Deadliest Warrior: The Game (Follow-Up)

The Spoony One | Aug 6 2010 | more notation(s) | 

Spike Games’ Response

Thanks folks, we know the game is not perfect and are working to fix things in the TU. These kinds of reviews from people that don’t really give the game more than a glancing look are discouraging but the feedback on these forums helps us as developers see what real gamers think about the game. It was discouraging that nowhere in the review was mentioned the price point, the dodging, stamina or parry systems but oh well… you can’t please everybody.

The fact that DW is even in the same sentence as Tekken, SF, MK is good enough for us. Even if they are only comparing them to tear the game apart. If we had 20 million dollars and two years to build a game I wonder what that would be like? Oh we can dream… When you pay for milk and expect honey you’re going to end up with milk and be pissed about it. It’s not our fault that you are delusional.

I’d love it if someone on this board made a comment on spoony that shed some light on what this game is all about.

But thanks again for your support!

cheers,
Spike Games.

u mad bro?

Sorry, I mentioned how every other aspect of your game sucked, I just forgot to talk about how the dodging, stamina, and parry systems suck, too.

This argument amuses the hell out of me. “Yes, our game is crap, but for $10, what did you expect? It’s like ordering Cup O’ Noodles and expecting something edible.” And I’m delusional for expecting entertainment out of my $10. So sorry, Spike, I’ll remember what you consider to be $10 of entertainment next time you release a game.

And next time, Spike, spell my fucking name right. It’s Spoony. With a capital S. As in, your game is Shit with a capital S.

Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.

More Feedback

It seems to me like I’m one of the only people who take this game for EXACTLY what it is…AN ARCADE GAME. Not only that, but an arcade game based off of a Spike TV show. If you downloaded this expecting the same complexity that you get from Street Fighter or Tekken, and then are disappointed, you’re an idiot. The main appeal of this game is that you get to pit a ninja against a viking, and that you can hack off limbs all over the place (on a totally related note, I was fighting as a ninja and did a 3-hit combo on a guy and took off leg, arm, head. It was sweet). –someoneobscure

Once again, almost every fighter game I’ve played doubles as an “arcade game” and incorporates the exact same theme of having culturally and temporally disparate warriors battle each other to the death. Deadliest Warrior does not exactly innovate on that score. When I download a fighter game, yes, I expect at least competence from the design and competitive gameplay. I expect quality. Yes, perhaps that expectation makes me a blithering, doe-eyed optimistic idiot. I expected entertainment for my money.

Most of his complaint can really only come from someone who either, A) doesn’t understand the concept of the game. That of trying to be realistic. Or B) just wanting to rip into it without actually playing in depth. One other thing that I didn’t like was how he was acting like this was a full $60 retail game. It’s not! It’s a $10 budget title.So of course it isn’t going to have Takken like graphics, or a 30+ roster of fighters. –IdiditfodoubleJ

Since we’re applauding the “realism” and “scientific accuracy” of this game, I reference you to the aforementioned triple-dismemberment from a ninja. Any budget title, if it’s not going to bring the goods in graphics or depth, had better at least bring some gameplay to make it worth playing, and it doesn’t. It’s just a maddening flurry of button mashing, ending in a random winner. That’s not even worth bargain bin prices.

About the Street Fighter comparison, Street Fighter II was released in 1991, and really had 12 characters (only 8 characters were playable, it was interesting then since Street Fighter had only 2 playable characters), what’s the point on comparing this game with a game that is almost twenty years old? –Lord Tirion

Not to mention the fact that Deadliest Warrior can’t even begin to compare with that same 1991 release, or BlazBlue. It astounds me that this is one of the best arguments supporters of DW have. Are you really going to compare this piece of shit against Street Fighter 2? Really? Because you’re not going to win that contest in any category.

Yeah I kinda just shook my head at the review. Anyone who doesn’t like the fact you can lose in 1-5 hits, well, go play something a little less realistic. This was supposed to be a game at least partly rooted in realism. –shyguy8413

I love this guy. “Go back to your sandbox, Spoony. This game is for the grown-ups. You kids enjoy your shitty Guilty Gears and Tekken.”

(One hit kills are) realistic. Take a broadsword to the face and tell me how you feel. –HoshunMk112

I’m sorry I ever doubted the scientific validity of a Viking fighting a Ninja.

Okay. What. The heck. I’m just :33 seconds in and I already hate this guy. Don’t call people nuts just because they enjoy a game that you thought was terrible. That goes for any game on any medium. It’s one thing to call a game bad. It’s another thing to insult everyone who plays it. –tsilver34

You mean, the same way Spike Games called me delusional for not liking it?

  • Brakiri

    OMG.

    No wonder this game stinks if the developers are bunch of idiots with no regard for gameplay or competetivness.
    And for the rest of the comments. Sorry to say this, but every time i look around i hope there are less idiots on their pcs, but i fact the number seems to grow by the hour *roll eyes*

    • http://www.facebook.com/erik.wise Erik Wise

      Well, we get ,more people born every minute, so naturally we get more idiots.

      Too bad intelligence cleansing is morally incorrect.

      Also, over 1000 comments spoony, almost all behind you. You have nothing to prove, we know you are the sexiest, most beastly reviewer of games there is. The AVGN has a format he just repeats, I can watch your reviews so easily as every single one is different.

      • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

        I agreed with you my man.

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

          Over a 1000, now for the 2000 easy done with some more hates and LOVES.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

            1500 geez

          • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

            1757 just wow for Deadliest Warriors now everyone gonna want this THANG.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

            1915 baby that is pretty good.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

            1984 BIG brother !!!

          • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

            2010 now baby! Go Spoony!

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

            2023 !!! Never ever stopping.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Right now were at 2112 freaking comments !! We didnt see the end of it AT ALL ! lol

            Continue the good work Spoonyman !

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Right now were at 2112 freaking comments !! We didnt see the end of it AT ALL ! lol

            Continue the good work Spoonyman !

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Right now were at 2112 freaking comments !! We didnt see the end of it AT ALL ! lol

            Continue the good work Spoonyman !

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

            1915 baby that is pretty good.

          • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

            1757 just wow for Deadliest Warriors now everyone gonna want this THANG.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

            1500 geez

    • http://www.facebook.com/erik.wise Erik Wise

      Well, we get ,more people born every minute, so naturally we get more idiots.

      Too bad intelligence cleansing is morally incorrect.

      Also, over 1000 comments spoony, almost all behind you. You have nothing to prove, we know you are the sexiest, most beastly reviewer of games there is. The AVGN has a format he just repeats, I can watch your reviews so easily as every single one is different.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Cool to see you hit this topic up, Spoony…though to be honest, I was the one who brought that post/thread to Joe's attention in the first place. That's what I get for lurking on GameFAQs. :P

    • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

      lol GameFAQs haters love this !

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        It was great that it had been found. LOL Spilke TV.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

          Spike TV Folks are my heroes …

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

            We all love them so deeply it nto even funny

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

            Spoony, I trust your judgement, for the most part (I believe Vesperia for example is an amazing game, but you hate it. There ya go, differences of opinions and all that)

            I hate one hit kills in any setting. Even sniper head shots. They drive me nuts and feel cheesy. So any game where I basically have to game my way into a one hit kill to win just needs to die.

            I am not a huge fan of fighting games (although I did enjoy Guilty Gear XX, and SF2, and I love Marvel vs Capcom) I still have played my fair share like any gamer.

            Those of you who are bashing Spoony? You’re the delusional fucks.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

            Spoony, I trust your judgement, for the most part (I believe Vesperia for example is an amazing game, but you hate it. There ya go, differences of opinions and all that)

            I hate one hit kills in any setting. Even sniper head shots. They drive me nuts and feel cheesy. So any game where I basically have to game my way into a one hit kill to win just needs to die.

            I am not a huge fan of fighting games (although I did enjoy Guilty Gear XX, and SF2, and I love Marvel vs Capcom) I still have played my fair share like any gamer.

            Those of you who are bashing Spoony? You’re the delusional fucks.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

          Spike TV Folks are my heroes …

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        It was great that it had been found. LOL Spilke TV.

    • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

      lol GameFAQs haters love this !

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4K6UDSLUJIC47RXKKO77RCS3WU J

    I agree with you 100% and its unfair for them to say that the game hasn't gotten a fair review. The game does suck and its not worth the points, there are far better games out there for cheaper and if they had 20 million dollars and 2 years to build a game it would still suck.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jacob.trapp Jacob Trapp

    And this is yet another reason why Spoony is awesome. Even if I don't agree with Spoony all the time (though I certainly agree that DW is terrible), I love his honesty, as well as being able to admit when something is good in a game or movie he doesn't like.

  • http://twitter.com/AndySaotome Andy Wong

    The blocking (and stamina) system reminds me of Demon's Souls.. That is probably one of the main things that gets me killed in the game.

    Beat the game though after grinding for levels.

  • koldstare

    lol these developers are butthurt so bad!

    • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

      Amen bros.

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        We are with you on this, you got some pretty good arguments if you ask me.

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        We are with you on this, you got some pretty good arguments if you ask me.

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

          For Spoony !!

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

            Today is an excellent day to have a rotten day.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

            Today is an excellent day to have a rotten day.

    • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

      Amen bros.

  • http://twitter.com/Enigma_Studios Matthew Hartman

    I was amazed at how the users on GameFAQs were so keen to defend this Xbox Arcade Game

  • jewbagel

    Your giddiness to respond is the best thing about this.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    GameFAQs has forums for individual games, which means that those forums would most likely be filled with people who play the game moreso, and like the game moreso than most.

  • http://twitter.com/DyloniusFunk Dylan Stalnaker

    That
    yahoo-3PN5YF2DUZ7RNJCO5DQ5JWCEWM [Moderator] guy from the original thread just kept re posting stuff from the GameFAQS thread in the board for the origional review. I think that guy is a butthurt DW fan.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3PN5YF2DUZ7RNJCO5DQ5JWCEWM Anonymous

      Lol no. I found this review on Wikipedia (which isn’t there anymore for some reason) before I found the thread. Besides, I’ve already stated that this follow-up cleared up a lot of things for me. Don’t start assuming things that aren’t true, buddy. I called him out on bias when it turned out to be not true, and that got me nowhere.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

        It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

        It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

  • http://twitter.com/DyloniusFunk Dylan Stalnaker

    I don't think i've seen Spoony this energized in a long time. He really wanted to lay some smack down on all those GameFAQS trolls.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Whatever it is — I didn’t do it!

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

        Mother Nature is a bitch.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

        Mother Nature is a bitch.

  • http://www.facebook.com/turbonegro06 Jesse Bissell

    LMAOROFL

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

      Amen brother

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        Ill pray to that !

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

          Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

          Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

      Amen brother

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XGMYWOTND5E7XN5GL527VNU75I Kyle Carrier

    Because when I think “video game” I think “real life fighting simulation”.

    • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

      It has to be realistic because we like realistic… like Wrestling you know, it all real !

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        Reality is only fantasy gone stale.

    • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

      It has to be realistic because we like realistic… like Wrestling you know, it all real !

  • http://www.facebook.com/eshamon Evan Shamon

    realtalk this game is FUN

    like FUN in the sense that after playing SSFIV or Starcraft 2 all night with your friends you chill out with a silly little game that is obviously bad but still well worth 10 bux.
    Im not here to defend it, its shit, its a magical kind of shit that gets better with friends.

    kids gettin mad

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      This is the way this game turn people damn !

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JIQX5YVITKIPIXFXYIDXQ2QNOI Dan

    This is why you have such a voice, spoony. Because you don't accept any qualifications for mediocrity.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

      This is the way he move with madness and precision, nothing like damn Spike TV.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        It isn’t homework unless it’s due tomorrow.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

      This is the way he move with madness and precision, nothing like damn Spike TV.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nick-Dion/100001342745719 Nick Dion

    wait wait wait, SPIKE is a “small” company I thought they were backed by millions and millions of TV dollars huh guess I was wrong

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Keith-Guilliams/1436618410 Keith Guilliams

    damn I can almost feel the seething hatred off of this review >:D

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LCFEYOTAIKCWRQJF7NDYHWQCEE Mushroomer

    I noticed you continuously say that this game would stand up weakly to any other fighting game on the market. Curious if you'd played Tournament Of Legends – a Wii exclusive fighting game (With a similar concept, fighters from different eras (though in this case instead of soldiers, it's mystical figures) fight to the death. Heck, it even also has different ranged weapons.) that has been receiving some serious hate on the critical side. Not asking you to do a full review, but wondering how it stands up.

  • clancrusher

    Yes people, go back to your unrealistic Street Fighter and Soul Caliber games where people face each other automatically and can survive swords to the chest. This is where the 'real; fighters play.

  • zetsujin

    >SF4 & blazblue
    >good games

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

      And DW is good too ?

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

      And DW is good too ?

  • kefkaesque

    Oooh, seething.

    I don't think you've seemed this genuinely hate-filled over a game since FF8.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    The game developer likely was allocated a super low budget for this game, as indicated by the production values in the graphics sound. Just because the higher up company has a lot of money, doesn't mean that they're going to devote a lot of money to the developer of a licensed game.

    Granted, the developer needs to frame their choices of the game's production around budget and time restraints, so fault could be placed at both the publisher and developer.

    • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

      Actually, I bet they were allocated a large budget from their television superiors, but spent it all on booze and hookers, waking up the next morning in some drunken, STD laden stupor realizing they had to make a game and slapped DW together in few hours. Period.

      – Wordslinger

    • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

      Actually, I bet they were allocated a large budget from their television superiors, but spent it all on booze and hookers, waking up the next morning in some drunken, STD laden stupor realizing they had to make a game and slapped DW together in few hours. Period.

      – Wordslinger

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        I know my biology; it’s your biology I don’t know.

  • http://twitter.com/NatACat Natalie Aument

    I don't know why Spike is getting so worked up over this. Spoony is basically giving gamers a good reason to go out and buy this game purely to see for themselves if it is really that bad. If it were me I would see this review and say, “hey I wonder if this game is really that bad” and boom 10 bucks to Spike. Now given, that is a really bad purchasing choice but I'm sure there are people out there who would buy this to laugh at it and say how right Spoony was.

  • Hovie

    Damn! I'll bet it was cathartic and vindicating to tear apart their idiotic response. It was certainly enjoyable to watch. I felt like cheering at the end. You're awesome, Spoony. Keep standing behind what you say. :)

  • http://twitter.com/AndySaotome Andy Wong

    They shouldn't have put in a life bar then because that's unrealistic

    • Anonymous

      Your comment = biggest win on this video’s entire comment section. Not even a close match.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

        It so realistic it kill me … inside.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

          That mush hurt a lot, I feel ya.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

          That mush hurt a lot, I feel ya.

  • MrSaturn

    I'd say the biggest difference between BlazBlue and DW is this: The 12 characters in BlazBlue is a well-designed full featured game.

  • Hovie

    Damn! I'll bet it was cathartic and vindicating to tear apart those idiotic responses. It was certainly enjoyable to watch. I felt like cheering at the end. You're awesome, Spoony. Keep standing behind what you say. :)

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

      Spoony never back down !

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

      Spoony never back down !

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Omnikus-Schlotter/100000373849732 Omnikus Schlotter

    Wow, at first you came across like kind of a dick, but than you made a very good point. And when I forget to spell your name with a capital S next time, I'll proceed to kill myself with my shoestrings and a butterknife.

  • http://twitter.com/zaver88 Zaver

    Really tore into them. I like it. I'm really surprised that Spike games even decided to watch a review from you.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Perhaps Spike TV love the Spoony Experiment and was just shock by him.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

        Nah i douth that, they just acting unprofessional those damn …

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Perhaps Spike TV love the Spoony Experiment and was just shock by him.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Angelique-Sims/1037440052 Angelique Sims

    I cannot believe that anyone is surprised that this cash-grab is anything more than a lazy , thrown together piece of shit. And whoever runs the Spike Games division and left that comment is an absolute idiot. If you get a bad review that has legitimate reasons why your game sucks, you don't whine like a little bitch about how you don't have resources and that gamers are getting what they paid for. You take it like a fucking man and try harder next time. That's how games evolve and get better. Also, how dare spike try to play the small time independent card, like they're these poor schmucks who are trying to make something out of nothing for love of video games. SpikeGames are owned by Spike television, who are in turn owned by MTV Networks and Viacom. They obviously have money and could have made a decent budget for the game. It is not the gamers fault that Spike chose not to put any of that money into development and simply slapped the name to shit game in hope to get a lot of money for sub-mediocre work. If they are mad people are calling this game out for what it is, they have only their greed to blame. So much for them supposing to be a gaming network.

    Spoony, thank you for playing through this horrible game in order to warn us away from it. But really, can we seriously expect more from a series who stands by the idea that a Ninja or an Apache would attack with absolutely no cover and in broad daylight?

  • http://twitter.com/tru_power22 Ethan Antonio

    I'm a pot head, and I don't talk about shit that stupid.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      lol that how bad that game is.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

        Worst Game Ever Made By Spike TV

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

        Worst Game Ever Made By Spike TV

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      lol that how bad that game is.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/VPYMSXXSWL7RMGXHMKNE6WNFPA D

    You said “potheads” like that's a bad thing. :-P

  • http://www.facebook.com/xMaeRx Ryan Beckmann

    Calling Spoony out is practically prying open Pandora's box. If only other game makers took notice to the truth and rebutted, the internet would be a much more interesting place.

  • Cajtarth

    Lol they're watching one review and calling Spoony “the worst reviewer ever” – the same thing they accuse him of doing.

    • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

      OMG so true I didnt of this one. Shame of Spike TV.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        Boom ! On Spike TV.

    • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

      OMG so true I didnt of this one. Shame of Spike TV.

  • http://www.facebook.com/erik.wise Erik Wise

    Spoony, you are in my top 5 favorite people on the internet, along side Jonathon Coulton and a few at tgwtg, but… I find it insulting that you even give these people the satisfaction of replying. If anything, I'd want their IP so I can start a active denial spam right into port 80.

    Also, Res HD is 5$ and FUCKING AMAZING. In fact, many indie games are waaaay better then this piece o' crap.

    Also, those 10 games cheap on live, Res, everything by Rare… Bloody Castle Crashers, Deathspank just came out and that's Monkey Island meets Diablo… Hell, you can get Street Fighter 2 on live for less then this game.

    Spoony, I wouldn't go through the trouble to send these guys anthrax in the mail, don't even validify their points, that's why we're here. We're the buffer between your Supreme Awesomeness (Note the caps) and the horrors of the interwebz and all the idiots in it. I mean, c'mon, it's people like this anon hates.

    - EW

  • alfredmordeir

    Wait, Blockbuster? Does that even still exist?

  • http://www.facebook.com/erik.wise Erik Wise

    Also, just realized… It seems they put more effort into the letter then the actual gameplay.

    • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

      Hah. Point.

      – Wordslinger

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

        There’s no point in being grownup if you can’t be childish sometimes.

    • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

      Hah. Point.

      – Wordslinger

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S3UK3UPHGE446ELL4E3SWMODDI Sam

    Kinda surprised that Spike Games didn't mention Bushido Blade as a positive comparison. I played the sh*t out of BB and from what i've seen of this game..it is pretty much the same.

  • Kaithan

    Because clearly, 'realism' makes a game good.

  • http://www.facebook.com/xMaeRx Ryan Beckmann

    Oh, and a tip for any Spike Games employees lurking: You get better budget BY DOING WELL WITH YOUR CURRENT BUDGET.

  • http://www.facebook.com/EternalSonata2010 Anthony Valunas

    Awesome video as always, Spoony! Just watching your video of the game makes me agree with you, and I can't believe people are defending this game. And, as you said, if a company doesn't have the manpower to make a good game, they shouldn't make it at all. They should have respect for gamers out there instead of being dicks, releasing it, and playing the “Well, you get what you pay for!” card.

    Put effort into a game, or don't make it. I, like many, many other people still enjoy games, but have less and less time to play them the older I get and the more responsibilities I have. When I *do* have time to sit down and play a game, I want it to be fun and engaging. Why in the blue fuck would I play a budget XBox Live fighter based off of a ridiculously retarded TV show that's fundamentally broken when I can play a GOOD fighter like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Soul Calibur, Dead or Alive, Killer Instinct, Marvel vs. Capcom, etc.? I'd even play the old Clay Fighter games or Primal Rage over The Deadliest Warrior.

    Hey Spike Games: Put some effort into your sloppy electronic abortions you call “games” before attempting to defend them.

    Spoony: Love your game reviews and even your wrestling reviews! Keep 'em comin'!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Vergara-Ibanez/754843628 Daniel Vergara Ibañez

    I love the fact how the developer essentially goes “welp, this is a 10 dollar XBLA game. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?” Especially when, right next to it, you have Shadow Complex and Snoopy Flying Aces (yes, even though it's a Snoopy game, it's an extremely fun flying arcade game.)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zach-Gacula/100000350486881 Zach Gacula

    Spoony…. I admire you for proving bullshit human beings that the fucking points they are trying to point out in a game as shitty as deadliest warrior is a waste of time and air from them. 5 hours is more than enough to get a grip on a game and gives a legit reason to argue back on the bullshit system that fucking spike games slapped together. And also thanks for proving that your a fucking hard ass when it comes to reviews and responding to people who get a hard on for shitty games.

  • Earthbound_X

    I tried the demo, I wasn't impressed, though I'm not really a fighting game fan.

  • 6hokage

    Who the fuck is protecting this pile of shit? We're not talking about some actual japanese fighting big game, this is some shitty piss poor garbage based on some piss poor series.

    • http://twitter.com/DyloniusFunk Dylan Stalnaker

      Mainly GameFaqs fanboys

  • Sexual_Tyrannosaurus

    If you aren't making enemies Spoony, you aren't doing your job.

    • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

      True that.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        That is so right ! You get them good Spoony !!

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

          It wasnt just his opinion, it only a FACT that Deadliest Warrior The Game is just horrible.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

            “If you try to please everyone NO ONE WILL LIKE YOU” you tell them Spoony

          • http://twitter.com/camcam666 Camille Miché

            This is what a call a great review with honesty and point that matter. Good thoughts, you got my vote Spoony !

          • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

            We are DELUSIONAL to hates this game, because Spike Games said so !

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

            Hi my name is Chan, Im delusional.

          • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

            Hi Chan …

          • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

            All this is just delusional in my mind.

          • http://www.google.ca/profiles/jordane.green themaster455

            Im with Spoony and Rocco.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

            Deadliest Fight: Spoony VS Spike TV.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

            Spike TV for the lose …

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Spike TV is delusional.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Spike TV is delusional.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Spike TV is delusional.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

            Spike TV for the lose …

          • http://www.google.ca/profiles/jordane.green themaster455

            Im with Spoony and Rocco.

          • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

            All this is just delusional in my mind.

          • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

            Hi Chan …

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

          It wasnt just his opinion, it only a FACT that Deadliest Warrior The Game is just horrible.

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

          It wasnt just his opinion, it only a FACT that Deadliest Warrior The Game is just horrible.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        That is so right ! You get them good Spoony !!

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        That is so right ! You get them good Spoony !!

  • http://twitter.com/FajitaBuster Jacob Kerkering

    So you could buy this game, or spend $5 more on SSF2THDR if you wanted a less realistic game. But who would want to do that? HDR isn't realistic at all, and more realism=better game. Right?

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    It's really not much the same at all, aside from the one hit kills. People can argue about it being a cheaper game than Bushido Blade, but it's also a newer game, utilizing middleware (which wasn't the case in Bushido Blade), and actually accounting for fewer variables for character/weapon choices overall.

  • http://twitter.com/Kezune Katherine Ann Meyer

    Sex T-Rex, I couldn't agree with you more.

  • Earthbound_X

    Yeah that's true, I buy crappy games all the time, because I wanna see how bad they really are. Guess I got that from watching MST3K and bad movies, haha.

  • http://twitter.com/Mah_Dry_Bread Medraut Stowe

    Preach, my brotha!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1785656562 Tim David Ritchie

    This is just wonderful.

  • http://www.facebook.com/BadTrinitysBassist Marcus Stocken Blomgren

    May I borrow the Rollo-T expression: SPOWNED!!!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S3UK3UPHGE446ELL4E3SWMODDI Sam

    Ah, I see. I must have played like Sean. I always went for the one-hit kill. Since I have not played the DW game, I have absolutely no room at argue.

  • Jono666

    LOL! people are actual acting as if this game is “realistic”? Give me a break. It isn't realistic at all! It's just a bad, broken, poor, crap-fest of a game in which the rounds end way too fast! You only get a handful of characters and you need to completely end your session if you want to switch characters. I don't need to state all the other bad things about this game because Spoony has already done it for me. $8 is not worth that shit. Plain and simple. I'm agreeing with Spoony on this one. Besides, this is an opinion, so if you don't like it, whatever. If you're curious, try it out for yourself. Some people might like it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/supergeek2004 Craig Pierrot

    Hey, um…excuse me if I seem a little dumb for having to ask, but:

    How in the _*FUCK*_ is Spike TV small, exactly?!?!?!?!

  • http://www.gamespot.com/users/cornbredx CornBRED-X

    wow. These arguments they're throwing at you are invalid in more ways then one. I think you're doing fine at answering them.

    It's incredibly rediculous for anyone to believe that just because a game is cheap means it doesnt have to be good or entertaining in any way. Seriously, the price point should not have anything to do with whether or not your game is worth buying. The price point would only come into play if the only complaint was bad graphics, but its not.

    I think they're only picking on spoony because they see him as small time and dont think this would amount to much but we all know that is wrong. Even higher end reviewers, like Jeff Gerstmann have said this game is incredibly broken.

    To quote his 2/5 star review synopsis:

    “Quick, bloody death makes Deadliest Warrior kind of charming, but its “first mistake loses” mentality wears thin fast.”

    It's not only spoony who thinks this game is NOT a quality product.

  • http://twitter.com/mbroka711 Marc Broka

    If you game is worse than the Digimon fighting game, you really need to rethink your career in the gaming industry.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    I'm doing a little digging. I think Spike Games is merely the Publisher front, and the actual developer of the game is Pipeworks Software, which is the budget/licensed division of Foundation 9, and likely has a staff of around 30-45 people at most (though it's not clear as to whether all of these folks work on a game at once, or multi-thread production).

    Granted, the person who left that comment is indeed a fool, but at the same time, I'm fairly sure that the real devs behind this game were given as little resources as possible, and a ridiculous deadline, which makes it hard to make anything redeemable (name any decent number of tie-in licenses that turn out well, without bugs/low production tactics).

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Angelique-Sims/1037440052 Angelique Sims

      I’d say maybe the Incredible Hulk game, but it was only fun for however long it takes to smash everything to hell (or until you got Prototype). Oh, and there’s always good old GoldenEye 007. That’s what kills me about tie-ins; they could be so much better if given more time and budget. Indeed, I can’t imagine what limitations Pipeworks Software had to work with for the game to be this piss poor. It just gets to me that tie-ins are always promoted like they are for the fans and such, yet rarely are ever anything more than an assault on our wallets and happiness. They have the money and they could easily have allocated time to the project, they simply chose to do neither. Besides, the best fighting game in the world could never cover up the fact that the show is dumb, illogical, unfunny (even in the its so bad it is good way), and blatantly lies to the viewer.

    • http://www.facebook.com/dave.collins.12720100 Dave Collins

      As a student game designer, I can tell you: that’s HILARIOUS!
      Teams for games like this are typically made up of 10 people: 3 artists, 2-3 designers, 2 managers, and 2-3 programmers. In 8 months, senior teams at my school with those numbers have come up with games *much* better than this. This tells me that Spike Games decided that, in order to make what was probably a 5-month deadline, they just threw people at the project. THIS NEVER WORKS. The more people you get to work on a game, the harder it becomes to manage. From your comment, it sounds like they only had 2 managers, which is half of what they should have had for that many people. Even then, however, it would still have been doomed, because 5 months isn’t enough time to make ANY triple a title look good- it usually takes about a month to get into the groove and learn who does what, get to know the other developers, etc.
      I feel sorry for those 36 people- they were doomed from the beginning. I do not, however, feel sorry for their game, and I imagine they don’t either- Spike Games are the ones sticking up for it, not Pipeworks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/john.w.wade John William Wade

    People are fucking stupid. the think a review as well known as you played this once and called it that. What! Any person with half a brain could figure out you played this allot longer. not to mention you said it was your first match not only. and the comment the made me the most pissed was the fact they toke pride in the fact you compared it to street fighter, and mortal kombat. the is fucking stupid. you can compare the taste of shit to the taste of lobster but you still eating shit. this game is shit. and low price bull i can get a hell of allot for $10. i got left for dead 2 on deal shortly ago for $10 and it is way better then this piece of shit. $10 might not be allot but it can still entertain you fuck spending it on this. also the realism of this game. i understand the is supposed to be realistic but the point is its also supposed to be fun. you can have the most realistic game but if its not fun why the fuck play it. and the low number of fighters come on this is 2010 get with it. now the show it not realistic it not really even go. i watch the show but it simply a guilty pleasure of watch shit get destroyed, the pretty good fight scene, and to bet my friends on who's going to win because it not accurate its just a gamble on who will be the deadliest warrior. i applaud Spoony for the first review and for taking the criticism pooring his point and showing the idiots who liked this game a big FU.

  • kefkaesque

    Oh, and here's a list of (pretty excellent) original games for XBLA that you can buy for 800 points:

    -The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
    -'Splosion Man
    -Braid
    -Mega Man 9
    -Mega Man 10
    -The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai
    -The Maw
    -Risk: Factions
    -Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
    -Ikaruga
    -Rez HD
    -Snoopy Flying Ace

  • http://www.facebook.com/paul.elliott Paul Elliott

    I'm a small time games developer, I just write code for other wanna-be-game-developers to use. Most are are just kids who sell their games at school, but being able to allow them to expand their imagination and make sense of it and encourage it is very rewarding.

    There are some people making fan based 2D Naruto games, 3D Zelda fighting games and the ever popular GTA rip-offs. What always surprises me is that with the genres, these developers understand that there a format of rules that other people expect, but that with this they add some amazing features.

    When a developer releases a game it's to expectations. If it's a fighting game, a developer cannot expect to make something unoriginal and not expect similarities.

    As Gamers we expect diverse and rich characters who play very differently, but whom are easy to understand and feel comfortable controlling. We expect responsive controls able to perform moves as fast as our obsessive fingers can mash the buttons. We also expect the game to be balanced, but even if they slam a 'REALISM' sticker on a game, it is still a game and it requires balance.

    Deadliest Warrior is as much a realistic fight game as Counter-Strike: Source is a Tactical Combat Simulator. The is a horribly developed attempt at cashing in on a franchise that is all about entertainment over realism in the first place. It looks horrible, plays horrible and leaves you wishing you had spent the $10 on an 'Indie' game worthy of $10. Actually what sums the game up for me is when the Pirate walks out like Captain Jack Sparrow. That is very unrealistic for a Pirate and was played that way for comic relief, yet Deadliest Warror claim it's realistic? Notice how the Spartan is basically Leonidus from 300? Yea totally realistic when Spartans didn't where that outfit into battle and were mostly naked.

    However all the points Spoony raise is a matter of view. Some really dig this kind of game. However Intelligent, Educated and Rational people would immediately associate this game with the retarded TV show and not buy it in the first place.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zach-Helton/1641829796 Zach Helton

      Now that’s a poor comparison, Counter-Strike Source didn’t suck. But in all seriousness I agree with that sentiment.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        Yeah I get you on that too.

        • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

          Indeed my friend.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

            God told me too !!

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

            lol seriously guys ? Are we really doing this ? Worst than Twilight ?

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            What do they mean by realism ???

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            What do they mean by realism ???

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            What do they mean by realism ???

          • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

            Yes. We are. Point.

            – Wordslinger

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

            No were not, Spike TV didnt hear the end of it I think.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

            Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

            No were not, Spike TV didnt hear the end of it I think.

          • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

            Yes. We are. Point.

            – Wordslinger

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        Yeah I get you on that too.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        Yeah I get you on that too.

  • http://twitter.com/mbroka711 Marc Broka

    Awesome name and im pretty sure they have the original call of duty and castlevania games for about $10 too.

  • http://www.facebook.com/keirayres Keir Wyndham-Ayres

    Cave Story and Dwarf Fortress are both incredibly detailed games, coded by one person each and FREE. Don't blame poor quality and lack of effort on being an indie games company when a single person can take your game for a ride.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nicholas-Nicola/100000143303966 Nicholas Nicola

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!
    TAKE THAT SPIKE GAMES YOU FUCKERS!
    NOBODY MESSES WITH SPOONY!!

  • tommyz

    “Then the foolish Spike Games despite all the warning decided to enter the cave of the Spoony One. They were never seen or heard from again.”

    Okay… This guy makes his living on being witty, intelligent, and a nerd. When I watch one of his reviews it makes me tell myself, “Wow, I'd like to be as good a writer as this guy.”

    If this guys job is to review games and movies… Do you think he'd post a review without doing his homework?

    NO.

    You tell it like it is, Spoony. Fuck Spike Games!

  • SoldierOfGaming

    The very few things I found to like about this game (and I mean VERY few) were clouded by all the brokenness and unfinished qualities of the game. Now I am an heavy fighter gamer and I have low standards, so I can accept a game for it's flaws and dismiss it to have fun with a game. But the fact of the matter is, there are so many cheap and frustrating things about this game that it ruins that. I have to always set the difficulty on “Normal” because if it's any higher, the game AI robs me out of many chances to win and destroys me out of cheap-shit tactics. Now, I have many years of gaming experience under my belt and I played this game enough to know how it works (careful use of stamina, learning how to use parry and how to dodge, etc.) and the FAIR ways to get a win out to be pretty good at the game. Hell, I even got all the weapons and armor for the characters and unlocked the “Challenge” mode. I still get fucked over and die because of all the flaws you listed. Yes, the game does take a more realistic turn, but realistic doesn't mean frustrating. Either you do it right, or go back and learn Fighting Games 101.

    The only reason why I might continue playing this is just because I like playing the ninja and the gore factor. But unless my Tekken, Soulcalibur, and Blazblue games (and more) all magically disappear, I won't be playing this game much at all anymore.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Oh, I'm not saying you have no room to argue…I'm just relaying some more info from having played this game, and beaten it as every character in single player. It simply wasn't as rewarding as playing Bushido Blade, and it definitely didn't match the charm of Bushido Blade in how one hit kills didn't feel as cheap (and also in that BB didn't have a health bar or time limit, which is more cohesive with a one-hit kill mentality).

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2LSO5HFFQ7RFPIRHUXR26SDGWM Max Higgs

    Oh jesus, your dick is so massive and full in my mouth, you are the light and the leading authority in my life ever since Yahtzee said something bad about a game I liked. Spoonyone please tell me how to like vidoegames so I, anonymous guy in a comment thread, can ride your dong harder than a inbred Appalachian rides a professional wrestler's jock

  • http://twitter.com/Jax_Dragon Jax_Dragon

    Spoony, I feel sorry for you because you must get a lot of grief from people who like a game you reviewed. Especially when most of them really don't know what they're talking about. I rather enjoyed your DW review(and this follow up) and look forward to more reviews in the future.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    lol Spikes Games for the lose big time. Delusional my as* yea right …

  • http://twitter.com/Kezune Katherine Ann Meyer

    Spike -games- is small. As in they just started. He isn't claiming that Spike TV is small at all.

  • Fayt8o5

    hahaha god damn the funiest 1 in there was the ur not gonna auto turn to ur opponent in real life….jus gotta say either that dude does not kno how to fight PERIOD, or he is jus plain retarded because when i watch ppl fight, professional or otherwise, they keep their face towards their opponent w/o thinking if they should or not. I know sooner or later someone is going to ask yes I myself have never been in a fight since I have not needed to but have tested my punches on family and friends and for the most part can hit pretty hard but not hard enough to take someone out on a 1st punch. As for my 10$….i think id rather go to my local gamestop and buy a game with equal graphics (or worse for that matter since i do like my old school games more) and pick something that WILL hold my interest WITH awesome gameplay.

    BTW if ur gonna make a comparison make it at least reasonable and not pin it next to any street fighter…its jus sad.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dan-Supernault/1180047559 Dan Supernault

    Y'know when I saw your review, I took your word for it. I knew you really played it. For more than an hour. Taking notes and being fair in your statements. I can't find it in me to disagree. Even when you riff on a game I like. I know you're making a valid point.

    On the other hand, I enjoy you shooting down the nonbelievers. Some of them have the most pathetic arguments. You must have had tears in your eyes from laughing so hard!

  • http://www.facebook.com/vladimir.tolpygo Vladimir Tolpygo

    People talk about the “realism” of “The Deadliest Warrior”, but one glance at the game is enough to tell it's completely surreal and stupid and that the people who made the game haven't even read the most basic history literature. And to keep this short, let me just point this out: the NINJA. WEARS. BLACK. THAT. IS. RETARDED!!! I am not a ninja fanboy, but it doesn't take a Prof. Doctor Doctor Prof. of Japanese history to know that even on the rare occasions when Ninjas did wear that outfit (and weren't blending in with the crowd by, you know, wearing NORMAL CLOTHES), it was never black. It was either dark blue or dark green, because black stands out even in the darkness as a silhouette and has therefore no use whatsoever! And similar inaccuracies can be found on almost every other fighter in this game. So, yeah… Maybe this comment was pointless, but it's just kinda sad how people still defend the realism of this game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001137823666 Dean Naces

    Don't listen to the haters, Spoony! You got this and I agree with you, 100%!

  • http://www.facebook.com/vladimir.tolpygo Vladimir Tolpygo

    People talk about the “realism” of “The Deadliest Warrior”, but one glance at the game is enough to tell it's completely surreal and stupid and that the people who made the game haven't even read the most basic history literature. And to keep this short, let me just point this out: the NINJA. WEARS. BLACK. THAT. IS. RETARDED!!! I am not a ninja fanboy, but it doesn't take a Prof. Doctor Doctor Prof. of Japanese history to know that even on the rare occasions when Ninjas did wear that outfit (and weren't blending in with the crowd by, you know, wearing NORMAL CLOTHES), it was never black. It was either dark blue or dark green, because black stands out even in the darkness as a silhouette and has therefore no use whatsoever! And similar inaccuracies can be found on almost every other fighter in this game. So, yeah… Maybe this comment was pointless, but it's just kinda sad how people still defend the realism of this game.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S3UK3UPHGE446ELL4E3SWMODDI Sam

    Do you feel like it needed a more personal edge? For instance, the characters having a more firm background and having, to some degree, a story element? At this point, their is absolutely no canon, you can make up any kind of crazy awesome reason for a Ninja fighting a Viking.

    Is their even a story worth mentioning within gameplay?

    That might kind of seem like a weak point, but emotional build up can do more for a game of this style than graphics or gameplay at this point.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      Really, there doesn’t need to be much of a story, but there could’ve been references to the show, or maybe little scenes describing more of the character, and what made them deadly warriors, leading up to the last match, perhaps one derived from the show itself?

      The game never came off as one that really rewarded continued engagement from the player aside from some achievement points, and that makes it really hard to have a lot of continued attachment to the game, unless the core mechanics and design are just steller…which they simply aren’t.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S3UK3UPHGE446ELL4E3SWMODDI Sam

        They need to get the narrator of the show to do some Soulcalibur type intros.
        “The Ninja! Deadly assassin from Japan!”
        Versus
        “The Pirate! Master of black powder weapons!”
        (3)
        “Who”
        (2)
        “Is”
        (1)
        “Deadliest?”
        (Fight)

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S3UK3UPHGE446ELL4E3SWMODDI Sam

        They need to get the narrator of the show to do some Soulcalibur type intros.
        “The Ninja! Deadly assassin from Japan!”
        Versus
        “The Pirate! Master of black powder weapons!”
        (3)
        “Who”
        (2)
        “Is”
        (1)
        “Deadliest?”
        (Fight)

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S3UK3UPHGE446ELL4E3SWMODDI Sam

        They need to get the narrator of the show to do some Soulcalibur type intros.
        “The Ninja! Deadly assassin from Japan!”
        Versus
        “The Pirate! Master of black powder weapons!”
        (3)
        “Who”
        (2)
        “Is”
        (1)
        “Deadliest?”
        (Fight)

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      Really, there doesn’t need to be much of a story, but there could’ve been references to the show, or maybe little scenes describing more of the character, and what made them deadly warriors, leading up to the last match, perhaps one derived from the show itself?

      The game never came off as one that really rewarded continued engagement from the player aside from some achievement points, and that makes it really hard to have a lot of continued attachment to the game, unless the core mechanics and design are just steller…which they simply aren’t.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      Really, there doesn’t need to be much of a story, but there could’ve been references to the show, or maybe little scenes describing more of the character, and what made them deadly warriors, leading up to the last match, perhaps one derived from the show itself?

      The game never came off as one that really rewarded continued engagement from the player aside from some achievement points, and that makes it really hard to have a lot of continued attachment to the game, unless the core mechanics and design are just steller…which they simply aren’t.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Ho/546003853 Joseph Ho

    Guilty Gear X2 was my favorite game for years. It was fast, the characters ridiculous but balanced (a few hiccups here and there, but it was always counterable), and the combat was fast and furious… then Iruka came out. To adjust to the new 4 player VS, they added a button that turns your character around and made some back-attacks. I can't tell you how incredibly stupid it is to have to press a shoulder button for your character to NOT DIE. Seriously.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Diego-Garcia/1138916363 Diego Garcia

    I love how Spoony made his case, and im not seeing this because hes someone important or me being a fan , but because he is a guy whit an opinion, and he really has the balls to go out and say what he thinks. The fact is Spike games was really immature whit the response, that attitude of ''my game its not bad because its cheap'' really blows my mind. the fact that you are a small developer whit no big money its not a excuse to make a broken game and say its ok. if its bad its bad.

    Do you see what people on their basements code on newgrounds?, small little fun FREE games! and if they suck they don't go around and cray seeing its bad because its free. i know i keep saying this, but that really bothers me. Many small cheap game have made it big not because of the franchise, but because of the game play (Braid, castle crashers anyone?) because that's what really important the Game play hence video Game.

    The point of the game it being fun, so its fun a 15 second battle, or fist move K-O? i don't think so. This game its an afternoon game at best, play it for one day then forget it, believe you are NOT going to see this at your local gamestop fighting tournament.

    And i know, no gaming company ever says, ''you know what? i going to make a piece of shit game'', but it happens, and believed we gamers remember those titles, that's the reason AVGN, TSE, and Angry Joe are so popular, not because games are bound to hate games, but because when they suck we simply are not gonna lie. Gamers do not like bad games period.And to those sponny haters or DW lovers, this is a forgetable title you aint gonna remmeber this in 2 months at best.

    Holly shit 4 paragraphs? i overextended myself, o well those are just my toughs…Crowaxe out!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Miller/1361672619 Mike Miller

    If I were you, I would have just ignored the forum goer's responses, they are pretty much just fan boys reciting what appears on the back of Deadliest Warriors imaginary box like its a scripture.

    The fact that the developers responded opens a much wider world of mockery. They got their panties in a bunch about a 5 minute rant? I would hate to see how these pansies would react if you gave it an honest brick by brick dismantling. But what they don't realize is that their game doesn't deserve it.

    Do they understand what your website is about? It mocks video games, and other media, in an over exaggerated manner. Its like they based their entire opinion on your ability as a critic on after watching only one review of yours, and a very short 5 minute one at that. But then again, its a fucking cash in, fuck the brown-nosers and plants on the forum, I bet you twenty bucks half can't legally vote (for various reasons I suspect).

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Diego-Garcia/1138916363 Diego Garcia

    I love how Spoony made his case, and im not seeing this because hes someone important or me being a fan , but because he is a guy whit an opinion, and he really has the balls to go out and say what he thinks. The fact is Spike games was really immature whit the response, that attitude of ''my game its not bad because its cheap'' really blows my mind. the fact that you are a small developer whit no big money its not a excuse to make a broken game and say its ok. if its bad its bad.

    Do you see what people on their basements code on newgrounds?, small little fun FREE games! and if they suck they don't go around and cray seeing its bad because its free. i know i keep saying this, but that really bothers me. Many small cheap game have made it big not because of the franchise, but because of the game play (Braid, castle crashers anyone?) because that's what really important the Game play hence video Game.

    The point of the game it being fun, so its fun a 15 second battle, or fist move K-O? i don't think so. This game its an afternoon game at best, play it for one day then forget it, believe you are NOT going to see this at your local gamestop fighting tournament.

    And i know, no gaming company ever says, ''you know what? i going to make a piece of shit game'', but it happens, and believed we gamers remember those titles, that's the reason AVGN, TSE, and Angry Joe are so popular, not because games are bound to hate games, but because when they suck we simply are not gonna lie. Gamers do not like bad games period. And to those Sponny haters or DW lovers, this is a forgettable title you aint gonna remember this in 2 months at best.

    Holly shit 4 paragraphs? i overextended myself, o well those are just my toughs…Crowaxe out!

  • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

    Deadly Warrior can be alright sometime, but wtf Spikes Game is proud of this somehow. Guess everyone have their taste of game whatever awful it get.

    Nice follow-up Spoony ! Im still stunned that Spike Game got in to you lol. It pretty nice.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Point of notice, Mike. Technically the Developer wasn't the one responding in the forum, but rather the Publisher.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_G6TDYHWNQOXTVPEUDUELTOJDVE JamesW

    It's sucks because the developers don't even realize just how much worse their game is than all other fighting games. Granted, for a budget title based off of a weird TV series, it's not as bad as it could've been, but GEEZ- when you consider that Soul Caliber is probably one of the worst fighting franchises out there, you should realize just how top-notch almost all fighting games are, it's a market too competitive to dive into and expect glowing reviews. One of the main problems is probably that they got too ambitious for a $10 title- a simple, fun fighting engine is the sort of thing needed for this type of game, not a complex, deep one, otherwise you end up with the myriad of issues as prescribed by Spoony. First off, ranged weapons in a side-perspective fighting game = control issues, almost automatically. Fighting games exist purely because they are supposed to involve in-depth melee combat, so that should be a focus. One weapon for a fighter is enough- it's not the TV show, it's just supposed to be balanced and fun, not realistic. A normal health system is better- again, it should be FUN, not realistic. If you're going to do the Bushido Blade system, you better have one deep & balanced game, and, again, you need a budget for that.

    I'm willing to bet that the movement issues stem from the fact that it would be harder to develop around- that is, the player would have to auto-turn whenever starting or ending a combo, but not turn while the combo is going on; that way, they would keep that balance they were likely seeking (that is, the ability for an opponent to dodge an attack and be able to attack from the side or behind) while keeping the controls good.

    To summarize, Spoony = correct, Spike Games = overambitious, yet it's a remarkably good attempt for a budget title. At least they're trying, few budget-title developers ever try and get creative or take risks.

  • VoodooFrog

    Just the simple fact that a fighting game has a one hit kill move/combo makes it annoying as fuck. How about Spike games fixes that before they have a little bitch about a professional reviewer pointing out the shit quality of their game.
    Oh and Spike games, by the way. You can get Deus Ex for $10, probably less. And if you ever create a game better than that, then you can use that argument of yours.
    Realism in games never works, yes, I will die after taking a broadsword to the face, but do I want that to happen in a game? In a game with time-reversal like Prince of Persia, sure, that's fun. In a fighting game? That's just stupid.

  • http://twitter.com/FajitaBuster Jacob Kerkering

    I downloaded the demo for the game and was playing with my friend. We got a lot of lag… in local multiplayer.

  • kefkaesque

    If I included all the great older titles that have been rereleased, the length of my comment would be almost abusive.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Nice

      • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

        Beautifully said mister !

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          My man you got my vote.

          • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

            Ding. Point.

            – Wordslinger

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

            Chazam !

          • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

            Ding. Point.

            – Wordslinger

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          My man you got my vote.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Nice

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Nice

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6MZUHVY66HXLLV3QB2PCSN3IQA ben

    You tell 'em Spoony! So, for people thinking about getting “The Shitiest Warrior” please buy Blazblue or Virtua Fighter 5 which is one of the best fighting games ever made!! you can probably get VF5 for 15 bucks somewhere, so if you want a “realistic” fun fighter get that instead of “The Shitiest Warrior”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Ho/546003853 Joseph Ho

    They based their reaction on a single vid… ironic since Spoony only played a single ma– OH WAIT!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Damn ONE SINGLE video …

      • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

        My question is this: was Spoony the only one to review this game?I ask simply because Spike Games specifically outed Spoony in their letter, and one would assume that if they get so distraught over bad reviews, that they would turn their internet flamethrowers on other reviews (such as magazine articles). Thinking about it further, they probably wouldn’t, knowing that outing a gaming magazine in such a fashion would be far more detrimental to their “budding” gaming development careers than doing the same to a “nothing” internet reviewer like Spoony. What they didn’t count on was the hordes upon hordes of hordes of loyal fans that not only take Spoony’s word in a mini-review such as the one he did, but will also come to his side and defend his honor as a reviewer at the drop of a hat. I mean, we ALL know Spoony isn’t some fly-by-night reviewer that half-asses what he does. No. We KNOW that he delivers on EVERY video and review he makes to the fullest of his ability and knowledge. Hell, he even openly admits when he CAN’T present a full and accurate review of a game because he is unable (anyone remember the original Pumpkinhead?) and makes it humorous at the same time. I, for one, have been watching Spoony for quite some time now. Honestly, as a fan, I miss the reviews and Lets Plays being produced as quickly as they once were. BUT I know Spoony always delivers when one is produced and I always watch them. Long live The Spoony One!- Wordslinger

      • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

        My question is this: was Spoony the only one to review this game?I ask simply because Spike Games specifically outed Spoony in their letter, and one would assume that if they get so distraught over bad reviews, that they would turn their internet flamethrowers on other reviews (such as magazine articles). Thinking about it further, they probably wouldn’t, knowing that outing a gaming magazine in such a fashion would be far more detrimental to their “budding” gaming development careers than doing the same to a “nothing” internet reviewer like Spoony. What they didn’t count on was the hordes upon hordes of hordes of loyal fans that not only take Spoony’s word in a mini-review such as the one he did, but will also come to his side and defend his honor as a reviewer at the drop of a hat. I mean, we ALL know Spoony isn’t some fly-by-night reviewer that half-asses what he does. No. We KNOW that he delivers on EVERY video and review he makes to the fullest of his ability and knowledge. Hell, he even openly admits when he CAN’T present a full and accurate review of a game because he is unable (anyone remember the original Pumpkinhead?) and makes it humorous at the same time. I, for one, have been watching Spoony for quite some time now. Honestly, as a fan, I miss the reviews and Lets Plays being produced as quickly as they once were. BUT I know Spoony always delivers when one is produced and I always watch them. Long live The Spoony One!- Wordslinger

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Damn ONE SINGLE video …

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Damn ONE SINGLE video …

  • BlueGemini

    I'm not a big fan of Fighting games to be honest and I haven't seen or played that Deadliest Warriors game… but one thing.. I BELIEVE on what Spoony said and I'm completely agree on his statement! Two thumbs for you, Spoony >=)

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Worked in Bushido Blade, and Bushido Blade/Bushido Blade 2 were badass fighting games.

    Just sayin'.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michal-Puczynski/1762678166 Michał Puczyński

    If they want you to manually turn to face the opponent, they should include a button responsible for breathing. It's a natural reaction and you shouldn't have to control it. It's like having to operate both legs – because in a real fight you don't just push a button and walk, you have to move one leg after the other! Spike's response is great. It's so stupid.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Miller/1361672619 Mike Miller

    Are you sure, because in the first paragraph in their response they refer to themselves as developers, but that might just be the royal 'we' I see publishers use i.e. 'them'.

    • http://openid-provider.appspot.com/Viredae Viredae

      Even still, Spoony went in WANTING them to reply, he’s not really angry but more amused at this fiasco.

    • http://openid-provider.appspot.com/Viredae Viredae

      Even still, Spoony went in WANTING them to reply, he’s not really angry but more amused at this fiasco.

    • http://openid-provider.appspot.com/Viredae Viredae

      Even still, Spoony went in WANTING them to reply, he’s not really angry but more amused at this fiasco.

  • http://www.facebook.com/mfjeldal Michael James Fjeldal

    I'm all for supporting small developers, but only if their product is worthwhile.
    Penumbra? Awesome and scary as hell, worth the money.
    Penny Arcade games? Fun and funny, worth the money.
    This Deadliest Warrior game seems like it goes the way of any tie-in and then goes even further. It's like they didn't care. And maybe that's the rub of it.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Though even so, Spike Games acted only as producer/publisher here, and not developer. There were only 4 people from Spike Games involved here, mainly as directors, and Pipeworks was the actual developer behind the game (likely outsourced on the cheap, and just managed by these guys remotely during the production).

    • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

      Like I said earlier, they were outsourced on the cheap because the nice folks at Spike Games blew all their money on booze and hookers. The poor Pipeworks people probably got the terrible, vomit-covered remains of whatever was left of the once decent budget.

      For shame, Spike Games. For shame.

      – Wordslinger

    • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

      Like I said earlier, they were outsourced on the cheap because the nice folks at Spike Games blew all their money on booze and hookers. The poor Pipeworks people probably got the terrible, vomit-covered remains of whatever was left of the once decent budget.

      For shame, Spike Games. For shame.

      – Wordslinger

  • VoodooFrog

    I'm going to be honest here and say I've never played them, and I doubt I'd like them if I did, but I did look it up on Youtube, and never did I see players run at each other like a member of the Power Rangers and win. Realistic one-on-one combat doesn't work that way.
    And yes, I do agree that Bushido Blade looks like a great game, and I'm sorry I was too young at the time to play it. This game though? It just looks awful, good for maybe ten minutes of fun, followed by hours of frustration.

  • sniktbub

    When is story important in fighting games? Well lets see…MOST FUCKING FIGHTERS have very prominent story modes. Soul Calibur, Tekken, even Mortal fucking Kombat all have large story modes.

    And saying the game is supposed to be realistic is fucking STUPID excuse. The fucking show isn't realistic, why the fuck would the game be? Not to mention, people don't fucking WANT realistic fighters. Why the fuck would I wanna play Soul Calibur if Nightmare could knock Talim's head off in one swing? Why would I want to play Street Fighter if a Hadouken could punch a hole through your stomach and immediately kill you? That's. Not. Fun. Matches that fucking end in 1 to 5 hits are not fun, nor do they give you the time to develop any measure of prowess at the game.

    Fuck anyone sucking Spike's cock, and fuck anyone stupid enough to think that a realistic fighter is a good idea.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    True enough, I was merely making the point that you can have a fighting game with one hit kills, have sound grounding in reality, and still make it fun…it's just all about context and design from that point, though, aside from having reliable mechanics.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Burwell/1372158759 Joseph Burwell

    Aw man I hope that shitty game isn't going to take up space on the PSN!

    And Spoony…. seriously….. Why in the blue blazes aren't you a game developer/director? Let be back up to the reason why. One, you know what a GOOD game is. You've dropped a ton of names referencing good games in the past. Two, you know exactly what a bad game is and I don't know what it is but for some cosmic reason I think you're not shy about letting us know how bad it is. Lastly, you know how to appeal to the public.

    Sorry to inflate your ego if I do. I'm gonna go play my Marvel VS Capcom 2.

  • Oseis

    I've never seen anyone actually respond to negative reviews personally. Usually all I see are the comments defending or attacking their opinions. Pretty cool.

  • KaitBunny

    Waaaaaaaah Spoony didn't like a shitty game–let's call him stupid! Waaaaah!

    Spike needs to chill the fuck out.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Calling bad reviewer that is just been silly and mean if you ask me, ahh those fanboys at GameFAQs never how to stop their insanity for Deadly Warriors.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

        Great review Mr.Spoony !

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Calling bad reviewer that is just been silly and mean if you ask me, ahh those fanboys at GameFAQs never how to stop their insanity for Deadly Warriors.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Calling bad reviewer that is just been silly and mean if you ask me, ahh those fanboys at GameFAQs never how to stop their insanity for Deadly Warriors.

  • standz

    It realy makes my day to see some pathetic comments on forums defending this game, how sad are you people?! Do you realy give that much crap about it?!

    • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

      What REALLY makes my day is seeing the incredible comments on here defending Spoony

    • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

      What REALLY makes my day is seeing the incredible comments on here defending Spoony

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

    WoW seriously Spikes Game ??? You go get them Spoony ! For the sake of everyone.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Davidson/1226257656 Peter Davidson

    I wouldnt be surprised if Spike Games made DW with Game Maker 8

  • VoodooFrog

    Yeah, I get what you're saying man, but this game really should have just taken a different route. I'm willing to go as far to say it looks fun. Playing it on the other hand would most likely be different.
    It's a shame the game designers went for such a mechanic without doing it properly, it might have been a slightly better game if they had of just removed the “realism” aspect, and instead went for a more Mortal Kombat approach. Although that might have missed the point of the whole “Deadly Warrior” thing…

    • http://openid-provider.appspot.com/Viredae Viredae

      Also would like to say that Guilty Gear has 1-hit kills, except they were complex and difficult to pull off, had risks and (obviously) rewards, and they worked!

      Just like any other feature in any other game, you have to f*cking do it right, the instakills here don’t work because they are HALF ASSED!

    • http://openid-provider.appspot.com/Viredae Viredae

      Also would like to say that Guilty Gear has 1-hit kills, except they were complex and difficult to pull off, had risks and (obviously) rewards, and they worked!

      Just like any other feature in any other game, you have to f*cking do it right, the instakills here don’t work because they are HALF ASSED!

    • http://openid-provider.appspot.com/Viredae Viredae

      Also would like to say that Guilty Gear has 1-hit kills, except they were complex and difficult to pull off, had risks and (obviously) rewards, and they worked!

      Just like any other feature in any other game, you have to f*cking do it right, the instakills here don’t work because they are HALF ASSED!

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    “…anyone stupid enough to think that a realistic fighter is a good idea.”

    Bushido Blade 1 & 2 were freaking awesome, and were at least semi-realistic in grounding when they were made. Just saying, man.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000678976561 Katherine Wolf

    *Claps*

    And on the price point, wasn't Dirty Dancing 10 bucks? I was expecting you to bring that up and say it was more enjoyable (which honestly I'd rather shell out for DD then DW. At least I can play some semi-fun minigames.)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000678976561 Katherine Wolf

    HEAR HEAR!

    • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

      Realism is one thing. But, as someone above me said, health meters aren’t realistic. Period.

      – Wordslinger

    • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

      Realism is one thing. But, as someone above me said, health meters aren’t realistic. Period.

      – Wordslinger

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

        Boom on the faces of the fanboys of DW. So much for realism lol.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

        Boom on the faces of the fanboys of DW. So much for realism lol.

  • EpeEntertainment

    You tell them Spoony!

    I personally, don't like fighting games, so don't have knowledge to go in dep'd with them.
    But, I've always feld they are these “smahs every button down” type games.
    I know there are combos, that do more deadlier moves, but when I have to memories a over a dozen button combinations, that have about 5 buttons or more to push, each! I loose my fucking interest on the game.

    I've watched the damn show and first I thought “Wow, this is an very interesting idea, I want to see how they test who is the deadliest warrior”.
    But when I realised, how they actually came to the conclusions, about who wins whom….it was just stupid.
    And the fight simulations were just ridiculous.

  • http://twitter.com/nolanmcgarry Kefkaesque

    Here's another REALISTIC fact about REAL battles (as featured in Deadliest Warrior):

    Running around your opponent at full speed and doing flips is an excellent way to avoid getting hit.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Captain-Theo-Qthulu-Matthews/100000755516366 Captain-Theo Qthulu Matthews

      Running around in circles at full speed doing flips is a good way to trip and end up with your head stuck in a wall.

      • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

        Or a spear in your chest *cough cough*

        – Wordslinger

      • http://thelastwordslinger.blogspot.com/ Jason Willard

        Or a spear in your chest *cough cough*

        – Wordslinger

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Captain-Theo-Qthulu-Matthews/100000755516366 Captain-Theo Qthulu Matthews

      Running around in circles at full speed doing flips is a good way to trip and end up with your head stuck in a wall.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Captain-Theo-Qthulu-Matthews/100000755516366 Captain-Theo Qthulu Matthews

      Running around in circles at full speed doing flips is a good way to trip and end up with your head stuck in a wall.

  • Booloo

    I'm sorry Spoony but your pothead comment is wrong. NO DRUG could make an intelligent person enjoy this game anyone who does is born retarded.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      lol take that back old man. Im a retarded and yet I think this game should have been created !

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

        Ouch this some true right there.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      lol take that back old man. Im a retarded and yet I think this game should have been created !

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Spike Games is made up of four people, and basically was acting as a producer/publisher front. The actual company that did the grunt work developing the game was Pipeworks, with 36 people assigned to this project.

    They likely worked as a typical independent developer underneath an outsourced/licensed production cycle, where they are contracted by an outside publisher to work on a title, with a lot of control regarding budget, time, and creativity managed by the publisher/producer, which would be Spike Games in this case.

    So if I see “Spike Games” in relation to this game…at this point, I'm assuming this is the publisher/producer we're talking about, and not the development team outside of the creative director or game producer.

  • L_Palooza

    I honestly don't see what the problem is. So you have an opinion about a game, it's what a review is. People do it all the time, *I* do it all the time. But people's opinions will always differ, it's nothing new. You don't see Microsoft or Nintendo developers sending “Boo-Hoo” letters to internet reviewers.

    It's something people have to get used to, someone somewhere WON'T like the same games as you.

  • http://twitter.com/Maulmoviemoos Maul

    Spoony is right. I bought the game, played through all the warriors campaigns cause I'm fucking lazy asshole who can't get up to put Call of Duty into my fucking disk tray. The turning, broken. The stamina, pointless, The buttons, mashing. I knew about the parry system from the beginning, but I never pulled off a parry once. I just made more sense to dodge and try to score a hit, defense in this game in fucking pointless.

    I'll go even farther and say that the multiplayer is broken. I could never ever connect to a match. Not that I would want to, but its broken. It would match me, and then say the connection is broken. Don't tell me its my connection, when I eventually got off my ass to put Call of Duty in, it was fine.

    I kind of disagree with Spoony on the story mode, its not necessary and I fail to see how it would work. What do you play as the reenactment actors from the show? Did a magical portal made by Teenage Super-Wiz Max Gieger bring together the Deadliest Warriors through out time? Actually those could have some camp value.

    Also Customization would have been nice. I mean the idea screams for it, but it barely has it, and to unlock it I have to beat the game FOR EVERY FIGHTER, and God help me if I don't kill all the fucking Pigs!

    I understand the one hit kills are realistic, and I would expect the game to be realistic, but guess what I ISN'T. Everything about the game is so fundementally broken that when you point to the realism as a fucking feature its a joke. “One hit kills are realistic” Okay but what about the completely unnatural super fast spastic way my fighters fight? It looks and feels like a Arcade fighter, but when I bitch about the one hit kills its a simulation. Pick one!

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    I completely agree that they should have gone a different route. I don't think they would've ever really been given the proper time, money, and resources to make this sort of concept fully realized and stable/reliable. Either a more blatant arcade approach, or a more scaled back approach at the very least would've been better, especially in terms of making the game's quality overall better.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000678976561 Katherine Wolf

    Also, I beg you to NEVER take down the comments you put up. When they grow up, I want them to look at those comments and feel ashamed and question what the hell they were thinking when they wrote it.

  • White_Cloth

    Spoony *wanted* to be flamed? I must admit – as I have bad social anxiety problems – that gets my respect! But I also don't understand the appeal of being hated. Does this mean that he doesn't get pissed off but rather entertained by any hatred he receives? Can I have his power, please?

    Also, if he enjoys watching things that “piss him off” as well as enjoys the feedback from “pissed off” people, then what on earth does he actually despise enough to repel it? Does this man truly hate anything?

  • http://holyjunkie.wordpress.com/ HolyJunkie

    That was, by far, the best rant I've ever heard.

    There's also the fact that even though they were saying “What would you expect for ten bucks, the second coming of Christ?” Then why the hell did they have advertisements at E3 of all places?

    I facepalmed when I saw that bit about DW: The Game in your E3 videos, and I headdesked when I saw the Spartan rape your Pirate in the face with a three-foot pointed dong- I mean javelin.

    Then I laughed hysterically, because the buildup to that point was just beautiful.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Miller/1361672619 Mike Miller

    Thanks for the elaboration, and helping to paint Spike Games as being as much a soulless entity as EA with a faction of the worth.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      Hah, true enough, though granted, I don’t view EA as much of a soulless entity anymore…Activision has replaced them in that capacity for me.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      Hah, true enough, though granted, I don’t view EA as much of a soulless entity anymore…Activision has replaced them in that capacity for me.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      Hah, true enough, though granted, I don’t view EA as much of a soulless entity anymore…Activision has replaced them in that capacity for me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TornadoCreator Billy McKenna

    Well fucking said. Spike TV created a shite game and should be called on it, although saying that I actually quite like the TV show. It's completely pants on head retarded in the “science” department, but it's so unintentionally funny and they take it so seriously I have to watch it. It's cute, like when a kitten tries to stand up to a full grown alsatian dog all spitting and hissing while the dog looks on confused. It's one of my guilty pleasures even if it is rediculous, it's worth watching in mockery and a fantastic show to use for drinking games.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    The most realistic thing about this game is the fact that despite not having any body armor, you can deflect sharp objects thrown at you by cartwheeling, as demonstrated by the Apache and Ninja.

    FACT, backed up and reinforced by SCIENCE.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Rood/100000647271126 James Rood

    You could have even made note of how you could have spent twice the money on SSFIV and gotten quadruple the value. XBL has an indy game section for the small timers who are hit and miss with the quality games, if that's where Spike needs to be herded they should have said something, but even then the poor quality would have been laughed off the map games like “Fart Machine II” and “Fireplace”(Both of which for notes sake go for 80 MS points or, in traslation, 1$).

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA yahoo-6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA

    you want free better games? FREE? play vanguard princess.. make 4 only 1 guy, that is one of the best fighting games ever!

    other thing, if you wanna make a realistic game!!! with realistic stamina and fighting styles with a low budget then DONT DO THE FUCKIN GAME! if you re gonna make a game who requires too much money with the half of the budget and bad programers the why u complain about the game being crappy?

    Fuck u Spike

  • numberofthebeast

    Nice ending! PS will you ever do a let's play of call of cthulhu DCotE?

  • http://twitter.com/mrBL1NDF1R3 kelvin vl

    try ''die by the sword'' from 12 years ago that is even better and fun to play in comperisment to this piece of shit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=622528744 Christian LeChuck Ström

    Way to stand up for yourself, Spoony. I can't see how the developers can be bitching about your short review. I mean, what you do is for the most part for entertainment, but the points you put forth were legit and real issues in gaming that have been ironed out eons ago through years of development and gamers' feedback. And the whole “you get what you pay for” isn't a valid stand point when releasing a shitty ass game.

    Keep going strong, man!

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    Love the ending, it was just deep and honest lol. Get over it Spike Games geez, you got your fan boys stay with them, life is that simple.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anthony-Fonseca/1399641388 Anthony Fonseca

    You fucking tell them Spoony! Spike came to E3 with this, so they shouldn't act like no one expected a real thought-out game. Spike is going to be butt-sore after they see this “follow-up”.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA yahoo-6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA

    That soo true, this guys put publicity of the game everywhere! and then they says that…

    you want free better games? FREE? play vanguard princess.. that game is make 4 only 1 guy, and is one of the best fighting games ever!

    other thing, if you wanna make a realistic game!!! with realistic stamina and fighting styles with a low budget then DONT DO THE FUCKIN GAME! if you re gonna make a game who requires too much money to spend with the half of the budget and bad programers the why u complain about the game being crappy?

    Fuck u Spike (sorry for my english im from spain)

  • http://www.facebook.com/jesse.clair Jesse James Clair

    yes! love the lovecraft world. game was a little buggy, slow, but immersive and .. lovecraftian, which redeems all shortcomings! :)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA yahoo-6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA

    That soo true, this guys put publicity of the game everywhere! and then they says that…

    you want free better games? FREE? play vanguard princess.. that game is make 4 only 1 guy, and is one of the best fighting games ever!

    other thing, if you wanna make a realistic game!!! with realistic stamina and fighting styles with a low budget then DONT DO THE FUCKIN GAME! if you re gonna make a game who requires too much money to spend with the half of the budget and bad programers the why u complain about the game being crappy?

    Fuck u Spike (sorry for my english im from spain)

  • Tasoku

    Oh Spoony, did you just come up with these replies as you were reading the comments? Because your conclusion to this video was just awesome. I was wondering if you were going to mention the price factor again, and then you mentioned it right at the end. Wonderful ending, and totally right-on (:

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Keep going strong, man!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Keep going strong, man!

  • http://www.facebook.com/Terrorblades Erik Olsson

    Woooooooooo! Yeah Spoony! Get em!

  • http://www.facebook.com/joakim.lundstrom Joakim Lundstrom

    Get Minecraft for 10 USD. A game like lego but with blocks. It's incredibly fun if you are creative and got a great sence of fantasy. The game is currently in Alpha, and i think you guys should check it out! As Beta comes, the price will go up. And it might even rise even more when the full game is out. It got multiplayer so you can play it online, even on your browser!

    Minecraft is 40000 times better than DW, and it got shittier graphics, he who made the game didnt spend thousands of dollars to make it, and he had almost the same amount of time to make it. Spike TV doesnt have anything to say really.

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    I'm willing to bet that the movement issues stem from the fact that it would be harder to develop around- that is, the player would have to auto-turn whenever starting or ending a combo, but not turn while the combo is going on; that way, they would keep that balance they were likely seeking (that is, the ability for an opponent to dodge an attack and be able to attack from the side or behind) while keeping the controls good.

  • http://twitter.com/nolanmcgarry Kefkaesque

    I dunno…

    The realism of Spartans throwing their spears at a range of roughly 8 feet is pretty well documented. In fact, I'm pretty sure I saw it in that documentary of the Thermopylae battle by Zack Snyder…

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Ah, but did the documentary demonstrate and document the application of cartwheeling Ninjas or Apaches to show how easily such spears can be deflected?

    I think not. Definitely not Science enough for Deadliest Warrior. :P

  • http://twitter.com/MorganHecker Morgan Hecker

    A word to Spike Games: if you couldn't make a fun game with the budget and time you did have, more money and time wouldn't result in a fun game either. It doesn't take $20 million to spend an extra six weeks iterating on and polishing game play and performing proper play testing. If you still couldn't make a good game after that, then your designers are obviously talentless hacks.

  • http://holyjunkie.wordpress.com/ HolyJunkie

    Oh yeah, Newgrounds Rumble. There's an independent fighting game with practically no budget whatsoever that you can play for free. It's got better gameplay, more characters, and you know what? It's a FLASH GAME.

    I clocked a good few hours into that game, and I found they were well-spent.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      With the success of this game I eagerly await the It’s ‘Effin Science RTS and Mythbusters RPG.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      With the success of this game I eagerly await the It’s ‘Effin Science RTS and Mythbusters RPG.

  • http://openid-provider.appspot.com/Viredae Viredae

    Anyone who doesn't believe that Spoony can like a game despite the show, check out his videos on the Battlestar Galactica board game, where he explicitly says that he HATES the show, but still likes the game.

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    This is madness !!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Parker/45207206 Justin Parker

    Spoony, this video left a bad taste in my mouth. You seem to be taking yourself, and your review, way too seriously. Just because you've receive a response from a developer doesn't mean you have to get so defensive that you stop being funny and start making uncharacteristically egotistical remarks like telling people to remember your name because “people listen to what I have to say.” Since when has this site been about your brilliant opinions? I thought it was about having fun laughing about bad games and movies.

  • Tsukianei

    Hell, Minecraft, a game made one ONE FUCKING PERSON was better than this shit. Seriously, for $13 you can buy Minecraft and play it for months on end without ever getting annoyed or bored. When one person can make a game in fucking JAVA better than Spike Games, they deserve the fucking bashing.

    Seriously, go out and buy Minecraft. Much better game, much better experience, and well worth the fucking money. I'm impressed Spoony could play this pile of shit for 5 hours. I played DW for 20 minutes and quit playing. It's just that fucking bad.

    Yet on an indie developed game made by one person, I've had a much better time. I've been playing Minecraft for fucking months now, and I find it to be superior in every fucking aspect.

    Seriously, Spike Games and Gamefaq's can eat a fucking dick.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    What's to say that he's not having fun with this?

  • escalator

    That final rant was BRUTAL. I feel bad for Spike Games, but you're right. No fucking excuse. By the way, when the hell is deadliest character coming out?! MEGAZORD BABY!!

  • http://twitter.com/V8_Ninja V8 Ninja

    I thought no one was even going to care about Deadliest Warrior when it came out, and much less your review of it. I certainly didn't (Note: I don't own a PS3 or a 360). It's amazing how so many people are dedicated to defending a game based off of a stupid TV show. Great job of showing people that trying to defend what you think is shit won't get them anywhere most of the time.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TUI4OWYZS7ZTZXFL6BCRQBCCPQ Kamikaze AL

    Really guys? u really stand up for this piece of shit of a game and it from fucking spike games will let me tell you all of you fucking stupid guys who flame Spoony for this one. $10 for this shit game and i know games that are far FAR better and heres where it get interesting THEY ARE FREE yeah everyone free and let me list them for you *ahem* Battlefield Heroes, Combat Arms, Quake Live (yes everyone people still play this game and let me tell you it fucking awesome and addictive and more of a game that was made for hardcore quake gamers), Exsteel and I'll stop there and i KNOW what all of you going to say but u have to pay to get the good shit like badass weapons or characters. Yeah true thats something that get people but let me say this again YOU CAN PLAY THOSE GAMES FOR FREE and really you just playing to have fun but here the thing if you get really really addicted to those certain FREE games then yeah you will pay for them and the funny thing is they don't cost 10 bucks to get the good shit My Statement is now finish

  • Tsukianei

    While I agree that a few of the remarks were uncharacteristic, I still found the “review” quite funny. Simply because I found it to be true. It doesn't help that a few of the comments may have pissed Spoony off seeing as they were trying to call him an incompetent reviewer, and an incompetent gamer.

  • somerussianguy

    All argumets parried with the grace of a swashbuckler. Bravo, Spoony. You contiue to be the man.

  • bladesharks

    a man to that sponny

  • http://holyjunkie.wordpress.com/ HolyJunkie

    I dunno. I know that I'd be pissed if I played a horrible game, made a video on my experience about the game, and then get called DELUSIONAL about the game by the DEVELOPERS THEMSELVES.

    I don't mean to bring up a game like Halo, but I've seen multiple instances where Bungie actually seemed to respond positively to bad reviews, and they've been putting work to improving and fixing on their “bad game designs” in their new “magnum opus.”

    Take Halo: ODST for example. Short campaign, Firefight mode's got some bullshit mechanics and some instances of cheap-as-hell 1-hit kills. my pals and I called out Bungie on this, and guess what: Firefight 2.0's got all of that shit fixed-up. No more annoying bugs that you can only kill with one or two guns- four if you count the ones you wouldn't dare waste on a target not worth the ammo.

    Then again, Bungie's a big developer with lots of money. Here's a slightly more similar situation that has almost no budget. Twilight fans.

    I know guys who put up legitimate, well-informed rants of Youtube, and they got hundreds of comments calling them “delusional” and “stupid.”

    Sure that's the internet, but if you put up intelligent arguments on why something sucks, and you KNOW you weren't high or drunk while making the arguments… I'm just repeating myself.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Patrick-MacIntyre/726213185 Justin Patrick MacIntyre

    FUCKIN SCHOOLED.

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    Unfreaking believable !!!

  • Norjoker

    Don't fuck with Spoony, he'll turn you into a nute… and you won't get better!

  • Norjoker

    Don't fuck with Spoony, he'll turn you into a nute… and you wont get better!

  • neoatg

    I bow down to the Spoony. How many other game reviewer Internet game reviewer at that have the power to make a major TV network quake in there boots and send out a Press release based soley on your review.

    This must be quite the ego Boost for you Spoony One . Oh and look sad little spike Tv trolls surprised they have time to post as i thought they would be too busy wanking to spike’s T&A.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    good shiiit. i'd like to see what these supporters say in 30 days. im sure they'll figure it out then.

  • http://twitter.com/SexyKOT69 Konstantine Rymaruk

    Spoony, why do you even care, and spend even more time debating these people?.. I mean obviously they're some sort of fans of the game. And what I've learned after spending so much time on the internet – you can't prove anything to other people online. Especially if you're talking to 'fanboys' (I really hate this term).

  • http://holyjunkie.wordpress.com/ HolyJunkie

    By the way, why don't they use synthetic human torsos for every single one of their weapon tests? They'd get more accurate readings on what it'll happen to a HUMAN BEING- THE ACTUAL TARGET.

    But no, we have pigs, and styrofoam filled with red goo, and mannequins also filled with red goo, and glass balls and clay pots filled with goo and dust.

    I saw this one part in the show where the doctor was looking over like, twenty of the frickin' syntho-bodies. They can't be that expensive to make.

  • ThomasMink

    Wow, I think everyone is taking this a bit too seriously. And yes, this includes Spoony… if he's not, he definitely doesn't come off that way at all.

    But I digress.. not that I agree or disagree with Spoony, having not played the game at all (being the PC gamer that I am).. I have to ask what exactly is wrong with only 8 or so characters in a fighting game? If the game's any good, I doubt it would matter how many characters there are. “Gamers expect more”.. ehhhh, maybe. Personally, I'd rather a good game. I don't care about how many characters are in it.. just make the game GOOD. Adding more characters into it isn't going to make it any better than it already is, especially if the game sucks ass.

    Keep in mind, I haven't played the game.. so don't read too much into this post. Goes for both sides. Just pointing out my one single flaw with the.. uhh.. 'follow up'.

  • ThomasFishwick

    Wow, seriously wow. Not only did they have the blithering ignorance to make a pointless and badly programmed game to one of the worst TV concepts ever (including Muffet the Dagget) they actually tried to defend it by saying, in effect; “Well yes if you think about it it is stupid, but what did you expect?”

    A long time ago, but just down the street, I used to play Street fighter 2 with my best mate. My game skills were weak but we had fun. Now after that I never really played fighters, they always felt a little stilted and I always felt like I needed four extra fingers to pull of some of the insane button combos required. When I do play games nowadays it's First Person Shooters and platformers, but that's besides the point.

    The point is way back then, in the early 90's, the challenge came not from how fast you could ram certain buttons but timing your strikes. You could draw your opponent into rash moves and take advantage. There were tactics and the you had to think of ways to land blows without leaving yourself open to retaliation. If someone got it right back then, why can't someone with the benefit of hindsight do the same today.

    This game just doesn't look fun. It looks silly, boring, and incredibly repetitive. Yes when I first saw that spear through the head I thought it was awesome, who wouldn't? The problem came when the exact same move was repeated, it showed that it was possible to win the game with that one move. No challenge, skill or thought needed. All you have to do is pick a character, memorise the fatality move and close your eyes.

    Sure, what do you expect from a $10 Xbox live game? How about a game? There's more challenge in Pong. Hell I've seen flash animations using stickmen that look more fun. They might not have the realism but what they do have is entertainment.

  • http://holyjunkie.wordpress.com/ HolyJunkie

    Another thing about realism: Find a Fight Club mainly populated by cosplayers. You'll get the same thing.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    “, and then get called DELUSIONAL about the game by the DEVELOPERS THEMSELVES.”

    By the Producer/Publisher – Not the developer. Just a small correction.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Zizzac Zac Zizzac Armstrong

    I honestly can't say anything you haven't already said,… so…

    HELL YEAH SPOONY!! You tell those PRICKS whats what!!!

  • unclewoodstock

    In truth Spoony, you will always get this for any game you review. For some stupid reason, if a gamer likes a certain game, it is not enough for them to just be happy having fun with it, they need to convince everyone how great it is. It was the same with your Final Fantasy reviews. I play a fair few games that are regarded as bad because I personally enjoy them, am I gonna make a deal about how great they are? NO!!

  • riftwolf

    After reading some of the comments and Spoony's responses, I'm surprised no-one's mentioned this…

    “It seems to me like I’m one of the only people who take this game for EXACTLY what it is…AN ARCADE GAME.”

    If an arcade game had one-hit kills it would quickly be torn to pieces by frustrated gamers. The bosses to MK2 or Killer Instinct (Showing my arcade-playing age) were cheap but even they couldn't kill you IN ONE HIT.

    I've seen Skitch comment a lot on Bushido Blade. I never played it, but from what I remember of the reviews I saw was there was a lot of strategy in choosing weapons and fighting styles. If the game had gone this route it could've been awesome, but this raises problems with fighting styles of the various characters. I'm not surprised they went the MK gore route instead (Oh yeah, anyone arguing the realism route, arms don't come off that easily).

    Spoony's point about there being only 8 characters and no story mode is my only gripe with his review; for a $10/£15 at release game with distinctive 3d models and 3 different fighting styles and animations, 8 sounds a decent number to me. People mentioning Deus Ex; that was a full price game at release that's now gone to budget.

    All in all a good rebuttal, but I don't think you should make a habit of respond to negative commenters. Don't feed the trolls.

  • http://twitter.com/TrevorBiggs Trevor Biggs

    This is blasphemy!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michal-Puczynski/1762678166 Michał Puczyński

    Ok, the game is shitty, BUT they could've easily made a story mode faithful to the show – how about an introduction from the hosts, without any real story, but in the form of one of DW episodes? I haven't seen the show, but I think fans would like that idea. Endings would summarize battles – “we see now that ninja would beat other warriors if he took advantage of his speed, blah blah blah. Let's analyse his movements and tactics” – and so on.

    By the way, that ad for WorldLargestZit (look to the right) is one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michal-Puczynski/1762678166 Michał Puczyński

    I'd take it seriously if I bought it. It's like using 10$ as a toilet paper.

    • Anonymous

      I can agree with that, but I was only partly talking about the game itself.

    • Anonymous

      I can agree with that, but I was only partly talking about the game itself.

  • kallikanzarid

    I just read IGN review. They basically called it a snuff game and rolled with it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5HUPJTTC4KKSO7QOL4VYKHKTSM Wacko 4 Flacco

    Well, I certainly didn't expect this kind of fallout because of Dealiest fucking Warrior. I mean, really? Then again, at least nobody wished for you to die in a car fire this time.
    I enjoyed the rant at the end, btw.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    lol lot of people hate Spoony at GameFAQs. The next respond of Spike Game should be more epic hopefully geez. All this is just insane, but heh they started they gonna get it, that is all baby.

    You tell them Spoony !

  • Oseis

    You make a pretty good point. 8 playable characters isn't necessarily a “make it or break it” factor but when compared to 99% of the other fighting games out nowadays 8 characters is pretty abysmal. If the game is enjoyable enough a lack of characters is more noticeable for me personally, THEN it would be a case of: “Oh man I love this game, wait, WHAT?, there are only 8 chars. and no unlockable guys?!” Maybe only 8 warriors is a good thing in this case. At least it saves you the trouble of overloading a game with more broken-ass game mechanic characters.

  • http://twitter.com/CamOTP Cam

    The day you posted the original DW game review, I had just come home from hanging with my D&D bros. It was great because after D&D one of the guys forced us to play this very game, and I get home and watched your great review.
    It really is a pretty shitty game, but if you don't take it seriously, and you didn't pay for it, it's almost kinda fun.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000678976561 Katherine Wolf

    This is TSE!

  • http://thenewyawker.darkbb.com/ Tylarannosaurus Rex

    I.. why are people defending this game??

    I am surprised you bothered to even respond to this retarded shit.

  • BoredNerd

    Lol when you wrote “DW” at first I thought, what has the distressed watcher got to do with this? I dont always agree with your opinions on films and games but I know its not clever to send winy comments without anything to add!

  • Omnia0001

    The only sad thing with bad XBOX Arcade games is I'll never see Spoony (or other reviewers from TGWTG) physically destroy the game in anger to demonstrate their hatred for the game.

    While I agree that it's quite inexcusable for any -game company- to release shitty games and overprice them only to make a profit, I find that Spoony is being a bit extreme in his response to the replies. Although, it seems like Spike Games' PR section is nonexistent because their response is beyond stupidity… I suppose that's why The Deadliest Warrior Game sucks so much.

    Anyways, good luck air juggling some idiots.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    If you try to please EVERYONE, nobody will like you.

    You're so right about this and we love you !

  • http://twitter.com/Shantalfigueroa Shantal Figueroa

    I laughed a lot at the accusations the developers threw. :3

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Oliver-Meyer/1288596186 Oliver Meyer

    Hm…If I bought a great game for, say, 50 bucks and a bad one for 10 bucks, I'd certainly be pissed about spending those 10 bucks. Sure, if it were the other way around, I'd probably be more pissed, but either way, the price tag won't make the game better.

  • kharlan2

    personally i think that every one is entitled to there own opinion and it's funny that every one seems to be compelled to protected this game and what I'm honestly thinking is if they had enough time to watch a review and reply in such great length l now just imagine how the next download is going to be like, in total it sound like to me they're trying to defend their problems instead of fix them

  • http://thenewyawker.darkbb.com/ Tylarannosaurus Rex

    This review is making me really miss Bushido Blade after you mentioned it so many times.

  • dennett316

    Hey, people will defend what they've paid for…no-one likes to think they've wasted their money. But for them to say Spoony only played it once because that's all that was shown in the video? Well, that takes a special kind of stupid that deserves ridicule at every opportunity.
    As for Spike – I don't care if your budget was low, work within your means and thoroughly play test something before you release it, there's no excuse for incompetence at any level. In fact, as a small developer the onus is on you to make sure your game isn't broken because it could mean life or death for your little studio. Shit is shit, no matter the price, and when there are Indie games that cost 80 points that offer more fun than your 800 point effort…then you really need to question the competence of your team.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Purdy/100001228513207 Chris Purdy

    Yeah, people shouldn't compare this crap to Bushido Blade. Bushido Blade required skill and talent, and it actually had a baseline for comparison. It was just the same set of standard weapons, but some people used them better than others. So you had to choose whether it was better to have, say, Mikado with the naginata, which has reach, or Red Shadow with the rapier to have speed, or Utusemi with the nodachi and have power.

    But Deadliest Warrior has the same flaw as the show: if you throw two random people from different timelines against one another, it's not anything NEAR a fair fight. That was something that bugged the hell out of me. I finally got to watch the show a week or two ago at my aunt's, and she agreed with me that the supposed scientific reasoning they used was bullshit. The specific example that got me was the Roman Centurion versus the Indian Rajput. The Centurion guys kept going “Yeah, well, you guys never ruled half the planet.” That DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER. Especially considering Centurions were geared for army combat while Rajputs were trained to take on small numbers of people – and this was a one-on-one fight. I was so glad the Rajput won in the end.

    As for realism in games, I really have to shake my head at the people who seem to think realism equals maturity. Yeah, I enjoyed Bushido Blade, but honestly I can have a lot more fun with a game like Street Fighter or Blazblue. You know, for over a decade, I've had this book about fantasy wargaming that I picked up from a book sale. It's an RPG, but it's practically anal-retentive about realism. There are all sorts of rules to determine whether you're literate, or whether you can ride a horse; if you play a female character, you suffer lots of disadvantages; if you use ANY form of magic, even to heal the most pious person on Earth, you're going to Hell. You know what? It is boring. If I play a game, I don't give a damn about how closely I'm sticking to real world history, I'm trying to HAVE FUN. If that means I play D&D and throw around lightning bolts rather than playing some stuffy wargame where my character can barely function in society because he's a serf, so be it. And if that means I play the game where people jump miles in the air and throw ki fireballs instead of the one where a single attack can kill you, so be it. But you know what? I'm going to have fun. Maybe there's someone out there who considers a buggy, poorly made, unfair game like Deadliest Warrior to be fun. If there is, he has my pity.

  • http://twitter.com/SexyKOT69 Konstantine Rymaruk

    I guess next replies we're gonna see on that forums will be something like “You're tearing me apart, Spoony!”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dan-Hambor/100000053052335 Dan Hambor

    People need to relax and quit calling Spoony's follow up 'extreme', he's only human like everyone else. You can not possibly expect an average guy to sit there and take kindly to all these rants and hateful comments, especially if in reality, the world is watching.

    If I got my friends and I started calling you names and ranting about what you do, yeah, you would be pissed and act irrationally. Not even that acting irrationally is irresponsible in Spoony's case, because it's not, it's just not ideal.

    This is not some kind of large corporation that has to stay by strict standards and act calm and cool in order to not piss off millions, no, this is one guy sitting in his bedroom making independent videos to entertain YOU. The fact that Spike Games made a shitty game to make money is horrible enough, but when they post comments to rally up supporters to attack Spoony is downright cruel, THAT is irresponsible.

    You asked for his opinion, you got it. Grow up or shut up.

  • neochivalry

    You know, I really didn't think much was gonna come of him reviewing this game. I don't watch the forums often enough to catch what the biggest request is before the vids come up. But, when I saw DW – the review I figured Noah was just frakking around with a budget title that I quite honestly thought would be seen and quickly forgotten. Then, the crazy came out of the woodwork.

    Here's the thing, I understand Final Fantasy fandom come up, that's a BIG crowd of people and you're just ASKING to be pounced on that subject. Even I have to admit being a little irked about the “eyes on me” jab or even his rip into FFX. So I'm not immune to a little annoyance at the guy in his reviews.

    But DW is the big one that gets the GAME DEVELOPER making comments. A frakking budget title…I know I'm harping on that but come on. There's a reason I pay bigger bucks for BETTER GAMES. That said, there are low-budget titles that are quite awesome, but somehow the fans of DW and Spike Games expected the red carpet treatment. I may love my One Must Fall 2097, but I know it isn't the world-wide sensation that the SF or Tekken series.

    Oh, and boo hoo for poor little ol' Spike. I'm sorry but you don't get to pull the “small time” card when your bankroller has the budget to finance a cable television channel. Oh, and if you were SO CONCERNED about the whole BUDGET thing why not try to hand the idea to the hands of….oh, I don't know….ACTUAL game developers. EA? Capcom? How about Namco? Or any number of big swingers. It's not like there was a mad dash by the Gaming community to snatch up this licence to get in on that ground floor money that DW was just BOUND to make; the reason no-one wanted to REALLY bankroll this seriously is because no-one was taking it seriously.

    Spoony gave the game its due and I applaud him as always, and anyone who even knows Spoony's past reviews in PASSING should be able to figure out that he does like games, and it's love for games that fuels his anger for ab-sol-ute SHITE!

    P.S. apologies for the OVERUSE of all caps, but underline isn't available :P

  • http://twitter.com/dimipapa dimipapa

    Love the 3rd grade response from spike games.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gerard-Mckay/1552902991 Gerard Mckay

    Wow jesus Noah i've never seen you so mad!
    I mean you've been annoyed but not anger like that, Angry joe is less angry then you :P
    I can understand though i mean even in the days of the sega megadrive you usually got at least 12 fighters, if you can't beat something made all those years ago well pack it in and don't make the game.

  • lastsigma

    I'm a little surprised you bothered to respond to their whinging complaints. They are being petty calling out reviewers for their opinions on their game they publicly put up for sale. However, I would also suggest that your response was also somewhat unnecessary. I'm not trying to say that you aren't justified in being upset by these folks but reacting to them really just gives them more fuel.

    If this game were free would you complain about it as harshly?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001005169684 Bill Donaldson

    These people have no clue how much effort you put into these reviews, Spoony. Ungrateful peeps are ungrateful.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    I really hope Angry Joe reviews this game. Now that would be epic. Two no BS gamers taking it to the streets!

  • http://twitter.com/CoyoteBlacktree Coyote Brantley

    Wow Spoony, people haven't bitched this much since you crucified(not unjustly mind you) Final Fantasy Eight. Way to go!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    I'm sure Spike's target market will find it quite amusing. I mean c'mon, they have a show called Manswers hahah. It's that frat boy “shut up nerd.” mentality. They're the guys that buy Madden year after year because “IT'S FUCKIN' MADDEN DAWG!”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Euan-Cunningham/100000290025057 Euan Cunningham

    Wow. Never feck off Spoony. Way to go for not taking any bullshit from anyone crazy enough to defend this waste of time, money and energy.

  • Poipoi

    I don't know how the X-box does it but for a download on the ps3, I have to use a game card so every cent is important to me. To pay 10 dollars for a game like that would not be worth it to me. I can't see how they can justify a game that looks rushed. Its not

    Okay, its a game. Just not fun to be killed in one hit. When you make and sell a game, you want it to be fun. What we get, I could save money just by only watching the show. The suck of the game isn't what surprises me. Its the people who made it by their inability to even take bad comments about their baby. Maybe they should have spent their 2 years better or put more work into it before trying to sell it.

  • Megido

    So while i haven't really played the game myself i am still a bit baffled by all the respons this Review is getting. I disagree on one thing though, the character count. 8 fighters is plenty for a downloadable title of 10 bucks, but that point becomes moot if the characters, whatever their numbers, are poorly blanaced and the system overall is lacking. Having 100 playable characters wouldn't save the game if they aren't fun to play. As for the price point, the fact that they respond with this “you get what you pay for” bullshit is just laughable, it so obviously highlights the fact that whoever wrote that is WELL aware of what a piece of crap the game is and is just trying to making exuses for it.

    After seeing this i might actually have to play the demo though, just to see if it's as bad as it seems :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Hakon-Aure/837125580 Håkon Aure

    Phase IV part 4 Spoony! When?? Fuck this shit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    I'm still waiting on the rest of Deadly Premonition.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Grant-Fraser/100000781747191 Grant Fraser

    I'm with you on this one Spoony, Although I can't judge the game myself I can safely say I would never pay $10 for this just judging by gameplay footage alone and having watched the TV show it is based on.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jarrod-Eagle/790823078 Jarrod Eagle

    Bravo Spoony, I downloaded the trial after seeing your review, mostly as I wanted to instakill my brother with the spartan. I couldn't pull it off and found that the faults you stated were there. I hated not being able to face by opponent and while I'm not good at fighting games (and prefer simple ones) the mashing was intolerable as it seemed it was pretty much who ever could fluke the most combo's won. As to the realism, there is no realism, I fell over laughing after I saw after a match with my brother (who was playing the ninja and beat me) that he was spattered with blood and prancing about with the remnants of MY SPEAR IN HIS GUT. Makes me want to add to those who criticized you about the realism (“Take a broadsword to the face and tell me how you feel”) try springing about with a spear in your gut.
    Still you have to wonder why people thought you had played only one match, I presumed you at least took on some bots before going online but 5 hours, its more than the game deserves.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Cox/532320363 James Cox

    what bugs me about the statement is the whole you get what you paid for theme.

    XBLA was never made to be about sub par games at sub high street prices, it was supposed to be a way to get out really good but quite niche, inde and/or small games at a price that cut out the cost of printing a disc and a wide marketing campaign.

