanboy rants.

Zombiemambo

eelektrik wrote: »

So your real beef isn't with Game Informer, its with the Wii. Gotcha. This really isn't the place for fanboy rants.

It totally is, actually.

slash000

Gosh, what a sin, highlighting a Wii game. How terrible.

I guess Game Informer's no longer a hardcore magazine, huh?


Also, yeah, fuck stuff that's for everyone, like the Wii. We're all part of an exclusive elite club of gamers and only the true hardcore are allowed into the club.

TeeMan

slash000 wrote: »

Gosh, what a sin, highlighting a Wii game. How terrible.

I guess Game Informer's no longer a hardcore magazine, huh?


Also, yeah, fuck stuff that's for everyone, like the Wii. We're all part of an exclusive elite club of gamers and only the true hardcore are allowed into the club.

Whoa that reminds me, I need to renew my membership

UnbreakableVow

I dig Game Informer.

Their review scores are horrible, but the actual written reviews aren't really that bad.

Some interesting articles in there too.

And hey, it's

A) Free and
Gives me something to read on the jon

Mr_Grinch

The guy's right. The magazine had DISNEY characters in it. That's gay, man.

initiatefailure

Actually after reading the article Epic Mickey sounds like it could be pretty awesome.

My complaint is their new redesign made half the features in the magazine unreadable or indistinguishable from other articles or ads. Poor design I say

SmokeStacks

I had this horrible dream, that I was at a gamefaqs forum, and you were there, and you were there, and

Drake

What shall we do without the Game Informer of yesterday? Verily, the pillars of society do crumble about us.

BlackDragon480

I thought gaming magazines were dead when the awesome that was the Nintendo Fun Club Newsletter was replaced with the pile of suck that was Nintendo Power.

The Dude With Herpes

Uh, not that I'm super old...if your profile is right you were all of...three when Nintendo Power started.

Raynaga

There's like a 50 page thread in SE++ about Epic Mickey chock full with awesome screenshots and concept art, and the fact that its made by Warren Specter.

In other words, your opinions are bad and you should feel bad.

UnbreakableVow

Yeah but an elderly black coach told him that the Fun Club was a pretty sweet deal.

BlackDragon480

The Dude With Herpes wrote: »

Uh, not that I'm super old...if your profile is right you were all of...three when Nintendo Power started.

Actually I was 6, I haven't updated my age in the profile blurb in quite awhile.

But my point still stands

The Dude With Herpes

BlackDragon480 wrote: »

The Dude With Herpes wrote: »

Uh, not that I'm super old...if your profile is right you were all of...three when Nintendo Power started.

Actually I was 6, I haven't updated my age in the profile blurb in quite awhile.

But my point still stands

And I was being slightly sarcastic.

I know

I didn't join Nintendo Power until I got a thing saying I could get a free copy of Dragon Warrior with a subscription. I think it was late in the first year.

I was always jealous of a friend of mine who had the first issue.

BlackDragon480

I have a love hate relationship with that first issue. It was a shitload larger and more polished than the Fun Club News issues, but the cover-art was an incredibly craptastic rendering of Mario made out of clay.

A 6 year old me was convinced that I could have done a better cover shot using a polaroid camera and some play-doh from my kindergarten class.

The Dude With Herpes

Yeah but but but...Howard and Nester!

donhonk

I too think Game Informer is awful, but not for the same reasons as the OP. It's just poorly written. I miss EGM. (the only good game magazine, oh wait Edge is a good mag)

The Dude With Herpes

donhonk wrote: »

I too think Game Informer is awful, but not for the same reasons as the OP. It's just poorly written. I miss EGM. (the only good game magazine, oh wait Edge is a good mag)

I haven't seen a game informer in ages.

I just remember when they tried to sell subscriptions at Funcoland feeling like they were like 2 pages that weren't just ads.

Ah Funcoland. I learned a long long time ago to never use retail game trade ins.

Xenogears of Bore

A Game Informer complaint thread...not about them slighting a niche game???

