Talking Way Too Much! (3-16-09)

I know I'm gonna get some hate on this but, here it goes. I'm actually more partial to the old school style of survival horror, so I didn't much care for RE4. And because of RE5 being just like it, but in a new setting, I haven't even tried a demo of it, and I won't be playing it at all. I would rather go back and play RE2 once more.

I get what you are saying about the voice actor things. There's a ton of people on VAA that are really good voice actors, and they don't get paid a cent. It is too bad that people do not look to the internet for talent as you pointed out in two parts of your video.

I agree with spoony, nothing is as rewarding as popping a huge whitehead into the mirror :D

Just wanna say, ur so feckin awesome keep up the good work man.
U actually are funny unlike avgn lol
PHANTASMAGORIA!!!!! can u feel the bone chilling horror as he changes his rats sawdust??!!!???? hahahaha brilliant

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I fucking loved how phantasmagoria was hour long chunks Those long videos are the ones i go back to because this is what i watch and i dont like going back every ten minuets short dosnt bother me really, but i love the long videos

and I was just about to ask if you would ever do a review on the RE games

there is a another game review show in Iceland that is called Game Tíví(Game TV in other words)

Love the monkey island music used -- one of my favorite old school games it seems like not a lot of people know about.

Hey, love your stuff.

I just wanted to chime in (as I'm sure about a bajillion other have, but I'm not about to read 13 pages of comments) about 4th Ed. I must admit, I was slightly biased against 4th Ed before I ever saw it (mostly because I was really happy with 3.5 and variations thereof). That aside, I have played a 30 lvl dungeon crawl and have decided two things: combat is pretty awesome; and everything else really isn't. 4th Ed isn't bad, however I think it is wholly unnecessary when you have a great system in 3.5 (especially if you're playing a tweaked version like Pathfinder).

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A bit off topic, but I would like to contribute a question to "Ask Spoony." I liked your Most Awesome Thing of the Week in the past. Are those ever coming back?

I don't thing RE5 was as good as RE4. I think re4 was really creepy, and is one of the few games, if not maybe the only one I think is really scary||creepy, maybe it's because you're alone, and in the woods, with houses made out of rotten wood wich was just as rotten as the zombies themselves, it was really well made, good mood. In RE5 when your head gets cut off by chainsaw, it is censored, kind of, outside picture. But not in 4, and that is one of the things I like about 4, it was raw and honest! Just like the gameover title says "Your Dead!". I liked the mood in 4, that mood was not in 5, so I think they were really different, 5 was not creepy, not scary, and had terrible voice acting.

yer going to be disappointed with empire:total war if you enjoyed a lot of the last games. it looks like they tried to do a lot with it, and failed. mostly in the programming. it crashes a lot, they failed when it comes to allowing install from the cd, and saves seem to currupt just for the fun of it. i have to wonder if they even beta tested the bastard.
that said... im still going to play it until i conquer the three hemispheres that are presented to me >.>

I've noticed that alot of fans of the Resident Evil series just seem to criticize that 4 and 5 didn't go along the same story line and didn't feature the T-Virus. I honestly prefered the escape from the standard scenario of the series. The sooner that game companies stop listening to the fans and concentrate on producing a good, functional game, the sooner better games will be produced.

Ok 4 chapters is like only 1/4th of RE5 I think that's a bit early for you to say anything about it. I really don't see how he can say Gears of War 2 does Co-Op better. They do it equally well if anything. Though in my opinion the need to share supplies only makes RE5's co-op that much stronger than Gears where its just shoot at the same guys an pick up your buddy if he goes down. Also RE5's voice acting is not terrible. It's probably the first game in the whole series with passable voice acting. Seriously point out where the voice acting was bad cause I honestly didn't notice it this time around. The one legitimate "complaint" would be its too similar to 4. But hell isn't that what almost all sequels do these days? Halo 3 was too similar to Halo 2. Gears of War 2 was too similar to Gears of War. Etc. forever. Why is suddenly such a big deal for RE5?