  • screamqueen3110

    i have to say i agree witrh Spoony on every aspect here. spike i feel are ripping off a brilliant science show (mythbusters) and failing miserably although there site is already well know for steeling footage of youtube of people and calling it there own. it pisses me off that they are getting away with this still. i say wanna watch a good science show watch mythbusters and you wanna play a good budget fighting game play marvel vs capcom 2 which i got on psn for ……..£6. loved the review Spoony and the followup.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Calvin-Jarchow/1131125364 Calvin Jarchow

    Keep the faith Spoony One.
    You seriously have some sway in the community when a review hurts the collective feelings of the game developer. And the other comments and responses is pretty impressive for a game that would otherwise have a little interest and possibly fade away. It kind of reminds me of the review of The Room. Next thing you know you'll be flamed for disliking Ghost Hunters: The Game (A button makes player say, “woah did you hear that?”). At least Ultimate Warrior hasn't showed up to fight you (don't forget to turn around if you're facing away)

  • http://twitter.com/ObiBroBinobi Sami The Great

    *laughs* =P I just love the feedback from the frenzied Spike TV zealots. Good job Spoony and good review. =D

    On that note, I kinda enjoyed the hilarity that is The Deadliest Warrior on Spike TV. With it's pseudo-science and gore, it was in itself as hilarious as watching one of the Twilight movies (which is just pure comedic gold).
    The funny immature trash talk, the “science” behind who would win and the “KHAAN!” yell in the end when a warrior won was just… pure “lol” if I'm to use the popular internet slang.
    The game however.. come on guys.. =P Milking the teets of a movie or a TV show for more money is a widely known tactic and Spike TV employed it as well as they could. =D

    /Sam The Swede

  • Armageddonrose

    Exactly. It's like Spike Games is saying “What do you expect from an Xbox Live Arcade title?” Way to go, Spike. Insult all the great games on Arcade. Because those developers just made shitty games like you guys did. Arcade is just a collection of cheap pieces of crap made by careless, talentless developers. NO. Spike Games just made a great example of the TRASH that occasionally shows up there. Spike, go back to your bullshit kiddie TV show. You don't know what you're doing. You're not showing us you have balls. You're showing us your wish you had them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/flanneljacket Rob Kertson

    I think all these comments of 'you get what you pay for' are hilarious, especially when there are much better games (SFIIHF, SSFII HD Remix, Marvel vs Capcom 2, etc) for roughly the same price. Low price doesn't excuse a shitty game.

  • starbob

    I am just waiting for the Manserwers game, because I can’t wait for a game that lets me know what the dumbest of adolescence want to know about the world.

  • starbob

    I am just waiting for the Manserwers game, because I can’t wait for a game that lets me know what the dumbest of adolescence want to know about the world.

  • starbob

    I am just waiting for the Manserwers game, because I can’t wait for a game that lets me know what the dumbest of adolescence want to know about the world.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-Winter/1086353056 Joshua Winter

    You rock man, that review was way way taken outta context by those flamers. Not to mention that SpikeGames needs to chill, honestly…after watching your review, I've found atari 2600 games more challenging. Geez, even Cheetahmen on the NES's Action 52 would have been a better fighting game, and we all know just how bad that game is and many people know that now thanks to James the Nerd from AVGN.

    And that Auto turn comment was just bs, of course you're going try and auto turn…unless your stamina bar runs out from wasting time and energy of doing. But if that's going to happen, you might as well slit your ingame wrists.

    As for that guy who posted about the head shots, utter moron. Even the pirate's bullet should be able to kill you, even if it grazes your neck, you can still bleed out and die. Same with a blade…

    Don't listen to those jerks, you did a review…it was awesome…the game sucks…end of story!

    So…Go Spoony!

    - Joshua “Mad Mab” Winter

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eli-Gionet/634762106 Eli Gionet

    I tend to not agree with things you say, mainly about movies and such, but I think you nailed this one on the head.
    If a game sucks, it sucks. They show sucks, and I am sure this game sucks just as hard.
    And THANK YOU for stating that Fighters DO have story lines. I got into a bit of a verbal spar with a friend because I thought Soul Calibur 4 didnt have a story line, to which he said “you dont play a fighter for a story” hate that guy.
    Bottom line, you did good Spoony, you did good.

  • http://twitter.com/TheBladerunner9 Fred lake

    Ahahaha Im amazed people are defending this piece of shit. Saying its conplex is a load of crap because every battle is just button bashing and as for the realism, who the hell wants realism, ITS A FUCKING VIDEO GAME!

    • Anonymous

      Indeed, the comments about “realism” blew my mind. Nobody in their right mind wants a “realistic” fighting game because of this very bullshit: one-hit kills and fights that don’t last longer than 5 seconds! That’s all well and good when we’re talking about life and death, and everybody wants to be the guy that decks someone with one punch, but it makes for a pretty boring game in my opinion.

    • Anonymous

      Indeed, the comments about “realism” blew my mind. Nobody in their right mind wants a “realistic” fighting game because of this very bullshit: one-hit kills and fights that don’t last longer than 5 seconds! That’s all well and good when we’re talking about life and death, and everybody wants to be the guy that decks someone with one punch, but it makes for a pretty boring game in my opinion.

  • HanukkaHarry

    People ask for his fucking opinion and then rag on it. You try to counter with points to try to get him to change his opinion, IT'S A FUCKING OPINION! Who cares if he has a different opinion than you (although in this case, a correct opinion)? On the rare occasion Spoony thinks something different than me about a game or a movie I don't piss and moan about it, I laugh because he's a funny guy. Grow up, and stop acting like pricks because you don't agree with him.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-Winter/1086353056 Joshua Winter

    Says alot about the game…when the idea of a Deadliest Catch video game sounds more thrilling to play. And that's about Crab Fishing in the northwest pacific!

  • VDoll

    Holy…first Dixie, now SpikeGames…I guess Spoony is truly a force to be contended with! Internet celebs ftw!

  • geekfury

    Got to agree with Spoony, I downloaded this when it came out, mostly as a laugh, but my god. It's not fun to kill someone in one hit, even if you dominate the online play in one hit, it's not funt o be dominated in one hit by a hooting retard going 'HAHA I JUST PUT A SPEAR IN YOUR FACE!', congratu-fucking-lations you hit a button quicker than I did, what do you want a sweety? So the gameplay is fucking horrid. As for the rooster, why 8 charcters when the show had more like the James Gang and stuff, also I agree with Spoony who the fuck will pay to download more charcters? I mean I'm Scottish and I don't even want to wast emy money for DLC to play William Wallace. Also on price it costs $10 in the US and £10 in UK, whys it more expensive here? It's $5's more and to quote the Spoony One, I feel cheap and dirty, like I paid to have sex with a monkey. A dude monkey.

    Let the defenders of Deadliest Warrior bitch and moan all they like but I say shine on Spoony you magnificent bastard you! *Salute.*

  • lefiath

    Hate Hate Hate! Bhahaha, let's get nuts.

    But seriously, I'm on Spoony's side. Because he certaily has strong, plentiful balls.

  • http://www.facebook.com/martinkuepper Martin Küpper

    I'd say, if Spike would give us 10 bugs, that would be the right price point! xD

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    Corporate can suck my ass!!!

  • TMT1986

    Thank you Spoony. I almost wasted money on this game because of some reviewer said it was good. All other reviews have since pretty much trashed this game. Thank you for articulating your opinion and giving good arguments for your opinions. It is something most of these “fanboys” seem unable to do.

    For all you who say Spoony is wrong: he reviews games which means that he gives his opinion about them. I don't always agree with him, but I respect he's opinions because he tells why he likes/doesn't like them and gives good arguments.

    Btw, Spoony should do reviews on games he really likes, something like “Spoony recommends” or “Spoony's Classics” like he did with the horror games. I really enjoyed those reviews.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    If they called it Deadliest Hobo the control problems would've made sense.

  • Drach

    Don't listen to them Noah! This game looks like it sucks and I'd rather spend the ten bucks on a game that isn't full of suck. Dismemberments are cool, but only when it serves the game play and makes it more addicting.

    Spike's OTHER game looks very homo erotic. It's a game where sweaty guys in boxers rub their bodies all over each other… No thanks.

    What straight man wants to look at that? I'll take Morrigan and Psylocke fighting any day over that shit! even if it looks like a CARTOON.

  • pyzmattooey

    I'm with Spoony on this, yes Street Fighter 2 had only playable characters, but the difference is Street Fighter 2 didn't suck. It had a pretty good fighting system at the time. I would not waste my money on a shitty fighting game like this, and guess what I don't even like Spike TV, so suck on that.

  • http://twitter.com/Dopey661 Wes Plunkett

    Oh wow, I have never laughed so hard. I love how into things people get and when someone questions them they start raging like some sort of rabid woodchuck. Keep it up Spoony, give 'em hell!

  • http://koolthingzzz.blogspot.com Thom_Not_Tom

    Hydro Thunder Hurricane stands in direct opposition to their point that this is just an Xbox live Arcade game. No matter how much you pay for shit, you're still getting shit. I wouldn't be happy with the Deadliest Warrior game if it was a free download. Good job not taking crap from these guys. They made a shitty game, and they deserve our scorn.

  • http://twitter.com/Seveleniumus Tamsos Valdovas

    I develop video games as a hobby myself and I would be embarrassed to charge 10 $ for this. They're using “action 52″ logic. “oh, it's 4 $ a game, what do you expect” FUCK YOU.

  • pyzmattooey

    Hey I've meet people who defended The Guy Game, if you don't know what that is just look it up on youtube.

    • http://twitter.com/Dopey661 Wes Plunkett

      haha, I know The Guy Game, never played it or saw any footage of it, just not my sort of thing really. As for this piece of crap, I enjoy the Deadliest Warrior show, not for its “science” of course, just because its entertaining to watch. When I saw Spoony’s video of the game I was just plain disappointed though, there was so much more that could have been done.

    • http://twitter.com/Dopey661 Wes Plunkett

      haha, I know The Guy Game, never played it or saw any footage of it, just not my sort of thing really. As for this piece of crap, I enjoy the Deadliest Warrior show, not for its “science” of course, just because its entertaining to watch. When I saw Spoony’s video of the game I was just plain disappointed though, there was so much more that could have been done.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thomas-Schumann/708436280 Thomas Schumann

    Well I think that Spoony was all wrong on this one and that Deadliest Warrior is one of the best games ever………… NOT!!!

    No just kidding. Never played this one but if things are as Sponny says, well I guess this game sucks the big time. In my opinion, if you talk about tactics in a fighting game, I think the first Dragon Ball fighting game for the PS2, was the best. Never played Bushido Blade, so my opnion is only based on my own experience. Am I alone on this?

  • pyzmattooey

    Bushido Blade, to me at least was a good game. Deadliest Warrior is for those would be hardcore gamers, when really they're only casual gamers who play violent game, but thats another subject matter all together.

  • http://twitter.com/kielan Chris Moore

    This game clearly has some large issues to be resolved which have been highlighted, one shot kills are likely, however the controls are not good enough to dodge these attacks, Spoony has highlighted several glaring issues with the game and thank goodness we have independent reviewers around to warn us when games are released that are sub par.

    Even a 10 buck game needs to meet the standards set by the customer and independent reviewers on-line represent that standard for us.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KMIA2SP62S5N5T5IGFXTJZYRUI Shinra

    spoony acts like big jerk a whiny angry nerd

  • pyzmattooey

    Wow thats a very ummm…. adult comment from you. If you don't like someone's opinion just turn the other cheek.

  • http://twitter.com/Baffledbox 青空 雪

    I believe it XD
    I've played Bushido Blade and don't like it — BUT that has to do with my own ineptness to play the game. I just can't do it :o
    Not once have I blamed the game itself for it, because it's really pretty good; but you know how sometimes games just work for you or not, right? I mean, that's the case with me, sometimes. I don't own a 360, but even if I did, I wouldn't buy it and mostly for the same reason Spoony gives at the end. Don't defend your game with it's price-tag, seriously.

    Audiosurf was made by a guy and his wife. Small team, ten bucks on steam and from what I've heard of Deadliest Warrior, Audiosurf has a lot more replay value — I know they're not the same genre, of course, and not even on the same platform; but don't make that price-tag your line of defense. Or does anyone feel I'm being unfair, here?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ernest-Everette-Trafford-III/1242170685 Ernest Everette Trafford III

    What people don't get is that he's listing reasons (as in plural) why the game failed. He's not saying the game failed only because of it's lack of characters, bad graphics, etc. What made this game the pile of ass it is is all of it's failures rolled into one. Honestly, it looks like the first Dynasty Warriors game from a 2D perspective, a limb damage feature, and the ability to aim for vague regions.

    Although it does look like some fun for people who really know what they're doing, people shouldn't have to figure out how to make up for the game's shit controls. That's what the people making the game are being paid for. Paid actual money. As in, somebody paid these guys real money to create this, because they couldn't create this themselves. And the thing is, it wouldn't have taken much to make this game really good.

  • http://koolthingzzz.blogspot.com Thom_Not_Tom

    Also: I don't think you're giving college stoners enough credit. They'd probably buy another copy of The Big Lebowski or more weed over this shit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Manol-Valkov/100000026082565 Manol Valkov

    i am kinda new to posting here so here are my 2 cents: The show is kinda boring, the game looks really really really really really… etc. boring and i dont know how Spoony survived 5 hours without been on some heavy medication, and if he did use medication what is it?!?

  • pyzmattooey

    Your right it's probly better for stoners to buy a dime bag than waste that money on a broken game.

  • MadClawMannn

    the anger spoony show!!!!!!!

  • IIWebbII

    Fair enough Spoony. I wish that this video was the review instead of the first video; I can see where you're coming from more. I had some fun with this game and you mentioned that Bushido Blade is like this but way WAY better, I'll try and find that, maybe I'll come back on here and totally agree that DW is bullshit, lol.

    I spent this entire review biting my nails thinking “Oh shit he's going to read my comment, fuck FUCK” worried I was going to get a bollocking from my favorite internet critic. I still stand by that people should AT LEAST download the trail and see if they like it, because there are quite a few people on here who are all like “This game sure looks like it sucks and Spoony says so! Ergo it sucks”.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jukka-Alanko/100001327431008 Jukka Alanko

    Never compromise, Spoony. Not even in the face of Armageddon.

  • http://twitter.com/Mecahawk Tyler Burnette

    Come on, Spoony. Everyone knows you've got to do the match 1000 times in the simulator (Developed by Slitherine Studios (TM)) in order to get a TRUE accurate representation of how bad this game is.

  • AggsOfSpades

    Yeah, I was right there when my friend told me this game played out like Bushido Blade. I was pumped and threw down the points for it without thinking it through. The gameplay feels loose to me and I honestly don't see it having any kind of staying power, even with these people defending it.

  • pyzmattooey

    That's a good reply. I played the trial and didn't like it. If you do play Bushido Blade look out for the guy with the gun to be honest he's the cheapest guy in the game.

  • http://tuulensisko.livejournal.com/ Tuul

    Uh, okay, tell me if I'm just an ignorant idiot but… well, to me, that spear throwing just doesn't seem “realistic”. Seriously, a spear in the head? Yeah, you can do that but it's not a fucking bullet, dude. Your opponent can see it coming and has time to react. I guess that's what the dodging is for but idk, Even without that, there are basic human instincts that work automatically in that kind of situations. At the very least you'd automatically try to shield your head with your arm, right? So to be realistic it should actually hit a raised arm and leave the opponent with a spear through his arm and in a clear disadvantage. That might actually be interesting, of course.

    Why would you even try to hit someone in the head with a spear in a one on one situation? It works in a big battle where the target is distracted and won't see the attack coming, or there are too many of them to avoid. And even then, why head? A spear isn't that accurate a missile and a head is a fucking tiny target. You should not be able to hit it without quite a bit of luck, especially outside where a tiny gust of wind could easily push it off direction. I know I'm nit-picking and it's just a game but if you're going to call it “realistic” then I'm going to judge it for realism.

    I mean, if I were to try and defend that kinda thing, I wouldn't say it's “realistic” I'd just say that it's the point of the game or it's fun or something. Which it probably would be for about… the first time you do it.

  • http://twitter.com/AndymanMessiah Andyman Messiah

    Haha, wow, this sure is something alright. This actually made me try it out, so there you go Spike Games! I guess I'm lucky I have ten bucks just lying around the house. That said, I could've just surfed over to Newgrounds instead but whatever. Hopefully my ten dollars will contribute to that two million dollar game you guys have just around the corner. :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Patricium-Thomam-Kiessling/73500598 Patricium Thomam Kiessling

    He is an interesting tidbut:

    spike and game trailers (one of my favorite game-reviewing sites) are actually grouped underneath mtv. HOWEVER, gametrailers did not review the game…in other words, they missed an opportunity to hype their own sister company (or whatever)'s game. This sugggests to me, that even the company itself, sees the game as shit because they woulnt allow the their own review division review it!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thomas-Schumann/708436280 Thomas Schumann

    And your grammer is like a broken game

  • Sol_Badguy

    …What are you trying to say? That he should just take insults, coming from the makers of the game no less, for giving his review of the game? What do you think that he should have done?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KMIA2SP62S5N5T5IGFXTJZYRUI Shinra

    like Spoony gives his opinion for a game i give my opinion off his review.
    while i do agree on some points with Spoony, but that he actually took the time and reply to those comments and the
    way he commented on those people i wouldn't say that was very umm……adult.

    • http://twitter.com/Foxbat64 Kurt Aring

      You’re welcome to that observation and all, but uhh…I’d like to see you be adult if you complained about a product you spent money on and were insulted for doing so by the company counting your 10 dollars and God knows who else’s, then having this company’s squad of fanatical trolls descend upon you like a pack of hyenas. These people deserve what they got – at worst they’re trolls or company plants who should be treated with the utmost of ire, and at best they’re naive fanboys who just learned not to touch the pot when it’s on the stove.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Adzy-Wells/523130028 Adzy Wells

    Surely you troll…

  • http://www.facebook.com/daniel.deitch Daniel Deitch

    Lets list some other things that are fun that cost 10 dollars…

    1. Limbo on the XBLA,
    2. A Movie
    3 10 Singles for a stripper
    4. Some quick Magic cards to play with
    5. Cheapo Walmart DVDs of good movies.
    6. A bunch of PS2 Games used at Gamestop

    This list goes on.

  • http://twitter.com/AndymanMessiah Andyman Messiah

    7: Looking at your ten dollars.
    8: Smelling your ten dollars.
    9: Bathing with your ten dollars.

  • Jessica

    Dear Spike Games,

    Go fuck yourselves.

  • subrealms

    I can understand causal people but people who actually defend laziness, crappiness and games made solely for money should shut the fuck up and stop hurting the industry.

  • http://twitter.com/DigitalWarriors James Drover

    Their should never be a instant death ranger attack in any fighting game ever. that is just retarded.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Bentley2210 Paul Bentley

    Actually, it is rather mature to reply to such a response in that way. It's not like he is grabbing a Spear and heading down to Spike Games HQ…

    Plus, it's entertaining to see his response. I'll go ahead and agree with everything he says. It's a giant cash in on a shitty franchise with no effort involved.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Rasenore William Main

    Right, in all honesty, I don't always agree with you Spoony. But that's the point. The reason something like metacritic is a fucking stupid idea is because of all the reviews being compared, and people who don't share the same review score get flamed for not being the same. Reviews are subjective to the reviewer's opinion, and if they have the same opinion as you and/or everyone else, why even bother with their review in the first place? If one review is enough for you, why do you need to experience the others? To get a wide range of opinions. Not for the exact same shit.

    So yes, I may not always agree with you; but, this time I completely agree with you. In your written responses on this post, you come across somewhat up yourself, but I think that's just the way it's expressed due to some anger because the developer insulted you for not “getting” their game. You're completely right here, and Spike Games seem to be egotistical twats very similar to the usual crowd that surround indie games aka “art” games.

    Keep up the good work Spoony; and post more reviews like this and the last! Haha.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TUAXYS3VOSTM35274QALEAVT2U Dave

    This game 800 points = Piece of shit

    For 1200 points (50% more), you can get a billion times more enjoyment by buying Street Fighter 2 HD Remix, a game with 17 playable characters which comes with the original version/sprites/music of Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, as well as an alternate mode with revised moves/easier inputs, new HD hand-drawn sprites, and new remixed music by OCRemix.

    You can also choose between the new and old stuff on an item by item basis to completely customise your play experience.

    Low price = Low quality is a damn poor excuse.

    Shit you can get SF2HDRemix for FREE if you bought the red Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360.

  • xdeathknightx

    I like how they call realism yet in footage I can see them chopping into eachother, and if they really wanted realism you get a game where you pick a character and as soon as the character dies it's over. You can't play anymore. You're dead. How's that for realism?
    Games with some extra realism in them are always nice but when making it you have to realise that it is still a game. So unblockable one hit kills that can be done from the first second do not make for a good game. Might be realistic but not a good game.

    And I love the whole 10 bucks argument. If I log onto PSN and dish out like 10 bucks I can get Marvel vs Capcom with a bigger roster, is more fun to play, better versus mode etc etc.

  • http://twitter.com/DigitalWarriors James Drover

    sry bout the double post but first ranged not ranger.
    and second i don't get the hate going to Spoony for this, this looks like a bad game. Realistic damage fighters would be stupid and no fun especially when you cant aim their attacks right and they opponent has instant death combos. If your going to get a game for 10-15 dollars on x-box live get marvel vs capcom 2, a good fighter.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Bentley2210 Paul Bentley

    “Games seem to be egotistical twats very similar to the usual crowd that surround indie games aka “art” games.”

    Oh! Like that shitty “The Graveyard” on Steam? We found it in one of our Games Design lectures and couldn't help but flame it in every possible way. “Pay £3 and she MAY die!”.

  • Cthulhu07

    10. Sleeping with your ten dollars.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GCK4PGJ7OJIDIA4QFC5JCFRUTY Sadic

    Dear Jessica,

    Go fuck yourself !

    How does that feel?

    I think sooney is wrong, because he went into this hating it before he even played it.
    The game is not that good… but he is bashing it for no good reason. It's like it's personal for him. I pity you spooney. Your so hypocritical. You bash this game but you watch wrestling??? If fake shit is what you like… good for you…but don't bitch about something that's more realistic.

    I don't agree with your opinion … and I don't even like the game. You are biased.

    Have a nice day :)

  • godzillaexpert

    Maybe you should stick with Street Fighter and BlazBlue and You are right!

    $10 well spend Spoony!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Adzy-Wells/523130028 Adzy Wells

    I shake my head at people who call DW realistic. This is not a realistic game. Not even within the bounds of the TV shows rules is this a realistic game. Its plagued with historical innacuracies, weapons which don't do the things they say they do and it all comes from data which anyone who watches the show with even a little bit of military history knowledge or scientific method will be able to immediately cry bullshit on.

    If you want a realistic game then try Project Reality (and thats a free mod for BF2), try Bushido Blade, try any other game that markets itself on realism. You can't make a game that pits a viking against a Spartan (different time and geography), have the Spartan throw the spear at his head (They traditionally were taught to aim for the torso, just below the ribcage) have the viking attempt to sever his arm with a broadsword (The viking broadsword was primarily a blugeoning weapon, it had niether the finesse or low weight for precision cutting) and have the Spartan's armour save him. (The Spartans fought naked, apart from a shield and helmet).

    • Anonymous

      Damn good comment. But I’ve got to correct you on one thing. This is just the history buff in me speaking here aint trying to jump down your throat.

      Spartans didn’t fight naked no matter what Alan Moore thinks. People kind of get that impression because of the statues of Greek Warrirors most of which depict them naked.

      The Spartans like most of the ancient greek City states engaged in hoplite warfare. Where the core of the army was made up of heavily armed and armored soldiers. The spartans took this a step further by having a warrior class system.
      This is why the Spartans were able to hold back the persian army at Thermopylae the Persian army was equipped with Wicker Shields and wore quilted or silk armor if they were lucky. Running into a wall of chaps who not only had shields covering most of their body but also had those bodies armored head to toe in metal was a horrifically scary thing especially when you couldn’t out maneuver them and had to hit them head on.

      You’re right about the Viking Broadsword though that would just smash strait through Spartan Armor. Why? BECAUSE SPARTAN ARMOR WAS MADE OF BRONZE!

      Suck if Deadliest Warrior! You know nothing!

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Charlotte-Clinansmith/646033156 Charlotte Clinansmith

        Another history buff here. You’re right on the Spartans never fighting naked, but they weren’t covered head to toe in metal. We’re talking chest plate, helmet, shield and greaves. That’s the full hoplite gear list (for armour anyways, aside from the occasional instance of some sort of arm guard). And Greece had what the referred to as a “war season”, which was in the middle of summer since you couldn’t farm then, so well you can’t call them naked warriors, you could conceivably get away with saying that they’re pantsless. Also, every Spartiatoi had to pay for their own gear, so many of them might just have the shield and the helmet, and as I said, would be wearing as little clothing as possible because of the intense heat (the war season was literally July and August). Still not naked, but not really what you’d call properly clothed either.

        Also, again, only the richest had bronze chest plates. The rest had something called a linothorax, which was made from some sort of cloth, though people can’t seem to agree on whether it was a laminate of linen (linothorax means linen chest) or made of leather.

        And there were a lot of factors as to why they were so successful at Thermopylae. I mean, they had highly advantageous terrain, coupled with the fact that even before you look at the equipment advantage, the Spartiatoi literally spent their entire lives training. They didn’t fully leave the egoge system until they were thirty, which also happens to be the average age of death for that time period. The Persian army was largely an untrained slave army which depended on numbers over skill. Though you are completely on point with the fear thing, but that had less to do with their bodily armour and more to do with their appearance as a group. The reason why the shield and the helmet were the absolute minimum you had to have to fight was for the uniformity. When you faced down the Spartans, all you saw was a row of Corinthian helmets above a row of shields with horrific things like Medusas and roaring lions painted on them. That was your wall of metal. The armour behind those shields was generally pretty light due to the heat, and far less important as a scare tactic.

        And with the Viking thing, since the linothorax became more and more popular as time went on due to cost, a broad sword would just be epic bloody death.

  • http://www.facebook.com/koch.michal Michal Koch

    The END mothefkers

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Maximilian-Russell/100000266905895 Maximilian Russell

    We all really enjoy your stuff Spoony. I really feel sorry for the people with two brain cells, who heard about your DW review, came, watched it, didn't understand it. And decided you were an idiot, they will miss out on all of your Epic Awesomeness

  • http://www.facebook.com/Rasenore William Main

    > You are biased.

    You're kinda doing it wrong. Come back when you know how to use the word properly.

    Reviews are subjective to the reviewers opinion, you'll never get an unbiased review. A 100% objective review is seriously pointless, because then the reviewer can't get judgements and all you get is just a list of features without telling you if they work well or not. It defeats the whole purpose of a review.

    I don't think you get it at all. He also states he knows wrestling is bad, but he enjoys it for that. A shallow, unpolished game is poor quality. Whether you enjoy that is up to you, but it is.

    Oh, and you're biased for disagreeing with his opinion. You're biased against him. See what I done there?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Maximilian-Russell/100000266905895 Maximilian Russell

    oh noe z my ability to hide behind the internet has failed, I must mke a new disqus profile… TO the bat Copter, dunna nunna nunna nunna Dunna nunna nunna nunna Dunna nunna nunna nunna BATMAN!

  • http://compsandtech.blogspot.com/ HanukkaHarry

    I lol'd @ the newly edited in arguments.

    The fact that you're at this website just shows that you want to hear his opinion, but the fact is that nobody gives a shit about yours. You can throw it out on somebody else's reviewing website (why don't you get your own fucking review website if that's the case?) but by the end of the day, your opinions are just this; opinions that nobody gives a shit about.

  • Logion

    Man I really can't understand people who are arguing about this. This once again gets into an argument that I have seen over and over again with people who are taking reviews from other people too seriously. Spoony didnt like the game so he makes a funny video of it. I thought the spear throwing spartan was hilarious. Instead you people take some kind of personal offense just because you don't agree what he thinks? I bought the game and I have my own opinion of it. Do that yourselves, buy the game, enjoy or dislike it, but don't defend it! Spike games could care less of what you people think. Just because someone wrote an email to Spoony doesnt make this game worth arguing over.

  • http://twitter.com/SteveJones313 Steven Caulfield

    In the words of D-Von…

    “OH MY BROTHER, TESTIFY!”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RUAVFG2PS6W5XZXZFTD5LEXQHY Thomas Nighthorn

    Some people just can't take criticism. Even when Spoony (or any other reviewer) says that the game you like is bad, you still can enjoy it! Other people have other tastes! The Nostalgiacritic often says that a movie I liked was bad but I don't hate him for that. Spoony might not like such games as you do but he has a right to say his opinion!

    • http://tuulensisko.livejournal.com/ Tuul

      I totally agree. In fact, I disagree with Spoony pretty often, all things considered, but I still love his reviews and vlogs.

      • Anonymous

        Hey I liked Empire Total War, despite all its flaws, so you are 100% correct.

        I don’t mean to fill up the boards, but something about Spike just bugs me…Then again, I think it all started with MTV and its “alleged Real World” and the evils of reality TV that it introduced us to.

    • http://tuulensisko.livejournal.com/ Tuul

      I totally agree. In fact, I disagree with Spoony pretty often, all things considered, but I still love his reviews and vlogs.

    • Anonymous

      “Even when Spoony (or any other reviewer) says that the game you like is bad, you still can enjoy it!”

      Seriously. The way these Spoony Haters are acting, you’d think that Spoony’s personal dislike for this game is somehow literally preventing them from playing and enjoying it themselves.It’s like what Spoony said in his review of the 2009 Star Trek movie. Just because the movie establishes an alternate timeline does not mean your DVDs of TOS or TNG have been magically erased. Likewise, just because Spoony hates this game and the show it’s based on doesn’t mean you are physically prohibited from enjoying it yourself. It’s not like Spoony’s going to burst through your window and take a sledgehammer to your 360 if you happen to play and enjoy this game.Really though, I think all this complaining is actually indicative of severe cognitive dissonance on the part of Deadliest Warrior fans. I think these people enjoy Deadliest Warrior but at the same time they know Spoony is right on the money with his complaints about both the game and the show. The fact that they enjoy DW is in direct conflict with the fact that DW the show is extremely stupid and DW the game is retardedly broken. This conflict in their minds creates an uncomfortable feeling of cognitive dissonance. The only way for them to resolve this cognitive dissonance is by changing their minds about DW (which they can’t do since it would mean admitting that they were wrong all along) or by justifying, blaming, or denying.Justification: “But Spoony, the game has a dodging, stamina, and parry system. That means the game’s not broken!” or “What do you expect from a $10 budget game?”Blame: “Oh come on Spoony, you’re just letting your hate for the show cloud your judgment!” or “Oh please, one match is not enough to judge this game.”Denial: “This was supposed to be a game at least partly rooted in realism.” or “It’s not our fault that you are delusional.”

  • http://compsandtech.blogspot.com/ HanukkaHarry

    He doesn't like wrestling, you can look for yourself. In a VLog way back he said he hated it. He only does Wrestle! Wrestle! because he finds the show hilariously entertaining.

    And in case you were too stupid and missed it, he said that he played 50 MATCHES! He may have said that he went into the game, EXPECTING to hate it, but he said himself that if it was any good he would give it props.

    Also, lern2spel.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Rasenore William Main

    I'm calling bullshit on this one. I'm sorry, but we have just as much of a right to our opinion as he does. Being popular means jackshit, and you're the reason that famous people get egotistical and full of themselves. And if their opinion doesn't matter, neither does yours so who are you to be telling people no-one gives a shit about theirs? Get over yourself.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GCK4PGJ7OJIDIA4QFC5JCFRUTY Sadic

    Are you like…14?
    I'm not biased because I don't agree with him… I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH HIM!
    I think you should take your own advice and learn the meaning of the word.

    Let tha hate against me begin because I don't agree with Spooney!!! Blasphemy !!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GCK4PGJ7OJIDIA4QFC5JCFRUTY Sadic

    So what he says is true…I mean it must be true since he said it…right? RIGHT?
    He couldn't possibly just say that… Nooo…

    I ate a shark last night…did you miss that??

  • http://www.facebook.com/Rasenore William Main

    Wow, seriously? You're an idiot. Re-read what I said. The last part was sarcasm, and quite clearly. Lol. If I say the opposite of what I do, pretty much straight after it, I think usually that's meant to be intended?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TNBJECGSWSHYEEWPSO3RQ6TBJI nitoro81

    fdffdggd

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TNBJECGSWSHYEEWPSO3RQ6TBJI nitoro81

    dasd

  • http://compsandtech.blogspot.com/ HanukkaHarry

    Like I said “You can throw it out on somebody else's review website,” as in you're entitled to your opinion. But you're also putting your opinion up on a place that nobody cares about except for the minority that enjoys the game (lost the game, by the way). If you want your opinion to be heard, start your own website. If you don't, don't expect anybody to take it seriously.

    Oh, and what I'm saying isn't opinion.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Rasenore William Main

    Alright, fair enough, I kind of misread. But just remember, there's a comment section for a reason, so people can give their opinions. Maybe it might work better for that fanbase of his if he highlighted this point sometime.

  • IcyShadowfox

    This is my first time coming out of the woodworks to say something, and all I have to say is Spoony is right. I tried the game and it is just as bad as everyone else says it. Thank god my friend bought it and I got to try it, it is NOT worth 10$ it is worth I would say about the price of a pack of gum, wait no fuck that the pack of gum would be more entertaining. I'm sorry spike games but you really need to work on your development team if you want to feed the hungry gamers these days. Also fucking seriously calling out Spoony a reviewer someone whom everyone looks to, to find out if a game is decent or at leased playable is just the equivalent of standing under a coconut tree waiting for one to hit you on the head and kill you, actually scratch that its as bad as your game itself.

  • http://compsandtech.blogspot.com/ HanukkaHarry

    You'd think that if that was the case, they'd call it the “Opinion Section” :P.

  • piggypig890

    Keep it up Spoony, rip Spike Games a new asshole.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Rasenore William Main

    Well comments are your opinions on the subject of the post. That's essentially what a comment is.

  • http://compsandtech.blogspot.com/ HanukkaHarry

    Often, it helps looking at the title of the website so you can avoid spelling “Spoony” like “soony.”

    Besides, he'd have no reason to lie about only playing one match. Whereas you're lying just to prove a moot point.

  • http://compsandtech.blogspot.com/ HanukkaHarry

    I suppose that's true enough, though like you said, it's about the subject of the post, not the subject of the subject of the post.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GCK4PGJ7OJIDIA4QFC5JCFRUTY Sadic

    Look dude…I don't care… I hope Spooney reads this!
    I like hes reviews, vlogs and let's play segments. I seen them all ! But HE IS WRONG with this one.
    In my opinion he's just bitching and bashing a game…just to get views and comments. Shame on you Spooney! I never thought you will sink this low.

    My poor english aside… I hope you read this.
    Also : Games that are worst and more expensive :
    Clash of the Titans
    Attack of the Movies 3D
    Naughty Bear
    Prison Break: The Conspiracy
    Pure Futbol: Authentic Soccer

    • http://www.facebook.com/Rasenore William Main

      I kinda read the “Look dude…I don’t care…” as, ‘My comment got nullfied. Bawww. Let’s forget it happened and disregard what you say!”He knows that you get bad good games too, but that’s not good defence for this game. It’s just points out there are other bad games, which he sometimes reviews (albeit rarely now). In all honesty, in this example I don’t think he’s wrong; and I think he’s kinda sunk a bit low for the past year or so. But fair does, you’re entitled to your opinion; just don’t argue with me about something you “don’t care” about, and then bail out when you can’t handle it. Don’t argue the case in the first place then. Lol.

      Sorry. I’m keeping it going. I’ll leave ya be.

    • http://www.facebook.com/Rasenore William Main

      I kinda read the “Look dude…I don’t care…” as, ‘My comment got nullfied. Bawww. Let’s forget it happened and disregard what you say!”He knows that you get bad good games too, but that’s not good defence for this game. It’s just points out there are other bad games, which he sometimes reviews (albeit rarely now). In all honesty, in this example I don’t think he’s wrong; and I think he’s kinda sunk a bit low for the past year or so. But fair does, you’re entitled to your opinion; just don’t argue with me about something you “don’t care” about, and then bail out when you can’t handle it. Don’t argue the case in the first place then. Lol.

      Sorry. I’m keeping it going. I’ll leave ya be.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Rasenore William Main

    True but this essentially acts as an extension. But yeah, if others' opinions don't matter on here like you said they don't, then you needn't had said that and let them have it anyway; because there's no point bothering. If they wanna debate here, let them. It just means they don't quite see it yet, so you can help them by further explaining it if you can. :)

  • http://twitter.com/MrHissara Gavin Dylan Herman

    Good on ya Spoony!

  • http://twitter.com/downphoenix Downphoenix (Justin)

    Perhaps they were right that Spoony should have mentioned some other features of the game, but the fact is, the review is meant for entertainment. Spoony hated the game, he didnt need to go into some super analysis to tell us why, basically he was just showing us why the game sucks, and Spoony is totally right. I find it especially hilarious that Spike Games is so butthurt over his review, it just proves their douchebaggery. Any developer that would accept criticism would listen, but not comment, to the criticism and implement fixes when possible and otherwise make sure the next game is better.

  • nopenotatroll

    I'm leaving this comment for your benefit Spoony, even if you want to dispute that- it's still my honest intent.
    I'll be blunt, you're becoming a blubbering manchild incapable of accepting any kind of criticism, you seem to be surrounding yourself with people to aide you in sheltering you too.
    As a critic, you need to be able to handle criticism or you lose all integrity to your word, learn to appreciate that some of your best fans aren't the ones kissing your ass all the time. Your fans are what made you, you should be more willing to listen to them and don't forget that.

  • lefiath

    He's just trolling, ignore him.

  • http://www.facebook.com/max.topsholm Max Topsholm

    Good job spoony, that nailed Spike Games to the wall with the spartan spear :)

    Besides, haters gonna hate ;>

  • http://compsandtech.blogspot.com/ HanukkaHarry

    Yeah, it just annoys the hell out of me.

    The thing is that people come to this site to hear Spoony's opinion, assuming because they like hearing it. However, as soon as they hear something they don't like they jump on the opportunity to (poorly) tear him a new one. That's not the point.

  • adamfox

    AGREED! ONLY IDIOTS ARE WATCHING HIS FIRST REVIEW AND EXPECTING LEGITIMATE CRITIQUE! This is like someone expecting AVGN to be fully reviewing his games. These reviews are made for entertainment. Yes he summed it up by boiling it down to what he considered to be a couple of insulting elements ala 5 second movies.

    From the follow up it sounds like Spike Games have developed a mediocre iPhone game and released it on the X Box. For shame. For $10 on Wii Virtual Console I can pick up a couple of classics.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Ellis/688797056 Derek Ellis

    My 2 cents. Spoony deserves more credit than was given to him by this development team. Anyone that thinks Noah would play a game for one match and then put up a review to be picked apart by the trolls of the internet should just not come on this website anymore. He is a legitimate reviewer. He knows that you can not just have one experience with a game and take that away as a summery of everything a game has to offer. The game review footage showed more than one fight… So where are people getting that he only played one fight? I have never seen Spoony riff on something that didn't deserve it in some form or fashion.

    Plus anything on his site is meant to be entertaining.. anyone that gets legitimately mad over something on his site needs to really see a therapist and get some help.. Also… IT'S A GAME! Not your religion! It's not like he is getting in front of the camera and saying Christianity is the worst religion ever… Damn people.. get a grip.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    Are they called Spike Games for the reason rohypnol is necessary to enjoy DW?

  • amishman

    On behalf of Spoony I downloaded the game because im not an idiot i played for an hour ninja vs spartan and i damn near had my brain burst out of my god damn head it is god awful I play shitty games for a living and i have never NEVER played a more broken ass game then DW. and to spike games saying the hole whoa is me of my dose the pc game killpoint ring a bell you gave that out for FREE and that played better then this and it was a couple of years ago. Also to that ass hole who called Spoony the worst reviewer ever first notice the Mashable award fuck bucket and then look up an asshole called the Irate Gamer. Keep up the good work spoony and Fuck the trolls.

  • http://twitter.com/RoppongiCoffee Gabriel

    Passionated Follow-Up Spoony! Omg, I'm kinda disgusted by the WorldsLargestZit ad on the right of this page..gross..

    Anyway, I bought Flower a couple of days ago, and it sure is worth it's money! There's a lot of good games >$10, > 10€, gotta agree with that!

  • mightysamurai

    Even if you had only played “one match” it's still a damning indictment of the game. ANY fighting game which allows you to immediately kill your opponent in one hit from extreme long range without exploiting any sort of cheat code or hack is absolute crap. That is COMPLETELY unacceptable in a fighting game. That one fact alone completely destroys this game. Even if the rest of the game was amazing it wouldn't save this game.

  • http://twitter.com/Tarnus88 Marco N

    Oh my god, are those guys serious? Well, at least now i know i'll never in my life buy anything from Spike Games. Developers who bringout a shitty game and can't accept bad reviews they get for that, don't even deserve another chance. People, if you have ten bucks lying around and really don't know what to do ith them, there are a whole lot of independent developers out there with great games.

  • adamfox

    Haha this is avatar all over again…

    all the spike fanboys on here can go suck Spike's dick, cos I'm telling you, i've gotten far more hours entertainment out of spoony in years then I ever have out of Spike TV. This was never a game I'd ever buy, if you've never played a shitty tv tie in game before then where you been living? The best use this game will ever have for me was as inspiration for a short spoony rant that I will probably click on sometime in the future to rewatch. THAT IS THE BEST USE IT WILL EVER HAVE!

    So Spike fanboys, stand by your beloved network, cos they're gonna turn their back on you the second your frat annual membership package runs out.

  • http://compsandtech.blogspot.com/ HanukkaHarry

    No, I would be trolling if I called the people calling Spoony wrong stupid fucktards and left it as it was. As it is, I said my piece and backed it up with my reasoning.

    If I'm trolling, then Spoony was trolling as well.

  • lamg

    Viking vs caveman hacking off limbs… where did i heard that before… ! TIME KILLERS!

  • http://twitter.com/theinkbot Lukas Hägg

    I pretty much agree with Spoony's arguments about this game. It is not a good game, far from it. It is, however, an amusing one. Mostly because of how weird the physics behave from time to time. In one match my knights leg got cut off, and skyrocketed up in the ar 'after' lying on the ground for a second.

    If given a choice I'll pretty much choose any fighter over this one. That's not to say that the game doesn't have an appeal though, it's just not at all what the developer wanted (or thinks) it to be, and that is the glitchiness of it.

    Let's go over some stuff in their game shall we?

    Dodging. You know what I use it for? Moving. When I play (not to say I play much, heck I don't even own the game) I play knight and the quickest way to get around is to dodge like there's no tomorrow (the knight looks really funny doing it too). The only one who truly benefit from dodging (as in dodgin as a means of avoiding attacks, not moving around) is the ninja, whose dodge rolls may or may not deflect projectiles.

    Spoony pretty much covered the issues with stamina so let's hop to parrying. The parrying system is weak at best. I won't call it counter-intuitive, but it's not intuitive either. To parry you have to block and press one of the attack buttons. Sounds fairly simple, right? It's not. When I tried to do the parry there was a delay from me pushing the button to the animation going of. You don't want that for a 'parry'. The parry also seems to be connected to the stamina as well (can't say for sure though) because at times the parry just wouldn't work. So you can't attack, block or parry if you're to tired, which is when you'd need the block or parry the most.

    The combos in this game are downright lazy. All it is are button presses. No movement input or positional dependency to worry about, which makes it a) kind of boring and b) hard to differentiate between combos in the list. I'm not colorblind, but my eyesight is kinda screwy. But really, there's no depth to these moves. I see no moves that can be stringed together properly.

    And to those comparing it to Bushido Blade. It's a fair comparrison. It's the game that it come closest to mimicking, however, Bushidoe Blade (at least BB 2, haven't played the first myself)m is far superior. For one thing, you could run in Bushido Blade!

    I'm kind of wondering exactly how much credit Spike Games takes for themselves, sicne Pipeworks developed the actual game and Spike Games acted as publisher. How much was Spike actually involved in the game? From the response it would seem that they are the ones making the game, which is not true.

    Either way, the “we're not big developers” “you get what you pay for” argument doesn't hold water. Spike is not small at all and Pipeworks have been around for 11 years. It was a cash-in on the show. If they'd wanted to make a good game they could have given the game a larger budget and longer development time and maybe go to another developer.

    The framerate is also pretty bad. Very inconsistent.

    Anyho, I've ranted enough.

  • http://twitter.com/dmyy20 Dana Stemo

    This was one of the most amusing comebacks ever. Seriously, I agree with some comments bellow me. What this game got me, was an awesome 20 min Spoony rant that I know I will watch again :]

    But seriously though, Spike Games….wtf? That comment doesn't even look like it is from a professional company. It looks like it was written by a bitter teen or 20 year old, being bitterly sarcastic. I mean come on, you should know as a company to write more professional and mature comments then that. It just….is so unprofessional to me (as a person in Business).

    anyway, that was my 2 cents to the…probably 50 bucks of 2 cents put into these comments lol Great video! Really fun to watch :]

  • http://www.facebook.com/august.andersen August Andersen

    Spoony you're awesome :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    Classic.

  • jackoneill420

    ive always hated spike tv ,especialy when i saw that they brought out dw on 360 and then i saw this video and it fuels my hatred more for spike tv ,all there shows are fake regurgitated bs for sheeps , either way the game suks and i totally agree and back up spoony 100% , keep up the good work spoony

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    The Irate “Gamer” is a fool. A DAAAMN FOOL!!!

  • zolt

    Spoony got so angry at the end I was waiting for a voice from heaven shouting “FATALITY!”.

  • Sol_Badguy

    The problem with the “it's supposed to be simulating realism” is that the game is trying to simulate realism as much as the show does. In that aspect of the show, they got correct.

    Spoony made a good point in his Deadliest Warrior (TV) review and I must bring it back for the sake of this “realism” argument is that a lot of characters in this game have certain fighting tactics: a ninja strikes from the shadows, a pirate has a ship and a crew, Indians do not hunt alone (unless you count Turok – Dinosaur raper), Spartans are united with their brethren, etc. This game is not “realism” it's stereotypes fighting stereotypes: modern Hollywood! So if that's the “realism” they were trying to simulate, then they got it absolutely right!

    They have no excuse for what they delivered. They obviously knew they didn't have the money or the talent, which is exactly what they said to Spoony, so why did they make the game the way that they did? Instead of 3d fighter they could have made a 2d fighter with much more content than what they gave. There are a lot of games that are free play (with purchasable extra content), that are MUCH better than this. “What did you expect?” It sounds like something that a carny at a carnival would say to their customer after they just cheated them out of their money followed by an obligatory “no refunds” statement.

    Bottom line: This game is Spike games' middle finger and they even say so by saying “What did our customers expect? A good game for 10$? Hah!” So, what do you fans of the game expect from a review of a shitty game? Praise? Honor? Glory? A cookie?

    …mmm….cookies….nom nom nom…

  • adamfox

    Can you take a spear to the head Spoony! No hahahaha…..

    well I guess thats why you wouldn't be a character in a fighting game I'd pay money for.

    Actually no wait, I would…… WOLVERINES!!!

  • Power Bar

    ha dude there are WAY better games from small company than this one.
    hey Newgrounds gave us two awesome games..

    there is no freaking excuse for a bad game,I've seen better games on RPGmaker!

    god you just suck at making games :/

  • http://twitter.com/TheShadesAM John Tague

    Let me make this as simple as I can about Spoony's reviews. If you're bitching about his reviews and think you can do better, Then let's see what you got. Make your own review, and prove it.

    For those trying to defend the game itself: I agree with Spoony 100%. There is no excuse to make a game this bad. The “Small Time Developer” Thing would work better if you weren't owned by Fucking MTV Networks! And even then, Saying that you can't compare to other big time fighting games is BS. They all have a basic gameplay setup which you completely ignored. I Wonder why you failed while they all succeeded? I will give Spike credit for actually responding to this review, but the fact that they took more time to complain about a small internet reviewer and not take as much time making a good fucking game says a lot about them, doesn't it?

  • aMondia

    I'm not sure why anyone would defend this game…
    It sucks, hard.

    They mad.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Cartwheels by Ninjas deflect spears, just like what happens in reality when you cartwheel while a spear is thrown at you. (Maybe)

    In the game's credit, there are 4 people from Spike Games involved with this title, vs. 36 from Pipeworks. The people from Spike mainly consisted of directoral positions (especially Creative Director and Games Producer), so chances are Spike Games was the throughput for money, and the lead vision for creativity/direction for the project, while Pipeworks did the gruntwork on the production. This sort of model isn't too uncommon for licensed games to my knowledge, where these relatively independent game devs are working without a lot of control over budget, creativity, or time (as these are controlled by an outside company).

    So yeah, that's what I got so far on that topic.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    I think it would've been better if there was a good in game tutorial on various tactics you could use, to let you know that against certain fighters, you should be ready to dodge at a moment's notice, or certain types of attacks are useful in different contexts. The most the game gives is some text descriptions of tactics and skills that are available, which really isn't enough to help someone really get situated in a game.

    • Anonymous

      Sorry but I must respectfully disagree. No amount of in-game tutorials would ever make up for allowing instant one-hit-kills in any fighting game. In fact, NOTHING could ever make up for that. It’s an immediate deal breaker.

      See, the people who keep defending this aspect on the grounds that it’s “more realistic this way” are entirely missing the point. Yeah, it is more realistic for one fighter to die the instant the other fighter chucks a spear through their brain-pan. But fighting games are supposed to be about balance, not realism. The fact that some fighters can INSTANTLY kill their opponent from across the stage at the very beginning of a match utterly destroys any sense of game balance. It’s one thing for a fighting game to have a tiered system where some fighters are slightly better than others, but it’s another thing entirely when certain fighters are completely broken.

      Another problem with instant one-hit-kills is that they instantly suck all the fun out of a fighting game. I play fighting games for the fights. Putting instant one-hit-kills in a fighting game removes all elements of fighting and turns it into a series of quick-time events. It’s no longer about who can slide through combos better or who can pull off those special secret super-moves. Instead it’s all about who can hit the “press here to kill the other guy” button faster.

      The guys who made this game should have gone on TV Tropes and read the “Acceptable Breaks From Reality” page. It’s no coincidence that that page is dominated by video game-specific tropes. In fact, the developers should have started at that page and just gone down the list, starting with Arbitrary Gun Power and Competitive Balance.

      • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

        “No amount of in-game tutorials would ever make up for allowing instant one-hit-kills in any fighting game. In fact, NOTHING could ever make up for that. It’s an immediate deal breaker.”

        Bushido Blade 1&2 Had them, and they were incredibly fun games. Sorry for banging on that point, but we can’t make blanket statements like the one above when there is evidence that can counter it. Granted, I understand the point of one-hit-kill ranged attacks that can be done at the beginning of a match (which is the case for some special characters in Bushido Blade 2…but they’re special characters!). Granted, a big difference is that in Bushido Blade, you have no health bar or time limit, you just have your characters, and when they get hit cleanly (usually, PS1 game mind you), they get crippled or killed….in this game they try to do something like that, but also have time limit and arbitrary health bars, which sort of creates an odd divide in ‘realism.’

        Granted, I understand why one-hit kills would be a deal breaker regardless for some I was just outlining what I felt was a big problem with Deadliest Warrior – there is a lot of supposed depth in the game, but the systems aren’t clear to the player when they start, and don’t seem to be rewarding when they are really explored, IMHO.

        • Anonymous

          “Bushido Blade 1&2 Had them, and they were incredibly fun games.”

          They had them, yes, but they were not the “press A to make your opponent die” attacks in this game. In Bushido Blade you could at least block, parry, and dodge consistently and you needed some measure of technique to get around your opponent’s defenses. This game doesn’t have that. Many of the fights are decided on the character select screen before the fight even starts. You just load up the ridiculously broken character of your preference and then it’s a race to see which player can jam their thumb on the attack button first.

          Playing Bushido Blade was more like an actual sword fight in the sense that your goal was more to find an opening in your opponent’s defense than to hack and slash them to death. (Not to mention that ALL the characters in BB were capable of killing their opponent in one hit rather than being horribly unbalanced like this game is.) Playing DW is just a glorified QTE minigame.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/ZII75UE4APN4Y2JARV3IZHTLXA Andrew

    I am in awe that these people love this game so much they will defend it to the death. And some of these comments make me believe this is the first time they have heard of you. Well apparently they didn't know you, but that's beside the point. Why defend a game that is clearly bad and that is not a good source of entertainment for 10$ despite how Spike TV praises it so much???

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ari-Matti-Alakoskela/1361240548 Ari-Matti Alakoskela

    Hahaa… This was pretty awesome!

    I don't always agree with you Spoony (only most of the time, majority of the stuff you review are just universally recognized as bad), but this is definitely NOT one those times. The game isn't that hot, no sir! I don't understand these pricks who take reviews as personal insults. It's because of those same guys (and girls) that trolling in the internet is so easy. C'mon people! Reviews are never objective. They are just opinions of the people that have made them. So that actually makes them as subjective as you can get.

    Spoony your videos are super entertaining and even when I don't agree with you it really doesn't bother me because you can always justify your opinions (and also because I'm not a big crybaby). We just see some things from different angles… and yes that means that I like Final Fantasy VIII.

    Oh, and I don't think that the most people that play fighting games really play them for the story. None of the great fighting games that I have played have great stories so I've learned not to even expect any game in the genre to have one. Maybe if I would find a fighting game with an awesome story I wouldn't tolerate these half-assed pathetic excuses for a story that games like Tekken and Street Fighter offer (I'm sorry if someone is really into the universe and “lore” of those two and was offended by my comment). Fighting games are all about gameplay (which is the part that sucks in Deadliest Warrior) and multiplayer.

    • MissAshley

      People may not buy or play fighting games solely for the story mode, but people do wish to having something compelling to do in a fighting game other than fight other humans. This is from where Yahtzee’s criticism of “judging a game based solely on its multiplayer is a review of your friends not the game” comes.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    Spike's letter may claim they have a small budget, but they are the ones who host the VGA's and own the Gametrailers website. Spike is a division of MTV Networks, the same company that MAKES Rock Band! I'm sure they could have thrown them a few bones to make a better game but they didn't. So now the PR team is taking a stance for a poor product making the devs look like fools. When in reality it was either make this game, or lose your job.

    • MissAshley

      I did not know all of that. I may limit my visits to Gametrailers or simply stop going there altogether now, especially since my main reasons to visit were ScrewAttack and the Nerd. I’ll miss Bonus Round, though.

  • Sylveria

    This was great.. yet horribly depressing. Dear Spike.. in the words of Jude Judy.. don't shit on my cupcake and tell me it's frosting.

  • tgcam

    I like how some people us the “what did you expect” argument of his review of the game, but somehow didn't expect a CRITIC to CRITICIZE. Especially Spoony here, whose kinda known for ranting (witch is awesome btw :D).

    love your stuff man, keep up the good work!

  • http://twitter.com/WrestlePanda Still Lee

    You're in my way, sir

  • tig14

    next on spikegames list: TNA iMPACT 2: The RPG

  • http://twitter.com/steelabjur Clinton Clark Napper

    Dwarf Fortress is a FREEWARE game made by pretty much one guy with no budget and it is superior to this $10 dollar professionally made piece of crap in nearly every way save graphically. Total Extreme Wrestling 2005 is free, made by one guy, and better than DW by a good green mile. Alien Swarm is a free game and Source SDK released by Valve. Others have mentioned Minecraft, Project Reality, and Vanguard Princess, all worth checking out. There is a ton of things more worth your time and will keep you entertained FOREVER out there, a lot of it for FREE, and these chuckle heads want to complain when they're called out for their crappy game because it's a “$10 budget title”? Fuck them!

  • Lenz0

    While I do still stick with my opinions about this game, I do have to say that there are far superior games to play (Guilty Gear, Tekken). But still, even though I like spike TV, calling you delusional is just a dick-move. I would expect that from square enix.

  • tobylauterbach

    “If we had 20 million dollars and two years to build a game I wonder what that would be like?”

    No, they didn't. Instead they decided to build a marketing-driven advertising-based franchise. From Day 1 of the TV show, anyone with a brain should have known that the show was a tie-in for an inevitable game and the game everyone knew would come was a tie-in for the show. And the internet would provide cheap advertising for it. By building a comparatively cheap show that would get plenty of adolescent viewers, they could then churn out a game, especially given that the computer modeling system was an unreleased game engine from a game developer, Slytherin Strategies.

    I wonder if the gaming combat system is the same as the one used in the show? Certainly cuts down on development costs, passing off a mediocre arcade gaming system via the advertising gimmick that its all based on a rather liaghable version of realism.

    Quite frankly the tests that Martin Fackler did back at the turn of the century that eventually led to the adoption of the M1911 in light of stopping power failures by the .38 Long Colt against the fanatical Moro insurgents, for all their flaws, were light-years better than this .

    I trust these guys as much as the video game show Spike had entitled “Best New Independent Film Powered by Mountain Dew”! Thanks Angry Joe for pointing out that oxymoronic statement!

    From the moment of conception, Deadliest Warrior was nothing more than an experiment in advertising.

    What can you expect from a show that that stated that a Makarov PM was a better gun than the more powerful Webley Revolver because it held 2-3 more bullets, yet is also better than a M9 Barretta that holds 6-7 more? At least show us the PMM with 12 rounds or one of the newer higher-capacity pistols the Russians have developed and are now extensively issuing to the various security forces. You know, like the Yagyin Pya, the MP-443 Grach, Gsh-18, and so on. Its not like they would never use these more modern systems in place of the increasingly obsolete (yep, you heard me) Makarov. Its not like elite spetznaz forces (which by the way, is no longer, if it ever was, an actually unit in itself-its a term referring to a variety of different elite special forces units. What the show did was the equivalent of calling all U.S. special forces Green Berets!. I guess the U.S. army and the rest of NATO should switch to that slightly powered up version of a .380, huh? They could have at least pointed to the slide breakage issue on early models of the Baretta that were adopted into the Army. And while we're at it, so much for the Heckler and Koch Mark 23 SOCOM pistol that is available to Green Berets!

    Then again, what can you expect from a show that judges combat effectiveness solely on the quality of the weapon as they see it, 99% of the time? I can't help but wonder why we had such troubles in Vietnam, or how the Germans could win the 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War given the relative inferiority of the Prussian Dreyse Needle Gun to the French Chassepot Rifle. Given the logic of Deadliest Warrior, the Prussians should have lost instead of winning an overwhelming victory as they did. And then there was Plessey and Assaye where British and and Indian Sepoys won victories against both the Maratha and Nawab of Benegal, enemies with French advisors, who also had 4-5 times as many modern cannons and an equal or superior number of muskets of quality comparable to those of Clive and Sir Arthur Wesley? Again, under the logic of deadliest warrior, if it all comes down to the weapons, guess who should not have won two victories and had an empire yet did?! I guess considerations like a modern disciplined professional army devleoped by a modern proto-capitalist society versus feudal levies bound are some marginal x factor that really isn't important-we'll just judge it on the guns alone, never mind that it is DRILL that makes such a crucial difference at the tactical level in the 1519-1815 period! And yes, I'm looking at you Musketeers and Ming Warriors! Wonder what Clauswitz would say, never mind Sun Tzu-oh wait, that's right he was impaled up the anus by Vlad! How very charming simply because Vlad had better weapons! I wonder how things would have turned out if the weapons were equal?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nicolaus-Whittington/1797183564 Nicolaus Whittington

    It is done.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Z3455ZNXKQ45R3RDANSUCHIKJ4 Enes

    Spike Games forgot one important point: the availability of far superior fighting games on Xbox Live. A perfect example is Soul Calibur. It's essentially the same concept as DW (3-D, weapons-based, pirate vs ninja, gladiator vs samurai), executed a bazillion times better. Yes, SC was made by a big-time developer; yes, it originally cost fifty bucks in the store. Now, however, it's over ten years old and still blows DW out of the water. Whether Spike Games likes it or not, games like SC are its real competition and DW falls hopelessly short.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alex-Rodriguez/100000276468006 Alex Rodriguez

    I doubt that Spike Games response is even real, but if it is, you know what its saying? “Yeah we know our game sucked, but we still got your ten dollars bitch!” Any game company that would respond in this manner should just go bankrupt immediately.

    • http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

      It’s not like Spoony to make stuff up. After all, that exchange with Dixie Carter over Twitter actually happened.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      “I doubt that Spike Games response is even real” The post was made by a SpikeGames VIP account on GameFAQs. VIP accounts are, according to GameFAQs, Game Industry verified accounts, so chances are that it is some sort of legitimate statement.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      “I doubt that Spike Games response is even real” The post was made by a SpikeGames VIP account on GameFAQs. VIP accounts are, according to GameFAQs, Game Industry verified accounts, so chances are that it is some sort of legitimate statement.

  • tgcam

    As i understand it, cave story's like that too, it cost me ten bucks and that was a pretty damn good game. worth every penny.

  • draxo

    Supporting you 100% Spoony.

    Realism? Heh, why does the spear get thrown at the head then? Spears were thrown at body height as they were designed to weigh down an opponents shield on a throw.

    Anyway, that response from Spike games was very unprofessional. And they said 'you cant expect a good game for your money at this price' really? Way to be professional.

    Insulting your critics who have thousands (or more) viewers with money holding on their favourite reviewers is not a good idea.

  • bowen13

    The upside to all this? I'm interested in Bushido Blade now! Thanks Spoony!

  • http://www.facebook.com/suimachine Jakub Błażej Dylus

    Ok… I'm not a big fan of Fighting genre and I don't have Xbox360 – I'm hardcore PC gamer, who spend almost all his money for upgrading PC, buying new gear from Razer (if there's something new) and buying this games… and so I'm looking at this from a point of view, which is a point of view of dedicated PC gamer… and what's my opinion?

    A little like a Spoony's – why should I spend 10$ for a game (even if it really do sucks less than you think after watching Spoony's review – it still sucks), when I can spend 10$ for Half-Life 2 (which is consider to be one of the best games ever created) and after playing it's great campaign, I can download Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II (mod) for free… sure, it's not exactly the fighting and it plays a little like FPS – but it's free and little like in Deadliest Warrior you'll be facing the enemies from different periods of time. Plus, even if you get your ass kicked in first 2 hours, after 5 you'll know how to play it… and that's something people create in their spare time. So, why would you prefer a shitty game on XBLA, over a FPS master-piece and it's free mod?

  • http://twitter.com/Geek666 Malcolm Jacquard

    this game looks like crap. even for 10$. i can get better games then this on steam got less. hell most of the free mods i get are better then Deadliest Warrior.this game looks more like the show where technique is not a factor. the individual fighters are not taken into account its just the weapons. pure stupid!!!

  • Megido

    I guess my big question to Spike would be why should i pay at all to play a game that they obviously put no effort in making? I don't care if it's only 10 bucks, if it sucks i wouldn't pay one dollar for it. It's as simple as that.

    The game has mediocre graphics, horrible controlls and poorly executed ideas in the gameplay. I can't point out a single positive thing about it to be honest, the demo was just terrible.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Alberto-Heredia-Vidal/100000490703257 Daniel Alberto Heredia Vidal

    Hahahahahah. Hey Spoony, and don't forget to mention: even MUGEN can be BETTER and more balanced than this piece of shit where a pirate can't even fire his gun before getting OHKO'D by a FUCKING warrior of the bronze ages!

  • ObeyBunny

    Hey there, Commander Spoon.

    Not to sound like I’m defending their crap-tastic game (You made a pretty good as to why this game is NOT worth the 10 dollars that they siphon out of your wallet) but I was wondering what you thought the rightful price of Deadliest Warrior should be.

    Is it a ratio of poor controls to price?
    Is it a ratio of primitive (single-button mashing) controls to price?
    Is it a ratio of depth-of-story to price?
    Is it a ratio of graphics to price?

    Basically, I want to see what were the major factors that brought down the worth of the game, along with a price indicator attached to each quality (for example, you might say that an utter lack of story brought the worth of the game by two dollars, while boring button mashing game controls would only bring the game’s worth down by 50 cents).

    To briefly take the devil’s advocate, I would argue that you’d be somewhat satisfied with the game if it were only a dollar.

    Please don’t misunderstand me, I am neither sticking up for the Deadliest Warrior game nor trying to bash you. If this post sounds hateful, it’s only because there was a cat fight outside my bedroom window at precise twenty minute intervals all night long (I didn’t get much in the way of sleep.)

    • Anonymous

      Answer: All of the above but mostly the first two.

      Story and graphics have never been all that important in fighting games. Off the top of my head I can’t think of any fighting game that’s had a deep and compelling story, assuming they attempted to think of a story in the first place. (I suppose you could call the Street Fighter storyline deep and compelling, but most of that came from much later games in the series or from other parts of the franchise such as the animes and such.) As for graphics, as far as I’m concerned as long as I can tell what’s going on on-screen the graphics are good enough for me, particularly for a budget title.

      Also, I think you’re looking at this from the wrong angle. Spoony isn’t saying this game would be passable if it cost one dollar or even one cent. In fact he seems to be saying the opposite. He’s saying a low price point does not excuse or make up for a lack of basic competence.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-Alden/100000469737019 Christopher Alden

    MUGEN is free, and it sounds like a much better game than this shit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Marco-Sainte/1288934388 Marco Sainte

    Spoony (and many other people commenting here) already did a good job countering the people who are crazy enough to think this game was actually good (probably fans of the show, or just happy to have a game where they can hack off limbs… so basically simple minded folk), but I have to comment on people saying this game is about realism, and are trying to compare this game to the Bushido Blade series. As a big Bushido Blade fan, I have to point out how stupid this defense is.

    First, the one shot kills. Bushido Blade 2 had long distance one shot kills like The Deadliest Warrior, but there are two differences:

    – It took skill to land them.

    – You KNEW about them from the get go.

    True, I've caught newbies by throwing my sword at their heads before in BB2, and they would get hit maybe twice at the most, before they would realize that they could easily dodge it, OR (get this) BLOCK the freaking thing! Plus, it wasn't shocking to die in one hit from long distance anyway, since even in close range combat, one move could end the match.

    Which leads to the second point as to why this game can't compare to any of the two BB games.

    The whole “realism” defense falls apart when you think about the game play itself. I noticed this game likes using combos to kill off someone. That was NOT how to win in BB. BB was about winning with one clean hit. Yes, the BB games had combos, but they were more designed to knock the opponent's weapon out the way so you could land the second or third strike to finish the job. You couldn't just start tossing out combos at close range hoping to with with a bulldog strategy a la Tekken. In fact, you couldn't button mash at all if you wanted to win. Button mashers got slaughtered in BB, because while they were swinging like mad, the decent player would either parry the hits, or better yet, sidestep and hit them where they were exposed. One shot, one kill, instead of just swinging like mad to drain a life-bar. You know, like REAL weapon fighting.

    BB was all about timing and waiting for the right moment to strike at someone when they were open… like real weapon fighting (those who take up jianshu, kendo, fencing or the like know what I'm talking about). I've played BB games where we would spend the first few seconds circling around each other and moving in and out of each other's ranges without swinging at all. It was all to see who would commit to an attack first and miss so that you could move in for the kill. THAT is realism in a fighting game. Realism is not just about blood and gore, tossing spears to the head for an easy kill on a flat footed player, and bashing on the attack button at close range, hoping to overpower the other person's blocking ability via draining their stamina bar (keep in mind there weren't even any life or stamina bars in BB at all). Please. BB used the realism angle much, much better, and it's a game series that's 13 YEARS OLD.

    Oh, and about having to turn yourself around to face an opponent who got behind you. BB handled that well too. It wasn't automatic, but all you had to do was just press a button… ANY button, or just tap the directional pad, and you instantly turned to face your foe. In fact, as long as you were in motion (and not running) you always tracked your enemy. So unless you over-commited to an attack that missed (in which case you getting killed is your own damned fault), or didn't know what you were doing, you didn't really have to worry about getting killed from behind because you couldn't face the guy quick enough.

    The BB games stood the test of time, which is why I'm still playing them 13 years later. I doubt people will be playing this waste of code even one year later, and alone is enough to see why trying to compare this to BB is laughable at best.

  • ThomasMink

    Reading through Spoony's twitter messages on the site leaves me shaking my head. He's coming off as nothing more than a troll.. and perhaps that is the point, but I don't really get it. It's almost like he's begging to be flamed, then bans people for doing so.

    Sorry if I disagree with how all of this is playing out.. but I still stand that both sides are at fault, and yes, this still includes Spoony himself.

  • They Call Me The Fizz

    Sure is a whole lotta BUTTHURT coming from Spike Games and fans of this show…

    If they thought this review was inflammatory, I wonder how they feel about say… I dunno, EVERY OTHER REVIEW OF THE GAME!

    Seriously, the price point = quality argument is null and void by the existence of I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

  • KnightOfNi

    I'm with you, Spoon.
    Don't get too ruffled at them making it out to be YOUR fault that the game sucks. The 'what did you expect for $10' defense is bullshit.
    Know what I got for $10? KOTOR. Know what I got for 50% discount on steam? Just Cause 2.
    Should I have expected inferior versions of the games, because they were cheaper?

  • gnomishone

    Gotta agree with Spoony on this one, don't make a crappy game, TELL US ITS CRAPPY, and then get all indigent when we tell people its crappy. Sure Spoony has the advantage of an internet following and means he can tell more people at one time but in the end if your game doesn't disprove his claims then you are fresh out of luck…don't hide behind your pricepoint and cry “It's not fair we didn't charge you guys 60.00 for this crap just 10.00″ in the end you still dicked us out of money and have no regrets for it.

    Thank you Good Night
    Sidekickcomics

  • ObeyBunny

    I just realized something about the Deadliest Warrior game!
    How sad is your franchise when you have to attack an internet reviewer? The only real reason they would do that is if they thought that not responding to Spoony’s review would somehow rob them of a significant portion of their consumer base.

    I wonder if that means that Spike’s fan base is that easily swayed by a random guy on the internet, or their so few in number that Spike needs to be over protective of their shitty ass line of products.

    Actually, I wonder which scenario is worse… or more funny.

    /)_/)
    (‘.-‘)
    /(“)(“)
    ObeyBunny knows 3 hundred and sixteen geology jokes that involve the word “cleavage”

  • http://twitter.com/senorkaffee Michael Herzog

    I really like the lighting in this video – looks great.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Dude, are you aware of how much grief that Spoony gets sometimes from the conduct of his fans in the past in comments and on the forums? I can see where you're coming from, but it's not like this is all some sort of baseless rampage.

    Besides, not all tweets are meant to be taken at face value. ;P

  • http://www.youtube.com/kidmagnum Andy Torres

    I gotta say the “You don't auto turn to face your opponent in a real fight!” line fucked me up all day. That shit is classic…oh, and you are totally right Spoony. I actually like the show and the game…but i'm definitely not going to sit here and defend it. It's a game you get out of sick curiosity, you play it for an hour than you turn it off, slam your head against the door, than begin playing Super Street Fighter 4. And as for the show……………….I don't know why I like it, I think I let the dumb factor consume me for that hour just to get involved enough to actually seem like i'm interested. Remember: Everyone likes to turn on the dumb button sometimes. That's why “Two and a Half Men” is so damn popular.

  • MissAshley

    Wow. There are people actually defending this? There's not only a receptive audience but an emotionally invested audience for this miserable, poorly realized, poorly designed, and altogether terrible excuse for a game? And [b]even the publisher itself[/b] tries to defend its lack of quality by citing having little development time or resources?!

    World of Goo, Spike Games. World of Fucking Goo.

    TWO PEOPLE! TWO PEOPLE MADE ONE OF THE MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED GAMES OF 2008!

    Little development time and money is not an excuse. And a game attempting to depict “realistic” injury is not an excuse for poor balance and control.

  • geekfury

    I wonder how they'd react if Yahtzee got his teeth into this game, oh that would be epic butthurt from Spike I feel!

  • memph

    haven't played the game, and i guess i never will. (unless one of my xbox owning friends ever gets it). But i have one thing to say.
    This game looks like it could be realistic…… if you believe that what they do on the show to be considered science and realistic. its just 3 guys giving their opinions on the wide range of weapons. (and pretending to know shit) What im trying to say is, that they even cant agree on what truly is a deadlier weapon. All they do is give their opinions. So this game isn't based on facts. it's based on opinions. Even i could pull something out of my ass and say: “no really, i think you could do more damage with a stiletto than with a Bowie knife.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sam-Price/1128549910 Sam Price

    Spoony mate. Chill pill. Ten of em, with some herbal tea.

    The game's bad but don't rise to the bait and f–k this, s–t that. Its the kind of thing those encyclopedia dramatica morons feed on. We know the game's bad, and people wouldn't be here if they didnt trust your judgement. One thing I disagree on though was that the graphics looked okay to me. Rest of it didn;t

    • Anonymous

      Not sure you heard him when he said, “I was expecting this kind of response.”

  • http://twitter.com/FleacyTheSheep Desiree X

    How could anyone think you only played one game? There was clearly footage from other stages and match-up, a lot. You talked about different characters aiming for the chest or head. Heck you even showed a mini game. Did they think you just guessed all that?

  • sourt

    Back when I played WoW I used to visit mmo forums alot. I remember a discussion where a guy was defending some other title. He said something like “you can't blame the developers, because they didn't have books and earlier strategy games to base the game on – like WoW has”. WHO F***** CARES? If the story is better – it's better. If the mechanics are more fun – they are more fun. If you are late for a job interview, who gives a shit you missed the bus / couldn't find the keys? The final product is all that matters.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Gillespie/100000356817816 Paul Gillespie

    It is what it is.
    A shit game is a shit game and this one has always looked awful. Any moron could see that.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GYBBN5KRWSJTGZB7QOEYV7BBSU John

    I played the game and it sucked. But, spike games actually had to go so low as to argue with a game reviewer. SAD

  • snickkerz

    It looks like Spoony had some fun making this video..and I think some of the Deadliest Warrior supporters were trolls. Maybe.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=52000099 Jesse Lifton

    Seriously why is spike games starting a flame war and vilifying one reviewer ? What a bunch of toads. Thought this was America thought we had freedom of speech. One guy with a web following doesn't like what you produced, deal with it. Ign gave you a 7, which still tells me its a bland game not worth my time. Jog on and stop being petty about your reviewers.

    Spoony, all conflict is escalation or retreat. Since spike games made this into a personal conflict, F*ck em' don't back down.

    I bet spike games and Tommy Wisseau would get along well.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    The graphics' biggest problem was the hair, especially for guys like the Viking, which literally looked like paper thin sheets that flopped about unrealistically. Other than that the stiffness of the animations were probably a bigger issue than the textures/models.

  • http://twitter.com/jcaputo3 Joseph Caputo

    Amen, Spoony. This game sucked. And shame on Spike for arguing with you. That's very unprofessional.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3QACGOBQFCOXDLTZDP7UU5VINA Edvinas

    +1

    This man speaks wisdom.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fredrik-Larsson/1511908080 Fredrik Larsson

    I love you Spoony!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Newman/574558877 Bill Newman

    I'm with spoony on this one,
    The low budget titles market of games should be there for the innovative new companies who are trying to gain a foothold and revitalise a quickly stagnating market.
    Fighting games should be evolving away from the button masher sub-genre and into new systems in order to keep the genre fresh and constantly evolving.
    If I wanted to play a game in the region of deadliest warrior, I'd torrent Mugen since it's essentially the deadliest character, and it doesn't try and fail to be a technical fighting game, it's a standard arcade special-moves fest.

    What's depressing is that someone may have actually externally financed that piece of shit DW game to the exclusion of some other small time games developer, or even something else, even if it's just sherbert flavor urinal cakes, because it'd be better for mankind as a whole than a deadliest warrior game.

    Gamers sit by with enough ideas in their heads to create vast, breath-taking worlds with interesting, flavorful characters, and the industry is still arguing over pirate VS ninja VS Spartan.

    It's fucking pathetic.

  • Tokolosh

    How insane do you have to be to white knight for the Deadliest fucking Warrior?

    Oh, and Spike Games – Audiosurf, Beathazard, World of Goo… I could go on for hours, but so could anyone with half a brain.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Emerson-Junior/100001244946050 Emerson Junior

    You deserve some claps Spoony all this hating is nostalgic to you (FF8), These arguments the AssClowns did were hilarious how can someone talk that much crap. Claps for you.

  • ThomasMink

    True enough. And I admit that it's a fault of mine to frequently read too much into things.. even on the internet. I apologize for that.

    And yes, I remember the whole issue last year about Spoony fans in regards to crossovers with TGWTG members, guest videos, and the roast.. among other things. That whole thing left me shaking my head as well. I dunno.. normally I wouldn't have even said anything.. but, I felt I had to here.

    Nice to know that my assumptions were off though.. as they often are.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TTLM26LGW3W4NJATITAIXJN5QQ Mark Camara

    Hey spooney! I know you've already got a ton of great budget games in mind to compare with this, but I just wanted to suggest an honorable mention of Guilty Gear X2 for $9.99. Talk about an awesome fighter for a great price

  • ako_mainyu

    I really appreciate the comparison between Spike and the indy game made by friends. One side we have a company who have money, they actually make a game not for the fun of making it, to learn how to do games, or for the sake of doing something; they make a game because is a product they want to sell, and not just the game but also others product like a show, t-shirt, and DLC. Sure the four friends want also to make money, but they have a certain respect for the buyers, because they are not actually making that bad game to advertise other things, they are actually trying to do something about nothing.

    A better comparason are probably a television show and the teams behind TGWTG. Sure one have better quality, but I pay for the television show, they make product placement, etc… in other term if they want to have my money, they need to work for it. Now free show in the Internet can have low production value, not only because they are free but also the fact they are made whit no money(and sometime is quite impressive what they can do, Kickassia, Angry Joe, Transyvalnia, ect… are impressive in that regard), and for the fun. They win money by that act, but they deserve it, they worked from nihilo to produce something, which is not the case in television.

    The point is not the quality, the point is the respect they have for the publics. If you have a real structure, you need to show respect to your client, because they pay for it and expect something. 10$ is a lot money, sure the statement seem ridiculous, but by the fact that actually you pay for it instead of downloading for free is a mark of respect, as a customer you understand theirs is a contract : I buy your stuff, so you need to gave me some recognition by making a valuable product. Peoples are always happy to pay for something when is deserve it(ok, not everyone, but you get the point), after all why people gave money to free show on the internet, because they found the creator deserve some respect for what is doing.

    Spike game don't deserve this kind of respect, and I appreciate the effort you have taken to say it.

  • http://twitter.com/Doomknight66 Matthew Barr

    I'm still trying to rap my head around how overblown this entire thing has gotten, i mean at BEST this game is mediocre I don't see why there even needed to be a response to the idiots at spike it's clear there just trying to cause a stupid flame war to post their notoriety in an attempt to boost sales and the trolls are really coming out in full force here.out of ALL the games that have been reviewed here who would have thought something like a 10$ game based on a shit TV show would be the one to make a huge ass flame war?

    • Anonymous

      The best part is Spoony’s playing right into it without realizing it. That or he’s not getting any lately and has just decided to be a giant, whiny douche just for the sake of being a giant, whiny douche. Oh sure, he could’ve taken the high ground and not risen to the obvious bait laid out for him. But he is hungry for the attention and jumped on it as a ravenous hobo would a steak dinner. He lowered himself to their level and is trying to beat them with experience. I’m not sure that’s how this works.

      He’s also banning away anyone who disagrees with him, which comes off as being more than a little dictator-esque. Shoot those who don’t bend over and firmly plant their lips to your glorious ass! No, that’s not how this works. And in the long run, it’s going to stick with you the same way the Tommy Wiseau shit stuck with Doug. His rebuttal was not to take the high road, it was to act like a petulant child who got his toy taken away while acting like he was in the right.

      In short, everyone on all sides of this need to grow the hell up and leave this precisely where it is. Of course, I already anticipate Spoony will nix the message as soon as he scans over it, since I’m disagreeing with how he’s responding to the whole ordeal, as well as effectively calling his fanboys out. I’m not saying Spike Games – whoever is supposed to be representing them in this, anyway – is in the right. But you’re doing exactly what they want. And you’re acting immaturely in the execution of that, to boot. It makes Spoony look no better than Spike Games and in truth brings both parties down a notch.

      tl;dr: Spoony’s got sycophantic fans, Spike Games acted immature and kicked things off, despite the fact that Spoony himself seems to’ve wanted to instigate people to begin with (thus acting like a child himself), this message will be deep-sixed post-haste, and a ten dollar Xbox 360 game being mediocre at best and made by a company with the name of the TV station in it is not the end of the fucking world. I don’t know what ass Spoony isn’t getting that he’s been acting more and more like a spoiled, stuck-up, internet-famous prick, but banning everyone who made him what he is just because he woke up on the wrong side of the bed and decided to be a tremendous asshole to the people who come to his site isn’t going to help his case in any manner.

  • MissAshley

    It is a bit of a conundrum to me. Spike Games's excuses are indeed ridiculous, but we'd never have known of them without Spoony “looking for the fringe.” However unless Twitter suggests something different (I don't have a Twitter account, nor plan to get one), I think Spoony's forum exchange and this video only happened because Spike Games first not only referenced him on their forum, but went as far as to say “It's not our fault that you are delusional.”

    As the kids nowadays would say: “That's not a good look, Spike Games.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-Alden/100000469737019 Christopher Alden

    Well, I'm not Spoony, but IMHO, a game should be able to hold its own against other games at the same price point. And considering I've played some truly amazing games I've bought for $10 or under (Braid, World of Goo, Everyday Shooter, Audiosurf, Darwinia, Mega Man 9, Mega Man 10, just to name a few),

    Heck, you want a fighting game? King of Fighters '95 is $9 on Wii Virtual Console right now.

  • http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

    Maybe? I think the Deadliest Warrior supporters fell in to three categories:
    1) People who genuinely liked the game, and were horrifically offended that someone on the internet disagreed with them.
    2) People who work for spikegames, and were astroturfing.
    3) Trolls.

    I'll leave it to the reader to determine the ratios.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ID5XI3LXVGIVLT2SB72NEOE56U travis

    Being a tournament player(not DW) I have to compare this game to one of my favorite games which is Soul Calibur 4, which has a parrying system, one hit kills (Albeit not at the start of a match though ringouts are common), and functions basically like an extended game of paper, rock, scissors (vertical attacks aren't block able while crouching, kicks are faster than slashes yet do less damage, etc.) that DW while not the worst game i think I've ever played its pretty high up there. it takes aspects of other fighting/action games and mashes them up hoping to make a winning title that in my opinion wasn't play tested enough.

  • Lord Tirion

    Spike Games seems to forget that you are not only competing against mayor studios, you can't use the “I'm a small studio and can't make a shitty game with what I have” people with less have made better, besides if the flaws weren't in the gameplay you could accept that (in the end you can have shitty plot, graphics or even music, but if the gameplay is good you can say that you didn't waste 8 bucks).

    When you implement “realism” in a game, you're doing it so it works for your game not against it, realism should NOT have more importance than playability, being able to insta-kill someone in a fighting game should prove that you're skilled in that game, not that you're lucky or that you're abusing a glitch or the lack of balance in the game “is not a glitch is a feature” or “yeah… thats totally what we were going for” is not a good excuse.

  • http://www.facebook.com/mynameisewan Ewan Hayden Turner

    spoony. you absoloute fucking badass :)

  • goodguya

    I think one of the best comparisons you can draw to this being a budget title is the recently released Alien Swarm. That's a FREE game and yet it's highly customizable from the get go, it has nice graphics, it has a lot of different stages, 4 player co-op, and a challenge that's not cheap. This from a ZERO budget title.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-Alden/100000469737019 Christopher Alden

    To be fair, it's not every day a game studio calls a reviewer “delusional”. The gaming scene hasn't really seen this kind of drama since Derek Smart.

  • ThomasMink

    True.. they did lay into it with the whole 'delusional' thing based on ridiculous claims.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Emerson-Simmons/100001068799912 Emerson Simmons

    and this is why they call him spoony!

  • allessander

    Hahahah, man fuck those guys. At least with 10 bucks I can get a good book and therefore get 10x more/better entertainment than their pos.

  • FordXanakov

    Man, I could at least understand people getting all uppity and upset when you were mocking the Final Fantasy series. For all the stupid shit that series pulled, at least the graphics were impressive, some people enjoy the side quest card battle type shit, and even though those games cost more at launch (PRICE POINT!) you could argue that you got more than enough game play hours of them to justify your purchase (unlike the half hour you get out of DW). Truth be told I was exceptionally disappointed with FF8 and FF10 just like you were, but I'm just using it as a basis of comparison.

    The fucking Deadliest Warrior? Really? That's what you rush to the keyboard to defend? It's one of the rare occasions where I feel little sympathy for you if you get the ban hammer dropped on you.

  • JC

    I just realized something about internet fanboys.
    How sad is your life when you have to see any kind of non-appraisal and non-reverence of your idol as attacking!

    Seriously: Where did the company attack Spoony???
    They just commented on his review, of course didn't agree with it and discussed the points in a pretty mild way – in contrary to Spoony himself who really did attack the game and the company in harsh language.

    (By the way, this is not about the game itself. It really might be shitty; I haven't played it. This is about extreme fanboys. Get a life!)

  • Megido

    Well making hair realistically, no matter how much of a budget you have, is really hard. Either you use alpha-mapped planes, or you model the hair in clumps (or a combination). Both have their pros and cons but neither makes for very realistic hair. Simulating hair strand by strand is pretty much impossible to do in real-time atm. I didn't see it though, so maybe it's worse than i imagine, but i'm more forgiving towards this kind of thing as i know it's though to make good looking long hair.

    The way bigger problem with how this game looks imo is the bad lighting. The poor lighting really drags the visuals down a whole lot. Just look at how dark the game is most of the time and how much the characters just blend in to the barely visible backdrop. The textures aren't exactly brilliant in all cases either, especially considering the abysmal size of the stages.

  • geekfury

    “Hey Apple – I don't think you can use you my post exactly as that would cause some sort of corporate level avalanche of snarkiness. It would only be used against us once it got out there. If you want to give your own opinion though feel free and back us up :) Greatly appreciated.”

    Segment of what Spike Games said over at the Gamespot GameFAQS forum after their post which Spoony has up under his video here, looks like they did'nt want him to see what they said. Abit late to worry about that after they post it don't you thing?

  • ThomasMink

    Nice to see I'm not alone in my thinking.

  • http://twitter.com/Astrosfan05 Josh Biesiada

    I find it funny how the world no longer cares what others opinions are if you dont match their opinion its wrong and your an idiot for darning to question their logic. I dont always agree with Spoony and half the time i cant say i have an opinion since i never saw or played the game, example Spooney didnt like Dragon Age Origins alot i love it did i go ranting around town screaming at random people to try and make Spoony recant the comment? No but that would of been funny to watch im sure. Asking for people to do this however is way to much cause that would be giving credit to many people that dont deserve it and if you dont agree with me well screw you hippie im right and your wrong!

  • M_Appel

    i think its funny that people are getting so worked up about your review^^ i mean come on! it DOES suck! one-hit headshot attacks in a fighter? i really wonder what those guys were smoking when they made this game…
    there are fighting games out there which FAR exceed this turd… look at the remakes of street fighter games on the xbox live arcade for example. they are AWESOME and cost just as much as the DW game.
    sure, they are from big companies like capcom. but guess what? super street fighter 2 is still TWENTY YEARS OLD!
    you cant say that you cant expect much for 10 bucks if there are other games out there that give you FAAAR more for 10 bucks or less.

    all in all i think this what a good response to those comments, spoony^^ the level of harshness was just right, its always good to piss some people off who are terribly wrong but just dont want to understand it ;D

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/DTAMRNQI5I5A4MLLJ7A5SPFNW4 Toshiba

    We all should have diagreed with Spoony and agree with Spike, WHY you ask? because Spooney will make another video ranting at us. So we can have a laugh. Just an idea..

  • sprode

    Don't worry Spoony. You're dealing with a bunch of 9-year-olds who probably think the show it is based off of makes any inkling of sense. The butthurt devs clearly can't take a little criticism… and they're using that to try and sell their little cup of noodles. Pretty good, riling up a bunch of nitwits and forging them into a loyal band of baboons around your finger.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Turner/1316109530 Andrew Turner

    Thank you Spoony for saving me yet more money!

    I can't believe for a second that anyone could possibly disagree with you on this one, the flaws you point out in both vids are as blatant and obvious to see in your review (and youtube footage) as a snow leopard wearing red camo gear in the arctic. For christ's sake people stop your dumb-ass american ways and become an intelligent nation and see a review for what it is, one person's (completely correct) opinion among many.

    Games like this keep getting made because fucking imbeciles like someoneobscure, shyguy8413 and IdiditfodoubleJ keep buying them, and then become no better than Star WWars Episodes 1-3 apologists.

    Keep up the good work my American cousin, keep intellect alive, keep making great and funny reviews, and above all keep sticking it to those that deserve it Spoony.

    Peace

  • http://twitter.com/Dopey661 Wes Plunkett

    I have a feeling Spike Games is going by the old “Any PR is good PR” business model, they are getting some more advertising, and I'm sure more people will purchase this just to see if it's really as bad as people says it is.

  • http://twitter.com/Dopey661 Wes Plunkett

    They are beginning to realize just how stupid they are making themselves sound.

  • http://twitter.com/Foxbat64 Kurt Aring

    Delightful that a corporate entity is ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING FLAMING, too, because if there's one thing the internet needs more of, it's fanatical trolling. “feel free and back us up” – unbelievable.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joel-Castonguay/100000976537427 Joël Castonguay

    How the hell is Spike Games can call themselves small time developer with little money, they are owned by VIACOM!!!!!

  • http://twitter.com/Ictiv György Somorjai

    Not like i would try to defend this… game.
    But you gotta understand Spike's urge to defend their game. I mean its pretty much like their child. Its stupid, it does not get as good grades in school as his classmates but its still theirs.

  • droge085

    I don't get this wave of negative feedback against Spoony. I tried this piece of fuck at my friends place. Simply put, I'd rather play FFX2 then this miserable piece of shit.

  • tobylauterbach

    The sad thing is, if net neutrality goes down, guess who's going to get favored and puished for traffic?. Ah, MTV-Viacom's pet or honest old SpoonMan?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Adam-Staley/100000231763949 Adam Staley

    You see Spoony, this is why I love you so much. People sling shit on your doorstep, and you take a power washer to the shit, and launch a tactical nuclear missile strike to the whiny assholes who bitch that your opinion doesn't match their grossly misguided ones.

    Seriously, if they enjoyed the game THAT much, then whatever you say shouldn't bother them. Unless if they're not having as much fun as they THINK they are.

  • http://www.facebook.com/suimachine Jakub Błażej Dylus

    Actually, that's how most of companies work – if they pumped a money into a product, they will release it and advertise it, no matter how bad it is… just because they have to get at least the amount of money which was used to produce a game, back. And that's were you can easily distinguish a bad developer from a good developer… a bad developer releases a half-finished, crap… good developer? Simple, fast for making game, which is at least fun to play (like for example Alien Swarm).

  • LDavis

    I’m very amused that Spike games felt the need to respond to the scathing review you gave the game. Haven’t played it myself, but I usually find my opinions on things fall in line with Spoony’s, so I figure the game is a POS like he says.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dennis-Van-Der-Voort/519673808 Dennis Van Der Voort

    Gotta love Joe for noticing that comment. It created awesome.

  • http://twitter.com/Foxbat64 Kurt Aring

    I thought the same thing initially, but after consideration I have to agree with Christopher Alden below. A corporate, moneymaking entity has flat-out insulted someone for being unhappy with their product, and expressing that in a 4-minute quickie review so comically exaggerated that anyone not blinded by fanboyism knew it was exaggeration the instant the review started. It's one thing for an individual to say something like that, but for Spoony to pay 10 bucks for this, complain about it, and then be referred to by the publisher as “delusional”…unmitigated rage is exactly what his response should be, and I applaud him for doing so.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HVSOASWOATKXDZOE7FVJREQBZU John Bullock

    You know Spoony, this video has offended me. Saying only “Chuckling collage age stoner potheads” Would enjoy this game. I'm offended on such a deep level, I don't even know. I'm a collage age pothead, and I know this is shit. IT it… Just no. D:

    Also, it was seven minuets, not ten. D:<

    And I'm a little surprised spike responded to you at all. I mean, They aren't a gaming giant, But they're a fucking TV station. Sure, you've got a lot of weight in the gaming community, But we're talking about people who wipe their asses with hundred dollar bills.They DO have millions to throw behind a game, even if they don't, and they just want more money. Why should they care what one man thinks? …'s a bit odd to me.

  • bcacrittic

    why are so manny people getting so worked up over an opinion? i have never seen the show or played the game and i can tell this game sucks from looking at a few vidioes. we play vidio games to get away from reality we dont want our games beeing to realistic. a perfect example is motorstorm for the ps3 the game isnt very realistic but who cares its a good game, i dont want to play an off road racing game where if i crash into a walll at the 1st corner the race is over for me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Asnip/100001401394818 Daniel Asnip

    Bravo, TheSpoonyOne. Bravo.
    If I wasn't 18, and we weren't separated by 2000+ miles, I would buy you a beer.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joel-Castonguay/100000976537427 Joël Castonguay

    Yet, they don't see it that way. They are calling Spoony delusional for not liking, let alone promoting, the game. I can say they may be pissed about all the effort that went in that game… all 4 hours of it.

  • http://twitter.com/kylebiddle Kyle Biddle

    HAHA Spoony tells it like it is. THE END.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=629096586 Daoud Barbour

    Shitty tv franchise doesn't begin to describe DW. Judging the superiority of a style of fighting on the weaponry alone is retarded. Anyway, regardless of style it's the individual that makes the difference. Put five Karate experts of the same level in the same room and they're not going to fight exactly the same.

    As for the game, being a fan Bushido Blade 1 and 2 and playing DW at a friend's house……no, just no. I'd rather go through another story mode run of Kengo than play this again.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joel-Castonguay/100000976537427 Joël Castonguay

    It's basically fanboy rage. Some people love something so much that if transcend reason. Just like all the fan of Justin Bieber.

  • Cuefrogger

    Spoony, you are my hero. The last 2 minutes of this was absolutely kickass in-your-face awesomeness. Thank you for what you do.

  • Mattnificent

    I'm really surprised that people are defending this game. I played the demo, and it was a worthless pile of imbalanced garbage, but of course you can tell that just from watching gameplay footage. I play fighting games competitively in tournaments and I would never be caught dead even messing around with this horrible crap. Good review.

  • hwalsh

    Spike TV dropped the ball and I personally want to kick the guy who claimed story wasn't important in the crotch and use his scrotum as a speed bag. Story is one of the most important aspects of fighting games. Serious ones anyway. We like things like continuity, hell people play some fighting games simply to find out more about a specific character's story. Hell I played every single Mortal Kombat just to learn more about Lieu Kang.

  • http://www.facebook.com/SpudimusPrime89 Andrew Falkenhan

    I'd have to side with Spoony on this one. I played the demo with my friend and the same thing happened in our first match that happened with Spoony when he faced Sean. After a few more matches, I realized how broken and boring the game actually is.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Simon-May/1822007098 Simon May

    Ever heard of games like “Breath of Death VII”? That game is ONE DOLLAR and still manages to be awesome. Besides, what about all the great freeware games (classic example: Cave Story)? Price/Budget is NO excuse whatsoever.