No Fight and Heal?

No Nevar Forget Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door?

I've seen it all folks.

The Dude With Herpes

Xenogears of Bore wrote: »

A Game Informer complaint thread...not about them slighting a niche game???

No Fight and Heal?

No Nevar Forget Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door?

I've seen it all folks.

It was actually a Wii bitch thread in disguise.

We're just talking about other things now.

Xenogears of Bore

Yeah, I know, but still...

Game Informer Trying to Back Up Their Terrible Review Because Nintendo's Check Was Late That Month wrote:

"GI-Jeremy wrote:

Lisa and I both knew that our Paper Mario scores were going to cause controversy. Yes, we know that many people out there will love it. We also know that it is a well-made game. However, it also WILL NOT appeal to many people - I would safely say that more people will dislike it than like it. Why? Like we said in the review, it's a very kiddie game - it's target audience is clearly young gamers - I would say 10 and under. For that reason, we had to score it low. Remember, we aren't scoring games strictly on our personal opinions, we're also scoring them based on how much we think THE GAMING PUBLIC will like them. We've all played games that we personally disliked and scored them well because we've known that most people will like them, and we've also scored games low that we love, because most people won't enjoy them.

For example, I really like the bizarre frog golf game Ribbit King, and I gave it a 7, because it's just not for everyone. Paper Mario 2 also scored low because it's just not for everyone. If you think it's a 10 in your book, it's a ten in your book, and that doesn't change if we disagree. We're here to guide you on what games to pick up, but ultimately your personal opinion is what will make you buy a game or not.

I hope this helps."

Man in the Mists

The Dude With Herpes wrote: »

I didn't join Nintendo Power until I got a thing saying I could get a free copy of Dragon Warrior with a subscription. I think it was late in the first year.

I was always jealous of a friend of mine who had the first issue.

I think mom still has a nintendo fun club mag somewhere.

IIRC, the Dragon Warrior offer turned out to be their biggest success. At least, that's what the (5? 10?) year issue said.

DisruptorX2

"We're scoring this game low because some people might not like it not because its a bad game".

Ah, video game "journalism".

The Dude With Herpes

Man in the Mists wrote: »

The Dude With Herpes wrote: »

I didn't join Nintendo Power until I got a thing saying I could get a free copy of Dragon Warrior with a subscription. I think it was late in the first year.

I was always jealous of a friend of mine who had the first issue.

I think mom still has a nintendo fun club mag somewhere.

IIRC, the Dragon Warrior offer turned out to be their biggest success. At least, that's what the (5? 10?) year issue said.

It literally determined most of my taste in gaming.

After playing Dragon Warrior my uncle lent me his copy of Final Fantasy and that was that.

MC Mystery

This is a "Wii is teh kiddie" thread. Why hasn't this been locked? Seriously, is this account just a troll?

But Game Informer does suck, just not for any of the reasons this poster feels.

Also, Epic Mickey looks uber fucking cool.

Adus

The Dude With Herpes wrote: »

donhonk wrote: »

I too think Game Informer is awful, but not for the same reasons as the OP. It's just poorly written. I miss EGM. (the only good game magazine, oh wait Edge is a good mag)

I haven't seen a game informer in ages.

I just remember when they tried to sell subscriptions at Funcoland feeling like they were like 2 pages that weren't just ads.

Ah Funcoland. I learned a long long time ago to never use retail game trade ins.

Fucking Funcoland. Reserved FFVII there and they didn't have enough copies to fill the reservations. Literally went like 5 miles to the mall where there was an EB and picked one up there. They had plenty of extras. Ironically I think both chains became Gamestop together.

UnbreakableVow

What number score did they gave Paper Mario 2?

Xenogears of Bore

6.75, because the fans won't like the game.

Pureauthor

What I don't get is why they named it 'Epic Mickey'.

Seriously, that's just a weird name.

UnbreakableVow

That's most likely not the final title.

It'll probably be cooler than the final title though, things always are (Dolphin, Revolution, Katana).