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Dyack on EGM Live
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http://zdmedia.vo.llnwd.net/o1/Podcasts/EGM/031207.mp3
Crazy man is craaaaazy.
He's talking about Too Human, and how EGM said the E3 build was sucky. And how it has forever changed the industry. What?
Seriously, you should all listen to this, and then we can talk about how crazy this crazy man is.
Crazy.
Crazy man is craaaaazy.
He's talking about Too Human, and how EGM said the E3 build was sucky. And how it has forever changed the industry. What?
Seriously, you should all listen to this, and then we can talk about how crazy this crazy man is.
Crazy.
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I think the stress is getting to him.
He's putting the pressure on Mark, though.
But only because it builds up anticipation and then I have to wait. Like in Spores case.
He has some good points, really.
So it's never Dyack's fault? I can tell he does not seem to think so.
edit: and now he's saying that "people" he knows think the game is awesome.
Man is a fucking idiot.
Edit: oh god, i was only a little way through, the farther it goes the crazier he gets. Full of himself and his project much?
wow... just wow... this guy is a fucking idot.
YOU EGM GUYS ARE GOING TO REGRET IT WHEN TOO HUMAN COMES OUT AND ITS SO AWESOME AND YOU GUYS MADE A BAD REMARK ABOUT IT ONCE AT E3
He admitted that the E3 build sucked, but thought EGM had no right to report that it sucked.
Hmmm...
The conversation should have been 30 seconds long:
"So, I hear you thought the E3 build of Too Human was less than spectacular"
"yeah"
"me too"
THE END.
"you egm guys are just a product of the fanboys...."
"You guys should be more critical. Unless you're talking about me."
Did he really say that?
No, but it's very much how he comes across.
He says several times that they should be extremely critical to him and his games. It's the timing with which he takes issue. Though I disagree that a bad E3 report can doom your game.
The problem is that Too Human was one of the few titles that actually got some negative press that I can remember. This is not a problem with EGM, but with the gaming press in general. When games that come out are buggy, with shitty control and horrid graphics, but 3 months earlier got a "frothing demand" preview, there is a problem. The negative press about titles before they come out is almost non-existant.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970666737/
But hey, maybe Too Human could end up near the awesomeness he says it is. It sounds kinda cool.
I mean, I agree the previewing early builds is not exactly something that's good for the industry but in the end, if he can't produce a good build of their game, then it's completely on his shoulders. But then he started hassling Mark because he was critical of the game and it just sounded like he had sour grapes against him because his game is "potentially" good.
Having said all that, I've never really had any interest in Too Human. I didn't like the design of Eternal Darkness at all and what few things they added to Twin Snakes, I didn't like. So Silicon Knights games are clearly not for me.
By the way, calling him a "fucking moron" without even understanding his point and his problem in conveying it only makes you look like a fucking moron.
He contradicts his "point" several times, but only when his "point" would apply negatively to himself.
"My game is good"
"NO UR DUMB"
The funniest part to me was when he was pretty much saying "I feel sorry for you guys because you'll have defend yourselves when my game ends up being the best game ever! No-one doubts me! Mwahahaha!" By that point I was wishing he'd shut up and save himself from further embarassment.
Luckily though, the latter half of the podcast improved.
There, that's his point. If you still don't get it throw schoolyard taunts at him all you want, it'll only be an ironic reflection of yourself.
Ugg
IMO Dyack is only one rung down from Molyneax on the ladder of excessive-hyping, except that he has actually said "our game is going to be WAY better than those other games" while Molyneax focusses completely on his own games. It's alright to think you're making a good game but to hype it up as a revolutionary game just makes it look like you've got a big ego.
Btw, I like how you accuse me of throwing 'schoolyard taunts' at him when I haven't. Nice way of making yourself look like a condescending prick there, Jack.
Edit: same with the original starcraft demo on the show floor, back when it was still in the Warcraft II engine, the demo was so bad, they pulled it.
Edit again: info on the various iterations of starcraft here.