  • HappyMascotShow

    I actually felt like cheering at the end of this video following the sign off line. I realized applauding my laptop was weird and didn't but still awesome response to those silly spike game people. They just wanted to make a game fast and cheap and enjoy the profits they get from its association with a tv show. why are they so outraged by criticism? they made the worst game ever and that makes them the worst game developers ever, that's how it works.

  • TGer

    Go Spoony! Wow, you ripped them good, and they deserved it. I hate that damn show, none of their results were ever accurate; it was such obvious bullshit. My heart goes out to you and your friends that played through 5 hours of that shitty game.

    I must say that Spike's Game network has really shitty customer service, too.

  • http://twitter.com/Ictiv György Somorjai

    Look I don't say that they should be respected for the way they ridden in on their white horse, sounding the call for battle with their Oaken battle horn, just because they spotted an act of disrespect from Spoony. I just say it is something to be expected when you make a review of their game where the first sentence is “This game is fucking bull shit.”

    Its like Uncle Molyneux, sure his over praising words can be annoying but the love he shows for his game is kind of sweet if you think about it.

    P.S.: I don't remember the scene from your icon… Its kind of hurting my pride as an LICD fan :D

  • http://twitter.com/Lord_Malvern Brian Puschell

    No matter how shitty something is, there will be someone who like it.

    Conversely, the more shitty something is, the greater the fucktard ratio in the fanbase.

  • Roiser1

    Haha, great response. I have nothing to add, exept for some games in that price tag – Monkey Island SE 1 and 2, I also bought Shadow Complex for 560 MSP which is far, FAR better than this. I played this at my friend's place yesterday, God it was HORRIBLE. But it has one good side. At least they listen to fans and maybe they'll fix it, but I doubt that… at the end of the day, they'll just say you're an asshole that knows nothing about games. I wish you'd review Sniper: Ghost Warrior like this. I had to review it myself and GOD, it was one of the worst games I ever played…

  • http://twitter.com/Van_Artic Van_Artic

    As an expert fighting gamer, i have to say, spoony is damn right about this one; you can't compare it to SF2 or Blazblue (which is my favourite, it rules)

    it isn't competitive, it isn't fun, it's unbalanced and generic

    deal with it

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BW2TJ6WNUVUKEX4YVPKVUFO55E Thaddeus Nelson

    Realism means targeting where your projectiles go.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kyle-Wellington-Hutslar/759877245 Kyle Wellington Hutslar

    I love how they responded to your video in that totally mature tone.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4S55MP3RJTA2KPQ5VQ4I7ZVI4Y Jess

    spoony, theres a point i really want to share

    there are indie fighting games made. at least one of which is FREE. even a price tag of 10 dollars doesnt even compare, there are free games that have greater love and care put into them. there is a game – vanguard princess – which might not be everyones cup of tea and it might not be the most wellbalanced game out there but look at it and experience it and then realise it was coded (and i think drawn) by 1 man. you dont even need to talk about mvc2 or tekken or guilty gear, they might have whole studios behind them and you simply cannot compare to the experience behind them (not that i support such a flimsy argument but for the moment lets play devils advocate). that STILL fails because of the existence of games like vanguard princess, cave story, la mulana, dota, games that are, in effect free yet still awesome. costing only 10 dollars is one of the stupidest arguments possible – its a tacit agreement that their product sucks

  • http://renaissance-geek.blogspot.com/ Jaebird

    I quit the demo immediately after that cheating Ninja slaughtered me. Sure, I wasn't going to put much effort into the game to begin with. But when the computer A.I. pulls off some Korean-StarCraft bullshit faster than me just moving toward the opponent; that's not a good sign.

    I was willing to give this game the benefit of the doubt, despite Spoony's rantings. I was willing to have an open mind. But it's not my fault the game sucks on toast. I'm with Spoony when he says there should be no pity-party for the developers, who were only paid to make this pathetic tie-in.

    And the comment about buying milk and expecting honey? That's the dumbest thing I've ever had the displeasure of reading. I don't buy every game expecting it to be Batman: Arkham Asylum. No; I do the sensible thing and research what I'm about to waste my money on. If I don't like what I see, or play in a demo, then I sure as hell won't bother to piss on it if it were on fire.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dylan-Styre/1133777243 Dylan Styre

    absolutely loved this

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dylan-Styre/1133777243 Dylan Styre

    absolutely right Spoony

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1536912113 Ian Kovich

    The whole time I kept hearing 'small developer' and 'budget price,' one game came to mind: MUGEN. Not only was this fighting game made by a small studio, the game itself was FREE and coded in C. I feel sorry for those that defend their purchase and think that it, and the show itself, wasn't a waste of time.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5QXFBIGOUUJTHL3KDKDTBDCS3E Nick A

    I laughed so much. Spoony one-shot killed Spike's garbage game and cocky attitude!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_35UAYDP2LAHMWZQVHUEYQ7EWTU Cory

    Before I comment, I just want to let people know that I was the one who made the second comment Spoony did a response to (IdiditfodoubleJ). I just wanted to say that I only liked the game. I am in no way a fanboy to the game, or SpikeGames. I like Spoony and his work, and I did not mean to come off as douche in my comment. The comment I made was not meant to sound like hate fill rant. It was just what I though about the review. Also I want to add that I didn't know how much time he put into the game before reviewing it, so I will admit I was wrong there. I also want to say that I did agree on some of the thing's he brought up in the review, and disagreed with others. That was just my opinion on his review as it was his opinion on the game. Again I like Spoony, I like his review's and Vlog's, and I don't share the same opinion as most of the people how responded to the review.

  • http://twitter.com/DyloniusFunk Dylan Stalnaker

    Show me evidence that all those pissed off fanboys were all Americans? Because Europeans are all fucking white knight bastions of goodness who would never troll a game forum right? Leave the America bashing out of the video game discussions please.

  • coyoterys

    Hmmm, astronaut v/s caveman? I'd have to go with caveman. He'd bonk that science nerd on his head, drag him back to the cave by his hair, and make the spaceman his little bitch. Kinda like you just did to Spike Games! :D

    Seriously Spoony, you can never change the minds of fanbois. And lets face it, were not dealing with a Mensa crowd here. It's probably safe to assume that the average fan of DW show & game rides the short bus to school.

  • Megaric

    Fuck Yeah Spoony!!! Ive Played that Game and man it does fucking suck!

    Spoony 1 – Spike Games 0

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=523676678 Jake Jefferus Shipley

    I love this simply because you are making the people supporting it look like what they are, stupid trolls XD

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Julien-Gabriel-Gregoire-Berube/100000914758791 Julien-Gabriel Grégoire-Bérubé

    I liked it when Spoony backed up everything he said with solid, concrete arguments.

    It's funny because people always get angry and mad and “sick” at someone's opinion.

    Why?

    Why do they feel sick?

    Are Spoony's word made of cancer?

    You know what I think?

    The fans of the game are all in a state of fucking psychosis.

    They WILL NOT understand what you are saying because you are not in total agreement with them.

    -Also being offended by an opinion probably is the most fucking idiotic thing in the world. Someone explain this one to me.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BW2TJ6WNUVUKEX4YVPKVUFO55E Thaddeus Nelson

    Things to spend $10.00 on:
    1) Movie in the theaters
    2) 2-3 used DVDs at Blockbuster
    3) 2 New DVDs at Walmart or Target
    4) 1-2 of over 800 games on Steam (I got TF2 for $10.00)
    5) A novel (some are more expensive than this)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3PN5YF2DUZ7RNJCO5DQ5JWCEWM yahoo-3PN5YF2DUZ7RNJCO5DQ5JWCEWM

    :D To have my arguments brought up by such a big name is such an honor to me (even if it IS to simply rip them apart and prove them wrong or anything like that).

    Anyways, seeing this video really does make things much better for me. He talked about points that weren't in the review, expanded on points that were, and defended most (not all IMO, but most) of his points fairly well. Granted, I still completely disagree with his review and I don't even agree with everything he said in this follow-up, but at least he did his best to fight off anyone and everyone who disagreed with him (myself included) and did manage to convince me that this was more of a fair review than I thought.

  • http://twitter.com/TheTemplarion Templarion

    I still can't believe that you get the responses you do. I disagree with you on several things, not the least of which are both Final Fantasy VIII and X. However, at the same time, I will admit that most of the things you point out are at least accurate. I don't understand the rabid fanboy-ism, or the sheer level of hatred flung your way over your opinion. Now, to be fair, I do dislike it when you say someone is 'provably wrong', over their opinion, but in some cases that may be justified (I haven't played some of the games you refer to, so I have no base to work from.)

    I do however think that you have good points, and agree fully that “you get what you pay for” is not in any way an excuse. I also think that people lose sight of the fact that you are just a regular person, and have opinions like everyone else, instead seeing you as a voice of authority that they must agree with, or more accurately that should always reflect their opinion at all times. The simple idea that you would base your entire review off one match is laughable if your critics knew anything about you. That's one of the reasons I value your opinion highly, is that I know you will look at it objectively and at great length, and will give a recommendation even if you hate the source. (Such as the Battlestar Galactica board game -one of the best investments I've ever made, and all thanks to you, by the way-)

    tl;dr: People are entitled to their opinions, and should learn to understand and respect the opinions of others.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Kastlo Michele Castellani

    Wow spoony, this time it seems you were really pissed off!
    Whetever, I think you should make more video like this: Talking about some comments or rant that people post about your videos, because I think it's interesting and entertaining too

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lucek-Chuck/100000576199993 Lucek Chuck

    DW cheap budget title. crappy fighter game. little details or graphics or music or game play. playable time 8min-1hour. re-playability low.
    PA OTRSPOD 1&2 budget title. fair RPG. good story fair graphics great cut scenes good music and workable game play. Playtime 3hours-10hours re-playability moderate.

    Difference, one developer gives a shit.

  • Blake Simon

    Spoony, you keep making a mistake. Unless it changed recently, I'm pretty sure this game is 1200 points ($15) and not 800 ($10). Limbo is also 1200 and that one is only partially worth it, if you're into that.

    I gotta say, I couldn't wait for Spoony to get to this game as soon as I played the Trial! I knew for a fact he would tear into it and I was happy with the review! I thought the trial was horribly cheap, with the Ninja bringing out his mid-range weapon and instant killing me, or the Spartan having an impossible to disarm shield. When I played Ninja, I would lose. When I played Spartan, I would lose my shield in one combo, die in the next. But, yes, I only played the trial… And it DID NOT sell me on the game, which is the purpose of a trial.

    They have much better fighting games out there, with Street Fighter II being on Xbox Live for cheap… Then again, I got Super Street Fighter II HD Remix (the newer one) for FREE! I think it came with my red Xbox… The RE5 one? Anyway… I don't even like SSF2, so I never play it. I'm a fan of SSFIV, however, and play it all the time. BlazBlue? They released a new one with, like, four or five new characters. BlazBlue is superior to this (even if it is $40) no question. Even Street Fighter IV is $15 used now. If I had a choice between the two, I'd pick SFIV no question. If you have more money, get SSFIV for about $10 more. OR… Go out looking for a copy of Street Fighter Anniversary for PS2 or Xbox… About $20 and it has Street Fighter III on it, which is a fantastic game!

    Now I'm not going to black/white this. If you like Deadliest Warrior: The Game, by all means play it. If you enjoy it, you should enjoy it. Spoony will NOT change your mind in this matter. NO ONE WILL! However, Spoony does not like the game or the show and, just as you will not falter, neither will he. He will not look at a person's comment and suddenly change his mind. Don't be upset just because Spoony said he hated the game. If you like it, you like it. I LOVE JRPGs, but every time my sister is in my room while I'm playing (she plays Aion on my PC), she only says bad crap about the game… Doesn't mean I'm going to suddenly stop playing. She said Persona 3: FES is apparently boring, crap, and makes you want to shoot yourself to stop playing… Then why did I feel like I should keep playing even after finishing it? Because I love it and nothing will change that. Poor Spoony said he could never beat it… I feel bad for him now…

    So in the end, you can't get mad at Spoony for disliking a game… No matter how bad he trashed it in the review, I found it funny… That was part of why he did it like that… To entertain. If Spoony trashed a game I liked, I would not suddenly hate him or anything like that, I would laugh at the review, agree with him on some points, and then keep playing the game in question. Just let Spoony do what he does and play whatever you want to play… But if anyone here now wants to check the game out, remember that you cannot get a refund for it if you buy it.

    Whew! Long post! And this is my first comment on the site! Just wanted to toss my two cents into the ring before all of this blew over.

    • PandaBrawler

      Actually, it is 800 Microsoft points. Doesn’t excuse the fact that it’s still a terrible game. Hell, ‘Splosion Man is only 800 MP and it’s a shit load better than DW.

      • Blake Simon

        Should have looked it up, then. Figured it would be 1200. It looked like a 1200. Thanks for the correction… Though ‘Splosion Man pisses me off to no extreme, even if the game is good.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Simon-Have-Jensen/1327231504 Simon Have Jensen

    wow… cant believe the rage on a internet review, a guy telling his oppinion on a game, he is free to have his own oppinion. if you like the game, then good for you, but dont expect everyone to like the game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/William-Shelton-Brown/1587610163 William Shelton Brown

    EVERYBODY MAD AS HELL

  • http://vezon.livejournal.com/ The goddamn Master

    Thank you for pissing so many people off.
    Even though they're just yelling at you to be a dickmuncher, they still deserve to be taken out back and flogged with a willow branch for pretending to have a valid point to make.
    I never thought anyone would try to defend it, and I was kinda right. They're not, they're just Internet tough guys who think that bullying is fun or even acceptable.

    In conclusion, you are credit to team.

  • http://vezon.livejournal.com/ The goddamn Master

    Thank you for pissing so many people off.
    Even though they're just yelling at you to be a dickmuncher, they still deserve to be taken out back and flogged with a willow branch for pretending to have a valid point to make.
    I never thought anyone would try to defend it, and I was kinda right. They're not, they're just Internet tough guys who think that bullying is fun or even acceptable.

    In conclusion, you are credit to team.

  • http://vezon.livejournal.com/ The goddamn Master

    Thank you for pissing so many people off.
    Even though they're just yelling at you to be a dickmuncher, they still deserve to be taken out back and flogged with a willow branch for pretending to have a valid point to make.
    I never thought anyone would try to defend it, and I was kinda right. They're not, they're just Internet tough guys who think that bullying is fun or even acceptable.

    In conclusion, you are credit to team.

  • HarryFiddleSticks

    I have a question for all the people who bitch on this review: If you take all the effort to watch the video in which someone gives his OPINION on a game and you already know whats in store for you (Spoony's review on the tv-show and the E3 coverage) why the FUCK are you watching it anyway? The funniest part of this whole affair is that everybody who got pissed about the review, including the people at Spike Games, made sure Spoony earned a little money. It must be awesome to make people pissed off and cash while doing it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/William-Shelton-Brown/1587610163 William Shelton Brown

    EVERYBODY MAD AS HELL! Oh man, here's the thing Spoon-dawg and let me lay this on you nice and gentle like: You ain't even gotta compare it to renting a game from the big boys. There are hundreds of amazing games made by one man to small studio sized teams on Xbox live that are fan-fucking-tastic and fun to play. Shit, for that much Xbox live coin (It's $15 last I checked, not 10 so you're giving it way too much credit) I could get Marvel VS Capcom 2 and have 30+ characters with multiple fighting styles to play as. Or I could grab any other game and have more fun.

    Face it Spike Games, you made a cash in game tied to a shitty TV show and it wasn't fun

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lucek-Chuck/100000576199993 Lucek Chuck

    11 savage worlds explorers edition.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Gilfillan/1681085004 Daniel Gilfillan

    FUCK THOSE GUYS Spoony, they're just pissed they wasted 10 bucks when they could have bought I MA3D A GAM3 WITH ZOMBIES 1N IT!!!1 and then bought it AGAIN nine more times and would have felt less ripped off. As for Spike Games getting a hair up their ass, just wow. If you have the financial backing of a network TV channel that itself has the financial backing of MTV (if I'm not mistaken), you dissolve the right to complain about being a “tiny little developer” when REAL independent developers make games that are FAR more entertaining. Spike Games doesn't just know nothing about games, that's clear, they know nothing about gamers, and that's why this game is so FUCKING RETARDED!

  • http://twitter.com/Chronai Beau Watson

    This had to be the best follow-up ever from you Spoony. Not only did you bash Spike and supporters of DW the first time, you bashed them AGAIN in a second video. Priceless.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1630724152 Wesley Iliff

    Now let me start by saying this whole thing delights me to no end.

    However, the last comment has some validity. I love plenty of crappy games (even though this isn't one of them), and I'm sure Spoony does too. Attacking your fans is just silly, when really the developers are the only ones responsible for this.

    And really, after spending all that time railing on this developer, you're going to act like a fool because THEY did it first?

  • yellow13

    i think the peoblem with you and deadliest warrior is that you don't get what the show's about.

    did you see the Zande/Aztec warrior episode? THAT'S what the show's about. as childish and 'moronic' as you say it is, that's the episode that sums up the entire series perfectly. It's a Mortal Kombat gore fest, big explosions and big guns. Don't even PRETEND that it's anything other then that. you're just fooling yourself. Learn to see the show for what it actually is as ENTERTAINMENT and NOT a scientific show.

    Plus as you said in one of YOUR OWN REVIEWS and i quote: “I forgot the cardinel rule in any movie tie in games and that they almost always suck.” just replace Movie with TV and there you go.

    and another thing: if you hate the show so much

    1) why do you keep watching it?
    2) why did you even buy their game?

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    If the goal isn't to be scientific, then they should try to make it seem like they're making an attempt to be scientific, that's all. Just make the show nothing but the CG fights, since that's the most entertaining part of the show. Mythbusters is sometimes guilty of that, but they generally do a stronger job of showing things with a more scientific approach, using similar conditions across multiple variables to prove or disprove something.

    In regards to buying the game – He bought it because he knows his fans wanted to know his opinion on the game, perhaps?

  • http://www.facebook.com/bocajfreedman Jacob Freedman

    I didn't buy the game, and had no intention to (I bought Castle Crashers instead, because I heard good things about it). This review makes me want Bushido Blade since you say it has the same mechanics (which are very good ideas in my opinion), but doesn't handle like Resident Evil. So thank you good sir for informing me about something that I am looking forward to buying in the future!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Keegan-Smith/100000968724642 Keegan Smith

    lol At the people trying to back up this game. Any fighting game where you can kill your opponent in less than 5 hits is not a fighting game. It's a joke. This game is just as mindless as the show. Bravo, Spike. You've maintained your expected intelligence level.

  • SubTonic

    Wow, I'm stunned. People actually like this game. People actually defend it, call Spoony an illegitimate reviewer and anyone who likes him a blatant fanboy of him.

    You know what I think? If gaming has gotten to the point where this miserable fuck is being defended, then I guess gaming itself has peaked and there's nowhere left to go but down. Publishers are realizing now that people are so easily fucking entertained that they can make any piece of shit that they want, sell it for “cheap” to try and justify their laziness, then make a profit off of it.

    What the fuck? I've played games for half of my life. I've seen them evolve from their primitive roots and become something more, and now it seems that they're just going straight back the fuck DOWN again. Final Fantasy XIII is most easily compared TO THE FIRST GAME IN THE FRANCHISE. It's linear, there's not much to do, and the combat is simple. The only fucking difference is the amount of money WASTED on unnecessarily high production values.

    But this Deadliest Warrior shit…there's nothing worth defending. Not the graphics, not the animation, not the production values, and most importantly of all, not the fucking gameplay. I'd like Spike to please, PLEASE try to fucking justify the existence of this game, but I doubt they could think of anything better than “Because we wanted a quick buck”.

    The more you motherfuckers get away with games like this, the higher the chances are that others will do the same, and gaming will just become some fucking cash cow that only serves to deprive the consumer of its hard-earned money, the same exact fucking bullshit that's ruining small business. Go find some other way to make your cheap money, Spike and any other publishers who do this kind of shit, because I don't want one of my favorite goddamned sources of entertainment to take it in the ass like this any longer. You can go FUCK yourselves. Thanks to assholes like you, the gaming “industry” (HAH) has nothing but a future of cheap lazy fucking shit in store for it.

    Fuck you, fuck your game, and fuck the people who defend it.

  • StealthKnight

    I don't doubt game is bad and I do agree with your points but I do think you should have mention these additional facts in your review. It would have felt like the review was more complete and well rounded so nobody could criticize your legitimacy as a reviewer. Spike games are a bunch of whiners that can't believe that they couldn't get away with making a cheap pos. What they have done will hurt them as a company and possible destroy any hope of being successful

  • Sol_Badguy

    I'll sum up the answer to all of your questions in one simple sentence: He is a critic.

    That's it. Why are you here again?

  • notyoursavior78

    Wow this sure drew a lot more heat than I expected. I didn't really take the review too seriously though it doesn't look like a game I wanted to play anyway. I have Bushido Blade 1 and 2 and those are “realistic fighters” and far more amusing and entertaining than this game appears to be to me. Bushido Blade had one hit kills too ha

    Truth be told it was just a budget title anyway about a show I didn't care about. Some people are just way too sensitive.

  • http://twitter.com/WrestlePanda Still Lee

    2) why did you even buy their game?

    He's a game reviewer, smart ass. People asked him about it, and he reviewed it.

    When I go and buy a game, I have an open mind about it. If it's good, I say it's good. If it's bad, I say it's bad. I'm not going to refrain from saying a game sucks because it'll hurt yellow13's little feelings. I paid money for it, and fuck it I'm going to talk about it. It was the same scenario with Spoony. He just fucking said that he would've been more than happy to give this game a good review IF IT WAS GOOD.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KQZM4I3JX6F27LT4EM2Y27IFMU Corey

    “enjoy your shitty guilty gears and tekken” I myself am not a fan of those games and only played them once but I can tell you those are good games unlike this piece of dog crap, and the thing about the show is alot of the match ups did not make sense to me especially the spartan vs ninja episode. also realism is not a bad thing to have in games like in assasins creed I am aware its not a fighting game but in the games the main hero cant take sword strikes to the head makes sense nobody could, but realism can screw up the enjoyment of a game if you take it too far like this game did and seems to take pride in.

  • CrossCounter

    You know, to be honest, the whole “Small Time Gaming Company” thing being an excuse is pretty ridiculous, I mean, look at Arcsys when they originally released Guilty Gear, they were pretty small time and their game far exceeds this $10 waste of money. In fact, Arcsys had only released 3 games before Guilty Gear and weren't the most prosperous company when they did release Guilty Gear.

    GG had more characters, more depth and far far more complexity, so yeah, Spike just made a bad game and a bunch of fools are trying to protect it, and so are Spike.

  • http://twitter.com/MarkJamesPlatt Mark Platt

    Wow dude you really got angry towards the end ha ha. I think your right basically. I can't believe they pulled the small developer card! Your right about games nowadays too. We do expect and deserve more. Street Fighter II was on cartridge and was less than 100MB in size! We expect better from a game developed 20 years later.

  • stickymcbudd

    For those of you who want the whole triple amputation thing (with no one hit kill B.S.), may I direct you to TIME KILLERS. Mantazz, bitches.

    • Guest

      That’s what I was thinking. All the bad MK clones (an inordinate amount of which included time-displaced fighters for whatever reason) did this better.

    • Guest

      That’s what I was thinking. All the bad MK clones (an inordinate amount of which included time-displaced fighters for whatever reason) did this better.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Blayney/683346875 Michael Blayney

    That rant at the end is why my mancrush for you will never die. Thanks for the laughs.

    (And the real irony here? I love the show and I'm still kinda tempted to pick up the game. Imagine that, people can hold different opinions and not feel the need to be a fucking dick about it.)

  • slaverstrike

    With every hatepost Spoony grows even STRONGER and then he uses that strength to hate these rubbish games even MORE! ha-haa!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Faas/631136073 Daniel Faas

    Wait, blocking drains your stamina quickly? What the what?! I can tell you right now as one who regularly fights in full-contact medieval combat wearing sixty pounds of steel armor, blocking is how you survive. It's not tiring to hold a shield in place while your opponent slams away at it. If you know what you're doing (and I assume that all the characters in this game are assumed to be competent examples of their respective styles of fighting) you barely have to move at all to block just about every conceivable blow.

    One hit kills end a match? Yes, okay, that much is reasonable; once a single telling blow is struck, you will generally either be bleeding profusely, be missing a limb, have important bones crushed, or have a concussion. Any one of these will severely impair your defense, and once that happens, you're dead meat. However, actually LANDING that blow ain't easy against a competent opponent, because he's been BLOCKING all your attacks without tiring. Dodging isn't really the best way to survive in combat with sweeping weapons, though it's not entirely without merit, especially if you don't have a shield.

    Spike's attitude about this game is simply unacceptable. What little respect I had for them has evaporated completely, and I hope this fails hard enough for them not to try again.

    • Ruiner

      I certainly agree that a trained individual just plainly holding a shield up in defense will not find it tiring. However, I disagree on the idea that absorbing blows behind a shield will not eventually wear a person’s muscles down. Dissipating the force exerted from a blow through your body does expel some stamina. Regardless this discussion seems a bit silly for a game as topical as this piece of shit.

    • Ruiner

      I certainly agree that a trained individual just plainly holding a shield up in defense will not find it tiring. However, I disagree on the idea that absorbing blows behind a shield will not eventually wear a person’s muscles down. Dissipating the force exerted from a blow through your body does expel some stamina. Regardless this discussion seems a bit silly for a game as topical as this piece of shit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gareth-Williams/1043431357 Gareth Williams

    Okay, I've come up for a story for each character. Get the 300 narrator guy (One wiki search later: David Wenham) to do a small monologue about each character before the story begins, and a small monologue afterwards to talk about how the character celebrates it's victory. Maybe add a “boss” character that uses some of each character's moves, like many fighting game's final bosses finish with. I'll even throw in an idea for the boss: An AI sent to test the best warriors skill.

    See? In 5 minutes I wrote a basic plot for the game and came up with an idea for a unique boss. HOW HARD WAS THAT?

    • http://www.foxhack.net/ Foxhack

      … You mean like Soul Blade / Soul Calibur?

    • http://www.foxhack.net/ Foxhack

      … You mean like Soul Blade / Soul Calibur?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gareth-Williams/1043431357 Gareth Williams

    It's like a malicious Mega Man.

  • anonns

    all that 'Follow Up' was missing was the song “Tick Tick Boom”

  • SargentGunner

    From what I've seen, yeah, DW doesn't stand up to much. If you want an enjoyable match, you win. And to win, you have to use one of those one-shots.

    It's pretty stupid that all these small developers are getting mad at people for reviewing their games/movies badly, like Wiseau Films for Nostalgia Critic, and THIS. Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. Spoony, good job to you, keep it up!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_D5LZLKBUTIYVABCLRALJV437VE Brent

    Haha, nice. I wonder how Spike Games got a wind of your review. Maybe you have a few fans in their development studio?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gareth-Williams/1043431357 Gareth Williams

    12. Cheap porn.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1143553858 Paul McKenzie

    Im not sure that calling people who disagree with you a “lunatic fringe” is the best idea. I know what you were getting at, but maybe it could have been worded better. Also, maybe in your review you could have said that you played for 5 hours, but this footage is from your first fight.

    Some people just like certain things that other people cant understand why. I really dont understand what the problem is, different strokes for different folks you know…..Releasing a broken game however (if that is the case, i havent played it myself) no matter how little you charge, is not on. As Spoony corectly says, gamers in 2010 expect more, and developers should understand that if they want to have any chance of succeeding-especially if they are a small concern.

  • KaitBunny

    I don't remember Nintendo throwing a tantrum and calling people delusional and stupid when the Virtual Boy got poor critical reception.

    Just saying.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ted-Parsons/100000979234186 Ted Parsons

    Whether the game is realistic is a moot point, and not just because of the unrealistic concept, but also because anyone who plays video games for their realism are fooling themselves, because video games aren't supposed to be realistic. Sure, they can have basis in reality, but a line must be drawn when adding more realism would cost the entertainment value or playability of the game.

  • Isolder74

    The comment about paying for milk and expecting honey with it is stupid.

    Honey isn't expensive. I think it may actually cost less to buy if you do it right like going through local farmers for it but that's not the point. Adding a few drops of honey to the milk is easy and milk already tastes good to start with. The problem with this game is it's like buying milk at the store and finding sour milk or buttermilk inside the bottle and being pissed that my fresh milk is sour. Adding honey to that doesn't help.

    The game's controls are terrible, the combat system is a mashfest and older games work better then it does. Sure you can dodge, sure you can block but you run out of energy fast and hit detection is terrible. I've played games on newgrounds with better game play then this. That's right some free games have better production values then a game costing 10 bucks!

  • http://twitter.com/SolarstormTM Lars

    Made my day!

  • http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

    Actually, I thought it was 1200 points as well, but having just checked out the XBox Arcade website, I found two things.
    1. This is currently going for 800 points (whether it was changed, or if it's possible for it to have changed that quickly, I don't know)
    2. There is a ridiculously large amount (in excess of 20 items) of shitty avatar garb available for purchase, with each one costing more than 200 points, thus absolutely blowing out of the water any notion this was a legitimate attempt at making a game, rather than being a shitty cash grab tie-in.

    • Blake Simon

      Yes, Avatar clothes mostly, along with some shields. I don’t mind the avatar stuff so much. If you don’t want it, don’t buy it. Some games even give you some cool stuff for free, like a creature from Limbo just for beating the game. But, yes, I see your point. Sometimes the Avatar stuff is just too much (400 for a lightsaber).

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        lol really

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

          Theyre is no douth about it girl.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        lol really

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        lol really

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/George-Georgakis/558962949 George Georgakis

    I actually have something to add at Spoony's comendary, about the price point. There was and still is a freeware program for the PC called M.U.G.E.N. with alot of character creation abilities where you could actually make a 2D character with as many moves as you want. I was way better with a lot better hit detection and combo system. It wasn't a realistic game engine but you could make it by decreasing the starting life amount. It was for free and it was way better and the last time I played a M.U.G.E.N. game was like 7 years ago and it was way better than this haslty made,poorly programmed,badly coded game! Spoony was not unfair in his review of this game. In my opinion he was really lenient. The thing goes like these simple two steps: A) You guys make better games. B) Spoony gives you better reviews.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Jackson/100000566465427 Richard Jackson

    I'm not gonna lie. I enjoy the show because of the people who are stabbing, cutting, and blowing shit up. But that's about it.

    As far as the game, I see no redeemable qualities about it. It looks like rotten ass. I really don't care about graphics in a fighting game. I mainly care about controls, the depth of the system, and character balance. From the footage I have seen, this game fails in all 3 parts. Spoony's argument did seem a bit weak at some points, but he hit the nail on the head. There is no reason why your character shouldn't auto-turn when your opponent is right behind you, unless you are doing an attack. Even then, your character should auto-turn after the attack.

    That “We can help that we're not Capcom” bullshit is inexcusable. If you make a terrible game and someone calls it terrible, don't cry about it. It's YOUR FUCKING GAME. If they don't want people complaining about their game, then they better get to work fixing the damn game up. They made their bed out of broken glass. They can either sleep in it or make a better bed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Shipman/23917486 John Shipman

    Wow, I don't have nearly enough time to read all the comments, so sorry in advance if this has already been posted, but I doubt it has.
    You want a good fighting game? For free? Guilty Gear X for the PC. It's abandonware. I'm not kidding. You can legally download Guilty Gear X for the PC for free. It has more characters, more impressive (and impressionable) graphics (despite it being in 2D), a killer soundtrack (that you can even edit), and is has gameplay far deeper than anything Deadliest Warrior offers. When your game is getting its ass handed to it by Street Fighter II, which is 20 years old, and which programmers should be able to program in their sleep by now…10 bucks or not, it's really sad. Guilty Gear X even has instant kill moves, but if you're hit by one of those, and you know how to play the game even fairly well, your ass deserves to lose. It's not realistic, yes, but it's fun, and realism should never come at the expense of enjoyment in what is A FUCKING VIDEO GAME where you're pushing little buttons. I'd rather play as a homosexual man with a quaff of white hair in front of his face wielding a pool cue with Napalm Death's Breed To Breathe rocking my ass than waste any more time with a poorly coded, glorified minigame.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1827706055 facebook-1827706055

    Dixie Carter told on him

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Jackson/100000566465427 Richard Jackson

    I'm astounded that many people supporting this game don't realize this.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Shipman/23917486 John Shipman

    You want pirates vs. ninjas in a fighting game? Then put Ruby Heart and Sub-Zero in M.U.G.E.N. Even those terrible Brazillian M.U.G.E.N. editors are better than the programmers for Deadliest Warrior.

  • Tai_MT

    You have to love that even though the developers of the game basically told you that the game was a sack of monkey turds, the fans of it completely ignored that. When the developer admits their game is terrible, you, as a fan, should realize that you've just been had. But apparantly, fans of this game are so stupid and dense, that they should probably not be allowed anywhere near sharp objects, for fear they'll stab themselves in the gut with 'em while trying to make a ham sandwich.

    My argument against them saying “it's about realism!” would be, “then why are there health and stamina bars at all? That's pretty unrealistic. How do you determine IN REAL LIFE how much stamina you just used up from throwing a punch, as well as how much damage it did to a guy when it contacts with numerical value?” Seriously, it's unrealistic at all. One-Hit kills make the health bar pretty pointless. Sorry, but if you want a realistic fighter, you remove those bars altogether. You don't try to encorporate them into the game. It just serves to act against your “realism” point on it.

    Plus, why would blocking take up stamina faster than attacking? It takes far more energy to attack someone else than it does to defend yourself.

    I'm glad I never got this game, it sounds royally broken and stupid.

  • Anonymous

    Seriously? Spike games has nothing better to do? The fact that they replied at all means that they themselves are insecure about their game. If the game is good then you shouldn’t have to defend it, it should just speak for itself.

    More power to ya Spoony, kick some ass, tear down some walls, and after you’ve defeated them, teabag them proudly!

  • http://twitter.com/Emptysquare Mitchell McIntyre

    I'm one of those people who actually like the show, However I played the Demo for Deadliest Warrior, and even that turned me off of the game. If I'm gonna spend that money on an XBLA game, I'll get 'Splosion man, or Shadow Complex or Limbo, or Braid or any other gorram game.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/ZF2HHR52GL23PNY7CCE5A77PHI Dylan L

    I honestly can't believe some of the comments that Spoony read from his Vlog. Spoony isn't perfect or anything but just from watching more then one of his videos you can tell that the guy is a very strong gamer. Of course he's going to play it multiple times. He posts twitters about how far he is in them for god sakes.

  • sebasnadilo

    Please Spoony dont feed the haters…great review/comment. There are tons of 10 dollar games better than this one…

  • BobbyBouldero

    hey man, dont affiliate us who smoke pot and drink beer with the people who would enjoy this game. its fucking insulting to us stoners and drunkards out here. pft, asshole.

  • Tai_MT

    You know, Spoony, you should go throw this comment at them. It was first said by Yahtzee, and always rings true when dealing with Fantards.

    “It's worth remembering that all reviews are subjective personal opinions, and if you personally enjoy the game then they shouldn't really get to you. Unless of course there's a despicable little niggling doubt in the back of your mind, that maybe you're not having as much fun as you've convinced yourself you're having, which doesn't go away no matter how many times you try to slap it down with the wet flannel of weak excuses.”

    Shuts up idiots every time.

  • SubTonic

    Actually, I was just thinking that Spoony could use Mugen to do his Deadliest Character sketch with. It'd take less time than having somebody animate every single match, at least. The only problem I foresee is wanting a character that's really hard to find or doesn't exist, so I guess they'd have to be created.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3PN5YF2DUZ7RNJCO5DQ5JWCEWM yahoo-3PN5YF2DUZ7RNJCO5DQ5JWCEWM

    One thing I will point out, though, is that I do think that many people here are getting the wrong idea of SpikeGame's statement. Reading what they wrote, I think they were trying to simply saying “He doesn't like the game. Oh well. No big deal.”, but did a less than adequate job of phrasing it, thus making it look like they're being cocky. I think when they said “It's not our fault that you're delusional”, they were referring to their statement about milk and honey and not necessarily Spoony and his review (whether or not they DO think he's delusional is a different story). Yeah, it still is a fairly flawed statement (notably with the “small developer” thing), but I don't exactly think they meant ill will toward Spoony or any haters of the game.

  • Haplo699

    Wow, I'm sleeping with the lights on tonight, I was sure we were gonna see the first appearance of “The Spoony-Hulk” (Spulk?) at the end.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Davidson/1226257656 Peter Davidson

    “Im not a fanboy…”
    “Yes you are.”
    “But you may have judged this game a bit harashly”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MRPJN572GYJHM3Q2PVL3L7AOOY Dawson

    Hmmm… something about this game seems familiar…

    1. The ability to attack different regions, i.e. High Mid and Low.
    2. The ability to initiate a deadly throw type attack with just two buttons
    3. The ability to parry an attack by timing your guard.

    Hm. sounds to me like these guys blatantly stole several game mechanics from Soul Calibur, and made them crap. Honestly, I'm surprised you missed it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Dogbowl Brendan Karet

    >you enjoy your shitty guilty gears
    BUT I LOVE IT SO

    also, holy fuck that show is filled with a retardedly high amount of flaws. FUCK YOU ARMOND DORIAN, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW BODY PARTS

    every other fucking hit is in the “heart”

    PROTIP: you can't have 4 fucking hearts, bro, and I'm pretty sure nobody's heart is in their throat, leg, arm, or groin

    fucking idiots

  • http://www.facebook.com/Knoxer Brian Robinson

    Great response oh Spoony One! It's amazing so many rush to defend was looks to be a really shitty game. I find it funny people can't take the opinion of one guy on the internet. Keep fighting the good fight spoony!

    P.S. Not all potheads enjoy shitty games like this, sure some do, but not all of us.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Davidson/1226257656 Peter Davidson

    I think this game sounds stupid, but someone did say “You cannot criticise a game if you havent played it.”
    Fair enough.
    *Downloads*
    This game is fucking stupid.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LLIYK2XZTRVZHWAGU5KAXUAXAA Dwight Henry

    I never seen you get so legitimately pissed before. I seen the rage in your soul! lol

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Duarte/100000444656764 Justin Duarte

    lmao, that was an awesome rant at the end! brings me back to the FF8 days of you. i support you all the way, hahahahah!
    tell everyone what you think, even if you have to pound it deep into their skulls. you saved me $10 in reviewing this game. i'm just going to spend my $10 on the red dead redemption pack coming out next week, then play some capcom vs. snk on my original xbox.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/RNUP2Z3M4MJHFI3CPYSKI5NFAM Frank

    I'm not going to comment on the game or the perceived quality therein. All I'm going to say is that I think you baited and wanted this to happen as you alluded to to get you hits and through that more money. Nice strategy really and it obviously worked so big points to you I'm happy you're doing well with it. I only wish you had made a more in depth review of the product so we could laugh at your reviews more and not had a simple troll bait video is all.

    • trip12313

      You can’t be serious.

  • rocnael

    That was probably being talked about but this paragraph is insane:
    “And next time, Spike, spell my fucking name right. It’s Spoony. With a capital S. As in, your game is Shit with a capital S.

    Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.”

    I actually agree with everything else in your review (saw the Quick Look on Giant Bomb) and I generally like most of the stuff you come out with.
    But the final sentence is beyond stupid.

    Let's face it. I like your stuff, Spoony but not everyone likes you. And that paragraph came up as misplaced self-importance. You should cool down because I'd hate to see you become like that.

  • trip12313

    You can't be serious.

    • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/RNUP2Z3M4MJHFI3CPYSKI5NFAM Frank

      My comment is flagged for review? Why exactly. All I said was that Spoony was troll baiting…Which he outright admitted to in this video. He got what he wanted and got a ton of hits and money for himself with those hits. I didn’t even say that was wrong I just wanted it to be funnier. But no I can’t say anything like that I’ll get flagged. Think I’m going to move on and stop commenting at all on any of Spoony’s videos. You people are a little too rapid in defense of Spoony when all I said wasn’t even ‘negative’.

    • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/RNUP2Z3M4MJHFI3CPYSKI5NFAM Frank

      My comment is flagged for review? Why exactly. All I said was that Spoony was troll baiting…Which he outright admitted to in this video. He got what he wanted and got a ton of hits and money for himself with those hits. I didn’t even say that was wrong I just wanted it to be funnier. But no I can’t say anything like that I’ll get flagged. Think I’m going to move on and stop commenting at all on any of Spoony’s videos. You people are a little too rapid in defense of Spoony when all I said wasn’t even ‘negative’.

  • Salenstormwing

    I love the fact that the follow up to Spoony's Deadliest Warrior review has more comments than the original review itself. Ah, good times. But anyways, enjoyable follow-up, Spoony. And I agree, if you're going to spend 800 MS Points on something, get something decent. Hell, I think I got Marvel vs Capcom 2 for… 400? I think it was on sale at the time. That has… 50 characters, each with 3 different possible modes?

    Anyways, good work as usual.

  • http://twitter.com/Seonu24 Sierra

    I love how Spike Games is like “Our game may be stupid, but so are you! So ha!' *facepalm* If they can't even construct a good rebuttal, how do they expect to make a decent game…

    I loved seeing the rage at the end. Forget vikings, ninjas, and pirates, I want Spoony as a playable character. Maybe throw the guys from Spike Games in there…? That would be a good game!

    Random side note: Your chair looks very comfy. I don't know why… but it does.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chase-Smith/632550984 Chase Smith

    Why can't people just accept the fact that not everyone is going to enjoy their product?

    Grak had his critics (the inventor of the wheel).
    Edison had his critics.
    SquareEnix has it's critics.
    Joe Don Baker has his critics.

    Fuck, even critics have their critics.

    Sometimes they're right and sometimes they're wrong. But they are ALWAYS only giving their opinion!

    My point is, if you're gonna make something, expect a lot of people to hate it. And if you're gonna make something inferior, then ship it with a statement that says that you know that it sucks ass and that you're sorry.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/TheUltimateBastich TheUltimateBastich

    This truly makes me wanna play Bushido Blade again.

  • notjohnfreechmen

    Dear Sir
    As a chuckling collage age stoner pothead i am highly offended that you made the clam that we are the main demographic for this this type garbage. I myself getter higher than the current national deficient on a hourly basis and i find this game as well as the show as nothing but complete SHIT! The entire premises is complete bullshit and god it's stupid. Even being stoned out of my mind (which i am), i can tell that the show is nothing more than a pimple on hairy ass check of SPIKE. As far as the games goes, it's pretty obvious that the developer's did not put more that a hour of thought or effort in this bugged out piece of shit.

  • mightysamurai

    He didn't say everyone likes him, he said people listen to what he has to say. And how is he wrong on that point? People do listen to what he has to say. The fact that people specifically requested him to review this game proves it. Hell, the fact that he even has this website and is able to use it as his sole source of income proves it. People trust Spoony to give at least an honest viewpoint if not a totally objective one. Ergo, they listen to what he has to say.

    • Anonymous

      I’m not saying he doesn’t have people listening to him (Hell, I listen to him).
      I’m saying people on the Internet (for the most part) don’t listen to him. He is not “popular”. Not in the same realm as say the AVGN or Yathzee.
      I checked on NeoGAF the respective threads of the three shows. The AVGN thread has 91 pages. The Zero Punctuation Thread has 148 pages. The Spoony Experiment… 8 pages.
      Well, you still have to take into account the fact that both Yathzee and the AVGN have a release schedule (once a week and once a month, respectively) and Spoony doesn’t really have that.

      So, in the end, it sounded really pretentious coming from him.
      I suspect this might have something to do with his panel on ScrewAttack where he was finally introduced to his fans and maybe that’s why he reacted like he was a hotshot. I don’t believe he is a hotshot. Not yet.

      Also, regarding the income he gets from the website.
      Does he really get that much ? Enough for a living ?
      I mean, he gets ad revenues (which are mostly there in order to host the website, I imagine), money from blip.tv (and he said in one of his Vlogs that he doesn’t get much), money from his store (but since he has to pay to manufacture the products, he surely doesn’t get much per article) and donations (which is probably most of his income).
      In the end, does he get that much ?

      • Anonymous

        “I’m saying people on the Internet (for the most part) don’t listen to him. He is not “popular”.”

        Well that’s kind of a silly argument. He isn’t listened to by greater than X number of people on the internet, therefore he’s “not popular”?

        “Not in the same realm as say the AVGN or Yathzee.”

        What kind of standard is that? He’s not as popular as the biggest names in the business, therefore he’s insignificant and nobody cares what he thinks?

        First of all, popularity is a continuum, not a binary system. You aren’t either “popular” or “not popular”. Even if Spoony isn’t as popular as the Nerd or Yatzee, that doesn’t mean he isn’t still popular in his own right. As far as I’m concerned the fact that he managed to score an invite to E3 is all you need to call him “popular”. You don’t get into E3 unless game developers care what you think.

        “Does he really get that much ? Enough for a living ?”

        Apparently so, since I don’t recall him ever mentioning that he had any sort of second job. And it doesn’t matter how many caveats and buts you want to tack onto that statement, he still supports himself solely through this website, and the profitability of this website is determined by the number of unique visitor hits he gets. If he’s getting enough hits to support himself entirely off the income he makes from this website, I say that’s good enough for him to claim people listen to him.

        • Anonymous

          When I said he wasn’t popular, I didn’t really think he is not popular but that’s a way to explain what I want to say easily. That’s why I used quotations marks with the word “popular”. He is popular but not in the same realm of the other two.

          The question is: Why ?
          It’s not because he is not as talented as them (because he is) but it’s because Spoony doesn’t easily get noticed. He doesn’t have a release schedule unlike the other two, like I said on my previous post.
          Yathzee releases a new video every Wednesdays and an Extra Punctuation every Tuesdays.
          The AVGN has a new video every month. It’s not really precise but it’s still something.
          The Nostalgia Critic releases a new video every Wednesdays.
          I can go on and on with the examples…

          But for Spoony ?
          Personally, I’m still waiting for FF X and Deadly Premonition but I don’t know when it’s gonna come out.
          So I have The Spoony Experiment on one of my tabs… You know, just in case it pops out.
          But it would be a great help to know exactly when can I expect it and I think it would also benefit Spoony to get himself noticed.

          • Anonymous

            “He is popular but not in the same realm of the other two.”

            Fair enough, but isn’t that a measure of perspective? AVGN and Yatzee are more or less the cream of the nerd crop. If that’s your minimum standard then I guess nobody besides them can call themselves popular or good at their jobs.

          • Anonymous

            “He is popular but not in the same realm of the other two.”

            Fair enough, but isn’t that a measure of perspective? AVGN and Yatzee are more or less the cream of the nerd crop. If that’s your minimum standard then I guess nobody besides them can call themselves popular or good at their jobs.

          • Anonymous

            “He is popular but not in the same realm of the other two.”

            Fair enough, but isn’t that a measure of perspective? AVGN and Yatzee are more or less the cream of the nerd crop. If that’s your minimum standard then I guess nobody besides them can call themselves popular or good at their jobs.

          • http://twitter.com/kazenoaiko Laranarch Draconite

            My friend, popularity is not measured by ones ability to manage a time schedule, it is not measured by how many opinions you conjigate, nor is it measured by the money you earn.

            Popularity, by definition, is how well you are known. Thereby, being known by a single person is substantial enough to be considered popular.

            For example, here are a few names from my Youtube subscribe list: Criken2:
            Channel Views:
            1,761,773
            Total Upload Views:
            16,942,987
            Style:
            Parody
            Age:
            16
            Joined:
            01 April 2008
            Last Visit Date:
            2 days ago
            Subscribers:
            62,683

            He just posts recordings of gameplay with his friends, the audio is poor in the earlier videos sure, but he’s still popular.

            SonikDude101

            Name:
            SonikDude
            Channel Views:
            2,310,909
            Total Upload Views:
            12,848,529
            Age:
            17
            Joined:
            31 March 2008

            A “lets player”, posts up viddeos of himself playing through various games and has faced scrutiny for doing so. Despite this he has a very large fanbase even if he doesn’t keep uploading to a planned out schedule.

            SSoHPKC

            Channel Views:
            3,175,538
            Total Upload Views:
            30,268,512
            Style:
            Improv
            Joined:
            17 February 2008
            Last Visit Date:
            1 day ago
            Subscribers:
            42,815

            He plays through Super Mario World hacks for the entertainment of the net populace. Popular? He has people lining up with hacks for him to play.

            and Richalvarez

            Channel Views:
            3,731,337
            Total Upload Views:
            28,720,178
            Style:
            Parody
            Joined:
            13 July 2006
            Last Visit Date:
            1 day ago
            Subscribers:
            68,754

            He does a Super Mario tribute/parody series called Stupid Mario Brothers, a live action show. The Richalvarez team (which is small but has grown larger since inception) have gone through alot of gripe including copyright issues. They have a 3 season series, various music videos, and some spin off stuff, and even a movie, all made possible by (pay attention to this part) fan donations.

            These guys just make videos for people to enjoy. They don’t neccessarily have big companies paying them, they don’t neccessarily keep to a schedule, they may well often be scorned by the populace, but are they popular? Well, yes. They’re popular because people watch their videos. That’s all it takes.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thumby-Right/100001141537261 Thumby Right

            forgot the king, proton jon.

          • http://twitter.com/kazenoaiko Laranarch Draconite

            My friend, popularity is not measured by ones ability to manage a time schedule, it is not measured by how many opinions you conjigate, nor is it measured by the money you earn.

            Popularity, by definition, is how well you are known. Thereby, being known by a single person is substantial enough to be considered popular.

            For example, here are a few names from my Youtube subscribe list: Criken2:
            Channel Views:
            1,761,773
            Total Upload Views:
            16,942,987
            Style:
            Parody
            Age:
            16
            Joined:
            01 April 2008
            Last Visit Date:
            2 days ago
            Subscribers:
            62,683

            He just posts recordings of gameplay with his friends, the audio is poor in the earlier videos sure, but he’s still popular.

            SonikDude101

            Name:
            SonikDude
            Channel Views:
            2,310,909
            Total Upload Views:
            12,848,529
            Age:
            17
            Joined:
            31 March 2008

            A “lets player”, posts up viddeos of himself playing through various games and has faced scrutiny for doing so. Despite this he has a very large fanbase even if he doesn’t keep uploading to a planned out schedule.

            SSoHPKC

            Channel Views:
            3,175,538
            Total Upload Views:
            30,268,512
            Style:
            Improv
            Joined:
            17 February 2008
            Last Visit Date:
            1 day ago
            Subscribers:
            42,815

            He plays through Super Mario World hacks for the entertainment of the net populace. Popular? He has people lining up with hacks for him to play.

            and Richalvarez

            Channel Views:
            3,731,337
            Total Upload Views:
            28,720,178
            Style:
            Parody
            Joined:
            13 July 2006
            Last Visit Date:
            1 day ago
            Subscribers:
            68,754

            He does a Super Mario tribute/parody series called Stupid Mario Brothers, a live action show. The Richalvarez team (which is small but has grown larger since inception) have gone through alot of gripe including copyright issues. They have a 3 season series, various music videos, and some spin off stuff, and even a movie, all made possible by (pay attention to this part) fan donations.

            These guys just make videos for people to enjoy. They don’t neccessarily have big companies paying them, they don’t neccessarily keep to a schedule, they may well often be scorned by the populace, but are they popular? Well, yes. They’re popular because people watch their videos. That’s all it takes.

          • http://twitter.com/kazenoaiko Laranarch Draconite

            My friend, popularity is not measured by ones ability to manage a time schedule, it is not measured by how many opinions you conjigate, nor is it measured by the money you earn.

            Popularity, by definition, is how well you are known. Thereby, being known by a single person is substantial enough to be considered popular.

            For example, here are a few names from my Youtube subscribe list: Criken2:
            Channel Views:
            1,761,773
            Total Upload Views:
            16,942,987
            Style:
            Parody
            Age:
            16
            Joined:
            01 April 2008
            Last Visit Date:
            2 days ago
            Subscribers:
            62,683

            He just posts recordings of gameplay with his friends, the audio is poor in the earlier videos sure, but he’s still popular.

            SonikDude101

            Name:
            SonikDude
            Channel Views:
            2,310,909
            Total Upload Views:
            12,848,529
            Age:
            17
            Joined:
            31 March 2008

            A “lets player”, posts up viddeos of himself playing through various games and has faced scrutiny for doing so. Despite this he has a very large fanbase even if he doesn’t keep uploading to a planned out schedule.

            SSoHPKC

            Channel Views:
            3,175,538
            Total Upload Views:
            30,268,512
            Style:
            Improv
            Joined:
            17 February 2008
            Last Visit Date:
            1 day ago
            Subscribers:
            42,815

            He plays through Super Mario World hacks for the entertainment of the net populace. Popular? He has people lining up with hacks for him to play.

            and Richalvarez

            Channel Views:
            3,731,337
            Total Upload Views:
            28,720,178
            Style:
            Parody
            Joined:
            13 July 2006
            Last Visit Date:
            1 day ago
            Subscribers:
            68,754

            He does a Super Mario tribute/parody series called Stupid Mario Brothers, a live action show. The Richalvarez team (which is small but has grown larger since inception) have gone through alot of gripe including copyright issues. They have a 3 season series, various music videos, and some spin off stuff, and even a movie, all made possible by (pay attention to this part) fan donations.

            These guys just make videos for people to enjoy. They don’t neccessarily have big companies paying them, they don’t neccessarily keep to a schedule, they may well often be scorned by the populace, but are they popular? Well, yes. They’re popular because people watch their videos. That’s all it takes.

        • Anonymous

          When I said he wasn’t popular, I didn’t really think he is not popular but that’s a way to explain what I want to say easily. That’s why I used quotations marks with the word “popular”. He is popular but not in the same realm of the other two.

          The question is: Why ?
          It’s not because he is not as talented as them (because he is) but it’s because Spoony doesn’t easily get noticed. He doesn’t have a release schedule unlike the other two, like I said on my previous post.
          Yathzee releases a new video every Wednesdays and an Extra Punctuation every Tuesdays.
          The AVGN has a new video every month. It’s not really precise but it’s still something.
          The Nostalgia Critic releases a new video every Wednesdays.
          I can go on and on with the examples…

          But for Spoony ?
          Personally, I’m still waiting for FF X and Deadly Premonition but I don’t know when it’s gonna come out.
          So I have The Spoony Experiment on one of my tabs… You know, just in case it pops out.
          But it would be a great help to know exactly when can I expect it and I think it would also benefit Spoony to get himself noticed.

        • Anonymous

          When I said he wasn’t popular, I didn’t really think he is not popular but that’s a way to explain what I want to say easily. That’s why I used quotations marks with the word “popular”. He is popular but not in the same realm of the other two.

          The question is: Why ?
          It’s not because he is not as talented as them (because he is) but it’s because Spoony doesn’t easily get noticed. He doesn’t have a release schedule unlike the other two, like I said on my previous post.
          Yathzee releases a new video every Wednesdays and an Extra Punctuation every Tuesdays.
          The AVGN has a new video every month. It’s not really precise but it’s still something.
          The Nostalgia Critic releases a new video every Wednesdays.
          I can go on and on with the examples…

          But for Spoony ?
          Personally, I’m still waiting for FF X and Deadly Premonition but I don’t know when it’s gonna come out.
          So I have The Spoony Experiment on one of my tabs… You know, just in case it pops out.
          But it would be a great help to know exactly when can I expect it and I think it would also benefit Spoony to get himself noticed.

      • Anonymous

        “I’m saying people on the Internet (for the most part) don’t listen to him. He is not “popular”.”

        Well that’s kind of a silly argument. He isn’t listened to by greater than X number of people on the internet, therefore he’s “not popular”?

        “Not in the same realm as say the AVGN or Yathzee.”

        What kind of standard is that? He’s not as popular as the biggest names in the business, therefore he’s insignificant and nobody cares what he thinks?

        First of all, popularity is a continuum, not a binary system. You aren’t either “popular” or “not popular”. Even if Spoony isn’t as popular as the Nerd or Yatzee, that doesn’t mean he isn’t still popular in his own right. As far as I’m concerned the fact that he managed to score an invite to E3 is all you need to call him “popular”. You don’t get into E3 unless game developers care what you think.

        “Does he really get that much ? Enough for a living ?”

        Apparently so, since I don’t recall him ever mentioning that he had any sort of second job. And it doesn’t matter how many caveats and buts you want to tack onto that statement, he still supports himself solely through this website, and the profitability of this website is determined by the number of unique visitor hits he gets. If he’s getting enough hits to support himself entirely off the income he makes from this website, I say that’s good enough for him to claim people listen to him.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ken-Petersen/100000301833279 Ken Petersen

    OK I don't disagree with your review, except for one thing, it did'nt cost 800 points, it costed 1600 points.And I checked 2 days ago

  • foodlespane

    I hear you, man. I know where you're coming from. Except, you know… Bushido Blade… realism… awesomeness…

    Ah, hell, Deadliest Warrior is nothing like Bushido Blade, so never mind.

  • Megido

    The milk parable pretty much eliminates that posibillity i think :)

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3PN5YF2DUZ7RNJCO5DQ5JWCEWM Anonymous

      Eh, it was more of a poor choice of wording IMO. But I COULD see how someone could take that the wrong way.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ralph-DeStefano-Jr/213001720 Ralph DeStefano Jr

    ROLF

  • foodlespane

    Spike Games: Hurr durr, we're not Nintendo! Derp, derp, when you pay milk for honey, it basically means that we can bitch about haters and critics instead of, you know, fixing the game, derp!

    They just want more honey. Pay them, Spoony, gamers, so that they may do their job better. 9_9

    (In fairness to these passive-aggressive developers, it is cheaper to bitch at critics instead of fixing their game for what little budget they've gotten).

  • AkewsticRockR

    Seems like he's already there, to me.

    You know what I would love to see more than anything else from ANY of these drama engaging self-important ego-maniacs? How about having the balls and humility to admit when they overreact or act childish once in a while?

    I was right along with him until about the last 2 minutes of the video when he started incessantly dropping the f-bomb like a LeisureSuitGaming video.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Julien-Gabriel-Gregoire-Berube/100000914758791 Julien-Gabriel Grégoire-Bérubé

    I did not understand a word you just said.
    Especially “made the clam”.

  • http://twitter.com/RabidBiscuit Noah J. Horan

    Spoony, I agree with virtually everything you said in this follow-up and the original review, but if I were you, I'd have just let it go. You're just gonna piss more people off with this follow-up. I mean, that's not the kind of guy you are, someone who just wants to stir up trouble.

    A text post reacting to Spike's comment against you would've certainly been justified, but man, this is probably the most flak you've ever drawn! =P

    Though honestly it just saddens me that people can get so butthurt over a reviewer EXPRESSING HIS OPINION.

  • PandaBrawler

    If there's one thing I fucking hate, it's when people (the developers) say something like, “It's only so-and-so dollars. What did you expect? We're a small company and we don't have a big budget.”
    Are you fucking kidding me? You are really going to pull the whole, “We're a small game company so you can't expect much from us,” bullshit?
    That is a fucking insult to indy game developers and small game developer groups everywhere. That really, seriously pisses me off. I myself didn't like this game in the least bit, and your argument is, “It's only $10, what else did you expect?”
    Well after seeing games like 'Splosion Man, Flower, The Dishwasher, Worms, Pain and Joe Danger, all of which were developed by small gaming developers, some of which are indy developers, and released at reasonable prices ($10, although I think Joe Danger is $15), then I actually expect some fucking entertainment.
    The fact that SPIKE GAMES is pulling the whole, “Only $10″ card just pisses me off so much, especially when you see other game companies with far less of a budget do a shitload better than you.

    And don't give me that whole, “You're comparing Flower to Deadliest Warrior,” bit. I'm not comparing the games. I'm comparing the developers and their budgets. I've seen game developers put forth more effort for a lot less payoff and resources. Fuck off with that $10 bullshit excuse. That is not an excuse to give when your game sucks, even for $10.

    Fuck this, I'm gonna go play King of Fighters 98 on my 360, a game that was made well over a decade ago that I also only payed $10 for.
    Actually, how about this angle for you, Spike Games. You're charging people $10 for DW, the same price that another fighting game that is over a decade old is charging and is 100 times better than you. Don't like King of Fighters? Alright, then take the $10 and go buy Soul Calibur instead. Another fighting game that's over a decade old and a much better fighting game than Deadliest Warrior.
    And the funniest thing is that even after 10 years, these two games still hold up rather decently. A lot of people should ask themselves this: Are you going to play Deadliest Warrior The Game 10 years from now?

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Unfortunately for them, perception is reality, and ultimately what they intended to say is less relevant than what people perceive them as having said. That's why tact is so important when it comes to word choice, because you can't use a lot of tricks that spoken word has for intent and context, and a harmless looking phrase could easily be misread as a very harsh/agressive statement in some cases.

    My feelings is that SpikeGames could've made many much better statements, especially one that didn't come off as making excuses, and could also be read as insulting.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3PN5YF2DUZ7RNJCO5DQ5JWCEWM Anonymous

      Yeah, I pretty much agree here. One is much more likely to have their words taken the wrong way when there isn’t any way to determine tone of voice or anything that could give off how they feel on the matter.

  • Destoroyaaaaaaaaah

    It leaves me utterly dumfounded that people automatically thought that Spoony,the guy that was playing freaking Ultima before they were even thought of as a legitimate idea,was an idiot and totally freaking insane,these people are the 17 year old punks who think they know everything about the world. If you ask me,Spoony is one of the only good game reviewers left,he doesnt beat around the bush and say,well this is somehwhat dissapointing,but its only ten bucks,no he doesnt,instead,he not only points out everything plauging the game,he is willing to name off about 100 other games that we could buy for a ten bucks,and get more than our monies worth out of.

    And people are still complaining,saying Spoony is tryng to make him self important,or some crap like that,those people need to grow up,regardless of what part of the video they liked. Spoony has the right to brag,if thats what he intends to do,atleast his work is 100 times better than what spike had to offer,besides hes right,if theyre gonna spell his name,they should atleast capitalize it,like decapitalizing it will hurt his mental state or something,and you know what,we do listen to him,and even the brats running around his site listen,or they wouldnt be able to come up with stupid arguments.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/DLCCBURDNPIB75YXSFCJAJQLWY MichaelS

    mightysamurai is completely right. I'm sure if people didn't give two shits of what Spoony had to say about a video game, a movie, etc., he wouldn't be making a living off his website.

  • PandaBrawler

    It's unfortunate, really, that stereotypes happen a lot.
    Hell, I hated the game also, but I can tell a lot people think that I hate it because I'm really into arcade fighting games with a bajillion combos, all because I'm Asian.

    … The sad part is that it's true. For me atleast…

  • dsnajde3

    No stoner would pay and play such a game >:c

    Have my word on it!

    Been playing Tekken since the day i was damn bored and just by looking at this game it makes me feel… Not right.

    I'm sorry guys but this game just doesn't look, feel or act as a decent fighting game, i'm agreeing with Spoony here.

  • GodHandFemto

    I love this video. I wish more people were this honest when it comes to reviews for these games. Why are people even trying to defend this crap? I will admit I watched the first season and the stuff these jackass guys come up with is just crazy. It really is crap all around and the game is no different. Keep up the great work Spoony and dont worry about the lame people defending this game. The only reason people are even trying to defend this game is because they bought it and they know it sucks and feel like they wasted their money so they are trying to redeem the game in anyway they can so they dont feel like they got ripped off. Just except the fact that you got cheated out of your money on this way and go play something else. Why torture yourself unless your mom gave you the money and said “now you better play this game and not get tired of it in a few minutes.”

  • http://twitter.com/RedConine Will Conine

    I agree with you Spoony, all the way.
    If anyone cares, here is a list of games that have come out and were $10 or less when they were released and are miles better then Deadliest Warrior Shittfest:

    Battlestar Galatica (XBLA)
    Dimensity (PC)
    Razzor2: Hidden Skies (PC)
    Peggle (PC, XBLA)
    Geometry Wars (PC, XBLA)
    DarkVoid Zero (PC)
    Braid (XBLA, PC)
    N+ (XBLA)
    Qix++ (XBLA)
    The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai (XBLA)
    Undertow (XBLA)
    War World (XBLA)
    Wing Commander Arena (Its the exact same as Battlestar Galactica but WC themed) (XBLA)
    Power of Defense (PC)
    Shatter (PC)
    Audiosurf (PC)
    The Scourge Project (PC)
    Sol Survivor (PC)
    Defense Grid The Awakening (PC)
    RedLynx Trials 2 (PC)
    Starscape (PC)
    Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood (PC)
    Space Giraffe (PC, XBLA)
    Project Aftermath (PC)
    Chaser (PC)

    I'm sure I'm missing some or even a lot but here is my quick list that I put together.

    I would also like to note that a supermajority (its a word, google it) of these games were developed by companies MUCH smaller then poor little Spike Games who are funded BY MAJOR TELEVISION CHANNEL, SPIKE TV. Seriously, I don't understand how their playing the poor-developer-card when you have games like Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid which are massively loved and adored and those two were developed by a bunch of guys from Newgrounds.

    This list is incomplete and I'd love to hear your own list, Spoony.

  • BlackbirdSR71C

    Spooney, I think you shouldn't have done this. You're just going to get into trouble that's really not worth the result. What's the best thing you can expect to happen? The community getting smarter? The developers apologizing and accepting their mistakes? I don't think so. I think you're just going to get bombarded with more insults and statements that don't make any sense whatsoever, yet used to “defend” their opinion. If I were you, I'd leave it at that. You posted the review, and the follow-up. As long as they don't provoke another response, just let them – It's not worth the effort.

  • bloodhowl

    This game is made spesifically to cash in on all the fratboys out there who love the show. It has graphics that are old even by PS2 standards, less content then most XBLA games I have experience with. The fact that people are defending this game is hilarious.

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/114319313498601954245 Kaltzor

    All those comments you commented on in a nutshell

    “Wah Wah Wah! You no like game! You stupid!”

  • saint23thomas

    Dear Spike Games, you are not a small developer, and no one in their right mind will ever believe that you are. When you are a subsidiary/division/etc of a large company, and you're even named after them, you do not get to sweep your game's flaws under the “we're a small developer” rug. Small developers are companies where one of the proprietors had to take out a second mortgage on his house halfway through the development. Small developers don't have UltraMegaCorp backing their production.

  • Ruiner

    I'm surprised how ridiculously militant some of these people became over such a mediocre product. Deadly Warrior the game broke the cardinal rule of not delivering on what they advertised by claiming that their title was anything more then a topical way too waste an hour or two.

  • ContrabassoonWizard

    Just makes me think… Cave Story is a freeware game, made by ONE GUY. It's one of the best platformers I've ever played, with tight controls, excellent hit detection, reasonable challenge, really fun gameplay, and even a fairly interesting story. Yeah: small developers (MUCH smaller than Spike), if they put time and effort into something (key words here: time and effort) can come up with great games. So yeah, being a small developer is no fucking excuse.
    You tell 'em, Spoony!

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/BIAD3YBXA53OJW3TMXWA3LHHWE Jeremy

    My God! It's like the early rants on Spoony's Final Fantasy 8 review all over again!

  • http://twitter.com/RoryBinks Rory Binks

    Bwuahaha. I love it when Spoony would lay a smackdown like this. As someone who reviews stuff too, it's really really stupid when someone gets offended because they liked the game. If you come to the spoony experiment, see a review for something you like, click it and expect it to be a glowing review. Then your an idiot, which is probably why you like the deadliest warrior.

  • garris_shrike

    Thant last 1:30 was amazing, keep it going dude.

  • BridgitKiido

    …You know, I don't know much about the XBox, but Spike Games' response sounds like the response you get when you tell a bad fanfic writer that their writing is bad.

  • saint23thomas

    Quick, get Angry Joe over here. I've located a Corporate spy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chase-Smith/632550984 Chase Smith

    Agreed!

    Critics unite! lol

    • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

      For sure !

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        All hails to the SpoonyOne

        • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

          We have to fight to win in this non sense. Go PEOPLE !

        • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

          We have to fight to win in this non sense. Go PEOPLE !

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        All hails to the SpoonyOne

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        All hails to the SpoonyOne

    • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

      For sure !

    • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

      For sure !

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Duarte/100000444656764 Justin Duarte

    exactly!

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/114319313498601954245 Kaltzor

    Anyways, Story mode not important, yea… Because isn't EVERY fight EVER like a guy jumps from a bush and goes like “Ha! I shall beat you!”? A story mode doesn't forcefully mean every character has a specific story, but just at least WHY they are there.

    Not to expect much for 10 $? Yea, I'd expect so much in fact that I'd leave unpurchaced, since clearly it meanas they didn't put too much effort in the making since they only ask that little for it…

    A stamina bar is not in a fighting game how long you can keep attacking or defending but in most cases something that drains when attacked and when empty you get stunned temporarily and the other player gets a free hit or few in.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4S55MP3RJTA2KPQ5VQ4I7ZVI4Y Jess

    cave story is also single player, is not intended to be taken competitively and was a labour of love by the creator (and it shows :) ). creating a fighting game, a genre that is mostly if not always competitive by its very nature involves simply alot more work, at least on the face of it. checking hitboxes which the slightest error can give problems at competitive nature, checking for gameplay bugs, checking for general character balance, these things are much harder than a single player game. people want to BREAK a competitive game for the edge, not so much for a single player game (if it had points maybe). it isnt that transferable, it is alot of hard work to make something good for a competitive scene when every player will take it apart to find out what works and what doesnt

    the problem here is that they have way too many problems that are not a function of making a game being too hard, they have problems because they dont seem to care. bad controls is a horrorshow in a competitive game. degeneration of gameplay as well (where everyone just button mashes). they are also latching onto realism like its a holy grail. “realism” is an accepted risk – its a design choice you make, its not something forced upon you. noone asked you to make it realistic, you chose to do it and you have to accept the responsibilities that involves when it comes to making a game. sometimes you MUST sacrifice something for gameplay, even if its part of an ideal you started off with. the ppl using the argument dont seem to grasp that this was a choice and so, they can be called to account when they chose their implementation poorly (not even getting into whether or not they cared about the product)

    … id really like to post this comment where some of them might see it to show an outside take on why the game mightve been poorly received :O but i dont know at all where the actual argument and comments were made :(

    • Anonymous

      Fair enough. Though, in theory, you allow the people playtesting your competitive game to break it for you, then go back and fix it before you release it. Get a group of… I dunno’, twelve gamers to screw around with it for a few hours and come up with a list of complaints, then spend another couple months heading into the code to address them. I should think it wouldn’t take too much more than that to fix these kinds of issues, right? Like you said… it’s as if they just don’t care. “Well, our game’s just a $10 budget title, so it doesn’t really have to be much good.” And then they whine when someone like Spoony gives it negative feedback.
      Inspires an awful lot of confidence in their developers.

    • Anonymous

      Fair enough. Though, in theory, you allow the people playtesting your competitive game to break it for you, then go back and fix it before you release it. Get a group of… I dunno’, twelve gamers to screw around with it for a few hours and come up with a list of complaints, then spend another couple months heading into the code to address them. I should think it wouldn’t take too much more than that to fix these kinds of issues, right? Like you said… it’s as if they just don’t care. “Well, our game’s just a $10 budget title, so it doesn’t really have to be much good.” And then they whine when someone like Spoony gives it negative feedback.
      Inspires an awful lot of confidence in their developers.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1488251191 Vong Vue

    Oh, Spoony One. How i completely agree with your points. I was a fan of spike and i actually enjoyed watching the Deadliest Warrior show; for the laughs. Now i can't even watch the show because of the stupidity that they spew.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Duarte/100000444656764 Justin Duarte

    oh come on, it was just a well thought out insult. i think you should be more offended that he just flat out spoke down on potheads. didn't bother me but that was more controversial then telling them to get his name right.

  • QuetzaDrake

    You wanna flaunt around the “realism” of this shitty game? Alright, fine. Yes, a spear to the face is going to instantly kill anybody. That's realistic and that's just fine if you want that type of fighting game.

    You wanna know what ISN'T realistic? The fact that the spear is AUTO-AIMED TO HIT YOUR OPPONENT. I'm sorry, but if I recall, in real life arrows, spears, and bullets are not automatically aimed for you so they hit someone 100% of the time. You can try and justify it all you want by going 'oh but these are experienced, seasoned warriors that would surely know exactly where to aim!'

    No. Even a person who has had decades of practice aiming and throwing a spear will not hit their opponent 100% of the time, in the same spot no less. People of any sort of experience make mistakes and sometimes the environment and pure chance factor in, too. Real life does not take hold of your hand and guide it so it makes a perfect throw, and real life does not carry the spear to your opponent's face 100% of the time.

    You wanna have realism and one-hit kills? Make the person performing the move aim on their own. You could just do a little pop-up gauge or even a bullshit Yoshi's Island crosshair ripoff, I don't care, but the fact of the matter is that if you're going to have the realism of a spear in the eye killing you instantly, then you're gonna have to add the realism of a chance of missing at least some of the time due to simple miscalculation of aiming.

    And don't go 'oh but the other person is supposed to dodge the instant kill'! You're completely avoiding the issue. Yeah, the guy can dodge, but it shouldn't be totally up to the guy on whether he gets hit or not, since, y'know, there's a “realistic” human throwing or shooting at him and all. That shouldn't be the only way to avoid making what's supposed to be a 20-second match into a 3-second match (which is still bullshit, realistic or not; I mean, were Deadliest Warrior EPISODES that short??)

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    In reality, SpikeGames wasn't really the developer here, just the producer/publisher…but even then, it only contains 4 people in the game's credits. The actual developer, Pipeworks, is indeed a relatively small game studio, though, with a total of 36 people who were credited on this title.

    Still doesn't change the nature of what SpikeGames said.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KY3EKS3NYAZWIS7JSYXDWZNSEA Nick

      At the same time, though, Pipeworks, by being backed by SpikeGames, gets money from Viacom, a quite large company.

      • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

        Just because you get your money from a big pot doesn’t mean that you actually get a lot of money from that pot. I’d almost be sure that the budget for the marketing of this game was as much, if not more, than the budget of the game itself, depending on how much they did.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KY3EKS3NYAZWIS7JSYXDWZNSEA Nick

      At the same time, though, Pipeworks, by being backed by SpikeGames, gets money from Viacom, a quite large company.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KY3EKS3NYAZWIS7JSYXDWZNSEA Nick

      At the same time, though, Pipeworks, by being backed by SpikeGames, gets money from Viacom, a quite large company.

    • saint23thomas

      My mistake, but it’s still the official game of a show on network television. That means they had decent backing, and, thus, no defense for their weak product.

      • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

        Just because it’s an official game for a TV show on a network doesn’t really mean anything. Yeah, they have a big backing, but the network still would have to allocate a decent enough budget for the game in the first place, which I highly doubt happened here.

    • saint23thomas

      My mistake, but it’s still the official game of a show on network television. That means they had decent backing, and, thus, no defense for their weak product.

  • notjohnfreechmen

    I would like to apologize for my earlier grammatical fallacy. I meant to say Made the Claim instead of Made the clam, but i was stoned at the time and thought about clam chowder. Hay that's a funny show chowder. there i go rambling off again…….

  • Lockgar

    All hail the spoony one.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Converse/100000940595782 Andrew Converse

    I disagree. I like the game. I am not saying its great, and i am not saying spoony is crazy either. The block is bad and the spear is cheap but it is still fun in my opinion.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=657433688 Michael Akin

    I'm with you on this one, Funniest Man on the Internet man.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Cavallari-Goncalves/100000387327669 Daniel Cavallari Gonçalves

    I just rewatched the original review, and there's a part where the knight actually pulls off a fucking FLYING KICK. Remember, this is the guy wearing an armor so fucking heavy that barely allows him to walk, let alone jump a single inch above the ground.

    Talk about realism.

  • mrrubino

    It's amazing how much these casual gamers (I hate saying that, but is there any other term for this kind of blithering idiocy) are so quick to jettison absolutely any narrative coherence for “cool multiplayer yo”. cf Halo 3, which is not a fighting game. (Perhaps “multiplayer” is the new “gr4fx”? …No, they still take grfx over story. Like chimps in a jewelry shop.)
    For that matter, cf the last King of Fighters game. I'm sorry, but I remember those games being quite story-intensive once… 2 years ago.

    • http://www.google.com/profiles/114319313498601954245 Kaltzor

      Well in an FPS (First Person Shooter for the idiots with 0 knowledge of game terms), like halo used as an example, the most important thing in my opinion is gameplay (which was pretty bad in the two original halos atleast, the 3rd isn’t even made on the PC yet but it seems pretty similar so I’d guess the same old problems still are present). But most games, graphics aren’t all that important at all, heck some old games when 265 colors were to most a system could handle didn’t back then look anything incredible but the games still kicked ass.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GLWA5BS2ZJGRGL35UZWTB7DSVM ReidR

    WOW Spoony you really made the shit hit the fan on this one…..I love it! Watching a bunch of fan boys get there panties in a twist. People asked you opinion and they got it! Don't cave Spoony your the man. All hail the Spoony one.

  • FacestabMan

    Ok, lemme see…

    -Monkey Island 1/2
    -'Splosion Man
    -Rez HD
    -Castlevania SOTN
    -Earthworm Jim HD
    -After Burner Climax
    -Bionic Commando: Rearmed

    Well, what can you expect for 800 ms points.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HCSO6AMU3TICAFQPRFRE6JXGMI J M

    the last few words just nailed it. you're the man noah!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Niclas-Asp/1654311646 Niclas Asp

    Cave story as an example: is free and was made by 1 person and is 100 times better.

  • endo646

    where did your wrestle wrestle show from today go? it's not on your site anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/TheUltimateBastich TheUltimateBastich

    Oh man XD that was epic =D

  • endo646

    where did your wrestle wrestle show from today go? it's not on your site anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://twitter.com/kmyers1 kmyers1

    A quote from 1up.com's review of the game via Metacritic

    “Gather a few friends around the TV and Deadliest Warrior can provide about an hour of brainless laughs, but I don't see much appeal beyond that.” 1UP

    that pretty much sums up everything noah said about the game. any developer that whines and cries about a critic's opinion show how little confidence they have in the product they've put out. any respectable developer would either keep their silence about their product and ignore the people that give their product a poor rating, or just accept their failure and learn from their mistakes so that they may go on to develop another game for somebody else and do a better job at it. life goes on, boo-fucking-hoo. juice make sugar.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ben-Salario/100001054080570 Ben Salario

    Points to Spoony's Twitter feature on the right side of the page. No need to spam if you can't figure something out!!

  • http://twitter.com/CaptainofKrunk Danny Kirby Jr.

    Thanks for saving me 10 bucks Spoony.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Novak83 Ed Novak

    Damn, Spoony, nearly 600 comments? The trolls were out in force.

    By the way:

    Castle Crashers
    Monkey Island 1/2
    Bomberman Live
    Worms 3D
    Braid
    Shadow Complex

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GLWA5BS2ZJGRGL35UZWTB7DSVM ReidR

    what is Spoonys record for comments?

  • spacepope

    Trolololololololol

  • mrrubino

    Woo-hoo-hoo, I missed this old Spoony, when all he had was boiling nerd-rage. The green-screen and the undying Doctor Insano meta-storyline wasn't around yet. All that was missing here was Spoony cramming fast food into his face between paragraphs.

  • Megido

    As a fan of fighting games (well Tekken and VF to be specific) i find your statement completely wrong. The more randomness you shove in to a fighting game the less enjoyable it gets. Ultimately what the attacker and defender does should shape the outcome, so if you have instant kill attacks perhaps it should require more effort from the attackers side, perhaps it'd be more prudent to have the attacker work a little for that one shot kill rather than just press a button and BAM, ninja-head shishkebab. Take a game like Tekken, they have unblockable attacks in that game that you can actually use if you know how, but for an attack like that to connect you will need to catch the other player in a specific situation (ie if you time it right after a launch and use it as a tech-catch).

    I guess the short answer should be that the randomness of any given fight should come from the players and not the game, but with this particular game there seems to be a lot of non-player related randomness going on :)

    In all fairness though, i think this game is not even remotely meant for core gamers. The game is meant for the casuals who watch the show and think it's cool. If you think that the show is awesome and legit, little things like broken gameplay probably won't matter, cause you are too bussy being a pirate chopping the leg off of a ninja.

    • Anonymous

      The problem with your argument is they are arguing realism, but the fact is this game is not very realistic because it doesn’t take into account dozens of other realistic factors. Those one hit kills will always hit you if you don’t dodge, but in real life I’m guessing that not even the most skilled Spartan killed every enemy with a spear toss. I’m sure there was quite a few misses. That’s why QuetzaDrake made a good point about how to incorporate other factors that should be considered if you truly wanted to make this game more “realistic”.

      • Anonymous

        I agree that it’s not realistic. I also think it’s ridiculous to even talk about realism when it comes to this severely unrealistic game. I’d say that the guys playing the “realistic” card are just trying to cover for the game’s obvious lacks as anyone can plainly see that this is about as far removed from a sim as you can possibly get.

        The game is a casual mashfest with gratuitous amounts of gore, nothing is realistic about it nor do i buy for a second that the design philosofy behind it was anything remotely akin to realism. But that’s just me :)

        I still maintain that a random factor not produced by the players is neither realistic nor beneficial to the game. If you plan and execute a move perfectly within the game that should be realistic enough, after that you can add factors to it like wind and whatnot but the only relevant question in the end is will it make the game more enjoyable? I doubt it.

      • Anonymous

        I agree that it’s not realistic. I also think it’s ridiculous to even talk about realism when it comes to this severely unrealistic game. I’d say that the guys playing the “realistic” card are just trying to cover for the game’s obvious lacks as anyone can plainly see that this is about as far removed from a sim as you can possibly get.

        The game is a casual mashfest with gratuitous amounts of gore, nothing is realistic about it nor do i buy for a second that the design philosofy behind it was anything remotely akin to realism. But that’s just me :)

        I still maintain that a random factor not produced by the players is neither realistic nor beneficial to the game. If you plan and execute a move perfectly within the game that should be realistic enough, after that you can add factors to it like wind and whatnot but the only relevant question in the end is will it make the game more enjoyable? I doubt it.

    • Anonymous

      I think you misunderstood my argument. I wasn’t saying that they should’ve included completely random influences on the probability of landing a hit, not at all. Making things random would be equally if not more frustrating than what occurs in the game!My argument was that there was a complete LACK of influence on the chance of scoring a one-hit-kill beyond the OTHER player and that that’s totally unrealistic. People have been trying to flaunt how the realism of a spear to the head would kill you unlike in other games is a pro, but I was pointing out the fact that having the spear automatically land right in the head without any effort by the player except a button press is ludicrous and unrealistic. I suggested in my comment that they have some sort of little sliding gauge or crosshairs or something (something that can be performed quickly and easily, obviously, since it’s a fast-paced fighting game) for the attacking player to have to use to perform or aim their one-hit-kill attack. That way, there’s at least SOME semblance of an illusion of the warrior missing due to some factor. It’s more realistic to have a human being, no matter how experienced, to have a slight chance to miss on his own miscalculation than absolutely zero chance to miss (beyond the other player dodging).I did mention weather factors and said “chance” a bunch of times so I understand the confusion, but I really wasn’t saying throw every possible realistic factor in there. Hell, maybe they could’ve had a feature to CHOOSE what kind of weather you wanna fight in and have that influence some minor stuff like movement or aim or whatever. Could be more interesting and open up new types of way to play and stuff.

    • Anonymous

      I think you misunderstood my argument. I wasn’t saying that they should’ve included completely random influences on the probability of landing a hit, not at all. Making things random would be equally if not more frustrating than what occurs in the game!My argument was that there was a complete LACK of influence on the chance of scoring a one-hit-kill beyond the OTHER player and that that’s totally unrealistic. People have been trying to flaunt how the realism of a spear to the head would kill you unlike in other games is a pro, but I was pointing out the fact that having the spear automatically land right in the head without any effort by the player except a button press is ludicrous and unrealistic. I suggested in my comment that they have some sort of little sliding gauge or crosshairs or something (something that can be performed quickly and easily, obviously, since it’s a fast-paced fighting game) for the attacking player to have to use to perform or aim their one-hit-kill attack. That way, there’s at least SOME semblance of an illusion of the warrior missing due to some factor. It’s more realistic to have a human being, no matter how experienced, to have a slight chance to miss on his own miscalculation than absolutely zero chance to miss (beyond the other player dodging).I did mention weather factors and said “chance” a bunch of times so I understand the confusion, but I really wasn’t saying throw every possible realistic factor in there. Hell, maybe they could’ve had a feature to CHOOSE what kind of weather you wanna fight in and have that influence some minor stuff like movement or aim or whatever. Could be more interesting and open up new types of way to play and stuff.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FFHN7K6SDMBSRTHSSKYK6D227I Dia Beetus

    The sheer stupidity of Spike Games astounds me. Oh wait, no it doesn't.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lisa-Fisk/1066089255 Lisa Fisk

    Wooo! All hail the return of the Nerd Rage! Keep it coming! There are more games out there that deserve their testicles kicked in.

  • http://twitter.com/CaptainofKrunk Danny Kirby Jr.

    I just cant believe they actually responded

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      It overwhelming stupid all this.

      • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

        IM the king of the WORLD !

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

          And they did because they are that mad lol, those whiny little boys never stop to AMUSE me.

          • http://twitter.com/camcam666 Camille Miché

            This is what a call a great review with honesty and point that matter. Good thoughts, you got my vote Spoony !

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

            They were too proud of their game maybe ?

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            It a theory, an interesting one indeed. But they did say that It was a shitty game and with must be pretty shitty to buy it at 10$ geez for 10$ I would have go check the Inception a second time just to get less confuse about the multi-layer dream thing lol.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

            Inception is badass with Leonardo !

          • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

            Believe it !

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

            Still cant believe it.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

            Inception is badass with Leonardo !

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            It a theory, an interesting one indeed. But they did say that It was a shitty game and with must be pretty shitty to buy it at 10$ geez for 10$ I would have go check the Inception a second time just to get less confuse about the multi-layer dream thing lol.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            It a theory, an interesting one indeed. But they did say that It was a shitty game and with must be pretty shitty to buy it at 10$ geez for 10$ I would have go check the Inception a second time just to get less confuse about the multi-layer dream thing lol.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

            They were too proud of their game maybe ?

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      It overwhelming stupid all this.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      It overwhelming stupid all this.

  • http://twitter.com/desolateone1 Brenden Lyons

    Fuck spending 10 bucks on this game. Go spend that on something good, like Minecraft.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Adam-Blahuta/13608955 Adam Blahuta

    I'm with you on this, Spoony! It's like the crash of 1983 all over again, where everybody tries to get a piece of the gaming industry pie by flooding the market with terrible games and hoping the low price point will attract the fools. These are the plague of some digital distribution platforms, like XBLA and the Apple Store. Luckily, you sift through enough shit and you occasionally come across a gem, a labor of love from someone who actually gives two shits about what he puts out into the world. Deadliest Warrior: The Game is not one of those.

  • Reaki

    Dude all this “too heavy to move” in relation with armor is a bs. I know its a hunk of metal, but if it were really that cumbersome, foot based knights (their horse killed etc.) would be just useless. And they werent. Well made platemail would weight around 25 kg, spread over the whole body. You can run in it, do front rolls and whatnot…
    Even the heaviest of armors used for tournaments werent THAT heavy.

    That beign said, I dont defend this game in any way. Its a steaming pile of shit.

  • chewysmokey

    Go, Spoony, Go!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FIHGZWKGU5YKY6L6KLCDDNCM4Y MidwayWuzzupman

    To the “We're a small developer” comment there is a fighting game called M.U.G.E.N.!!!!! It was fucking freeware, it didn't even have that many characters because it was up to the community to make their own characters and stages. IT KICKED TOTAL ASS AND WAS MADE BY INDIE DEVS!!!! Even the characters were, no one got paid shit, no one gained anything except fun. Sure not realistic, but still was better then this game. “Story doesn't matter”…. WTF is that shit?! Mortal Kombat was made when Midway was a small unknown company and had a good story, Street Fighter has a decent story, Tekken has a good story, hell even Guilty Gear had a good story (and a weird one too). I'm not a total fighter junky, but I know when a game sucks

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thumby-Right/100001141537261 Thumby Right

      dude try out toribash it be awesome

  • Anonymous

    Spoony, CONTROL + F, you can search for quotes far easier that way through key words or phrases.

    Now I’m behind you on this 100%, but I wish you came off as a little more “descisive”, rather than “hesistant”, these folks likely are going to catch wind of your response, and they may only focus on how slowly you got up to bat here, and tear you apart over it.

    In short, a little more preparation may have done you some good, as you gave these guys an opening they can exploit and use to marginalize you.

    In fact, if they DO come at you again after this, I hope you get together with TGWTG.com or at least someone like angry Joe whom also take issue with crap games like this, and put them in their place, maybe not a full production, but at least something they could not respond back to without spewing opinionated drivel to counter you, rather than the “facts” of the game itself.

    “shed some light on what this game is all about.”

    Oh we KNOW what it’s all about, don’t worry about us and $10 you ain’t getting.

  • Anonymous

    Spoony, CONTROL + F, you can search for quotes far easier that way through key words or phrases.

    Now I’m behind you on this 100%, but I wish you came off as a little more “descisive”, rather than “hesistant”, these folks likely are going to catch wind of your response, and they may only focus on how slowly you got up to bat here, and tear you apart over it.

    In short, a little more preparation may have done you some good, as you gave these guys an opening they can exploit and use to marginalize you.

    In fact, if they DO come at you again after this, I hope you get together with TGWTG.com or at least someone like angry Joe whom also take issue with crap games like this, and put them in their place, maybe not a full production, but at least something they could not respond back to without spewing opinionated drivel to counter you, rather than the “facts” of the game itself.

    “shed some light on what this game is all about.”

    Oh we KNOW what it’s all about, don’t worry about us and $10 you ain’t getting.

  • http://twitter.com/KFJ943 Kristinn Freyr

    Well, I'll go neutral here:

    Spoony, you're awesome.
    Spike, well, I only watched your channel once, for 2 minutes, and I enjoyed the ads a bit.

    So, yes, Neutral.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Malachy-Clendenning/100000377553418 Malachy Clendenning

    Spoony I applaud your attitude you snarky bastard, don't bother fucking with these bastards and go back to ripping ff-x a new asshole, Spike can go suck it for all I care.

  • landofunk

    The show is ridiculous and stupid (except for the enthusiastic narrator of course) the game looks ridiculous and stupid..so its safe to say that those that purchase it are ridiculous!! and Stupid!!..just my opinion though ;^)

  • macdonagh

    Hah, this must've beaten the comments record.

  • Anonymous

    Spoony, CONTROL + F, you can search for quotes far easier that way through key words or phrases.

    Now I’m behind you on this 100%, but I wish you came off as a little more “descisive”, rather than “hesistant”, these folks likely are going to catch wind of your response, and they may only focus on how slowly you got up to bat here, and tear you apart over it.

    In short, a little more preparation may have done you some good, as you gave these guys an opening they can exploit and use to marginalize you.

    In fact, if they DO come at you again after this, I hope you get together with TGWTG.com or at least someone like angry Joe whom also take issue with crap games like this, and put them in their place, maybe not a full production, but at least something they could not respond back to without spewing opinionated drivel to counter you, rather than the “facts” of the game itself.

    “shed some light on what this game is all about.”

    Yeah, money, that you’re not getting from us.

  • Anonymous

    Spoony, CONTROL + F, you can search for quotes far easier that way through key words or phrases.

    Now I’m behind you on this 100%, but I wish you came off as a little more “descisive”, rather than “hesistant”, these folks likely are going to catch wind of your response, and they may only focus on how slowly you got up to bat here, and tear you apart over it.

    In short, a little more preparation may have done you some good, as you gave these guys an opening they can exploit and use to marginalize you.

    In fact, if they DO come at you again after this, I hope you get together with TGWTG.com or at least someone like angry Joe whom also take issue with crap games like this, and put them in their place, maybe not a full production, but at least something they could not respond back to without spewing opinionated drivel to counter you, rather than the “facts” of the game itself.

    “shed some light on what this game is all about.”

    Yeah, money, that you’re not getting from us.

  • http://www.youtube.com/deathwing107 deathwing107

    I find Spoony to be sincere in his reviews despite how lighthearted he may get in presenting them. He has never looked more sincere than in this response video.

    I can't really say much that hasn't already been said other than I'm in full agreement that the game runs as bad as this, since I actually trust this reviewer.

    What I will say is that the whole argument that one shot kills in this game makes it more realistic is completely moot for making a point about this being a good game when the whole premise is unfair, unbalancing, and produces terrible gameplay with shoddy controls. If you sacrifice fun factor for realism, it can only spell disaster, and when it gets to the point where you HAVE to exploit the game's faults in order to win, how can you even make an argument that it's even half way decent?

  • http://lunayoshi.deviantart.com/ Stephanie

    Oh my goodness, Spoony got REAL mad. Frothing at the mouth mad. He looked like he was ready to kill somebody. And 600+ comments to this entry. I gotta browse and see if I can find the banhammer posts. Should be worth a laugh.

  • Anonymous

    I love this video. I wish more people were this honest when it comes to reviews for these games. Why are people even trying to defend this crap? I will admit I watched the first season and the stuff these jackass guys come up with is just crazy. It really is crap all around and the game is no different. Keep up the great work Spoony and dont worry about the lame people defending this game. The only reason people are even trying to defend this game is because they bought it and they know it sucks and feel like they wasted their money so they are trying to redeem the game in anyway they can so they dont feel like they got ripped off. Just except the fact that you got cheated out of your money on this way and go play something else. Why torture yourself unless your mom gave you the money and said “now you better play this game and not get tired of it in a few minutes.”

  • Anonymous

    I love this video. I wish more people were this honest when it comes to reviews for these games. Why are people even trying to defend this crap? I will admit I watched the first season and the stuff these jackass guys come up with is just crazy. It really is crap all around and the game is no different. Keep up the great work Spoony and dont worry about the lame people defending this game. The only reason people are even trying to defend this game is because they bought it and they know it sucks and feel like they wasted their money so they are trying to redeem the game in anyway they can so they dont feel like they got ripped off. Just except the fact that you got cheated out of your money on this way and go play something else. Why torture yourself unless your mom gave you the money and said “now you better play this game and not get tired of it in a few minutes.”

  • macdonagh

    744 comments from the FF 8 finale is the record!

    Who would've thought that this game would've caused this much aggro?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Calvin-Jarchow/1131125364 Calvin Jarchow

    i think its more supporters of Spoony than the angry trolls

    • http://www.facebook.com/Novak83 Ed Novak

      Actually does kinda seem that way. Weird.

    • http://www.facebook.com/Novak83 Ed Novak

      Actually does kinda seem that way. Weird.

    • http://www.facebook.com/Novak83 Ed Novak

      Actually does kinda seem that way. Weird.

  • Pyrry

    Just registered to say I stand with Spoony. I cried laughing when the spear went through his head in the first half-second. I loved Bushido Blade but this does not hold a candle to it. Maybe a bit harsh but all in the fun, imo. Fight on, fellow ASU grad!