Honestly while I accept that 4.0 had its benefits, it was more streamlined and quicker played and what not I just couldn't get past some of the changes lore wise in the settings and play style wise in the mechanics. I started DnD a few years back with a 3.0/3.5 blend, (my DM felt 3.5 made the player OP but that it still had benefits) and when 4.0 came out I found it sort of a shock from what I'd just gotten used to. Tried it but didn't really like it and am now currently waiting for the release of Pathfinder.

I liked your exasperated description of Resident Evil 5, but really Spoony, it's predecessor is never worth venerating unqualified; you just sound like everyone else when you describe Resident Evil 4. Also, could you please get your terminology straight? Because if it's riding a motorbike, then I highly doubt it's a zombie.

Nice third eye thar! Maybe some makeup could hide it. Steal some from your mother!

If I had the money, and if I ever get the money, I would totally try to launch you into TV, or at the very least invest in you! I'm not there yet, but you never know. You're right about TV needing to have better shows. I don't know for other people, but I literally don't watch TV anymore. I sometimes force myself to see what's currently popular on the music channels, but on the whole, I watch shows on the internet. I'm surprised that TV executives aren't catching on this. The mere fact that you guys (AVGN, Nostalgia Critic, etc) are so popular online should be an argument. TV executives love money and minimal risks. You guys have already proven you were good and could father a significant audience - faithful audience at that - so why don't they consider doing something with you?

TV is behind in terms of knowing what people want/like. I hope for you that they catch up soon, or else I'll have to get rich quick to fund your ass. In the meantime, I promote your stuff to EVERYONE I can lay my hands on.

Good vids as usual Spoony. I don't really care if you continue the FF8 series or not just as long as you keep review things in your usual fashion it'll be awesome. Have you considered actually trying to review a good game as you would any other game to show people how it would be like because every game has it's flaws. I remember you mentioning the Ultima games in one of your reviews (can't remember exactly which one) and was wondering what your take on them are and would love to see a review if you have any of them (or I could get a hold of the NES games that me and my bro had I would send you Ultima Exodus)

You may hate doing the FF8 reviews, Spoony, but let me tell you, a heck of a lot of people enjoy them - including me. It's a happy day when one of your reviews goes up. For that matter, I'm enjoying the SWAT stuff too, though I don't think you're getting killed enough. :D Keep it up, man.

I'll admit I don't pay much attention to modern games.
But from what I've seen, the biggest problem today isn't voice acting, it's the visual acting. 3D models just aren't good actors, and the voices can't compensate for that.
If I was an actor, I'd be loathe to get involved with video games because no matter how good you are, the animated models will make you look bad.

It sounds like so much work you do to make the reviews. Thanks so much for going through all that just to entertain us, I really appreciate it.

I believe in you spoony. If WCG Ultimate Gamer can get on tv any of your shows should be able too.

All I really have to say to all this is really simple.

FULLSCREEN THE VID and the ad goes below the blackbar area.

So there. RANT ON, SPOONY!!!

Get yout ass on Empire Spoony. Its one the the best games I've ever played.

They're all writers spoony.

Game Damage(The show with the Australian Gamer founders(Matt and Yug) and Yahtzee) went fairly good as far as we know. They talked about it in the end of one of Australian Gamer's podcasts(http://www.australiangamer.com/podcast/153_gamedamage_pilot_feedback_games_of_2009_mgs_on_the_iphone.html). They have also mentioned in their blog that it isn't a question about "if", but "when" and "who"(http://www.gamedamage.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=2008).

I wish I could be there and review the games and movies too. But as Spoony is makeing it clear... MONEY - CASH - DOLLERS. But in order to do that, I need a steady income to get all the gear i need. I don't evem have an xbox or a PS3. I just have the this PC and it's OK. But in order to do something more then just surf or play or work on it i need more.

Dude i think one of the best things here is final fantasy, you hate it so much its hilarious. you should review the original mario for the nes, that game sucks ass!! and yes i WILL send you a copy.