  • http://www.facebook.com/sevthebeast Sev Hajinian

    seriously,

    to anyone who thinks noah hates this game based on his hatred to the show,

    2 words. Battlestar Galactica. a show noah hates and has bashed in the past, but still praises the board game for. he even plays it with his weekly board game crew. so get the thought out of your head that noah could be that simple minded. hes a professional reviewer, not a 13 year old with a webcam on youtube.

    think before your conclusions.

  • http://twitter.com/Ultimateownage Aengus Matthews

    Brilliant review! I really want to see you make a Deadliest Warrior TV show review now. That'd be brilliant.

  • Covarr

    The original Mortal Kombat was made by four guys, with almost no budget. It managed to be WAY better than this.

  • Nydcat

    This “game” reminds me more of a cheap simulator disguised as a fighting game. And if spike games is associated with spike tv (I don't know I didn't care to check), they probably didn't a huge budget but they aren't exactly poor either.

  • http://compsandtech.blogspot.com/ HanukkaHarry

    He did, it was one of his Vlogs.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/KNVPRFN4I6T62MS4E24TGCIV2Y Oni

    I could kiss you for this review Spoony!

  • http://bluehighwind.blogspot.com/ BlueHighwind

    You know, Spike Games might only be four guys sitting in a room who have never made a game before. Probably not, but they might be. But you know what? They have the full economic power of Spike TV behind them. They could have a budget – but they don't. Their bosses didn't care, they probably didn't care, most gamers don't care, and Spoony is warning us not to get the game.

    Let's just play some Smash Bros instead.

  • http://www.mandys-realm.com Mandy

    Right on the money, Spoony. No mercy!

  • http://twitter.com/Jeans42 Adam Jeans

    I know its not a fighting game but you know whats 10 dollars on steam? Half life 2.
    So fucking spike games cant say “well u get wat u pay 4!!!11″

  • oElReyO

    I am seriously considering right now to start trolling Spoony's videos just to get awesome rage videos out of it. That shit was great – not to mention true :).

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      You got my seal of approval on that one.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

        I want a VLOG response from freaking Spike TV !! They are probly gonna make DW2 because they are too cool for school anyway.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      You got my seal of approval on that one.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      You got my seal of approval on that one.

  • IHeartQuistisBoobies

    well, i disagree with you opinion on the show. i like it, but thats probably because i'm a closet sociopath and i like learning little tidbits of information about fighters from history. I can undestand where your coming from on the game, but sometimes it is better to have simplicity, unlike the ultra combos i can never achieve on street fighter, granted this game is so “simple” its retarded and i probably suck at ultra combos becuase i don't own that game and i don't want to practice hours on end to learn them like my friends do. still, love your reviews keep them coming. a little off topic but, can you continue on your FFX review? i know its a lot to ask but your FFVIII was hilarious and i want to see you tear the game a new asshole

  • http://www.facebook.com/BluValkyrie Steph Olsen

    My honest opinion is hiding behind the “we're just a small developer” is a cheap way out of making an inferior product. If you're going to release anything (games, books, comics, movies, whatever) you NEED to be able to compete with “the big boys”, especially now a days. You can't relay on the “this could be a cult classic kind of thing!” to carry you through, because that doesn't always happen.

    Like others have said, I've played freeware games that were a lot more fun and engaging that didn't cost me a cent; yeah the graphics might not have been the greatest, but if the game is grabs and keeps your attention, you can look past bad graphics.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Phil-Vandii/100000464543690 Phil Vandii

    I Agree with Spoony. that game sucked ass.

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/phoenixultima PhoenixUltima

    What's so sad is that people get so angry over what is essentially one guy giving his opinion on stuff. Not everybody is going to like the same things you do. There's absolutely no call to get this worked up over it.

    To put it into perspective: I love Final Fantasy 8 and 10. They're two of my favorite games in the series. I loved Triple Triad. I l… tolerated (okay, liked – for a while) Blitzball long enough to win the 50 or so matches it takes to get Wakka's ultimate weapon (which I hope Spoony or whoever is getting footage of the game goes and gets, because it is the most ridiculous looking weapon ever – a blitzball [b]covered in spikes[/b]. How the fuck would you even hold it without puncturing your hand?). And yet, I loved his reviews of 8 and 10 (and wish he'd get the 3rd part of his FFX reviews out instead of wasting time with semi-obscure no-budget XBLA fighting games) because (A) I'm mature enough to not whine and cry when somebody hates something I like, (B) because I'm mature enough to admit that he makes a number of valid points, and (C) because they're genuinely hilarious. A lot of his reviews are valid points about why someone might not like something, and the rest is mostly either purely subjective (minigames like triple triad and blitzball are extremely polarizing – either they click with you and you like them, or they don't and you don't) or simply a difference in what we look for in games (I have a much higher tolerance for abstracts and general nonsense – when I e.g. junction a spell to a stat I generally am “okay, this spell made my stat go much higher, that's cool” rather than “how does this junctioning stuff actually work?”, [b]both of which are perfectly valid ways of thinking[/b]). Sure, I could go into a huge rant about how triple triad has depth and complexity and accommodates a wide variety of playing styles with its customizable rules, but why bother? I liked the game, he didn't. Making a huge deal out of it is like picking a fight with someone because he didn't like your shirt, even though it was hand-made and artistic and, like, means something, man. That's just how opinion works, let it go and move on.

  • lucafischer

    Right on, Spoony! (:

  • Anonymous

    Okay. I’m not going to flaunt my criteria on this one, but I’ll make it as short and sweet as possible. The part about single player games is honestly just not true. Every genre and individual game is going to have its challenges, but in reality, once you get hit boxes down, Fighting games are some of the easiest to develop. You almost never have to stray out of the basic framework of the game’s structure to create new content. Balancing is an issue, but one that is often and easily solved with proper testing.

    On the other hand, something like Cave Story honestly has a lot of little programming challenges. For instance, adding new weapons is a bit more complex than it seems. Things like the Missile Launcher and Bubbler actually heavily effect how the game deals damage and require some fiddling in the game’s main structure. Furthermore, the longer a game is from start to credits usually also means a LOT more testing and WAY more writing and musical accompaniment. They are not easy or cheap to make.

    Now, all triple A titles are going to be complex and hard to make, and things like Blazblue with 27 super advanced techniques have a LOT of care and attention put into their programming, but programming a bare-bones college level fighting game is actually SIGNIFICANTLY easier than doing a platforming game of the same level of polish.

  • Anonymous

    Okay. I’m not going to flaunt my criteria on this one, but I’ll make it as short and sweet as possible. The part about single player games is honestly just not true. Every genre and individual game is going to have its challenges, but in reality, once you get hit boxes down, Fighting games are some of the easiest to develop. You almost never have to stray out of the basic framework of the game’s structure to create new content. Balancing is an issue, but one that is often and easily solved with proper testing.

    On the other hand, something like Cave Story honestly has a lot of little programming challenges. For instance, adding new weapons is a bit more complex than it seems. Things like the Missile Launcher and Bubbler actually heavily effect how the game deals damage and require some fiddling in the game’s main structure. Furthermore, the longer a game is from start to credits usually also means a LOT more testing and WAY more writing and musical accompaniment. They are not easy or cheap to make.

    Now, all triple A titles are going to be complex and hard to make, and things like Blazblue with 27 super advanced techniques have a LOT of care and attention put into their programming, but programming a bare-bones college level fighting game is actually SIGNIFICANTLY easier than doing a platforming game of the same level of polish.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chase-Smith/632550984 Chase Smith

    EXACTLY!!!

    You put it waaaay better than I did too… lol

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      So sweet.

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        Spoony VS. Spike TV is the best thing happening to the Internet for a long time !

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        Spoony VS. Spike TV is the best thing happening to the Internet for a long time !

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      So sweet.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      So sweet.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      Are you kidding me or something lol, this game is hell !!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/serenahvp Serenah Victoria Pettigrew

    You've got at least one Canadian girl on your side Spoony! Give them hell!

    • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

      Canada and Spoony for the WIN !

  • http://myspace.com/metromantis The_Shift

    NRRRRRD RAAAAAGE!!!! Lmao way to tear them a new asshole Spoony, maybe they should feature you as a “guest analyst” in an episode, that would be amazing

  • MajorMud

    I'm with Spoony (and Coco).

  • http://www.facebook.com/Prodigs Graham Ashton

    How can the people who like this game not make the logical conclusion (a self-answering question…) that any reviewer worth his stuff does not simply play a game once and then rant about it or on the flip-side praise it to the stars. It doesn't even take a brain cell to guess that maybe Spoony spent more than a single match on the game before he concluded it sucked grade A hebrew national.

    The fact that there are so many people up in arms in defending this game is literally making me hate gamers everywhere. Yes, it's a 'small time' developer. But unlike independant game developers who take time to produce original, thought provoking games that struggle to reach a mainstream audience, these guys were contracted to make a half-assed tie in game for a TV show that would immediately reach a large audience on Xbox Live. Oh, poor them. I'm sorry, maybe there were some programmers who had some ideas but this game was rushed purely to ride on the unprecented fame of the TV show, and whilst that means we should never have expected quality it still makes no sense to say we can't criticize it for th half assed piece of awful that it is. Should AngryJoe be criticized for his scathing and hateful review of the Iron man 2 game adaptation? No! It pointed out the sad corporate flogging of a franchise to sucker in doe eyed gamers with money in their pockets. That game wasn't work $60 and this game is incredibly not even worth $10.
    And the fact that this 'small time' game company (which is a subsidary of a larger TV corporation) gets offended when an internet reviewer pans their game is akin to Tommy Wiseau's company pulling all those 'The Room' reviews off of TGTWG. A sad attempt to garner attention.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      Please remember, that there really was a relatively small, independent (non-publisher tied) developer that did the actual grunt work for this game, that isn’t a subsidiary of Spike TV. Spike Games acted as the Publisher/Producer from what I see, but the real developer that had to make (and probably under crazy restrictions) this game was Pipeworks.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      Please remember, that there really was a relatively small, independent (non-publisher tied) developer that did the actual grunt work for this game, that isn’t a subsidiary of Spike TV. Spike Games acted as the Publisher/Producer from what I see, but the real developer that had to make (and probably under crazy restrictions) this game was Pipeworks.

  • http://twitter.com/Mohia_Keria Mohia Keria

    I was going to comment something relevant but I got grossed out by the irritatingly irrelevant adverts to the right. I swear they get more and more obscure as the days go on. Worlds largest zit? that is just disgusting.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zach-Helton/1641829796 Zach Helton

    As a fan of fighting games I found this game and some of the comments from the fans insulting. There's always good game design to consider and I want to go back to the Blazblue argument, because Blazblue is one of my favorite fighting games. I was a pretty big GG fan and I spent quite some time waiting for BB to hit the US. It delivered, the characters while fewer in number they were all distinct, which in hindsight is something that can be praised about GG, there was a character who was just a robotic copy of a different character and he played completely differently. Sorry for the slight digression there but you can get away with having few characters when they all play very differently. I feel I should address it's story as well, BB's story mode plays like a visual novel broken up by a fighting game, and it's very in depth, the interactions between characters from story to story works well and connects together flawlessly.

    I'm sure that critic will come up and say things like, 'you're just a fan' which I guess is true but I recognize good gameplay when I see it and it twice as good when it's combined with a good story.

  • liam55555

    right on spoony i agree with you 100% and im fed up wasting money on shit games aswell…

  • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

    We are ALL Delusional people, my revelation of the day, im kinda more shock than the video of 8 bits Mickey with his speedo lol.

  • Anonymous

    Wait, are you trying to tell me that a budget title developed by a small team with a small budget probably working on a very tight deadline should stack up to a AAA fighting game developed by a team of 100 people? o.O

    Not to mention that SoulCalibur was a SEQUEL, so the sizable dev team already had a good idea of what they were doing before even starting development. I’m fairly certain the same argument can be levied for KoF 98 as well you thick fuck.

    And about comparing it to indie titles? WTF kind of stupid ass argument is that? Deadliest Warrior went from announcement to release in 7 FUCKING MONTHS by a team of people under contract and probably facing a heavy deadline. It wasn’t some labor of love toiled on by 15 guys in their spare time over a couple of years. Flower, in fact had 2 YEARS development time.

    Is DW a good game? Probably not. But then again a cheese sandwich is going to taste like shit compared to chicken cordon bleu.

  • Anonymous

    Wait, are you trying to tell me that a budget title developed by a small team with a small budget probably working on a very tight deadline should stack up to a AAA fighting game developed by a team of 100 people? o.O

    Not to mention that SoulCalibur was a SEQUEL, so the sizable dev team already had a good idea of what they were doing before even starting development. I’m fairly certain the same argument can be levied for KoF 98 as well you thick fuck.

    And about comparing it to indie titles? WTF kind of stupid ass argument is that? Deadliest Warrior went from announcement to release in 7 FUCKING MONTHS by a team of people under contract and probably facing a heavy deadline. It wasn’t some labor of love toiled on by 15 guys in their spare time over a couple of years. Flower, in fact had 2 YEARS development time.

    Is DW a good game? Probably not. But then again a cheese sandwich is going to taste like shit compared to chicken cordon bleu.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thomas-Kelley/100000588189282 Thomas Kelley

    Spike Games needs to get over their butthurt. Seriously, you expect us to believe that this game wasn't made with a decent budget? YOU HAVE A NATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK BACKING YOU! And yet you still made a shitty game. Get over yourselves.

  • Valorin

    Jeez people… If you guys had been watching any of the E3 stuff that Spoony posted, you would know that the game was going to be crap before it even released! So don't act like you know he wasn't going to like it. I played just the demo of the game and it was fucking TERRIBLE. The movement was awkward the AI cheated the whole time and you didn't have an auto-turn to turn you around. Spoony's points are valid and I have to agree with him in saying that yes “This game is fucking retarded!” It doesn't even have any replayability because by the time you're through fighting, you just want to stop. Yes, it's a ten dollar title, but look at games like Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Shadow Complex. They are arcade games that have twenty times the quality of this game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Oliver-Meyer/1288596186 Oliver Meyer

    650 comments in less than a day? Man, this is definitely one to remember. Here's to the next 650!

    This sucky game creates even more of a ruckus than Twilight. Consider that, people.

  • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

    Just WoW !!! tasty Spike Game for the lose.

  • http://twitter.com/ThyGoddess Michelle

    DAMN RIGHT to all that, Spoony. Just because they're poor little developpers doesn't mean you have to give them mercy. I didn't think the graphics were THAT BAD but it's not the wrapping that counts. It's the damn game and if you enjoy playing it. And I know I'd have a piss poor time playing that shit.

    And you're right… The show's terrible! And I usually love these types of show! But I know when I'm getting thrown some sparks to the face by some talentless hacks.

  • Anonymous

    Haha, i love the fact that now small companies trow shit at you, in your place i’d be verry proud… no, realy!, i would! XD

    I mean, came on!, i love when people insult me, that means they care about what i think; also remember something, YOU’RE PART OF THE PUBLIC!, YOU DON’T WIN ANYTHING BY DESTROYING THEY’R SHITY LITTLE GAME!, YOU DO THIS BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T LIKE THE GAME, AND YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT!, am i right?

    Also, you are a critic, you job is to say whatever tha hell you want about other peoples work, and you know what?, you’re AWSOME at it, you don’t need a real job (haha, just kidding, just kidding). This guys… this guys made a lame game with a cheep price and said “hey!, is cheep, shut up”, proveing that they suck at their job, and you know what?, is not your fault that they do, you’re just another nerd like us who bought the game, played and didn’t liked it, the only diference is that many people respect you more than a normal nerd, and listen to what you have to say.

    Is normal that an artist (yea, i’ll call this guys “artist”) hate critics, however, critics force artist to make better games, movies, comics, etc (pieces of art in general), what motivation could posibly be even more noble? :3

    … did Spike actualy called you “Delusional”?, man, this guys should never work with people, they suck at it (too). If i ever make a game, i would never insult my critics, thats suicidle

  • Anonymous

    Haha, i love the fact that now small companies trow shit at you, in your place i’d be verry proud… no, realy!, i would! XD

    I mean, came on!, i love when people insult me, that means they care about what i think; also remember something, YOU’RE PART OF THE PUBLIC!, YOU DON’T WIN ANYTHING BY DESTROYING THEY’R SHITY LITTLE GAME!, YOU DO THIS BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T LIKE THE GAME, AND YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT!, am i right?

    Also, you are a critic, you job is to say whatever tha hell you want about other peoples work, and you know what?, you’re AWSOME at it, you don’t need a real job (haha, just kidding, just kidding). This guys… this guys made a lame game with a cheep price and said “hey!, is cheep, shut up”, proveing that they suck at their job, and you know what?, is not your fault that they do, you’re just another nerd like us who bought the game, played and didn’t liked it, the only diference is that many people respect you more than a normal nerd, and listen to what you have to say.

    Is normal that an artist (yea, i’ll call this guys “artist”) hate critics, however, critics force artist to make better games, movies, comics, etc (pieces of art in general), what motivation could posibly be even more noble? :3

    … did Spike actualy called you “Delusional”?, man, this guys should never work with people, they suck at it (too). If i ever make a game, i would never insult my critics, thats suicidle

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Calvin-Jarchow/1131125364 Calvin Jarchow

    Can't unsee.

  • ilikethismorethanlinkara

    I agree with most of what you say in this review, but you just sort of come off as a huge prick. Like, instead of saying “I don't like this game, but everyone has their own opinion” you say “I'm right and anyone who disagrees with me about this is a nut job.”

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EAHJQLWDK2FA2HUMUXGP2RQ7B4 Alexander Alexander

      Agreed. I do side with Spoony but he seems much to angry at Spike and such in this review and as a result it’s not particularly *funny*.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EAHJQLWDK2FA2HUMUXGP2RQ7B4 Alexander Alexander

      Agreed. I do side with Spoony but he seems much to angry at Spike and such in this review and as a result it’s not particularly *funny*.

  • http://twitter.com/jordane_green Jordane Green

    Umbelievable people !!! WoW they need take it down a notch, such douchebags.

  • hwaldar

    OK, now let me just say, please take a deeeeeeep breathe. Now, I COMPLETELY agree that this is a pretty shitty and sort of silly game. But it REALLY is not that big of a deal. I played this game a lot too and there were times where i was enjoying myself (albeit briefly), I believe that this $10 game just should not have been made. But it isn't somthing to go and rage about. I also agree that spike games are sorta being pussies.

  • http://twitter.com/jordane_green Jordane Green

    My eyes are already burn by 8 Bits Mickey Promo and now this with Spike Game, I just cant believe what im earing !!! This is madness !!

  • http://twitter.com/jordane_green Jordane Green

    You got that right lol. Same here.

  • shugarshocked

    When I saw this review, I laughed. I really did. Not at Spoony's review, but at the fact that Spike games has the guts to admit that their game sucks, and then has the audacity and nerve to ask others to convince Spoony that it doesnt suck….which it does….Their hypocracy is amussing to me. And if people are calling this realistic, then why the hell are apatche warriors fighting fucking ninjas?!?! This game is unrealsitic to begin with! And lets not forget that you are just randomly swinging at your target, like Spoony said, “in a general area.” How realistic is that? You're telling me that if I wanted to cut a dude's arm off, I'd have to patiently buttonmash until it happened? Counting on the fact that i don't cut off his head or leg instead? Ladies and gentlemen, if i want to cut a fucking ninja's arm off, let me do so. Its just cheap and lazy. Not to mention unrealistic (which is the opposite of what some of the comments mentioned) So, what? You say that in real life, i dont go and stab someone in the chest? Nooooo…I swing randomly and aimlessly, choping off various body part. BULLSHIT.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kristen-Sponar/100000496835018 Kristen Sponar

    I oddly enough LIKED the show, but then again I'm not the most scientific person…

    But the fact that these pissants decided to pick on you just because you picked out the flaws of their game is just… PATHETIC.

    I will say that it does seem realistic to die from a headblow but really, that can easily be cheated out and shouldn't have that feature. That's just plain CHEATING. And the fact that only some warriors are allowed to do it and not others? What the hell?

    But I would like your opinion over exactly WHY Deadliest Warriors (the TV show) really is crock when it comes to science just because I feel it needs elaboration, you kinda just brush it aside and don't really explain it. My only reason why maybe it wouldn't happen is if the results didn't repeat (I just finished my finals in Bio 101, and one of the first chapters was on Experiment Demostatrations which states that if results can not be replicated, then they are dismissed). Thanks if you read this

    I do feel you do sorta take some of their hate mail kinda immaturely, but then again some of these jackasses deserve a good rip in their so called “responses.” Their responses are as assasine as Twitard hatemail, can they NOT create a logical response?

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EAHJQLWDK2FA2HUMUXGP2RQ7B4 Alexander Alexander

      They make no attempt to ensure they’re comparing comparable things, ignore anything but kill shots, they only do anything once (rigor is a basic part of science) and ignore tactics completely, just for starters. For example, in one instance they compared two types of shields. The one guy slammed the dummy with it, doing more damage, they decided this gave him the edge even though it’s a freaking shield, hitting people isn’t the point. Not to mention that they’re blatantly incompetent, their medical guy said that a bullet passing through the upper left of the torso went “straight through the heart” but people with any real medical training would be aware that the heart is just about in the center of the chest.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kristen-Sponar/100000496835018 Kristen Sponar

        I found out a pineapple grenade lost to a fucking Winchester… yeah, my opinion changed instantly

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kristen-Sponar/100000496835018 Kristen Sponar

        I found out a pineapple grenade lost to a fucking Winchester… yeah, my opinion changed instantly

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EAHJQLWDK2FA2HUMUXGP2RQ7B4 Alexander Alexander

      They make no attempt to ensure they’re comparing comparable things, ignore anything but kill shots, they only do anything once (rigor is a basic part of science) and ignore tactics completely, just for starters. For example, in one instance they compared two types of shields. The one guy slammed the dummy with it, doing more damage, they decided this gave him the edge even though it’s a freaking shield, hitting people isn’t the point. Not to mention that they’re blatantly incompetent, their medical guy said that a bullet passing through the upper left of the torso went “straight through the heart” but people with any real medical training would be aware that the heart is just about in the center of the chest.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LS224RWK6KXR2HW5RAOXCHKWPQ the dragonboy

    I think you missed the point of this game Spoony. It was made to be a realistic fighter. What I mean by that is the game involves having the characters being truly mortal. As in if your head has been fit through with a fucking SPEAR your dead. If a ninja gets behind you, your dead. This game uses a less traditional fighting game design so strategy with the player and character are much different from others. Not saying you have to like it, but I think you got into this game with the wrong expectations. ^^;
    I've seen matches online and the stamina DOES come into play because the players (depending on their character) are REALLY careful. One hit kills are common because your players can die really fast if you let your opponent do so. So really the game for you is only lasting less than 10 seconds because you messed up. This is NOT a fast beat 'em up style game. This is a careful timing fighting game. Plus it's a fucking indie game. The graphics were okay (not the best), but good enough. Like I said. THIS IS NOT A TRADITIONAL FIGHTING GAME. Throw away your skills of fighting games. You have your own opinion and I don't blame you for not liking it. I'm just telling you that this game isn't what you expected and you need to be careful with saying you YOURSELF represent a majority (trust me I've seen you make this mistake many times) because I have SEEN other players last a long time fighting skilled and tense matches due to the fact that they new the characters. ;]

    This game doesn't suck, YOU just didn't like it and I don't blame you for that, but I refuse to be the sheep and follow your opinion as if you know the facts because last I checked you and so many other reviewers aren't in the gaming industry today and have no idea what it is like to actually MAKE a game (I don't care about your software programming classes because that is not the same as being in an actual indipedant). I can sit here for hours trying to explain and I'd really love to but you probably wouldn't read it (because you disagree with me and would mostly just skim through it) and wouldn't care anyway. ^^;

    To finish this off, you and other people didn't like this game yet still plenty of people DO like this game. What I am getting at is how can you call it a shitty game when lots of people like it? Thus as a reviewer you just used your opinions and opinions of friends rather than act as a speaker of someone who played the game and watched many other people you don't know play it. For me from what I have seen of many people playing this game is that it is average, but not crap.

  • http://twitter.com/BendyStraw101 Bendy Straw

    Yes! Amazing, I now remember why I continue following your website… This is when your at your best Spoony not when your trying to act or doing crossovers, this right here, tearing into things and then snarking at people who disagree, I missed this…

  • oElReyO

    Well the thing is though that you can apply objective critera and see how the game holds up. Thats what all (good) game reviewers do. So personal taste doesnt really play a part. If someone likes it anyway thats ok – but people are coming up with completely subjective or just retarded arguements to justify why this game is good and thats just not how it works.

  • Anonymous

    well at $10 it would be the most expensive milk i’ve ever bought. For that price it should be safe to assume that it is of thicker and more golden quality, like that of actual honey.

    these arcade games are more like the supermarkets own brand honey. It’s not as good as brand named honey, but its still damn honey and should still be sweet and satisfying.

  • Anonymous

    well at $10 it would be the most expensive milk i’ve ever bought. For that price it should be safe to assume that it is of thicker and more golden quality, like that of actual honey.

    these arcade games are more like the supermarkets own brand honey. It’s not as good as brand named honey, but its still damn honey and should still be sweet and satisfying.

  • Valorin

    We don't need to be software developers to know the game sucks. It's not our job as the player to tell the programmers what code to fix. It's our job to enjoy the game, and that's impossible to do when the game is terrible.

  • http://twitter.com/jordane_green Jordane Green

    Excellent !

  • http://twitter.com/jordane_green Jordane Green

    Same

    • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

      You got that right.

  • vyleside

    He did a whole 1 hour explanation of why he didn't like the TV program back in may I think as a vlog post.

  • http://twitter.com/Deimos1984ad Zak Mahmud

    The fact that Spike is comparing this to Bushido Blade pisses me the fuck off.

  • http://twitter.com/Deimos1984ad Zak Mahmud

    And I love the fact that Spike is pulled an I am rubber you are glue tactic on him, classy spike….classy.

  • snake219

    What is wrong with people nowadays? Has the gaming industry been lowered to the level that stupidly loyal fanboys are having a go at Spoony over a silly looking throw away $10 game which he hates?
    Its called having an opinion guys. I haven't played the game so I can't judge, but Spoony as well as everyone else is entitled to an opinion. If Spike TV and its forums cannot handle that, then quite frankly you guys should not be involved in making video games only to resort to calling people 'delusional' if people like Spoony don't like your game.
    What a class act… NOT!

  • DarkMistress

    Bravo! I joined because of this video

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chase-Smith/632550984 Chase Smith

    Ugh! Realism in a game (this or ANY fighting game especially) isn't a productive point to argue.

    You know what this game would need to be “realistic”? It's simple:

    If you've ever been stabbed, shot or sliced at, you know that your mobility and perception is compromised… greatly. So if your character is even touched by your opponent's weapon, the game is practically over.

    Is that REALLY what you want?

    And since you decided to bring up the fact that Spoony doesn't know what it's like to make a game, I'm so tired of all of you fucking 'net trolls talking about realism in a fighting games and FPS as well. How many of you actually have any real experience with your fist or have actually seen combat?

    But I digress.

    DragonBoy. We (Me, Spoony and our fellow critics) are only going to say this one more time: IT'S ONLY OUR FUCKING OPINION!!! If you don't like it, read or watch somebody else's shit.

  • rewind83709

    I played just alittle bit of Bushido blade, (I apoligiesif i mispell it, i suck) and i wasnt aware of what it was, but i did think it was interesting. However as for a deadliest warrior game? I didnt give a shit when i saw it on xbox live. I mean i thought the show was an interesting idea, the only thing at first that i really hated about it was all the male asshole jock bull shit about how:”Oh yeah well my guy can do this!” “Oh yeah, well my guy can blah, blah!”
    Uhg, click, next channel. Then i saw your review, and i hated the show even more! because i realised yeah your right, they dont take fighting tactics, or fighting styles, and yes they're “SCIENCE!” is Bullshit!
    Loved that fact that “Spike games” decided to respond to your review, and so many people were willing to defend it. i would be tempted to try this game, but i get the feeling i would greatly regret it. thanks again Spoony, yes i spelled it correctly. LOL, goodbye

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

    What a week at the Spoony Experiment, first 8 Bits Mickey crazy Promo that shock the hell out of me, lollllllllll ass in class. and this with the Deadliest Warriors bastards. Oh well that was I call enternaiment !

    You get them Spoony !!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

    Insanity in pure reality.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

    omg so true, This is some big stuffs, damn Deadliest Warriors !! You didnt hear the last of it im sure. GO SPOON !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

    Ass in CLASS !!! and DAMN Deadliest Warrior and their awful game.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    Most media franchise tie-in games suck. End of story. The majority of the time, these “games” are just a means to piggyback on a franchise to make money. Batman: Arkham Asylum is considered a great game because the developers actually understood the characters, the universe and the fiction that Batman lives in, giving the player an experience of being the dark knight in his world. Spoony just called Spike Games on their BS. So what if Spike Games “didn't have the cash to make a great game?” If the developers at least gave a crap about it, no matter the budget, they would have at least found a way to make it interesting, despite the flaws.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

    And again me too, it just plain ridiculous grown up damn Spike Game Developer and ACCEPT the pain !

    • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

      Indeed

  • http://www.facebook.com/larry.bundy Larry Bundy Jr

    That $10 line is bullshit, fucking “you get what you pay for” is a terrible counter argument.

    Okay for $10 I can buy Mortal Kombat, Super Street Fighter IV, Dead or Alive, fuck ANY Beat 'em up now.

    Christ all you had to do is rip off Soul Calibur and everyone would have been happy, oh, wait, you can but Soul Calibur on Xbox Live as well FOR LESS!

    Spike Games couldn't pull out a decent game if their life depended on it.

    • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

      Just not worth it.

    • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

      Just not worth it.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        Approved.

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

          Amen baby …

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

            No matter how bad a situation is, if you can’t laugh at it, you are in really deep sh*t.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        Approved.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        Approved.

  • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

    oh my … Deadliest Warrior madness against SPoony and people saying that spoony is a bad reviewer WTF. Geez I pissed, but hey, you told them ! Unfreakingbelievable DAMN !

    Spoony for freaking president !

  • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

    WoW …

  • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

    I am in pain right now, but 8 bits Mickey promo is still the best ? or the worst lol u get my vote anyway.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    “Not saying you have to like it, but I think you got into this game with the wrong expectations.”

    Part of that could be the promotion/presentation of the game, though, and in all honesty, that is a burden on the producer/publishers to not misrepresent what their product is about. I think that perhaps that was part of the problem in what you are saying here.

    “Plus it's a fucking indie game.”

    No, it's not really. It's licensed game made by a smaller/independent developer, perhaps…but it's NOT an indie game. Even if it was, part of the problem is that the game was trying to achieve things that it wasn't able to due to tools, time constraints, and other matters that should have been noted earlier on in the production cycle.

    “It was made to be a realistic fighter”

    There are a ton of things I can reference from the game that disrupts that contention point, though. Arbitrary life bars and time limits aren't realistic. Having limbs being severed off by blunt objects isn't realistic. There are other points I could reference, but ultimately there's only so much you can borrow from reality until you get to a point where it can get cumbersome, or create a realm that isn't fun for some gamers.

    Even if this game wasn't trying to be a traditional fighting game, there are a LOT of lessons taught in previous fighting games that could be kept to heart when making any sort of game in the genre. One of the bigger ones I could point out is that having aspects of a fighting game be left to randomization isn't going to make the game more fun from a competitive standpoint, even if you try to argue that it's more realistic. That creates situations where players can get wins without developing better skills, which is never a good situation for those that want a game to be held at a competitive level.

    Now, granted, they might not have intended that, but it's still a valid contention point.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kristen-Sponar/100000496835018 Kristen Sponar

    Wait, I haven't played many fight games myself (Super Smash Brother, Melee, and Brawl and one fighting game for the Saturn)… but doesn't EVERY fighting game have a Story mode?

    Hell, the shitty Castlevania fighting game Y tore apart had a “story mode”

    What kind of idiot asks for “Story Mode” being an important part of the game? OF COURSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE GAME!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/hunter.oates Hunter Oates

    Basically, Spike's “argument” regarding the price point defense is that they bilked their customers. “Haha, you bought crap because it was cheap!”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Vlad-Nica/701167071 Vlad Nica

    “I’m sorry I ever doubted the scientific validity of a Viking fighting a Ninja” Priceless

  • Seitou

    Wow, some of those comments were just retarded, I love spike's though. “we're sorry you're too stupid to like our game” indeed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chase-Smith/632550984 Chase Smith

    I LOL'D to the point of choking on my Barq's.

    Good show Hunter Oates. Good show.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Adam-Doran/100000584164074 Adam Doran

    if i had ten bucks i wouldnt go buy this game no i would buy like freakin psychonauts that is getting your moneys worth not this half assed game

  • http://www.facebook.com/hunter.oates Hunter Oates

    Next, they'll argue that an FPS doesn't “need” a single player campaign.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kristen-Sponar/100000496835018 Kristen Sponar

    Oh really? Thank you for that. I'll try and look for it

  • MiticMazze

    I think it is hard to some people figure out how difficult it is to program and make a game in every aspect. I understand that comming from people that only experience the playing, and never actually went trought the processe of making it possible as good as it can be, may think that the stuff on games are magically placed there, just by the wishing of the makers of it. While in the truth it is a result of endeless hours of work and playing again, again, each very second of the game, and them remaking it again and again, a thousand times until it is flawless. Of course I understand this kind of review and that it is aimed for enterteriment and focus only and on the players view on it. But I have to say that yes, you are being a bit too hard on them. It is very very hard to make a good game, it takes a lot of time and work and brain and I just wish people could give more credit to those who are able to bring good games with a small team.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cmpunk-Koles/100000347034062 Cmpunk Koles

    Fuck them Spoony!!!!! you are my idol!!! and keep on meaking gr8 10/10 reviews!!!
    I Love you Spoony, BTW meak a Blazblue reviwePLS….

  • http://www.facebook.com/rjbates Robert Jeffery M Bates

    Please Spoony keep up the good work. A friend of mine actually bought this crap to make fun of and we still ridiculed him for wasting money. Then we deleted that crap and played a real arcade game, Castle Crashers who are smaller then Spike and still make better games.
    People like @Dragonboy really think this is a good title. it is not even ok by Sega Genesis standards. We are 20 years in the future and games waaaay older than this look, play and feel so much better. “Who needs a story mode?” What fighting game have you been playing EVER that did not have one? Oh yea Deadliest Warrior. Most of the oldest games had a story even Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct and those were the big hitters in the 90s.
    Auto turn, every game has had it. I never can think of an incident where you could kick a guy in the back in any title before 3D and even when the Soul Calibers and Tekkens came there was a much faster response than waiting until you were dead to begin a turn. The parry and stamina arguments are jokes. How many people on this list can claim they can parry on demand in any real fighting game? Unless you are a pro I am calling you a liar. Do you know why the only other game I can even think of to ever have a stamina bar and that is Mortal Kombat? FOR RUNNING. You block you lose a silver of health. That is how every fighting game ever has played unless you know how to parry or tech block. Stamina is lose silly and not balanced.

    Finally Spoony I had to ask, why are you calling this an Indy game? last I checked Indy games were made by a few hard working people over the span of years ( again Castle Crashers took years to develop) sometimes decades to put out one good game. Spike games has the backing of um…Spike to do an already established IP. if this was made by four guys like you said and it was based off a show no matter how shitty it would never had made it Live. By the defining Indy devs Spike is not one, it is a shitty company under the umbrella of Spike that wished it had a bigger budget and better developers.

    Love the site Spoony! And please make the next FFX review! I love those…

  • http://www.facebook.com/rjbates Robert Jeffery M Bates

    And yes Internets I am brave enough to use my real name when I call out shit. Are you?

  • professorb

    Hey Dragonboy, lots of people might like a game, but that doesn't mean it's good. It's the same way lots of people might like movies or tv shows but they can still be total shit.
    Oh, and that's a worthless argument that critics' opinions don't mean anything because they don't know what it is like to actually make a game. Maybe so, but I know what a good game looks like, and this isn't it. Just because someone doesn't know what it's like to make a game doesn't render their opinion on a game meaningless.
    Oh, and by the way, why the hell would I want to play a fighting game where I can have a Spartan fight a ninja but have the fight set up in a realistic style with strategy based gameplay? (In as realistic as a Spartan fighting a ninja can be). Don't get me wrong, strategy in a fighting game can certainly help but in fighting games I expect there to be fast-paced action and not awkwardly-paced action as this game gave me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/xfirefly Tori Maier

    Spoony, you are a total bad ass mother fucker! :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/AtlasRedux Johnny Lunder

    I just friggin' love Spoony xD

  • Homncruse

    Small developer realism knee-jerk liberal and yes, why not! Return to 90's small, developed indie yes. Liberal wrong knee-jerk you said realism one-hit, no, bushido suck small developer price point only 10 dollars arcade. Remember games support small people, sorry only small developer budget bushido skill blade. And yes! Why not return to 90's family values liberal wrong opinions tekken blade skill of small developed family indie stantards fun show ninja princess.
    /
    That made more sense than spike telelivegames response to spoony's review (which was damn funny thank you very much mister and misses deadliest butter churner.)

    Anyway, just let it die here spoony, they've had their say (as weird as it was) and you've had yours.
    Now I need to go watch A Bit of Fry & Laurie.

  • http://twitter.com/DSUNUK D SUN

    In my opinion Spike Games chose the wrong genre to make this game. They should have made it more of a strategy simulation where the player can see if they have the skills to command a group of warriors against an ever increasing opposing force, by using the skills and tactics that were well known for each group. By turning this game into a 3D Fighting Game removes most of how the original warrior may have fought by relying on the player to use their own skills and tactics to defeat there foe. To me it isn't realism, just broken mechanics.

  • http://www.facebook.com/larry.bundy Larry Bundy Jr

    Hang on, isn't Spike owned by Viacom?

    No Money my arse!!!

    • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

      True enough.

    • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

      True enough.

      • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

        Im tired … Spike TV Facepalm …

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          Dont be it only the beginning.

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          Dont be it only the beginning.

      • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

        Im tired … Spike TV Facepalm …

  • Jono666

    EHHHHHH MAaNN! I KNOW UR MAD AND EVERYTHING, AboUt THe DEADLIEsT WARRioR….MAANNG… BUT JEW GOTTA POST PART THREE OF THE ANNNTZ MOVIE MAANG!…I NEED SUM CLOSURE!! U KNOW? DOES THE SCIENTIST GuY GET TO BONE THE PRETTY LADY!? MAnG? O+R WAt HAPPENs? IS THE HELICOPTER GONNA COEMS? ARE THE ANTZ GONNA EATz ALL THE PEOPLe? I WANT TO SEE SOME MORE COLORFUL SPRAYs USED TO KEEEL ThOSE PESkY ANNTTZ!

    Yeah, okay. I'll stop being an annoying latino guy with a broken caps lock button now. I just really want to see the rest of that “It Came From Beyond Midnight” movie! I've been watching each movie, part by part since you've been hosting them. I love how Leslie Striker always rips on the video store owner so bad…ahh…I hate that guy. The video store owner, not Leslie Striker xD

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EAHJQLWDK2FA2HUMUXGP2RQ7B4 Alexander Alexander

    It doesn't take that much work to program a game where it's possible for one side to win in less than ten seconds. One hit kill mechanics that require little or no setup might be realistic (though I doubt anyone can consistently put a spear through someone's skull without aiming) but they're a horrible thing to put in a game.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    The independent developer that worked on this game was Pipeworks, from the looks of it. Spike Games, in the game's credits, was listed as only 4 people from a directoral/producer standpoint, so basically they're acting as the publishing front with Pipeworks doing all of the work.

    I wouldn't call it an indy game, as many licensed games are developed by independent developers, but outsourced/contracted by a bigger publisher, but I get the point that was being made.

  • Valorin

    It doesn't matter if we don't understand how developing works. We don't need to. All we need to know is that 1. Spike is giving these people a lot of money to make this game, 2. They should know how to develop a game. 3. Quality Assurance needs to catch this crap so that we don't bitch about it on these forums! It's not our job to know how it works, we just need to know how to play it and whether or not it's fun. This argument doesn't hold up.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Francisco-Javier-Diez-Diaz/1151204483 Francisco Javier Diez Diaz

    this reminds me when a company that created (can't remember the game) send Yahtzee an email actually thanking him for the review not only saying that it gave them a laugh because they liked his reviews but it was nice to see his point of view about the game flaws and that it will help them improve their next titles

    now spike do you know about Limbo for XLA? yeah so what about that its cheap and its actually good, they are just making excuses for how you they don't know about balance

    and for christ sake realism? REALISM seriously why people bring realism into games when you have a freaking viking fighting a ninja

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    What you are saying is true, at the same time you can't expect most consumers to think about games/entertainment products that way. The majority don't know exactly how much time is spent towards a game, and can't make a judgement about it, and therefore only really focus on what they can actually see – the game itself. Also, the devs here used a good amount of middleware from the looks of it, so it's not like they were making a full engine from scratch.

    Also, while it's true that the actual devs behind this game probably worked as hard as they could, that's sort of why throwing flack at the publisher/producer of the project happens – ultimately it's /someone's/ call to stop the project and push the game out, whether or not it is as good as it can be. Some of the decisions that were made in the game are likely ones that the developer should've thought about earlier in the production process, but there are others that are decided and controlled by forces over their head. When someone doesn't like what the results are, it's almost irrelevant how or why something turned out that way, the person's going to simply focus on that they don't like it, regardless of who's fault it is.

  • spoonshock

    I can think of half a dozen FREE games better than your Deadliest Warrior turd, Spike Games!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Francisco-Javier-Diez-Diaz/1151204483 Francisco Javier Diez Diaz

    TF2 doesn't need one and its great but it came in the orange box anyways acompanied by other good games and as standalone cost 10 bucks if I remember right

  • Valorin

    Yeah… even that Doritos dash game was better than the DW game because it was fun, and it was FREE

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1575880087 Chris Meeder

    Spoony. Youre Awsome.

  • Jono666

    On my previous post I meant to say part 4. Please upload part FOUR of the latest “It came from beyond midnight” movie. There we go :D

  • JayRam

    I believe I heard the tearing of new assholes through my speakers. Your counter-argument was top-notch.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    Yeah, but remember Larry, just because there's a big company above the producer/developer…doesn't mean that the company's going to even care enough about the game to invest proper money/time into it.

    I'm trying to gauge just how much they were allocated budget wise for this, but I doubt it was more than $1M, pocket change for Viacom. :P

    • Anonymous

      If you ask me it’s not so much a game as a secondary revenue stream for the show, from the perspective of viacom. It’s like selling t-shirts or coffee mugs. It doesn’t have to be top quality becuase it’s fan-merch, not an actual product.

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        That statement actually make some sense in this case.

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        That statement actually make some sense in this case.

    • Anonymous

      If you ask me it’s not so much a game as a secondary revenue stream for the show, from the perspective of viacom. It’s like selling t-shirts or coffee mugs. It doesn’t have to be top quality becuase it’s fan-merch, not an actual product.

    • Anonymous

      If you ask me it’s not so much a game as a secondary revenue stream for the show, from the perspective of viacom. It’s like selling t-shirts or coffee mugs. It doesn’t have to be top quality becuase it’s fan-merch, not an actual product.

  • http://twitter.com/Koda89 Koda Kazar

    You know, I honestly think Spoony just sucks at this game.

  • http://twitter.com/mlsterben Ben Littlejohn

    The demo was fun for about five minutes, and it was free. Wouldn't want to play more than that.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    I just love how spoony feels somehow great and like a top dog. Umm its his own freaking website most people here are going to suck his dick. Thats pretty much the point of this website. Im sorry but if you get mad at dieing in a couple of hits in this game you missed the whole fucking point of the game itself. Im guessing spoony hated bushido blade since this is basicly the same concept. Its like getting made at a RPG for having stats and level ups when ya know its going to the dicrection from the fucking start. Use your brain spoony think real hard. i mean did you follow this game did you know what it was and was going to be oh were you thinking “hey look a DW game I hate the show so I guess ill hate the game let me buy it and shit on it. Im so cool and orginal”

  • JC

    This happens if you turn your own microphone directly to your speakers. ;-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Arnar-Bjornsson/798623632 Arnar Björnsson

    At least the guys at Spike could have used a comment like your review did on their game and tried to make their game (or a possible second one) better, I think.

    If they where going for the “oh, we are small time developers blahblahblah” then it doesn't cut it. You make a game (or whatever you're going to put out it public and expect people to pay for it!) as good as you can possible make it.

    Good one, Spoony, for not letting them rip at you for making a fair and reasonable comment.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    Exactly. This game is the same as many other media tie-in games. The characters are passed over, the gameplay is buggy, and is almost a shadow of the product it's tying-in with. There's no depth, no appreciation for what the show claims to be about. The developers could have done something to make this entertaining or gimmicky. That would at least have been hilarious rather than just boring and frustrating. This $10 non-game is just a means of making money, and rather shoddily at that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Rodoy/775323495 David Rodoy

    This is hilarious. You didn't even watch the review, did you? He specifically said he liked Bushido Blade.

  • http://twitter.com/maxwellsimp Veljko Petrović

    “It's hard!” is not an excuse. Writing code is hard. Modeling is hard. Any worthwhile job is hard. However, very clever people exist. These people can be paid not unreasonable sums of money to do hard jobs. If you find the right number of the right people, and give them enough time they will turn out a reasonably good product. Spike Games either didn't get enough people or they gave those people insufficient time. Possibly both.

    Besides, the biggest flaws with the game were design, and not programming. The ideas the game was based on were poorly thought out.

    Finally, if memory serves, Spoony is a CS graduate — I've reason to believe that he does, in fact, know how hard it is to code a given piece of software.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    THen why bitch about dieing real fast. That doesint make sense what so ever.

    • Anonymous

      It would make sense if you watched the video. Spoony said that at least in Bushido Blade the One-Hit Kills took precision and timing to execute, whereas is DW it’s completely random whether the attack you are trying to make hits the spot that you’re aiming for, so there’s no skill involved and thus all the fun gets sucked out of it.

      My instincts tell me you’re just trolling: not only are you blatantly going out of your way to be a contrarian about a video that you clearly didn’t even watch, but you’re not even taking the time to read over your own comments to see if they make any sense or are even spelled right.

    • Anonymous

      It would make sense if you watched the video. Spoony said that at least in Bushido Blade the One-Hit Kills took precision and timing to execute, whereas is DW it’s completely random whether the attack you are trying to make hits the spot that you’re aiming for, so there’s no skill involved and thus all the fun gets sucked out of it.

      My instincts tell me you’re just trolling: not only are you blatantly going out of your way to be a contrarian about a video that you clearly didn’t even watch, but you’re not even taking the time to read over your own comments to see if they make any sense or are even spelled right.

    • Anonymous

      It would make sense if you watched the video. Spoony said that at least in Bushido Blade the One-Hit Kills took precision and timing to execute, whereas is DW it’s completely random whether the attack you are trying to make hits the spot that you’re aiming for, so there’s no skill involved and thus all the fun gets sucked out of it.

      My instincts tell me you’re just trolling: not only are you blatantly going out of your way to be a contrarian about a video that you clearly didn’t even watch, but you’re not even taking the time to read over your own comments to see if they make any sense or are even spelled right.

    • Anonymous

      There is a difference between being able to do a one hit finisher and an ‘instant win’ button. There are games where one hit or punch can make a difference, but usually it takes some work. You have to find or create an opening and then strike. This is just pure and simple “ok win”. Plus with good controls you have a better chance, in this game if you manage to get behind someone or put them off you basically win because they will be struggling to turn to face you.

      When done right one hit kills are cool, when done wrong it’s pretty stupid. I can knockout punch someone in UFC Undisputed but that person has multiple ways to stop that, in BB2 you have multiple ways to dodge a sword thrower (and throwing took some skill), with this game they basically tell you to start moving up or down and then it’s a case of mostly button mashing instead of trying to find the best strategy to defeat someone. This is just button mashing and calling it realistic, it’s like making a game of war strategies and only have the option to have your men run into those of the opponents and that is about it. BB was more realistic and thus fun, this is first dodging then moving in and hitting buttons and see who gets lucky and hits the one hit kill.

    • Anonymous

      There is a difference between being able to do a one hit finisher and an ‘instant win’ button. There are games where one hit or punch can make a difference, but usually it takes some work. You have to find or create an opening and then strike. This is just pure and simple “ok win”. Plus with good controls you have a better chance, in this game if you manage to get behind someone or put them off you basically win because they will be struggling to turn to face you.

      When done right one hit kills are cool, when done wrong it’s pretty stupid. I can knockout punch someone in UFC Undisputed but that person has multiple ways to stop that, in BB2 you have multiple ways to dodge a sword thrower (and throwing took some skill), with this game they basically tell you to start moving up or down and then it’s a case of mostly button mashing instead of trying to find the best strategy to defeat someone. This is just button mashing and calling it realistic, it’s like making a game of war strategies and only have the option to have your men run into those of the opponents and that is about it. BB was more realistic and thus fun, this is first dodging then moving in and hitting buttons and see who gets lucky and hits the one hit kill.

    • Anonymous

      There is a difference between being able to do a one hit finisher and an ‘instant win’ button. There are games where one hit or punch can make a difference, but usually it takes some work. You have to find or create an opening and then strike. This is just pure and simple “ok win”. Plus with good controls you have a better chance, in this game if you manage to get behind someone or put them off you basically win because they will be struggling to turn to face you.

      When done right one hit kills are cool, when done wrong it’s pretty stupid. I can knockout punch someone in UFC Undisputed but that person has multiple ways to stop that, in BB2 you have multiple ways to dodge a sword thrower (and throwing took some skill), with this game they basically tell you to start moving up or down and then it’s a case of mostly button mashing instead of trying to find the best strategy to defeat someone. This is just button mashing and calling it realistic, it’s like making a game of war strategies and only have the option to have your men run into those of the opponents and that is about it. BB was more realistic and thus fun, this is first dodging then moving in and hitting buttons and see who gets lucky and hits the one hit kill.

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    who can say greed?

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    my god this has stirred one hell of a hornets nest

  • Megido

    Well let's be honest here though, countering “durrrr, you are stoopid cos you don't like mah game!” isn't very hard :)

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    actually watch out next spike will be calling the internet a sinner and giving a sermon on how it tried its best on some small time forums to scrap a bit of dignity together

  • airrider

    Actually, in the review it seems he regarded Bushido Blade as a good game; just not a fighting game in the typical sense, like Tekken or Street Fighter.

    Thing is, in Bushido Blade, the only way you really could win a fight was striking a single, lethal blow. It was all about accuracy and timing.

    Here, they try to do the same thing but they add a life bar into the mix like a more traditional game, and they don't seem to give you a control setup that lets you go for various parts of your opponent: you just seem to be whiffing at the enemy until somebody either gets a spear in the head or has been kicked like eight times by a ninja. A game that can end with like one move but looks for all the world like a classic fighting game where everybody can take flying uppercuts and blasts of energy to the face and then get up again like they were hit by a badly-thrown football is deceiving, and not fun to play since it promises one kind of experience and ends up being a completely different kettle of fish.

    Also, I'd be more ready to applaud Spoony. He's not simply flailing his arms and trying to say he's better without qualification, he's backing up his statements and standing up for them. You always risk something when you're standing up for your opinions.

    Besides, would you rather have had him go on one of his usual 15-minute super-reviews with mugging to the camera and overblown sketches for a game that had him chewing over material he covered with his brother in the Deadliest Warrior show review after, like, three minutes?

    And think about this: he's talking about a game that's supposed to emulate the five minutes of the show that were actually kind of cool for him: the well-shot and well-choreographed fights at the end of the hour-long program. If the game can't even try to be as cool as the one bright spot for him, what kind of ups is he supposed to force out of it? And suppose he liked the game for some reason. Wouldn't change the fact that he still hates the show, his opinion would have changed from “this show sucks and everything attached to it sucks” to “this show sucks and it should have just been a video game.”

    And one last thing…of course people who frequent Spoony's website are going to like him and tend to agree with him. It's HIS website, featuring HIS content and HIS shows; I don't think people who hate the guy are going to show up to watch his shit because they have things they deem more important to do.

    Long story short, pay attention to what he's pointing out in his review, get past the extraneous humorous reactions bullshit, or what little of it he could stuff into a five-minute review, before you fly off the handle like here.

    Because you look just like the people who knee-jerk reacted to the review and said Spoony sucked. To paraphrase you a bit? “hey look a DW review follow-up I hate Spoony for hating the game so I guess ill hate his reactions to comments on him hating the game let me watch it and shit on it. Im so cool and original”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA yahoo-6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA

    in part it is a realistic game.

    It is a fun game? . NOOOOOOOO

    if your re gonna make a game based on realistic attacks you should make a more realistic control movement and a better block foreach fighter, i dont think it was too much realistic dough, because dont' have counter attacks, the stamina are not real at all because it waste so quickly, and if you can chop a leg with an axe in only one cut is no realistic AT ALL ..

    admit it, you only like the gore in the game and i thjink you re one of those yonkies who spoony re talkin about.

    And again if your gonna try to make a realistic game with low budget and bad programers, THEN DONT DO THE FUCKING GAME!! for a very realistic game you need a lot of money and experts..

    Realism plus crappy control = DW FAIL!!!!

  • http://thedrakkongrimoire.blogspot.com/ NDrakkon

    I thought the original review was great but this follow-up is even better. This video showed passion for what you do man, loved it.

    Lot of comments but I saw somewhere in there someone complained that since this is Spoony's site most people here will stick up for him regardless. Has this person not been on the internet long? Generally people will only stick up for someone if they agree with him, not just because they're on his site. Personally (and I know this doesn't mean much from a guy that's only commented on a couple of things so far) I'm a mean bastard and I only stick up for people that I do agree with, and I totally agree with all of Spoony's points, they are at least valid points rather than excuses and hyperbole.

    Well, at least I think I'm a mean bastard. That's what people keep calling me… among other things.

  • http://twitter.com/ChuckZ85 Chuck Lohse

    I didn't mind the actual review for the game, because like you, I didn't have high hopes of the game to begin with, but thought it might be an ok bargin bin-type game. The follow-up is quite funny. You made some very valid points that seems to be escaping a number of the “haters” as they are, for some odd reason, putting this game up on a podium. I like the comparisons to Bushido Blade that some of the people are putting out and in some respects, I get that, but Bushido Blade was a solid game that was well balanced and had a fairly big, open world to fight in, where as DW has none of these accolades. I was surprised that Spike Games even heard about you, much less know, who you are and actively replied directly to you, so either they are just desperately seeking the internet for decent reviews or someone from their company is a fan and got all butt-hurt over your comments and felt like calling you out, while trying to get sympathy out of you. Finally, I went to go see what some other sites thought of the game, just to see if there were different opinions, because thats what smart people tend to do when only on person doesn't agree with how you thought, to get a different perspective. I saw the review of the game on the G4 Networks' X-Play and they give it a 3/5 stars. They thought it was ok, giving it a few props, mostly for being mildly educational and a fun casual game, but their cons were exactly as Spoony said before: Lacks polish, Cheating AI, and feels like a cheap downloadable game.

  • http://twitter.com/ChuckZ85 Chuck Lohse

    I didn't mind the actual review for the game, because like you, I didn't have high hopes of the game to begin with, but thought it might be an ok bargin bin-type game. The follow-up is quite funny. You made some very valid points that seems to be escaping a number of the “haters” as they are, for some odd reason, putting this game up on a podium. I like the comparisons to Bushido Blade that some of the people are putting out and in some respects, I get that, but Bushido Blade was a solid game that was well balanced and had a fairly big, open world to fight in, where as DW has none of these accolades. I was surprised that Spike Games even heard about you, much less know, who you are and actively replied directly to you, so either they are just desperately seeking the internet for decent reviews or someone from their company is a fan and got all butt-hurt over your comments and felt like calling you out, while trying to get sympathy out of you. Finally, I went to go see what some other sites thought of the game, just to see if there were different opinions, because thats what smart people tend to do when only on person doesn't agree with how you thought, to get a different perspective. I saw the review of the game on the G4 Networks' X-Play and they give it a 3/5 stars. They thought it was ok, giving it a few props, mostly for being mildly educational and a fun casual game, but their cons were exactly as Spoony said before: Lacks polish, Cheating AI, and feels like a cheap downloadable game.

  • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

    Dont we all agreed that the Deadliest Warriors game is the best GAME ever made by small developer for a chip show.

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    But don't forget money is power maybe they thought they could bribe there way out/ threaten or take advantage of small minded idiots and just cash in… hold on

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    lol this game is pretty bad and to be honest I think the only thing that game developer can do to make things better is for them all to commit suicide this is a really bad and lazy game with such piss poor mechanics a monkey could have made it better with its penis Buy soulcalibur instead or mortal kombat

  • http://www.facebook.com/AtlasRedux Johnny Lunder

    There really needs to be a Spoony religion.
    First commandment : Thy Shall Loathe Bad Games.
    Second commandment : Thy Shall LOATHE BAD GAMES DAMMIT.
    Seriously.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    I do visit his site alot and do like some of his stuff,but theres alot i disagree with. The comments torwards me proves my point that its pointless to disagree with the creator of the site. Its basicly like going to a nazi support site and saying racism is dumb and we should all respect each other. Again pointless.

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    The first rule of the spoony experiment, don't tell any about the spoony experiment the second ruleto the spoony experiment burn the developers to spike games

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    lol hmm

    I think Soul Calibur is better

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Bushido is better perhaps, Soul Calibur is not realistic enough for this section, of the “realistic” game in the heads of the mad Developer of Spike Games lol.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Bushido is better perhaps, Soul Calibur is not realistic enough for this section, of the “realistic” game in the heads of the mad Developer of Spike Games lol.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Bushido is better perhaps, Soul Calibur is not realistic enough for this section, of the “realistic” game in the heads of the mad Developer of Spike Games lol.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

      lol Soul Calibur is full of wins easy !

  • http://www.facebook.com/NashBash316 Nash Von Bash

    While I haven't played the game, from what it sounds like, its not much more than an over glorified Time Killers…but at least Time Killers had chainsaw wielding Thugs and Space Aliens…lol

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA yahoo-6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA

    Chuck Lohse: either they are just desperately seeking the internet for decent reviews or someone from their company is a fan and got all butt-hurt over your comments and felt like calling you out, while trying to get sympathy out of you.

    XDDD hahahaha epic

    an yes, bushido blade have diferent types of attacks with diferent weapons and the timing and use of the difrerent use of the weapon are very important factors for make a lethal blow, here you have just 2 repetitive atacks in a god of war kind of repetitive cuts until the character fall dead, is not realistic, none kind of tecnique, and none fun

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    Spoony has gained a mob of deadly nerds what does he choose to do with this new gained power?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA yahoo-6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA

    Chuck Lohse: either they are just desperately seeking the internet for decent reviews or someone from their company is a fan and got all butt-hurt over your comments and felt like calling you out, while trying to get sympathy out of you.

    XDDD hahahaha epic

    an yes, bushido blade have diferent types of attacks with diferent weapons and the timing and use of the difrerent use of the weapon are very important factors for make a lethal blow, here you have just 2 repetitive atacks in a god of war kind of repetitive cuts until the character fall dead, is not realistic, none kind of tecnique, and none fun

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    beware the sacrilege

  • http://twitter.com/metallavery avery cawley

    He already has a mob of deadly nerds. These guys just have to go back of the line.

  • http://twitter.com/MHarrison90 Mark Harrison

    Not to say people who come to this site suck (I'm one of them), but certain people are really getting personal over THIS game? Not Final Fantasy or anything else? Sucks to hear that, the game looked shitty anyway.

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    lol a mob does tend to have a narrow minded goal and i think i know what might be in spikes e-mail box about now and letter box I don't think its going to be pretty

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_X62U6JBO6SSX4JWHIQ55MYOHQQ joseph

    Its so infuriating to see developers turn around and say “fuck it, we know we're shit, we know our game/s are shit, but your paying 10 bucks, so shut the fuck up!”

    Its devs like that that make free to play mmo's hardly playable too, their arguement being “your not paying for the game, so you cant complain!”

    Just because your game is cheep/free, dosent excuse you from critisism!

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    It depends what side you are talking about here those that want to say something to defend spoony one or those that decide to attack spoony one. tbh I'm amazed at what spike games said lol

  • http://twitter.com/metallavery avery cawley

    ALL THOSE WHO ARE PISED AT SPOONY GET IN THE BACK OF THE FUCKING LINE BEHIND THE FINAL FANTASY 14 FAN BOYS. also DW sucks shit.

    • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

      lol too much screaming here.

    • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

      lol too much screaming here.

  • http://twitter.com/metallavery avery cawley

    ALL THOSE WHO ARE PISED AT SPOONY GET IN THE BACK OF THE FUCKING LINE BEHIND THE FINAL FANTASY 14 FAN BOYS. also DW sucks shit.

  • Anonymous

    whats next a manswers, Spike Tv television for idiots. That right Lifetime has nothing on them.

  • jewbagel

    I can't believe this is the game that causes the biggest shit storm. I mean… really?

  • JayRam

    not trying to kiss Spoony's ass, but his response to Spike Games was excellent. He debated on an intellectual level. He provided examples as to why he felt the game comes up short.

    • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

      Go Spoonyone !!!

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        Spoony for PRESIDENT !

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          I already vote for Spike TV. Doh !

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          I already vote for Spike TV. Doh !

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        Spoony for PRESIDENT !

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

        Spoony for PRESIDENT !

    • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

      Go Spoonyone !!!

    • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

      Go Spoonyone !!!

  • http://twitter.com/cjhitchcock Anime Movie Review

    I'm more than likely to get lost in the wave of comment for this video, but I trusted your judgment on this game from the start. This looked like a shitty game from the start. I don't think anyone with a brain cell who saw the announcement for a Deadliest Warrior game thought, “THIS IS GOING TO BE FUCKING EPIC!” No, like you said, its based off a half-assed show, that's based around ego than it is about science like they claim to be. How anyone expected this game to be good is beyond me.

    Now the game is out and look its a pile of crap. Big surprise. If anything this game existed to be reviewed by people like you. The review you did felt like the real deal, and that you had played the game for a few hours, before making the review. I have a hard time believing people thought you'd play this game for one round before rightfully declaring the game crap. After all you played through Final Fantasy VIII, multiple time before reviewing it. I'm sorry to hear people are acting this way cause of this stupid little game. You don't deserve any of those negative comments you got on this video, because this game was awful.

    And to the guy who was trying to use BlazBlue as an argument can go hang himself. Yes BlazBlue only has 12 fighters, but each characters' fighting skills are complicated and take time to master, plus none of those characters feel like any of the other characters you play as, unlike Street Fighter where Ryu and Ken play exactly the same with different status. Also the huge multiple branched story mode of BlazBlue, helps add to the games content making for a better experience. Although DW wouldn't have improved with a story mode, cause the foundation of the gameplay is broken.

    These claims that you are a bad reviewer are unjustified and uncalled for, cause if you are pissing off the developers of the game, your doing your job correctly.

  • http://overlord-kay.deviantart.com/ Kaithan

    Because there's absolutely no way you can find part of a game you like annoying, no siree.

    • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

      Umm what. All the games I like have flaws,but I dont call them outright shit. Something can still be fun and have flaws without being god awful. Then again whats the point of saying this when spoonys followers will just say im dumb or some silly remark. Spoony is lord and master all hail spoony.

      • Anonymous

        So what?

        Some people don’t like broken games. Christ you would think the way people like you go on that Spoony came around to your house and kicked your granny!

        Look let me put it this way. One of my favourite games is Knights of the Old Republic 2. Spoony freakin hated that game and I can see why, It’s broken, bit’s of it are just plain missing and the control system is just godawful, playing on any kind of difficulty other than easy demands gratuitous use of the Auto-Pause a feature I hate!

        And guess what, I still like it I’m a Knights Fanboy and it scratches my Itch nicely. The difference is I don’t react like a bloody snapping turtle and lash out when the games attacked. You can’t ask somebody like love a flawed game just because you do.

        It seems to be that the DW fanbase are really insecure about this. Maybe they all need a cuddle a cup of coco and a reassurance that the big bad Spoony monster isn’t going to come say mean things about their games in the night.

    • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

      Umm what. All the games I like have flaws,but I dont call them outright shit. Something can still be fun and have flaws without being god awful. Then again whats the point of saying this when spoonys followers will just say im dumb or some silly remark. Spoony is lord and master all hail spoony.

    • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

      Umm what. All the games I like have flaws,but I dont call them outright shit. Something can still be fun and have flaws without being god awful. Then again whats the point of saying this when spoonys followers will just say im dumb or some silly remark. Spoony is lord and master all hail spoony.

  • deadpandoubter

    “When you pay for milk and expect honey you’re going to end up with milk and be pissed about it. It’s not our fault that you are delusional.”

    $10 will get me a matinée viewing of “Inception”, two drinks, and two containers of candy at my local theatre. Hmmm, wonder what I'll do with my $10…

  • http://www.facebook.com/Manofmanycoats Robert Cousineau

    Jesus christ Spike, I can't believe how far you fell. I really don't think that developer has really made any other games. I guess the thinking was “Oh, gamers are stupid, If we remake bushido blade but take out all the fun parts like, skill, entertainment, quality, a good selection of fighters, gameplay then they won't tell the difference”

    News for you dumbasses, You failed. I saw it on marketplace and figured it was not worth my time way before I saw Spoonies very correct review on it. Ever heard of Streets of Fury? Its a game on the indie games channel made by a indie publisher. They remixed streets of fury and you start with only four characters at first. GUESS WHAT? It was a amazing freaking game because it was actually… fun?

    You should be so freaking sorry for yourselves thinking you can just pump out a horrible “Me too!” fighting game and think nobody would call you on it. Nothing you did was original, Nothing you did was entertaining, And the Spartan is very broken. Go back to the drawing board and make a GOOD game or just dissolve your team right now. Because if you are not going to try then just don't bother. Gamers are smarter then that; shitty games get ignored pretty fast.

  • shugarshocked

    Third commandment: thou shalt kill all thy neighbors whom worship Final Fantasy

  • http://www.facebook.com/Manofmanycoats Robert Cousineau

    $10 can get me two 400 point indie games that will give me far more then five hours of gameplay and be pretty fun to boot.

  • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

    WoW there are just damn wrong I still cant believe this, it outrageous and awful.

    Go Sponny !

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Skinner/1072283264 Jon Skinner

    I gotta agree with Spoony wholeheartedly on this one, and I'm a Game Design Major in art college (subtract I.Q. points as you will). Price is not an excuse for a crappy game. A small company is not an excuse for a crappy game. Horrible design choices is an excuse for a crappy game, but game design companies rarely admit to that because that means they are admitting at sucking at the job they have and by extension admitting that all their education in said field may as well have been thrown in the trash.

    If I wanted to make a budget-priced game, I'd still make it good, I would just make it old-school where the graphics and coding are less complex, but jam-pack it with as much interesting features as possible. Think of a 2D fighter jam-packed with as many different kinds of unique warriors there were/are in the world, and advanced settings where you can make it as realistic (or unrealistic) as you want or play in tons of different modes with different settings. Think of a simple, alternate-history or sci-fi story mode where all these warriors could meet up and square off. I came up with all that in five minutes, and if done by a group of valuable game designers, that could even be a full-price AAA 2D fighting game.

    One guy came up with that idea, but, apparently, it can take as many people as are in 'Spike TV Games' to ruin that.

    What's worse is this game was actually ADVERTISED. So no matter how good or bad the game is, it's part of a franchise and it was heavily advertised, so all of its flaws are magnified because they actually had a fairly good amount of money behind it. If they used half the money and attention used making the game that they used to promote it, it might have been a decent game, not accounting for the people involved, and that is what's sad about this.

  • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

    Inception is full win and Deadliest Warriors is just bad.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      No surprise here.

  • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

    Inception is full win and Deadliest Warriors is just bad.

  • http://www.facebook.com/H.kat5 Harold Castillo

    LOL, wow. Looks like Spike Games are just other versions of Wiseaus.

  • http://twitter.com/deacon_frost222 Deacon Frost

    lol seriously

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dimitri-Konobeev/100000993782947 Dimitri Konobeev

    Idk, it was worth my $10. Its crappy but I got my laughs with my friends decapitating each other and watching each other freak out when it happened. I've been a fan of TSE since 2008 but I got to admit, this is the only review I disagree on. The only reason I disagree is that its so cheesy and corny that its funny. Like the TV show, so cheesy that its good. I guess I have to thank you Noah for showing me how to enjoy things this bad.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Smith/100000589818318 Sean Smith

    Spoony, I have so much respect for you right now.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chase-Smith/632550984 Chase Smith

    ZING!!!!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Kaboom on Spike Games !

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Kaboom on Spike Games !

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Kaboom on Spike Games !

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      Bouchacalaca !

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

        Zoom HEAD SHOT !

        • http://twitter.com/camcam666 Camille Miché

          Kabammmmmmmmmmmmmm baby.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

            ZAP ZAP !

          • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

            This madness is beautiful to see, so beautiful it delusional.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

            BANG BANG

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

            DU HASTTTTTTTTTTTT DU HASET MEICHHHHHH

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

            Rammstein for the win.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

            DU HASTTTTTTTTTTTT DU HASET MEICHHHHHH

          • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

            This madness is beautiful to see, so beautiful it delusional.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Novak83 Ed Novak

    Wow, Spoony. Seriously, the feedback this review is generating is amazing. Every gaming site I've seen today has a thread discussing your back-and-forth with SpikeGames. It looks like your little four minute review of some crappy Xbox Live game might be netting you more new viewers than anything you've done in awhile.

    The internet is a weird place.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Djordje-Cerovic/1258520062 Djordje Cerovic

    The Game is terrible. The graphics are indeed noting much. Usually when I play a game for the first time if the graphics are even a tad better than lower standard, I am pleased to see it. This game did not catch my eye at all in that manner. Further, a fighting game should have MORE than 8 characters, and have a more complex fighting system. I do not want to go around one shoting characters in a game I payed money for (any amount of money) with a press of a button. It is just bad game designing. Gameplay is really beyond redemption. I found myself facepalming a few times in the middle of a fight. Hell of course I wanna pit a viking against a samurai or apache, but not like this. The science behind the show is really bad, and sometimes biased. Sometimes I even noticed behaviour in warriors similar that that of Plot Induced Stupidity even though there is not plot! So, we have that going on also. This is an era where I can get free MUGEN games that are better than this. So, 10$? Thank you but I'd rather wipe my butt with them than give them to Spike, especially after this letter.

    Spoony you are the best, keep on the good work. Regards from Serbia.

  • http://twitter.com/Koda89 Koda Kazar

    Or hell, maybe if they were indeed given more time to complete it. I actually liked the game *flame shield activated*, but it definitely felt rushed, as if they had a deadline of, “Finish this before the second season of the show was over.” Well…crap.

    If they gave it at least another half-year it probably could have been a better game, but well, I guess we'll never know, right?

  • deadpandoubter

    I made a shitty game, haaaah…what a funny story, Spoony!

    • http://twitter.com/camcam666 Camille Miché

      Outrageous !

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

        This horde of stupidity is so good for the karma you dont even know !

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

          Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse behind.

  • http://twitter.com/KrataLightblade Chase Horn

    You know who else is a small game developer who releases games for around $10?

    Spiderweb Software.

    Know who releases fucking awesome old school RPGs for dirt cheap?

    Spiderweb Software.

    Spike Games, get off it, yeah?

    • Anonymous

      Absolutely.

      There was a time I thought I was the only person ever to hear of Spiderweb. Glad to know it isn’t so.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Slothboyadvance Matt Bahr

    I can't believe people are getting so butt hurt over Spoony's opinion over this game. Seriously, of all of the games/movies that Spoony has reviewed, why choose to defend this one?

  • brodkil

    Seriously, THIS game generated THIS many comments? I suppose it's more over Spoony's tit-for-tat with Spike Games, but… seriously, it's not even a good game. Transformers 2 got less attention on this site. Weird world we live in… scary, scary, weird world.

  • http://www.facebook.com/tyler.youngblood1 Tyler Youngblood

    oh god peopel comparing this to bushido blade is making me rage hard….that was my favorite game during my childhood…i pplayed it alot and i loved it soo much….i never owned a 64 and bushido blade is my fucking smash bros lol

    i agree with you people saying its like bushido blade is so wrong….you have a health bar it makes it nothing like fucking bushido blade…..people need to stop compare this crap to bushido blade i just want to nerd rage at these people GRRRRR ><

  • http://www.facebook.com/carl.collier1 Carl Collier

    My god! What is wrong with people! Spoony is pointing out how trite and stupid this game actually is and you all treat him like he just peed on a church! Come on people, seriously? I play Fighting games alot myself and clearly the idjit who said fighting games don't have plot, never took time to play Tekken, Soul Calibur, and even Guilty Gear!

    Spoony, I would LOVE to thank you for pointing out how not to do a game. It's clear that people's standards are very low in regards of games nowadays. Are we so lucid and glazed over that we don't give a crap what games are like anymore? I bet you 20 bucks and one of my vital organs that the complaints the people give are the ones who think Movie-Tie-In games are the best thing since Bushido Blade.

    You my friend, is a great guy, keep up the good work and please, do continue to rip bad games (and IQ dropping TV shows) a new asshole, as they deserve.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Robertson/509527036 Matthew Robertson

    Spoony, I just want to say this, Thank you for sticking to your guns, because as you said, we as gamers deserve better. The idea that a 10 dollar game show have lower expectations in regards to game play is just wrong. Of course we can't expect high end graphics or epic music scores, but being functional should be. I've played 60 dollar games that, despite the price tag, was boring and / or broken as hell.

    Thanks again for keeping your integrity as a reviewer and keep up the fantastic work.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jamison-K-Soto/100000741288308 Jamison K Soto

    Haha, way to go Spoony! Looooved the rage rant at the end of the video, it summed up everything I felt as a gamer for these half assed companies. Company attitudes like spike are exactly the type of irresponsible, lazy, and unforgivable producers that get over with quick cash-ins that follow the golden rule of “hey, it blows inflamed ass,but ya only paid 10 bucks right?

    To release something that you feel isint up to par with other games but make up for such faults by coming out at “bargain price” truly shows that you as a developer/producer have little respect for your costumers and even less respect for yourselves as the titles you hash out are what represent you as the creators.

  • GozarisaGod

    I guess now we know why Spoony doesn't review Wii games… if you think that simple game was bad… oh boy… you ain't seen nothing. I could see Spoony reviewing Monster Hunter Tri… his entire website would crash from the fallout.

  • http://twitter.com/Koda89 Koda Kazar

    I think people are getting butt hurt over Spoony more or less attacking them for liking the game. Like Spoony is saying, “I hated this game, anyone who likes it is wrong and is a stupid, stupid, stupid little person for doing so.”

    He seriously could have left that kind of stuff out of this video.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nick-Ventura/548493407 Nick Ventura

    NICE Spoony you ripped those guys a new a hole LOL

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Skinner/1072283264 Jon Skinner

    That's indeed another killing factor for games, the timeframe. We saw this with KotOR II: The Sith Lords. Normally, this is the issue with producers with it comes to franchise like these. They give a set budget and a set time-frame. But, in a case like this, I can't help but feel the development team was also at fault for wanting to make a game with so much promise (because you have to admit, there are some interesting concepts presented, no matter how horribly executed) knowing it was going to be a budget arcade game. Developers should always strive to work within the means they are given or at least pitch a good enough idea to the people with the money that they can get more money and time to make the best product, because I don't honestly think that nowadays any company WANTS to make a crappy game, it just happens because the game designers don't care enough about the job to pitch for better conditions. They just settle for whatever the producers initially think of, and that does NOT make good game development teams. What does is passion and talent for what you do and the charisma to ask for and get everything you need to make the best product, both for the producers and the consumers, the gamers.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Miller/641707630 Karl Miller

    Yeah, I agree with you 100%, I never bought the game but rather played it over my friend's house, who regretted buying the game. I played the story mode as a few characters for a while, and 3/4's of the time were just one hit kills done by the computers. It's so “rooted in realism” that the fights are over so quickly, that they're more like executions than actual fights, I could go on but that job was already done

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dan-Romanko/100000261774530 Dan Romanko

    Spoony. You are my hero. You tore them a new one. I hate that show and I definitely think I'd hate the game if I played it. It looks funny, but I can imagine FIVE HOURS being a very difficult task.

    You rock man, keep wrecking stupid games and movies.

  • http://twitter.com/naruzap naruzap

    This was even more fun to watch than the review.
    This is my Saturday night.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Spoony is just number one !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=420857 Jeff Gnerre

    Spoony, you are a bad-ass! You're an internet critic, for fuck's sake. This is what you do. People don't HAVE to agree with you and I respect you for not taking shit and for not giving up your position because some whiny douchebags don't agree with you.

    I usually don't agree with you, but I love your vids and I respect your opinion.

    I've never seen the show, but I've played the game. You're completely right. It's a button-masher with outcomes that are luck of the draw. I am shitty at fighter games and I still managed to beat my seasoned gamer brother about 50% of the time.

    Never back down, Spoony! You rock!

  • http://www.facebook.com/ryusuke.gomez Ryusuke Gomez

    mmm the last 3 minutes of this vid was music to my ears.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Filipe-Isabelinho/100000173498272 Filipe Isabelinho

    The price point is bullshit, go to XBLA and search for Small Arms, that game costs 400 MS points (FOUR HUNDERD!).

    This game is basically a SSBB rip-off. BUT it's a fun game! It's probably not as good, but it IS fun AND it has 12 (that's TWELVE!) characters. If you're looking for a fighting game and you haven't played small arms, at least try the demo, you'll see it's way cheaper and way better than Deadliest Warrior.

    Also, after checking Wikipedia, Small arms was made by Gastronaut Studios, an independent game studio comprised of 4 (FOUR!) people. I also wonder what the budget was! This game was also made four years ago and it's WAY WAY better… I keep saying that, I wonder why… (I really don't)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    So baaddddddddddddddddddddddd

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Respect to the Spoonyone

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      Amen to Mr.Spoony

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Indeed

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MPRP7IHDLG4QA77FJMNUFBECB4 IsaacR

    why do i get the feeling that spike games might become the Uwe boll of the gaming industry. they clearly have no respect towards the medium and consumers. its a good thing that spike wont exploit a tax loop hole, at least not to my knowledge.

  • http://twitter.com/TheSlorg Doug Collins

    The argument that a $10 game should be lower quality is completely laughable. Does anybody remember a game on the original Playstation called Katamari Damacy? It debuted at a $20 price tag brand new in an age where games were routinely selling for $50+. It was also a masterpiece. It had simple graphics and virtually mindless gameplay. But it was FUN. Insanely fun. Anyone could pick it up and know how to play within seconds. It sold out its first run entirely. It spawned many sequels on multiple platforms. That is how you make a budget game, Spike Games. Make it fun and success will come.

  • http://twitter.com/nolanmcgarry Kefkaesque

    How weird is it that this is the highest-commented on thing Spoony has ever done, and will soon be in the quadrupedal digits?

  • magicbrother

    just sit back and relax, you got this argument in the bag Spoony.

  • cuthalion04

    Damn Spoony, keep this up and you'll have an army of nerds at your beck and call! Way to stick to your guns man. I've never seen the show, just your review of it and I immediately lost interest in the whole license.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Slothboyadvance Matt Bahr

    Although the only time he said someone was flat out wrong (in both the review and the follow-up) is when someone mentioned the DW game took as much skill as Bushido Blade. Never once did he say he thought anyone was stupid for simply liking the game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

    This is so shameful accusations against Spoony. You make me sick Spike Game even more than the promo of 8 Bits Mickey

  • http://twitter.com/Koda89 Koda Kazar

    Let's not forget the amazing sports game classic ESPN NFL 2K5, it also had a $20 price tag, but was just as good, and in some areas better than, that year's $50 Madden.

  • FartParty

    Hey bro, Small Arms launched at $10. Do your fucking research.

  • http://twitter.com/LikChan Lik Chan

    The real question is: why are people so overly defensive over this game?

  • Anonymous

    I have bought Braid for ten bucks, that game was worth it. I bought world of goo for for $2 in the donation drive where I got five games for ten dollars, all worth it. This is there way of saying “We are small, don’t hate” yet you are in the big boy crowd, trying to sell games that are competing against games like Hydro Thunder, Castlevania HD and of course Limbo. All of these games that were a part of this summer of arcade games are $10-$15 and they are apart of this promotion. They are the black sheep, the second lowest is Castlevania and that didn’t get below a 6. And they shouldn’t insult their potential audience, any developer would tell you this. Especially since you have an audience that isn’t going to buy any more games from them.

  • Anonymous

    I have bought Braid for ten bucks, that game was worth it. I bought world of goo for for $2 in the donation drive where I got five games for ten dollars, all worth it. This is there way of saying “We are small, don’t hate” yet you are in the big boy crowd, trying to sell games that are competing against games like Hydro Thunder, Castlevania HD and of course Limbo. All of these games that were a part of this summer of arcade games are $10-$15 and they are apart of this promotion. They are the black sheep, the second lowest is Castlevania and that didn’t get below a 6. And they shouldn’t insult their potential audience, any developer would tell you this. Especially since you have an audience that isn’t going to buy any more games from them.

  • Anonymous

    The last thing about ‘what to expect when you buy 10 bucks games’ really hit me. I don’t know if the game is shit or not, but it really boils me over to think people can just admit that their game is bad and then paste a 10 dollar tag on it.

    Take a look at Cave Story. Made by one guy with no resources. It’s one of the best freeware games out there and it can actually be categorized as ‘one of the big guys’ when it comes to platform games.
    It is actually really good, and he did it with almost nothing at all.

    If you make something like a fighting game then you should work around your resource problems instead of just releasing a half assed game. And most things spoony mentioned could have been worked on much better (I don’t mean the graphics, loss of fighters etc), with or without the money.

  • Anonymous

    The last thing about ‘what to expect when you buy 10 bucks games’ really hit me. I don’t know if the game is shit or not, but it really boils me over to think people can just admit that their game is bad and then paste a 10 dollar tag on it.

    Take a look at Cave Story. Made by one guy with no resources. It’s one of the best freeware games out there and it can actually be categorized as ‘one of the big guys’ when it comes to platform games.
    It is actually really good, and he did it with almost nothing at all.

    If you make something like a fighting game then you should work around your resource problems instead of just releasing a half assed game. And most things spoony mentioned could have been worked on much better (I don’t mean the graphics, loss of fighters etc), with or without the money.

  • MitchellBandes

    That was well and truly awesome. You really tore 'em a new one.

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    Oh man those people are just the worst kind of people …

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    They are TV Show fans perhap ? Even more defensive than some fans of Twilight I would say ! This is how ridiculous they are right now.

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    Oh please stop with this, my eyes just recover a few hours ago lol. Go Mickey ! anway.

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    Never give up against those bastards !

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Filipe-Isabelinho/100000173498272 Filipe Isabelinho

    I'm Sorry I can't get over this. Who is an enough IDIOT to like this?

    Alright something else I noticed, so this game is “realistic”, ok A-holes, you wanna play that card, the spartan pulls his spear off his dick aparently, that's where he keeps it… if this game is supposed to be “realistic”, the spartan should have his spear held against his back or something, since he's holding a sword in his hand, and who the hell could throw a spear with enough force to penetrate a skull, let alone travel THAT far so quickly??? just try to hold a spear like that in your hand and see if you can throw it with enough force THAT fast.

    This game is FAR from being realistic, it's just as realistic as SSBB and Barney's pink elephant.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    You know somebody's insecure when said somebody sends a message bashing a videogame critic when he does his homework on said product. Spoony's a guy that knows his stuff. Yes, it's his opinion, but his points against the game are valid, albeit in an extremely humorous and exaggerated fashion. That's his schtick, his humor. That's why so many of us enjoy his reviews.

    I'm pretty sure that the developers behind this game just went “ah, screw it, it's attached to Deadliest Warrior.” and threw their hands down. I mean, this is basic of the basic here. No fun, no imagination behind the idea and premise, just a buggy fighting arcade game made to bring money in.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Filipe-Isabelinho/100000173498272 Filipe Isabelinho

    Alright so about this, TODAY you're going to spend some money, would you pay 400 points for small arms or 800 for deadliest warrior?

    Just saying…

  • FartParty

    The development for Katamari was a year and a half, with 8 months of prototyping. A CG design school was used to make all of the objects in the game, just because of a brainstorm that Takahashi had at the time.

    DW? SEVEN FUCKING MONTHS. Also Katamari is a generation old (ps2) and since then the cost for developing a game has increased 5-fold

    • http://twitter.com/TheSlorg Doug Collins

      If you’re not prepared to invest enough in the game you make to ensure it is a quality product, you shouldn’t be making the game at all.

    • http://twitter.com/TheSlorg Doug Collins

      If you’re not prepared to invest enough in the game you make to ensure it is a quality product, you shouldn’t be making the game at all.

  • http://twitter.com/kazenoaiko Laranarch Draconite

    I'm posting this comment as an affirmation to my support of Spoony's valid argument and in distaste towards the attempted belittling in the companie's response.

    I, like Spoony, have studied software engineering and therefore, like Spoony, have a good idea as to what goes into the creation of games like these.

    However, as Skitch pointed out, it is not (entirely) the fault of Spike Games as they were the publishers. The issue lies with the developers; Pipeworks Software.

    Now, according to Wikipedia (I know, but it's based on multiple opinions at least), Pipeworks Software (founded in 1999) is a subsiddary of Foundation 9 Entertainment (I like to spread the shame around) and is responsible for such VG titles as

    Deadliest Warrior: The Game (of course), Monopoly (a video game addaption not the original game), Geo-Storm, Charm Girls Club: Pajama Party, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Merv Griffin's Crosswords, Godzilla: Unleashed, Godzilla: Save the Earth, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, Rampage: Total Destruction, Prince of Persia: Revelations.

    The thing is, this team features programmers from such games as Tribes, and Populous (according to the wiki).

    These guys know how to make games. Sure they've done a few license games in their past but they've at least been involved with some good stuff to.

    Therefore, it is, in my opinion (that's OPINION guys) that Pipeworks should be ashamed of themselves for developing such a shody product (even if … IF they were on a budget and deadline).

    Unfortunately the Pipeworks Software wiki isn't very long and doewsn't shed much more light into the company, and, as you're all getting bored of my rambling, I'll leave it at this.

    Just remember, I have played fighting games coded in flash that were less of a button mash fest and they're free to play.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Schmidt/1043467958 Mike Schmidt

      They really like putting colons in their game titles don’t they?

  • Barask

    Does this mean one always has to be pro at a game, knowing it completely in depth to be able to say it's not good?
    If you're not having fun, it's not good. If you don't like the game you don't want the makers to earn any money or people to waste theirs.

    Spike here, if they are the real ones (are they?) are being so defensive of this. They're giving a cake that's not to Spoony's liking and saying we didn't have money for all the ingredients and Spoony is like this cake still tastes like shit.

    Instead of calling people delusional, tell people what's good about the game. Instead of saying how people are so wrong.

    People that like the game should just play it and tell people why it's good. People that don't like it should tell why it's not, then everyone should just be free to have their opinion whether they want to try it out or not.

  • FartParty

    “who the hell could throw a spear with enough force to penetrate a skull, let alone travel THAT far so quickly??? just try to hold a spear like that in your hand and see if you can throw it with enough force THAT fast.”

    You should probably watch the show dude. I'm pretty sure they explain this stuff. Unless he's holding the sword while he spear chucks, in that case I cede my argument.

    Also, “Who is an enough IDIOT to like this?”
    Probably fans of Bushido Blade, Time Killers, and more than likely fans of the show?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Manuel-Aduna/1712179998 Manuel Aduna

    This response just made my day XD.. honestly, let's all face it, Spyke Games made shitty one, they don't have any right to complain about it, do they? If they think this game is good, then they obviously have bad taste!

    Kudos to you SpoonyOne

  • FartParty

    yea, people on the internet with opinions are fucking stupid.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QK7HZJJHTRVNA7AILC4BCZKJ4E Ryo

      You are on the internet posting your opinion…therefore, by your argument, you are fucking stupid.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QK7HZJJHTRVNA7AILC4BCZKJ4E Ryo

      You are on the internet posting your opinion…therefore, by your argument, you are fucking stupid.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    The point of my comment was that the fault, for me, lays mostly with the publisher, not the developer, dude.

    I've talked with developers who are independent, but frequently are contracted to work on licensed games. They have little creative, financial, or scheduling control over what happens, and often have projects cut short before they are properly and fully developed.

    Pipeworks, for me, shouldn't be ashamed…they just are getting dealt bad cards repeatedly with these crappy licensed projects, and the people in charge of the project are primarily at fault for the most part, with Pipeworks being at a much smaller level of fault.

    That's just me, though, but I'm relatively Developer-centric in my thought processes.

  • FartParty

    I don't think it's being defensive over the game so much as it was a shitty “review” done for the sole purpose of knocking the game.

  • spectervonbaren

    I can't believe someone tried to defend this piece of crap.

  • Skolex

    We all need to be more like Spoony, stick to our guns and don't take shit from developers/publishers/whomever thinks they can crank out overpriced shit or push “budget titles” down our throats and tell us we're getting less quality for less money.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ryusuke.gomez Ryusuke Gomez

    its good to have dreams.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_M67XZRLET2TT42NBQFHWYECAT4 Wilson

    FartParty- FOR FUCK'S SAKE STOP DEFENDING IT. Spoony does these for laughs, so yes it was “for the sole purpose of knocking the game,” but that doesn't mean the game really isn't terrible! You don't see him doing reviews of GOOD games do you? The game is a broken, glitchy piece of trash, and I don't see why it angers you so much when someone does an entertaining video talking about how bad it really is! The game isn't like Bushido Blade, because it doesn't fucking work like Bushido Blade DID.

    • http://twitter.com/Koda89 Koda Kazar

      He reviewed Final Fantasy X, a really good game, so yes, it seems he just reviews and rips things, “for the lulz” as some would put it.

  • sifer2

    Damn I think they made him mad. Raging over not saying his name with capital letter haha.

    But yeah this isn't the first time I have seen small developers try to defend themselves saying its a low budget an they can't help it. I have even seen some of them pull the “If you can make a better game then do it” argument. If my Doctor messes up I would hope he wont tell me hey man sorry I left my scissors in your stomach but hey if you can do better by all means. lol

    Honestly Spoony is right an this game is probably pretty bad. But I think he should relax an not worry so much about what they are saying. If you had the made the game you would probably defend it too even if you know it sucks deep down.

  • http://twitter.com/kazenoaiko Laranarch Draconite

    Good point.

    I must say that I like to be open minded but that does not mean to say I'll take bullshit excuses such as Spike Games'. I would have continued to talk about them aswell but I didn't want to waste time and space.

    I didn't mean to make it seem like I was after the developers alone. I was more hoping to ofer my opinion on the operation as a whole. I failed to do so and I appologise.

    When I said they should be ashamed I meant it in the manner that they should be ashamed that they allowed the publisher to push them to make the game on budget not that they should be ashamed as a company.

    Again I appologise for not articulating the matter correctly.

  • escushion

    Love y

  • escushion

    Haha, love ya, Spoonman. (Plus fiancee too.)

    I wanna know your picks for better X-box Live Arcade choices by indie game developers for the same price or less. I know they exist; but I wanna open it up like you threatened in the video. Tell them what's what.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    wow never thought someone could be a idiot for likeing a game and its not like the game is getting 2's all over the place hell even ign gave it 7 out of 10. Which means yea your going to like it or not. Its not hardcore fact that the game sucks which everyone on this bord seems to think. People on the bord is like “argh spike is evil for making such al shitty game you go spoony” only problem with that is not factual just opinionated. Now go and bash me and say spoony is god and so forth.

    • http://twitter.com/twistedpuppet Twisted Puppet

      Let me just beat the dead horse some more and reiterate a point I made in another thread. “You get what you paid for,” is not a valid reply to a review. It is both childish and unprofessional. Spike Games’s rebuttal to Spoony’s review was tactless to the point of being out of line.

  • http://twitter.com/ThyGoddess Michelle

    It was a shitty game. Of course the purpose of the review was to say how shitty it is. What did you expect? Giving it a gold award for “Thanks for trying”?

    There was no need to spend more than 5 minutes on that piece of crap. Even that was too long.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Filipe-Isabelinho/100000173498272 Filipe Isabelinho

    Do they also explain how the Spartans have developed such advanced technological spears that they materialize it from thin air? For a game that prides itself on realism, it's not very realistic.

    If you watch the Olympic games, spear tossing event, not only do they get a running start, but they also have their backs hunched back ad throw that thing with such force their faces almost hit the ground, even saw some who had to break their fall with their hands after the throw. Now this is a much shorter distance sure, so the running start is no necessary, the only thing the Spartan does is reach for his crotch where a spear materializes then throw it with his arm alone, he doesn't even bring it back so as to gain momentum. throwing a spear like that, would never EVER go that far, much less have force to penetrate a skull.

    Also, being historically accurate, Spartan spears were around 2.1~2.7 meters, that's a HUGE fuckin spear and is too big to be considered a throwing weapon. What he throws in this game is more like a Javelin, which I've never EVER read about being related to the Spartans.

  • Emperor_Z

    I… I enjoyed the game *Flees*

  • http://twitter.com/matt_recneps Matt Spencer

    Spike Games needs to get out of the games industry right now. Not because of the Deadliest Warrior game, but because of how they're responding to criticism of it. Once you start attacking critics for not liking your game, you might as well get the hell out while you can, because you're not going to make it in the gaming industry (or any other industry for that matter).

    But to be fair to the game, it is an interesting – if poorly executed concept. I'll even throw out a suggestion for DLC. Two new warriors:

    Max Geiger vs. A Real Scientist

    Max Geiger's weapons:
    Short: Uninformed commentary
    Medium: Inconsistent testing
    Long: An Excel spreadsh–err, I mean a “highly advanced computer simulation”
    Special: No fashion sense

    Real Scientist's weapons:
    Short: Scientific method
    Medium: Common sense
    Long: Logic
    Special: %&$#ING SCIENCE!!!!

    Knowing the show, Max would win because his testing methods would give the scientist an aneurysm.

    That's not to say that the show isn't entertaining, it is. It's just that their testing methods are less scientific than what you would typically find at a high school science fair. If the hosts just kept their gobs shut most of the time, the researchers actually took their jobs seriously, and they had a little bit of consistency in their testing, the show would be awesome. As it stands, it's only entertaining to watch various weapons being tested on dummies and animal carcasses.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chase-Smith/632550984 Chase Smith

    Ultimate win!!!!!!!!!!

    • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

      Instant win FTW.

    • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

      Instant win FTW.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA yahoo-6OIQSBCI6AUDKRCQXW4DYCRFEA

    FUCK YOU dont u even dare to compare DW with bushido blade!!!!!! i dont care if u like the game or not but this game IS FAR FAR WORST TAN THE BUSHIDO BLADE GAMES!!!!

    1.- bad movement and control of the characters
    2.- DW dont have de diferentes skill positions for search the weak point of the enemy in their guards
    3.- The attacks of the characters are repetitive and dont make any strategy more than press the button until the other guy die (ps: DASH IS NOT A REAlISTIC COMBAT STRATEGY)
    4.- this game is boooring as hell

    • Anonymous

      He… he just said that. The Spoony One just said that.

    • Anonymous

      He… he just said that. The Spoony One just said that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chase-Smith/632550984 Chase Smith

    That's cool.

    At least you didn't fling any poo. That puts you head and shoulders about ALL the guys who liked the game before you.

    :)

  • http://twitter.com/unrulydagger Ben Randall

    I guess this is one less person i have to follow now. I'm not going to continue watching someones videos who called me an idiot for liking a game. It's one thing to dislike a game, It's another to insult everyone who enjoyed it. Fucking dick.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Djordje-Cerovic/1258520062 Djordje Cerovic

      Man, don’t assume you know everything. Maybe you are an idiot. Maybe you like the game because you haven’t played anything better, maybe your taste in gaming sucks, maybe you just got along with what someone else said (peer pressure?), and have no real opinion of your own, maybe you liked the show so much, you can’t admit to yourself that the game is terrible … All in all, you should not bitch and moan about someone calling you an idiot. You should ask yourself why did he call you an idiot. If its not based on anything, then ok, he’s a dick. But if he’s got a point (like Spoony does here), you should probably do some thinking ….

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chase-Smith/632550984 Chase Smith

    Naw. I'll just bash you for your shitty spelling and grammar. ;)

    Just kiddin'.

    Though I don't recall Spoony saying that if you like this game, you're an idiot.

    And yes, different reviewers have different opinions. Makes sense, right?

    Once again: OPINION OPINION OPINION!!!! That's all that was. Jesus…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sebastian-Proano/610127942 Sebastian Proaño

    Not because you like something, that instantly makes it good. Not because you dislike something, that makes it instantly bad, and vice versa.

    I don't like “The Sound of Music” or “Gone with the Wind”, but I can understand why are considered great movies.

    I like the “Star Wars” prequels or “The Matrix” sequels, but I do understand why are considered bad movies.

    The point is, while the taste is a subjective matter, quality isn't so. I don't like shooters that much, but I understand why some shooters are good and others bad.

    Yeah, if the game is poorly balanced, poorly coded and overall it doesn't feel great, it doesn't matter if somebody is somebody understands or not, there will not be that much of enjoyment.

    Hell, my brother HATES fighting games, and he understands why Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat are great fighting games.

    I love the Raw vs Smackdown franchise, but I understand that those games have tons of flaws.

    Finally, the “criticism is useless” attitude is bullshit.

    Yes, nobody should tell you what to watch or what to like, but entertainment media can display objective flaws and strenghts that can be measured until certain point.

    You like crappy shit? Hey, it´s your taste. Crom knows that I love a lot of shitty movies and TV shows. But I'm not pretending that they are high quality stuff when they're not.

  • http://twitter.com/matt_recneps Matt Spencer

    So you watched him up to this point? Even when he was insulting everyone who enjoyed Final Fantasy VIII? And Final Fantasy X? And Twilight?

    Well, good to see you have standards.

  • http://twitter.com/all_your_games All Your Games

    As far as I know,

    Uplink made by Introversion Software back at 2001 with only 3 Devs made a better game worth 10$.
    Shame on you Spike.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    I'm the same way with certain RPG's and movies like the Phantom…I know it's a stupid film but I enjoy it and the character's stories anyways.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    No one here is saying DW is art of gaming,but its still a decent-good game to some even some sites liek IGN. Yes it has flaws. I can clearly sees it lacks polish,but that doesint bring it automaticaly to a 2 out of 10. There are things that are cleary god awful,but this just isint one of them.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SAJ6YRWZA7CDFU4GP75D6BJRRA Topher

    lol @ SPIKE Games trying to play the “poor independent developer” card. Their very NAME contradicts that claim, because what, an entire fucking television network owned by fucking MTV can't put a little more than a few thousand bucks into the development of one of their shittiest shows? Screw Spike Games and screw them for actually trying to convince people that their game ISN'T a pile of shit with their response.

  • ORCACommander

    ctl+f to find a comment Spooney!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-Masterson/100000678333974 Jacob Masterson

    I thought spike was entertainment for men? Seems like their game company is getting temps from Lifetime or something lol.

  • http://twitter.com/startiller startiller

    Lol this is an interesting moment.

  • http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

    IGN uses the 4 point scale. Everything's rated 7, 8, 9, or 10. For it to have gotten a 7 there means it's bad. Really bad. About 5 years ago, 7 would have been good. Now, in order to get lower than that there, you need to have actual gamebreaking/crashing bugs. It's like newgrounds, but if people could spell. Personally, I prefer AngryJoe's scale, where a 5 is average for real, and this game does not even make average. This IS a “stay away” game. There are games that are better value in the same genre, and there are cheaper games that deserve your attention and gaming dollars more.

  • Parnage

    You know what's sad? In all seriousness the idea behind a Deadliest Warrior game is actually I think a good idea! Like the whole concept of a fighter with realistic or at least qusi realistic design about ninja,pirates,samurai's and etc. That's actually a good idea! The sad thing is the idea isn't terrible! Spike games don't bs us! You deserve to be picked on for this terrible game! Thanks for ruining a good concept! I gotta agree with Spoony completely on this one if you couldn't be bothered to make a game you felt was good, DON'T FRELLING RELEASE IT!.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sebastian-Proano/610127942 Sebastian Proaño

    I respectfully disagree.

    A dude of mine downloaded it because he has the compulsive need of have EVERY.SINGLE.FIGHTING.GAME.EVER, and I have to tell you, it is by far one of the worst fighting games that I ever played. And I'm a total nerd for fighting games.

    It´s poorly balanced, the controls feel like walking on mud, and hit detection feels totally random.

    And I have to tell you, it felt like many things, but realistic ain't one of them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/pat4luigi16 Patrick McCollum

    I would love to know who complained about BlazBlue only having 12 characters. Not only was the fighting good, each character was actually different. Hell, the fighting isn't the selling point, the Story Mode is. I don't know any other fighting game that had a good story, or a story at all.

    I would also love to know who said when was story mode needed in a fighting game. Must be one of those types of players who disregard any campaign or story mode of any game and go right into the multiplayer mode. I don't respect those types of players.

    Spike Games are being really immature about this. I am just…astounded by the “it's not our fault that you are delusional” sentence. That is pure BS coming out of their mouths which makes me not want to even look at a game made by them. Of course, I would never want to anyway because I think Spike, in general, sucks.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SAJ6YRWZA7CDFU4GP75D6BJRRA Topher

    Look for a game on IGN that DOESN'T have a 7 or higher.

    7 is the lowest score IGN gives unless a game is actually legitimately unplayable

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sebastian-Proano/610127942 Sebastian Proaño

    Well, for all the shitty remakes and reboots around, I would fully support a Phantom 2040 movie. Loved that show.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    Yes thats why under 7 it says “decent” they have a score which means bad,but I didint see it there. Also the reviewer speaked his mind about the game adn wasint like “THIS IS AWFUL STAY AWAY!!!” So yea.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    Idk the controls didint feel like that to me at all.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    Well, opinion is fine and dandy, but when the company feels the need to point out a lone critic that made a humorous review on a $10 downloadable game. That game just happened to be tied in with a somewhat known and popular franchise and then they make absurd claims that he didn't give the game a chance and that, to me, reeks of insecurity, unprofessionalism and juvenile behavior.

    I'm all for opinion. That's what the internet is for. Well, that and porn, but that's besides the point. Spoony just gave his exaggerated point of view on this game. He did the same to other popular videogame/movie franchises as well.

  • http://twitter.com/SecretAgentMrX Matt Malone

    I thought your first review was pretty self explanatory. Hell, you could have just released the video without any commentary whatsoever and I'm sure most people could see how shitty the game was.

    Keep on truckin' Spoony

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Wolf-Mathwig/100000712899568 Wolf Mathwig

    Uplink is indeed great!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JQIR7A32BJPMR4OP7OQLLTWT2U stacie

    go spoony i hate Deadliest Warrior when it comes on tv i think to myself im glad here in uk we try and make good factual programmes with peaople who know what they are talking about not like this rubbish show.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Pounds/568482150 Robert Pounds

    Wow Spoony keep up the work and sticking to your guns.

    I went and downloaded the trial and played with my brother, we immediately turned it off and went and play Bushido Blade because its fucking epic.

    Can't wait to see more.

  • http://twitter.com/Baronvladdy Ben Freeman

    I take exception to being lumped in with the “stoner potheads” you believe are the target audience for this game. As a proud and frequent smoker I look for quality games to enjoy while I am blazed, and Ultimate Warrior is not one of those. Please don't discriminate against potheads, Spoony, we don't all like Spike TV.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Im still stunned.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    lol. Oh 90s cartoons, where are they when we need them most?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cody-Kluesner/1581823416 Cody Kluesner

    Played the game didn't buy it. friend did. all you say is true. but the idea for the show is good. THE IDEA. What is your problem with the show? at the end of the video you made it sound like the devils yellow shit storms was more fun to watch then this. That would more fun to see.

  • godofplague

    Heck for 10 bucks pick up Dead or Alive 2 or 3 or if you want realism Dead or Alive 1 remastered for the ps2 to include better graphics and online play than this game. I gaurentee you'll have a better time. My sister who hates fighters even enjoyed those games

  • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

    go spoony i hate Deadliest Warrior when it comes on tv i think to myself im glad here in uk we try and make good factual programmes with peaople who know what they are talking about not like this rubbish show.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_67SK6E36NSETO6MUL4YMXXVU3Q Alan

    I guess the gaming well is so dry this summer, that even Deadliest Warrior would seem somewhat palatable to some…still, some of you who try to counter argue with Noah just seem to be reaching and a bit desperate. True Spoony is tough on movies and games in general, but the guy backs up his points very well. Now Zero Punctuation on the other hand…

  • http://www.deviantart.com/chibigingi ChibiGingi

    Wow, Spike TV actually got butthurt over criticism? They should be happy anyone even downloaded that POS at all… much less feel the need to even speak about it. Go get 'em, Spoony! The show itself is nothing more than a verses thread brought to life, with 'real' experts, anyway… (Though I was totally marking out when the Buddhist/Shaolin Monk beat the Maui Warrior… but that's because the expert for the Maui warrior was an arrogant bumhole…).

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    Well, I think he explained that the testing for discovering the deadliest warrior is very inconsistent. Either it's the weapon of choice, the style in which a weapon is used or the user of the weapon that determines “deadliest.” The people on the show use the wrong type of tests, is kind of what I'm trying to say.

  • TommyWoodMoncton

    The Deadliest Warrior TV show is already losing steam and it is only in its second season. Week after week we see the same three guys test out repetitive weapons in repetitive tests… Because they focus almost exclusively on testing weapons and seemingly ignore other areas of combat (with few exceptions), the creators of the show have doomed it to have a limited shelf life. This pains me to say as I actually found myself watching it nearly religiously in its first season. However, this is only season two and they are not showing me anything i haven't already seen before.

    The creators of the show are not dumb enough to realize that their product was getting stale and the public would eventually get wise to this. For this reason, they have begun to cash in on the fad by churning out low quality merchandise (and video games) in order to piggyback on the show's popularity.

    The video game of the deadliest warrior does not impress on its own merits. If the game was launched on its own and had no affiliation to the TV show, it would not be note worthy. The controls are stiff and awkward, the game play is not really memorable, and the graphics are average. What really bothered me about the game play is that the developers seemed to sacrifice “fun and strategic” game play for a mindless button smashing slash fest. As a gamer, i found this kind of insulting.

    All in all, i wouldn't say that this is one of the worst games ever, and i wont even say that i was disappointed by it. I wouldn't say this because i really did not expect anything from the game. The TV show is obviously a flash in the pan, and any smart company would try to cash in on the shows popularity by offering cheap merchandise to kids who really don't know any better yet. They made their money by cutting back on all possible costs to keep their cost of production down, and sold the game “en-mass” at a price which is reasonable for their target audience….

    Smart business move by Spike Games, kinda sucks for the savvy consumer.

    BTW Spoony, you are being trolled by Spike Games. They have a media relations department who are paid to discredit any kind of public media that runs their game into the ground. You will notice that almost every one of the quotes that you listed underneath your video applied the same strategy: Discredit the source of the criticism (you), spin the criticism so that it works in favor of a promoted strength of the product (EX: the super awesome realism of the video game, or the easily affordable price point) … Public relations 101. :)

    T.

  • http://twitter.com/carla_merguez Carla Merguez

    lol

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/SH7TFFKSIBPEI57B66NPP4BYP4 Rob

    so the wee baby chuckled and giggled whilst the reviewer pointed out the stupidity of final fantasy VIII and X. but the minute his own taste was called into question, the baby bitched and moaned and called foul. its always better to watch others suffer huh?

  • http://twitter.com/twistedpuppet Twisted Puppet

    No, no. You have to flee in a rage. Then it sounds cooler. :D

  • http://twitter.com/carla_merguez Carla Merguez

    GOD DAMN !

  • http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

    You're not familiar with IGN, are you? That, or you didn't actually read what I wrote. IGN doesn't hand out scores below 7 any more (unless a game is blatantly broken), it's bad for business. Everything rated 7 gets “decent.” Every number on their scale has an associated word. Spike Games is owned by Spike TV, which is under MTV. That's a lot of money to piss off by being honest. To actually get a 7 on IGN is about as harsh as an indictment as they're possible of handing out in that circumstance. I dare you to go through their review archive for the past 2 or 3 years, and find a game rated below 7 that comes from a company that has money somewhere behind it. I'm willing to bet that YOU WON'T FIND IT.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    Dude, you are now my gaming/media politics hero. Two thumbs up!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

      Spoony is my hero too.

      • http://twitter.com/camcam666 Camille Miché

        Same here

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

          En effet.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Spoony for president of the WORLD !

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Spoony for president of the WORLD !

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Spoony for president of the WORLD !

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

          En effet.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

          I am stunned by this stupidity from Spike TV.

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          U got that right.

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          U got that right.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Schweitzer/100000528408858 Peter Schweitzer

    Whoo! Yeah, Spoony! Way to tell those guys at Spike Games off!

  • GamerKT

    Still not gonna respect you. It's DEADLIEST, not ULTIMATE. good job defending your “lifestyle.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/scott.birney Scott Reed Birney

    He actually made an entire review video with his brother, Miles, covering why he hated Deadliest Warrior. You can find it in the videos section.

  • EatTheHumans

    GADZOOKS! A horde of Butt-hurt Trolls!

    QUICK! EVERYBODY ROLL FOR INITIATIVE! LAST ONE TO VALHALLA GETS THE DRINKS IN! SPPPPPOOOOOOONNNNNN!!!

    Seriously these dorks are upset over this game?

    To be honest I've never given Spike TV much credence from what little I've seen online. I mean what can you say about a channel that lets a golden idea like Battle-Pope die in the dust?

  • FartParty

    “Wow, Spike TV actually got butthurt over criticism? “

    To be fair, Spoony got SO butthurt over criticism that he made a 20+ min video and accompanying blog response to it. Whereas they made what a three paragraph reply? it's pretty obvious who the bigger babby is.

  • http://twitter.com/Kelemvorr Renan Dembogurski

    The game sucks ALOT, you can pay 10 bucks on an iPhone game and have way more fun that playing this horrible game or pay the same amount for a MMO that simulates reality for a month of entertainment not 5 minutes, heck even a Pay-Per-View MMA fight (which is real life) would beat by far this game. Don't try to blame the retail price for a lame game, this is how people manage to screw up most gaming franchises. Bottom-line if you don't know how to do it right, don't do it or at least respect criticism.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    You have any hardcore proof that only a broken game gets a 6. iv been going to the site for a while and I hear the podcast and they explain the rating system and how it works and I never heard of this assumption your making. Again theres no hardcore proof behind what you are saying you. Isint capcom a big gaming company and didint they make dark void and didint it get a 5.0 on ign? Let me guess company isint big enough in your eyes. Well in gaming it is and thats we are talking about gaming.

    • Anonymous

      Dont be mad because you wasted your money on this crap game. I know it sucks, you know it sucks, Spoony knows it sucks. Everyone here knows it sucks! Just because you bought it and are in denial doesnt mean you can pretend its good so you dont feel like you wasted your money. Hell, Spike Games themselves said it sucks! What are you arguing for?

      • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

        Lets see spoony says it sucks and this is spoony sites which equals spoony fans so yea. No one is mad here. When something I buy sucks I admit it like sonic unleashed. Just cause spoony says it doesint make it law its just one man and his opinion. Nothing more nothing less.

        • http://overlord-kay.deviantart.com/ Kaithan

          Yes, clearly it’s only bad because Spoony says so, and not because it’s actually bad.

          Since when did TheSpoonyExperiment become a hive-mind?

          Answer: it didn’t. Just because you are of the minority which thinks a game is good does not mean that the majority that realize it isn’t are somehow hate-filled zombies.

          • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

            See you use the word actually. Please just ya know clam your thought as an opinion not fact like I have. Just like spoony its not a fact its his opinion. I have seen sites that have given it 6 and up which in spoony opinoin is to high it seems and hey thats fine. The problem I have is that the way he comes off it seems he declares his opinoin as fact which is anoying and pretty stupid.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thumby-Right/100001141537261 Thumby Right

            dude do you even have any idea what fighting games that are free that have more fighters more complex strategies are more realistic than this fucking game? you know what look up toribash right now and come back to me saying that DW is even worth a cent.

          • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

            All I saw was balls fighting. I dont get it. Looked pretty boring to me.

          • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

            Samuel Samuel Samuel … you are just been rude and delusional like Spike TV, calm down no need to insult the world to satisfy your trolliness come on.

          • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

            Samuel Samuel Samuel … you are just been rude and delusional like Spike TV, calm down no need to insult the world to satisfy your trolliness come on.

      • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

  • Tmpp

    Yah, cause the bigger person is the one who quits first, right? No. If you don't retaliate when you're being put down, you're a pussy. I hope Spike Games doesn't behave like a pussy and backs their game up at least a little.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Julien-Grenon/1016044526 Julien Grenon

    High-Five, Spoony One.

    Last and only time I heard about a studio reacting so unprofessionally to a negative review,
    it was Tommy Wiseau's company over NC's The Room review.

    I'm just a 2nd year 3D animation student, and I REALLY could have done better models for every character in under a month, by myself, even though I'm really not all that good or fast.

    Oh and by the way… what's the point of having a versus screen, battle intros, and victory stances for characters when the fights are 5-10 seconds long. CONTENT! XD

  • FartParty

    “No. If you don't retaliate when you're being put down” This mindset is how wars get started. So, by your standards I should insult the crap out of you?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    Well, it's kind of fandom mentality. There are groups of people that are very much into the things they like: be it comics, manga/anime, movies, books, TV-shows, etc. and they garner cult followings. These people respond with hostility to anything that makes light of their fandom which they place on a pedastal. I read comics, I watch weird movies. Hell, I love Star Trek and anybody who's anybody knows how campy/poor quality that can be and I can recognize that.

    I'm just saying that Spoony gave his twisted exaggerated point of view in a hilarious review of, let's be honest, a poorly made adaptation to a franchise. People can still enjoy something that's poor quality and laugh at themselves.

    • Anonymous

      Oh I know it’s one of the less likeable aspects of Fandom. It just makes me laugh when certain fandoms are poked and they react like a snapping turtle, I honestly can’t see what the point of trolling spoony to this extent is going to be.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-Schaffer/1809423309 Jacob Schaffer

    Man, some of those people are retarded. Who cares if the game is sort of realistic? If Mario was a realistic game, he could only jump a foot into the air, when hitting coin blocks he would probably suffer a major concussion, and once he dies, he doesn't come back.

    You can't account realism as a good gameplay feature in a damn fighting game. Besides, why would I pay $10 for this crap when I can get something better for even less? Hell, I think buying shit for my avatar is worth more than this game, because at least that shit functions right. Crap games are crap, and you can't throw out some bullshit excuse like “the game is realistic” to undermine that fact.

  • Nagai

    I would personally like to thank you, Spoony for informing me not to get this game. I have never seen the show and I'll keep it that way, but looking at the game review it didn't took me long to see that it is a game that isn't worth 10$. I wouldn't even get the game if it was available for absolutely NOTHING. It's just sad that people make crappy games just for the sake of money and not entertainment. Capcom have always worked hard and given us great fighting games, you would think that anyone who have played any of the street fighter games or any other fighting for that matter would know how these games played before developing a shitty game based on a crappy Tv-show. Hopefully Spike Games won't make any more of these crappy games ( Wont' happen but you can always hope) I just want to say: Keep up the great work Spoony! I will be looking forward to your next video.

  • Nagai

    I would personally like to thank you, Spoony for informing me not to get this game. I have never seen the show and I'll keep it that way, but looking at the game review it didn't took me long to see that it is a game that isn't worth 10$. I wouldn't even get the game if it was available for absolutely NOTHING. It's just sad that people make crappy games just for the sake of money and not entertainment. Capcom have always worked hard and given us great fighting games, you would think that anyone who have played any of the street fighter games or any other fighting for that matter would know how these games played before developing a shitty game based on a crappy Tv-show. Hopefully Spike Games won't make any more of these crappy games ( Wont' happen but you can always hope) I just want to say: Keep up the great work Spoony! I will be looking forward to your next video.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_F3SJYJUTG3BEA7KM5ITW6YZZVI CW

    Thing is, Spoony isn't downright insulting Spike Games, he is actually putting valid points into his arguments.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

    XBLA is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes.

    Someone had to say it.

    Anyway, Spoony said it, but I'll say it again. What do we expect from a 10-dollar game? Quality, of course; something we expect from EVERY game. We may not always get it, but that doesn't mean developers should expect us to forgive them for releasing shit. This game had about two hours of playtime for ten bucks. Sure, maybe that's worth a rental for about five, but for less than ten bucks you could go see Inception or the Expendables. You assholes should stop defending the game because you blew ten fuckin' bucks and want to justify your poorly-chosen buy. Just admit that the game isn't that good and could be tons better even for the ten dollar price tag. In fact, for a ten dollar price tag, I could have bought the Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition over Xbox Live and reveled in a classic, awesome and fun, albeit a tad difficult thirteen-year-old game that outshines one that came out last month. Oh wait, I already have bought that game, and I've been playing it for about thirteen fuckin' years! That's how kickass the game is, although I may be biased from nostalgia.

    How about for a ten dollar price tag you could buy Doom AND Wolfenstein 3D, games that have been out for TWENTY YEARS!

    If you like the game so much, let me ask you a question: when did you last play it? Odds are, once you bought it and never again since.

  • http://www.facebook.com/robert.berens Robert Berens

    lol i find it funny more people are but hurt because Spoon says this game sucks, and theyre still letting him get away with final fantasy XD much love spoony

  • Boosterseat

    What astounded me was that they expected this to be innovative and exciting. YEAH! A NINJA VERSUS A VIKING! SO UNREAL! How the hell does that top a ninja bear fighting a buffed-up, angry Mexican? Or even a sumo wrestler having a beat down with a yoga master?
    This is like taking fighting games back to a basic premise in which none of the fighters have any character or anything interesting about them.
    Plus, they aren't trying to make it realistic according to history, but to movie dramatizations (Ninjas performing triple dismemberment? What the hell?). A realistic death match would be way shorter than anything that could be entertaining. Gamers with no experience with real-life violence or injuries don't realize that getting hit with a deadly weapon anywhere besides the head or heart is still seriously detrimental to your ability to fight. A real one-on-one fight with axes and swords would end in seconds, with one person unhurt and the other on the ground trying to hold his guts in. That is not entertaining in a video game unless you are a weird sadist. In other words, trying to pass off any no-holds-barred fighting game as realistic AND entertaining is ridiculous.

    Besides the premise being lame for a fighting game in this day and age, I would have forgiven them for at least making a game if they were able to accept criticism for their work. Games are made for their audience. If the we don't like them, it's not our fault.

    As for failing to capitalize the name of your alias. I thought at first that it was a bit silly for you to be mad about that, Spoony. Then I figured that they would probably call you puerile or conceited if you spelled their name as “spike games.” They seem to think highly of themselves.

  • http://twitter.com/Sheeyah0 Scott Graning

    Actually, I can find free iphone app games that are a fun diversion.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Raizoku/710678347 Matthew Raizoku

    You tell them Spoony, great followup!

  • http://Xaotikdesigns.com Adam

    So the game was only $10, which means that it has to be bad. That confuses me, as I think I only paid $10 for portal. And Plants Vs. Zombies was pretty cheap. I got a ton of games on live arcade that were really cheap too. Price doesn't mean that a game is going to be bad. That's a shitty excuse for a shitty game…

  • http://twitter.com/JdanielPurcell J. Daniel Purcell

    Wow, i cannot believe how much flak you're catching for that review. Honesty has proven itself to be the best (and often times the most brutal) policy, and what does the company do after hearing your review? They cry.

    Welcome to reality Spike Games.

  • Dothre

    ya know i wonder if the people hating on spoony for this one would mind giving me their ages if they are actually versed adults and are reasonably intelligent i will try and see this game from their point of view but if they are as i suspect the underaged teen group that i think they are then i shall instead warn them that they have more important things to worry about such as getting their asses out of high school instead of sitting at home raging for hours on end just because someone insulted something they like. ps spoony? MORE FINAL FANTASY X REVIEW!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

    You know, Spoony, I'd like to see more angry rants from you. I'd like to see you a bit more angry and against the wall than you've been recently, on the offense on shitty shit rather than on the defense.

  • http://twitter.com/Sheeyah0 Scott Graning

    It could've easily been fun by having a very traditional fighting game where you just beat the crap out of each other. They shouldn't have gone for realism. Heck, much of entertainment isn't realistic. Wrestling's not completely realistic, action movies aren't completely realistic, so why do we need to have it be realistic? It doesn't make the other mediums unentertaining (even if other aspects make it so). We go our whole lives dealing with things that aren't real. We tell our kids about imaginary beings like Santa and the Tooth Fairy; Dora talks to a monkey, a map and her backpack; and we read stories about people with superpowers. None of that is realistic, but we still enjoy it. Oh, and you can get PLENTY of games for $10 or less that are at least entertaining.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Schmidt/1043467958 Mike Schmidt

    I'm personally enjoying this “event” here. Spoony has needed this kind of publicity for a while now. Sure he's got his core following, and a large one at that, but this'll be his first video with over 1000 comments (I think). Way to go Spoony! Keep on insulting fanboys ride their waves of tears to fame!

  • http://twitter.com/hinakiba777 Holly Pringle

    I agree with CW on this.

    Spoony reviewed the game after putting a sold amount of time (5 hours) into playing it. He didn't say anything baseless, he had reasons for every criticism. Spike then responded with their commentary, and Spoony felt the need to respond.

    Besides, Spike did do their best to discredit Spoony's validity as a reviewer, which really needed to be addressed.

  • http://twitter.com/FajitaBuster Jacob Kerkering

    I think the show is good as long as you don't take it seriously at all. The way they determine the deadliest warrior makes absolutely no sense, but that's why it's on Spike and not Discovery. You watch the show to see pig torsos explode in lots of different ways and that's what you get. That being said, the demo for this game was hilariously bad when I was playing it with my friend, and Spike Games are being really unprofessional. This isn't exactly the only bad review out there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Phil-Minott/1724831167 Phil Minott

    OK whoever the fuck compared this shit fest to Blazblue or Bushido Blade need to be slapped. the two games in question require skill and talent. is about not a game, this is a waist of polygons. Leave Snoopy be in the long run this is not the worst thing that could happen. Spike is big enough that they don't really need to worry about little reviewers like us and serenely don't need even smaller guy defending it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dimitri-Konobeev/100000993782947 Dimitri Konobeev

    Know what would make Deadliest Warriors more unplayable? Playing people online that hacked there characters to automatically one hit KO. with such shitty coding its probably possible.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Castro/100001183522218 Derek Castro

    I can believe spike is pulling this crap they say there a small studio and that don,t have much money Hmm last i herd spike is a vary rich company they just did not have a lot of faith in this game to put a few more bucks in the development of this crap. Sponny 1 spike 0
    SCORE

  • masterbkke

    Is there even an argument here. The game sucks period. A bunch of highschool level programmers shouldn't have even attempted to make a fighting game. Hint: Fighting games are hard to make. Spike games, your programming skills are too amateur to make fighting games. Leave fighting games to the pros please.

  • masterbkke

    Is there even an argument here. The game sucks period. A bunch of highschool level programmers shouldn't have even attempted to make a fighting game. Hint: Fighting games are hard to make. Spike games, your programming skills are too amateur to make fighting games. Leave fighting games to the pros please.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Schmidt/1043467958 Mike Schmidt

    Ninjas were mostly peasants armed and trained with the weapons available to the peasant class.. farm implements mostly. This Hollywood stereotype of the ninja (their existence alone being debatable among scholars) being more than a lightly trained peasant thug who tries to kill people without attracting too much attention is absolutely moronic and continues to be perpetuated by games like this that tout “realism”. Yeah right… read a history book Spike.

  • bobbyman

    I rarely post, but felt compelled to in this case. spoony, you need to settle down tough guy. Getting pissy because Spike Games didn't capitalize your name is pretty whiny bro. Also, I like watching your videos because I think it's funny the way you talk smack; not because I really value your opinion. Telling Spike to remember your name because people listen to what you have to say is pretty self-aggrandizing.

    I guess at the end of the day, I'm trying to tell you that you should probably stay in your lane. I can't speak for anyone else here, but you getting all pissy makes me not want to visit your site anymore.

    Btw, I'm gonna go play this game because of all the drama you caused. Congrats!

    • Anonymous

      Now, if someone else had done this, like such a person like yourself, Spoony probably wouldn’t have made a comment on that. But this is (supposedly) a Spike Games representative. Do you understand what that means? If you have ANY sense of business or political or any knowledge of social etiquette, you’d understand that it IS a big deal. Not capitalizing your name is like saying you’re not important, you’re inferior to them. This is coming from a company that is owned by Spike TV, a TV network. Now, I can understand if it was a simple grammatical error, but looking at the rest of the letter, it actually seems like it was done intentional.Not only is Spoony being disrespected, he’s also being discredited by said company. Wouldn’t YOU feel insulted if I was a representative of Square-Enix, or Capcom, or Marvel or Spike TV, or any of the name brands that you favor and you played my product, didn’t like it and so you decided to post a negative video review, only for me to respond by saying:-=”This bobby person doesn’t know what he’s talking about, he obviously only played one round of the game and didn’t talk about every single possible thing in the product! Even so, what do you expect for paying such little money? A good game? We hope every other sheep doesn’t think like he does and continues to buy our products, regardless of their quality. Oh, here’s a new product! A bag of crap! Now for $19.95!”=-Now if I was just an everyman, then this probably wouldn’t affect you as much, but if I was owned by one of those big companies I just mentioned…Yeah, wouldn’t you raise hell?Now as for the game itself, it’s not that good for modern times (yes, EVEN for Xbox live Arcade it’s trash). It’s like something you’d find on Playstation or N64 quality wise. It’s not worthy of being 10$ and much less on Xbox live marketplace or even with available DLC. There are plenty of other games that are much better that are worth 10$, 5$ or even for FREE.Spike Games tried to hide behind the fact that they are a small time game company, but that is NO excuse. Like MissAshley stated : World of Goo, one of the best games of 2008 on Wii Marketplace, was made by 2 people. Two people…and it is far better than this game. What Spike games said was an insult to such a game company like the makers of World of Goo. Spike games then made a point to Spoony that they were aware of the limit of their resources: time, money, and talent. Then why did they make such a poor excuse for a 3d game when they could have made a 2d game that would probably have been even better? They even admitted that this was crap by saying “What did you expect for 10$?” They have NO excuse for what they delivered.Bottom line: If you’re a game company, show some respect for your audience, your customers, and your reviewers REGARDLESS of if they are a-holes about your product. Don’t try and hide the fact you made a crappy game with such feeble excuses. There are MANY games that are FREE that are better than this game.As for you, bobbyman…do whatever the hell you want, kid. You’re a grown boy, think for yourself.Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be in my study playing my violin…while drinking a glass of milk and eating cookies. I’m very talented like that.Edit: Credit given to MissAshley for the World of Goo comment.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OZYD3HZ2T34LJG5WNFFMOH5MYM Bobby Bo

        spoony does not fall into the realm of business/political etiquette; people do not sell stocks or form committees because spoony has an opinion. I also know of no social etiquette that states lack of capitalization of a name is a big deal.

        I spent the cash, played the game, and it does suck. spoony still should not take himself so seriously.

        Have fun with your violin.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OZYD3HZ2T34LJG5WNFFMOH5MYM Bobby Bo

        spoony does not fall into the realm of business/political etiquette; people do not sell stocks or form committees because spoony has an opinion. I also know of no social etiquette that states lack of capitalization of a name is a big deal.

        I spent the cash, played the game, and it does suck. spoony still should not take himself so seriously.

        Have fun with your violin.

    • Anonymous

      Now, if someone else had done this, like such a person like yourself, Spoony probably wouldn’t have made a comment on that. But this is (supposedly) a Spike Games representative. Do you understand what that means? If you have ANY sense of business or political or any knowledge of social etiquette, you’d understand that it IS a big deal. Not capitalizing your name is like saying you’re not important, you’re inferior to them. This is coming from a company that is owned by Spike TV, a TV network. Now, I can understand if it was a simple grammatical error, but looking at the rest of the letter, it actually seems like it was done intentional.Not only is Spoony being disrespected, he’s also being discredited by said company. Wouldn’t YOU feel insulted if I was a representative of Square-Enix, or Capcom, or Marvel or Spike TV, or any of the name brands that you favor and you played my product, didn’t like it and so you decided to post a negative video review, only for me to respond by saying:-=”This bobby person doesn’t know what he’s talking about, he obviously only played one round of the game and didn’t talk about every single possible thing in the product! Even so, what do you expect for paying such little money? A good game? We hope every other sheep doesn’t think like he does and continues to buy our products, regardless of their quality. Oh, here’s a new product! A bag of crap! Now for $19.95!”=-Now if I was just an everyman, then this probably wouldn’t affect you as much, but if I was owned by one of those big companies I just mentioned…Yeah, wouldn’t you raise hell?Now as for the game itself, it’s not that good for modern times (yes, EVEN for Xbox live Arcade it’s trash). It’s like something you’d find on Playstation or N64 quality wise. It’s not worthy of being 10$ and much less on Xbox live marketplace or even with available DLC. There are plenty of other games that are much better that are worth 10$, 5$ or even for FREE.Spike Games tried to hide behind the fact that they are a small time game company, but that is NO excuse. Like MissAshley stated : World of Goo, one of the best games of 2008 on Wii Marketplace, was made by 2 people. Two people…and it is far better than this game. What Spike games said was an insult to such a game company like the makers of World of Goo. Spike games then made a point to Spoony that they were aware of the limit of their resources: time, money, and talent. Then why did they make such a poor excuse for a 3d game when they could have made a 2d game that would probably have been even better? They even admitted that this was crap by saying “What did you expect for 10$?” They have NO excuse for what they delivered.Bottom line: If you’re a game company, show some respect for your audience, your customers, and your reviewers REGARDLESS of if they are a-holes about your product. Don’t try and hide the fact you made a crappy game with such feeble excuses. There are MANY games that are FREE that are better than this game.As for you, bobbyman…do whatever the hell you want, kid. You’re a grown boy, think for yourself.Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be in my study playing my violin…while drinking a glass of milk and eating cookies. I’m very talented like that.Edit: Credit given to MissAshley for the World of Goo comment.

  • http://overlord-kay.deviantart.com/ Kaithan

    It amuses me the number of people who assume that when a reviewer gives logical reasons for a game being bad, and other people can see these reasons and agree with them, that they are all somehow being 'Summoned' by the critic.

    It's almost like people can't share opinions or something. We don't like it because it's bad, not because he says so.

    Don't act surprised when you leap 'heroically' to the defense of a bad game and everyone thinks you are an idiot, and definitely don't act like a petulant child just because you aren't getting the praise for your 'heroic rescue' that you expected.

    Take it like a man.

  • TheLangler

    I think this has to be the first time I've seen Spoony getTRULY pissed off in a review; and for a guy who's reviewed the Twillight franchise and Bole movies, that's really saying something.

  • FartParty

    you and me both. I just might drop 800ms pts for a good night of yelling “OH SHIT YOU CHOPPED MY ARM OFF” with my friends.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dimitri-Konobeev/100000993782947 Dimitri Konobeev

    well the reason Spoony has a fan base is because we value his opinion and care what he has to say. Kind of like a talk-show radio host. This video alone has almost 1000 comments about peoples opinion. So its not like hes forcing it down our throats.

  • http://overlord-kay.deviantart.com/ Kaithan

    Precisely. He's not forcing us to share his opinions, even if he can be rather boisterous about them at times, those of us agree because we agree, not because we're scared of disagreeing.

  • MADDJAKKAL

    I'm glad you decided to address these claims: it's always a tough decision to make when you review something because there will always be people who disagree, but I think you made your point quite clear with this explanation; great job.

  • GozarisaGod

    Spoony is the final boss of the internet!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_G6W2L4RUJOL6LT5SNOQLZZKJNQ Tag

    I'm curious about what you think of BlazBlue…

  • Roth42

    ^^He mad.

    Seriously, the only one causing drama is you. Get a life, and stop begrudging Spoony for accurately portraying a game which is close in quality to Shaq Fu.

  • Roth42

    The only one causing drama here is you, buddy. Do yourself a favor and stop begrudging Spoony for accurately reviewing games on par with Shaq Fu. Responding to dumbass comments like yours is one of the things he does best.

    Now why don't you go over to the Nostalgia Critic's website and whine that he is being too hard on Tommy Wisseau?

  • Tuscancow

    Wow, I just a lot of respect I had for Spike; if I had any to begin with that is to say. Way to kick some Spike ass and completely shut down any valid point they tried to make. Good Job Spoony! ;D

    • Anonymous

      You mean you HAD respect for Spike in the first place?

      • Anonymous

        Lol like I said, “IF I had any to begin with.”

      • Anonymous

        Lol like I said, “IF I had any to begin with.”

    • Anonymous

      You mean you HAD respect for Spike in the first place?

  • Roth42

    “I'm sorry I ever doubted the scientific validity of a Viking fighting a Ninja”

    I lol'd.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UOYXJGBKNKJKAHTW6OJKFQB7YI WilliamT

    Ok guys, get this:

    Spike is owned by MTV Networks, which is owned by Viacom, which is owned by National Amusements.

    National Amusements also owns CBS Corporation, which owns CNET Networks, which owns… guess what? GameFAQs.

    Coincidence?

    Well, probably… but it's still fun to ponder…

  • http://twitter.com/yanipheonu Edward Brown

    Honestly, if Spike Games thinks that this game is even comparable to… well any other fighting game out there, that's simply not true.

    Why should I play this piece of shit when I could play Street Fighter IV, Tekken, Blazblue or Soul Calibur?

    Also, they seem to be resigned to mediocrity which is really not a way to develop game. They're basically saying “This game is cheap so we put no effort in and make it shit”. Pretty disgusting when there are plenty of indie games out that actually try, and these guys have the benefit of Spike behind them. Really disappointing.

  • Will_N

    On the next episode of The Deadliest Warrior… WHO! WOULD! WIN? Web celebrity Noah “Spoony” Antwiler… versus… A SHERMAN TANK!

    Heh… they mad, bro!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Edward-Graham-Peeler-Jr/1602215514 Edward Graham Peeler Jr.

    Amen Spoony. You are the Lord of Tekken! Air Juggle their Asses!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dimitri-Konobeev/100000993782947 Dimitri Konobeev

    On another topic, I'm sure he would rather start a internet war with Spike Games than review more Final Fantasy 10 LOL.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

    I thought the final boss was Bert from Sesame Street.

  • http://twitter.com/FajitaBuster Jacob Kerkering

    You can do that in the demo, it wears off after about half an hour.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Vincent-Kresse/100000039787473 Vincent Kresse

    Spike Games is a small developer? MY ass.

    Nice beatdown of the insane fanboys Spoony

  • NostalgiaOCD

    I'm assuming he loves it considering he references it as being a better game quite a few times, including saying that he'd rather rent it alongside Street Fighter 4 then buy Deadliest Warrior.

    Anyways, I like how people defend the 1 hit kills as realism. The single most important thing a fighting game needs is balance. When you've got a character that can kill you in 1 hit from the other side of the fucking arena, it blows balance completely out the window. Whether or not you can dodge it, it's something that absolutely doesn't belong in a fighting game at all. Then add in everything else that screws up the balance that Spoony has mentioned so passionately and you've got a delicious pot of bad game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rosi-Vazquez/100000778612808 Rosi Vazquez

    bert is spoony's first form. i think he has 20.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

      Well the final one has got to be phoenix.

      Not the bird. The city.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

      Well the final one has got to be phoenix.

      Not the bird. The city.

  • PawnOfTheThree

    I'm just gonna toss my two cents worth in here on the whole Spike defending themselves thing.

    The original Mortal Kombat game was coded by one dude, with two guys doing graphics (video recording the actors and designing the arenas), and one sound dude. 4 guys. Sure, that was the days of the Sega Genesis so graphics didn't need to be great, but with developer kits these days (which are, frankly, available cheap to anyone who asks) the fact remains that it only takes a few people to run through the initial coding of a game like this. Graphics is something bigger, so you need a few more people on that. Also, the move lists. Dear God the move lists…

    If you want to claim that your game is realistic, don't have fatalities. Ninjas didn't fancily kill people. All the Apache people ever did was scalp dead bodies. Pirates more often than not just shot or ran through someone then rifled the pockets of the corpse.

    But let's stay on that topic, shall we? Fatalities. Back to Mortal Kombat. Seven playable characters, two boss characters, one hidden character. All had fancy moves which lead to differing fighting styles. All of them had fatalities (both a unique one or just uppercutting the opponent into a pit of spikes). Did I mention one dude coded all that? And that there was a “Test Your Might” minigame even then?

    But okay, 4 people made MK 18 years ago, must have taken them forever, eh? 8 months.

    4 guys in an office made one of the most revolutionary fighting games ever to grace the market. How many people worked on this Deadliest Warrior game?

    • http://www.facebook.com/erik.wise Erik Wise

      Braid was done by only two people, and though cost about a million to make, was an amazing game.

    • http://www.facebook.com/erik.wise Erik Wise

      Braid was done by only two people, and though cost about a million to make, was an amazing game.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UOYXJGBKNKJKAHTW6OJKFQB7YI WilliamT

    You know what'd be really funny? If someone did a Deadliest Warrior parody using Street Fighter II characters or Tekken characters…

    WHO IS DEADLIEST? Trained bear or robot samurai?

    Hey, anyone remember Time Killers or Eternal Champions?

    EXACT SAME PREMISE as Deadliest Warrior…

    But more creative, better executed, and released almost TWENTY YEARS AGO.

  • Aiddon

    Spike's response to this is absolutely childish; when criticized you don't throw a fit and call people morons, that just destroys your credibility.

    And yay, Spoony mentioned Blazblue! That game might only have had 12 fighters (16 with Continuum Shift if you include DLC character Makoto) but considering that Arc System Works had to hand-draw each frame of each sprite and the Drive system gives new complexity and uniqueness to each character it goes to show that they know their stuff while Spike are a bunch of berks.

  • Will_N

    World Heroes is a better “Deadliest Warrior” game than Deadliest Warrior, and it was mediocre in the Capcom-SNK 2D fighter world.

    In what other game can you play Rasputin and fight Erik the Red?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

    Unbelievable such fiasco is so dumb and im loving it big time, I want a sequel !!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

    Lame Spike GAMES You make me sicks badly

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ariel-Paul-Melin/46102459 Ariel Paul Melin

    I'm pretty sure Triple H would auto-turn and sledgehammer someone's ass in both a pro-wrestling match and a real fight.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OZYD3HZ2T34LJG5WNFFMOH5MYM Bobby Bo

    Right, responding to a comment made from my fake-ass yahoo email account is something I'm worried spoony (emphasis on lower case) is going to do. You probably need to tone down your spoony butt love a little bit Roth.

  • http://twitter.com/nolanmcgarry Kefkaesque

    1000!

  • jewbagel

    it's over 1000!!!!11 We have nerd rage the likes of which even God has never seen!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dylan-Douglas-Thompson/1389565950 Dylan Douglas Thompson

    Fire Pro Returns came out as a buget title in the US in 2007 the graphics wern't 3D but they would good for an arcade game you you wanna no something it's one of the greatest wrestling games of all time and is miles ahead of even SVR2010 so Spike look at that buget title and bite me

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dylan-Douglas-Thompson/1389565950 Dylan Douglas Thompson

    Fire Pro Returns came out as a buget title in the US in 2007 the graphics wern't 3D but they would good for an arcade game you you wanna no something it's one of the greatest wrestling games of all time and is miles ahead of even SVR2010 so Spike look at that buget title and bite me

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rosi-Vazquez/100000778612808 Rosi Vazquez

    the internets it has stopped.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ariel-Paul-Melin/46102459 Ariel Paul Melin

    OH, and one more thing. The whole “what'd you expect, it's $10″ argument is bullshit because some $10 games ARE awesome and have a lot of effort put into them. Look at Mega Mans 9 and 10. They're $10 a piece but Capcom and Inti Creates put a lot of heart and effort into them. Konami's Contra Rebirth was short, but it was still an awesome game in the spirit of Contra. Konami's recent sequel to Rocket Knight Adventures 2 was around $10 and it was VERY well made…Hell, even Konami's pseudo-remake of Castlevania Adventure was decent, at least, and it was $10. I know that I'm comparing non-fighting games to Deadliest Warrior, but based on the price argument alone, Spike Games should be slapped upside their heads for making such an absurd excuse.

  • PawnOfTheThree

    You kidding me dude? Spoony would punch the tank driver in the soul while screaming “WOLVERINES” at the top of his lungs. DW would see its ratings shoot through the roof.

  • http://twitter.com/ComicBooksGirl Susan Page

    Now I want to play World Heroes! I think I actually own it somewhere… in a box with other games I dont play anymore.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

    It over a 1000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMN YOU SPIKE GAMES

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FFHN7K6SDMBSRTHSSKYK6D227I Dia Beetus

    I'm pretty sure the whole noncapitalization of Spoony was just a small thing that he just added on top. Sure, disregard everything Spoony said and focus on two minor things. Completely ignore the fact that Spike Games thinks that making terrible games and saying “but we are a small time developer” is alright, and focus on the fact that Spoony said that people watch his videos. Everything in that video flew right over your head except the stuff pertaining to Spoony talking about himself, amirite? Turn down the douchebaggery a smidgen.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OZYD3HZ2T34LJG5WNFFMOH5MYM Bobby Bo

      1. I didn’t disregard anything, I just didn’t feel like spending the time to comment on every facet of spoony’s comments.

      2. I feel no need to discuss Spike games, because they have nothing to do with spoony trying to flex his nonexistent influence in the world.

      3. No need to call names Dia, I am deducting you 2 internets. Crybaby.

  • http://twitter.com/camcam666 Camille Miché

    This is madness !

  • http://twitter.com/camcam666 Camille Miché

    It alright, at least say Fuck You Spike GAMES !!! To insult Spoony of delusional.

  • Will_N

    Spike has sucked ever since they stopped showing really late-night reruns of DS9 and Voyager. Grumble!

  • http://twitter.com/camcam666 Camille Miché

    Chuck Norris own Spoony easily I dare say, but we would have to see.

  • godlyman

    You are supposed to be a professional reviewer and this video makes you look bad. I don’t want to see a grown man bickering with people on the internet. There are a lot of crazy people out there that have insane opinions and you should just ignore them. Frankly this is childish and if it continues then you lost me as a viewer,

    • Anonymous

      Bye-bye. I never really even met you before, but seeing your response, I’d say it was for the best. Go away now. ^_^

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    • Anonymous

      Bye-bye. I never really even met you before, but seeing your response, I’d say it was for the best. Go away now. ^_^

    • Anonymous

      We should ignore people with crazy opinions? What’s the fun in that?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Y3P543H67RJUZI3OLQSL5STI2M Maxwell

    I'll admit, I don't like fighting games, not a one of them. But this game, which I played at a friends house, is an insult to the entire genre. Coming from someone who doesn't even like the genre, that's really saying something. As for this fanboy/Spike Tv drama garbage, good lord. Spike: you made a bad game. Own up to it, stop being such drama whores, and do better next time. Deadliest Warrior Fans: calm down, take a sabbatical from watching Spike and do a little “warrior research” of your own. This one video review of Spoony's (which is entirely his opinion and if you really liked the game should not impair your ability to enjoy it) is nothing to get worked up over. I've disagreed with his videos before but you don't see me pitching a fit. Calm down and stop proving what nut heads fans can be. Geeze, all this pretentious, meandering, whiny bull crap over a $10 XBLA download title that most people are going to forget about 15 minutes after watching this video. Wow.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Castro/100001183522218 Derek Castro

    don't try and fight Spoony spike its not worth looking stupid again.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Y3P543H67RJUZI3OLQSL5STI2M Maxwell

    I'll admit, I don't like fighting games, not a one of them. But this game, which I played at a friends house, is an insult to the entire genre. Coming from someone who doesn't even like the genre, that's really saying something. As for this fanboy/Spike Tv drama garbage, good lord. Spike: you made a bad game. Own up to it, stop being such drama whores, and do better next time. Deadliest Warrior Fans: calm down, take a sabbatical from watching Spike and do a little “warrior research” of your own. This one video review of Spoony's (which is entirely his opinion and if you really liked the game should not impair your ability to enjoy it) is nothing to get worked up over. I've disagreed with his videos before but you don't see me pitching a fit. Calm down and stop proving what nut heads fans can be. Geeze, all this pretentious, meandering, whiny bull crap over a $10 XBLA download title that most people are going to forget about 15 minutes after watching this video. Wow.

  • escushion

    I don't think he'd have bothered if he hadn't gotten something from the game-making company itself. Like Nostalgia Critic doing that Tommy Wiseau video after The Room issue, or how the director of Masters of the Universe will sometimes Email reviewers who are negative about that movie. It's weird for the creator to dig in on the critique, so it's different from some random poster saying something about the review.

  • http://www.facebook.com/dentalplanlisaneedsbraces Derek Autio

    Love the fact that you still are sticking to your guns about this shitty game Spoony. Here's a random side note, since I'm really in the mood to bash this franchise at the moment.

    If anyone -has- seen this show, and I wouldn't recommend it, it's completely bias as Spoony said. It's stupid, they pit two people against each other and use a “Computer” to tell who would win. Now for those who have any computer science backround, HOW THE HELL DOES THAT WORK? It's fucking stupid. Also the show isn't accurate in any sort of way. There is about zero science to it. But the thing I really wanted to mention was this; the show is racist against Japan. I mean seriously, the only episode I saw where Japan won was the Samurai vs. Viking. (And let me just state the only time I watched this show was when it was on in the backround while I was doing something else.) A Ninja gets his ass kicked by a fucking Spartan, I mean really…real ninjas, historical ninjas ( not the ones in the movies and this show) would rarely, if never, engage in a face to face fight. Besides, in the show he gets hit in the face with a mestubishi and just shrugs it off. It's glass in the eyes, seriously, he should be blind. That and the Yakuza lost to the Mafia…I mean I'm not even going to comment on that, that's just stupid. I mean, the show is entirely inaccurate, unscientific and full of shit, and it boggles me to understand why anyone would take a game like that seriously.

    Despite what a lot of people on here are saying though, I'm glad you didn't back down and go “Oh no wait guys, this game isn't THAT bad..” You and the NC are heroes of your cause. :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Castro/100001183522218 Derek Castro

    Spoony VS spike who is deadliest?

  • http://holyjunkie.wordpress.com/ HolyJunkie

    Oh! Oh! I think I can scientifically do this one!

    Let's see… let's represent Spoony with a spoon, and let's represent Spike with a pointed stick.

    Hurm… I dunno, I could beat the crap out of far more things with a spoon than with a pointed stick.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Travis-Cheatham/1713930720 Travis Cheatham

    this video keeps crashing firefox. Shit sucks :(

    Stick to your guns spoony.

  • Valorin

    What kills me the most is that they bring in these so called “experts” in whatever background, and if you were to look into what they talk about as far as the culture and so on, it's wrong. They try to push in these historical facts and information to give it a “historical” approach, but when the information is wrong, where is the history? A simple internet search can give you more information than this show will, and what is the worst, each weapon is categorized by a number on how deadly it is. If they want “realism” then they should go with how sharp the weapon is, in what state of repair the armor is in, and personal human skill with each weapon. Those make the difference in a fight, not some generic calculations that have no bearing on anything. I read in another comment that Spike paid something like 50grand for that program that runs the simulations, when I know kids in a computer programming class I took, could make a similar program that if you put in random values it could do the same thing. There's nothing special to this show and in relation there's nothing special about this game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Castro/100001183522218 Derek Castro

    perfect

  • Hayden

    Google chrome dude. :)

  • http://twitter.com/MarickLOA Marick

    uhm, question godlyman. At what point does any of this seem professional to you. he is doing this cause he enjoys it and because it is clear most people enjoy him. I doubt he makes any money from this and if he does there is no way its substantial in anyway. You call him being childish yet I bet if anyone disagrees with you in the same thoughtless, annoying and bitchy way that these people do you would throw a hissy fit. and so what if he loses you as a viewer. why would you post that? do you think your important? do you think he gives a damn if you lose interest? No cause he is not professional if he loses you and every other fan it doesn't mean squat cause its not as if this is a business. And if you would let your self lose out on something good just because someone is defending them self against utter shit then you are even more brain dead then the fools who Spoony mentioned in his video

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  • Hayden

    THIS IS THE SPOONY EXPERIMENT!!!!!!!!

    • Anonymous

      *kicks you into a bottomless plot hole in the middle of town*

    • Anonymous

      *kicks you into a bottomless plot hole in the middle of town*

  • The_Stig

    But let's be honest, with a pointy stick you can just stab them….through the head…for the insta-kill. :)

  • http://twitter.com/MarickLOA Marick

    Sorry man but they still air voyager at 2am.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Castro/100001183522218 Derek Castro

    deadliest warrior is not honest so why do we need to be

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      Flawless Victory from Spoony that is for sure and realistic ?

  • Hayden

    THE COMMENTS ARE OVER 1,000!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OVMWKGKO3IRCGYDZUVM7TZESEU Jacob G

    I noticed the PokeWalker by the comp screen… you ever gonna talk about that?

  • Jacen

    No Mercy Spoony! Mercy is for the WEAK!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      Take everything and leave them NOTHING ! The way of the barbarian is the only way !

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        ARGGGGFGG !

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        ARGGGGFGG !

  • demin8891

    Chrome crashes more than Firefox. Internet Explorer crashes more than both. Opera is just… Opera.

    • http://www.facebook.com/TheREALRyanFLoyd Ryan Floyd

      so far ive had firefox crash on me more than chrome.

    • http://www.facebook.com/TheREALRyanFLoyd Ryan Floyd

      so far ive had firefox crash on me more than chrome.

  • Jacen

    This show isn't just racist against Japan, it's racist against Asians in General aside from the Indian one. We had Sun Tzu, Ming Warriors and the Mongol and they ALL FUCKING LOST to people who they can beat the crap out of in 2 seconds. Bullshit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Irvin700 Irvin McWhorter

    Jesus the Jet pinned on a pogo stick, look at all these comments! I'll take Spoony's word that he had played over 5 hours of gameplay. From the looks of it, the game looks shitty. Spikegames should take into consideration and maybe come out wiht a DLC that would fix the issues and make it a bit more balanced. I think the game has premise, but executed poorly. Though, I'll give this game a shot at some point.

    I can't believe this is causing such an uproar. I gotta say, If that doesn't show critic power, I don't know what does.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RQT2IDHSAGYYN2ESTVUPM3EXUE Genys

    Great job Spoony! You pretty much destroyed those haters, I'm not even talking about Spike games, they got what they deserved, cheers! :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/jacob.dunning Jacob Dunning

    There is a weapons fighting game that has a dodge and parry system that, even though it could have been better, is miles ahead of “Deadliest Warrior.”

    And that is called “Soul Caliber 4.”
    Think about it like this:
    -More than 8 characters
    -Both a Story and Arcade modes (even though SC4's story isn't NEARLY as good as SC2)
    -No bullshit 1-hit KO's
    -And it looks like actual effort was put into it, the controls are responsive and the graphics are good.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Uram/684835496 Robert Uram

    How in fuck did this video get over 1000 comments? Not that it's bad (in fact, it was top notch, just like most of the rest of Spoony's stuff), but Deadliest Warrior is such an inconsequential little shit game that it's baffling that so many people hate Spoony for hating it that there are over 1000 people who feel the need to back him up. Run-on sentence much?

    That being said, haters gonna hate. Go Spoony.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/PG5F4OSEWLGOVPEHK44ZWDRI4Y Sean

    I'm still suprised Spike decided to stick there neck out to say anything like that.

    And like Spoony said there are always that 10% who will defend shit and there arguements are just riduclous at times if not most of the time.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/PG5F4OSEWLGOVPEHK44ZWDRI4Y Sean

    I'm still suprised Spike decided to stick there neck out to say anything like that.

    And like Spoony said there are always that 10% who will defend shit and there arguements are just riduclous at times if not most of the time.

  • Trienco

    Spike Games have opened my eyes. Here I was, thinking all those years that a good game is the result of an original idea and/or enjoyable game mechanics. Delusional me for thinking games like Tetris, Portal or the first incarnations of Tower Defense like titles were any good. Clearly they must suck, seeing how those didn't have a huge team and a gazillion dollars pumped into them.

    Oh wait… here's a little hint for your future games: make the kind of game you CAN pull off with your resources. Why could I care if a pile of shit is cheap if I wouldn't even want it for free? Why are developers wasting time and money creating all those crappy cheap ass versions of “big” games and then go “oh, but we small company.. and is cheap” when even the worst Half Life mod is free and more fun to play?

    Not having the money to make it good is about as stupid an excuse as making a type of game that is out of your league is a stupid decision. What is it supposed to be anyway? It is too ridiculous and simplified for a simulation and it totally fails as a game thanks to it's pseudo realism. “But it's cheap” doesn't fly for something that should never have been made in the first place.

  • http://www.saisasylum.com/ Sai

    Really? They decided the Mafia is more ruthless than the fucking Yakuza? Buuuullllshit.

  • Anonymous

    I rarely post, but felt compelled to in this case. spoony, you need to settle down tough guy. Getting pissy because Spike Games didn’t capitalize your name is pretty whiny bro. Also, I like watching your videos because I think it’s funny the way you talk smack; not because I really value your opinion. Telling Spike to remember your name because people listen to what you have to say is pretty self-aggrandizing.

    I guess at the end of the day, I’m trying to tell you that you should probably stay in your lane. I can’t speak for anyone else here, but you getting all pissy makes me not want to visit your site anymore.

    Btw, I’m gonna go play this game because of all the drama you caused. Congrats!

  • http://www.saisasylum.com/ Sai

    He's always posted v-logs in addition to actual reviews.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Castro/100001183522218 Derek Castro

    Over 1000 nerds can,t be wrong

  • http://www.saisasylum.com/ Sai

    Essentially saying “what do you expect for a 10 dollar game” is especially telling. What it tells me is they didn't put any effort in to begin with.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Castro/100001183522218 Derek Castro

    True but spike disrespected Spoony that can,t go unpunished

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GH24GP4FL4NM2EX4YUT4HMMYJQ X

    GO SPOONY!!! TEAR THOSE GUYS A MUCH NEEDED ASSHOLE!!! Seriously guys, the game sucks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=59504418 Andrew Christianson

    If I can find better fighting games, for FREE on Newgrounds, there's a problem with your game. Period.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      For sure !!

  • Sol_Badguy

    I have my doubts that is a real representative of Spike games, but if it is, then I really have no clue why they would do it. Like someone else said, I think they're going for the “negative publicity is better than no publicity.”

    But, yeah, there's always going to be a blindly loyal fan base on anything. There will always be the puppets controlled by the puppet masters. If the puppet master tells them to attack, they must obey. However, this time I think Spoony angered not only the game's fan base, but the DW (TV) fanbase and Spike TV's fan base. I can understand their frustration against the Spoonster though: Wouldn't you feel insulted if you were told your 10$ was wasted?

  • mikeman63

    fucking retards, ok i have supported some bad games like the conduit, but guess what the conduit was the first wii fps to not have crippled controls, infact its probbably the best controlling FPS ever. what killed it was the bland game, not only is deadliest warrior bland, its broken. jesus

  • http://holyjunkie.wordpress.com/ HolyJunkie

    A hard enough swing with the spoon does the exact same thing.

    That's the thing about improvised weapons: Swing it hard enough, and it's as lethal as guns or something.

  • Alkuna

    Okay, let's sit back and think about this. Spike Games throws a whiny fit about time and money. Let me put this in as simple terms as possible: If you are commissioned to do a $5 sketch on a sheet of paper with a pencil, don't pick up a goddamn rock, scratch a smiley face on the sidewalk and then fucking whine because you didn't have the money to buy paper and a pencil. If you don't have the supplies, or the skills to program, or the mindset to put effort into what you are asked to do, then DON'T ACCEPT THE COMMISSION!

    A good programmer can take a budget and run with it. He can sit back take a look at what he can do with what he has and get creative (OMG NOT THAT). A good Graphic artist can do the same thing. You don't have to buy the top of the line anything, as long as the people working for you know what the hell they are doing.

    Don't whine like a 2 year old saying “I can't!” when you knew ahead of time whether or not you were capable of pulling this off before you even signed on the dotted line. You signed the dotted line, you accepted the expectations of all the gamers who were going to pick up the controller. If you fall short, you have only yourself to blame.

    And it's even more childish to point fingers at critics and scream like a whiny, defiant pre-teen “You just don't understand me!” Wake up and smell the real world kiddies. Critics don't criticize based on a 15 second glimpse of something. They put up with a shitload of garbage, sit back and think critically (in other words, they carefully think about) the pros and cons of something and try to condense hours and hours and HOURS worth of scummer into a review. If a critic sits back, throws up his hands and goes “You know what? This is a piece of shit,” then guess what? IT'S A PIECE OF SHIT! This is their career.

    Spoony dredged through 5 hours of this game (which is 4 hours and 50 seconds longer than I could stand of any horrible game) and put his thoughts into a video only a few minutes long. Maybe he could have added more to his original vid. He could have ranted about every-single-solitary-nit-pickery-bit of this miserable shit pile. Then again, did you really learn anything new about the pieces that he expanded upon in his follow up video? I didn't. And who would really want to sit through all five hours of game footage? This is a review, not a damn “Let's Play.”

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gareth-Williams/1043431357 Gareth Williams

      Second idea based on this idea: OUTSOURCE. Get some small time developers who have proved to be good at the genre you’ve got, and give them the job. Split the cash with them (For best results, split unfairly.) and laugh.

  • The_Stig

    Like any improvised weapon, if you fire it out of a cannon it becomes deadly. :)

  • http://twitter.com/Gabriel_Fonseca Gabriel Fonseca

    If I wanted to see if a Ninja was better or not than I Pirate, I guess I'd just go play Soul Calibur… I'd just put Taki to face Cervantes and then see who the better fighter really is. =D

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1630055637 Boyce Deaton

    Spoony I have been watching your videos for awhile and I can safely say that you are not the worst reviewer ever. In fact you are in my opinion tied as the greatest reviewer I have ever seen (tied with The Angry Video Game Nerd of course). There is no excuse for this bullshit of a game that they put out. At first it just appeared that they were incompetent, but that smarmy little snarky comment they left proves that they are not just incompetent, but assholes as well. Spike games fail hard. If you want a great game independent game that is actually under ten bucks, get Braid. That game was made with a smaller budget and staff and yet they still managed to make an unbelievable game. Spike needs to just suck it up and either admit they either weren't trying or they just not have any talent or imagination. Take your pick Spike. I personally think it's both.

  • http://twitter.com/UnPlayer1088 Donald Smithart

    I'm not a fan of fighting games. The last fighting games I played were SF4 and SC4. I played the demo of DW because I play most demos. After I got used to the controls, I enjoyed the game. Sure, it's different than almost every other fighter, but that in no way makes it a bad game.

    As an aside, Spoony gets overly critical in a lot of reviews. It almost seems like if the game/movie didn't blow his mind away, then it was the worst game/movie ever.

  • http://www.facebook.com/serenahvp Serenah Victoria Pettigrew

    I still don't understand why, as a franchise, they wouldn't send a more respectable and professional letter especially if they're trying to change one's mind about a game….

  • http://holyjunkie.wordpress.com/ HolyJunkie

    THE SPOON STILL GETS THE EDGE BECAUSE YOU CAN BREAK A BRICK WITH IT!

    IT'S RELEVANT!!!

    (I couldn't type that with a straight face…)

  • The_Stig

    No, The Spoon gets the edge because The Sheriff of Nottingham never threatened to cut Robin Hood's heart out with a pointy stick.Heheheh.

    Because it's dull, you twit. It'll hurt more.

  • http://www.facebook.com/InvisibleCrane Grant McLellan

    I don't think I can say anything that can add to the disscussion but I will say I decided to buy Limbo over the DW game

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

    They don't need any more assholes. Then they'd keep shitting out crap like this game, except more frequently!

    HEY-YO!

    Thanks folks, I'll be here all week! I got a million of 'em! Try the veal.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Castro/100001183522218 Derek Castro

    because they think there better then Spoony better then us and we will prove them wrong

  • Darkmaster7987

    Lol, I just had to make an account to congratulate you Spoony on tearing these guys apart.

    All Hail the Spoony One, keep showing these morons that shitty games are unacceptable. I support you all the way Spoony.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Castro/100001183522218 Derek Castro

    I think its funny that the The Angry Video Game Nerd works for spike

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1020246673 Joe Kaiser

    My own my is it a beautiful sight to see a Spoony video on his own site that is raking in 1000+ comments. All I have to say is Long live Spoony and his fans.

    But also I think it would be pretty friggin' cool if he could post some videos showing how awesome of a Tekken master Spoony is, like a Let's Play of that. Shouldn't take too long and would be fantastic to watch.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

    That's probably a good choice. XD Honestly, I wasn't too excited for Limbo.

    I'm trying to decide whether or not to get Deathspank, though. I liked Monkey Island, after all.

  • http://www.facebook.com/SlickyMike88 Michael Kragseth

    I played the demo of this game , and let me tell you it was the biggest pile of shit fighting game ive ever played.. What the fuck is this Spike? Deadliest warrior show is shit =the game as shit, shit, shit. I don't support crap like this , like anybody should do , dont support this badly made fighting game or whatever . Ive played fighting games that are good but everything based on this show and game is just laughable , period^^

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Castro/100001183522218 Derek Castro

    once again Spoony VS spike who is deadliest? who has the EDGE?

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    Ok then why people who like the game should get slamed? Im for all opinions,but not so much that try to state it as concret fact. I dont hate spoony infact im a big viewer if anything,but I jsut dont agree with him and shouldint be looked down upon for doing so.

  • http://holyjunkie.wordpress.com/ HolyJunkie

    DooM costs 400 on XBL.
    DooM 2 costs 800.

    I have both, and I lost count to how many hours I clocked in those games.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Duarte/100000444656764 Justin Duarte

    i've never had chrome crash

  • http://twitter.com/Trogdoorknob Michael Tepper

    Spoony, you're one of my favorite reviewers on my top 5. But I gotta say, I agree 30% with you on this one I actually DID enjoy this game. When you don't fight a ninja online 40% of the time they'll fight fair, making it FUN.

  • http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

    If you've played SF4 and SC4, you're a fan of fighting games. People who aren't fans of fighting games don't play the most recent installments. The last ones I played were SC2 and MvC2. And I agree, different isn't bad. What's bad is the attitude of the publisher, and the overall quality of the game. For $10, as Spoony pointed out, you can go rent a GOOD game for over the weekend, because you're not likely to play DW for more than a couple days, either, due to the lack of depth.

    And as a response to your aside, that's the entire point of what I call an “angry reviewer.” They comically exaggerate flaws in something, and spew vitriol about the truly awful points. Seriously, imagine how boring it would be to sit through a review of 20+ minutes in length (since most of Spoony's videos are that long), listening to a one-sided listing of the technical and artistic deficiencies of a work. Take out the jokes, because those need the over-the-top delivery and mockery in order to not be out of place. Just a straight listing. There's a reason that movie critics on TV cover 3 movies in a 20 minute program, even when there's two people talking. It's simply not enjoyable to sit and listen to that for an extended period of time. Eventually it just becomes repetitious and nitpicky, even delivered straight. I don't think you really “get” this kind of review style. It's the same with the Angry Video Game Nerd. They're not all the worst video games ever, he exaggerates for the review (well, usually). So do a large number of other internet critics.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gareth-Williams/1043431357 Gareth Williams

      We got the mainstream TV/newspaper reviewers for the “gushing” style reviews, we got the much less mainstream internet and such for the ones who don’t give a crap whether people will respond badly. Balanced.

  • Jumpooleez

    Haha I really wasn't expecting the biting rebuttals from Spoony for some reason :)

    But let me just say this:

    Sins of a Solar Empire had a budget of a million dollars, and got several game of the year awards and amazing praise from critics. It sold very well and beat out several big budget strategy games that year.

    Deadliest Warrior is a great example of why people expect cheap games to be boring and crap to play. Just because your game isn't high tech doesn't mean it can't be fun. There isn't any reason why Spoony couldn't be pleasantly surprised either, I think his opinion is honest so yeah I'm done. (This comment is based soley on the text here, I haven't even clicked play yet)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Duarte/100000444656764 Justin Duarte

    1100 comments… now i'm convinced, you have a cult following.

  • Anonymous

    You know what would have been a better Deadliest Warrior game, if they gave us what they use in the show and we can simulate our own battles like Astronaut vs Caveman and like pick their weapons and then it shows them fighting or something

  • FordXanakov

    If you scroll through the comments on this, you'll see quite a few people leaving posts that are along the lines of “by making this video you're just encouraging the trolls” or points along those lines. Consider this a mass reply to all of those style posts……

    In the first 45 SECONDS of this video Spoony ADMITS that he wanted to see what nutjobs would crawl out of the woodwork! Of course he's baiting the trolls, and he's laughing his ass off the whole time! He's waiting to see what nutjobs step up to defend the crappy game, publically mock them and than possibly ban them. Spoony is loving every minute of this! And…oh yeah…if you're jumping on him for stirring the pot, he's laughing at you too.

    Anyone having flashbacks to Yahtzee's Super Smash Bros. Brawl review and the mailbag showdown?

    All I'm saying Spoony is that I'm down with what you're doing. Keep up the good work!

  • ZOMBIEBUNNY

    Well for 800 points, this game is crap, so much better on the market and at a game store for 10 bucks / 800 points, this is just a way to cash in on a tv show, but hey lie that's never happened before.

    As for a low budget game, I don't care if your game cost 10 bucks or 10 millions, I've played 160 point games that were better than some 60 dollar games.

    I'm with Spoony, this game sucks.

  • anonns

    good game or bad game…who cares…to each their own

  • http://twitter.com/KaptainZorro Matt Rodriguez

    Using a price point as an excuse for why a game is shitty is a complete cop out. A game I have been addicted to lately is Riot's League of Legends. A GAME THAT IS COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY FREEEEEEEEEEEE. And is an incredible game! Has fantastic graphics and offers incredible game play. Controls are fantastic, each champion is unique and balanced for the most part. There is an option to pay for the game and also paying money will enable one to purchase champions and new skins. But it is not unreasonable to spend aboslutely NOTHING on LoL. I have been enjoying the game for a couple months and have yet to pay a single cent, but find I am having a blast every match. Sure it's not a completely fair comparison. But c'mon. If price is your excuse for releasing a shitty game thats bull shit. Don't release a game at all.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1630055637 Boyce Deaton

    At least Spike proved they can do one thing right haha

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    Wait one second do you actually think he would ban someone for likeing a game he didint like and didint agree with his opinion. I mean if he really did that and I doubt he would it would make him look like a 5 year old.

    • Anonymous

      LOL, yeah it came across that way, sorry about that. I didn’t mean to say he’d ban people who had a difference of opinion, but probably would ban the people who started out and out trolling. I’m not pulling that from nowhere either, check his twiiter account the last two days.

      Public mockery on the other hand,…fair game.

  • vob

    true. i see your point. there are many people who would look down on us as gamers, but you know what? I don't care. screw 'em. i do my thing and they do theirs. it's not worth my time and energy being mad at them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/emily.lanzikos Emily Lanzikos

    Hahahaha!!!! Well, it did sound that way, but I think he meant to say was that Spoony would laugh at the people who were mind numbingly stupid enough to start dishing out lots of personal attacks against him and other commenters who disliked the game.

  • Toastertom

    Am i the only one who actually likes spoony?Cause after hearing these comments……..

  • WilHiteWarrior

    Lol well sorry to say this but I personally dont put hardly any stock in Spoony's opinion… his reviews are funny usually but he tends to hate almost everything… it takes something that most people would consider truly amazing for Spoony to say “well this game is ok”
    Now that being said, I havent played Deadliest Warrior… So I dont know. I have no opinion on that particular game

  • http://www.facebook.com/tobiassj Tobias Synnergren Jonasson

    I have played this stupid game and it sucks ass… and i'm from Sweden. I agree with spoony. :^)

  • rewind83709

    Okay, i just tried the demo for this game, and I have to agree with Spoony, this game sucks!
    The controls do feel broken, some attacks either don't work, or don't work. I only got lucky enough to win a match once, but only one round. I tried multipul matches too, as both the spatan, and as the ninja. It did seem interesting at first, but it could of been alot better, maybe I don't know, if they worked alittle harder on it.
    And by the way, again the price argument, that is bullshit as Spoony pointed out. There are indie games on xbox live that go for 80 points that better and funner then this piece of shit. In fact there are alot of games for $10 less that are better. Hell I've bought games online for $3 to nearly $10 dollars that were for more enjoyable.
    So there you go, Deadliest warrior, the game, sucked. a 1 out of 5, big surprise!

  • Kimarous

    It fascinates me how this particular video has over a thousand comments on it. That's more than twice that of the original review.

    Anyhow, I was one of those people who thought Spoony may have been overreacting a bit in the original review, but after hearing him elaborate a bit more in this review, I'm more receptive to his opinion. I haven't actually tried the game, as it hasn't been released on PSN (yet), so I'm in no position to refute it one way or another. I'm probably going to check it out when it eventually does, so I'll spare my opinion on the matter until then. After all, it's my money to waste and if I don't like it, well, I have nobody to blame but myself.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_C455K22MIUGQGVMQAQCJWX42IM Stephen

    spike's just trying to make more money from their show by support from a shitty game, and their defense is “well, it's only $10 and we're not big-time game developers, forgive us if we can't make Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, or Tekken”. ok spike, here's the flaw in this logic: the game gives an outlook on your show. keep in mind that since it's a buyable game on xbox live, you're targeting gamers for this. if the game's good, the gamers playing might watch the show. if it's bad, they'll say “fuck this, the show must be stupid”. they won't appreciate on how real the game is or the historical characters chosen for the fighters. they'll watch your show based on how fun the game is or the intriguing features the game has to offer. obviously, the game fails at both of these, so this is going to completely backfire and turn gamers away from your show. sure, gamers who DO watch your show will buy the game, but they'll just be disappointed that the makers of this show made such a shitty game based on it. im sorry, but when the gameplay is this terrible, this plan won't work. plain and simple.

  • tiggerpete

    good lord, why are there 1100+ comments on this? that many spike fanboys butthurt that Spike made a shitty game? get over yourselves, Spoony did the work, did his due diligence and made a fair review that just happened to rip a shitty game a much deserved new asshole. shitty games deserve to be torn apart, that is their only reason for existence.

  • http://www.facebook.com/emily.lanzikos Emily Lanzikos

    Wow…really, all this fuss is necessary for freakin' Deadliest Warrior, a game which didn't put an eighth much passion and effort into it as these commenters have put in their posts?

    While I've never played the game, it looks like it plays like shit (although I kind of like the graphics). And to the guy who said “Who needs a story mode?” Ummm…what!?! Has he ever watched an episode of the show? The best fights at the end are the ones with really elaborate stories as to how the enemies actually meet up (Jesse James vs. Al Capone for example). The other fights where they just kind of see each other, grunt/snarl, and fight are ok too, but the former are HILARIOUS and entertaining. Imagine what they could've done in the game with that. But nope, Mortal Kombat style it is.

    While I do agree with you, Spoony, you might not want to call the fans who disagreed with you lunatics, no matter how much they act like it. It's like that guy saying you are the worst reviewer ever, a little bit of hyperbole (although not nearly as much. You are BY FAR not the worst reviewer on the planet just purely based on the numbers of comments on this video alone!)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Calvin-Jarchow/1131125364 Calvin Jarchow

    I like Spoony! Hes mah hero! Seriously though, he rocks.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    See but the thing is its not factual shitty just opinionated shitty. There is a difference.

    • Anonymous

      I don’tknow I give you a burnt pizza, you say it’s crap. I say it’s your opinion I’m the cook at this restaraunt and I like burnt pizza so you’re crazy. My opinion on the matter does preempt the fact that I am indeed serving crap food and people will stop buying it. Graphics can be a matter of opinion, but if the core of the game the content and controls are poorly executed, idiosynchrasies in my taste aside it is indeed a bad game.

      • Anonymous

        should say does not preempt

  • http://www.facebook.com/kirkfnw Kirk Wagstaff

    I agree with Spoony. He talks sense, which is why people follow him. I don't necessarily agree with everything he's ever said, but he's promoting a forum to debate it. Which is more than this shallow thinking crowd do, who agree with utter shite like; “it's only 10 dollars so you can't complain”.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TheREALRyanFLoyd Ryan Floyd

    Nobody who likes the game is getting slammed buddy…just the dumb asses who tried to protect it with stupid excuses and spike for trying to be pitied just because they didn't have the money.

    • Anonymous

      yeah, that’s what I understood from it.

    • Anonymous

      Yeah, I agree. That’s how I understood it.

    • http://twitter.com/Koda89 Koda Kazar

      “Stupid excuses”? Uh, last I checked, some of those “excuses” are true.

      For example, the one hit kill is NOT the only way to win in this game. Trust me, I should know as I’ve played this game for a way longer time that Spoony did and only got like 26 one hit kills, most of my several hundreds of victories came from beating my opponent to a pulp. And the stamina bar and parry system aren’t crap either. In fact, I actually won a good chunk of my games from a well timed parry leading into a combo attack. Hell, once you lose the ability to use your left arm(which takes away the ability to use the long range and mid-range weapons as well as the shield if you had a shield), pretty much all you can do is parry, cause otherwise you have no defense whatsoever.

      Now, granted, most of the defensive comments he replied to WERE stupid, like that one about why should a fighting game have a story mode(even I groaned at that one), and the comparisons to Bushido Blade, Street Fighter II, and BlazBlue, those are all stupid comments. But the overall gameplay-related comments aren’t stupid.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TheREALRyanFLoyd Ryan Floyd

    They are failing pretty bad to make people think they are better than Spoony…considering all Spike did was whine at the fact that they dont have the money to make a better game..maybe if they worked on it longer than trying to squeeze it out faster…it most likely would've been better.

  • whiteflags

    I like Spoony. From my perspective nothing is wrong with his review, either. I think the people with the problem are in one or two states of mind: they either like DW and this game so much they wont appreciate its flaws, or they simply don't play fighters, and can't appreciate the opinion that a fighter that follows none of the conventions in the genre is worthy of scorn. This really has nothing to do with Spoony.

    It's the reason I and other people never found fault with the original review. Right when we saw that spear toss, it was plain to see an example of bad difficulty. There was no reaction time for a move that powerful. So he's right when he effectively says it's unplayable. Sometimes you just don't need additional evidence and some mistakes are unforgivable.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6ULNIGU33T7P3UPSR4NI3LQPPM jackmeoff

    Big up for mention of Guilty Gear and Blazblue reference. The new Blazblue is fucking sweet. Stomps the shit out of this pos with an Astral Finish.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TheREALRyanFLoyd Ryan Floyd

    if you've actually watched his videos he doesn't slam on every game or movie he reviews and most of the time he reviews shit games anyways.

    And yes the game does get fun…but after unlocking everything and playing online for a long time it gets old fast. You'll usually end up fighting assholes online that don't have skill what-so-ever and end up cheap shotting you so yes it gets very repetitive. And yes it can be fun if you fight a skilled person but still it never changes.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Salve/100000736074119 Michael Salve

    It's fun playing this game with my friends. We always have a laugh when we kill each other with a 1HKO, lol. I actually think it's worth the 10$.

    Crappy games are always fun playing in a party.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_O6YJQ5BMBLLWZ5W2DIY455LZVM Action

    I am a long time follower of Spoony, which is why am not surprised that he felt the need to respond to the criticism. The guy cracks me up, delivers intelligent reviews and is one of the best at what he does. However he is also arrogant, coming across in his videos as being really full of himself. There is a fine line between having an opinion and believing your opinion is the only right one. Spoony often crosses this line.

  • Jumpooleez

    Haha dude I can see your point there. I play Madden with friends a lot so whatever floats your boat ;)

  • zeogod

    I didn't read the 1000+ comments so if repeating someone sorry. But this whole thing should be really added to the game!

    Outrage Internet Game Reviewer VS Defending Rabid Fanboy Gamer

    WHO IS DEADLIEST!!!

    That would almost make worth $10 LOL

  • assiman

    Spoony's a douchebag these days. Nothing surprising here

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Haku-men-Blazblue/100000358457792 Haku-men Blazblue

    *Sigh* I love playing bad games, especially bad fighting games, getting angry and exploding. It's a shame I'm a PS3 owner and can't play this game. Oh well, guess I'll just keep playing Continuum shift. I'm really surprised this got so many comments, and not just comments, but mostly positive ones. When I saw 1200+ comments on here, I was expecting ASS loads of trolls, but no, the followers of spoony have gathered and defend him like the pop culture referencing god that he is.

    Soooo…. When's the next Impact Wrestle Wrestle? Sting came back. You CAN'T avoid talking about sting, now, like you pretty much have in all your videos regarding impact, save for a couple side statements.

  • http://www.facebook.com/marious21 Omar Robles

    Spoony!!!! you keep fighting for us that have no voice.
    Not only does the game suck, and it really does, the “show” also sucks. i can't take some one serious when the words “i love the deadliest warrior” comes out of their mouth. Also for your hard earned 10 dollars you should expect to have a decent game but when their attitude is, “When you pay for milk and expect honey you’re going to end up with milk and be pissed about it”, then don't f@!$ng make a game then if you know you are going to make a shitty game!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sebastian-Proano/610127942 Sebastian Proaño

    I agree with you that this game has a MST3K worth vibe that it makes it tolerable for the first 5 minutes if you're with friends.

    But once the novelty was worn out, my friends and I where just saying: “Fuck this crap, put Street Fighter IV”.

    Unlike with movies or TV shows, I think that videogames doesn't really have a “So Bad is Good” quality.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TheREALRyanFLoyd Ryan Floyd

    I played this game…it kept me busy for a little bit(cause i like to unlock everything) It was hard till I noticed it fucking automatically set the difficulty to fucking hard…>_> assholes. Got bored of it after the same kill moves over and over again. Repetitive game play. I figured out after awhile that all you have to do is unlock the Viking double spear throw and you could almost every time get a head shot if you threw it right ^_^.

    P.S.
    Besides all that…i'm just glad they didn't throw the dumb asses from the show into the game.

  • Lyrander

    I was kind of hoping you would bring up yahoo-3PN5YF2DUZ7RNJCO5DQ5JWCEWM and his obsessive attempts to convince people that the instakills were fair and that the only flaw in the game was the Viking's double spear (which he claims will be fixed in the future). Which he's still doing!

    • http://www.Omni-Nexus.deviantart.com Newbonzy

      Ohh Man that guy was nuts. He wouldn’t take no for an answer. letalone that all reviews are subjective, so were his.

      But seriously, though why is there this kind of fanbase for the deadliest warrior – I mean there’s more comments on this than most of spoony’s FF reviews.

  • Jumpooleez

    He has it on the new site (check the twitter bar on tse bro)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thomas-Orr/594230299 Thomas Orr

    Spoony, you are my hero. Tearing down shitty games, telling it like it is, and speaking for the true gamers. I applaud you good sir, keep it up man.

  • LandlordROB

    I'm sure someone's already said it, but… really? This is the game that everyone loses their shit about? THIS? I mean, I get that Spoony gets shit all the time for hating Final Fantasy games, those have MASSIVE fan-bases and die-hard fans (that, in all honesty, scare me). But this is a budget title from an in-house develop of a television network for a not-so-popular show. From the outset, I'm sure that the developers didn't expect to make anything beyond a game to please the fans of the show, and maybe even people who had never seen the show. I'm not going to insult anyone for liking the game, that's their opinion, and I won't stop them from having it. But don't get all pissy, just because Spoony trashed it. Treat others like you'd want to be treated.

    My stance is that despite the 10-dollar price point, it's still garbage. Hell, I got Limbo on the Xbox Live Arcade for 15 bucks, and even though it was only about 4 hours of game play, I had a hell of a good time playing it, and at its MOST, it only had like 15 people working on it. Or even better, Castle Crashers. I think I got that for 10 bucks, and it was a great game that I played on-and-off for a good 6 months, and that was literally two people. TWO. An artist, and a programmer.

    The controls are crap, the 8-character selection is lacking (and for anything that's going to bust out the 'but BlazBlue only had 12' card, that game had characters with COMPLETELY different play styles, not like Deadliest Warrior, where the differences are barely noticeable), the graphics are average, and overall, the content is very minimal.

    You can disagree with Spoony, you can 100% disagree with him. But don't insult him just because of that. He's not missing the point, he's not delusional, he doesn't have high standards, or anything of that nature, he just doesn't like it. I will admit that Spoony calling the people who play the game stupid is a bit much. Even though Spike Games called him delusional, two wrongs don't make a right. But I'm not going to lecture the guy, I find a lot of his stuff humorous and entertaining. I'll disagree with him, but he's not a lesser person because of it. I know that this isn't going to stop the trolls, but for those who seriously have a problem with this whole situation, just logically think of what you're going to say before you say it.

  • Krazie1er

    so is this game “the Room” of gaming?

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      So quite my Padawan, it the fall of Spoony against Spike Games.

  • Anonymous

    why get so emotional because spoony didn’t like the game? everyone has a right to their opinion and how they wish to express it. anyone who gets mad because someone doesn’t like what they like is an immature baby. Dealing like people with that is very tiring.

  • Anonymous

    why get so emotional because spoony didn’t like the game? everyone has a right to their opinion and how they wish to express it. anyone who gets mad because someone doesn’t like what they like is an immature baby. Dealing like people with that is very tiring.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TheREALRyanFLoyd Ryan Floyd

    He only crosses this line because he is right about everything he reviews. He's not gonna be all sweet for all the virgin eared viewers out there. Most people need to be put in there place or they'll just whine more and Spoony does that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/marious21 Omar Robles

    Outrage Internet Game Reviewer VS Defending Rabid Fanboy Gamer

    that would be so much better than that stupid deadliest warrior show….. fu$@ing ninja vs pirate… it just doesn't make any sense.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TheREALRyanFLoyd Ryan Floyd

    Just keep telling it how it is Spoony…
    Telling people off is the only way to deal with people on the internet. Because more than 90% of the internet populace thinks their opinion is better than anybody else's.

  • http://www.facebook.com/themonsean Sean Keller

    I don't always agree with your opinions Spoony but how the hell can anyone defend DW? I knew the instant I saw a video of it that I'd never pay money to play it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TheREALRyanFLoyd Ryan Floyd

    Spoony seemed to have the right to call some of these people stupid…most of them seem to be.

  • Anonymous

    The first thing that comes to mind: Soul Calibur rip-off. The second: PRETENTIOUS Soul Calibur rip-off. Sure they added MK elements to the visuals, whatever. If you want to pit a viking against a ninja or a knight versus a native american, that can be easily arranged IN SOUL CALIBUR! And in SC4 at least, they pull off block breaking and only being able to block so much damage VERY WELL. If you want the realism of one-hit kills, don’t put it in a side-perspective fighting game, rip off Onimusha! Also, Spike, I have played better fighting games for free online! They were badly-drawn browser flash games but they were fun and played smoothly! $10 has bought me many excellent games such as Portal, FF7, Silent Hill, and others. Unfair to compare your game to older games? I would rather play an ANCIENT good game than a new piece of crap. Gimme DooM and a bag of cheetos, and I’m set!

  • Anonymous

    The first thing that comes to mind: Soul Calibur rip-off. The second: PRETENTIOUS Soul Calibur rip-off. Sure they added MK elements to the visuals, whatever. If you want to pit a viking against a ninja or a knight versus a native american, that can be easily arranged IN SOUL CALIBUR! And in SC4 at least, they pull off block breaking and only being able to block so much damage VERY WELL. If you want the realism of one-hit kills, don’t put it in a side-perspective fighting game, rip off Onimusha! Also, Spike, I have played better fighting games for free online! They were badly-drawn browser flash games but they were fun and played smoothly! $10 has bought me many excellent games such as Portal, FF7, Silent Hill, and others. Unfair to compare your game to older games? I would rather play an ANCIENT good game than a new piece of crap. Gimme DooM and a bag of cheetos, and I’m set!

  • LandlordROB

    Well, look at it this way. There could be a movie that comes out, that everyone loves. Critics, filmmakers, movie-goers, film snobs, they all love it, best movie they've ever seen. But if one person, out of everyone who liked it, calls it a piece of shit, they're not wrong. Yeah, you can disagree with them, but they're not wrong. There's no such thing as fact with movies or video games, because everyone has different tastes.

    Yeah, the people who are insulting Spoony personally or spewing profanity, they're probably stupid. But just because those people are stupid, doesn't mean everybody who plays the game is stupid. Again, I don't like the game, I think it's a very poorly-made game, but if my friend thinks it's the best game they've ever played, I won't stop them from thinking that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Park-Boyer/671233120 Park Boyer

    Well, I certainly am not going to argue that it remotely looks like a good game BUT it seems like it tried to have some ideas. For example: dodging and the inability to turn around quickly — that would be a real liability if you were armored, fighting someone who wasn't. Also, c'mon, harping on graphics? Are we really so jaded? The game looks okay to me, definitely last gen but still okay; It wouldn't have had to be an HD spectacle to be a decent game, in my book.

    Either way, it still looks dumb and a fighter with bad/unresponsive controls and poor visual feedback is pretty much worthless in any light.

  • Jumpooleez

    If the pirates are at sea, they win by cannonballing the fuck out of everything. If they are in port or on land, the ninjas will probably win by being all stealthy and shit. srs that's what would happen

  • http://www.facebook.com/raven8555 Michael Burnette

    WOOT SPOONY!!! A flawed game based on a flawed show!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      This is an instant win oh wait …

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Bos/1031432655 Andrew Bos

    lol, I would make a video review myself showing how right Spoony is.

  • Jumpooleez

    I respectfully disagree. Often times people will change their position, or will be found to hold a position based more on subconscious insecurity rather than honest and rational analysis. Even if you argue that it still makes their position true, I wouldn't support people considering that sort of view respectible or deserving of protection.

    • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

      BETRAAAAAAYAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL !

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        From this great game ?

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

          Excellent !

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        From this great game ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Kowalski/644789747 Ryan Kowalski

    i agree with ya spoony

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Or do you ??? This is the real question.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Kowalski/644789747 Ryan Kowalski

    i agree with ya spoony

  • http://www.facebook.com/marious21 Omar Robles

    what about a caveman vs a taliban warrior? man we should be writing DW.

  • http://twitter.com/xxfortunadoxx John

    Well, I'll probably end up making a video showing just how laughable this review and follow-up actually was.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    I find this line very funny. Its pretty obvious why.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Hogan/1117251610 Sean Hogan

    DW fans fall for the Spoony Gambit*

    * Spoony Gambit: A negitive review that causes devoted fans to swarm the reviewer, ending with a gain in the reviewer's status and fame. For proof of this see FF7 reviews and see web award.

    • http://www.Omni-Nexus.deviantart.com Newbonzy

      Hey, who doesn’t like a devil’s advocate?

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        We love devil’s advocate geez it bring some excitement in this dull of a game. If you love the game review it !!!

        • http://www.Omni-Nexus.deviantart.com Newbonzy

          Devil’s advocate is a saying. It’s a person who contradicts in a seemingly unanimous party.

  • Andrew_Vegas

    I love how Spoony has nothing but the most intellectual AND factual responses to each postulate of BS posted above in gray text. Spoony, you are completely correct in all of your rebuttals and in the review of this wretched game as well as pretty much everything you do is the highlight of most of my days!

    -AndrewVegas

  • novaargh

    This is a nice vid Noah

    really helps that you ad some in depth retaliation to comments of users and that developer,
    funny that a developer takes the time to post comments on this vid,
    glad capcom doesent need to do that, but than again…Capcom makes awesome games ofcourse

    always enjoying your ..well i whould say shit, but lets make it video's ;) keep it up^^

  • http://twitter.com/existentialduck Damien Nagle

    Spoony, I absolutely love your reviews and really see you as a whole grade above AVGN and the NC in terms of wit and intelligence but… I'm not convinced that you didn't open a pandora's box with the response video. By that I mean that I feel that you misjudged what this nutbar-reaction experiment would cost you in the long term.

    You are obviously a passionate, hardworking and honest guy but perhaps, just perhaps, flaming on people who disagree with you is not the optimal outlet for your creative energy. I hope I am wrong because I would be very sad to see you suffering energy and passion-wise in future reviews.

    Many people have commented that you are telling it “how it is” but that is not true. You are telling it how you see it and that happens to be, in this case, the popular conclusion about this game. That is what is great about TSE. You tell it how you see it and it is undoubtably witty, entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable.

    I would to add that engaging low level comments brings you to that level and assuming that people are not deliberately trying to wind you up for their own amusement would be naive since you say that you are doing it to them.

    Like I said Spoony, I feel you misjudged this one. Take a break, a nice relaxing holiday with your woman and reflect on all the awesome things you have given us, smile, then think of where and who you want to be going forward.

    I hope you get to read this.
    Damien in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • http://twitter.com/Piehead678 Keegan McCarthy

    This is the game that people draw the line at? A shitty $10 game that isn't even better than most $5 games on Xbox live and PSN. Wow, this is beyond stupid. FF8, fine, bitch all you want, but DW? Really?

    Honestly though Spoony, you should of just included this in the actual review so people wouldn't of bitched.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      lol this is so wrong already, Im still stunned.

  • http://twitter.com/BROOKLYNRAGE80 Omar Jordan Gobere

    well, excuse me for sounding like a fanboy but what the fuck do you expect if he's getting falsely accused of most of this shit. which is why he clears himself up in this video yet the fanboys are still talking out there ass. hell, even spike games themselves are making pathetic excuses, for example ''were just small game delvelpors and it doesn't even cost that much but hey, you get what you pay for'' so you can't exactly blame him to correct himself, let alone defending himself. and btw, don't go down the 'he thinks he's always right' path because it NEVER leads to light unless he said he's always right directly…

  • Gjkl345

    I find it funny how Spike doesn't knock on more “acclaimed” or “popular” reviewers that you either see on IGN or media based shows. No, they go for what they considered the lowest common denominator because they knew their game was shitty. They knew their game was bland, pathetic and outright a lame streetfighter that had no actual qualities to make it worth more then 1 dollar. What they did was (and actually Im not surprised at all) is attack someone they thought couldn't fight back fanbase wise or retort directly from video just because of the timing of his review. Are they really comparing this to early archetype games that spawned a generation of innovation? That's like having a game for the xbox in the memory frame of a NES game while looking and having the same controls as a ZELDA ORIGINAL. That reasoning is completely idiotic because gaming has grown to a state that their are more to be expected, not knocking off the originals as anyway bad, but you cannot copy or pull the grandfather game card as your single line of defense simply because some of your gaming mechanics are similiar because if that were so, why would the consumer buy your game then if they already have a much better one? See the comparison here is that those games were worth their weight in money because they mixed up the fighting moves and gave an endless challenge to those whoh had the time for it. That's called being a classic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Frank-Van-de-Par/579581402 Frank Van de Par

    I have to agree with this. I've been a fan for years and you are still amongst the better satirical reviewers out there, but lately I feel as if you may be stroking your ego a bit much. Please don't forget where you came from and don't put yourself on a pedestal so much, it's not very becoming.

  • bladesharks

    what about MR-T vs Ultimate Warrior now that world be a show worth watching repeatedly

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeff-Jefferson/1576932429 Jeff Jefferson

    I find this hilarious, I've always loved rants, people have there own opinion so i don't judge, but yeah the game is horrid, stay away from it!

  • godlyman

    You are supposed to be a professional reviewer and this video makes you look bad. I don’t want to see a grown man bickering with people on the internet. There are a lot of crazy people out there that have insane opinions and you should just ignore them. Frankly this is childish and if it continues then you lost me as a viewer.

  • Gjkl345

    True that I agree he's not been having his most observational reviews these past months, but its not exactly more flaming as it is that I think in order to justify the shortage of time in DW vlog, there had to be a response clarifying more on the details that commentators retorted on. I only found the last part to be flamish, but lets be fair, he's cursed out allot of games before, its just on a more directed audience. I do agree however that this isn't exactly what I expect of Spoony's site in levels of quality though some would say its a neccessary evil to get things out of the air.
    I also agree that he should have a short hiatus to take some time off because obviously a job where reviewing nothing but bad games as a livelihood now is going to take its toll on stamina. In any case he has enough respectability to overlook the mundanes.

    I think this video also falls into Spike's hands because of the great usage of cursing that is normal for a Spoony viewer but NOT a Spike viewer whom would think this is only an outcry of rage simply for the purpose of rage.
    It's somewhat an obvious trap that I and Spoony's viewers alike hope will never get out of hand.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    The company Spike Games tried to discredit his valid, yet humorous, review with untrue statements and propaganda in order to make him seem like he's wrong. Spoony is a professional videogame critic, albeit a bit exaggerated with his humor. The fact that the people within that company felt the need to single him out just shows how insecure and unprofessional they really are.

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  • SpoonysEgo

    Agreed. How did such a witty, clever, good hearted entertainer turn into such a smug, arrogant, self-idolizing douchebag? Have you read your own posts? You esentially are telling everyone that they'll be banned if they disagree you, and you say it in such a mean and belitting manner as well. So basically, you make a review that trashes a game and leave no room for people to respond back? Kind of hypocritical if you ask me. First you award pictures if yourself as a grand prize, then you tell people to “get my name right, because people listen to what I say”. Jesus man, can you turn off the ego for one second? Again, what the hell happened? Did all the money go to your head?

  • thematataunit

    Good job Spoony i liked this video sins it shows that your willing to stand up for what you say and that you lisen and give feedback to what people comment to you about and those that say “Spoony why are you talking back to those that post on the website is so childish” can just remember 1 thing, HE IS A INTERNET CRITIC! Posts, Comments and E-mails are what Spoony uses to get your feedback and when you say hes wrong or you say hes not fair then your not getting the point to the internet, this isnt like with NC when he got a lawsuit this is just Spoony defending his opinion, i played this crappy game 2 days before Spoony's review and i can say that my feel riped off… this game hes less content then a freaking Addon and cost more.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Internet drama FTW FTW

      • Anonymous

        more like a soap oprah, all we need now is for one of the Creators of the game admit that they are Father and Son and we got a Spanish Hit.

  • Sol_Badguy

    …and how are you important?

    Seriously, there's nothing wrong with stating your opinion on Spoony's reviewing skill, attitude or style (I'm pretty sure he actually appreciates being critiqued by his peers as to keep himself in check), but don't place your self-worth in the mix, kid.

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  • SpoonysEgo

    LOL. Another idiot fanboy. Propaganda? Do you even know what the term means? Spike simply tried to rebuttal what spoony said about their game. If you were a company, and a known critic went to great lengths to detail how bad a product you made is, would you not try to respond to his accusations? They were working on a limited budget with limited timeframe, and they released a budget title that other reviewers and sites thought wasn't half bad. If spoony doesn't like it, fine…..if Spike doesn't like spoony's comments, fine. But I have a strong feeling Spoony already decided to hate this game before he played it. I mean, you can find things you don't like about any game. For Spoony to claim his opinion as the defenitive one is what makes him out to be a smug douchebag.

    LOL…Propaganda. Seriously Spoony, some of your fanboys are completely and utterly retarded.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

      So when a company blatantly calls a reviewer delusional, it isn’t a means of trying to discredit said reviewer? That is a form of propaganda, trying to spin as much of the story to your side by discrediting the other source.

      On another note, on Spoony’s being a professional critic: I consider him a professional because he’s done earlier work that’s been published. Granted, I believe that it wasn’t a mainstream magazine, but I consider having your name and words in print for the public to read to be, in my opinion, more professional than just a blog on the interweb.

  • Sergeant_Shrapnel

    This game had a good premise, but it seems like they went out of their way to do every possible thing wrong. I've played free fighting games like Toribash that are infinitely better than this.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Good premise, but they didnt to insult Spoony geez, this is just wrong man.

  • whatislove

    Yea I have said this before about a few month ago, Spoony is turning into a a guy who has to rage and hate every game more than the previous, because fans want more you would think that turning more and more into a hater is the right move but its not. Spoony you are focusing on the wrong thing, its sufficient if the review is funny it doesn't have to be super critical. Your reviews became less fair and more “I have to find something to hate in this game no matter how stupid”.

    You have became game CRITIC, in a sense that you think you have to find flaws to bitch about. Like with Inception, its probably one of the best movies ever but all I heard from you was how it could have been better and none of the things you mentioned would have made it better or would fit the theme or the time in the movie. For example – explanation of how they enter someone's dream, monsters instead of guards, different settings etc.

    Rewatch your old reviews and hopefully you will be back on the right track again. I don't even remember the last review that made me really laugh in more than a year (well maybe FFX but thats all).

    Hopefully Spoony reads this, I've been a fan from really long time ago but I'm disappoint son :(.

  • Rocko7712

    Great Vid Spoony (i spelt your name right ^.^).
    I liked how you actually read your 'fans' posts, it shows you care about their opinions and are not afraid to prove them wrong . I don't know why people get so mad when other peoples opinion differs from their own. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, without opinion the “Spoony Experiment” wouldnt exist. In the end Spoony's verdict is only advice, take it on board if you want or not, its your choice.

  • Reaki

    Maybe you should take your pills. Calling people idiots may be fun, but its a slippery slope. You are running into danger of looking like an idiot yourself. Spikes rebuttal was terribad. And your logic is laughable. So just because they had limited resources, I shouldnt dare to speak against their product? What kind of fucked up logic is that. Spoony said it in this video. If you havent got the means to make a decent game, dont poke around where the grown-ups play.

    And by the way, nice ending you got there, instead of idiots, people are suddenly retarded. Just how insecure are you?

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/114319313498601954245 Kaltzor

    If they want to pull out the “We don't have the resources to make a good game”, then they should've just kept those limited resources and not try to make a game with them… One thing that might've improved it might've been if they actually didn't make it 3d since they could've left out part of the work on graphics and used it on stuff that matters.

  • mrrubino

    Waah! Waah! You stupid meanie poopyheads, stop being me to Spike Games. Blah blah every argument that's already been smacked down into the dirt blah blah. Honestly: Stop liking bad games.

  • mondomolesto

    I'm with you all the way on this one spoony. Spike tv in general is a horrible station, mainly for drunken bros in polo shirts who think running around and kicking each other in the balls is a good time. But the deadliest warrior is easily the stupidest show they have on there, i could never really understand what their logic was in picking who's the deadliest warrior, aside from just being like “Well….the ninja is cooler than than the Eskimo spirit warrior so he wins!”. They rip off mythbusters a little and do a bunch of tests like hacking up meat products , but it never really seems to affect their opinion over anything in the end.

    I havent played the game, mainly because it costs money and i dont feel like paying for something when i know how retarded the show is.

  • http://tuulensisko.livejournal.com/ Tuul

    “But I have a strong feeling Spoony already decided to hate this game before he played it.”

    Actually, I don't think so. One of the things I like about Spoony as a reviewer is that he DOES give each game and movie he reviews a fair chance. And even when he tries something already thinking he'll hate it, he still might NOT. He said he hated Battlestar Galactica, for example, but he highly praised the boardgame and went as far as to arrange a filming of a playing session with his friends to show us what it's like. He said he was ready to hate 2012 but he ended up saying he actually enjoyed it.

  • geekfury

    Clearly you never saw Yahtzee's Mail Bag Showdown.

  • 0lunareclipse0

    I love this Spoony. Keep it up. We have an awesome Grass video coming to you. I hope you enjoy it.

  • mondomolesto

    Yeah, he probably did have it in mind to hate the game before he played it? Why…? Well…because it's pretty common knowledge that he thinks the show sucks, which i (and a lot of others) agree with him on. I kinda doubt anyone who hated the show is going to look forward to playing the game.

    But so fucking what? It's his opinion. I wouldnt really call spoony a “Professional reviewer”. I consider him to be just a regular everyday jack-off with a camera, thats what sets him apart from an ocean of reviewers out there to me. No, he's not objective all the time, he doesnt have to be, he doesnt make any claim to be, it's just his opinions of the game.

    The mere fact that he played the game as much as he did i think shows that he at least attempted to give it a fair shot. I probably would rather stick my reproductive organs into a coffee maker than goof around with this bullshit for 5 hours. Hell, i cant even watch the show itself for more than 2 or 3 minutes before i'm fighting mad at it's stupidity.

  • Megido

    Seems to me that when he bitches about something you don't like it's funny, but when he as a few words of criticism for something that you do like then it's not as funny anymore?

    I still think the reviews are funny and entertaining, i do however think that maybe there is a wee bit much focus on the wrestling nowadays. Like 3 episodes of how much ass wrestling sucks in one week is a bit much, i'd rather see regular vlogs about movies and games than that tbh. But to come back to the topic at hand, yes Spoony whines about games and movies, that's what he does now and that's what he's always been doing. Also if you didn't laugh your ass of at the Gandalf spoof in the Ultima review you officially have no sense of humor at all. “Enjoy the fireworks!”

    Oh, or the Terl kameo ^^

    I guess i can agree that this respons video isn't going to do him any favors in the long run but i can also understand why you'd want to retort when a developer calls you delusional for having an opinion about their half-assed effort. Seems both the fans and haters alike are overreacting to this, and it's a bit of a drag tbh. It's just a video for f***s sake.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fredrik-Nyberg/100000501364476 Fredrik Nyberg

    It's awesome that you show those guys that they are wrong what they saying. I bet they just bought this game and try to make other people play it, but on the inside, they don't want to realize they have bought a bad game. :P Believe me, I know some of them are like that.

  • mondomolesto

    Who are we kidding here? They made the game because they were simply trying to cash in on the deadliest warrior franchise, and i really doubt they cared about the quality of the game. The only reason they're bitching is because they know their market is limited and they need to maintain every bit of support and enthusiasm about they game that they can in order to get some cash out of it.

  • http://twitter.com/TrenWolfman Tom-Erik Enger

    This video got over 1000 comments? Wow, that's pretty damn impressive.

    Apparently, when you mess with the Deadliest Warrior, you've crossed the line! XD

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Skinner/1072283264 Jon Skinner

    I just realized that they called you delusional for hating a game that they practically said themselves in response was total crap. I guess that also makes them delusional, eh?

  • ybrevo

    wow, Spoony, tell us how you really feel.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Yeah I felt that playing the games. what head shot !

  • http://twitter.com/pruttep Patrik Pettersson

    You show them spoony. The fact that spike has been around for almost 30 YEARS you kind of think that they would know what would work or not even if they are a low budget company they should know what to put in the game. If they even have time to respond to your review in a demining way they should instead work too make better games!! And by the way our grass video is gonna pwn ass!!

  • EatTheHumans

    Hate to tell you this but If you look at the comments on this page people did listen to him. Or did that pass you by?
    I tell you I would be pretty pissed myself If somebody responded to one of my posts or blogs and called me eatthehuman, It shows a complete lack of interest and effort on the part of the poster.

    If you disagree with the man fair enough but flinging Insults at him just makes you seem like the bigger prick. Standing there wagging your finger with a smug “I'm a consumer I'm Important LISTEN TO ME!” tone about your wording. Next thing you know you'll be like those music dorks who accuse bands of selling out when they do something they don't like.

  • http://twitter.com/chivemonkey jonathan miley

    This is brilliant publicity for Spoony keep it up

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      I hate to say it, but funny as it is, so true !

      • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

        Excellent !!

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          Flawless victory !

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

            Fun is just point of view.

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          Flawless victory !

      • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

        Excellent !!

  • 狐・小百合

    Being a small developer is no excuse for not putting effort into the gameplay first and then spending time polishing everything else. ZUN makes a game all by himself and at least he effen makes a decent action arcade game. And he even pulls it off while smashed on alcohol sometimes. You're telling me Spike Games can't be as good as a single half-drunk Japanese game hobbyist?

  • TheSpiceMustFlow

    yo Spike company , that was just laughable .

  • enesmemic

    Judging by the sheer volume of these comments, as well as the back and forth flaming in the posts, you would think that Spoony insulted a religion instead of a shitty fighting game.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      Well after some research, it seem that Spike TV is a cult.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

        lol youre just acting insane bro. Yet I agreed with Spoony on this matter.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

          It is that simple.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Im must draw the lines here. They are just some mad fanboys that is all.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

            If we’re going to have fun, we’ve got to be serious about it.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Im must draw the lines here. They are just some mad fanboys that is all.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

            Im must draw the lines here. They are just some mad fanboys that is all.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

          It is that simple.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

        lol youre just acting insane bro. Yet I agreed with Spoony on this matter.

  • squiike

    Spoony is not taking he's fame well, its starting to get to him. Its making him arrogant
    Spoony;
    “And next time, Spike, spell my fucking name right. It’s Spoony. With a capital S. As in, your game is Shit with a capital S.
    Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.”

    I Havent tried this game myself, but it looks good for what it is, 10 dollars for a fun party game to play with not typical gaming people while drunk

  • mrrubino

    Better idea: Stop playing bad games just to spite your betters.

  • http://pkht.org Jim Boom

    I spent 800 microsoft points on a decade-old fighter, Garou: Mark Of The Wolves. It's the same price as Deadliest Warrior, but real responsive controls on a side-scroller 2D fighter. If I wanted to play Desdliest Warrior, I'll dust off my copy of Bushido Blade 2. I was hoping this game would be simmilar to Bushido Blade, but I'll wait for some patches to come to play before snagging it, if at all.

  • GozarisaGod

    Wow… this is like the second coming of Final Fantasy 8! I actually haven't seen Spoony fired up over a game like that in a loooong time (I mean years). I especially like how he started raging on them at the end. Who knew that such a sh*tty game that no one would have ever paid attention too because we all knew it would be sh*tty would create this much of an uproar.

    P.S. I heard TekkenLord works for Spike TV…. Conspiracy?

  • http://www.facebook.com/Manofmanycoats Robert Cousineau

    Oh support rapelay all you want but DON'T YOU FUCKIN MAKE FUN OF DEADLIEST WARRIOR!

    They will hunt your ass down!

  • http://twitter.com/CassieKit Cassie

    Dear Spoony,

    I have to say when I heard you were reviewing DW, I knew the outcome would be you ranking about it. From your first rants about the TV show on a vlog with your brother to E3. Were you said the blank black screen was more better than any previews than you saw. It would have been a surprise if you did say the game was well worth the money, and I know you would have honestly told the viewers if it did change your mind. I applaud you for defending your thoughts and opinions, just like you disliked Final Fantasy. I have to say for being a fighting game that only the introductions last longer than game play is pretty pathetic. Any way good luck, take care.

    Cassie

  • http://www.facebook.com/august.andersen August Andersen

    I followed you on youtube and when you moved to the website for good. I could pay a monthly fee (seriously) to see your vids. It really pisses me off that people start to attack you for making a comical review of a really shitty game. Shitty controlls, one hit kills, small roaster and no “plot”. The delusional are simply those who dont see it for what it is, a product. If a product is bad i wont invest in it, that is how life works.

    Games which you can download, and are far more superior;
    Limbo $ 15.00
    Castle crashers $ 15.00
    Braid $ 10.00
    Castlevania: SOTN $ 10.00
    Blacklight: Tango Down $ 10.00 ( really fucking good)
    DeathSpank $ 15.00
    Super Street Fighter 2 THD $ 15.00 a far superior fighting game..
    and list goes on…There are so many better games for that price point.

    • [MN] knux

      Aquria Is good $20
      Audiosurf $10
      Beat Hazard $10
      just a few more

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/Newbonzy?feature=mhw4 Newbonzy

    If there's one thing I have learned about Spoony's reviews, if he dislikes a game – and is met by a large group who defend the game, He's going to have fun with those defenders.

    And to the DW fanboys, I will back you up to a point. I don't have a 360 – I don't have the game. I AM just backing with a game reviewers comments. But every point made seems to be valid as to how the game should respond.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/Newbonzy?feature=mhw4 Newbonzy

    Is deadliest warrior THAT big of a deal? It's a joke and that's it.a few moths from now, you'll look at this thing in your hard drive and finally delete it. It's only a little game. You don't need to treat it like it's the holy grail of games.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      People are just acting silly about it, but damn so much drama around it. The drama is better than the game itself it just that funny you know.

  • kikyoo

    Wow it looks like SPoony stirred up a second hornets nest. The first being with Final Fantasy, but it seems a lot of people have taken personal offense to spoony's comments. I must confess this is the first time I've seen spoony really go to town on his fans and critics, but still to have this many posts on one vid is insane. What's wrong with you people?! As for people saying Spoony has an ego… um… yeah he's always had an ego. What you just noticed? He has always been arrogant, this is just the first time I've seen him direct it at people who are not game developers. But whatever.

    Frankly the game has some okay Ideas in it, but it doesn't look good. It looks like a gimmick fighter. And not a very good one. Gimmick fighters have worked before with less than stellar game play. I remember when Mortal Kombat was considered a gimmick fighter. But you can't just release a game with a T.V. show tie in, and expect it to do well. I know what they are going for, that each fighter fights like it should, instead of trying to make a balanced and enjoyable game play experience, so you get a broken game. That's fine as long as it's fun, but this doesn't look like it's any fun. Frankly being able to set up scenarios and have small battles, instead of just one on one fights, I think would have been a great feature for a game like this. Also with the combat being what it is, having different terrain affect fighters seems like another thing that SHOULD come into play, and isn't done a lot, and can make a huge difference in a real battle. There is some potential here for a good game, but if it was me, the first thing I would do, is make a blank slate, and then let you customize your own deadliest warrior, and then let you pit it against these generic templates. With everything being what it is, I think that simple feature would make for a very enjoyable experience. But as things stand now, I've got to take spoony's side with this one. It's crap. Garbage. I wouldn't give you a nose hair for it. Come back when you learn how to make something fun.

  • PsyCrow

    The whole “oh we're a small company on a tight budget” thing is no argument. The original Cave Story (the 2004 PC release) was a game made by ONE person and it was released for free on the internet and, I think many would agree with me on this, it's one of the greatest games ever made. So there's just no excuse.

  • foodlespane

    Back in my day, trolling meant something!

  • PsyCrow

    The whole “oh we're a small company on a tight budget” thing is no argument. The original Cave Story (the 2004 PC version) was made by ONE person and it was released for free. And many would agree with me on this, it's one of the greatest games ever made. So there's no excuse.

  • http://twitter.com/TheBladerunner9 Fred lake

    I would leave a comment but in about 0.5 seconds it would be 5 pages away.

  • Esker

    Impressive, Spoony. You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger… only your HATRED can destroy Deadliest Warrior!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000337200556 Franklin Cozza

    Thank you….. just thank you.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      We are most thankful

  • http://twitter.com/Kuraitama Jochen A. Grentz

    i got to love the trolls and fanboys ^.^
    why can't they live with it and take it as Spoony's opinion?
    are they afraid it could have a big impact on there sale's? xD

    if so then it's because this game suck's a lot
    i have the same opinion as Spoony
    it's a S… Game

    i played it with some friends
    and after some time we just Switcht to Soul Calibur
    and we had alot more fun and im happy ive spend no money for DW :p

  • Barman1942

    ” If we had 20 million dollars and two years to build a game I wonder what that would be like?”

    And yet a one-man developer from Sweden makes a $12 game that he only works on for a few hours a day, and it's a million times better than this trash.

    Sounds like Spike Games is rather butt-hurt over being called out on their shitty game.

  • Rocko7712

    “….the feedback on these forums helps us as developers see what real gamers think about the game.” – Spike Games.
    I'm assuming the 'forums' they are referring to is “Gamefaqs”, which i find laughable as they actually say “real gamers” lol

    They have real gamers over there?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Samuel-Davidson/100000826167034 Samuel Davidson

    I bought the game but tbh, I kinda regret it as the more I play the more it pisses me off with its flawed design and cheapness AI. In hindsight I should've kept my money for something better, like Limbo or (possibly) Monday Night Combat.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Limbo is the bomb.

  • http://twitter.com/Mohia_Keria Mohia Keria

    Yhatzee's Mail Bag Showdown was awesome.

    • Anonymous

      Amen! I go back and watch it a ton. *High five*

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        It was the best thing that happen to Internet.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jean-Francois-Glaude/665595468 Jean-Francois Glaude

    I stumbled accross a little game on Xbox live (Indie games) called avatar Warrior …. It's only 80 points and believe me, i had more fun with my friends playing that game than we did playing Deadliest warrior.

    I have to aggree with Spoony and his review, and the fact that Spike Games have personally answered back to Spoony on public forums is un-professional. I don't think we wouldv'e seen anybody from Sqaure go on their website to post a message trying to prove that Spoony is wrong. (Unless you know that what he said is the truth and you try to keep face).

    I think Sponny's comments of “Quick cash in, button masher” describes pretty much what this game is. Some people will like this but most gamers won't.

  • Solidgoomba

    Spoony,

    Long time fan first time poster here. I have to agree with you here even though I have not played this game and probably never will. This game is shit. Anything with Spike TV attached to it I deem shitty (Their video game award show, need I say more). Just by looking at it, hell even the name I can smell how shitty the game will be. I work in a game store and I know who this game would appeal to. Little bratty kids and guys who would only buy it because of the name and because of the childish blood and gore.

    Is there good game play to this game? Just by looking at it I can tell there is not. Yes even the graphics are not good and I have seen some budget titles on Xbox Live Arcade and PSN that have better graphics than this steaming dog turd of a game.

    For those defending the game and actually 'Liking it'; I would imagine these are people who could not grasp the fighting mechanics of Street Fighter, Blazblue, or Guilty Gear and having a hard time pulling off a fireball motion because they are using the analog stick on there controller.

    Okay I'm done. Spoony I love your show and I love your reviews. Your reviews are honest and you don't pull any punches unlike the corporate review sites (IGN, Gamespot, etc). Keep doing what your doing and don't let the haters get to you. I look forward to you doing a video game review of Just Dance for the Wii. If you could. That would make me happy. I'll even supply the alcohol for it

  • Solidgoomba

    Spoony,

    Long time fan first time poster here. I have to agree with you here even though I have not played this game and probably never will. This game is shit. Anything with Spike TV attached to it I deem shitty (Their video game award show, need I say more). Just by looking at it, hell even the name I can smell how shitty the game will be. I work in a game store and I know who this game would appeal to. Little bratty kids and guys who would only buy it because of the name and because of the childish blood and gore.

    Is there good game play to this game? Just by looking at it I can tell there is not. Yes even the graphics are not good and I have seen some budget titles on Xbox Live Arcade and PSN that have better graphics than this steaming dog turd of a game.

    For those defending the game and actually 'Liking it'; I would imagine these are people who could not grasp the fighting mechanics of Street Fighter, Blazblue, or Guilty Gear and having a hard time pulling off a fireball motion because they are using the analog stick on there controller.

    Okay I'm done. Spoony I love your show and I love your reviews. Your reviews are honest and you don't pull any punches unlike the corporate review sites (IGN, Gamespot, etc). Keep doing what your doing and don't let the haters get to you. I look forward to you doing a video game review of Just Dance for the Wii. If you could. That would make me happy. I'll even supply the alcohol for it

    • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

      wow really. “I have not played this game and proboly never will.This game is shit” really dude. Talk about blind follower. Hell at least try the dang demo. Oh yea corporate reviews are bad cause they are from companies. Yea stick it to the man. Dude seriously you dont know how silly you sound.

      • Anonymous

        Actually if you read his comment you might have seen that his point was that corporate reviews were bad because they aren’t biting enough, not because they’re big companies. That would be like me saying I don’t like dark chocolate because it’s taste is too strong and you saying, “Oh, so you don’t like dark chocolate cuz it’s dark? lol fagnub”

  • http://twitter.com/josteinhh Jostein Hakestad

    Holy shit 1233 comments. That's a lot of text and energy wasted on a bad game

  • http://twitter.com/dimipapa dimipapa

    Street Fighter IV, iphone, better use of 10 bucks for a fighter.

  • http://twitter.com/dimipapa dimipapa

    I haven't paid too much attention to the comments over the years, but this is the most i've seen on one video.

  • geekfury

    Well there is a simple answer to why Fanboys don't like Spoonys oppinion, they think the games good, or atleast wish it to be so they can justify buying it. No amount of fanboy hope can change Deadliest Warrior into a good game, you know what they say, you can't polish a turd!

    • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

      Again people stating opinion as fact. I swear some of you people dont seem to know the difference between one mans opinion and solid fact.

      • Anonymous

        Well I own the game, I hate the game, I agree with Spoony, so if I think it’s a fact it sucks, it’s because I own and played the game and hate it more than words can describe.

  • geekfury

    Well we're putting more energy into agreeing with Spoony than SpikeGames put into the Deadliest Warrior game.

  • banedon

    Spike Games have every right to reply as long as it is polite and to the point. If someone released something and I said it was rubbish then they'd have right of rebuttal – otherwise it'd be monstrously unfair. And sometimes the best way to answer is to reply in the same medium so the same group of people can see it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Skinner/1072283264 Jon Skinner

    I love how this troller's name is 'spike' misspelled with a 'q' and an extra 'i'. I think we gotz sum plantss in herr, Spoony. :P

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rosi-Vazquez/100000778612808 Rosi Vazquez

    50$ that the Spoony one will be a dlc character in the deadliest warrior. whos up for the bets.

  • Zeronite

    As far as stirring a hornets nest, how does this game even have one? FF8 had a huge following coming into its release and an actual budget. Of course that game was going to have a “hornets nest”. My question is why the hell are people getting so fired up over Deadliest Warrior of all games?

    I actually enjoy the show, purely for entertainment. It's psuedo science, yes, but it's entertainment. That doesn't mean I'll automatically like the game. I shook my head when I heard it's announcement because I knew there was no chance it was going to be good. Who the hell expected it to be? Quit being overly defensive over this, if you don't like Spoony's opinion then move the hell on. It's still an opinion and people shouldn't be so jarred by it, especially over a budget title. Jesus.

    I disagree with Spoony have an ego or being arrogant. People ask him for his opinion and he gives it, if they game sucks yet people start trying to defend it I'd get fire up too. He was well within his rights to respond like this.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Borean/100000041163314 Michael Borean

    Actually this is the sorta thing that woulda been rather interesting to see on Kinect. Too bad its terrible as it is though.

  • scrageberz

    “Working out the broken tactics for each fighter and exploiting them as best as possible.”
    Couldn't be more on point to how i felt playing DW.

  • http://twitter.com/nemesis274 Lester Ramos

    Spoony has balls, and I like him for it. He might be a bit harsh with his reviews, though he is harsh because he is being completely honest.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_T4M24INOD2WE62IFGW7PT2WH2I DeVon A

    Hell yeah Spoony, stick to your guns. Spike can go to hell as far as im concerned, the get a bad review and the not only whine about it, they try to belittle your opinion. Completely unprofessional and also very dickish.

  • Rocko7712

    People say he has a big ego after the

    “Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.” comment.

    But you know what, we do!
    These comments prove we care, all this rage proves we care, even if people say he's wrong and “attack” him for it that just proves they care about what he says.
    In the end the Lord of Tekken prevails.

  • Rocko7712

    Go Go 2000 comments =D

  • dxBIGBOSSxb

    Lol, I was hoping I would see this so much. I love seeing people getting countered by Spoony's quick witted replies that make those who stand against him seem tiny, and we watch them squirm as Spoony stomps the fuck out of their pride! Spoony if you are reading this, I find it fucking funny how THIS arcade game is what got your attention. The angry eyes, the sarcastic attitude, counter with commentary, and lets not forget your best quote in the video, “Dude… YOU ARE WROOOOOOOOONG”. Wow, just wow, lol I gotta say you are one tough as nails basterd! Thumbs fucking up for Spoony's ballz man!

  • http://twitter.com/Suomidude Niko Penttilae

    An honest reviewer is a good reviewer in my books.

  • http://twitter.com/Suomidude Niko Penttilae

    It is not arrogant or ignorant if you know what you say true, and well… Spoony does.

  • http://twitter.com/zodd88 Guido Palombi

    Well it really seems that three minutes of a review can change the life of THOUSANDS of people !!!

  • maelarael

    More than a thousand comments ? Holly God !

    I fear to see stupid fanboys, really, i won't scroll down to read stupid comments again, those fucking fanboys who can think a little bit and realise that this game is, like the AVGN would say, a puke on a pile of shit ! The puke is the game, the pile of shit is the TV show.

    I was really mad listening to one of spoony's comments like 'well, there was 8 characters on the first street fighter'… fuck you guy, fuck you really, really deep. Like spoony said 'IT WAS DECADES ago', now there are A LOT of games with more than ten fighter, if not all of them (except this one of course). Spoony alreaduy said that, i know, but his statement was so obvious that it blows my mind that those fanboys didn't think more about that. Stop playing games, go to shool and learn, after that, you'll be able to play games.

    What the fuck is with you fanboys ? What the fuck ? Can you just tell us why are your blinkers darker than the deepest pit of Hell ? Why do you never use your bain ? Why ? You are a human, not a fucking a nimal, use your head to understand things, more than often, there is a really good reason why someone spite on your favorite game/show…

    Grow up.

  • GozarisaGod

    Wouldn't it of had been funny if Dr. Insano replied to Spike instead? lmao

    • http://www.blackchapters.co.uk/ John Spearing

      hmm ghostbusters

  • Rocko7712

    I think we saw a bit of him by the end lol

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-Gary-Roffey/696520791 Christopher Gary Roffey

    I love how everyone is on one side of a divide, and I laugh at it.

    There's one side that will defend this game to the last and act like Spoony has insulted their sainted mother and pissed on their sacred books, and the other that calls the defending side a bunch of idiots for liking the game.

    For pities sake, how many people are like me, sit in the middle and say:

    “If you like the game, why the flying fuck should Spoony's opinion of it damage your perception of it”

    Grow up, sheesh.

    • Guest

      Nothing more useless than the guy who sits in his imagined enlightened middle and casts shots at both “sides” just to feel smart and unique. Y’know, like Independents.

  • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael "Skitch" Schiciano

    If you really think that everyone is just one side or the other as you defined it, you haven't been following the comments.

    Polarization of any sort never makes arguments or points stronger.

  • ftidus12

    Anyone else get the “Donkey Kong Hammer Theme” playing in your head when Spoony starts banning trolls in large numbers?

  • KnightronPrime

    It's fun how people can get so worked up because of one mans opinion.

  • KnightronPrime

    It's fun how people can get so worked up because of one mans opinion.

  • [MN] knux

    Mythbuster proved you could… but this turd will never be polished

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lennie-Leuridan/501535316 Lennie Leuridan

    Give em hell spoony, we back you 100%

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-Delaney/655055583 Jay Delaney

    I find it hilarious that your review actually got a response from Spike Spoony. I knew when I was watching your review that you are a legitimate reviewer and you probably played the game long enough to take notes. The fact that you even had to mention that in the follow up is disgusting. Some people are just dense and do not understand that if you show all your 5 hours of game play, it is going to be a 5 hour review as opposed to just highlighting certain points in your footage and making a shorter review that is actually worth a damn. I know I wouldn't watch some 5 hour review because I watch and read reviews to be entertained. I do not go by them about 100% of the time because I have my own opinion on things and like to rent a game before buying it to see if i like it or not, and generally games off the x-box live arcade or anything like that (psn/wii shop channel…) I generally do not buy unless I know what I am getting.

  • http://twitter.com/groozi Mike Ross

    harooooow shpooonhey one

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lennie-Leuridan/501535316 Lennie Leuridan

    How can they ever compare this POS to bushido blade??!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-Delaney/655055583 Jay Delaney

    Gotta agree with Rocko, we did see a bit of Dr. Insano at the end there. He just forgot his lab coat and crazy glasses at home is all.

  • Saltersta

    Spike=TNA so remember that when you put up your next TNA review. SPIKE=Fail no matter what.

  • JayRam

    Damn, Spoony. You should've threw on your Ultimate Warrior costume and treated Spike Games as if they were Hoak Hogan. That would've been some funny shit.
    But I like what you did here.

  • Rotafury

    Hey spoony good Review and yea i agree with how you Reacted i havent played the game and will never i hated how it looked seeing previews i hate it even more seeing the game play you had and i have still yet to find a Good game like bushido blade

  • LegendoftheSkies

    Because it's similar in that you can win or lose in just a few hits depending on where said hits land.

    I doubt this is anywhere near the same level of quality as Bushido Blade, but it's proof that a system like that can actually work if done correctly.

    I haven't played either game, but from what I've heard, this sounds like a shitty $10 budget licensed game that tried and failed to implement a combat system like Bushido Blade's. Although I'm not sure if that was a conscious effort since Bushido Blade is kind of a cult classic and the developers may not have even heard of it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Delusional compagnies for the win …

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    True that.

    • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

      Im with Dr.Insano

    • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

      Im with Dr.Insano

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    For sure !!! This is just inimaginable !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    It gonna be over 9000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    It gonna be over 9000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    It gonna be over 9000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • The_Gunshark

    Spoony made a goddamn good fucking point here. If I have $10, I am going to buy a game that I think is good, such as… I don't know… Shattered Horizon!

  • ZC3

    Wow, 1,279 comments (as of now, anyway)! Is that the most you've had so far?

    I played the game, it's shit. Simple as. Lol @ Spike.

  • The_Gunshark

    Not to mention the fact that you can find so many great games on Steam for $10 or less, so you really need to step up your game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/tntmas Tomer Shahar

    There are games that actually were made by a groug of friends. and they made an impact.
    introversion, the company that made “defcon”, made their first game “uplink” with two programmers, and its still a unique and awesome game.
    “cave story” was made by some guy in his basement, and though it was just a 2d platformer/shooter, it at least manage to look good when compared with the grater titels of that genre, like megaman 3, which was only made one decade earlier at that time.
    and what about the free flash games? those are made with pratacly no funds, and a few are very well made, even for a Xbox game standers, like sonny RPG.

    I don't realy believe that there is such a thing as a bias bad review. even if it was based on first impression, it is still more honest thene those who were fans and supporters of the company before playing.

    the review itself was funny, but not very funny.
    don't let the anger take over, thats AVGN's gimmick.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V76DNUSCCDJHEETA73Q333U6G4 Michael

    Careful Spoony, Spike might sic John from the room dot com on you.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      Epic battle of John VS. Spoony for the Deadliest Warriors, oh for cryint out loud that would be too funny.

  • http://twitter.com/FailedSlurpe Mike bonacker

    way to tell those fuckers at spike! This game is a piece of shit.

  • Discordius

    Spoony, why did you even get the game? I mean, it had no real chances of being good.

  • tython

    I salute you spoony one for standing up and showing them that no matter what your status as a developer you can't get away with bad game design whatsoever and if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

  • gamer555

    i play games to get away from real life if you want a real fight then go get your faces smashed in by drunk guy at a bar assholes

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    What they are really mean to Spoony saying that he is DELUSIONAL is very professional. Much respect to the developpers at Spike Games

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    It probly the beginning of the end somewhat.

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    I Agreed my friend.

  • dennett316

    Wow, 1300 comments on such a piece of garbage game…who'd have thought a quickie review would cause so much shit? Who knew so many people were fans of that god awful show…so much so they bought the game???
    Ugh, it's the same people who made Transformers profitable isn't it?

  • DavexG

    I think we all know the real question is why is spoony wasting his time reviewing games, which noone cares about, when clearly he should be producing fresh Wrestle!Wrestle! shows for the spoony hardcores.

    :P

  • specterm91

    I still can't wrap my head around these shenanigans. Spoony played through FFVIII and bashed it every step of the way, and no one gives a dick. But bring in an XBLA game based on a goofy wish fulfillment show and people are up in arms. And where are Spike's replies to the other negative reviews? To put it bluntly, why the fuck is there so much butthurt stemming from this?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-Gary-Roffey/696520791 Christopher Gary Roffey

    Polarisation wasn't my goal, I was merely raising a point. And to be honest, I can't really scroll down and read all 1300+ comments on here, although I have read a fair few and there are those who are guilty of what I speak of. More to the point, if this wasn't an already polarised issue, then there wouldn't have been this much of a response.

    That said, perhaps my wording could of used a bit of toning down, rather than seeming rather scathing and to attack both sides.

  • ReloadXPsi

    Ah, calling you delusional. Reminds me of Uwe Boll claiming that his critics don't know anything about movies. Fucking crybabies.

  • Cthulhu07

    Over 1300 comments. Gotta be some kind of record. :D

  • GozarisaGod

    “It’s Spoony. With a capital S. As in, your game is Shit with a capital S.”

    LMFAO! I just caught that!

    Honestly what did these idiots expect trying to insult a guy who got famous over criticizing bad games!

  • http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

    Well, there's a lot of double-posts, so actual unique comments is probably closer to 1,000. But yeah, still a record. Apparently the previous record was around 700.

  • http://twitter.com/jurfrokstar Jamal Murphy

    So, the Nostalgia Critic catches Hell for his review of that fuckbag of a movie he reviewed called The Room (though he even recommended it) and now Spoony catches Hell for reviewing Deadlies Warrior. *sigh* Now Linkara needs to catch Hell for something and it will be all complete. People need tocalm down, it's not that serious.

  • http://twitter.com/Calamitous Julian Pena

    Honestly. Making a low budget arcade game for XBL based off a rediculous show. People were actually expecting it to be good or in fact decent? The show makes no sense. It's not even that amusing as people think it is. The game is worse than the show in my honest opinion. Spike Games should just suck it up and admit their game sucks. It's probably their first game so it's understandable. But they're defending it and saying it's because of the budget. I don't think that's the only case. They were uncreative and the game just wasn't fun at all. They need to play their game over and over to see how bad their game truly is. To see if they're happy and proud of their game at the end of the day because most likely they're crying in shame on how they released such a horrible game.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    IF I dont agree I just like to say I dont agree on something. I dont let spoonys opinoin affect any purcheses or likes in any shape or form. I also just like to comment on some of the werid comments on the thread like how since hes not “corperate” hes more right cause the something like the ign reviews take money hats. I mean you have to be a child to think like this. Also how some dont know the meaning of opinion. This is not pointed to everyone who posted but there are a few iv seen that fit it.

    • Sevyne

      IGN is like the Fox News of video games.Anyway. I disagree with Spoony quite often. For example (I’m totally gonna get shat in for this) I actually enjoyed FF8. I also thought his review of it was quite hilarious regardless. Even then he raised some good points as to what was bad about the game while putting his twist of critical humor into it. The game is stupid in many ways, but I still enjoy it. DW on the other hand(in my opinion) has NOTHING. It’s not fun, it’s not a fresh, it’s creative and clever in no way, it’s not visually pleasing, it’s got no technical skill level,it’s not worth 10 dollars, and MUCH MUCH better games have been made and are available for FREE. Games made 20 years ago blow this pile of garbage away. Anyway, I’m drifting away from the point so I’ll stop talking about the game.This is what he does as a critic; He entertains. When he looks into the camera and says something about you having to be an idiot to like a game, he isn’t really directly insulting you. It’s an act for the sake of entertainment. It’s an over exaggeration to express the dislike of the game in a way that will grab your attention. You want to get all upset over it then that’s fine. You are entitled to that, and you are also entitled to voice that you are upset. However you are also here by choice and you don’t have to be here.

      • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

        I disagree sir. They are actually the first people I go to when I want a review if im iffy on a game. To see thier side on it.

        • Sevyne

          We can agree to disagree then I guess. But even though I visit the site for updates on game releases/etc I’ve found the “opinions” and ratings on IGN to be forced, biased, and just downright wrong in so many ways in most cases. These are the same guys that place Mario at the top of almost every top 50,100,200,whatever lists they make. I’m sorry, but while Mario games usually don’t disappoint it hasn’t been a franchise worthy of a top 50 spot in well over a decade.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Klinton-Imai/100001113651751 Klinton Imai

    Although I'm a fan of the show, because I like to learn about old age weapons and warriors, this game sucks. And the fact that there's quite a bit of backlash against Spoony's review of it is dumbfounding. Get a life people!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Maciej-Grabowski/100001241960897 Maciej Grabowski

    Go Spoony! I agree 100% with you. The game is cheap, sure, but it's just as you say, it CAN have crappy graphics, small char roster and all that, but at least SOME gameplay other than SF1 style. SF2 indeed was more technical than DW, and I bet SF2 took less money to make…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lennie-Leuridan/501535316 Lennie Leuridan

    just because you can win or lose with 1 or more hits doesnt give them the right to compare it to bushido blade.

    Its like comparing the movie The Room to Conan just becuase both protagonists have long hair.

    • Anonymous

      No… It’s really not like that at all.

      It’s a similar characteristic/mechanic and a very signature one, so it’s understandable when this game’s fighting mechanic is described as one in which your meant to strike vital areas in order to kill the opponent in only a few strikes, it makes sense that people would make that connection to Bushido Blade.

      Even with a massive gap in quality you can still draw a parallel or two. In fact, shit games are compared to good games all the time in order to reinforce the shitty nature of the shitty game and to better illustrate what’s wrong with it in the first place.

  • http://www.facebook.com/max.topsholm Max Topsholm

    Already more than 1000 comments and it was released yesterday! xD

  • Jackl3nimble

    Spike Games whined about 'size and budget constraints?!' Really? A 'man's' network complaining about size? Maybe size does matter after all. Don't put your little ass on the field if you can't hang. Pun intended.

  • http://www.facebook.com/max.topsholm Max Topsholm

    And also, why would ANY developer(s) go against an quite famous critic that's already putting bad games to shame?

    I mean, why the fuck would Spike Games disagree with Spoony when it's quite obvious the game itself isn't that well executed, and whenever it's realistic or not, the overall gameplay with the controls is really crippled.

    Either Spike Games should have just ignored calling Spoony delusional or they should have agreed with what Spoony said, and fixed their problems so that they could perhaps, you know, IMPROVE the gameplay, instead of just protecting it as if it was their own child being accused.

    But it seems like Spike Games got nailed to the wall with the spartan spear, but that's their (intelligent) move :)

    Spoony, you've done a great job so far on all reviews and everything. Keep the good work up!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    fandom mentality, my friend. Let's just thank Cthulu we weren't all at some sort of convention.

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/phoenixultima PhoenixUltima

    Trying to ctrl+f with all comments loaded made my firefox scream rape. This comments section desperately needs some kind of page system.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Maciej-Grabowski/100001241960897 Maciej Grabowski

    Also in terms of “Blazbloo has 12 charact0rzz and it's a new gaem LOL Spoonysux!!!1oneoneone”. Yeah, BB had a small char roster, but it's deep, technical fighter for god's sake! (I know it had issues, but there's just no comparison whatsoever). In BB you need skill for combo, blockstrings, mixups, strategy….

    • http://solrokentertainment.blogspot.com Sol Rok Entertainment

      Is Blazbloo good?

    • http://solrokentertainment.blogspot.com Sol Rok Entertainment

      Is Blazbloo good?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Elizabeth-Pannel/1237765347 Elizabeth Pannel

    I love how Spike basically agrees that their game is shit, but since it's only 10 bucks, they expect people not to whine about it. Spoony was just vocalizing the truth about the game. Team Spoony all the way!

  • http://www.facebook.com/rokninja Jelani Akin Parham

    Cave Story was a free game, made by ONE GUY.

    Every other fighter on XBLA (King of Fighters 98, Mark of the Wolves, even Guilty Gear) cost as much or is CHEAPER than this game and is leagues better.

    Spike needs to step their game up. Deadliest Warrior reeks of all kinds of whack cash-in material.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    I wonder if these guys are going to challenge Spoony to a boxing match then? ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/max.topsholm Max Topsholm

    Vegeta, what's the count on the commentary page?

    IT'S OVER 1000!

  • TheWaffles

    I noticed something Spoony didn't bring up. The entire “it's going for a realistic fight” is complete bullshit. In this game you can get your arm chopped off and still fight as if nothing really happened. The only downside is you can't use your shield and you can't use throwing weapons.

    But YOUR WHOLE FREAKIN' ARM WAS LOPPED OFF. You do NOT get up after that. So don't try and pretend its trying to be realistic.

    • http://www.foxhack.net/ Foxhack

      I remember when Time Killers did that.

      In 1992.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

        The hell is Time Killers ? Im intrigue.

        • http://www.foxhack.net/ Foxhack

          It was a very gory and violent fighting game originally developed by Incredible Technologies (the Street Fighter The Movie guys) and released in arcades (and the Sega Genesis) in the early 90’s. I’m not sure if video links are forbidden due to spam bots, but there’s lots of videos on Youtube.

          You get bonus points for chopping off limbs and heads.

          And they made a pseudo sequel called Bloodstorm. Both games are in MAME.

          • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

            Hmm the way you describe, I think I know what it is, I might even play it once. Thanks for the info.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

            Nice old bloody classic.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

            Nice old bloody classic.

          • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

            Hmm the way you describe, I think I know what it is, I might even play it once. Thanks for the info.

        • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

          Same !!!

        • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

          Same !!!

    • http://www.foxhack.net/ Foxhack

      I remember when Time Killers did that.

      In 1992.

    • Anonymous

      Tis’ BUT A SCRATCH.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

        lol agreed.

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          LOL so much !

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          LOL so much !

    • Anonymous

      Tis’ BUT A SCRATCH.

  • http://www.facebook.com/max.topsholm Max Topsholm

    That would make also an instant death move since you'll probably die of bleeding to death, pretty quickly, I think.

  • Anonymous

    i play games to get away from real life if you want a real fight then go get your faces smashed in by drunk guy at a bar assholes

  • Zack_Dolan

    holy dammit christmas, i think is officially the most comments ever. give em hell, Spoon! you hurt their wittle feewings and now they are all butthurt and setting their droogies on you like they were an army of ninjas (presumably horribly historically innaccurate ninjas in the black jammies trying to fight in the open fields in broad daylight at that). I say that means you're doing something right. they made a bad game and you made them feel like tards for it, i'd say job well done for you. We're behind you 100% Spoony, make war on shitty games wherever you find them. I'm sick of being told to lower my standards because “that's just the way it is nowadays” bullshit! it's that way only because we let it, because no one stands up and screams out “you fucking suck and i want my money back!!” I say my standards are fine where they are, and with all those millions of dollars and tech at their disposal (even the small companies…not that i would consider spike “small”) and years of game development to build on, there's no damn reason in the world that i should accept shit cuz “that's the best you get for this price” Tear em up Spoony!! I never liked spike anyway! Rip am apart Run wild like Hulkamania all over their candy asses DAMN THE MAN! SAVE THE EMPIRE!!! wait…that's not right…

    “this is where the big dogs play” that almost made me shoot my drink out my nose. that whole rant was pure spoony gold. WHO – IS- DEADLIEST? Spoony, motherfuckers, with his long range snark attack and close in melee SKRONK, he's unstoppable!

  • Uberman5000

    This leads me to wonder if there are people who would ravenously defend things like Highlander II or Mazes and Monsters if they thought somebody would back them up on it, and how much they would have to assume, self-compromize, and use logical fallacy to give themselves the vain hope of being right. Dipshits.

  • Uberman5000

    These people must have thought “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” was a documentary.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    Wait so are you calling people who like the game or think its ok dipshits?

  • http://twitter.com/jurfrokstar Jamal Murphy

    I'm taking bet as to what Linkara is going to unnesisarly catch Hell for.

    • Anonymous

      Maybe the Charles Barkley fans will rise up. That would be turbl.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Coleman-Falk/100000782365510 Coleman Falk

      Rob Liefeld fans. I’m surprised that he hasn’t taken anything so far. Or maybe he has and I haven’t seen them.

      • http://solrokentertainment.blogspot.com Sol Rok Entertainment

        There are Liefeld fans?

      • http://solrokentertainment.blogspot.com Sol Rok Entertainment

        There are Liefeld fans?

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Coleman-Falk/100000782365510 Coleman Falk

      Rob Liefeld fans. I’m surprised that he hasn’t taken anything so far. Or maybe he has and I haven’t seen them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1143553858 Paul McKenzie

    What i have a hard time understanding is why any of this bothers Spoony at all. I mean Spike posted a comment saying you were delusional….SO? If someone called me that after I had reviewed their game I wouldnt care-I would take it as a sign that I must be right since they are getting defensive about it. I would just carry on with my normal stuff and treat this as any other review you have done. I suppose what im trying to say is that you have better things to do with your time than this-its not important. Making reviews….which is your living, is. You've said before about poor time management, I think this is an example. But hey, at the end of the day, its your site, and your time/money do as you please

  • Sol_Badguy

    Well, I just browsed through the entirety of the comments; by browsed I mean I literally just skimmed lightly over things and just read the gist of most comments. Most of them are people who support Spoony's ideas or just are Spoony's fans. I'd say roughly about 15-20% of the comments are actually supporting the Deadliest Warrior game and/or the TV show while the rest are either criticizing Spoony for his supposed ego trip, bashing the game, or telling the Spoonster he rocks (not to mention the double posts).

    This video probably brought out Spoony's fans more so than his enemies (although from the sound of his Tweets it seems like there was an unseen war going on, so maybe there was something in the forums?). But who could blame the fans for getting riled up? If this is indeed a representative of Spike games, then they have every right to praise or scold him for what he did.

  • Zack_Dolan

    oh i'm sure he knows that. and he knows it's jevenile too, but look at the response he's gotten. closing in 1500 comments, even factoring in multiple posts and reposts, that's over a 1000 views on his video. that's a 1000 subcribers, a thousand ads clicked and over 1000 happy smiles from everyone who benefits from that. it's a sign the developers themselves actually pay attention to what spoony says. so much so they started this little war (though i'm betting their fans had more to do with that speciifically) that has really only served to accomplish 2 things, 1) make them look like thin skinned fools who can't take a joke, and 2) it's given spoony a lot more business and viewers than the video would have garnered without spike's interference. really they're just helping his case and i am sure he loves every second of it. controversy, views, banning trolls and the love and support of the loyal fans coming out in droves. this couldn't have worked out better for him if he planned it (and i wouldn't put it past him to actually HAVE planned it, to tell you the truth, he's pretty devious)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Gilfillan/1681085004 Daniel Gilfillan

    Um… because it would be incredibly irresponsible as a critic to review a game without even having it?

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      You got that right. Spoony is really dedicate it that simple !

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      You got that right. Spoony is really dedicate it that simple !

  • Uberman5000

    No, people can like this terrible game if they want, I'm calling people that try to argue that this game actually doesn't suck by making excuses for it (“It's only ten bucks, waaaaah!”) or bending the facts to suit them better (“A fighting system where you can die after three seconds isn't broken, it's 'realistic'.”) If you actually like the game and don't think it sucks that much, you can be more level-headed in talking about it, instead of interpreting a bad review of the game as a volley of personal insults that needs to be rebutted.

    That's who I mean by dipshits.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    The body carries 8 pints of blood, cutting the arm off you'll lose 1 pint a min. In 3 minutes you pass out then you die. Maybe if you're Jet Jacked you might be able to fight back. Either way, you'll faint in the allotted time mentioned.

    • http://www.foxhack.net/ Foxhack

      All the players in the game have Lightsaber weapons, of course.

    • http://www.foxhack.net/ Foxhack

      All the players in the game have Lightsaber weapons, of course.

  • http://twitter.com/BustermanZero Peter Dawson

    I love how Spike Games talked about Milk and Honey. The problem was he expected milk and got sewer water.

    Seriously, its like Spike Games doesn't understand what it means to be an indie developper. You don't use it as an excuse to justify a buggy, poorly-designed game, you use it to justify a game that doesn't offer much in terms of size but is fairly priced based on the size of the game. I mean, if it cost slightly less than ten bucks and only had online and offline versus modes, I'd probably be okay with it, though I'd want hte combat to work naturally. Really the big flaw with the game is they attempted too much and it was all crap. This is game design 101 people, I studied this in school.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    The thing is I dont see this as a terrible game. Thats my opinion on it. Also a fighting game where you die fast is ok if thats how the game is suppose to be. It be different if lets say any SF you die in 3 hits cause the game was never meant to be like that so it would be kinda werid.

  • Uberman5000

    A guy the size of the Ultimate Warrior probably has thirty pints of blood, which he calls Kill Juice, which he stores in the biceps that are the size of his head, which he calls Pain Cranks, and when he loses an arm, which wouldn't happen because no one can jack a track close enough and get foked up enough to actually tear his Pain Crank off. Full-blown!

  • Uberman5000

    Fair enough, but for the same price, you could get Samurai Shodown II on XBLA. If you like cheap characters, at least Ukyo's good at being cheap. ;)

  • ReloadXPsi

    Hahaha! Maybe they can have a deadly warrior-off. Spoony can be a pirate and bring a fucking cannon.

  • http://twitter.com/Ryuzito RyuRanX

    At first I thought Spoony was being too harsh with the developers, but only until I've read Spike Game's reply calling him delusional. WTF? Why being so offensive only because the reviewer didn't like the game? It's his opinion. It's based on facts and it must be respected.

    What else can I say? Spoony is fucking right! There plenty of talented “indie” developers that give us some awesome games for free! And there're some cases like Penumbra that even with the low budget, Frictional Games managed to deliver a great survival-horror game that surpasses every mainstream blockbuster titles in the same genre.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1143553858 Paul McKenzie

    Yes I suppose you're right, I never really thought of it like that. Though obviously all this has to stop somewhere. I mean say Spike have a response to this. Does Spoony respond to that? I cant think of any other time a company has come out and responded to critisism in this way-surely this cant have been a genuine company response, I cant believe a real company would do that

  • http://www.facebook.com/MaxTheUkrainian Max Prykhodko

    I literally clapped my hands after watching the followup!

  • Windlenot

    They should know, if they made a better game, even for $10, they wouldn't have to go “responding” to internet critics

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    Its 1006 yeah go kick his ass nappa

  • Reaki

    Dude, its The Spoony Experiment … did you really expect that in comments on this site, fans wouldnt have the upper hand? And 20% seems to me like a little bit too much, especially if you dont count those fresh accounts (no avatar), because they registered just to troll …

  • Holepunchio

    I don't know Spoony. Do you really think it's fair to say “When I talk, people listen” to a corporation as big as Spike? You'd think you're the one with a TV network and millions upon millions of followers.

    I'm not saying you're wrong about the game, but statements like that are a little too egomanical for ANYONE to say and get away with.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Real.Sean.Hodges Sean Hodges

    The irony of it all is that I would have quite liked the Deadliest Warrior series had they moved on from historical fighters and started pitting Space Marines against the Care bears. Let's face it, it would make no discernible difference to the “realism” of the show and game.
    Probably why I can't wait for the parody version that Spoony made a promo for a while back, if that ever gets off the ground.

  • Sol_Badguy

    Really, kid, what should you care if people say that it's a bad game and the people suck for liking it? Is your life on the line for this game? If you like it, you like it. Play whatever the hell you want.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SS4RTDFVC4TP26WD5HTYHO6BVI Jack

    I agree with Spoony, but he did go on a bit of an ego trip.

  • Sol_Badguy

    No…I'm in no way surprised, but people have been posting lately remarking on the 1000+ comments and saying that it's people complaining about Spoony's review. I'm just going on record by stating the seemingly obvious to the seemingly oblivious.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Kowalski/644789747 Ryan Kowalski

    ok i am with spoony i am a gamer that has very little money and when i go out to get a new game i look for quality and performance and i hear what he is saying if the controls are sticky and not well coded if i go to a game store and they have deadliest warrior or another game similar and in realistic fighting and it looks better and plays better i am going to go with the better of the two so i believe spoony is right on his review

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    You are well versed in the way of The Warrior.

  • http://twitter.com/Theacut Cheuk Chan

    Whilst watching this video I noticed a pretty humorous paradox one of the defenders of this game says about Spoony and that's the line:
    “If this is the worst game ever, then Spoony is the worst reviewer ever”.
    Well this brings up an interesting situation. If he means to call Spoony out on being the worst reviewer, then he's also admitting that yes, DW is the worst game ever, something which I don't think he would want considering that he's supposedly defending this game.
    On the flip side if he's more focused on saying that this isn't the worst game ever then he's also saying that Spoony isn't the worst reviewer ever, which is something that he's supposedly suggesting.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Konwinski/1710597294 Matthew Konwinski

    Yeah Spike Games are poor poor little developers. How dare we all pick on the small guys just trying their best! They didn't have that big a budget!

    ..EXCEPT FOR THE MONTH LONG ADVERTISING ON GAMETRAILERS EVEN HAVING SOME REVIEWS SPONSORED BY DEADLIEST WARRIOR

    Yeah small time and not enough budget my ass :/ Seriously Spike Games. Grow the fuck up and do us all a favor. Make a cash in game to 1000 ways to die with your entire company an heroing over Spoony's comment the feature death
    Way to die #1 “Rage Quit”

  • http://www.facebook.com/frenchtoastseriously Frenchtoastseriously Okay

    Dude. Nearly 1400 comments. You must be making some serious cash off this one little video. Maybe you should troll Spike more often. It could be quite lucrative.

    However.

    As a long-time fan of your videos, I still have to agree with what others have said regarding the fact that you've progressively become more of an ass (with a bit of an ego) in recent times. Maybe that's something you're doing on purpose, but I kinda liked it when you were nicer and a bit more humble. That's just my two pennies.

    I'm still a fan and all. Just sayin'.

  • Holepunchio

    The worst game ever? I believe we all know the worst game ever.

    Come on

    You know

    It's kind of classic?

    E.T. on the Atari 2600. Poor Spoony played that in an addled haze. I don't even know if that made it worst or made it better.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Ottoson/100000693361189 Joe Ottoson

    Just think of Spoony as the Old Spice guy and Spike Games as Alyssia Milano.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Ottoson/100000693361189 Joe Ottoson

    Deadliest Warrior is a lot like the 3d update to Time Killers. Realistic in only the most marginal sense, (kinda like saying MK is more realistic than Street Fighter because MK has more blood) flaky control and generic character design.

  • http://twitter.com/HARDPUNCHER Anders Persson

    He's just one dude on the internet, an entertainer, he's just sharing his own opinion on a game. And he didn't like it. It happens. People can't like every single game. There it is, the truth.

    Since when did it matter so much if one guy didn't like a specific game, even if he's a reviewer? Beats me.

  • Reaki

    I dont know man, I dont think anything changed really, I joined his grand experiment somewhere around power rangers review and aside from the technical side of thing, its seems the same… Spoony knows how to light up the fires, he always did… Recently, there just wasnt any material like this. And bashing on terrible stuff is what made him who he is today. I dont recall Spoony ever beign that forgiving to a shitty material, be it a movie or game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Rodoy/775323495 David Rodoy

    More of an ass? Have you gone back and watched his FF VIII review lately? Spoony was a royal asshole in that entire review, openly insulting people who believed the story was anything other than complete idiotic nonsense.

    Haven't noticed a change to be honest. I think it's just that he's doing more vidlogs of late so he's expressing more direct opinions rather than doing comedy where those opinions are often exagerrated satire.

  • http://twitter.com/samuell samuel

    That is true that not everyone will like the same game,but its also true that we as human just like to discuss our own opinions. So stuff like this is just bound to happen.

  • Rocko7712

    One thing i think Spoony nails right on the head is that its better just to pay $10 or less at a video store and play a GOOD game for a night or 2. Rather than pay a game that gets old very fast and really will only last you a couple of mins to a few hours (at the most). Over here (yes i don't live in the USA, but you probably don't care) its $10 to rent a new release for 3 days, which is around $5 USD. Sure you get DW for life, but honestly who would want that ;P.

  • http://twitter.com/auPHE Katie Clark

    Y'know, I've got to sympathize with Spoony here. He went on a bit of a rage-rampage, but sometimes you hate something SO GODDAMN MUCH that it seeps through every time you talk about it.

    Personally, I thought it was pretty entertaining.

    In the end, though, some people are just easier to please than others… like the fans of DW:TG.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Rodoy/775323495 David Rodoy

    A-hem. I think Dr. Insano planned this. Spooney was just along for the ride.

    I should imagine he made a tidy bit of money out of all this, yes. Didn't he mention at the last convention that if he doesn't produce content he doesn't eat? This bit of troll baiting and Spike being bitches has certainly put some beers on his table. No doubt Angry Joe finds this hysterical.

    • Anonymous

      haha quite right. I’m sure this is all Insano’s master stroke coming to fruition haha

  • http://twitter.com/CLeumas Samuel Cower

    I think Spoony my very well be going crazy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1560217834 Chris Scheetz

    I think Spike Games needs a hug.

  • Rocko7712

    Their gonna need more than a hug after this video.

  • specterm91

    FINALLY someone else makes the Time Killers connection. Posted that myself on the original review and no one seemed to recognize the game. :P

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Ottoson/100000693361189 Joe Ottoson

      Nobody wants to remember a crappy game I guess. IIRC, the Genesis version was nearly canceled. Despite it’s obvious suck at the time, I still had a friend who played it religiously.

      • Anonymous

        When I was an impressionable young lad, my friend pawned it off on me promising something similar Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter. Needless to say, my dreams of awesomeness were shattered with a shitty pixelated Ash Williams wannabe sliced my head off two seconds into the first match I ever played. Not a good game, but a good idea, I think. Kind of sucks that no one has gotten the “hack each others limbs off and shit” style of fighter down just yet.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Ottoson/100000693361189 Joe Ottoson

          Hacking off body parts imposes a control issue. Every time you’re hit, the game is taking away control options from you. It’s the same issue with arm breaks etc. Especially for people who play fighting games competitively, that random element is really hard to accept.

          I’d think the best option for a game like that would be to have a multi player hack n’ slash Powerstone variation.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Ottoson/100000693361189 Joe Ottoson

          Hacking off body parts imposes a control issue. Every time you’re hit, the game is taking away control options from you. It’s the same issue with arm breaks etc. Especially for people who play fighting games competitively, that random element is really hard to accept.

          I’d think the best option for a game like that would be to have a multi player hack n’ slash Powerstone variation.

      • Anonymous

        When I was an impressionable young lad, my friend pawned it off on me promising something similar Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter. Needless to say, my dreams of awesomeness were shattered with a shitty pixelated Ash Williams wannabe sliced my head off two seconds into the first match I ever played. Not a good game, but a good idea, I think. Kind of sucks that no one has gotten the “hack each others limbs off and shit” style of fighter down just yet.

  • Holepunchio

    Did you ever read the post where some anonymous fan sent Spoony a huge and expensive adobe mediacenter to edit his videos? And Spoony was relunctant to open it for getting something so awesome for free simply because he does some reviews on-line?

    That was very humble of Spoony. And that seems a lot different than the guy that tells Spike “When I talk people listen” and “make sure you get it right, it's Spoony with a capital S, just like your game gets a capital S for Shit”. I certainly don't mind Spoony tearing into games, movies, companies, and the fanbases surrounding them. It's doing with the “holier than thou” attitude I feel that has changed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tyler-Sheridan/100000160704443 Tyler Sheridan

    spot on spoony. i only played the demo and thought it was alright. i don;t own an Xbox 360 so i can;t really form and opinion, i just played it at my freinds house a few times. he was smart enough (and broke enough) to only get the demo. i sorta liked the show, but i will say that the more episodes i watched, the more i realized how much bullshit there was. i don;t watch it anymore becuase of some of the crap they do and then try and claim their show is accurate. i got 1 thing to say to the makers od deadliest warrior

    SIEGE WEAPONS CANNOT, WILL NOT, AND NEVER WILL BE USED IN A ONE ON ONE MATCH!

    one thing to say about the deadliest warrior game

    IF YOUR GAME IS BASED IN REALISM THEN WHY THE FUCK ISN;T YOUR SHOW!? MAYBE YOU TRIED BUT YOU OBVIOUSLY FAILED. IF ANYTHING THE GAME IS MORE REALISTIC THEN THE SHOW AND THAT IS JUST SAD.

  • Reina_Vash

    Well Spoonster you have made a valid point. That's for sure! I really enjoy how you shot everyone down. I personally don't blame you. As for SG, they obviously don't care about gamers at all. They created this game to make money (isn't that obvious?) and that's what they're getting.

    I couldn't understand how they say you're “delusional” for not liking it. You gave it your best shot and you give every game a chance (maybe except for FFIX =P) and hope they are good. When they're bad, you're not afraid to say it with good points. You DO YOUR HOMEWORK! SG again obviously doesn't.

    I saw the add for on xbl and instantaneously did NOT like it. Another lame game in my opinion. I'm not really into fighting games, but I grew up on Tekken, Marvel vs. Capcom, Street Fighter, etc. All the classics like that were I don't know… GOOD!!!! They all had a story, all had some kind of plot. Hell even Soul Caliber had a plot and I didn't really enjoy that one as much (Taki is still the coolest ninja ever ^_^).

    I'm actually a poor college girl who is working a full time job and going to school full time. You better damn believe I would love to spend $10 on a decent game. I wouldn't care if it was $5 or $50 I want it to be worth my money. SG has the money, they just didn't want to spend much money on the title. “You get what you pay for.” riiiggghhhttt…. Nowadays you could even spend $60 and STILL find a horrible, not entertaining, and ridiculous game that just isn't fun. There are always flukes, but to diss on an excellent critic who does his job right because of the “you hurt my feelings” kind of attitude.

    Next time Spoonster, just tell them it sounds like a personal problem =P

    • http://twitter.com/nemesis274 Lester Ramos

      And to think they would whine about saying that their game costs 10 dollars. They get what they paid for. Oh, it’s not like there are better games you can get for 10 dollars or less. And I cannot help but think if Spike were to make a game worth 60 dollars and still suck ass, they would indeed say the same thing.

      I never understood on the forums on why they hate Spoony over a review, calling him arrogant or something. He is just being what he is, a critic who criticizes based on his opinions. Still, I think Spoony can handle this flaming. I mean, he did rip off Final Fantasy 8 in the good days.

    • http://twitter.com/nemesis274 Lester Ramos

      And to think they would whine about saying that their game costs 10 dollars. They get what they paid for. Oh, it’s not like there are better games you can get for 10 dollars or less. And I cannot help but think if Spike were to make a game worth 60 dollars and still suck ass, they would indeed say the same thing.

      I never understood on the forums on why they hate Spoony over a review, calling him arrogant or something. He is just being what he is, a critic who criticizes based on his opinions. Still, I think Spoony can handle this flaming. I mean, he did rip off Final Fantasy 8 in the good days.

      • Reina_Vash

        That’s true, they do get what they paid for. Yeah really? Imagine if they made deadliest warrior for the console that wasn’t arcade and then cost $60!? Then they REALLY don’t care and in return have the *wussy imitation voice* “Oh, you hurt our feelings! How can you do that to a small company like ours!?” lol.

        Their comment is just plain stupid. To comment on a critic has the same meaning as having those dumb “insider” magazines with celebrities comment about how they look. Just really dumb, but whatever gets people going I guess lol. Spoonster is very strong enough for the apparent flaming from SG. They’re just mad that a popular internet critic such as this great guy dissed them.

        As I said before that sounds like a personal problem =P

      • Reina_Vash

        That’s true, they do get what they paid for. Yeah really? Imagine if they made deadliest warrior for the console that wasn’t arcade and then cost $60!? Then they REALLY don’t care and in return have the *wussy imitation voice* “Oh, you hurt our feelings! How can you do that to a small company like ours!?” lol.

        Their comment is just plain stupid. To comment on a critic has the same meaning as having those dumb “insider” magazines with celebrities comment about how they look. Just really dumb, but whatever gets people going I guess lol. Spoonster is very strong enough for the apparent flaming from SG. They’re just mad that a popular internet critic such as this great guy dissed them.

        As I said before that sounds like a personal problem =P

  • Rocko7712

    You posting about the “When I talk, people listen” just proves his point. People DO listen, but hey if he makes those comments then he's the one who has to deal with the ramifications of it later, but for now he's standing strong to what he says.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tyler-Sheridan/100000160704443 Tyler Sheridan

    and another thing that spoony actually didn't mention. spike is a company. they are an entire TV station if not more. they cannot come up and say that they don;t have the resources to make a game that isn't shit because they do. they obviously don;t give a fuck about gamers and never will. spike games does not lack the funds to hire decent programmers and decent artists to make a game. if they gave a flying fuck about the people who were going to play this game instead of their wallets then they would have given the project a bit more money so it wouldn't be shit. and if you don;t like the review the shut the fuck up because you wouldn't have to take deal with bad reviews if you didn't make bad games.

    • Anonymous

      While Spike TV may have the resources, they gave Spike games the resources (or lack-there-of according to the Spike games representative.) to make this game. But Spoony’s point is that if you don’t have the resources to make this 3d fighter, then don’t make the 3d fighter.

      They could have made something else, like a 2d fighter that would have been more impressive. Or perhaps an army tactics game (ala Star Craft or War Craft) that involved two historical forces fighting against one another: a ninja brigade versus a pirate crew, Spartans versus a legion of knights, or more. That would have been more “realistic” and that would have been more resourceful. Spike games reminds me of the kid that gets their allowance, but they don’t spend their quarters on several games of SF2/MK/Tekken/DoA/Soul Calibur/Guilty Gear, instead they spent it on crappy 3d fighters like War Gods or Ehrigeiz: God Bless the (7-Days-till-you-Die) Ring.

      Bottom line: Not to say that Spike TV couldn’t have given them more resources to use, but I actually think that was a wise business decision on their part considering how sloppy the game is. So, in the end, the only thing Spoony can really blame Spike TV for is giving Spike games the resources and providing them with the crappy show that inspired the game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tyler-Sheridan/100000160704443 Tyler Sheridan

    spike games needs their mommy so she can point out that they arn't allowed to bitch about something that is their fault to begin with. oh, and i accidental liked your comment.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tyler-Sheridan/100000160704443 Tyler Sheridan

    if spoony is crazy then your A FUCKING PHYCOPATH!

  • Steve_the_Llama

    Wow, i mean wow. So much contoversy… over THIS?
    Tbh demo was kinda funny for bout 5 mins… (especially getting a fluke headshot from an inch away) but really after the “holy shit IN THE FACE” moment, the game became boring. No skill is needed, button mashing (and luck) is the only strategy… proven by the fact i got whipped by my girlfriend who has NEVER played a fighting game. Not saying im good but it just felt so random.
    The inability to autoface is counterintuitive and 8 characters is pretty weedy… unless we're talking really welll developed and tactically different ones eg (original) Smash Bros.

    All in all… not worth the tenner its askin for.

  • Bearkat0620

    A-Fucking-men spoony, I would rather piss away my $10 on DLC for Mass Effect 2 than this shitty game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tyler-Sheridan/100000160704443 Tyler Sheridan

    ya, but those are part of why i bother to watch his reviews. they are fairly accurate without sacrificing the humor that makes them enjoyable to watch.

  • Slepter

    Spike TV DOES have a lot of followers. Spike Games' followers, on the other hand, consist entirely of DW fans.

    And nobody in the history of ever has gone to a corporation searching for an honest personal opinion.

  • http://twitter.com/BendyStraw101 Bendy Straw

    Right on! I had missed Spoony doing this sort of thing. Honestly it is a nice throwback to how great his material used to be. Seriously Spoony you don't need to act out an elaborate performance like other people do, you do so much better when your just raving like a mad man and being a smart-ass to anyone who disagrees.

  • Holepunchio

    Hi, I'm one of the fresh account no avatar “trolls” you were mentioning. I'll admit my first posts are criticisms, but I offer them as constructive rather than to “troll” as you put it. I never commented on Spoony's previous work simply because I've haven't had any problem with them. I'd laugh, agree, and move on. Now things are starting to change, and I'm really hope they don't continue too. If you look on other sites with Spoony's fans, you'll find a lot of long time fans are a little disenfranchised with the subtle changes. Rather than declare Spoony dead to me, I may harp a little here and there in hope to change things. Maybe you don't agree with me, that's fine. Maybe you'll consider me a troll, that's fine too. As long as you give my perspective a fair chance and as long as we remain civil it all should work out.

  • Rocko7712

    Spoony did his own OHK, he punched SGs IN THE SOUL!

  • graylord

    Woah, I never thought DW could have this many fans.
    How can someone take a game based on that show serious to begin with?

  • Holepunchio

    Ahh, I guess we are people. And we are listening. I guess don't have the hard numbers on how many people follow Spoony but I do know it's enough to make a living. My point is you can be Opera and say “When I talk, people listen” and it would STILL be too egomanical, even if it's true. He's really strawmaning Spike in that he's not hoping to convince people who disagree with him that's he right, he's just mocking them so that people who already agree with him can have a good chuckle.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_X62U6JBO6SSX4JWHIQ55MYOHQQ joseph

      He wasnt mocking every single person who likes this game, he was mocking the people who posted the half-arsed, pitiful excuses for arguements. And those people deserve to be mocked in my oppinion,…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JC2PW5ITCPWTAPFCERZY4X2JBU Gabriel

    I love how people have argued that this game is good when its obviously a total shitbomb. Spoony has clearly destroyed every possible defense for this game, its really no excuse that spike games a “small developer” must i add the fact they have a channel on cable and make money on terrible shows and reruns from good ones. Its pure laziness that dumbfounds me. A little note to Spike games: You have the money to produce a good game The game you produced on the other hand was a total piece of shit. Spike you have the money and you are fully capable of producing a good game, this on the other hand was total fucking laziness..Once again your show sucks, your game sucks, The End!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

    That's different. When somebody openly insults me, discredits me as something I greatly identify myself with and calls me delusional for sharing my opinion with the game online, I'm not remotely humble to them. The same goes for Spoony. Spike, a mass multimedia corporation, dismissed him as a gamer AND a reviewer. That's being an asshole no matter how you look at it.

    Otherwise, he's doing what he normally does. He's a nice guy, but he doesn't like it when corporate dick-pounding douches — or anyone else, for that matter — start throwing the hate ball.

    All he's doing is sticking up for himself and something he believes in. Just because he's not nice to some people doesn't mean he'll brush off his fans.

  • dylanconnell

    I just got an idea for you Spoony, maybe you should start reviewing Spike games as a response to spike. I mean, there are some bad game there, specifically TNA Impact, the video game. Oh, and if you do decide on doing this, I suggest you review TNA Impact the video game first, cause that game is by far THE WORST WRESTLING VIDEO GAME OF ALL TIME!

  • dylanconnell

    Also, I support what you are doing Spoony, I really hate deadliest warriors and tna. and i think you need to destroy both of them.

  • Rocko7712

    Yeah I see where your coming from but I see that its more egomanical not to reply, as it could be shown as he doesn't give two shits about what we think. Him replying brings him down to 'our' level and truly what i find interesting in our species. The ability to actually have a brain and not blindly follow people, we were given cognitive function for a reason:

    To voice our opinions

    I find it disheartening when people don't use that gift, but all these posts show we at least have half a brain and are willing to actually think.

  • http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

    ET gets a lot of flack, but honestly, if you go back and watch, most of Spoony's problems with ET are because he didn't know the controls and abilities. If he had an instruction manual, it would have been fine. …Okay, not FINE, but passable. ET was functional, and made by one guy in about 6 weeks. That means it is a quantified smaller developer than Spike Games, with less of a budget, and a much shorter design cycle, especially considering the current existence of middleware.

    Basically, what I'm saying is, if you consider resources available, cash spent, and time taken, Deadliest Warrior is a worse game than ET.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JRQFSV3VVO77M4TUSYTRSYA6VM wee woo

    There is one more game that should be mentioned when it come to “realistic” swordy fighting games, Die by the sword and its expansion Limb from limb for PC which where awesome (as was Bushido Blade). Give it a try if you like that type of games, oh how I wish another using its control scheme, the VSIM system, was made.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Djordje-Cerovic/1258520062 Djordje Cerovic

    Man … This is generating a lot of comments XD

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XQTK4AE6VRGZK2DKQCWTGZYQVQ johnny

    cheers spoony the show is awful and your Letterman reference in the previous video said it all. I couldn't give a shit about the game but it looks like War Gods from n64

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_X62U6JBO6SSX4JWHIQ55MYOHQQ joseph

    … you mean psychopath

  • Holepunchio

    I go purely by enjoyment you can get out of it. Deadliest Warrior looks like I could get at least a couple of hours of enjoyment out of it. But if we're going by “resources available, cash spent, and time taken”, Sonic 2006 undoubtfully. I would love to see Spoony review that putrid piece of shit, but he probably has never played it before, and no human being should have to experience it.

  • FartParty

    It's because Spoony is being a Huge fucking baby and everyone's treating it like some “Down with da man” revolution or something.

    Fact is, spoony's review was a piece of shit and Spike games called him on it. Also, I played the demo, the game's not half bad (considering I got the demo for free)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Henri-Korthout/1612722356 Henri Korthout

    I saw the review and thought what the hell?! Yeah, you can loose with one blow to the head with a spear, what the spartan does, if you view it from a realistic point. But if this realistic, I am almost certain that you can't do it 2 times in a row for instance, it's just pure fucking luck. The distance he throws it, the course will always be off from my point of view. Just like the ninja who throws his kunai's or stars.

    Haven't seen the show, maybe i'll watch it for laughs later.

  • http://twitter.com/epox1 epox

    Think you should have mentioned that you can get a Super Nintendo + Street Fighter II for less than $10 from eBay or craigslist.

  • Holepunchio

    Oh don't get me wrong. Spike deserves an assblasting for their little “reply”. By no means do I say be nice to poor little ol' Spike games. But once again, that isn't my point. Saying “When I talk, people listen” has nothing to do with Spike, it's Spoony himself saying “Yeah, I'm important. I think so. If you disagree, you're wrong.” It's does not come off to the viewer as “Wow, that guy knows he's talking about, and Spike is being a bully” It's “Wow, that guy sure does have a high opinion of himself.”

    It's just not cool seeing Spoony act that way. When he's right he's right but let it be from his arguments not “What have you never heard of me? It's Spoony. Capital S.”

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

      First of all, you’re misquoting him for effect. That’s not equivalent to a fair argument. You’re twisting the words around and changing the context in which they’re said to show a point. I mean, you’ve got the fucking source a page up from here. Ctrl+C Ctrl+V, man.

      Secondly, with all the kindness and humility he’s had in the past, suddenly he changes in this video? Fuck no. He’s just angry. In a bad mood. Sure, maybe it was a bit much with the “because people listen to what I have to say”, but it’s absolutely true. Nobody on this website cares about what Spike has to say.

      • Anonymous

        “And next time, Spike, spell my fucking name right. It’s Spoony. With a capital S. As in, your game is Shit with a capital S.

        Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.”

        Theres his quote. And I do apologize. I wasn’t “misquoting him for effect” but was simply misquoting him because I was too much of an lazy ass to find the quotes, copy and paste. Sorry if it seemed like I was trying to skew the argument. To be perfectly honest though, theres the real quote, is it really all that different to what I thought it was? I also hope people aren’t confusing my obviously fake quotes with what he said.

        Anyways, Spoony’s change hasn’t just happened in this video, it kind of “overloaded” in this response. To me, Spoony changed when his forums stopped being public, because, you know, “the trolls.”

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sebastian-Proano/610127942 Sebastian Proaño

          I always thought that the guy who was thankful for the Adobe Package was Noah (the person), and the guy who tears games a new one is The Spoony One (The Character).

          I think that all this was really done more in character than anything else.

          Besides, is not like he’s saying lies. People DO listen to him and hold in high regard his opinions. He has a seizable fanbase and doesn’t matter if he wants his name in capital S, well, he can demand it.

          Specially when Video Game developers throw such a tantrum for a negative review.

          And, yeah, he was pissed.

          • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

            I think you’re absolutely right. The video is Noah, the text is Spoony.

          • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

            Indeed it not spoony it IS Spoony. “S”

          • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

            Indeed it not spoony it IS Spoony. “S”

          • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

            I think you’re absolutely right. The video is Noah, the text is Spoony.

          • Anonymous

            I wish I could I believe the alternate ego theory. Sadly, it would take a lot to convince me that he’s just acting the role. Maybe at one time they were separate, but now…

            Spoony One consumed Noah Antwiler.

          • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

            Listen, man, just shut the fuck up. You know that’s not true. Not in the least. You’re being fucking dramatic, and you probably are just going off what you read of the text.Fuck off, troll.

          • Anonymous

            I wish I could I believe the alternate ego theory. Sadly, it would take a lot to convince me that he’s just acting the role. Maybe at one time they were separate, but now…

            Spoony One consumed Noah Antwiler.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sebastian-Proano/610127942 Sebastian Proaño

          I always thought that the guy who was thankful for the Adobe Package was Noah (the person), and the guy who tears games a new one is The Spoony One (The Character).

          I think that all this was really done more in character than anything else.

          Besides, is not like he’s saying lies. People DO listen to him and hold in high regard his opinions. He has a seizable fanbase and doesn’t matter if he wants his name in capital S, well, he can demand it.

          Specially when Video Game developers throw such a tantrum for a negative review.

          And, yeah, he was pissed.

        • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

          It’s different enough to matter. With that, the quote goes from just a douchebag rebuttal to something more controlled, humorous and sardonic. It just seemed like you were exaggerating for effect.Anyway, did you even watch the follow-up? Not only was the text only a small part of the follow-up, but the ONLY part of the entire response that made him seem in the least like an overly-prideful asshole. And he isn’t. He was just going for laughs. Common mistake.

        • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V2UNU6MAGZVPHBAT2ZEUBXH73U Zach

          It’s different enough to matter. With that, the quote goes from just a douchebag rebuttal to something more controlled, humorous and sardonic. It just seemed like you were exaggerating for effect.Anyway, did you even watch the follow-up? Not only was the text only a small part of the follow-up, but the ONLY part of the entire response that made him seem in the least like an overly-prideful asshole. And he isn’t. He was just going for laughs. Common mistake.

  • GunAndy

    Seriously guys. this game sems to be a fightinggame noone should ever care about,why all the fuss? If you like the game,get back to play the game instead of typing a lot of stupid and offensive comments.

    • http://twitter.com/Sketchney Natasha Douglas

      Bear in mind the likers of the game have already played with all 8 characters, so really they’ve got no reason to go back to playing it…For the time being they’ve got nothing better to do with their time than fuel the flame war until they’re able to waste their money/XBL points on more ‘precious’ DLC characters ;)

    • http://twitter.com/Sketchney Natasha Douglas

      Bear in mind the likers of the game have already played with all 8 characters, so really they’ve got no reason to go back to playing it…For the time being they’ve got nothing better to do with their time than fuel the flame war until they’re able to waste their money/XBL points on more ‘precious’ DLC characters ;)

  • Holepunchio

    Woah, what kind of magical Ebay do you have? Craigslist maybe, but you have to be a super bargain hunter and really lucky.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/IZero-Gravityi/100000964325731 IZero Gravityi

    Haters can keep hating Spoony, they are just making you famous! The game is terrible and even they creators know it. Plain and simple!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Manuel-Aduna/1712179998 Manuel Aduna

    I personnaly think he actually did that on purpose because he was pissed off at the moment, I haven't seen any change in him either, but when people get pissed, well, they can say a lot of things.

  • Booze Zombie

    This is fucking hilarious!
    Keyboard warriors rally forth to defend your TEN DOLLAR PURCHASE, ha, ha, ha!

    Seriously guys, this isn't a console or a movie, it's a ten dollar game.
    This is like defending Alien Hominid or Castle Crashers… well, I love those games, but that's besides the point.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-Willett/100000032377835 Patrick Willett

    Wow, this is a flame war unlike any I've ever seen. This has got to be the highest number of comments on anything on your site, Spoony. Yeesh.

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    The deadliest warrior is an awful show, but the game is the best thing ever made by throlls to you dare be mean to them oh wait … yeah dilusional … you get them spoony.

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    Damn right ! You just dont mess with the Spoony like that, saying he is delusional is just crossing the line. For crying out loud he was just reviewing the game calm the fuc* down please.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      I got a feeling that we didnt see the end of it somehow.

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    … now what a sequel ??

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    What that is some messed up stuffs bro lol. love it.

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    This madness has to stop im just damn tired about the freaking fan boys of Deadly Warriors get a life please.

    • Anonymous

      but i hate deadliest warriors.

    • Anonymous

      but i hate deadliest warriors.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      I, too hate the game man, I dont really love the controls it way too “realistic” for my taste lol.

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    That is one shot to the head lol.

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    They dont have a heart they dont need any, theyll be alright im sure.

  • http://twitter.com/hugo_deschat Hugo D.

    Thanks Doc.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      Your Welcome sir.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      Your Welcome sir.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    As my father once told me. Arguing online is like the Special Olympics, no matter who wins we're all retarded in the end.

  • http://twitter.com/DyloniusFunk Dylan Stalnaker

    The best part is he got a response from the actual company behind the game. That has to be the most unprofessional thing to do, just focus on one review because some troll posted the link in GameFaqs

  • Booze Zombie

    Everyone on the Internet must've quoted your father, because if I had a dollar for every time I've seen that phrase…

    Still a good point, though.
    But hey, it gives Spoony good material for imrov videos and that, I never complain about.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

      Thanks obvious reader. He too read it on the internet. It was a joke, seeing as everything must be explained to you.

      P.S. This is a joke as well.

      • Booze Zombie

        My original post also contained a joke, guess which part…

        P.S, it’s kind of obvious.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

          Touché. The sarcasm in this conversation is palpable. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

          Touché. The sarcasm in this conversation is palpable. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

      • Booze Zombie

        My original post also contained a joke, guess which part…

        P.S, it’s kind of obvious.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

      Thanks obvious reader. He too read it on the internet. It was a joke, seeing as everything must be explained to you.

      P.S. This is a joke as well.

    • Anonymous

      Hey, thanks for demonstrating his point! ^_^

      • Booze Zombie

        That post contained a joke, as you might’ve noted if you scrolled down.
        But thanks for demonstrating his point. ^_^

        • Anonymous

          “That post contained a joke, as you might’ve noted if you scrolled down.” A very bad joke that highlights your, well, special needs (Hint: You’re not fooling anybody).

          “But thanks for demonstrating his point. ^_^” Au contraire, I was not arguing with you, just pointing out the obvious. You, on the other hand, was going on and on about “LOL I wuz totaly kiding guise, I swaer LOL.” Ergo, thanks for proving his point twice over. ^_^

          • Booze Zombie

            I also was not arguing, I was stating the obvious. That it was in fact, a joke. Not a brilliant or well-crafted joke, but a joke.

            But, I don’t care if you understand a throwaway joke or not, though I would like to say that this seems to only be an issue with your Americans who seem to take sarcasm quite literally, it’s actually quite annoying when engaging with your countrymen…

            Regardless, I have had enough of this silly exchange that only exists because of difference in humour between cultures.

            Good day.

          • Booze Zombie

            I also was not arguing, I was stating the obvious. That it was in fact, a joke. Not a brilliant or well-crafted joke, but a joke.

            But, I don’t care if you understand a throwaway joke or not, though I would like to say that this seems to only be an issue with your Americans who seem to take sarcasm quite literally, it’s actually quite annoying when engaging with your countrymen…

            Regardless, I have had enough of this silly exchange that only exists because of difference in humour between cultures.

            Good day.

        • Anonymous

          “That post contained a joke, as you might’ve noted if you scrolled down.” A very bad joke that highlights your, well, special needs (Hint: You’re not fooling anybody).

          “But thanks for demonstrating his point. ^_^” Au contraire, I was not arguing with you, just pointing out the obvious. You, on the other hand, was going on and on about “LOL I wuz totaly kiding guise, I swaer LOL.” Ergo, thanks for proving his point twice over. ^_^

      • Booze Zombie

        That post contained a joke, as you might’ve noted if you scrolled down.
        But thanks for demonstrating his point. ^_^

    • Anonymous

      Hey, thanks for demonstrating his point! ^_^

    • Anonymous

      Hey, thanks for demonstrating his point! ^_^

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    Wha-oh, we're almost at 1408. Hopefully things dwindle dow…. CUSACK ATTACK!

  • Neoarcadia546

    I will be honest, i like the show. But i think you hit the nail on the head on this one, Spike games were being a bunch of whiny little pricks who can't except that their game was shit. Even if Spoony had only played one round, the game should be easy to pick up and play, but difficult to master like EVERY GOOD FIGHTER EVER MADE!! One hit kills in a fighter are just inexcusable, as are just about everything that spoony complained about. Spike just needs to grow some balls and use all these complaints to make a better game.

  • GreenVelvetCake

    How does a terrible little game like Deadliest Warrior bring almost as many comments as Spoony's entire review/rant against Final Fantasy VIII? Where are all you people coming from? GameFAQs? In defense of DEADLIEST WARRIOR? Jesus.

  • aaronodeneau

    this is ludacris i support you spoony i could see exactly what you said. spike should be ashamed.

  • Salenstormwing

    1411 Comments. Yeah, it's a pretty sad number alright. But as for where they come from, I believe that they come from where the Combine come from, SCIENCE & OUTER SPACE!

    It's very sad that this many comment have to come up about a silly rebuttal to a horrible video game review (the game was horrible not the review that is), when there are MUCH worst games to comment on, like Final Fantasy 8 & 10 and Street Fighter The Movie Arcade.

  • fannypacks

    10 dollars never excused a bad game, never, that's like encouraging movies that aren't Dreamgirls or whatever the fuck it was called to be awful because they aren't 25 dollars to go see in theaters. Secret of Monkey Island was re released for 10-15 bucks with extra bits and better graphics and it was fantastic, Monkey Island is one of the best games ever made and easily best adventure game ever made. World of Goo was a 9/10 game and that was 15 bucks.

    A good fighting game could be made on a budget, look at Melty Blood, that was a fighting fan made fighter so big it was released on a console and it is one of the best fighters available even one of the mains at EVO this year.

  • aaronodeneau

    …remember some people love transformers 2 and hate inglorious bastards. people will love and defend it to the last.

  • Renaissance_nerd

    this is crazy. back in the day this game woudlen't even have gotten a second thought from gamers. It would be labeled as broken and terribly unbalanced and it would collect dust. Now the interwebs have given the developers a forum to defend their shitty games and somehow WE are the ones who are wrong for telling the truth when we call it a steaming pile of anal fudge.

    thats rich.

    • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

      We can critic so much on this game. It is rich in defect.

    • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

      We can critic so much on this game. It is rich in defect.

  • macdonagh

    holy fuck

  • Holepunchio

    If Spoony is getting paid by the comment, Ka-fucking-ching.

  • macdonagh

    lol wut

    spoony gets paid by the comment? why's that?

  • Booze Zombie

    I know it doesn't excuse it, I just don't get people defending this game.
    It's ten dollars down the toilet, it's not a 200 dollar console, it's OKAY to buy a crap game every now and then.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

    This flame war is ridiculous !!! lol for one of the worst game of this year lol 10$ for a flame war that is pretty good if you ask me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

    I dare oh you mother !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

    Spike Games should become humorist not developers … Litteraly.

  • macdonagh

    I dunno.

    :/ Would rather see if he will finish the playthrough of Deadly Premonition.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

    Enough !!! I say. Long live to the reign of Spoony over the Internet.

  • http://twitter.com/Swordslice205 Andrew Schmidt

    I would like to add, even though this is temporary, Gamestop is having a powersavers sale, where most used games are 50% off. This brings a lot of better games than DW below the $10 mark. And for that matter, buying used older games only range from $10-20 for more content and entertainment. And if Spike wants to say “That's used and older, unlike their new game” I call Bullshit because people would rather spend that money on some of the older better games than this BS.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

    Share the hates everyone !! But this cannot be as bad as the TNA wrestling thing. Spoony really look pissed when he review it, It scrary and funny at the same time.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

    “If” lol, neither to say, he must get a lot of publicity with this flame war from fanboys and newcomers so it pretty cool.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

    lol totally APPROVED.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VO3Y4M4OLOAYSXDNA67IFEGZQ Jeremy Wooten

    spooney i back you 100 hundred percent, i think the the dw game is nothing but a big pile of burning shit, the crontrols amount to crap, the character custamization is bad, and to top it all its shorter then hell, i would much rather play a game like bouncer for the ps2 then this piece of shit game, you rock spooney

  • Holepunchio

    I don't know the details of how Spoony gets paid, but I'm guessing most of it comes from ad-revenue. Maybe some on the side from TGWTG or convention appearances. All I can really say is for youtube if you start getting a lot of hits on your video you can sign up for a contract and make 2 cents per comment posted. I think the reasoning is that for people to sit on your page and comment and others to read it they have time to look at all the ads and maybe click on one, or at the very least see your ad. So it might have been agreed upon for every comment Spoony receives, he gets paid a bit of ad revenue.

    Of course if the deal was 2 cents a comment, Spoony would've only made about $28 so far.

  • Rocko7712

    Lol I bet $10 this hate war is being purposely fueled by spike games themselves. It would be stupid if they actually did as that would mean they spent more time on trying (and failing) to flame Spoony, more than fixing and/or producing a good game.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CAU33BT2Q6VZUHNQ3MSTTJ5VYE punky

    Spoony, look for a game called Vanguard Princess. read about it on wikipedia if you wish, and show those bastards that even 10 bucks is too much for a crappy game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Spoony is the king of the world !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Vanguard Princess for the win.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      Is it that good somehow ?

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

        It is what we call an OK game.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

        It is what we call an OK game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Amen !!!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

      You forgot brother at the end. Hoak would not be pleased.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

        lol priceless.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

        lol priceless.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

      You forgot brother at the end. Hoak would not be pleased.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Ah forgot about that. Indeed I would like to see the follow up of Deadly Premonition too. it was pretty good.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    didnt know that thanks for the info, that sounds about right.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Danny-Rolfe/623367142 Danny Rolfe

    I'm pretty sure most of Spoony's money that isn't donations comes from Blip ad revenue; i.e. when people watch the video. He's not getting paid by the comment, but lots of comments means lots of people are watching these two videos, so the 'ka-fucking-ching' stands.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

    All fight !!! but with respect please… no need to insult geez.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HLY76XMBHKGVYC77ZSNP7KO7IQ Cyrus Dragonsphere

    HAHAHA… Sorry, but this is funny. Yes you get what you pay for, but I agree with Spoony. There are tons of game for ten or less that better. Even with worse graphics the DW, but they are fun to play. The problem with this game was it was just bad idea. The Game is mostly as good as it can get base off the tv show. Here is why games base off tv or movies don't normally do good.

    Spoony Fight On!!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HLY76XMBHKGVYC77ZSNP7KO7IQ Cyrus Dragonsphere

    its worst then that, wars like this can sell game, just so they can see if it that bad or good…

  • http://twitter.com/deaconfrost20 Pavy Phatsana

    This is some serious sh*t … What is up for the next round ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Borean/100000041163314 Michael Borean

    That reminds me, its been kinda bugging me, but its the you get what you pay for bit. Yea you get what you pay for if you spent 10 bucks on a game, and that should be 10 dollars of good game. 10 dollars isn't a lot, but by god I could get 5 double cheeseburgers from mcdonalds and be happy as a clam, but the deadliest warrior game I wouldn't even trade for day old stale oversalted mcdonalds fries. The deadliest warrior game has no pull with me. I would rather mcdonalds that'll be gone in 20 minutes and then a stomach ache from eating too much, then to pay 10 bucks for the deadliest warrior. If that makes sense. God I hope people don't think I'm crazy.

  • http://twitter.com/dimipapa dimipapa

    Wow, I haven't seen business this serious since the fan shipping wars on the naruto forum.

  • KatBoxSuicide

    I've been a long time visiter of this site and I never really comment, but damn Spoony, good job bro. Deadliest Warror is the last nail in the coffin for a lot of people. I say fuck it, keep your ban hammer strong my friend. PS: you were always my favorite!

  • Shadowflame66

    Awesome. Couldn't agree more. I admire how you defend and explain your points Spoony; we all listen to you because you're NOT one of those people who glances at something once and then gives an opinion on it. You always have reasons to back up your opinions. Even when you hate something I actually like (which this is definitely not), I can always understand your points.

    Don't let these people bother you at all, it seems that, ironically, they're the kind of people who glance at one review and give an opinion on the reviewer. Go figure.

  • KatBoxSuicide

    I've been a long time visiter of this site and I never really comment, but damn Spoony, good job bro. Deadliest Warror is the last nail in the coffin for a lot of people. I say fuck it, keep your ban hammer strong my friend. PS: you were always my favorite!

  • KatBoxSuicide

    Whoops! Sorry for the double post there…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Torkild-Johannes-Balog/895505373 Torkild Johannes Balog

    The game sounds prety terrible, and it's ridiculus that people draw the line here, but saying things like this:

    “Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.”

    Makes you come of as prety arrogant. This attitude is hurting your credibility more than it helps.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      Here’s a point though:

      Isn’t he right? People don’t agree with what he says always, but he has a large fanbase that enjoys listening to what he says about stuff, including just 1+ hour long Vlogs on shows/movies…so yeah, they listen.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

        I agreed, Im sadly a fan, but im not a shame ! Geez I usually love fighting game, but when I play that one. I was just eummm ,,, woow ….. seriously ?

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          lol dont be sad. He mean dont blindly follow a guy like in a cult that’s all.

        • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

          lol dont be sad. He mean dont blindly follow a guy like in a cult that’s all.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

        I agreed, Im sadly a fan, but im not a shame ! Geez I usually love fighting game, but when I play that one. I was just eummm ,,, woow ….. seriously ?

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

        I agreed, Im sadly a fan, but im not a shame ! Geez I usually love fighting game, but when I play that one. I was just eummm ,,, woow ….. seriously ?

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      Here’s a point though:

      Isn’t he right? People don’t agree with what he says always, but he has a large fanbase that enjoys listening to what he says about stuff, including just 1+ hour long Vlogs on shows/movies…so yeah, they listen.

  • http://twitter.com/LunchSock Matt Wurdemann

    Some of those people really need to find something better to complain about other than a man reviewing a game and calling it fucking retarded (Which it is.) There is no reason for anyone to get upset about that, I say you're all too god damn sensitive. Not all of you, but most of you, or some of you, a select few. Whatever.

  • http://twitter.com/jordane_green Jordane Green

    This is just absurd all this fiasco, yet so funny at the times :S .

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      The best fiasco happen to the Internet.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      The best fiasco happen to the Internet.

  • http://twitter.com/jordane_green Jordane Green

    a VLOG of the WONDERFUL and not DELUSIONAL developers of Spike TV ?

  • http://twitter.com/jordane_green Jordane Green

    I cant agreed more. We stand for Spoony.

  • http://www.facebook.com/brianlemur Thrian Bering

    Example: Scarface for Xbox, picked it up used for 10 bucks, spent more time on that game than I did on half the titles in my library. Same with Mortal Kombat: Deception.

    Oh, and by the way, Spike, I bought the orange box for 20 bucks. Yeah, that's twice the price, but I got Team Fortress, great game worth months of entertainment, Half Life 2 plus 2 episodes of it, ALSO wonderful game with a fairly long playtime, and Portal, one of the greatest games I've ever played, albeit length is short and it's only somewhat re-playable. All in all, that's about 5 dollars per game plus another 5 for 2 episodes of Half Life. The difference here is I would never pay for a game as terrible as terrible as DW (played it at a friends, glad I dodged that bullet…) and I would gladly pay 50 for the orange box. You're supposed to put out a title that people are willing to pay MORE for, not one people are settling for.

    • http://www.facebook.com/Sting3r Brett Stennett

      I definitely agree with this. While I wasn’t fortunate enough to get the whole Orange Box, I picked up Portal while it was FREE on Steam, and, boy, I was not disappointed one bit. I would have gladly paid $10 for it, even though it started as a small developer’s project. It revolutionized some elements of physics engines in games and got the fame it rightly deserved. If Spike Games can look at Portal and games like Limbo (from what I’ve heard about it) and say, “You get what you pay for,” then they should have either made a better game or just made a Flash version to slap on their website. At least then they wouldn’t run the risk of disappointing all these people.

    • http://www.facebook.com/Sting3r Brett Stennett

      I definitely agree with this. While I wasn’t fortunate enough to get the whole Orange Box, I picked up Portal while it was FREE on Steam, and, boy, I was not disappointed one bit. I would have gladly paid $10 for it, even though it started as a small developer’s project. It revolutionized some elements of physics engines in games and got the fame it rightly deserved. If Spike Games can look at Portal and games like Limbo (from what I’ve heard about it) and say, “You get what you pay for,” then they should have either made a better game or just made a Flash version to slap on their website. At least then they wouldn’t run the risk of disappointing all these people.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Thacker/100001082221058 Matt Thacker

    $10 and you get what you pay for? I can get FF7 (any of the PS games for that matter) Castevania: Symphony of the Night (on 360 AND PSN), Wild ARMs 2, Grandia,and even some decent PSP games that are each $10. I don't wanna hear you get what you pay for. Yes I know most of these games were made long ago with budgets, but you do not need a budget all the time for a good game. Seriously Robot Unicorn Attack is better than this, and all you do his smash stars and jump. And it is free. I have seen games that are really awesome and cost $10, and that is even with a newer game. You know why it is ten bucks> Because that is all ANYONE would be willing to pay for it. And how unprofessional is Spike Games right now? I don't care what the deal is or if they are in the right in the end or not. However you never backlash on a critic. Especially if it is someone respected widely, even just on the internet because that is where it counts a lot these days, like Spoony. You take the damn critique and you fucking use it for reference in your next try. Don't ask supporters of the company to attack spoony. Get over it. One man publicly said negative things about your game. I would rather play FF8's card game than this. I think Spoony would play FF8 several more times before he agreed this was a decent game

  • Renaissance_nerd

    yea i have to admit i was kind of shocked and said to myself

    “did that really come out of Spoony?”

    eh the guys frustrated and we've all said dumb things when frustrated.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

      Breaks my heart …

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

      Breaks my heart …

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/jordane.green sillygirl666

    Poor Spike TV developers and again geez they are so mean lol. Spoony has a point tho.

  • http://twitter.com/Flare074 Geoff Piontek

    Spoony,

    Didn't MvC2 come out for $15 on the XBLA and PSN? And what about Super Street Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix, wasn't that somewhere in the $8-$10 range as well?

    And Spike has no room to talk with “boo hoo, we're just a little development company and we don't have all the animators and programmers we need for a game.” More like “Boo hoo, you're in fucking VIACOM, one of the largest media conglomerates in the United States. Get some fucking programmers, it's not like you don't have money.” Plus, you watch the simulations of the fights at the end of every damn show? Who programs and animates that shit? Use them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

    No way no way no way … This is not happening … Spike TV you disappoint me.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      This flame war is just the beginning of the end …

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      This flame war is just the beginning of the end …

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    lol priceless.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Indeed it is.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      I would even say more HORRIBLE.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      I would even say more HORRIBLE.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Ban hammer is always a good thing when thing go out of control like this flame war of the Deadliest Warrior. lol this flame war is far better than the game itself it so ironic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    lol the hell was that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    I have a revelation people, we are delusional !!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    The hammer of justice, the ban hammer for the weak !

  • KevinLionheart

    Holy crap, this game is getting Spoony FF8 levels of attention. THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR has a fanbase as rabid as Square. WHAT. THE. FUCK.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

      THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR is the best game in world of gaming perhaps …

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        FF8 was great, but damn the reviews of Spoony on this game were great to watch. I agreed on one thing tho FF7 > FF8

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

          Did you hear about the two peanuts walking down the road when one of them was assaulted?

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        FF8 was great, but damn the reviews of Spoony on this game were great to watch. I agreed on one thing tho FF7 > FF8

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

      THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR is the best game in world of gaming perhaps …

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

      THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR is the best game in world of gaming perhaps …

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    He looks nothing like Leonardo Dicaprio.

  • http://www.google.ca/profiles/jordane.green themaster455

    I want a VLOG reply of Spike TV on how they hate Spoony that much. I just cant understand it right now.

  • http://www.google.ca/profiles/jordane.green themaster455

    Spoony is the people choice !! You will win this fight to the end !! All hails to the SpoonyOne !

  • Holepunchio

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't all those games you listed remakes of old games that once sold at full price? That's not a fair argument, and it's not like you're short of arguments on why Deadliest Warrior is a bad game.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Thacker/100001082221058 Matt Thacker

      My entire point was that there are much better games for this price. It doesn’t matter how they were made or when they were made and on what budget. If you are not going to make a decent game and then just complain you had a low budget when a critic smashes it, then don’t make a fucking game. Sorry, but it is the truth. I don’t wanna hear that they are some low level developers. If you are going to work in Video Games, you better fucking compere or you are just a complete waste of time and space

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HLY76XMBHKGVYC77ZSNP7KO7IQ Cyrus Dragonsphere

        Agree

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HLY76XMBHKGVYC77ZSNP7KO7IQ Cyrus Dragonsphere

        Agree

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Thacker/100001082221058 Matt Thacker

      My entire point was that there are much better games for this price. It doesn’t matter how they were made or when they were made and on what budget. If you are not going to make a decent game and then just complain you had a low budget when a critic smashes it, then don’t make a fucking game. Sorry, but it is the truth. I don’t wanna hear that they are some low level developers. If you are going to work in Video Games, you better fucking compere or you are just a complete waste of time and space

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Thacker/100001082221058 Matt Thacker

      Oh and I am not attacking your point or anything. You may not think it is fair, but in today’s world with how much money I get, I d not have the luxury of being fair. $10 is $10 regardless of what it is. I expect $10 of fun, not $10 of shit. And this is a fighting game. Aside from racing games, they only way they are usually bad is when the mechanics suck. But everything here sucks. Fighting games are basically for mindless fun are rarely do I see one where I can utterly complain about so much. Sorry, but I am not going to be fair. They shouldn’t think that we’ll just play the game because they had a low budget and shouldn’t eb hard on it. I could be player better games, and I will be

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Thacker/100001082221058 Matt Thacker

      Oh and I am not attacking your point or anything. You may not think it is fair, but in today’s world with how much money I get, I d not have the luxury of being fair. $10 is $10 regardless of what it is. I expect $10 of fun, not $10 of shit. And this is a fighting game. Aside from racing games, they only way they are usually bad is when the mechanics suck. But everything here sucks. Fighting games are basically for mindless fun are rarely do I see one where I can utterly complain about so much. Sorry, but I am not going to be fair. They shouldn’t think that we’ll just play the game because they had a low budget and shouldn’t eb hard on it. I could be player better games, and I will be

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nino-Rodel-Buzon/1106214316 Nino Rodel Buzon

    holy crap! 1485 comments in approx. 24 hours? i dont have enough time or patience to read them all

  • http://twitter.com/AtomikRain Balls McGee

    Over the course of a thousand battles, TheSpoonyOne won 1000 times over the developers at Spike Games.
    Max Geiger: “What amazed me the most was how the only weapon he had was words, and yet still exposed our program and our game for how ridiculously flat and un-entertaining both of them were.
    Dr. Armand Dorian: “In all my years as an ER doctor, I've never seen damage quite like this.”

  • anonns

    put up beyond midnight part 4 man…ignore the kids

  • http://twitter.com/RealFortran RealFortran

    As a stoner I feel offended that you compared potheads to anyone who could possibly find this piece of shit fun.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EUPIV4N7R4W2V27FI6JTA2OP7Q Inni K

    “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”
    — Oscar Wilde

  • http://twitter.com/Shantalfigueroa Shantal Figueroa

    You mean Spoony ISN'T Leonardo Dicaprio in disguise? He fooled me. :/

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jacob-W-Rampey/1003608675 Jacob W. Rampey

    Well it's for the best. Otherwise he'd be at the bottom of the Atlantic.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      True enough or in some multi-layer dream like in Inception lol.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

        lol funny stuffs indeed.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

        lol funny stuffs indeed.

  • Codename36

    Yeah awesome! I think you tore them a new asshole with this vid.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      Easily done without fear !

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      Easily done without fear !

  • http://twitter.com/FinnishPhenom Mikko Laurinen

    That's real actors playing out a scene, it's not animated OR programmed. lol

    • http://twitter.com/Flare074 Geoff Piontek

      So the decapitations and impalings are actually people getting decapitated and impaled? Yeah… um, no.

    • http://twitter.com/Flare074 Geoff Piontek

      So the decapitations and impalings are actually people getting decapitated and impaled? Yeah… um, no.

    • http://twitter.com/Flare074 Geoff Piontek

      So the decapitations and impalings are actually people getting decapitated and impaled? Yeah… um, no.

  • ginkner

    It's sad that most of this shit could have been fixed with a little more development time and simple play testing. If your controls suck, take a fucking month to research and implement a better system. Maybe then your game wont be a crappy one-shot.

  • ginkner

    It's sad that most of this shit could have been fixed with more development time and simple play testing. If your controls suck, take a fucking month to research and implement a better system. Maybe then your game wont be a crappy one-shot.

  • http://twitter.com/KnowAsGeek Ryan Ceyler

    Spike Games need to shut the fuck up about being small they are apart of SPIKE TV. That could be a good game with interesting gameplay, not shit controls and bullshit fights. Also only eight characters, what the fuck they have had like 10-20 episodes right, thats at least forty charaters why not put them all in instead of nickle and dime us like you know they are going to do for more characters.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tyler-Sheridan/100000160704443 Tyler Sheridan

    cause they want our money

  • PhoCarrot

    Who was the genius at Spike Games who thought posting that response was a good move? They should probably sack that guy.

    • http://twitter.com/Mikeydct Mikeydct

      I will lol if that was the PR reap for them.

    • http://twitter.com/Mikeydct Mikeydct

      I will lol if that was the PR reap for them.

  • Duke of New York A#1

    Spike TV can suck it. Their programs are shit, their games are shit, they smell like shit, they look like shit. Shit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alexandre-Gignac/1225960043 Alexandre Gignac

    Thank you Spike TV for wanting to make sure that the point that your game sucks comes acros even better.

  • http://twitter.com/dimipapa dimipapa

    Fanboys and trolls arguing for and dashing hopes which characters should wind up an couples, you never knew when your number was up.

  • jeremy81

    wow!!! deadliest warrior is reaaallly bad…the game i mean…your player can die instantly without throwing a punch..and 8 players? the life expectancy of a fighting game with only 8 players is twelve hours…lolz

  • NekoShell

    I have to say… This is entire thing is pretty ridiculous to keep going.
    On one side, we have Deadliest Warrior fanatics who will defend to the death everything related to it, thus driving up the ignorance factor of the comments section.
    And the other, we have Noah Antwilier fanatics who will defend to the death everything he does and says as if he were god, driving up the arrogance factor of the coments section.
    Not that “Spoony” needed that little boost.

    “And next time, Spike, spell my fucking name right. It's Spoony. With a capital S. As in, your game is Shit with a capital S. Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.”
    ^Seriously? spoony, fans… Seriously? This? This is what it has come to? These kinds of comments are not funny. They're not witty. They're arrogant, and egotistical. At-least the comment was in character I suppose, but the question of why you even bothered reviewing this game seriously does beg to be asked. You went in with an obvious bias against Deadliest Warrior and, obviously, knew you'd spark something like this.
    I wasn't aware you needed the ad revenue and site-hits that badly to purposefully spout off ill-thought crap like “people listen to me, so I know all”.

    Take a god damned break and tone it down for once. The angry bile spewing is still as consistent as ever, but you're not actively pursuing a way to evolve past the staple ranting and raving you're known for.. Yes, you love pissing fan-boys and trolls off, but that's not exactly a great goal. Posting tweets like, “Yeah, I got a big ego and a big damn banhammer. It's called keeping my pimp hand strong. Keep hatin', haters. This is my house.”, doesn't make you cool. It, again, just adds on more to your over-blown ego the size of a PS3.

    Oh yeah, I “mis-spelled” “spoony” on purpose there. Have fun.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Blayney/683346875 Michael Blayney

    Are people entirely tone-deaf on the Internet, or just Spoony critics? Not to psychoanalyze Spoony, but on the one hand he *does* acknowledge that he is, at best, an X-list Internet celebrity – not that there's anything wrong with that, as it's certainly more a claim to fame than I have – and on the other hand, it has some truth to it. Look at the size of the thread. Look at the personal response. Look at the ensuing shit-storm. People *do* listen to what he has to say, and not just angry fan-boys and trolls.

  • Zack_Dolan

    uh…you're here, so you listen to what he has to say right? that's kinda true then i guess, ain't it? and i think people really need to grow up and think for 2 seconds about the word “character” and “show”. he's being an overblown dick on purpose. yeah i'm sure these spike people pissed him off, but i bet they made him a lot happier that they even got this nonsense started, that they even care what he says. he's probably having the gaffaw of his life watching this pathetic little drama unfold, plus, this has probably made him boatloads of cash, and dipshits are keepin' it coming with no signs of slowing down, if i was him i wouldn't stop either. who cares what people think of him? he's a got a show and we don't, you're very presence here is making him money, he doesn't have to really care what you think, he's got your real 2 cents, he doesn't need your figurative ones.

  • NekoShell

    Yeah, I listen to his opinions, most of the time, but I don't equate him to being God on every single thing like so many others are quick to do.
    Actually, this holds true for most of the TGWTG community…
    Character or no, you can't simply spout off straw-man arguements consisting of “people listen to me, so I have power”, it's a massive ego-trip, and you get people like me. Go ahead and call me a troll or “immature”, or “butthurt”, and what have you — you'll just be another stereotypical fan.

  • Zack_Dolan

    Well, first i'm not gonna “call you” anything, i'm not really hear to be insulting. I'm just pointing out that you coming here and taking the time to complain about it, already paid him his money, so not only is he probably not going to care whether you like what he did or not, but he's more than happy to take the ad revenue for you having watched the video in the first place.

    and you really gotta relax bro…or…sis…whatever, not sure which. do you hate Ian MacKellen because Magneto is a jerk? do you hate anthony hopkins because hannibal lector eats babies? no? than why hate Noah because “the spoony one” (who's job has always been, at it's core, to be a mean spirited ego driven prick to everything that moves) said something harsh? it's rediculous, buddy, really.

    and speaking of pretentious… “Character or no, you can't simply spout off straw-man arguements consisting of “people listen to me, so I have power”, it's a massive ego-trip, and you get people like me.”

    …and who are you again? I'm sorry are you batman or something? here to dispense jusitce for this internet wrong? i don't think spoony's the only one making broad egotistical statements today, eh?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Schroeder/100000970125960 Michael Schroeder

    His whole point of the argument is there a lot of better games then this game on the market now. Even then spike says the game itself is poorly designed. So why in the world should I care for a bad game no matter what the price is. This also means nothing when you also look at other Games like say Braid from a independent developer which is a excellent game and is on the cheap.

  • ColdWhip

    Anything that is or is related to the Deadliest Warrior is childish entertainment at best. It's mindless gore with half-assed science. Also, I less than three you, Spoony.

  • http://twitter.com/philmstud2k Cyrus

    Note to self: Never question Spoony's competence. Ever.

  • johnshayes

    “Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.”

    Spoony you may be right about the game but tone down the self-importance because it seems like you're letting the fact that you have a few fans go straight to your head and it's not attractive.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      This isn’t an ego statement really. Just look at how much attention this and his last video got – People are listening to him.

    • http://blog.skitchstudio.com Michael “Skitch” Schiciano

      This isn’t an ego statement really. Just look at how much attention this and his last video got – People are listening to him.

  • Zack_Dolan

    oh and btw. of course he has a bias against the damn game! that's what his show is about! snarking on things that piss him off. i mean by your logic, why did he review highlander 2 or pumpkinhead? did you seriously think it was intended as anything other than a hilarious diversion? if you actually frequent this site, how is it possible that hasn't occured to you? hell, the only reason anyone is talking about this right now is because spike was a big baby about it. if they hadn't opened the discussion with insults, this would have just been filed away as another goofy video that got a few chuckles worth out of it.

    and another side note. it is possible to be a fan of someone and not actively want to suck their cock. I'm sure there are plenty of wierdies out there, but the majority of his fans don't consider him their “lord and master, the almighty spoon god”. people are just trying to show support for a guy that entertains them. and speaking of entertaining, that's exactly what this is. i just keep looking at these damn comments, because i just can';t stop laughing. and from the looks of things, i'm gonna be splitting my sides for days to come :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/joakim.lundstrom Joakim Lundstrom

    Get Minecraft for 10 USD. A game like lego but with blocks. It's incredibly fun if you are creative and got a great sence of fantasy. The game is currently in Alpha, and i think you guys should check it out! As Beta comes, the price will go up. And it might even rise even more when the full game is out. It got multiplayer so you can play it online, even on your browser!

    Minecraft is 40000 times better than DW, and it got shittier graphics, he who made the game didnt spend thousands of dollars to make it, and he had almost the same amount of time to make it. Spike TV doesnt have anything to say really.

  • mrrubino

    Aw wook, another one of those self-pwocwaimed “middle-gwounders” who go on and on and add nothing to the topic. Bwess your wittle hearts for thinking this makes you unique and thoughtful.

  • Testsubject909

    Wanting to help cheer up another gamer with some self respect. (at least I'm guessing you do, for all I know you're one of the best actors at it. In which case, consider me highly impressed).

    Many people gave up on Deadliest Warrior when they made the dumb mistake of utilising non-historically accurate weaponry from the Romance of Three Kingdom era (Ancient China). There's quite a following of the Art of War, and the inaccuracy sent a lot of fans out of the woodwork and into pointing the finger at Deadliest Warrior's horrific inaccuracy.

    And not wanting to depress you with the following:

    I've enjoyed Deadliest Warrior the show, as a popcorn event mind you (And only the first season really). I don't consider it too highly as an end-all answering show and it enabled me to check up a few new bits of info by giving me some reference points via their terms and whatnot (gotta check the sources).

    Second season seriously felt like it went overboard in the entertainment and reduced the research area, as such myself and various others have been losing much interest in it. (Then again, most who were entertained by it lost quite some interest in the show since the Yakuza vs Mafia episode. I can't see how one can so easily discount the fact that a Yakuza's freaking kick can bend the spine just as well and with much faster speed then a baseball bat swing… Pair that up with a nunchuck and I can only imagine the rapidity of death. But that's far from the only inconsistency.)

    Hope you get to calm down and no worries. No decent gamer would buy the game. Think about it… BlazBlue is out, Super Street Fighter 4 is out. Marvel vs Capcom 3 is comming. The new Mortal Kombat for fatality enthusiasts which far outweighs Deadliest Warrior's poor attempt is comming. And if you didn't have enough of Street Fighter. Street Fighter x Tekken and Tekken x Street Fighter is comming.

    Any gamer, I'd guess, who at least lived a year from the 90's won't bother with it. Spend 10+ years gaming, you know what games to avoid and what games to hold out for… And with the already plentiful library of games for the dozens of videogame consoles. Waiting is the least of any gamer's worries.

  • http://twitter.com/AzOgre Ogre

    Its true, the game is realistic, but that is why its suck. Make an adventure game, RPG, RTS, TPS, ANYTHING realistic but fighting game.

  • ThomasMink

    Fanboys vs fanboys!

    WHO.. IS.. DEADLIEST?
    (disregarding Spoony's banhammer anyway)

    I seriously can't believe this crap is still going. And I will continue to shake my head at all parties, including myself for even bothering to make another post saying as much.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      Indeed my old friend.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      Indeed my old friend.

  • Reaki

    Realistic? Are you serious? Fighter pairing is totally insane and I know thats kind of point of that game, but thinking about it, employing just common sense, some of those fighters would stand no chance. Pirates arent fighters per se, they are sailors who like blasting their cannons into other ships and then cutting down those who survived… And confused sailors arent exactly tought enemies. Ninjas are stealth experts, not fighters. They win by backstabbing and poisoning, not chopping people down with swords. Apache may look cool, but thats about it. I really doubt Apache would even scratch Spartan who trained to be soldier all his life…… That game fails in all aspects, but again, thats what you get when you try to make a “realistic fighter game” by pairing the impossible.

    • Anonymous

      So I was playing this new even “more realistic” patch version of deadliest warrior right? I was a pirate and he was a spartan, he already thrown his spear which I sidestepped, and we were just starring each other down for the moment. Then all of a sudden a shruiken comes flying out of no where and nails my buddy in the back of the head and he drops like a stone. I’m all “WTF” and this is ninja steps out of the shadows! I have no idea what’s going on but I’m just all IT’S ON. So right when I’m about to lay my cutlass into Japanese heritage; a fucking tomahawk whirls through the air cleaves it’s way into my spine. There was this Apache lying face down in the grass covered in mud the whole time!

      The thing is though, my character hasn’t quite died yet thanks to this new realism patch. He’s screaming in agony, paralyzed from the waist down and just waiting for the ninja and apache to do something. Both of them use aren’t direct combat fighters so they just kind of take a bow and move along with their day. Meanwhile my pirate voided his bowels out of fear or involuntary spasms I don’t know. I have to wait there for over an hour for the match to end as my pirate’s wound while fatal was a very slow bleed.

      Man, fuck realism.

    • Anonymous

      So I was playing this new even “more realistic” patch version of deadliest warrior right? I was a pirate and he was a spartan, he already thrown his spear which I sidestepped, and we were just starring each other down for the moment. Then all of a sudden a shruiken comes flying out of no where and nails my buddy in the back of the head and he drops like a stone. I’m all “WTF” and this is ninja steps out of the shadows! I have no idea what’s going on but I’m just all IT’S ON. So right when I’m about to lay my cutlass into Japanese heritage; a fucking tomahawk whirls through the air cleaves it’s way into my spine. There was this Apache lying face down in the grass covered in mud the whole time!

      The thing is though, my character hasn’t quite died yet thanks to this new realism patch. He’s screaming in agony, paralyzed from the waist down and just waiting for the ninja and apache to do something. Both of them use aren’t direct combat fighters so they just kind of take a bow and move along with their day. Meanwhile my pirate voided his bowels out of fear or involuntary spasms I don’t know. I have to wait there for over an hour for the match to end as my pirate’s wound while fatal was a very slow bleed.

      Man, fuck realism.

  • jeremy81

    careful noah…spike tv might make a sitcom series based on you…they'll probably hire mark walhberg to play you..a tv show called “Spoon-nites” or something…

    8 playable characters…WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!….lolz

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Raizoku/710678347 Matthew Raizoku

    Trolls vs Fanboys! WHO IS THE…. DEADLIEST!

    Seriously people who like this game have ether been dropped about 45 times at birth and have no brain power to figure out this game was a cash and it blows shit.

    • http://pkht.org Jim Boom

      Place your bets!

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        I dont know what to choose !!! Help me!

        • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

          Spoony obviously or Spike TV with some chances. Im confuse.

        • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

          Spoony obviously or Spike TV with some chances. Im confuse.

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        I dont know what to choose !!! Help me!

  • TonberriesOnMyLawn

    I don't think so at all. He's pissed off because Spike Games is making Spoony out to be a hatemonger. Granted, he can be at times but he gave his opinion and the company as well as a few fans went off on him. I mean, when it boils down to it it's his fucking opinion and if you don't like it then piss off. I didn't like the fact that Spoony refused to play FF9 because of the art style (I'm the guy from SGC that asked you to play it.) but I didn't flame him for it. All in all, it's OPINION.

  • http://www.facebook.com/serstoic Jordi Love

    But…I don't want spoony to play FFIX! He'll never get to the good parts before determining he hates it and once Spoony thinks something, he doesn't change his mind…

  • http://twitter.com/Ebers Alasdair Ebeling

    I find it deeply ironic that Spoony is so incensed by Spike getting his name wrong, yet Spoony has confused the publisher and developer of the Deadliest Warrior game.

    Spike didn't make this game, Pipeworks Software did. Granted, that doesn't mitigate the flaws of this game. However, I can't help but feel that Spoony made such profoundly negative comments on this game because it was based on a TV show he does not like and published by a company he seems to despise.

    Okay the game is not to everyone's taste, but cut it a little slack. There have been far worse games released by much larger development studios.

  • GozarisaGod

    To be honest Spoony does give pretty fair reviews of the games he plays. I mean he tore FF8 apart and I actually loved FF8 but he brought up a lot of the things about it that most people seem to have a problem with myself included. Spoony always has this knack of reviewing games that other people aren't talking about… and as soon as he says something I mean holysh*t does the storm come. I mean no one cared about FF8 in 2003 or whenever except for those of us who played it in high school or whatever. As soon as the next FF came out no one gave a crap about that game people forgot about it. I mean what about FF12? No one gives a sh*t about that game anymore now that the PS3 exist they just want to know when the next FF is coming out.

    Just like this spike thing. Spoony picked up a random title that you know absolutely NO REVIEWER or GAME REVIEW SITE would even give 2 sh*ts to even glance at to play. Here comes Spoony who plays the game and makes a review about it (like he usually does random games) and now this developer is blowing their load at probably the only official review their sh*tty game will ever get. People don't give a sh*t about the show do you think they would actually would give 2 Sh*t's to try a game based on it? Let alone pay good money for it? I actually thought DW got canceled. I mean all they do is compare the weapons of warriors from different FREAKING era's and try to calculate who would win. They even pretend to use a computer to do this crap. I mean on that show it's like which soldier would win? “A 17th century rifleman with a Flintlock Musket? or a 21st Century rifleman with a semi autofire 50 caliber laser sighted rifle with GPS & Bluetooth?” I mean you find the dumbest sh*t on that show. That will probably be next weeks episode.

    I'm with Spoony on this one F–K You Spike Games! F–K Your Games & Definitely F–K Your Sh—y TV show!

  • godzillaexpert

    Spoony… You have the Biggest balls ever by standing by your point and fending off the Fanboy-Trolls off! You are a GOD!!!!!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      GOD lol … He is just a pretty damn good reviewer with good arguments tho and we love him for this.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        We love him like that killing one shitty game at the time for our pleasure.

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

          The pleasure to destroy what is shitty is insatiable.

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

          The pleasure to destroy what is shitty is insatiable.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

        We love him like that killing one shitty game at the time for our pleasure.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PWOPUEBCLM2TNNRJ6LV2AX52AM Zahc Linedn

    i laugh at the people who flame Spoony for being immature about this… know what here's an example
    some pompous A-hole and his friends start calling you a complete and utter dumb ass what do you do? a. tell themselves to kindly fuck off b. just take it and just let them constantly laugh at you or c. dance in a meadow of tulips
    admittedly he was very harsh in his response……. from being flamed by hundreds of retarded slack jawed ninny's but wouldn't you?

  • http://twitter.com/Squeejee Squeejee

    …you're implying that there was a part in FFIX that wasn't good, and that's just wrong :D

  • http://twitter.com/Squeejee Squeejee

    …you're implying that there was a part to FFIX that WASN'T good, and that's just wrong :D

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      FFIX was just so so, I didnt feel satisfy when I finish the game. I mean playing once is fair enough, not like FF8 and FF7 those are so pretty damn good one for replayability.

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        Simple FF7 > FF8 >> FF9, didnt really love the story in FF9

        • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

          FFIX was alright folks, but not much to review on I guess.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

            Agreed.

        • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

          FFIX was alright folks, but not much to review on I guess.

      • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

        Simple FF7 > FF8 >> FF9, didnt really love the story in FF9

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PWOPUEBCLM2TNNRJ6LV2AX52AM Zahc Linedn

    does that excuse them from calling him delusional and basically stating that oh well its 10 dollars expect complete shit?
    also that name thing was a matter of principals because if you are going to insult someone get their name right its common courtesy.

  • Megido

    You know, i think i figured it out. This is Spoony's first steps in the descent in to the BLAGOLE! Almost one year since the Nightmare review and he hasn't reviewd the rest of the game yet ;)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VKHNKTQUC4P4SA4X3ICJFRHJ34 Curtis Leon

    Fuck yeah Spoony! You managed to stir up another shitstorm! It /had/ been a while since FF8, hadn't it? You didn't even get this much response with FFX! Guess some pathetic people feel the need to defend a /TV show cash-in game/. It should be par for the course for them to suck by this point.

  • archedgar

    That was magical.

    Slapping on a $10 price tag is NOT an excuse for making a terrible game. Give 'em hell Spoony, the intelligent gamers support you, all the way.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JJS3H4USK22T2KQOKSQHOT5THQ David

    That was awesome !! =D

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      That was flawless.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      That was flawless.

  • http://twitter.com/chivemonkey jonathan miley

    Lets reach 2000 comments lol

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think so at all. He’s pissed off because Spike Games is making Spoony out to be a hatemonger. Granted, he can be at times but he gave his opinion and the company as well as a few fans went off on him. I mean, when it boils down to it it’s his fucking opinion and if you don’t like it then piss off. I didn’t like the fact that Spoony refused to play FF9 because of the art style (I’m the guy from SGC that asked you to play it.) but I didn’t flame him for it. All in all, it’s OPINION.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think so at all. He’s pissed off because Spike Games is making Spoony out to be a hatemonger. Granted, he can be at times but he gave his opinion and the company as well as a few fans went off on him. I mean, when it boils down to it it’s his fucking opinion and if you don’t like it then piss off. I didn’t like the fact that Spoony refused to play FF9 because of the art style (I’m the guy from SGC that asked you to play it.) but I didn’t flame him for it. All in all, it’s OPINION.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Manol-Valkov/100000026082565 Manol Valkov

    well all apart u should realize this is really a person that expreses his own vision on a subject, ofc he will have dif. views than u all, and i vote Fan boys on the “Who's deadliest FANBOY's or TROLL's” they got uber haxors SW lightsaber replica <_<

    P.S. i has typos!!! xD

  • theshamster

    It's a shame you didnt do your Dr Insano Persona while doing this vid.

    Nothing is more satisfying than acting like a mad scientist and mocking the shit out of those who dare insult your legit questions and criticisms with witty comebacks.

    Nuke 'em for us, Spoony!

  • suicidalparrot

    Isn't Spike's entire program catalog aimed at college age chuckling idiot stoners?

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

      It is fairly possible if you ask me.

  • godofplague

    I don't get it a downloadable game has this much rabid fanbase.
    I mean FF8 and FFX I can understand, I happen to enjoy both games found spoony's reviews hillarious and could see where he was coming from, but this? Does deadliest warrior have any redeeming qualities? Does the show? Well other than Spoony's awesome review with miles and the 10 minute fights at the end?

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Corbin-Evans/1318851776 Corbin Evans

      People don’t like this game. Peoples just trollin’ and judging by Spoony’s insane twitter and forum posts he’s made in the past few days, they’re doing a good job

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Corbin-Evans/1318851776 Corbin Evans

      People don’t like this game. Peoples just trollin’ and judging by Spoony’s insane twitter and forum posts he’s made in the past few days, they’re doing a good job

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Konwinski/1710597294 Matthew Konwinski

    What I like about this the most, is that you're 100% right on :D Spoony is an entertainer, a critic, and reviewer, a comedian, and a bit of an actor (comes with his own cast of characters!) Hell if anyone and I do mean…ANYONE comes out here and questions spoony's ego…well the one thing I can say without getting viciously angry would be “Hey welcome to the spoonyexperiment! You must be new!”

    The fact that spoony's style of riffing is himself being as egotiscal and snarky on purpose, wasn't obvious to some people just tells me that all they're here for is to be shown as sages of wisdom and virtue for going the middle ground. They shouldn't lie to themselves since the only thing they really want is recognition via sponging offa drama.

    I may not have met spoony irl, but I'm willing to stake that he's a pretty chill and awesome dude.

    • Anonymous

      haha exactly. god i’m glad people can still figure this out. it’s a SHOW for god’s sake. i mean if he did the review as dr. insano would people even be tallking about this? I hear the AVGN, the critic and others have a lot of this same problem. people just can’t seperate the character from the person. they write a script, they rehearse it, it’s a show, that’s how shows work. sometimes i wonder if like what % of the people on the internet (especially round these parts) actually view all entertainment like those aliens in galaxy quest. the ones who thought our heroes’ tv show were “historical documents”?

      I mean seriously, i wonder how many people on this video’s thread alone when asked “have you ever seen gilligan’s island” their response would be to look sorrowful and shake their heads and go “…those…poor people…won;t someone help them…?”

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HLY76XMBHKGVYC77ZSNP7KO7IQ Cyrus Dragonsphere

        I loved Gilligan’s Island… but anyway… You are right, it is a show. Wrestling is what I call a Man Soaps, but people get sucked in. That’s all that happen here. Yes the game suck, but move on. Next Video Please! lol

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HLY76XMBHKGVYC77ZSNP7KO7IQ Cyrus Dragonsphere

        I loved Gilligan’s Island… but anyway… You are right, it is a show. Wrestling is what I call a Man Soaps, but people get sucked in. That’s all that happen here. Yes the game suck, but move on. Next Video Please! lol

    • Anonymous

      haha exactly. god i’m glad people can still figure this out. it’s a SHOW for god’s sake. i mean if he did the review as dr. insano would people even be tallking about this? I hear the AVGN, the critic and others have a lot of this same problem. people just can’t seperate the character from the person. they write a script, they rehearse it, it’s a show, that’s how shows work. sometimes i wonder if like what % of the people on the internet (especially round these parts) actually view all entertainment like those aliens in galaxy quest. the ones who thought our heroes’ tv show were “historical documents”?

      I mean seriously, i wonder how many people on this video’s thread alone when asked “have you ever seen gilligan’s island” their response would be to look sorrowful and shake their heads and go “…those…poor people…won;t someone help them…?”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Konwinski/1710597294 Matthew Konwinski

    So spoony, before you finish up Deadly Premontions here's another suggestion:

    Let's Play on SPIKE Games' fragile emotions

  • tommyz

    I cannot believe that so much web traffic is being caused by The Deadliest Warrior video game. Ten bucks is still a lot of coin to fork over for an arcade game. We watch Spoony to make sure we don't waste money on bad games and movies and to split our sides because of his sense of humor. Come on future Let's Plays and Reviews of really bad games! FIRE IT UP! FIRE IT UP! FIRE IT UP!

  • new_vision

    I agree with Spoony on the price point though, I mean really, if i only have $10 to spend, im gonna wait 'till I have some more cash and buy something decent. I am not however, going to spend my $10 bucks on something like this and excuse it's poor quality for the price.

    And really, if the budget for this game was sooo tight, why didn't they just create a 'well tuned' 2D fighter. It would have been easier to code, easier to design from an art standpoint, allow more characters and probably end up with a more entertaining product.

  • http://www.facebook.com/RTRicharii Richard Richardson

    That's weak Spike.

  • 13secondspastmidnight

    I have a very strange feeling that the only reason Spike Games even responded was to beef up publicity. I mean you know the saying any publicity is good publicity? What better way to get people to buy your game than to get the Spoony One to make not one but TWO videos about it. Let's face it, that's going to jack up the number of people who are going to buy this game by thousands. Just because everyone is going to want to pay $10 just to see how bad it is!

    I mean, come on, no one is going to seriously make an argument like that. All their points were flawed and nonsensical. Even the language was antagonistic. (There is no other reason for them to respond like that).

    Before it was just this shitty game that pissed a couple of people off, now it's the infamous game that Noah Antwiler HIMSELF has responded to TWICE in a huge slough of web traffic.

    For all of us in the audience though, awesome review (it sure has been fun watching the traffic flow)!

  • http://twitter.com/WyrdSpooky WyrdSpooky

    Any fighting game, nay, any game at all. In which you can loose or win with a single maneuver within the first five seconds of loading the thing is horrible game. One hit kills are lame no matter how realistic they may be. Also, Spike TV. I understand that the game was only 10 dollars, but what happened to quality and giving the customer a little bang for their buck? yeah, its only 10 bucks but its 10 bucks of my hard-earned money and for that cash i should get my fucking money's worth.

  • Sylveria

    You are probably right that the only reason that Spike responded in such a fashion was to stir the shit. However, imo not only does it make me less likely to buy the game, but it makes Spike games look like a bunch of pathetic children by saying “oh please mister internet man, don't pick on us and our shitty little game.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Sweeney/554987651 John Sweeney

    Spike Games? What the hell? You know what we call a bad game? A BAD GAME. It's a turd, SF2HD; Turbo Remix was only arround $10. For any price a terrible game is a terrible game.

  • syche

    Spoony and his reaction reminds me of Joe Pesci in “Casino”. One scene in particular, where Pesci continuously stabs some guy with a pen for saying “Take this pen and stuck it up your ass”. :-)

    Here it is:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy_5YqNlEvs

    I'm not saying he isn't right, just a tiny bit overrecting. But I like it anyway.

  • Alpha_Ryvius

    I agree, the whole response was nothing but to whip up the fanbase into a frenzy and troll Spoony. There were many of professional ways SpikeGames could have responded to Spoony's review. However they opted to go for the low road, and use tactics from 4chan. Honestly if this is how SpikeGames reacts to negative reviews then I won't be buying any games from them any time soon.

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/114319313498601954245 Kaltzor

    I do love the “It's only 10 dollars.” and “It's an xbox live arcade game.” arguments… If you're gonna make a game thats not worth more than 10 dollars, don't make it. You can't expect good for 10 dollars, so why even try? And regardless of WHERE it's purchaced it would still be the same game so the arcade argument has no base for it. There just isn't enough ways to bash the fact they make a game with nearly no budget and whine when people say it's not a good game…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Barber/100000376206266 John Barber

    Well to be fair, a fighting game where you can die in a single move CAN be really fun.. I remember playing Bushido Blade back on the first Play Station. It really took some getting use to, but it was truly an enjoyable game when playing with others. That however is about the only defense I can give the premise, as in every other way the execution on DW is just horrendous.. Go spend the 10 bucks buying a PSX and a copy of Bushido Blade.

  • ThomasMink

    Coming from a guy who isn't exactly the best at typing out grammar himself (most notably, capital letters). Not disagreeing with you or anything, jus' sayin'.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cleric-Neokun/100001301842852 Cleric Neokun

    you have a good point there. For a while now, I was wondering why on earth is Spoony getting all these heat when every other reviewer on earth basically judged the game the very same way (though less flashy) MONTHS AGO and have since already forgotten the game ever existed. It never really occured to me that it was probably just cheap publicity on the developers' part.

    By the way, TVtropes already added content on Spoony's page regarding this event and the 'of all things' part of that sentence cracks me up every time. The fact that it's so true is what makes it incredibly hilarious.

  • escushion

    I won't be buying games from them because they make shitty games.

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      Nope because they do awful tv show that should exist.

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      Nope because they do awful tv show that should exist.

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      Nope because they do awful tv show that should exist.

  • escushion

    Now review “Masters of the Universe” and see if the director contacts you. I heard he does that sometimes to negative reviews. And then review “The Room”.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_B6MGZDAE5AE3OM3J36XLUQAEGY Andrew

    Whoa! Calm down Spoony! It's just a cheap poorly made game, how many of those exist? A whole heap, that's how many. I love to watch you rant but this spite doesn't suit you guy.
    Anyone ever play 'Kengo Zero'? It's a cheap (I paid £7) game where historic samurai, such as Musashi fight each other for fun. It has a story mode which is similar to Tekken Force mode as well as a true back story for each character based on Japanese history and culture. It's cheap and you can tell but it does have a glimmer of quality that DW seems to lack. Go play that Spike Games, go learn a lesson.

  • mat99008

    This blows my mind. They've made a shit game. They KNOW it's a shit game. Yet when someone calls it a shit game they deny it with a comment saying it's a shit game.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PWOPUEBCLM2TNNRJ6LV2AX52AM Zahc Linedn

    that makes me any less right? tsk tsk tsk

    • Anonymous

      Yes, yes it does. (sarcasm)And with that argument, it could be said that ‘spoony’ is easier to type than ‘Spoony’. Still not disagreeing, jus’ sayin’.

      *Edited for content out of better judgment. Oh well.

    • Anonymous

      Yes, yes it does. (sarcasm)And with that argument, it could be said that ‘spoony’ is easier to type than ‘Spoony’. Still not disagreeing, jus’ sayin’.

      *Edited for content out of better judgment. Oh well.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Zen.Guardian Christopher Scott

    Man I agree with Spoony, I mean you only have to go as far as listening to their advertising for the game
    Which comes across at you with a B+ Movie narrator.

    “Don't miss out on one of the best games of this summer that sets the bar high.
    Its pure unadulterated fun, Incredibly addictive, and one of the most gruesome and thoroughly enjoyable games.”

    A game that “Sets the bar high for only $10″ how high could that bar possibly be. Its one thing to upsell your game it makes your target market interested in what your selling, however you have to be realistic about how much clout your game carries on the market. It's one thing when you describe the quality of your game by saying.

    “When you pay for milk and expect honey you’re going to end up with milk and be pissed about it. It’s not our fault that you are delusional.

    but then advertise your game by saying its “One of the best of this summer.” Which part of Spike games is lying.

  • http://twitter.com/eqalidan kyle

    hay spoony, i just have to ask.

    what if through a patch the fix some of the more broken aspects of this game, not taking out 1 hit kills but added some of what you bitched about in the review, and some of the more in deapth bitching you did above.

    would the game be worth the 10$ than? i am interested in this game and wasn't to play it but for 10$ for a broken as fuck game, i don't have that kind of money of waste.

  • wyldfox

    I agree to that, well tuned 2d fighter. I make 2d games as a hobby, and even though I have produced some crap in my hobby, I would never even try to make something that extremely broken, even with realism. I agree that a 2d game can be more entertaining than a half ass 3d fighter. Now I want to play Super Mario 3.

  • http://twitter.com/biggieb1993 Benjamin Hobbs

    Fuck spike altogether, all they seem to do is to cash in on pupular culture at the expense of us. I saw how bad the v.g.a.s are all it is, is a coperate sellout that gives praise to mediocre games that would have otherwise have gone undetected. Now for all you people who acyually spent yor own hard earned cash on this (not your mothers credit card) would fell like they got raped in a prison shower, that is how cheap and worthless this game makes you fell. I give kudos to Spoony for this as a may not agree with him on everything but this time he had the balls and stood up to do what is is good. Please will you spike fanboys just spit out thier coperate dicks out of your mouth and think for just one miunte. There is no excuse to how bad this game is stop making excuses for it, this game brings out the worst in people as it is soo easy to be cheap and spam the 1 hit kill. I seriously have not been so violated by broken gampelay, even the the comando knife runners of cod do not get this reaction. Spike please do us a favour and lock yourselves in a dark room and hang yourselves as you are wasting peoples money and most importantly oxygen.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1160661716 Roger Civit

    Spoony, I completely agree with your review and your follow up. Period.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

      The follow up was quite impressive thank you for this !

  • http://www.facebook.com/Zen.Guardian Christopher Scott

    Yes but you would also have to ask how much this would cost, already Spike games is advertising a new patch which they say will be free. They are also offering new Skins, pictures, characters, avatars, photos, and videos all with a small price attached. Its micro transactions at its worst.

    If you pay for a game you should be buying that a game, not a beta or demo. It looks like that if you wanted to make The deadliest warrior into a full game then its going to cost you alot more than $10.

  • capthavic

    Crap is crap, regardless of price. Like Spoony said there are countess games for $10 that are far better.

    Why buy DW when that same $10 can get you so much more.

  • http://twitter.com/Ebers Alasdair Ebeling

    I've read that statement a good few times. If you really twist the meaning of some of it, it does sound like “oh well its 10 dollars expect complete shit”. However, what it's really saying is if you pay 10 dollars for a new game (not a re-release of an old game or anything like that) and expect it to be on par or better than a game from a veteran development studio with a larger budget and a longer development time, then you are asking too much.

    I'm not excusing any flaws with the game, and perhaps calling Spoony delusional was a bit out of order, but Deadliest Warrior was never really going to compete with titles such as BlazBlue, and I don't think it's fair to expect it to.

    And as for that “matter of principal”, Spoony spent an entire video directing his criticisms towards the wrong company. If you are going to insult someone, you should at least make sure you are insulting the right person.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Thacker/100001082221058 Matt Thacker

      Sorry, but if you are going to make and sell something, it is going to copete whether you like it to or not. So it is expected. Make a game that doesn’t suck or it will not do well. That’s all. Sorry but this is a compeititive industry. Don’t waste a gamer’s time with shit

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Thacker/100001082221058 Matt Thacker

      Sorry, but if you are going to make and sell something, it is going to copete whether you like it to or not. So it is expected. Make a game that doesn’t suck or it will not do well. That’s all. Sorry but this is a compeititive industry. Don’t waste a gamer’s time with shit

  • http://twitter.com/nocturnal_night Dave Hoffman

    I need to clean my self up, I just lolgasm'ed.

    Spoony, you don't need to defend your review. These guys are idiots, and only a BAD COMPANY has to defend. Do you see Square bitching about you, sending you nasty letters. They know FF8 sucked, they just said, “Spoony's right, let's make it better!” Does Tommy Wiseau come to mind?

    We love you spoony, don't listen to these morons.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Thacker/100001082221058 Matt Thacker

    also all the guys attacking Spoony, they all should be ashamed. Go change your diapers. This is his opinion. That is what reviews are. If you do not agree, ok say so. But calling him arrogant is frigging ridiculous.I hate nothing more than when people attack someone over their viewpoint. Especially Spike Games. They were so unprofessional about defending themselves. Instead they just ask fan to retaliate against a reviewer. It is sad. And sad that Spike Games sunk that low. They will never be good developers if they do not learn to take the heat.

    There are no excuses for flaws in a game. Budget or not. They are thee. They suck. End of story

  • http://www.facebook.com/Flashburn117 Austin Wombo Combo Chin

    I've been playing this game for the last hour… Holy shit is this infuriating. I could barely do anything and the Arcade mode against the CPU. I'm not one to play fighting games a lot, but my god is this game broken. It took me forever to beat the knight because he kept coming at me with his axe and not even getting close to me with it and yet it hits. The hit boxes are pretty broken and this game is pretty broken. I bought it for the novelty, but this wasn't worth it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MRPJN572GYJHM3Q2PVL3L7AOOY Dawson

    Wow. 1602 comments? Gotta be some kind of record. We should have a drinking game – Take a shot everytime someone defends the Deadliest Warrior game!

    Or take a shot everytime someone gets banhammered.

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      lol it might turn out to be a dangerous game if you ask me. FanBoys are by thousands so it my be overkill haha. Good idea tho.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

        You SHALL not pass !

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      lol it might turn out to be a dangerous game if you ask me. FanBoys are by thousands so it my be overkill haha. Good idea tho.

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      lol it might turn out to be a dangerous game if you ask me. FanBoys are by thousands so it my be overkill haha. Good idea tho.

  • Renaissance_nerd

    How did this get so blown up? Spoony took on the holiest of hollies Final Fantasy and all the parts combined don't match 1600+ comments.

    This is a baffling thing of modern social science. How does a shitty xbox live arcade game generate more fervor then a multi million selling franchise?

    will wonders never cease.

    In some way this put Noah on the map again. he was quoted as saying the thing that really put him on the map was FFVIII when fans were outraged that he dared speak ill of that game. Well Spoony did it again with DW and as they say there is no such thing as bad publicity.

  • JollySam

    I watched this video, and i the time it took to run, another 150 people had made a comment here…

    If you really want to fight against different warriors from different ages, go and buy Soul Calibur 4. You'll find pirates, samurai, ninjas, monks, knights, monsters, and all sorts in there. Even better, you can customize them all to death in the character creation mode. They'll look better, fight better, and you'll not need to waste your money on a lazy, poorly-designed game that makes excuses for itself.

  • JollySam

    Oh, and I bought Bad Company for Playstation 3 for $10, which makes the 'milk is milk' argument somewhat pointless.

  • http://twitter.com/Anaphyis Anaphyis

    You know you are a hypocrite right now, do you? I like Spoony but a man who – for comedic effect or not – wants to kill people who happen to like Final Fantasy X has absolutely no opinionated neutral ground to retreat to. Either you troll a fanbase and take the flames or you are more considerate of other peoples opinion and can thus demand that haters do so themselves. You cannot have both.

    And yeah, good thing Spoony never asked his fans to … oh never mind.

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      lol now your are just be absurd …

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      lol now your are just be absurd …

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      lol now your are just be absurd …

  • http://www.aj-scruffles.co.uk/magazine/ AJ Scruffles

    Wow. Spooney becoming the Vicent Gallo of internet game reviewers.

    Except without Chloë Sevigny.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nicholas-Mozuraitis/1662253080 Nicholas Mozuraitis

    this game had good ideas they just executed them terribly. btw Spoony are you still going to do the deadliest character thing that you were planning to do?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Adam-J-Shepley/538826206 Adam J. Shepley

    “u mad”

    From their response, they're not shy about being dicks about the game. But from your first review of this game to now, you seem to be a bit angier than usual for no discernible reason. Does the game really piss you off that much for being bad? I mean, it's an XBLA game designed for people who like a show (that they all know isn't all that rooted in realism in the first place) and it doesn't really matter any more than a shitty NES game.

    At least, in my opinion.

  • http://twitter.com/GeekofGames51 Adam Moore

    I looked up this game, and found that there was a suprising developer for this game, with Spike Games as the publisher, the developer for Deadliest Warrior: The Game is independent developer Pipeworks Software, the creator of the Godzilla video game series. Now I liked playing the first game for the Gamecube, not sure about the others, but the point is these people have history with fighting games, with their games downgrading more and more. it's sad really.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Zen.Guardian Christopher Scott

    I think the problem is not the fact that its a bad game (which it is.) but because people just assumed that he didn't review it. I think hes angrier in this video because the replies are challenging his reporting intergrity. The posts that he's quoting in the video are not so much about the game but excuses as to why his report ahould be consindered moot.

  • mrrubino

    Aww, did weedy-beedy want to make a posty-wosty but had nothing to add? So she had to purposely interpret something literally that noone would interpret literally without just grabbing logic by the scrotum and pulling until it starts screaming, just for the sake of a weak argument you couldn't have made even if you weren't a limp writer?
    It's alright. Just pretend this is Youtube. Then you won't have to feel like a fool about that post.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

    lol really ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

    All this matther about the delusional thing is just outrageous. That is nothing profesionnals from the Folks of Spike TV

  • http://gamebabble.wordpress.com/ GEL

    XD Wow. I'm surprised at the flurry of comments here (though “Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.” was probably a poor choice of words, sir no matter how true it is). Well may as well throw my hat into the pile as I did sit down with the demo again.

    The one thing I have to say in the game's defense is that the controls are nowhere near as bad as you make them out to be. Actually you have a decent array of moves and the graphics ain't bad for an arcade title (I know that last qualifier may be a cop out but really it looks okay)!

    The big issue is that while it uses Bushido Blade-esque damage, it still CONTROLS like a normal 3D fighter for the most part. As you well know, hit any button 3-5 times in a 3D fighter and you'll usually do a 3-5 hit combo, this applies to Deadliest Warrior as well. Problem is, if you got hit with a 3-5 hit sword combo in real life? You'd be dead or damn well nearly dead! …and you ARE in Deadliest Warrior! But the thing is…that means there's very little skill or strategy, just rush in swords-a-flailing and slaughter your opponent!

    One could argue that much of this is a conceptual fail because, well, Realism Sucks. The Apache and The Spartan do not make compelling characters, the graphics look bad because “realistic” is a shitty art style, and realistic combat is cheap! Think about how easy it is to break a neck or gouge an eye out!

    Perhaps they should have considered including a “Video Game Mode” where there are no insta-kills and damage is more fair rather than realistic. It would make a good comparison and I think the game would gain alot more depth with it's inclusion. The movelists are decently-sized and the controls ain't bad…I could see it being okay if people didn't keel over after a single combo.

    “But what about Bushido Blade?”, well you see, Bushido Blade used a completely different control style. It had multiple stances and was very slow and methodical. It was all about aiming your singular strike at the exact right location. Deadliest Warrior, however, controls like any other 3D fighter and thus allows you to flail some blades around with too much ease. Really though if one were to try a “realistic” fighter again, they'd need to consider motion controls (I mean the real stuff, not that busted ass default Wiimote crap. Try the sword fighting in Wii Sports Resort and you'll see what I mean).

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

    lol Masters of the Universe love it.

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      Same here !!

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      Same here !!

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      Same here !!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

    This is plain wrong all this fuzzy on the internet, damn Spike TV they are so mean when they want.

  • http://twitter.com/themediaddict Roger Koloskoff

    You know what? World of Goo was an amazing 10$ Wiiware (wii XBBox live) game which was made by 2 guys sitting in a coffee shop. So when Spike Games, owned by Spike TV, one of the biggest fucking channels on TV, says “oh,we're tiny, don't touch me”, it's pathetic

  • tobylauterbach

    I think part of the reason why people are so willing to fire back at Spike is because of what it represents and how we've all had to live with it our entire lives and trying to tell us what we should like so we can consume their crap, and telling us we are wrong or “delusional” if we don't. I mean, its part of the MTV machine. We've grown up with its crap thrown in our faces all our lives from when they ruined music by compressing it into a 3 minute commercial to bringing about the vile evil that is reality TV. Before Fox, there was MTV. And now Spike pokes its hairy posterior into “our geeky” territory by trying to define what constitutes good games that obviously aren't and this deadliest warrior b.s. to serve their fratboy jock clientele with no imagination of their own and a steady supply of mommy and daddy's money. Sometimes enough is just enough, and saying we don't have to buy it or can ignore doesn't cut it when their advertising and marketing machine intrudes on every aspect of life now; Turn off the TV, and they and their ilk are on the radio. Turn off the radio, and they are on the internet. I love to read, but sometimes I like to do other things. You can't escape this mass media shit selling complete crap anymore. Let's face it, Twilight, Transformers, most gave up long ago if they didn't already suffer from “nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public”.

    Effectively, what Spike said here, was that Spoony and his supporters are crazy and “wrong” for not opening our mouths and accepting the excrement they sell and buying the products they and their MTV overseers sell. We are bad consumers because we see shit for what it is, making us delusional. It's like when Disney intimated that the patriotic thing to do was to watch Pearl Harbor, a ripoff of from Here to Eternity if there ever was, the implied meaning being that its unpatriotic not to!

  • http://www.facebook.com/kirzan Michael Coulombe

    The fact that the game is based on imbalanced fighting styles makes it imbalanced between characters and monotonous. Deadliest Warrior is about proving a point (through magic and “science”) that these guys were better than these guys in those many different ways. How, HOW THE FUCK can you balance a game based on a stupid system like that. The game tries to be realistic, like the show? The show is realistic? Really? 90% of the time it's all about “IF he hits the guy with 'said weapon' he will win, if he misses, the opponent will use the opportunity to attack with 'this weapon' and kill him” and this is NOT game material! If you could go in first person for ranged and aim for the weak spot exploiting your opponent's failure, ok, there's skill. But if you just have to hope he doesn't dodge, that's just cheap.

    I can already see spartans spamming that javelin before the beginning of the round. Also, ONE SHOT KILLS IN A FIGHTING GAME IS NOT GAME MATERIAL!… The idea was so good, has it not been based on Deadliest Warriors and it's cheap analysis of things.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Ottoson/100000693361189 Joe Ottoson

    Just because Spike Games is tied to Spike TV doesn't mean that Spike Games has an unlimited budget. By the looks of it, Spike TV barely gave them a dime, and they produced a crappy game as a result.

  • http://www.aj-scruffles.co.uk/magazine/ AJ Scruffles

    Well, Spooney's said his favourite movie is Brown Bunny, so it's probably a conscious direction he's taking.

    Also he's being a little disingenious about why he cannot get on TV. He likes to say it because of the whole 'rise of the idiots' phenomenom (as revealed by Charlie Brooker) but that's only half the story.

    Getting on TV is easy, whether as a writer or performer. Spooney knows this first hand. It's not really for me to say, but ask him what happened when he got a part in 'The Hills'.

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      Interesting stuffs right there. I want to know more.

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      Interesting stuffs right there. I want to know more.

    • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

      Interesting stuffs right there. I want to know more.

  • http://twitter.com/Razesdark Tommy Stigen Olsen

    As far as i am concerned, if you go as far as putting a game up on Xbox Live or Playstation Network you have to be able to be compared to any of the products on the same service.
    Sure, you might be a small company, but there are plenty of small time companies who has made good games. Take Limbo for example, smalltime developer made a good game.

    Now, hear this. If people complain your game sucks, dont blame the price point, because if that is the only explanation you can come up with. You failed as a game producer. As far as im concerned, you got lots of valid complaints with this, hear them, deal with them, and dont make the same mistake twice.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Henne-Burnette/100000093333022 Matthew Henne Burnette

    I really hope u see this Spoony, cus im gonna name off fighter games for u that are better than DW cus u shouldnt take your time. every single Mortal Kombat, Marvel vs Capcom, Street Fighter, Street Fighter4(since i didnt play 2 or 3 i cant list them tho they're prob better anyways), Mortal Kombat vs DC, Yu Yu Hakusho Dark Tournament , Naruto Ultimate Ninja(an anime did better lol), all the super smash brothers games, all the dbz games, Naruto Clash of ninja series, The new Mortal Kombat. should i go on, the reason alot of these were new games was because this was a new game, and you know what? even the games just listed that suck dont suck as much as DW. and does funding for a game matter, even if its not a game Monty Oam managed to make videos with better CG quality than most box office movies using a desk top, im pretty sure ANY group of developers should b able to at least try to live up to that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Thacker/100001082221058 Matt Thacker

    What? You missed the entire point of the post.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Thacker/100001082221058 Matt Thacker

    Not to mention any Mugen game floating out there on the internet.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Calvin-Jarchow/1131125364 Calvin Jarchow

    Is…is it over? (peek) There were so many comments, it was like a head wound. There were comments everywhere but I didn't know where they were coming from or how to stop it. So many comments… I'd never seen anything like it. I've been watching the comments on a monitor 20 floors below sea level, from a bunker.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Calvin-Jarchow/1131125364 Calvin Jarchow

    wow thats a bold assertion. I didn't think anything could be worse than DBZ: Ultimate Battle 22

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Henne-Burnette/100000093333022 Matthew Henne Burnette

    i havent played that, i mainly refered to butikai series(i think i spelled that rite)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Henne-Burnette/100000093333022 Matthew Henne Burnette

    yes its true that they can b considered small but thats not an excuse, thats not OUR problem, as stated in my comment, a guy manages to make a movie grade CG video using his home desktop and no real budget. This means that ANYONE with a budget should make their game worth it, plus many games made by small groups are successful. Don't blame the budget

  • HeadtewtehShawt

    Where's the comment-nuke when you need one..

  • HeadtewtehShawt

    Dragon Ball Z Budokai (Googled it. =D) I remember playing a DBZ game on PS2 woth that old guy on the spinning saucer on the loading screen, I made him do a Circle =D

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

      Im with Spoony and Koko

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kimmie-Truong/100000193727966 Kimmie Truong

    I lol'd at most of the comments here.

    This site is called the SPOONY Experiment. Admit it, you came here to listen to SPOONY rant about a piece of crap game. I find it ironic that you guys are complaining about him not respecting your opinions when you're obviously not respecting his by being civil about it. His opinion is that this game is a piece of crap. Face it, he's not going to change that standpoint just because a bunch of whiny brats complain about it, in fact, that will probably cement it further.

    And I agree with a commenter further down, Spoony seems to be mainly defending his integrity as a reviewer, anyway.

  • mrrubino

    Accidentally dropped the c-bomb on Heidi?

  • spliffzero

    Loved the ending, Spoony. “if your going to make a game, make a good fucking game”

    The foundation of ANY fighter is balance, if the game is not balanced it is fuck all. Mortal Kombat, as an exception, was very unbalanced, but had the over the top gore and a creative atmosphere to make it big. Unfortunately for Spike Games the “make a gory game and hope people buy it” era is about 20 years in the past. Of course after the first Mortal Kombat raked in some dough, it was made a new, refined, polished, and BALANCED, into Mortal Kombat 2. This was in order to make not only a gory, atmospheric game, but a well balanced fighter as well. IF they dont step up with some sort of balance they will fail.

    Sounds to me like this game replaced balance with spam dodging and random hit boxes.

  • http://www.facebook.com/gonzalo.phill Gonzalo Sánchez

    I work as a game developer, a 3d game artist in a Mexican studio.

    It's easy to us (game developers) to say: “hey, the game only cost $10, you want something better, pay more”, but that's just wrong. There's no excuse we can use, if the game suck, the developers of the game suck, period, there is nothing else to say.

    Sure, it's impossible to make everyone happy, but that argument it's old, I also have made horrible games in the past, and I know it's hard to accept that your work is shit. But if you can't take the heat… learn to make good games or go and “chinguen a su madre!!!”.

    Keep the good work Sr. Spoony.

    • Anonymous

      You’re absolutely right.Right.

      And Spoony also made another important point: If in fact, this game had been developed by a true small time independent team of, say four buddies, he would have been critical, but he would have also tried to “support these guys”. He wouldn’t have beat up on them for the sake of it.

      But there’s no excuse for corporate spike, especially when this MTV bankrolled pet that had about 40 people (4 peeps from Spike with the money and the ideas and 36 from Pipeworks) doing this on behalf of a franchise with a highly sophisticated Ad and marketing machine behind it.

      That’s what I think partially got his goat because Spike insults all the true independents that get their chancre to put stuff out on venues like steam. Typical corporate mentality: “if its budget it should suck and just be a cash-in”.

    • Anonymous

      You’re absolutely right.Right.

      And Spoony also made another important point: If in fact, this game had been developed by a true small time independent team of, say four buddies, he would have been critical, but he would have also tried to “support these guys”. He wouldn’t have beat up on them for the sake of it.

      But there’s no excuse for corporate spike, especially when this MTV bankrolled pet that had about 40 people (4 peeps from Spike with the money and the ideas and 36 from Pipeworks) doing this on behalf of a franchise with a highly sophisticated Ad and marketing machine behind it.

      That’s what I think partially got his goat because Spike insults all the true independents that get their chancre to put stuff out on venues like steam. Typical corporate mentality: “if its budget it should suck and just be a cash-in”.

  • http://twitter.com/VenusMarcianX Dafne Salazar

    I like some reviews and some others not, but some people are just as$h055#$ and in my country people like this are known as “chaqueteros mentales” i think on english it would be “Mental Masturbators” .
    You just keep the good work Mr. Spoony
    Love you!

  • http://twitter.com/softbank47 Jim Nelson

    “Yeah I kinda just shook my head at the review. Anyone who doesn’t like the fact you can lose in 1-5 hits, well, go play something a little less realistic. This was supposed to be a game at least partly rooted in realism.”

    A lot of fighters I've played are possible to win with that one to five hit range. Guilty Gear, Melty Blood, Tekken 4, and BlazBlue all have one-hit finishers. The difference? You actually have to earn the right to use those finishers! This game is fucking broken on all fronts and is an embarrassment to the fighting game genre in general.

    People who play this game and actually like it could be run through a gauntlet of other fighters and not have the mental capacity to play them, much less like them. Grow up.

    You're the best, Spoony. But still, I would like to see your “Lord of Tekken” skills in a Tag Tournament match. You should set that up sometime!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Manuel-Aduna/1712179998 Manuel Aduna

    Chaqueteros Mentales! XD hahahahaha,se me acaba de pegar una nueva frase XD

  • http://twitter.com/VenusMarcianX Dafne Salazar

    ah poco no? jeje

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Rodoy/775323495 David Rodoy

    I'm amazed no-one's mentioned Sword of the Samurai, the next gen spiritual successor to Bushido Blade.

    One-hit kills and one of the most accurate representations of the art of katana fencing ever. And a damn good game (if flawed). And similarly – true to the actual art – you could go minutes without ever throwing a strike, just waiting for the perfect moment, and then when it comes, bang you win.

    But that's realism done right. It's tense. It's exciting. It's not BS.

    Bushido Blade/Sword of the Samurai = Exciting

    DW = BS

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Simon-Obergoker/574310970 Simon Obergöker

    I kinda feel bad for Spoony for taking so much crap for one review The hypocrisy is so obvious sometimes. I mean he's just one person and entitled to his opinion, as is everyone else, he makes his opinion aavailable online which is great because i love his show so others can do to.I'm not gonna hate you if you like this game, it'S your opinion. What I hate is people fiercly defend this game if Spoony brought up some very valid points. One hit kills suck (if they are executable from the first seond in the game and from far away). Not facing your oponent sucks. Even if you don't do it in real life which you SHOULD if you dn't want to get beaten up in a good fighter it should turn automatically. The defense that you are a small development studio does not stand like at all. I mean World of Goo was developed and programmed by 2 guys. 2 GUYS IT CAN'T GET SMALLER than that. And world of goo was awesome. Granted its a puzzle game and not a fighter but still that point stands. Just copy the engine of Streetfighter II slap your own models on it and you have your 10 $ DW budget title. Done in like a few days worth of work by a couple people and the game would be far superior and I think ther would be FAR less complaints.

    Just keep on bannin' the haters Spoony and take the flame like the man you are.
    I love your work.

  • FuggerNaught

    Spoony, i really enjoy how angry you get at these people that try and troll you. the analytical order in which you demonstrate your ass kicking is amusing :3

  • http://celluloidandsilicon.blogspot.com/ Avenging_Mike

    That's a damn good point that I never thought of. The show is terrible material for a fighting game, since the point of the show is to say “This guy would win in a fight.” If they actually did it to accurately reflect the show, then the game would just be glorified rock-paper-scissors, as you try and pick the counter to whatever fighter the other guy picked. That's not a basis for a good fighting game. A fighting game is supposed to be about player skill, not who picks the character with the best/easiest one-shot ability.

  • megaman666

    Well I've seen flash games that are better than this with more robust game play and what kind of money do they have? None. And on a gaming engine that actually cost them money they do it to entertain people not to try to get as much money for a shitty game as possible. Just goes to show you people are dicks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Henri-Korthout/1612722356 Henri Korthout

    Lol, have you ever played DBGT: Final Bout? Worst controls ever of the DB-games

  • http://www.aj-scruffles.co.uk/magazine/ AJ Scruffles

    Would Vincent Gallo content himself with dropping the c-bomb on some pnematic blonde? But i've said too much.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Donovan-S-Bowker/607168099 Donovan S Bowker

    but isn't getting angry mean they succeeded at trolling?, meh w/e the deadliest warrior review was entertaining and even though I wouldn't rage so much at criticism like spoony (I used to get a lot of crap but raging about it never worked out), at least spoony gave us another video to watch, that is always good :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/hbentonjr Henry Benton Jr

    As for my assessment, I played the game for about 5 minutes with the trial, tried both fighters and deleted the damn thing right away. I could care less if a game is realistic or not, I care if it's fun and I didn't have any kind of fun playing Deadliest Warrior.

    Though I think this has to be my favorite counter-argument so far from a guy named Douk from the Escapist forum:

    “also spoony is for people who label themselves as an intellectual and hate manly bro shows like ultimate warrior because they feel intimidated by the “warriors” in the show”

    SKRONK!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    Im still in pain about all this, it not even funny anymore damn Spike TV you ARE delusional.

  • http://twitter.com/Das_Bass Matt DiPasquale

    The Lord of Tekken as spoken! I alwasy thought that it would be Square that would attack you, but Spike? Even people like me who play button mashing games like SCIV know this is a shitty game, I think MVC2 is less then 10 bucks on Xbox and PSN store. MVC2 is how old again? Oh yeah 10 years old. And to play a game with over 20 characters for 25¢ in the year 2000 makes it sad that the “It's 10 bucks” card is even used in 2010. In fact the arcade that has MVC2 near me is still fucking 25¢ I could get Tekken 6 for 26! and have fun air juggling my friends! Fuck the stupid show and fuck the stupid game.

  • BlackShinobi

    that's inexcusable for a game developer. what if major developers like Capcom, Konami, Bungie, and others took that kind of attitude for making games? i'll tell you what would happen, they wouldn't exist. it's like saying “haha, we got your money and you got our stupid piece of broken shit for a fighting game you dumb fuck, enjoy your ass raping.” Spoony, you're just under attack from crazed fanboys and IMHO, they are the reason why gaming has gone down the tubes the last few years or so. I realize the price is only $10, but hell even Burger King put just a little effort into their 360 games, even though they were bad. it's inexcusable and like you said: if you can't do it right, then don't do it at all.

    • Anonymous

      Soul Calibur Series = Kind of recreation of Tekken but better or worse, depends on how you play and your opinion.
      Dragon Ball Z Series = Pointless game, but perfect for DBZ fans.
      Halo Series = Dear god. Another game to let people get bullied online for, or to cheat at (If possible)

    • Anonymous

      Soul Calibur Series = Kind of recreation of Tekken but better or worse, depends on how you play and your opinion.
      Dragon Ball Z Series = Pointless game, but perfect for DBZ fans.
      Halo Series = Dear god. Another game to let people get bullied online for, or to cheat at (If possible)

  • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

    They banned it.

  • http://twitter.com/litte_besner Sasha Besner

    Amen …

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5MMSCONB22WNNFERBIHCWLJBGA Pilgrim John

    Hell yeah. The Burgerking games were stupid, sure, but at least they tried and failed instead of just… failing even before they tried. I'm shocked that this game has any fans at all.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Mander/1460760918 Mark Mander

      it’s probably the families of the spike tv staff for all we know

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Mander/1460760918 Mark Mander

      it’s probably the families of the spike tv staff for all we know

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    This is MADNESS !!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    And Even painful if ask me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    This is TSE !!! Against Spike TV.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    You that right man.

  • rudy023

    Spike TV insulted you? Not after all those glowing reviews of their TNA Impact show! What could their motivation be?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    lol true true. Guess the hates is just mutual. Probly karma. Spoony is just the best.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    lol the hell ?

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      This is SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA of Spoony !

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      This is SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA of Spoony !

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Romero/1155492192 Ricardo Romero

    I agree with ya Spoony. Personally,I think of DW as a popcorn show, just for shits and giggles. But I would never play this game even if Spike Games paid me. Once I heard the game was under development, I laughed at their fail and I was right….it failed…just like the logic in the show. Spike will never make it in this business for as long as they merely “cash in” on “popular” franchises. They're playing with the big boys and little kids who can't code a decent game at this level should go back and suck on their momma's tits.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    They shouldn't have put in a life bar then because that's unrealistic

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1334790276 John Wheeldon

    The reason Spike Games will remain a small developer and develop shit like this is because they actually take offense to a reviewer doing his job and telling the masses his opinion. Uwe Boll would be proud

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

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    first off i would like to say noah you kick ass. second i agree with you 100%. thirdly there is no excuse for a componay to act the inperfosinal. as of reading and seeing your video i will not buy deadlyest warrior. i also will not buy any game ever put out by spike games. i will not support a company that acts like children when some one dosent like what they do. FUCK THEM. i have bought meny a game made by no name companys befor and they were awsome game. hell look in the homebrew forums for all the consoles out. pay close attation to the homebrew for the old consoles such as dreamcast and the playstation. you will find gold in there that far exceeds this bullshit deadlets worrier game and guess what, THEY ARE FREE. look up a game called Beats of rage. it a fucking awsome clone of streets of rage built from the ground up with no money at all, AND ITS FREE! or look back in history at then a small 5 or so person group got together and decided to make a great puzzle game called myst with a fantastic story.

    all i am saying is the gripe about being a small company with very little money and “trying” to do the best they can and put a game out is no excuse. every on that puts a game out has to expect that some one will not like it and accept that. if said person dosent like the first game you put out so what, i didn't like the first games ID and Rockstar put out. i love doom and GTA.

    noah i say you just keep doing what you are doing and making the fucking awsome videos you make. =D

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    Spoony + 1st Amendment = Fucking awsome =D

  • deathtank

    It's a bummer too because it _could_ have been a great game. I've been waiting since N64 for a GOOD 'historical' fighter with characters like knights vs spartans vs epireans vs templars etc., throw in robin hood, king arthur, william wallace, willem of oranje, whoever.
    I thought this game might finally be it but it's obvious they were lazy and just figured “People will buy it because they watch the show so who the fuck cares how fun it is” – not like you can return it to the store after you buy MS points.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Guess it is not the prime time for Spike TV for the moment. Will have to wait for their next greatest game by the super motivate developers of Spike Games.

  • deathtank

    I know another fighting game better than DW, it's called “Punching myself repeatedly in the balls.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    Much love and support from Canada Spoony !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000337200556 Franklin Cozza

    Prithvi Virasinghe is the name on the SpikeGames account. He is the Creative Director of MTVN Entertainment Group / Entertainment Games Studio. He should know better not to call someone delusional.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    Amen …

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    Delusional … WoW I dont believe they said that lol way to go Spike TV … geez

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    It does hurt I wont deny it.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      Spike TV folks are just so mean damn it pissed me off.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      Spike TV folks are just so mean damn it pissed me off.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    The flame war is done im now relieve.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

      Glad indeed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/samuel.thescout Samuel Leggett

    The fact that SpikeGames came to insult you personally is the saddest thing I've ever seen. It really is. Watch out Spoony, Square Enix may come after you now for insulting Final Fantasy 13! Get out while you can!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    This is just the best game made for mankind … sort of, period.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    WoW, some people just born with bad manners. Director … he should be ashame somehow.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    It is just like it is !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Indeed Mister …

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Loved the ending, Spoony. “if your going to make a game, make a good fucking game”

    The foundation of ANY fighter is balance, if the game is not balanced it is fuck all. Mortal Kombat, as an exception, was very unbalanced, but had the over the top gore and a creative atmosphere to make it big. Unfortunately for Spike Games the “make a gory game and hope people buy it” era is about 20 years in the past. Of course after the first Mortal Kombat raked in some dough, it was made a new, refined, polished, and BALANCED, into Mortal Kombat 2. This was in order to make not only a gory, atmospheric game, but a well balanced fighter as well. IF they dont step up with some sort of balance they will fail.

    Sounds to me like this game replaced balance with spam dodging and random hit boxes.

  • Holepunchio

    I have to say…most of this could've been avoided if you elaborated more in the original review. You played for 5 hours and not just one match? Your opinion on the parry and stamina bars? The bad hit detection and lack of control of your character making the game more luck than skill?

    “Sorry, I mentioned how every other aspect of your game sucked, I just forgot to talk about how the dodging, stamina, and parry systems suck, too.”

    You not mentioning those was a legitimate complaint. In fact most of the complaints against this review were simply because viewers assumed wrong what you didn't clarify. It would be like reviewing Super Mario Brothers and forgetting to mention besides walking you could also run, jump, and get power-ups. Then when people complain how can you like a game where you just walk into a goomba over and over again and “oh right! Follow-up! I forgot to mention those things.

    Deadliest Warrior is still a piece of shit, and Spike is still a bunch of assholes. You weren't wrong just…less right then you could've been.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    Uwe Boll would be for sure lol !

  • Laharl

    Who would have thought the outcry in defense of Deadliest Warrior would be so much larger than New Vegas or Little Big Planet 2?

    I have no idea what the game is like or if it is really that bad, But if the fans and makers of it are acting this pathetic and angry from one little review, I think the world would be a much better place if they were all forced to fight Ninjas and Vikings.

  • http://twitter.com/RocMegamanX RocMegamanX

    You know, if you did own a Wii, you know what else you could buy for $10?
    +Contra Rebirth
    +Castlevania Rebirth
    +Mega Man 9
    +Megaman 10

    Or even better? Just buy two $5 footlongs from Subway. Eat fresh!

  • lernoki

    i'm on spoony's side on this on. this game sucks.i mean this game sucks at everything, even at the gimmick that is at the center. let's take a look at the show. It's wonderful stupid entertainment.I like that, i like to see what it would happened if a spartan would meet a ninja.And that the basic gimmick of the show and game, having a big diversity of characters of diferent cultures and times that fought each other. But then look at the game. There are only 8 characters. Does that offer diversity?and then the other aspect. Many of you say that the characters have unique fighting styles, but when i played i saw that the ninja and the apache were fighting in the same way, doing the same flips, doging, etc.And the same thing stands for the shielded oponents. And about the thing that you're just a small team.Look at other games like world of goo who was made by 2 people and it is much better than this crap. And sorry for my english,

  • lernoki

    i'm on spoony's side on this on. this game sucks.i mean this game sucks at everything, even at the gimmick that is at the center. let's take a look at the show. It's wonderful stupid entertainment.I like that, i like to see what it would happened if a spartan would meet a ninja.And that the basic gimmick of the show and game, having a big diversity of characters of diferent cultures and times that fight each other. But then look at the game. There are only 8 characters. Does that offer diversity?and then the other aspect. Many of you say that the characters have unique fighting styles, but when i played i saw that the ninja and the apache were fighting in the same way, doing the same flips, doging, etc.And the same thing stands for the shielded oponents. And about the thing that you're just a small team.Look at other games like world of goo who was made by 2 people and it is much better than this crap. And sorry for my english,

  • http://twitter.com/MoonDinosaur Benny

    your hilarious.

    i don't see why people can't just wag there finger, “thats our Spoony!”

    If anything, at least Spoony is honest in his reviews. Unlike some major sites out there.

    Though, you do often come off as whiny and bitchy, Spoony, when complaining about something. But, to me, thats the reason I often watch. Great insight, hilarious break-downs and arguments. All around a good time with the Spoony one.

  • Rocko7712

    Wow alot of comments Spoony!

  • http://twitter.com/brc20007 Joshua D

    Even if people do like the game, I really don't understand why they think it's worth defending.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    Realistic is the future man !!! Said the fanboy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    Not quite enough i say.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Aina-Shirow/1623494979 Aina Shirow

    Oh Spoony! How I love you ^_^

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    Approved

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    Shameless plug lol.

  • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

    Spoony Forever !

  • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

    Like 3D Movies one would say

  • http://twitter.com/mikey_frost Mike Frost

    All this is just sooooo delusional for my eyes lol.

  • HeadtewtehShawt

    This is not Sparta? I AM LOST T.T

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    will the comments on this ever stop?

  • http://twitter.com/KaiLeingod John Spearing

    wow he must be confident that his job is safe

  • http://twitter.com/DigitalWarriors James Drover

    “Watch out Spoony, Square Enix may come after you now for insulting Final Fantasy 13! Get out while you can! “
    Well him and every other non fanboy who does not have a square-enix obedience chip in their skull. That game sucked.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      It is indeed pretty sad way to Spike TV with the professional in the trash.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      It is indeed pretty sad way to Spike TV with the professional in the trash.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Leon-Greenwood/1361936752 Leon Greenwood

    Well done Spoony, give Spike games a good spanking…talk about opening there leggs for a kick in the nutt's. lol.

    Leon.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    When theyre gonna be a zombie apocalypse perhaps.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    lol so much surprise.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      No more originality our days it pitiful at least their Inception.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      No more originality our days it pitiful at least their Inception.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Seconded. Approved.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Classic enough yet still fresh.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      FTW FTW

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

        Optimism: Waiting for a ship to come in when you haven’t sent one out.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      FTW FTW

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Superb my friend.

  • http://www.blackchapters.co.uk/ John Spearing

    lol after hell friezes over maybe?

  • http://twitter.com/OHGRnick Nichloas Raeburn

    That had to the perfect analogy for this entire situation. Your neutrality pleases me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/andrzej.postl Ondřej Postl

    Ok, I saw the original review, this follow-up vid, and then I started to feel curious. I thought: “Hey, maybe they at least tried (and failed) at the show, and the same happened at the game.” Then I looked up some vids from the show. Then I raged.

    Come on, ninja vs. viking? I don't care about the whole “WHAAAAA- NINJAS ARE AGILE!!!!!” trend, the only way the ninja could kill the viking would be by stabbing him from behind. Wait, was that the way how ninjas worked, back in the day? Oh man, you nearly got me.

    I could rant about this pile of bullcrap for days, but hey, The Spoony One said pretty much everything for me, and I would only repeat his words. I'd just like to say that “The Deadliest Warrior” is one of the stupidest franchises for a very long time.

  • http://twitter.com/OHGRnick Nichloas Raeburn

    I would have loved to have just played this game once. Unfortunately I don't have a 360 anymore. I find Spike's complaint of the game being a budget title redundant. There are plenty of games out there with the price point of $10 even less then that, and those games were absolutely fantastic.

    Another argument I find redundant is the whole “realism” thing…Um this is a video game…It's not necessarily supposed to be realistic. It's a nice concept of course, many do it well. Like EA's sports titles, and UFC Undisputed. I know it's silly comparing such things to Deadliest Warrior, but at the same time you cannot help it. A games a game no matter how you look at it. What really kills the argument of realism is the fact that when a character is killed they bleed as if they were a never ending fountain of cherry koolaid; which would normally be awesome except…it's blood :(

    If you like Deadliest Warrior. Good for you. Do whatever you want. This was one man's honest opinion on a game that in my own opinion wasn't really worth the effort, but he did it anyway; which I must applaud him for. For those who feel strongly for this game; I strongly suggest playing games like Soul Calibur, Bushido Blade, and Samurai Showdown if you haven't already played them, and even if you have…You guys must be the troopers that played through Shaq Fu to completion (and enjoyed it). For that I salute you, or should I whack all of you with newspapers.

  • spoonshock

    1800 comments and counting! That's pretty awesome.

    Oh, and I went out and bought Bushido Blade out of curiosity after hearing both camps mention it so often. It is far, FAR better and more realistic than DW.

  • snake219

    I just can't believe that people are still commenting on Spoony's review of DW. My last comment was back at the 1000 point mark but I had no idea that these comments would be nearing the 2000 mark! Man! Who would have thought a $10 throw away title would compel people to viciously defend it, its just sad at best.
    I see the fanboys of this game are still defending it and condemning Spoony for having an opinion and sticking up for the game by saying it is 'realistic'. Heres my take on realism in games. I do appreciate it when a game attempts to be realistic in its setting or in its style of gameplay, but theres a fine line between realistic and too realistic that the game is ridiculous. The entire point of a game is to escape and have fun. I appreciate a challenge but not when its done poorly like in DW. For example the instant death kills in this game are a joke. The fact that a character like the Spartan can perform an instant kill in literally the first second is just stupid. Moves like that are normally performed towards the end of the match or when the opponent is weak on health. This isn't realistic, its called retarded programming which sucks the fun out of any game.
    Secondly the fact that you can't control where your character lands his ranged shots is inexcusable. I thought it was normally the case in video games that players are in control and can make their own choices. It shouldn't be the game deciding for you where your ranged shots land.
    Once again Spike if you can't take a negative review of your game then you shouldn't be in the business of making video games. Fanboys of this game should also grow up. If you like the game, fine, thats your opinion. Just don't slam someone who has a different opinion no matter how scathing it is.

  • cti1213

    okay….the fact that Spike is making games is sad and pathetic….just knowing that its from the Spike Channel makes me not want to ever purchase this….end of story. oh, and these are the people that continuously air TNA iMPACT….so yeah, these people have NO IDEA what they're doing….ever. :

  • http://twitter.com/RocMegamanX RocMegamanX

    You know, why couldn't they pair a group of Vikings against a group of Pirates? They both pillage and plunder. They both fight in groups, and they both use ships.

    Ninjas should have squared off against Medieval assassins.

    • http://www.facebook.com/andrzej.postl Ondřej Postl

      Well, except for the fact that Pirates used cannons, and Vikings fought hand to hand. But hey, I understand you, I’d like to see some comparement between two groupes of warriors (which were of course related to each other in their role in the army) too!Still, the best warriors were the mercenaries, since they fought because they wanted to. ;-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    You mister got two good points right there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Perhaps when Spike TV will do a VLOG respond to Spoony so we can move the flame to that thread.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2VVX3S7KI6WDE6F6KCBFHBCURA Michael Green

    get some assassin's creed going in there? :D

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      I love DeadSpace tho.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    I still cant believe this thread is on lol. So much drama for so little.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    Well it a delusional thread so I guess it normal or maybe people just cant stop hate DW ? Perhaps ..

  • L1nk1

    You make a shitty game from shitty series and make money from it. Now that's just stealing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/aron.marczylo Aron Marczylo

    You know, I swear it looked like oyu didn't play 1 match but several with the ninja, apache, centurion and etc. I love how they pretend to be so happy and yet they can call you “delusional” for expecting a half-compitent game. I hate their argument about how they shouldn't be judged as a average game since they're a small developers. Just because they're a small company that doesn't give them a excuse. Telltale Games never used that excuse and they're still kinda small, I think, but have grown much bigger over the years. Plus I recently bought Deathspank which is pretty fun, however it's done by EA so I don't think it counts.

    I don't like the idea about the stamina bar neither. Surely blocking would be less draining on the stamina that someone swinging their weapons like a maniac at you. I agree about the times have been moved on and gamers expect more and want more. Just like with movies, people have seen many of the greats and so film producers are upping their game just as game developers are.

    I agree about how stupid that comment was on saying that you wouldn't turn your head automatically in a real fight. You wouldn't just stare off into the distance and go “Oh, have to turn around” unless you're slow in the head! I've had fights before, as you do when growing up, and I never just stood up and faced the opposite way or when fighting just stood facing one direction.

    The stupid thing about money really pisses me off as it does you. Same about the show, really stupid that they don't actualy research the people that well and just assume these people would run into each other and start a fight. Even if I have XBLA I wouldn't buy it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!

  • http://www.facebook.com/marious21 Omar Robles

    lets keep it going people. no more shitty games!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    Everything delusional so I just cant stop. Great review tho.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    Make WAR, not SEX, it's safer! safer than not playing DW for your sanity.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    Always and forever !

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lingston-Kriss/100001467948433 Lingston Kriss

    lol just like that good come back Spoony

  • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

    You know it's going to be a bad day when you jump out of bed and miss the floor. That is probly what happen to Spike TV when they thought Spoony was delusional, damn those people.

  • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

    This is madness !

  • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

    It going up pretty well I guess DW fanboys didnt have enough of the Spoony.

    • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

      The end will not be reach ! Unless …

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Liam-Davis/1040831785 Liam Davis

    the person who dissed you is a dick..

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Spike TV is a dick that easy.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    The problem with a review like this is that you didn't review the game and you know that you didn't review the game properly. Yes, you did it in three to four minutes, but if you are going to leave such gaping holes in your review (like the fact that you completely overlooked many mechanics, or worse still denied their existence when in true fact they do exist).

    For instance, a comment you made implied that there was no ability to dictate which part of the body you attack. This is completely false – as you know.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      Delete hammer of hell is always there to restore order in this tyranny vs Spike TV.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      Delete hammer of hell is always there to restore order in this tyranny vs Spike TV.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    The problem with a review like this is that you didn't review the game fairly and you know that you didn't review the game properly. Yes, you did it in three to four minutes, but if you are going to leave such gaping holes in your review, what do you expect people to come back at you with?

    Let's be fair about this game – it's not brilliant – but it's not that bad. $10 for a fun, accessible fighter, with solid-for-an-arcade-game graphics is not that bad at all. Skill is clearly relevant however much you'd like to neglect it and all the features you disregarded first time around do matter – parrying, dodging, and stamina are critical to success.

    What spurred me to make this comment here (and completely fudge up first time because I had no idea how the hell this worked :)) was the hypocritical nature of a lot of what you said. Implying that anyone who disagrees with you is a 'lunatic' as you do, is not fair, nor true – but what's even funnier is you then justify that comment by saying that Spike Games called you delusional for not liking it. Even if this were true: “they started it” is hardly a mature response – but the truth is that they called you delusional becuase of the things you said. You neglected 90% of the features in the game and it was fair to infer that you really hadn't reviewed it thoroughly and then implied that it wasn't as good as retail games or remakes of retail games. Disagreeing with one of the poorest semi-professional reviews I've ever seen, is not difficult, nor does it make me a lunatic – thanks. This game is adequate – I got what I expected. A bit of fun, something to play when I'm bored of other things – with some occasional moments of utter hilarity. It's not a game which forces me to scream at the inadequateness of the analog stick/dpad on the 360 like MvC2, I've had some decent fun on it and I will continue to, every so often.

    Just stand back, and accept it, and re-review it. Do it justice. Don't do what you are doing now and digging yourself into a deeper hole knowing that your army of fans will keep you safe – it's not the right thing to do and it's not fair. If I merely disagreed with your review, I wouldn't have posted here. I disagree with most reviewers about most things – but your methods are what prompted this post. Giving this game a bad review is fine – but you failed to justify yourself in your first review, and what justification you did give was lacking serious detail or just plain wrong!

  • http://www.facebook.com/bdwallace Brandon David Wallace

    i love how people come to your website to watch your reviews and the moment you say something about a game they happen to like, you are the subject of snarky comments. the thing is, i dont always agree with your's, or doug's or lewis' opinions, but that doesnt make me want to go ape shit crazy and berate you for it. i respect yalls opinions and anybody who says otherwise is a total douchebag hipocrit(mostly because they're berating you about your opinion and telling you your an idiot or whatever and thats their opinion.) keep on doing reviews, im glad to see you really dont give two craps about a negative opinion.
    your biggest and bestest fan,
    brandon wallace
    aka, that critic

  • http://www.facebook.com/bdwallace Brandon David Wallace

    i would expect people to keep there negative comments to themselves quite honestly, but thats just me.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    Except that he clearly does give a crap about negative opinions – because he made this entire video! He in fact has had to try to justify the poor review he gave in the first place entirely because some people who watched this video KNEW that what he was saying wasn't actually true to the game. Disagreeing with a reviewer's opinions and thinking that he's done a poor, unfair job is entirely different – and not something of subjectivity. His entire video is a shrouded admission of how neglectful his review was in the first place.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    The problem with comments is that you sometimes get ones which don't agree with you. You can't whinge about people decrying his review and then do the same about negative comments. It's exactly the same thing.

  • cti1213

    okay….wow. This video was posted to point out the stupidity of the game and back up HIS opinions on it. He said from the get go, that this wasn't just about all the negative posts he got on the original. So to say that this response video is an attempt to “justify the poor review he gave in the first place” makes you sound like an idiot….just saying.
    And if you cant take someone giving an honest review of a game they didn't like, then you probably shouldn't be on here giving your moronic opinion about something….because that would just be hypocritical……

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    then you should do one since you know how it is to be done.

    apparently we missed that fact that spoony is an amiture and has never really done a game review and would not know how to do one <- scarcasem

    the way spoony does his reviews is why we keep coming back to watch them.

    i want to say this to every one right here right now that is going to bash spoony for any review he does, if you don't like it DON'T FUCKING WATCH IT!!!!! if you are going to talk trash like you have been doing this shit since the birth of youtube THE MAKE YOUR OWN FUCKING VIDEO AND SHOW US ALL HOW IT IS DONE!!!!!!!!!!

    other wise just shut the fuck up and let the rest of us sit back and collectively have a laugh and good time watching one of our favorite reviewers. i keep coming back for more because the spoony one is one of the funiest people on the net, so it doug and so it the angry video game nerd!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    i am going to be honest one something here. i liked finaly fantasy 8 (sorry spoony ^_^), i loved the super mario bros movie, i loved the double dragon movie, and i love all the same horror/sci-fi games that spoony like and some of the ones he dis likes.

    i also love the reviews of them. i loved watching spoony rip roar through final fantasy 8. i thought it was funny as shit! i love the review of the super mario movie (dougs and spoonys) and i loved dougs review of double dragon. i look at every thing all thies reviewers do as exactly what it is, entertainment. that is all it is. if you base you opnion solely on just what the vrial videos all over the net tell you then i am sorry for you. i pride myself in having my own opnion. i pride myself in being able to think for my self. getting upset because some one dosent like something that you created it just like telling them that they are not alowed to think for them self or have their own opnion.

    people just need to learn that all this review stuff is not done because they hat you or anything like that, it is done because it is entertaining and that is what we the fans expect! if spoony would do a video about a game that sucks and sit there and only talk about the good points all sentimental and stuff and then be all calm and cool about the bad points i would be bored with that video. that would be intreasting to see though. i still think the review would be funny just because of how he does things.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    It just the law of balance.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    For the best.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      For higher I love the new Starcraft 2 but this …. DW is just wrong to ever be created.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      For higher I love the new Starcraft 2 but this …. DW is just wrong to ever be created.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    No, it's flagrant hypocrisy.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      Approved Fire Fist Ace you are wrong !

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

      Approved Fire Fist Ace you are wrong !

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Djordje-Cerovic/1258520062 Djordje Cerovic

      IMO Spoony justified his review (though some things lacked in the first one, but it still got the jist of the game); every bit of it. As someone who’s been gaming actively for 15 years, I understand what Spoony is trying to say. And Spike games really disappointed me with their comment. Deeply. If Spoony did not do the game justice then Spike did even less justice to Spoony. He made great points in the first review and they were all like “oh gosh, we try, but our game is great for 10$. We know that true gamers love our game!”, and “Don’t listen to Spoony, he’s just a delusional bastard, who never played a game”. And then in the end, they actually invite (though subtly) ppl to flame Spoony?!!? What the hell is that all about? A fucking gaming company is dissing a reviewer who posted his honest opinion of the game. This is how insecure they are about their own game. They know it sucks, and they are trying to get ppl to think different (or just shed some doubt on the review). Why would you react to a review like that if the game really has something to offer? If Spoony did a review of, for example, World of Goo and told us its terrible, do you think that the 2D Boy company, would give a crap about what the review said? No. Cause people have played the game and it turned out very good. In conclusion, I think that the Deadliest Warrior game is terrible (the TV show ain’t much better either), and I have at least 5 ppl here, who would tell you the same.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Djordje-Cerovic/1258520062 Djordje Cerovic

      IMO Spoony justified his review (though some things lacked in the first one, but it still got the jist of the game); every bit of it. As someone who’s been gaming actively for 15 years, I understand what Spoony is trying to say. And Spike games really disappointed me with their comment. Deeply. If Spoony did not do the game justice then Spike did even less justice to Spoony. He made great points in the first review and they were all like “oh gosh, we try, but our game is great for 10$. We know that true gamers love our game!”, and “Don’t listen to Spoony, he’s just a delusional bastard, who never played a game”. And then in the end, they actually invite (though subtly) ppl to flame Spoony?!!? What the hell is that all about? A fucking gaming company is dissing a reviewer who posted his honest opinion of the game. This is how insecure they are about their own game. They know it sucks, and they are trying to get ppl to think different (or just shed some doubt on the review). Why would you react to a review like that if the game really has something to offer? If Spoony did a review of, for example, World of Goo and told us its terrible, do you think that the 2D Boy company, would give a crap about what the review said? No. Cause people have played the game and it turned out very good. In conclusion, I think that the Deadliest Warrior game is terrible (the TV show ain’t much better either), and I have at least 5 ppl here, who would tell you the same.

    • http://www.facebook.com/bdwallace Brandon David Wallace

      its not hipocracy if your doing nothing more than pointing out how idiotic your long, useless tangents are.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

      its not hipocracy if your doing nothing more than pointing out how idiotic your long, useless tangents are.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    Oh God. Oh God. Damn. I forgot that someone being popular somehow adds veracity to false claims.

    Spoony may well be an excellent reviewer 90% of the time. In fact, he may have never made another bad review in his life – but this was a poor review. It's not the fact that he doesn't like it – it's the fact that, in particular in his first review, he completely neglected major mechanics in the game (going on to say that there was nothing more to say about the game – when patently there was), was downright wrong about others.

    There is little point of going on with a reply because, frankly, your clear lack of intellect speaks for itself, but I will just seek to try to prove a point to you:

    If you think this game (which you've likely never played – at best played the trial briefly) is so bad – MAKE YOUR OWN FUCKING GAME AND SHOW US ALL HOW IT IS DONE!!!!!!!!!

    Good argument? No. Moronic argument – but then, I'm not stupid enough to make this type of argument.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

      calm down calm down OUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

      calm down calm down OUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • http://twitter.com/ashurbadaktu Danii

      …except that you just did, is the problem. You can’t present an argument, make it, and then claim you’re above making it. That’s just utterly coping out.

      Your problem with the review is that you think that Spoony missed a bunch of things and didn’t cover the game fairly. To you, I say that he covered the game ENTIRELY fairly. If in his experience, he did not like the game, found the systems frustrating and/or badly designed, and gained no enjoyment from the game, then the game failed him. It might not have failed you, it might not have failed others who enjoyed it, but it failed him. First and foremost, the job of a game is to entertain and if he had been entertained and had found a fulfilling experience in the fighting system, then no doubt he would have gone over it. In this case, however, those systems that he did not mention had little bearing on his experience and if anything overcomplicated and made the game worse. Why spend time on explaining what seems to be a complicated system when all it did was frustrate you in game? It would only make the review MORE negative.

      The reply from Spike Games was condescending, dismissive, and irresponsible. Frankly, I found that much more worthy of disdain than anything Spoony said. As a critic, it’s his job to rip someone a new one if they’ve put out crap because criticism is how we improve. The old ‘well if you don’t like it make a better one’ is a cop out and I won’t even address it. Fighting games have a long and rich history to draw on, as well as any number of battle systems that the designers could have looked to or even cribbed off of given their low budget and their lack of time; that they didn’t means that they were trying to do something original and interesting but that their execution was lacking was their own fault and something they should have considered BEFORE embarking on something new and interesting.

      In short, if someone makes a crappy game, it is their fault that they made a crappy game. If someone reviews that crappy game, their only responsibility is to advise someone who HASN’T played it as to whether they should like to play it or not. And if that reviewer is trusted, then those that trust him can and probably will take his word for it and there’s really nothing wrong with that.

      There’s nothing wrong with knowing that touching a hot stovetop is a bad idea, even if you haven’t done it yourself.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

      Keep grandma off the streets. Legalize bingo.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    The video was made to back up his opinions on it. Why did he need to do this? To defend himself – because he completely neglected some fairly major factors in the game. This isn't debatable. It's fact. But, I really challenge how much he actually played this game. I only managed to get 13 minutes through his ~20m 'follow-up' to a 4 minute review (speaks for itself really) – because I turned it off when I heard him spew out yet another completely false statement regarding the stamina being irrelevant.

    Unfortunately for him, unlike most of the people who feel their opinions are important in the comments, some people actually HAVE played the game and actually DO know whether what he's saying is true or not, and do know whether he's missing out important things.

    I presume, of course, that you haven't played this game – at best, you've briefly played the trial – right? Just like most of the people supporting this review? Isn't that surprising. That's the problem with the internet really. After a while you get so popular that you will be popular almost regardless of the quality of your output – because you have an army of people who will believe you regardless of whether you are right or not – hell I'd bet my house that a lot of the people in here never even played this game.

    You're Spoony's fans – and you believe he can do little wrong. Well, I'll tell you the truth – he did do wrong. He picked up a decentish game and reviewed it negligently, and then in amongst the replies amongst the hundreds who think dear Spoony can do no wrong, some people who'd actually played the game criticised the way he reviewed it – and rightly – because whether you like it or not he did COMPLETELY neglect to explain the fighting mechanics, which is a poor review.

    • Anonymous

      wow……fail on your part. Fucking embarrassing…

  • oblivion328

    If you argue that's okay for games to be shit if they cost $10, you're just giving the developers an excuse to flood the market with more cheap crappy games. And why does a low price even justify getting a game that sucks. Your logic doesn't make sense! Also, why would those features Spoony didn't mention redeem this thing at all. He pointed out what was important; that the game is so unbalanced it's just isn't fun.

    I would never touch anything from SPIKE anyway. They're skewed towards the immature male audience, and the only time I have the channel on is when they play Star Trek. Okay…I did like that 1000 Ways to Die thing for a while, but then I realized like half of the crap was obviously based on urban legends or just made up.

  • mrrubino

    Hahaha. DW is shit, and your desperate posts can't change that.
    Yes, his first review was “neglectful”. Then this re-review came along and touched on all the points he missed in his first review and, surprisingly, they were all shit as well. Those who saw the first review probably assumed as much without having to have our hands held. But then again, these are fans of DW we're talking about…

  • oblivion328

    I used to be a total Final Fantasy fanboy, and I still enjoy the series sometimes. I even loved FFX. But it was still so entertaining to see it get ripped apart anyway. I can't even argue with the points he makes, especially how Tidus is just so damn unbearable.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    I don't like using memes, but really *facepalm* is just too accurate. I presume your 'reply' is to Spike Games' comment. Like most of the comments on this place, almost every line of your post can be picked apart.

    Firstly, Spike Games did not say that it's OK for a game to be shit if its $10. They just made the fairly important point that its price point is -entirely- relevant. As for why would multiple critical mechanics within the gameplay matter?

    I know that your point was rhetorical – I just find the implied answer ridiculous.

    But of course, it doesn't matter, because you never even TRIED this game did you. That's the problem with fanboys, they start off assuming that the thing they love is in the right, and go from there. At no point do you try skepticism – you instantly jump to defence. That's what's most amazing – because I, unlike I'd guess most of the people I'm discussing this with, HAVE ACTUALLY PLAYED THE DAMNED GAME.

    • http://twitter.com/xiogen Xio Gen (not!)

      But that’s exactly what you’re saying. You said “It’s adequate for $10″. Price shouldn’t matter. Price is not the problem. Like he said, if it was just 4 guys in a room releasing it onto XBLA community, he would have gone easier on them. But just because they’re not Bethesda Softworks does not give them the excuse to have such broken mechanics.
      Did they make this game because they saw a forum where some random person said “HAY GUISE THEY SHUD MAYK A GAYM HUH?” Did they even have testers for this shit? The graphics would be the only thing limiting them, because they wouldn’t have the technology to render that shit. There was no reason they couldn’t tweak game mechanics. Like I said, if they couldn’t do it right regardless of budget, they shouldn’t have done it at all.

    • http://twitter.com/xiogen Xio Gen (not!)

      But that’s exactly what you’re saying. You said “It’s adequate for $10″. Price shouldn’t matter. Price is not the problem. Like he said, if it was just 4 guys in a room releasing it onto XBLA community, he would have gone easier on them. But just because they’re not Bethesda Softworks does not give them the excuse to have such broken mechanics.
      Did they make this game because they saw a forum where some random person said “HAY GUISE THEY SHUD MAYK A GAYM HUH?” Did they even have testers for this shit? The graphics would be the only thing limiting them, because they wouldn’t have the technology to render that shit. There was no reason they couldn’t tweak game mechanics. Like I said, if they couldn’t do it right regardless of budget, they shouldn’t have done it at all.

  • mrrubino

    Keep crying, little lady. Your game is a dismal failure in every respect.
    Just keep throwing whatever irrelevant argument you can at the wall and see what sticks. Pile on fallacy after fallacy about what a mean poopiehead Spoony is and how his fans are meanie-mean-meanballs to avoid talking about the game. It makes you look like a rambling, unfocused moron who can't face the simple truth.
    The grifter always smiles while he cons you, and Spike Games is no doubt preparing a fruit basket for their new favorite useful-idiot.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    At what point in your mind did Spoony become infallible in your mind? “In his first review he said everything was shit. In his second, he said that all the other things were shit that he didn't even mention. Therefore they were shit.”. Is this really an argument you want to get into?

    But thank you for accepting his first review was neglectful. In that case, why does he feel the need to reply so aggressively to people who were doing little more than pointing out this critical point?

    • http://www.facebook.com/bdwallace Brandon David Wallace

      he did it that way because people, instead of being rational about the whole thing, decided to go ape shit on his ass. so he merely returned the favor. didnt your momma always say “if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say it at all.” well that is the perfect phrase to remember when thinking about commenting. also remember that almost nobody cares about yours or anybody elses negative opinion, when its towards someone elses opinion. leaving a comment like that is like painting a big red target on your chest and calling everyone around you a retarded douche monkey, your only going to get bitched at. well whatever thats my say on asshole hipocrit commenters who only come to these websites just to bitch and moan about a simple opinion, made by a perfectly nice guy.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    What is it like being so vacuous that you can't actually think for yourself anymore?

  • mrrubino

    Aw wook, the wittle wady is breaking out the arguments that were already savaged 3 days ago, and acting nauseatingly arrogant because, after all, she's a paragon of intelligence and brash indepedent thinking who goes against the pack mentality.
    Hey, if you're late to the party, may as well go for broke and really make a fool of yourself, eh? It's just the internet after all.

  • oblivion328

    Okay, maybe I shouldn't come to Spoony's defense so hastily without playing the game myself. However, I stand by my other statement. The “crap is okay if it's cheap” thing wasn't really aimed at SPIKE. It's a sentiment I've heard many times from other games and even some professional reviewers.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    It must be wonderful when you get into that positive-feedback loop where you are all so busy patting yourselves on the back that you can't envisage ever being wrong. If my arguments are so easy to take apart – go ahead.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    It's not so much that you guys haven't played the game which gets to me – it's the fact that you assume what he says (in terms of factual details) about the game is right above other people who have played it.

  • mrrubino

    Sweetie, don't be stupid. Much like Spike Games tried desperately to spin his comparison to Street Fighter, etc, as a positive, you look foolish when you try to go off on tangents.
    Let me make this clear: You are not a thoughtful iconoclast. You are the typical “internet chick”, so far up your own ass, you think paragraph length is equivalent to intelligent argument. Spoony is not “infallible”; you're just wrong, and it shows in your inability to act like an adult and mention… anything good about the game to counteract these supposed lies Spoony has been spreading.

    To you, Spoony is mean and his followers are on the bandwagon, and this has everything to do with the game's quality; it no doubt makes you feel better about the F you got in your high school logic class (and the wasted tenner, of course).

    • http://www.facebook.com/bdwallace Brandon David Wallace

      you are wesome, that was the best way i have ever heard anybody put that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    you need to read my last post. here in lies the problem. all the arguments are un informed and the people that make them didn't read the whole story or know the whole story. if you read the posts that i have made in stead of just basing your reply off of one post (does this senreo sound fimuliur?) the you would know that i my self have tried to make a game and i admited it sucked and to be honest i am half tempted to see if i still have a copy of to so i can send it to spoony and ask him to do the meanest review he can on it with as much insult as he can through in to a video. and you know what, i wouldent care simpley because i know it would be funny as shit. also if you would have read the other postes that i have made you will see that i counter one of his arguments about the graphics. i said i thought they were pretty good and i liked them. my whole beef with this whole feascio is that spike aproched the situation the wrong way and that people (like you) are bitching about the dumbest shit. i come from a creater back ground and i get it when some one rips on something you put working to and something that you have grown attachment to and then some one rips the hell out of it, it hurts a little bit in side. i get it. alot of thies reviews that i watch on thies here inter webs some times…….no alot of times cause me to go out and see said thing being reviewed for my self. for example because of spoony i went and checked out star trek: Borg (nod to oblivion328 ^_^). because of the cinima snob i checked out video violence. because of spoony i checked out almost all of the games he reviewed in FMV hell (i still to this day love sewer shark and pretty much every game digital pictures made) and still like and have fun with the “make my video” games on the sega cd that he riped to shreads. you don't see me on here crying about how spoony should “burn in hell” (summery of every negative post) for saying that thies games sucked hard and how every one is an idiot for liking them. no you see me on here laughing with every one else and apricating a diffrent form of entertainment. i cant say that enough. THIS VIDEO IS ONLY FUCKING ENTERTAINMENT NOT TO BE TAKING SO SERIOUSLY DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • mrrubino

    Did you do this in the cafeteria too? Y'know, stand by yourself and impotently insult all the kids who wouldn't let you sit with them?
    What arguments? “YOURE STUPID AND THE GAME IS AWESOME” is not an argument. Try again, blatant amateur.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    and you see me on here defending not only my man spoony here, but i am also defending our first amendment right.

    opnions are alike assholes every one has one. you have a right to your and i can respect that but don't disrespect me for also haveing an opnion and expect to have any for of respect back or have any one else respect what you say.

    sorry socity just dosent work that way.

  • mrrubino

    How odd. Spoony played it too, along with many people in the comments section who you ignore because… well… you have to. Your starting to repeat yourself, sweetie.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    and to be honest there xaor, if you hate this guy so much and what every one is say, then why are you still here?

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Because he has nothing else better to do. Guess he got bored of DW damn fanboys.

  • mrrubino

    Again, you're not smart or unique. You're quite pathetic when your only argument, repeated 50 times or so, is “YOUREAFANBOYWAAAAHHHHH”. Go to bed, Princess. You'll only get your nails dirty if you stay here.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      This is madness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

        Madness …

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    reviewers of the world unite! we need to make a collective video about reviewers from the pont of view of all of the people that hate you for having an opnion. i think that would be a hell of a video. and to make it even better make a youtube channel out of it and if possable have it set up so you you can only respond to said video with another video that you make your self! i think that would be awsome! =D

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    They spun it did they? Not really sure how you could see it that way at all. They are very accepting that Street Fighter is a better game than what they made, and were happy to even be in the same sentence as that game. How is that 'spin'? It's pure humility.

    Let me make this clear because I'm not honestly sure whether you got this – I'm not a 'chick'. If you were just being sarcastic, that's fine – but I'm not actually sure. And as for me not giving 'positive' reasons about the game to counteract his arguments – I really didn't see a point. None of you have actually even played this game. If I was arguing with someone who had, I'd bother countering their points on that level.

    As for your various attacks on my intelligence and your fantasy at my failure in logic – as someone who walked into a computer science course at one of the top universities in my country having missed considerable swathes of my education for various reasons – as someone who has been the best mathematician in every school I've ever been to – I really don't care for your beliefs about my intelligence.

    I'll tell you what – if you want me to discuss the merits/failings of this game – prove to me first that you'll actually listen – because evidence goes to show that you're a closed-mind already. Listen to someone else's opinions (and knowledge) of the workings of the game – because a lot of what Spoony says is fundamentally incorrect – or symptomatic of someone who doesn't actually know how to play.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    Did I say the game was awesome? Did I even say the game was good? Does it matter to you?

    (All three answers are the same)

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    I've gone far enough into the comments to be fairly convinced that the vast majority of people did not play it.

    • http://twitter.com/xiogen Xio Gen (not!)

      The whole reason they watched Spoony’s review was so that they could know whether or not they should bother. That’s why people read and watch game reviews, unless it’s a retro game. Playing the game first and then reading a review about it is as pointless as watching a movie and then reading a review of it.

    • http://twitter.com/xiogen Xio Gen (not!)

      The whole reason they watched Spoony’s review was so that they could know whether or not they should bother. That’s why people read and watch game reviews, unless it’s a retro game. Playing the game first and then reading a review about it is as pointless as watching a movie and then reading a review of it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    i played it and 100% agree with spoony. i also agree with every one else that said that other (probly people like you) will exploit the 1 hit kills (whitch by the way are pretty easy to do) when playing on line. i personaly, as a hard core gamer myself, think that people like that are weak gamers with no real skill. i will say however that any one that can survive a match in this game for more then a minute against some one that exploits that one hit kill bull shit is one hell of a skilled gamer and that said gamer should take them skills to the MLG and exploit their skill and make some big money.

  • mrrubino

    You're a computer science whiz kid? Too bad that doesn't give you the ability to create arguments for use in a discussion (or the sense to like good games). Also: I believe you, because I'm the Dean of a respectable New England university.
    I'm listening, Moron. Say something meaningful. Or don't, because you won't. Like I said, you have nothing. Spoony is incorrect, but you can't be bothered to say why unless I pass your Secret Test of Character (TM). When you're flailing, you should probably be less demanding.

    People like you are so boring. Luckily you'll get washed away on enough and nobody will remember you even existed. I feel dirty having wasted my time.

    And I told you not to be stupid, dear. It was “mentioned in the same sentence” as Street Fighter because it's a fighting game, Mortal Kombat because it has childish blood and gore, and Tekken because it utilizes 3D. That's not praise, or even damning with faint praise.
    But you knew that. Your posts are all stalling tactics to continue avoiding saying anything about the game.

    • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

      Agreed

  • mrrubino

    Au contraire, (apparent) sir. I'm not convinced YOU have ever played it, because so far, you haven't indicated a single thing about the gameplay that Spoony got wrong. I'm waiting, dear. Stop hiding.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      In God we trust; all others must pay cash.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      In God we trust; all others must pay cash.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    So you haven't played it that much, have you? Even Spoony admitted they aren't that easy to do – he said it barely ever happened to him again after the first time. There are relatively few ways of actually being one hit killed, and the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of rounds end through different means. As for exploitation – well there is some online like any game – I'll see what the TU does – but frankly, what exploits there are certainly don't come under the bracket of 1-hit kills.

    As I read through your paragraph I become assured that you really haven't played the game much at all. Survive for a minute against someone exploiting the one hit kill bullshit? Seriously? Those 'one shot kills' which you whine about (having never really experienced the game enough to understand them) are not really the kinda thing you can exploit for a minute. It's pretty much only possible with spears – and you get two of them a round. You can dodge, or block them EASILY.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    Fine. Spoony was fundamentally incorrect about how hard it was to look at your opponent. You literally only have to press either trigger, and it immediately makes you look at them. I'll go on, but given the fact I'm sure none of the people talking here right now have played the game enough to have a clue, there is little point – though look at my reply to emmanuel for more 'proof'.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

    Way to fancy if you ask me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

    Good game good game.

  • mrrubino

    Your first defense is “Noone's played it!”
    Now it's “You didn't play it long enough!”
    Excuse me; I'll be over here laughing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001213922876 Hugo Deschatelets

    lol de quoi tu parles toé en tk Spoony for president ça reste le mieux. Ça m'étonne vraiment de Spike TV c vraiment des porcs quand ils veulent lol. Yet it is enough no more hate ! Long live to Spoony

  • mrrubino

    If you're not even trying, what's the point?
    But I guess like that guy said: Automaticaly turning around to face your opponent isn't realistic! (Geez, what a failure. You skipped right to his most minor complaint and STILL haven't a clue what you're talking about.)

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    I hope for the sake of your country you aren't the dean of any educational establishment. The other bits I've dealt with above – as for the 'mentioned in the same sentence crap' – your point? You imagine that it was being 'spun' – not at all – they were being completely humble. They accept, 100% that their game is worse than all of those games – how is this spin?

    • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

      by the way i also am a computer science major. i also know how to accept when i am wrong. give as all your review and we will posably shut up. at least spoony made valad arguments and backed them up with what he based them on.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    I don't live in your country, I'm afraid, but ironically, I probably understand your most important constitutional ammendment better than you. Jesus wept. Dean, Dean. You wouldn't let this one in your university would you?

    • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

      i would welcome some one talking about jesus and i would join them. i would also recpect an athiests opnion as well. or budist. or muslem, or jewish.

      thay have the right. but we are not talking about freedom of religion.

      we are talking about freedom of expression and speach, damn it dude if you are going to argue then get you head in the game right.

    • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

      i would welcome some one talking about jesus and i would join them. i would also recpect an athiests opnion as well. or budist. or muslem, or jewish.

      thay have the right. but we are not talking about freedom of religion.

      we are talking about freedom of expression and speach, damn it dude if you are going to argue then get you head in the game right.

    • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

      Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

      The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law “respecting an establishment of religion”, impeding the free exercise of religion, infringing on the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

      Originally, the First Amendment only applied to the Congress. However, starting with Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925), the Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies the First Amendment to each state, including any local government.

      now shut the fuck up and don’t tell me i don’t understand something. and acording to that text i have a right to say that.

    • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

      Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

      The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law “respecting an establishment of religion”, impeding the free exercise of religion, infringing on the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

      Originally, the First Amendment only applied to the Congress. However, starting with Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925), the Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies the First Amendment to each state, including any local government.

      now shut the fuck up and don’t tell me i don’t understand something. and acording to that text i have a right to say that.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

      Canada for the win.

      • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

        canada has a lot (and i do mean alot) of hot girls and beatuiful places to see.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

      Canada for the win.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Gingerich/1459157469 Matthew Gingerich

      Dude regardless of what country you’re from, shit is shit. ( I could of told you it was shit just by looking at it.)

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    Almost every 3d fighting game has automation when it comes to looking at your opponent.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    No, I said the vast majority hadn't played it – and patently in Emmanuel's case, he literally hasn't played it for long enough to have a FUCKING CLUE what he's talking about. As I said initially, my 'first defence' as you want it to be called that at best people at briefly played it (ie, the trial).

    It's enough to say some things about the game – it is not enough to justify Emmanuel's outlandish (and false) claims.

  • http://twitter.com/xiogen Xio Gen (not!)

    So if you don't know how to program a game you can't say it's bad?
    You complained about the review, so why don't YOU review it and show us how it's done, o wise master of video game criticism. Put your money where your mouth is. Show us what Spoony did wrong and fix it. You know that fundamental rule of storytelling: show, don't tell.
    I don't know what your standards are for “fun”, but getting a one hit killed in the first move on an attack you can't even block isn't “fun”. Yes, I have played this game. It was frustrating. At least in Kengo there was some skill involved.
    Oh, and I don't worship spoony. I disagreed on the graphics. They looked adequate to me for an arcade game.
    Most importantly, if you're the “smartest mathematician” at your school, you know the drill: pics or it didn't happen.

    • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

      agreed. i want to see this.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

        Me too.

  • mrrubino

    *sigh* Also, because as we've seen the DW fans will assume otherwise if you don't tell them outright: I read your silly post all the way through. Your argument is that players can also be NOT one-hit-killed! And one-hit-kills can't be exploited to win a round (unless you're one of the fighters that have a one-hit-kill). And non-one-hit-kills can be exploited. And in addition to that (as it's been put by people who were mocking this, again, 3 days ago): “L2dodge”. …Um… Yeah. Dazzling insight, yahoo– I mean, xaor.

    Frankly, I think I liked it better when you had no arguments. At least then, after 20 posts of you spewing irrelevant passive-aggressive nonsense, building up to you really letting loose and telling all us meanies how wrong Spoony is, the result wasn't a resounding “…And?”

  • mrrubino

    Thank you. I already see this line of argument won't be going anywhere anytime soon. We're clearly on different pages altogether.

  • mrrubino

    If I reply to this post, it's only out of duty because, as can be plainly seen, there is nothing to it. Next argument.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    Not a bad idea. If you truly are a University Dean (which I doubt), you should be embarrassed at your strawmanning, ad hominem based arguments, and the complete morons who support your arguments. If you aren't a University Dean, then that says enough. Good night – and thankyou. Thank all of you for proving to me that like so many, Spoony is popular on the backing of a moronic base of fans.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001261233187 Mario Voutsinas

    You ask too much.

  • mrrubino

    My Lord, you are dumb as a sack of bricks, and twice as gullible. It shows why Spike got you on the hook so easily.
    Yes, please scamper off, for the love of all that is good in this world. You've made .5 arguments in 30 minutes. You're a waste of skin, and when you hurriedly come back tomorrow morning to review how cool you made yourself look, your public self-flagellation will thankfully have vanished into the ether.

    Also: stop liking bad games.

  • http://twitter.com/xiogen Xio Gen (not!)

    Let me balance this out: I understand that they worked with what they could. They could only pick 8 fighters because the rest were groups and had guns. They were using the standards of combat set by the tv show. If they did anything else, it wouldn't be “true to the show”. And therein lies the problem: the show is fucking terrible. I'm an anal retentive history buff, and when I see them pretending to educate the viewer, it makes me want to sperg through the tv screen, wring their necks while slamming their heads into a table saying “No, no, no, NO! Bad host, BAD!”
    Story mode IS important. It's the whole reason why King of Fighters was so successful. If Mike Nelson can come up with a scenario to explain why he spends his whole day watching god-awful B movies, then they can fucking come up with a scenario for why they're fighting. Basically, if they couldn't do it right, they shouldn't have done it at all. MUGEN is better than this shit, and it was also made by indie developers on an even tighter budget.
    “It's good for $10″ is no excuse. I could go on XBLA right now and fight much better indie games to buy for less.
    All you idiots who actually like the show are just waiting for them to do Pirate vs Ninja, and you know it. That's what the show was founded on, and for some reason, instead of just doing a special like they should have, they got a contract to make a series. THIS SHOW SHOULDN'T EXIST. For god sakes, people, you're flaming over a LICENSED GAME, which you should know by now is shit until proven otherwise. This game has not been proven otherwise. You know why they made it available on XBLA instead of ps2? Because they'd have to pay distributors and stocking fees and they know that no one would pay $20 for it.
    You know how you hardcore gamers keep hating on casuals because they buy shovelware lowering the standards of the industry? This is what you're doing. By saying “It's ok for $10″, you're doing THE EXACT SAME THING as the enemy of game quality. Don't settle for mediocrity just because of the price.
    tl;dr: The whole problem with the game is that is stayed loyal to a shitty show.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XMBUJDDVBISRVK57RJXTSG54GA Loren

    I dunno about you guys, but however scathing or mean Spoony's comments about Deadliest Warrior were, they seemed legit to me. Many things do not and cannot justify a bad game. There are many low budget titles that cost $10 or are even free that are fantastic. It's the same as justifying a bad or mediocre movie by saying “Well, it's not (trying to be) Citizen Kane.” I mean, I haven't played the game or seen the movie, so I can't comment on whether I agree on or like Spoony's review per say. But the things he mentioned would kinda piss me off too if I encountered them in a video game. 1-hit kills that can be done almost immediately with very little time to react? That would piss me off. Less control of my character when I usually would in other similar games? That would piss me off. As I said, I haven't played the game, so I can't agree or disagree, but as crude and insulting his comments were, they seem legit.

    And quick opinion on realism. As much as games can and do successfully pull off unrealistic characteristics, it is not uncommon nor unreasonable for Spoony to ask for SOME realism in a video game. It is like me and manga/anime when it comes to violence: as much as I love it, at some point I'd like my violence to make sense. A psychopath killing women because of traumatic abuse from his mother? Realistic and makes sense. A 16-year-old boy getting stalked and beaten because he beat someone at a children's card game? Unrealistic and is freakin' stupid. Realism arguements are a grey area with this game. There are two arguements that are basically “lose-lose” situations.

    -You can argue that Deadliest Warrior is realistic: If having a Spartan throw a spear to your head and instantly killing you is realistic, then Wolverine's Drill Claw (a move where Wolverine comes at you claws first spinning like a drill) should instantly impale your body and kill you. This justifies the death realism in the game while simultaneously unjustifying the death realism in other similar games.

    -You can argue that Deadliest Warrior is not realistic: There have been plenty of times in real life and in video games where people have been impaled, bludgened by heavy objects, thrown around, etc. and have lived. This questions that balance between realism and fun factor and the unrealistic characteristics of other great games.

    You can disagree with Spoony's review, even hate his comments. You can like Deadliest Warrior the game and the show. Hating something does not a bad something make. Hating Spoony's review or comments does not make it a bad or unjust review.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

    Much Much love from Quebec, Spoony your the man !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

    Effectivement

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    but you know it would be some of the funniest shit you would ever see LMAO ^_^

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

    WoW that is one useless flame war right there. Inception is awesome yet so confusing …

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

      Consider yourself hugged.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    i plaied it a bunch (couple hours) before spoonys vid and a couple more hours after. i am sorry that your beloved game bored me and just wasn't all that impressed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

    Awesome is word that can be interprete in many many ways depending on your location.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

      Fact: Spoony is awesome.

      • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

        Approved !!

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

          It the way we moved that define us.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

            It’s only hopeless if you walk away.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

            It’s only hopeless if you walk away.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001260279912 Carla Merguez

    lol Tidus is a pain in the ass, but Auron should have been the main character lol it was so badass.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

      Auron is badass indeed.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

        Imagination is the foundation of reality.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

        Imagination is the foundation of reality.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    why is the earth round? no wait i for got it flat. and we are the center of the universe and Pluto is still not a planet. no wait it is. lets argue away mrrubino. this argument would be as about as pointless as xaor's. agreed?

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    HAY I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK……….

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    wait no i …….. ahhhhhh fuck it xaor is a wast if my time. seriously just leave if you are going to be like this. there are other places on the net for you. try working with the people that make “EPIC FAIL” demotivitional posters by sending pics of your self to them and just typeing some text with it about how all of them are wrong as well since you plainly have so sence of hummer or clearly have no clue what entertainment is. you are probly one of them people with no life that just sits on the internet finding something to ague about.

    arguing on the internet (guilty at this point) is like the special olimpics, it dosent matter if you win, your still retarted.

    oops did i go to far with that?

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    speeking on realisium and you knowing your history, i have a question, did pirates ever really exsist? i know there were vikings and ninjas (not to the extent of the game) and samieris. and did sparten exsist?

    i will openly admit i really don't know much at all about history (honestly i failed that class twice). i am just curiours.

    also, life bars = unrealistic, stamina bars = unrealistic, time limit = unrealistic, non automatic “turn to face your opnionet” = unrealistic (spoony pointed that out). just to point out a few things. i would have to subject myself to the game again to find more and really i don't want to download it again and wast my bandwith or time. i really don't. 2 times was enough for me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    ok ok i agree it is a bit much, i was just thinking out loud. how about just a parady video of forum arguments like this one and leave it at that ^_^

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    agreed ^_^

  • http://www.facebook.com/bdwallace Brandon David Wallace

    the real issue here is that the people that disagree with him are not wrong. to an extent. telling him he's wrong because he has a different opinion that you is wrong (yes technically that is your opinion but it comes off sounding more like your trying to state a fact) an opinion can never be truly WRONG. that like me saying “i like cookies.” are you going to walk up to me and tell me im wrong and wag your finger in my face just because you dont like cookies, and then expect me not to retaliate some how. thats called being a hypocrit(ten bucks says someone will call me a hypocrit for reasons unbenonst to me)

  • AsukaSoryu

    I agree with everything you said, Spoony. There's no excuse for this crap. So what if it's a budget game? Hello! There's tons of old Fighter Games way better you could find for like 2$ You're in a competition. You can't walk in with a shitty console and say that it's unfair you couldn't afford to make it even close to the Wii's Graphics and capabilities, but you were a small company and it was cheap. No, that doesn't work. If you're not prepared to compete with the big boys, expect to fall flat on your face.

  • AsukaSoryu

    Yes, actually. They weren't made up. lol Pirates exist to this day to. And yes, Spartans were real too, they were soliders, trained from a young age.

  • http://www.facebook.com/bdwallace Brandon David Wallace

    ive had several people ask me why i stick up for spoony so often; this is going to sound really corny, but he's my hero(plus linkara and the nostalgia critic) i respect what he does. i've modeled my critisizing ways after his. lame thing to do i know but, yeah. so there you have it. that is the reason why i defend him, and im sure thats the reason for many others as well.

  • http://www.facebook.com/bdwallace Brandon David Wallace

    dude im all for it! i hate it when people rag on me for speaking my mind. its worse when they ask for you to review something and then complain about it. we should totally make that video!!!!

    REVIEWERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    there is no shame in that my friend, no shame at all ^_^

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    awsome, thank you for letting me know, i was going to make another argument LMAO but unlike some other people i wanted to make sure i had my facts stright before i made and comment.

    didn't want to be told i didn't look very far LOL

    now i have something to read about history wise and posably right a paper for collage ^_^

  • http://www.facebook.com/bdwallace Brandon David Wallace

    ive officially been declared SPOONY JR.!!! watcha think O' that :D

  • http://openid-provider.appspot.com/jmckesson Nicol Bolas

    Just because someone thinks that X is so doesn't make them right. And if they're know-nothings who can't back their opinions up with *fact*, then their opinions should be disregarded entirely.

    To like this game means that you have *poor taste* in games, and your opinion in fighting games should be disregarded by all involved. Oh, you can still like it. But don't expect anyone to respect your ignorant opinions on the subject.

  • http://www.spazoutloud.com/ SpazOutLoud

    Holy shit! There's over a thousand comments on this one!

    I think it's crazy how some people are overreacting to Spoony about this. It's unfair, but I bet if Angry Joe did a review of this game exactly how Spoony did he wouldn't get an eighth of hate as Spoony has gotten.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sebastian-Proano/610127942 Sebastian Proaño

    C'mon guys! Aim to 2000 comments!!! We're close!!!

    What I think is funny is how from all the rather big games that the Spoony had tear a new one, is this shitty game based on a bad TV that had the scientific merit of scratch your butt is the one that is the cause of all this…

  • http://www.facebook.com/bdwallace Brandon David Wallace

    yes i agree, say did you know that ive been officially elected SPOONY JR.?

  • cajaquarius

    Holy fuck, have you really become such a juggernaut of internet fame that a games developer themselves responded to you? I am not gonna say you are overreacting but, considering the source materials quality, I honestly would have gone into it expecting to want to throw the system out the window within five minutes. I am guessing you did too and the rage was affected (I can't imagine you went into this expecting the next Tekken or Darkstalkers).

    That said, to play the Devil's Advocate for a moment: at least it isn't Rise of the Robots for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (which retailed for like 60 dollars when it came out). It could be far worse.

    And as an artist myself (I do consider people who work hard to create anything in a similar league as artists for the sake of this following statement), even if I work on something that turns into shit and put it up for viewing it still hurts to have it called shit. A lot of work went into it so I can kind of understand the reaction, as a creator of things myself. Still, I would be willing to bet the guy who wrote the response was just pissed and probably on some level acknowledges your complaints.

  • cajaquarius

    I am not gonna disagree with your sentiment (as, quite the opposite, I agree) but what fighting game can you get for 2 dollars new? You can't really compare new and old used games prices to make the point more valid. Still, everything else you said was spot on so good on you.

  • cajaquarius

    Pirates did exist though I doubt they were as flashy as you see in games and Disneyland. Some may have worn similar clothing (if they hailed from France or French settled territories) but working on a ship is hard and wearing the frills, the feathers, the layers? I don't see that happening. Most pirates, I would bet, wandered sweaty, grimy, and shirtless through most their days wearing little more than pants and boots. A miserable existence like most sailors of old (and new, for that matter).

  • http://www.blackchapters.co.uk/ John Spearing

    come on this has got to reach 2000 responses… spam….

    other than tha all hail the spoony experiment and something

    oh yeah spike games need to issue an apology to the Spoony One if not everyone here signs a petition for the guy that wrote that to spoony for him to lose his job its only fair

  • http://twitter.com/Majesticite Etienne

    This was awesome. Its been a while since I saw you this pissed off. I feel you need to review some shitty TNA game next. :D

  • Rocko7712

    GO GO 2000 comments

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Artur-Fracek/100000546589446 Artur Frącek

    Art is not beta tested, you can ask someone what that they think about your work before you finish it but still, it's not beta tested like games are. And most of the things Spoony mentioned should have been noticed at testing stage of development and fixed.

    • Anonymous

      I don’t know, that maybe true for some kinds of art but you’d be surprised how many artists show their spouses, friends, family the sketched out skeleton of their drawing before they begin painting over and adding color. Some artists work well as lonely, secluded people but I find that ‘beta testing’ my art makes it much better – others can see problems in proportion that I can’t and better to catch it early.

      Still, your point stands with added reinforcement: this game needed more beta testing, on that we (and probably everyone) can agree fully.

    • Anonymous

      I don’t know, that maybe true for some kinds of art but you’d be surprised how many artists show their spouses, friends, family the sketched out skeleton of their drawing before they begin painting over and adding color. Some artists work well as lonely, secluded people but I find that ‘beta testing’ my art makes it much better – others can see problems in proportion that I can’t and better to catch it early.

      Still, your point stands with added reinforcement: this game needed more beta testing, on that we (and probably everyone) can agree fully.

  • Rocko7712

    Come on guys keep the comments coming =D

  • http://twitter.com/Surreda Sebastian Sandli

    Nerdrage!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tim-Hively/100000994341834 Tim Hively

    I still like the game, It's fun to get my friends together and play the winner. I like it because it's a game where I can turn my mind off and enjoy it for the childish gore-fest it is without having to memorize 30 button combo moves.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

    Not quite

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

    This is just silly

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

    True enough

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    It gonna over a freaking 2000. Oh you Spike TV why why … they are just so mean darn ….

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      You can’t dream too much; you can’t do enough to make your dreams come true.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      You can’t dream too much; you can’t do enough to make your dreams come true.

  • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

    I agreed.

  • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

    Deep answer for a deep review.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

      Life is a glitch in the universal program; death is just the programmer’s way of debugging.

  • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

    It is not half bad now I would say.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

      I think the same.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      If you understand something today, it must be obsolete.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      If you understand something today, it must be obsolete.

  • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

    For sure sister

  • http://twitter.com/Zack_Frost666 Zack Frost

    Viking reallly XORD lol… well it alright to love the game I guess for the very least you are not delusional .. sort of

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      It’s not just reality that matters.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      It’s not just reality that matters.

  • CapoJoe

    The comments are over 2000!! :D

  • Rocko7712

    2000th comment lo

  • Rocko7712

    I think Spoony is very rich now he gets his quota bonuses =D

  • CapoJoe

    Wrong! your 2001 XD

  • Rocko7712

    Bullshit they both said 0 mins wen i looked
    =P

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

    It is alright. Now for the 3000th … like Vegeta would say it over 9000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If we ever go there lol.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

    Classic.

  • Testsubject909

    For the people who: TL;DR (Yes, I'm doing this before everything)

    Spoony, the demographics are the fucking mainstream casuals which you could describe as the US's partial cancer to gaming evolution and innovation via shareholder cockpleasing and sucking-upage. (Note, this is grossly exaggerated from what I actually wrote)

    For the rest:

    Some of your answers could've been better, quite honestly. You could've elaborated more on quite a few subjects, and I do believe you made a mistake or two. I won't blame you much though as you're going off the top of your head and I remember you saying in a different video that you're not that great at improv.

    I doubt you'll ever actually read this Spoony, though I imagine a few of your fans might. You were wondering about the demographic this game was aimed at…

    I can answer that… It doesn't take much time to figure out that the core audience are mainstream casual gamers. The hardcore fans won't give a second look at this, they've already got their eyes stuck on old classics and current to-be classics such as Super Street Fighter 4 and BlazBlue. Upcoming fighting games such as MvC3, the revival of Mortal Kombat and the weird combo SF x Tekken and Tekken x SF are all games that are already set for them.

    Impressionable youths are obviously going to be targeted. You can also blame the marketing that's being done for gaming nowadays, as gaming in and of itself has grown away from a geeky passionate pastime and into a most profitable and highly successful entertainment medium (as many of us would've expected it to). This also means that it's going to be… well, saturated, much like how movies are.

    After all, think about all the shitty movies coming out and how successful these are.

    We're dealing with a populace filled to the brim with ignorant uneducated gamers, people who don't know better, casual mainstream, relunctant gaming retailers (This is more of a problem for importing games, do some research about how US retailers would rather not have any effeminated anime content on their wares). This can also be dragged all the way back to society and the gaming society as well, too much live and let die, similar to how people would go with “oh let it be, it's just a phase” or “it's his opinion and he's entitled to it”. Ignorance begets ignorance and we've left these unfortunately disdainful experiences be left blindly appreciated by fans who will continue being fanboys and fangirls.

    (I'll insert this as a semi-unrelated, semi-related. In the Japan, they're suffering not from casual overflow, but from the opposite end. Overly loyal and maniacal fans. Easily abuseable fanboys and fangirls who are more then pleased to replay the same fantasies again and again. Who have fallen deep in love with character archetypes which form the stereotypes and MOE characters and scenarios that reoccur to no end. Which has provided Japanese publishers a constant easy route of profit with minimal effort that has given us so much low quality items. Etc etc.)

    And due to the previous indoctrination that all are entitled to their opinion, each will believe themselves to be the truth, disregarding the fact that a middle ground to which all can accept does indeed exist, but does not defy one's personal tastes. For example. I love Ephemeral Fantasia… It's a crappy easy JRPG, groundhog day effect with horrible graphics, simplistic plot and so much buttfuck load times you'd need to be a patient saint to play through it. But I love it.

    Persona 3, I love the game, despite how poorly paced it is, how repetitive the dungeon is, how relatively easy the game is comparatively to the more challenging albeit indeed unfair and punitive the series typically is. etc etc.

    Also, and this comes off as a sad reality that will not change for a long time. With ignorance comes blind devotion or confidence. These people will stick with their ideals whereas those who do possess knowledge know enough that they need to search more. This means that those with knowledge often seem less confident in their stances or more open for various interpretation. This is typically seen as weakness as opposed to wisdom and therefore provide said ignorant people with the idea that they are in the right as the opposition gives some signs of yielding.

    On the other hand, if you start pushing, they just push back, so you end up in a vice. A lock, an opposition, you just became an enemy to the person's opinion which is, by what they've learned from all this time. Right… And even if they've not been indoctrinated, by human nature, we dislike being in the wrong. So we defend ourselves to the bitter end, the absolute bitter end.

    Very few will actually come to accept the truth as well as their opinions. I love certain horrible shitty games. I like some very stupid movies. But I also dislike some honestly good entertaining games as well. It's just how it is, and my personal likes should not prevent me from advocating the truth…

    Unfortunately, truth is not something our society has been geared towards idolizing. We've come to idolize personal opinions to an nth degree as well as individuality. Part of which is due to publicities… which in turn is actually causing people to be like sheep as they fall into consumerism blindly in the belief that they are being unique…

    I'm… veering Dangerously off course aren't I? Horribly off topic aren't I? And the fact that I'm not completing my full thoughts on most of what I've said leaves me in potential later danger of misinterpretation of my intentions… But then again, even if I were as detailed as I could be, I'd still be in danger of misinterpretation, as many enjoy twisting words around.. And worse yet. If I continued on… Could you imagine just how big of a wall of text this would be? I'd be able to club someone to death with how big it'd end up being….

    Very sorry for everyone who put up to reading down all this way… You know, I should start making video comments instead some day. It's easier to listen to someone for 3 minutes then it is to read a wall of text.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

    This is one of the best game ever made for mandkind and it just had been raped im shocked ! Or am I ! Muahahahaha

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

    We are never rich enough. More Deadly Premonition !! That game what messep up lol and yet quite funny.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

    My most sincere congratulations !!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786465019 Lougphon Chanang

    It the way we move that define us. Bust a move on those bastards at Spike Games for the win Spoony

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

    I'm not a psychiatrist; I'm just an expert at being confused.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

    Nice guys don't finish nice.

  • Raventail

    Wow, why is Spoony getting so much flak for hating a budget title? I mean at least with the Final Fantasy games we knew there would be the ever present fanboy backlash, but for THIS game? Does Deadlest Warrior really have that much of a committed following that the fans crawl out of the woodwork to light torches and grab pitchforks against anyone who dares belittle the center of their worship?

    I've disagreed with Spoony at times myself but yeesh, this kind of reaction makes it sound like he just went on a serious ramble on why slavery should be brought back.

    It's a budget game, many think it sucks, move on.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001256552897 Jordane Green

    Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance.

  • Holepunchio

    Wow you elitest twat. You're bringing in a whole 'nother argument in this but “boo-hoo casuals” is just too stupid to pass up.

    First of all, how old are you? Because if the answer isn't 40 you're a casual sell-out, man. When the NES came along and it was gaming system that didn't look like Atari's pixellated hell all the kiddies jumped on that like a bunch of casual sellouts, man! Then the playstation came along and attracted an even broader, more mature audience, more casual sellouts again, man! Then a gen went by and people pidgeon-holed themselves in fanboyism and the Wii came out and OH MAN, WHAT A CANCEROUS PILE OF CASUAL SELLOUTS, MAN!

    Second of all, did you realize that at one point in time gaming flat out DIED? Out from the ashes Nintendo climbed out miraculously. Gaming's death was because of an oversaturation of the market of shitty consoles with shitty games being ridiculously expensive and perhaps above all never branching out from being a niche geeky hobby. So Nintendo, who saved gaming from extinction went on to make the Wii which is attracting a wider, “casual” audience which you accuse of being a cancer killing gaming. Did you ever stop to think that this “cancer” which is “saturtating” the market is both nothing new and the only thing stopping your hobby from going the way of pogs?

  • http://twitter.com/Gemakai Sean Fine

    While I like to give each game a shot. It usually doesn't last much more than a hour or soif I think the game is poorly made. The fact that Spoony devoted 5+ hours to this game and still calls it bad is a credit to his efforts.

    Frankly, like alot of people, the fact that this is the one that the majority of fans are up in arms about is surprising. I support Spoony and think he gave a decent, and entertaining review on the game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Ricardo/100000824082228 Karl Ricardo

    Hey Spoony you should read this i know you may not care but i just thought i share it with you this is what naughty nuggets said about you on gamefaqs

    . Why would you think I was being sarcastic, the guy is rocking a mullet with a part down the middle in the front for christ sake.. he looks like good ol' white trash, some 30 yr old delusional fool who still lives with his parents.. If I wanted to hear white trash rant, I'd go to a NASCAR event.. Seriously, I'm not taking anyone seriously who looks less professional than a janitor.. More power to you, but I x'd out the video once I saw the fool. He's trash.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    i can agree with this, but its very small doses for me, i will save it for at my friends house, he bought the game.

    some time it is good to just turn the brain off and enjoy some mindless entertainment. in this case it is gore ^_^

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      The world is coming to an end. Please log off.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      The world is coming to an end. Please log off.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3E66YLAE5WLZ6AH3FC2TI74CRU Alexandra

    I have never really understood the reasoning for realistic fighting games anyway. yes realistic moves, and graphics bare great but i dont want to play a game where i get my ass kicked quickly and realistically. I am all fine with realistic RPGs because the game is so much longer and there are deeper elements to the game but in a fighter i want to be able to fight someone for a few minutes. I hate the idea of hit KOs. And sometimes they are funny but really i just like it when you beat someone with some skill. Just give characters their own unique fighting style and make it as crazy and unrealistic(to an extent) as possible and i shall be happy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    viva la spoony!!!!!! this has been one of the move amusing arguments about poo. i really enjoyed all of this so far ^_^

    i will say that dumb people definatly made this more fun to read LOL

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not too sure … Hate Spike Games or Not Hate Spike Games ???

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    You know it's going to be a bad day when you jump out of bed and miss the floor.

    I love this guy he is so honest about thing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    Like developers at Spike Games.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    I can handle pain until it hurts.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    Nothing is illegal until you get caught

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    I'm objective; I object to everything.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      Approved

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

      Approved

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    Oh realism in games … Reality is a figment of your imagination.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    It's not an optical illusion, it just looks like one

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Slight/100001413737215 Noah Slight

    I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

    Push something hard enough and it will fall. Spike Games's fall that is.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

    Everything is just a dream.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

    It just priceless, but what is on GameFAQs is just so uselessly mean geez.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sasha-Besner/100001399126646 Sasha Besner

    Indeed Go Spoony !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    What the Spike Games developers are thinking about their DW game : “We may have our faults, but being wrong isn't one of them.”

    You agreed ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    They told me I was gullible .. and I believed them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Get out of my reality!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    I'm not a creep; I'm actually a wonderful person hiding inside the body of a creep.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    I should have known better; every happy moment in my life came from lying.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Clayton-Blanchard/1027514832 Clayton Blanchard

    Spoony, I trust your judgement, for the most part (I believe Vesperia for example is an amazing game, but you hate it. There ya go, differences of opinions and all that)

    I hate one hit kills in any setting. Even sniper head shots. They drive me nuts and feel cheesy. So any game where I basically have to game my way into a one hit kill to win just needs to die.

    I am not a huge fan of fighting games (although I did enjoy Guilty Gear XX, and SF2, and I love Marvel vs Capcom) I still have played my fair share like any gamer.

    Those of you who are bashing Spoony? You're the delusional fucks.

  • norgthefat

    Spoony, you have had many a good rant, but this is one of your best in a long time!

    Well spoken.

  • theInsaneArtist

    I haven't played it, seeing as I don't have an xbox360 or whatever it's on, but it sounds like I have played games for free that are better than this. Heck, there are flash games made by twelve-year-olds that don't have the problems you named.

    Also, in the astronaut vs caveman, I believe it would depend on if the astronaut has his spacesuit on or not.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    If we're going to have fun, we've got to be serious about it. Like playing the “realism” of the Deadly Warriors: The Game ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Consider yourself hugged.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    In theory, everything works.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd. So in this same perspective, it an instant win for the astronaut.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    If you cannot convince them, confuse them. This is the way to go with the fanboys.

    Great come back.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Amen brother.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    They are just too cool for school.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    I have always been crazy, but it kept me from going insane.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Unless you love the show ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Your lucky color has faded.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    The world's so terrible that one can only make fun of it. Us gamers.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeks00 Emmanuel Hoachlander

    ok i am going to add one more comment, the fun as died out since the fanboys of DW with no valid argument finaly too a hint and left LOL

    every one on here with a brain that made arguments defending spoony and such have been fucking awsome and fun.

    also the idiots that couldent aruge thier way out of a paper bag were fun as well.

    spoony we all love you and i am sure i speek for every one when i say this,
    “we cant wait for the next rant about a shit game.”

    i think it would be awsome to see him rip the most sacrad of game apart ^_^

    mario?

    final fantasy 7?

    god of war?

    call of duty?

    halo?

    sonic the hedgehog?

    any of them mabye? no?
    ok

    heres to you spoony, looking forward to your next vid ^_^

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    No matter where you go; you're there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Bratcher/100000480151387 Michael Bratcher

    The spoonman makes some good points, and I agree with his reviews, but ultimately this who thing makes him come off as a bit arrogant. Not saying he should be subtle, but damn man.

  • Adnarim

    I've been trying not to comment on this drama, just because everyone in the entire world was, but I give in. The whole thing is just… weird. I mean, yeah, it's pretty much a law that everything, no matter how obscure and/or crappy, somehow gets at least a handful of diehard fans. But so many? For a game which, even if it's not as terrible as Spoony claims, is clearly nothing special? What's it got to inspire such loyalty?

    All I can think of is some of this is really more about people reacting to the aggressive tone of the follow-up video.

    But then, that came after the developers' ridiculously whiny, childish temper tantrum of a response– in the course of which they actually admitted their game isn't all that good.

    • Raventail

      You may be on to something with the response being fueled by Spoony’s aggressive tone. Not to say the guy shouldn’t be loud and angry, as it is one of his entertaining qualities.

      • Anonymous

        Look, I think Spike asked for it. I’m just trying understand why there’s been such outrage over the whole thing, here and elsewhere.

      • Anonymous

        Look, I think Spike asked for it. I’m just trying understand why there’s been such outrage over the whole thing, here and elsewhere.

    • Raventail

      You may be on to something with the response being fueled by Spoony’s aggressive tone. Not to say the guy shouldn’t be loud and angry, as it is one of his entertaining qualities.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

    The shortest distance between two points is under construction. Like their broken game …

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458344484 Camille Miché

    Jesus … 2100th damn. Good follow-up !!!

  • Nydcat

    But really, who's truly arrogant here? The reviewer for giving the game the review it deserves and having to defend his point against the most moronic and empty arguments, or the developers who whines they got a bad review but hinted at the fact that they knew their game was at least flawed, but that we should still enjoy it since it's only 10$ and that they were on low budget anyway.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Gingerich/1459157469 Matthew Gingerich

    I looked up a list of games for ten dollars( 800 Microsoft points) on XBLA after Spike Gaming( really, just Spike TV) complained about you get what you get with the money you paid with. And you know what I found? Samurai Showdown 2, Castlevania SOTN, Metal Slug 3, Doom 1 AND 2, and Megaman 9 AND 10. As for more independent titles, I found the Dishwasher-the Dead Samurai , Zombie Apocalypse, and 'Splosion man. I'm willing to write spike and ask them why I should spend MY money on your shitty TV-tie-in game, when I could play me some Doom or Samurai Showdown. If they say that their a small independent company, I'll remind them that their higher-ups work for MTV ( and Ultimately Viacom.) and they don't have the excuse of being of a small gaming group: they HAD the money to make it better, THEY didn't ask for it and then they bitch about it.

    The point I'm getting to is that this is just a terrible Television-Tie-In game, based on a very unscientific show on two drunk gamers playing Gears of War in their College Dorm. Sure, some of Spoony's hate comes from the show itself; but I trust him that he would of said it was a good game. He was expressing his thoughts and opinions. To me at least, they seem very legit gripes about the game.

  • future42

    Awesome videos, and I don't think it's a very good game either, but I don't think it's fair to compare it to Marvel Vs Capcom 2, a huge fighting game created by a big company.

  • demor13

    not very good? i think your a bit under reacting. yes marvel vs capcom 2 is from a bigger developer but it was made for the GOD DAMND PLAYSTATION 2 and if i may im going to remind you that he STATES the fact that we are updated gamers we are expecting more and we deserve MORE!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    Agreed with you there, we do deserve so much awesomeness.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    Geezzzzz

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    The “realistic” factor in this game in just plain ridiculous … They shouln't put a health bar its unrealistic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    Wont be happening for FF7, Spoony did say that FF7 rocks his socks by the awesomeness of it and anyone that play that game can relate as myself.

  • http://twitter.com/JimMcGillicutty Tavish DeGroot

    I agree with his criticism of the game, but damn, man. That was brutal.

    I mean…. wow. “Haters gonna hate” and all that, but jeez…

    If commenters and critics saying they hoped you got hit with a truck full of cancer only encouraged you to do more, what did they say that sparked this?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6SCLE4VMAKWYHVBUSJIQPSWPUY Sumira

    I don't know if its too late to comment or not but, Deadliest Warrior isn't based on any type of realism. I've watched several of their shows and I agree with his review. One of the greatest things they tout is that they're grounded in realism when they have ninjas dressed up in black garbs dancing around and fighting when that couldn't be farther from the reality. The reality of a ninja is BLENDING IN and ASSASSINATION. I wonder how well you'll blend into a town when you're DRESSED IN BLACK FROM HEAD TO TOE. Sure ninjas would dress in dark clothing to hide when it was NIGHT TIME but during the day, they carried out covert operations dressed as CIVILIANS. Not only that, dressing completely in black would mean you're relying on your enemy having to rely on a light source when once your eye adjusts to the lack of light can see just fine in darkness. Really, out of all of that, that pissed me off most. What pisses me off next was the fact that they're placing warriors from different eras together in matches to see who wins. GUESS WHAT?! A warrior from an earlier era in history is going to LOSE. In the real world, if someone whipped out technology several centuries ahead of your own, you're not going to be equipped enough mentally or with armaments to deal with it. Some of these match ups are ridiculous and an insult to our intelligence. People… watch this show for what it is… men who just want to beat things with a stick and enjoy the pleasure of destruction. Don't make it out to be something that it isn't.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    It is too late for Spike TV tho …

  • future42

    Incorrect, it was made for the arcade, then ported to PS2 and a few other consoles.

  • future42

    I think really the main thing wrong here is they tried to make a game that was too big for them. Their first project was more ambitious then it should have been. Look at most other games made by small developers, their first games are not “complex” 3d fighters.

    I think the other thing they did wrong was make the game too fast, putting parry systems and dodge systems don't work very well if the rounds end in a matter of seconds. Bushido Blade rounds can last only a second, but they usually don't because of how it actually gives you time to block and counter attack.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nathan-Pl/100000813608630 Nathan Pl

    You can buy a LOT of better games with $10…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melany-Gauthier/100001443767155 Melany Gauthier

    Megaman is just the best.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

    I like quality, not quantity.

  • Hugh2

    Whoa check out the ego on Spoony, Dude come back to earth, you make reasonably amusing amateur videos and post them on Blip TV, It's a nice hobby but you're not a professional comedian by any stretch, maybe one day you'll work out a way to make a decent living from this but until then you are an amateur so chill out and keep a little perspective. That being said I think it's time that your fans gave you another good natured roasting.

  • http://twitter.com/RocMegamanX RocMegamanX

    Not to mention the dearly departed Dreamcast.

  • cajaquarius

    You know what? When people misrepresent the things I say that make me out to be an asshole I rage too.

    People always complain about Spoony being egotistical but I honestly don't see it. Has he ever lashed out at fans in a vlog? Does he charge for any of this shit besides that rifftrax thing (omg 1 dollar boo hoo)? You can complain but to call him out of control in the ego department is silly. The creator of Control Alt Delete webcomic? Now that guy is out of control egomaniac. Many of the people from Something Awful forums like their Let's Players? Hugely egotistical. I really don't see it in Spoony though. Can anyone point out where he has been a jerk? Him giving out autographs of himself and defending himself from unfair slander by a TV megacorporation? Is that all you guys got?

    Want to complain about Spoony's quality, his large number of Wrestling videos, that movie series he has been doing? That is fine, I am not calling everyone who dislikes him trolls (different opinion =/= troll) but I would like someone to at least explain why for once.

  • http://twitter.com/Xaor Xaor

    If Spike Games 'misrepresented' Spoony's comments, what precisely do you think he did to their comments, and others' comments. For example:

    “Anyone who doesn’t like the fact you can lose in 1-5 hits, well, go play something a little less realistic. This was supposed to be a game at least partly rooted in realism.”

    is translated in Spoony's mind to:

    “Go back to your sandbox, Spoony. This game is for the grown-ups. You kids enjoy your shitty Guilty Gears and Tekken.”

    That's misrepresentation. Very little of what Spike said was. The delusional comment was OTT, but frankly it was easy to infer that Spoony was comparing it to games which it was NEVER meant to compete with either in terms of size of game or even in sub genre. Spoony is -extraordinarily- egotistical – and there is nothing especially wrong with it. Its part of his persona with these reviews, and there is nothing wrong with that – it works from a humour perspective. But occasionally, there is the need for a little bit of humility and that's what lacks so blatantly from the review and this 'follow-up'.

    If you want proof of his egotism, his arrogance, look no further than this:
    “And next time, Spike, spell my fucking name right. It’s Spoony. With a capital S. As in, your game is Shit with a capital S.

    Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.”

    Now, you could say that this comment was made partially in jest, perhaps it was, but, frankly, a lot of it is something he believes. Spoony is the kind of person who has let his fame go to his head – and minor though a review of a minor and mediocre XBLA game is – he made an error with it – and frankly, the mask slipped.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

    There will be ever no end to this madness of Spike TV, such drama …

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001448113990 Clark Arcand

    There will be ever no end to this madness of Spike TV, such drama …

  • cajaquarius

    I still don't see it, I am afraid. Spike TV has shit tons of money and picked his review to criticize. Anything he says in response is simply paying them back for it. You don't think he was misrepresented in the article by Spike at all? Everything they said, all the assumptions made by those who argued against him, all fair?

    I think the last bit sounds kind of egotistical if you don't look at it through the lens of irony that Spoony (and internet humor in general) is big on. The whole people listen to me bit sounded more like he was taking a jab at them getting so huffy over his internet review. Like, clearly they think he his big enough shit to address so why not act the part, right? That is how I saw it anyways.

  • higzilla

    this game does suck and i dont like it

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nathan-Pl/100000813608630 Nathan Pl

    I would just like to know, where's the “realism” in a spartan spear hitting you in the head EVERY match? I mean, maybe Rambo would, but the possibility of this is just impossible. And hitting you dead center in the forehead?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WC4WVZYO7W4QKGVTKKTIQL76HY Catherine

    am i the only one here who just lol'd after he shot down every single bitch ass remark thrown at him?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Because the spartan is Chuck Norris. So this game have no flaw at all.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    Spike developers can not handle the heat so they should probly get out of the kitchen.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Turcotte/100001419317530 Zack Turcotte

    It really does big time …

  • Hugh2

    I don't see how it was a jab at Spike being huffy at all, he already did that when he said “You mad Bro?” It's just Spoony, he has a very inflated sense of self…… or lets just say that he's the sort of guy who would give his nephew a few driving lessons and then go around telling people that he's a proffesional driving instructor.

    But hey maybe he really was a full time proffesional well paid movie reviewer at one point, I just know that despite what he thinks he isn't a professional Comedian, not from making a few amateur videos for the internet, when he starts making a good living doing this then that will be different.

    Lastly taking criticism isn't his strong suit, even good natured criticism as can clearly be seen when his fans roasted him, his response was a lot more defensive than it needed to be.
    And that's the point how would he have reacted if some internet reviewer took a big angry dump on his work, I think he would have responded with something stronger than just calling them delusional. Yeah their game sucks but Spoony still wounded their pride.

    EVERYBODY involved needs to develop thicker skins.

  • Adnarim

    Oh. Spoony comes across as arrogant, all right… but with that little hissy fit from Spike up there for everyone to read, I'd say defending them is a pretty tall order. Honestly, I can still hardly believe a representative of an actual bona fide corporation said that. I'm guessing most people who've rushed to defend them, and the game, are still in school or college and don't realise just how unprofessional it was. (Sorry if that sounds arrogant– it's not meant to.)

  • Rocko7712

    You say he's the kind of guy who does things a few times and then calls himself a professional, but I have not once seen him proclaim himself as a “professional comedian”, more like a professional nerd, cause that's IS his profession. He stays at home and constantly reviews

    He reviews games and movies for us, free of charge (apart from the riftrax thing for $1 lol).

    He's like me when I fight, do you take one “jab” and walk away?, marveling at that one punch……. “NO!!!”, you drive their heads into the ground, so they know not to fuck with you. The same is said for a verbal fight, people need to be put in their place, if someone shits on your lawn, without good or fair reason, you deal with them.

    Also when his fans roasted him, he just roasted them back, all in good fun.

    Lastly he once did review movies for a magazine.

    This might not make sense but wth, it's late lol

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512231142 Kenny Farino

    Both of them need to grow some humility; Spike should have done better, and Spoony should have made his review more balanced in terms of good or bad, or just called it a rant.

  • Adnarim

    Also, Xaor– reading back over the thread, I see you've been very active indeed. In fact it seems you've flung yourself into a whole series of heated debates, and lost all of them. Really, don't you ever give up?

  • Hugh2

    He called himself a “professional comedian” in his video response to his roast, as in you guys are out of your league I'm a pro etc. I'm sure it could have been taken as being partly a jest but it's not the only time. It's a bit of a stretch to go from internet videos to pro comic. And I get the same feeling about his magazine gig most likely part time reviewer freelance columnist whatever, doesn't make him a pro who can finance his lifestyle just via his movie reviews etc.

    As for this whole issue I think people should consider that even though Spike is a company it's still full people who just like the rest of us are going to take offence when someone shits on their work, doesn't matter that the game sucks they're still invested in it and if Spoony is going to continue to be this vitriol spewing firebrand of a reviewer then he's going to have to expect some kind of retaliation and develop a thicker skin.

  • http://twitter.com/StainedSorrow BloodStainedSorrow

    The fact that there are people trying to say that Spoony is arrogant is laughable. How exactly is he arrogant? You come to HIS site, watch HIS videos to hear HIS opinion and then try to give him shit for it. Never once has he proclaimed himself to be the god of all reviewing and that his OPINION is the only correct one. The comment towards Spike Games about people listening to him is true. If it wasn't then why did you watch his videos? Why are you here posting on his forums?

    Ridiculous statements aside, I agree with you Spoony 100% on Deadliest Warrior the Show and the Game. It's complete and utter bullshit and just an excuse for destruction and gore.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Laura-Davies/1397061595 Laura Davies

    I know what you mean, mate. I recently tangled horns with someone on Youtube when I watched Aztec vs Azande Warrior and called BS on it and low and behold, someone came to defend it.

    “Which “his”story books recorded have the unincluded factors that overturn this “dramatization?” And what do you know about the Azande?”

    Besides the firm grasp on grammar, I just find it amusing, amazing and sad that said challenger had little to nothing to back it up, while there are countless sites, books and resources talking about both societies including their medical history, lifestyle, terrain, war tactics, etc.

    Sorry SPIKE decided to lash out against ya, mate, but entertainment will always be an interesting tango no matter what part of the job you take :P

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    We just cant get enough of the Spoony.

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    They sure cant.

  • http://twitter.com/CaptainShepard CaptanShepard

    “Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say”

    What nonsense. Damn I use to love your reviews, but these days you're so far up your own ass it's disappointing :(.

  • http://twitter.com/CaptainShepard CaptanShepard

    “And next time, Spike, spell my fucking name right. It’s Spoony. With a capital S. As in, your game is Shit with a capital S.

    Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.”

    This for once is how he's getting arrogant. You can be a fan or someone/something and yet still notice their flaws. Just because others don't agree hardly means they're bitches/dicks/idiots in comparison to yourself. That's just keeping the arrogance alive.

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    We just cant get enough of the Spoony.

  • http://twitter.com/melissaDagen Mélissa Dagenais

    They sure cant.

  • http://twitter.com/CaptainShepard CaptanShepard

    “Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say”

    What nonsense. Damn I use to love your reviews, but these days you’re so far up your own ass it’s disappointing :(.

  • http://twitter.com/CaptainShepard CaptanShepard

    “And next time, Spike, spell my fucking name right. It’s Spoony. With a capital S. As in, your game is Shit with a capital S.

    Remember it, because people listen to what I have to say.”

    This for once is how he’s getting arrogant. You can be a fan or someone/something and yet still notice their flaws. Just because others don’t agree hardly means they’re bitches/dicks/idiots in comparison to yourself. That’s just keeping the arrogance alive.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeremie-Caisse/100000114247204 Jeremie Caisse

    The fact that there's people that actually enjoyed this game is pretty hilarious and sad. However, the fact that people defend the game and assumes that Spoony gave a unfair review and that he's being unfair with Spike is ridiculous. It just supports my thoughts about humanity being filled with brainless idiots that cannot figure out what is quality.

    I really liked the conclusion to this video. It sounded really harsh but it was freaking true and if the people that made the game can't take people criticizing their game or can't accept they made a horrible game, then they need to shut up and get the hell out of video game industry. If you make a terrible thing or are unable to do it, you don't come up with excuse, you act like a adult and admit your errors.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeremie-Caisse/100000114247204 Jeremie Caisse

    The fact that there’s people that actually enjoyed this game is pretty hilarious and sad. However, the fact that people defend the game and assumes that Spoony gave a unfair review and that he’s being unfair with Spike is ridiculous. It just supports my thoughts about humanity being filled with brainless idiots that cannot figure out what is quality.

    I really liked the conclusion to this video. It sounded really harsh but it was freaking true and if the people that made the game can’t take people criticizing their game or can’t accept they made a horrible game, then they need to shut up and get the hell out of the video game industry. If you make a terrible thing or are unable to do it, you don’t come up with excuses, you act like a adult and admit your errors.

  • http://www.facebook.com/suzanne.eldredge Suzanne Eldredge

    Spoony’s scary when he’s angry.

  • http://www.facebook.com/phalejr Pj Hale

    remind me to never get you angry

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PXRBK6MGT5IX3HEIGBB7HHEMYY edward

    Blazeblue came out last year…not 20 years ago. )=

  • Anonymous

    Haha. Wow. I think you envoked the spirit of the Angry Video Game Nerd by the end of this follow up

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512231142 Kenny Farino

    And in reality, both Spoony and Spike TV need to check themselves. Sure, Spike TV has every right to be upset because of the reasons Hugh2 has given above, but they should have probably changed a few things around, left the more complex concepts like the parry out, and smoothed out the rough edges with what little budget they had. For $10, it’s an ambitious work that I think would have benefited from more polish.

    As for Spoony, he should not have handled this in such a vitriolic matter. Instead of throwing punches and trying to make himself further subject to ridicule on Encyclopedia Dramatica, a more mature approach should have been applied. It would have made him far more easy to support against Spike for his fans, and he would not have lost any face.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/YNJFDZFLZN5JTU7RY4WBGGQFGA JoJo

    and DW this year, YOur point would be?

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/YNJFDZFLZN5JTU7RY4WBGGQFGA JoJo

    it’s ssad to realize that there are people that stupid to defend this shit, i guess they all are casual gamers or suck at games like tekken, personaly i think MK sucks too, but calllig this shit realistic and appealing for the multicultural fighters? yeah right we’ve been playing fighter with martians and spacemen i guess. Game sucks thats the bottom line and trolling or liking this game is so lame, cheers from Mexico Spoony.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OI7M2UMRXT4OXGADD72DUACRWA Vintage Love

    You spelled “captain” wrong.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Skinner/1072283264 Jon Skinner

    Final Fantasy X was a good game? I remember it being more like self-induced torture I put myself though in middle school because I had nothing better to do.

  • http://twitter.com/RocMegamanX RocMegamanX

    I think he was actually referring to Street Fighter 2, though that’s actually about NINETEEN years ago instead of 20, but let’s not get too technical.

  • http://twitter.com/RocMegamanX RocMegamanX

    If anything, Spoony’s not at fault here. If it’s anyone who’s arrogant/egotistical, it’s Spike Games who called Spoony “delusional” for giving the game a harsh but fair review.

    Granted, I don’t own Bushido Blade (I had some relatives who did), but Deadliest Warrior is nowhere near Bushido Blade’s caliber, seeing as how SQUARESOFT was involved(Just because Spoony hated Final Fantasy VIII, IX, X, X-2, and XIII, doesn’t mean that Square is all bad).

  • Anonymous

    I think he was saying that more to point out that Spike isn’t picking on a random nerd who posts vlogs to boost his self esteem.

  • saint23thomas

    Actually, making an official game for a network TV show does mean one thing – when they mentioned insufficient funding in their blame-deflecting response, they were literally blaming the network for the game being shit, but trying not to actually say that.

  • Anonymous

    Wow, you are awesome Spoony. I neve saw anyone confront a corporation. Z:P

  • Anonymous

    well lets be honest here as much as I like Spoony’s work and all that jazz when it comes down to it he is just a random nerd who posts vlogs :) that line did come off sounding a bit arrogant but whatever. The bigger concern to me his usage of “u mad bro” for the love of god never use that again whenever anyone uses that meme all it does is make them look like giant 4chaner moron and it hurts my very soul to have someone with the intelligence of Spoony use it.

  • http://www.justin.tv/imagoth2004 imagoth2004

    You sir… Have just won 9001 internets m(_ _)m

  • Anonymous

    Dear god.

    I knew Spike was the network for morons, but this just takes the cake. I’ve never actually seen a corp outright insult someone before. Normally they’re wrapped up in PR… I guess Spike is just too stupid to care.

  • Anonymous

    That wasn’t ego stroking. That _is_ true. Nobody gives a crap about what Spike says, since everyone with half a brain knows they’re the Network for Morons. People, on the other hand (or at least I’d like to think so) respect Spoony and listen to what he has to say, mainly because he freely admits he has his own opinions and isn’t afraid to share them.

    So no, his head’s not up his ass. He’s in fact very poignantly pointed out that people will remember his review, not Spike’s casual sniping at people that dislike the game.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, Spoony ripped into the show a while ago. He and his bro tore it a new bunghole quite adequately.

  • Anonymous

    He DOES make a living out of this…

    After reading Spike’s delightful little email above, who do YOU think has their head screwed on straighter?

  • Anonymous

    Three comments:
    1. Let’s acknowledge the obvious: Incredible Technologies did this game idea first back in 1992–and did it better. Remember “Time Killers”? 8 fighters from different eras…and if you disregard the 3 sci-fi choices, you got a viking, a samurai, a caveman, a knight, and a guy with a chainsaw. And you got a story mode and special moves if you wanted, though dismemberment and decapitation only used basic moves. You had one-hit kills (though at melee range, not opening range), you could attack with any limb OR your head if you chose (which was risky right there, since the one-hit kill was decapitation), and you autoturned to face opponents that got behind you.
    And, like I said, guy with a chainsaw. Automatic coolness factor right there.

    2. The idea that blocking drains a person’s stamina as much as attacking is in no way realistic.
    I was at one time a huge boxing fan. I’ve seen hundreds of matches. And no matter how tired a boxer got, even if the guy couldn’t throw a half-hearted jab any more, he could always hold up his hands to block. And in almost every case of the boxer getting tired, he got tired from being too AGGRESSIVE, not being too DEFENSIVE.

    3. For everyone who calls Spoony arrogant because of his comment to SpikeGames, remember this: before this, Spoony was just a guy reviewing games. He ragged on a number of bad games. No developer cared, because they believed more in their product than in the “power” of some internet game reviewer.
    SpikeGames is the one who believes more in the “power” of Spoony than in their own product. They singled him out by name, singled out his review. They could have just said “some online reviewers”, or “online haters” even, instead. Sure, fans of his might guess that they were referring to him, but, by referring to reviewers anonymously, SpikeGames would be saying, “some people out there, who aren’t important enough to us to even bother with learning their names”. A dismissive attitude–which is what one displays if one is confident in one’s efforts!
    No, SpikeGames made it personal. By acknowledging him personally, they admit indirectly that they believe he does have power and influence to make of break their game. By acknowledging a particular review, they confess that they consider said review to have influence over their ability to make a buck.
    All Spoony did was agree with SpikeGames when they indirectly acknowledged people do listen to what he has to say. That doesn’t make him arrogant. Smug, yes, but not arrogant.

  • http://twitter.com/Tryzon Ciaran M

    I think Spoony’s right on the money with most of what he said, but the complaints with the graphics and number of characters are invalid. I mean, graphics aren’t an important factor in any game, after all. Plus surely a handful of good fighters is better than none? Granted, this game’s characters aren’t good, but as a general rule…

    I also really would like to know what fighting games he’s thinking when he suggests that most titles of the genre have stories that are meant to be taken seriously. All the ones I’ve ever played have deliciously cheesy plots that don’t really try to be serious, so I’m confused.

    At any rate, some of the people who complained clearly have no clue on they’re on about. A few of the points have some grounding to them, but not enough.

  • http://www.facebook.com/marious21 Omar Robles

    Oh, my head hurst…. i just saw the Deadliest Warrior on spike…. i hate that show so much.

  • TheFeydakin

    Yea…But the only thing that touched this thing off was that Spike sent out a Gnasty gram when they could have responded much more briefly or with less emotional charge aka “delusional”. Thats what touched the whole thing off really IMO you got a company that should be concerned about thier bottom line. Statements like “It’s not our fault that you are delusional.I’d love it if someone on this board made a comment on spoony that shed some light on what this game is all about.”
    How can you get more meatheaded than that?
    Why worry about Spoony? Why give him the chance to fire back? If your gonna write an email stand by your product and leave it on the commentor instead of saying that he is simply delusional…

  • TheFeydakin

    I hope you post some more game reviews soon. (Like Deadly Premonition…)

  • TheFeydakin

    absolutley. WHo ever knew that Spike a company would let some meat head send this Nasty gram out in the first place…That is all it is Meatheaded, pure and simple.

  • http://twitter.com/delijdewolfe Justin Diaz

    You are the man Spoony! The ending encapsulates everything!

    Seriously, regardless of what SG claims, the fact that they mention that it’s only a $10.00 game is a frickin’ insult. For the record SG, nobody is asking for a bacon and lobster-wrapped filet mignon for $10 bucks, but we DO expect something that doesn’t makes us feel as if you’re just rushing out a half-ass game to cash in on the flavor of the month. Mentioning the price point not only insults my intelligence but it also insults the hard work and quality of smaller yet more innovative developers than you. They worked their asses off to deliver seriously great arcade games for 10 bucks yet you consider the price point as a means to gauging the level of mediocrity a game is allowed to have.

    As far as the comments proclaiming “what do you expect for $10 bucks?” please stop supporting this statement. You’re giving these developers an excuse to rip you off. Can you hear how bad that statement sounds?

    It’s the equivalent of a person witnessing a husband(Spike Games) beat the living crap out of his wife (you) and her (you again) proclaiming “well, he means well…”

    no… he really doesn’t, and it’s this “what do you expect” statement that allows companies to cut corners. You want to know what I expect? A PLAYABLE GAME!

    As I have said, there a several games that have done FAR more to innovate the industry and comments like that just take one huge dump on the developers who actually believe that quality for $10.00 is possible. Stop drinking the electric kool-aid that companies like spike games are selling you and expect quality work.

    Everyone should be pissed to the rim that Spike Games had the BALLS to say ” If we had 20 million dollars and two years to build a game…”. That statement alone shows what Spike Games believes that it takes Money to make quality instead of quality to make money. Not only is that statement disengenius, but it’s a pretty lame-ass excuse.

    The only thing that shows me is that you realize how flawed your show is and that you don’t believe That it’s going to last long enough for you to actually take the time to develop a game.

    In closing Gamers – support the developers who actually try to push quality work and stop letting companies use the excuse “what do you expect for 10 dollars”?

    and Spike- Thanks for showing us what you’re really are- a company that can’t take a criticsm and considers potential customers delusional. Way to sell your company brand.

  • http://twitter.com/delijdewolfe Justin Diaz

    You are the man Spoony! The ending encapsulates everything!

    Seriously, regardless of what SG claims, the fact that they mention that it’s only a $10.00 game is a frickin’ insult. For the record SG, nobody is asking for a bacon and lobster-wrapped filet mignon for $10 bucks, but we DO expect something that doesn’t makes us feel as if you’re just rushing out a half-ass game to cash in on the flavor of the month. Mentioning the price point not only insults my intelligence but it also insults the hard work and quality of smaller yet more innovative developers than you. They worked their asses off to deliver seriously great arcade games for 10 bucks yet you consider the price point as a means to gauging the level of mediocrity a game is allowed to have.

    As far as the comments proclaiming “what do you expect for $10 bucks?” please stop supporting this statement. You’re giving these developers an excuse to rip you off. Can you hear how bad that statement sounds?

    It’s the equivalent of a person witnessing a husband(Spike Games) beat the living crap out of his wife (you) and her (you again) proclaiming “well, he means well…”

    no… he really doesn’t, and it’s this “what do you expect” statement that allows companies to cut corners. You want to know what I expect? A PLAYABLE GAME!

    As I have said, there a several games that have done FAR more to innovate the industry and comments like that just take one huge dump on the developers who actually believe that quality for $10.00 is possible. Stop drinking the electric kool-aid that companies like spike games are selling you and expect quality work.

    Everyone should be pissed to the rim that Spike Games had the BALLS to say ” If we had 20 million dollars and two years to build a game…”. That statement alone shows what Spike Games believes that it takes Money to make quality instead of quality to make money. Not only is that statement disengenius, but it’s a pretty lame-ass excuse.

    The only thing that shows me is that you realize how flawed your show is and that you don’t believe That it’s going to last long enough for you to actually take the time to develop a game.

    In closing Gamers – support the developers who actually try to push quality work and stop letting companies use the excuse “what do you expect for 10 dollars”?

    and Spike- Thanks for showing us what you’re really are- a company that can’t take a criticsm and considers potential customers delusional. Way to sell your company brand.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Alessa1235 Alexandra Mary Franco

    Spoony,

    There is a lot of buzz going on (even in other reviewer’s sites) about the constant trolling in your website. I must say I do not understand why people complain so much though? If they don’t like your reviews, they should not watch them period.

    For example, I do not agree with your FFX reviews… however, I still laugh when I watch them, I don’t feel personally offended or anything. You are a reviewer, and a talented one at that, it is your job to expose the weaknesses of games, and be opinionated, whether other people like them or not. I mean… Why fucking watch your reviews then?!

    This game SUCKED. The whole “Don’t expect caviar for $10″ crap is absolute bullshit… It is damn disrespectful to the few poor souls that bought the game.

    Anyways, just showing some support here since I heard all the buzz about what was going on. Rock on my man, you’re awesome!

  • http://www.facebook.com/Alessa1235 Alexandra Mary Franco

    Spoony,

    There is a lot of buzz going on (even in other reviewer’s sites) about the constant trolling in your website. I must say I do not understand why people complain so much though? If they don’t like your reviews, they should not watch them period.

    For example, I do not agree with your FFX reviews… however, I still laugh when I watch them, I don’t feel personally offended or anything. You are a reviewer, and a talented one at that, it is your job to expose the weaknesses of games, and be opinionated, whether other people like them or not. I mean… Why fucking watch your reviews then?!

    This game SUCKED. The whole “Don’t expect caviar for $10″ crap is absolute bullshit… It is damn disrespectful to the few poor souls that bought the game.

    Anyways, just showing some support here since I heard all the buzz about what was going on. Rock on my man, you’re awesome!

  • http://www.facebook.com/Alessa1235 Alexandra Mary Franco

    Spoony,

    There is a lot of buzz going on (even in other reviewer’s sites) about the constant trolling in your website. I must say I do not understand why people complain so much though? If they don’t like your reviews, they should not watch them period.

    For example, I do not agree with your FFX reviews… however, I still laugh when I watch them, I don’t feel personally offended or anything. You are a reviewer, and a talented one at that, it is your job to expose the weaknesses of games, and be opinionated, whether other people like them or not. I mean… Why fucking watch your reviews then?!

    This game SUCKED. The whole “Don’t expect caviar for $10″ crap is absolute bullshit… It is damn disrespectful to the few poor souls that bought the game.

    Anyways, just showing some support here since I heard all the buzz about what was going on. Rock on my man, you’re awesome!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4QB6H5NYHIZUMLLTONUVLBAWHQ Webberdeluxe pennyworth

    SPOONY CAN YOU REVIEW ZERO GEAR THE INDY GAME THNAKS BRO

  • Anonymous

    he didn’t hate IX, he just hated the art style

  • Anonymous

    Come on, people, we gotta keep this shit storm brewing. Trolls, get on Spoony’s case. Intelligent people, counterattack.

    Don’t stop! Believin’!

    I’m still wanting to see Spoony recommend 5 games for $10 or less on XBLA.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2YRHONJTPODSAK4RFFGXDFNCMM Mai

    Right! If you don’t like something, like a review, a movie or a game, you should just avoid it and not complain. Just like Spoony! Errr… wait.

    People have the right to complain. Possibly not here, of course, but still. Reviewers tend to have a fair amount of sway, and can influence a lot of people to either buy or refuse to buy a product, so it’s natural that some people might get upset. For example, Ebert managed to piss off a whole lot of gamers a while ago.

    That said, I agree with Spoony about the game and had a lot of fun watching the original review. He’s naturally arrogant and abrasive, but that’s part of what makes his reviews so enjoyable.

    By the way, kudos to Spoony for stirring up this hornet’s nest. “Bad” publicity is still great. I bet he just got a bunch of new viewers from the Gamefaq forums.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Graham-Barnes/1454216701 Graham Barnes

    Spoony has the same pc chair as me, YAY

  • Anonymous

    I just watched the VGA review of this game on TGWTG. They really tried to look they were having fun. The game looks extremely cheap shot loaded and boring. I got tired of watching one shots even within the 5 minutes they showed of the game. I think your review was right on. No one would enjoy this game after playing it for a few minutes.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Ngo/100000505198043 Chris Ngo

    “I also really would like to know what fighting games he’s thinking when he suggests that most titles of the genre have stories that are meant to be taken seriously. All the ones I’ve ever played have deliciously cheesy plots that don’t really try to be serious, so I’m confused.”

    Few games i’m thinking of good story plots on a fighting game are Eternal Champions due to major storyline of the character’s and how the world if affected by them. Mortal Kombat if ever wonder how the storyline of the Realms and tournaments worked out in the series. But least the games I played on fighting style.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TV5SYLIYI7NYCF2E5BGA44MBUA Joe

    douche

  • Anonymous

    I bought Mount and Blade when it was around ~10$ CAD.
    Strangely enough, M&B was developed as an Indie game and gravitates heavily towards realistic combat, kind of like a medieval combat simulator according to some people. Unlike DW though there were very few different types of attacks (four in total), but it seems to be much more controllable and repeatable than DW and you had much more control of where it was going to land and the timing of those attacks with the positioning of your character. It allows people to use their own talents to an advantage instead of relying on something artificially random like a random number where legs or arms begin to fall off.
    Moreover, their claim to be a realistic combat game is a bit contradictory when you see arms and legs flying everywhere, and it gives your remarks a kind of credence when you say that this game revolves more a childish addiction to violence rather than a serious fighting game.

  • http://twitter.com/roknin Jelani Akin Parham

    For the record, there are 100% FREE fighting games available, made by far smaller devs, that are very high quality.

    I also don’t see how Spoony was “arrogant” in this at all. He’s right, people do listen to what he has to say. Apparently so much so that Spike Games/TV felt the need to pick out his review and call him “delusional” for being harsh on what is an obvious cash-in.

  • Anonymous

    Man, Spoony, I really feel bad for you and Scarlett, having to fend off all this crap on a daily basis.

    I love that person who compared the game to BlazBlue, because BlazBlue only had 12 characters. Seriously? You’re comparing a game with probably like 30 hours of fairly in-depth story mode to *that*? Come on.

  • Anonymous

    i think its funny people would compare it to SF and BB..because ..

    HAVE YOU PLAYED THOSE GAMES?!?!?… that Hadouken (i dont care if is spelled it right), Tiger knee, Infernal Divider, Arrows of Ice, and all those other moves would beat the shit out of a “spartan”, and that terrible Cervantes impersonator and all those other ass wipes.. so for people to bring that up..just exhibits their stupidity, for defending a shitty game…

  • http://twitter.com/CaptainShepard CaptanShepard

    Others would disagree with that and from the comments I read here, it’s a classic case of “how dare you disagree with Spoony, because if you do it makes you unintelligent moron”. Is that not just a tiny bit hypocritical and egotistical. Each to their own when it comes to opinions, but being blasted for going against the grain with regards to the gospel of spoony is a little bit pathetic.

    Also that old line “if you don’t like it don’t watch…”. Yeah it’s true, but how many of you have followed those words rigorously?

  • http://twitter.com/CaptainShepard CaptanShepard

    It was already taken originally ;)

  • Anonymous

    I don’t know what’s funnier on this page, the amount of anger and butthurt coming from Spoony in his video and claiming the people who defended the game are the crazy or his fanboys circlejerking each other and blindly listening to him.

  • Anonymous

    There’s seems to be rage and butthurt coming from everyone. I still think the points are valid, but it seems like you got a little too mad at the end. As for Spike’s response, lol cry moar. Don’t make shit if you can’t take criticism. Someone doesn’t like your game? Don’t call them delusional, actually consider the criticism before going to the site and crying about it. But seriously, my first thought when I saw the Spartan was “BROKEN”. I mean, the thing is, spears are heavy and hurling one would take more time than that, if you wanna go realistic. Also, since there’s a pirate, do bullets perform 1 hit KOs? Can you get a head shot? Pirates aren’t warriors either and if they’re fighting, do you seriously think they’re going to do it one on one? A realistic fight with a pirate would be dirty and unfair. I totally just expected him to shoot the spartan in the face, since a ready to shoot flintlock pistol would be faster. I’ve been watching some vids on youtube, and the ninja fights head to head? Doesn’t make sense, and he’s very sluggish. Also, eight characters for a game that boasts about getting to play all these varied characters from different time periods? That isn’t a lot. Such cliched characters too. Pirate? Not that I hate pirates but there’s a lot more interesting folk in history. What about Xulu warriors? Anyhoot, this comment is long enough and I could go on forever about the “realism” in this game.

  • Anonymous

    There’s seems to be rage and butthurt coming from everyone. I still think the points are valid, but it seems like you got a little too mad at the end. As for Spike’s response, lol cry moar. Don’t make shit if you can’t take criticism. Someone doesn’t like your game? Don’t call them delusional, actually consider the criticism before going to the site and crying about it. But seriously, my first thought when I saw the Spartan was “BROKEN”. I mean, the thing is, spears are heavy and hurling one would take more time than that, if you wanna go realistic. Also, since there’s a pirate, do bullets perform 1 hit KOs? Can you get a head shot? Pirates aren’t warriors either and if they’re fighting, do you seriously think they’re going to do it one on one? A realistic fight with a pirate would be dirty and unfair. I totally just expected him to shoot the spartan in the face, since a ready to shoot flintlock pistol would be faster. I’ve been watching some vids on youtube, and the ninja fights head to head? Doesn’t make sense, and he’s very sluggish. Also, eight characters for a game that boasts about getting to play all these varied characters from different time periods? That isn’t a lot. Such cliched characters too. Pirate? Not that I hate pirates but there’s a lot more interesting folk in history. What about Xulu warriors? Anyhoot, this comment is long enough and I could go on forever about the “realism” in this game.

  • http://profiles.google.com/danvgeg Daniel vigil

    I played the demo of this game and I gotta say I feel bad for anyone who actually spent money on this game. You might as well have just taken $10 out of your wallet and flushed it down the toilet because, in all honesty, the anger of losing that $10 would have subsided faster than the anger of having to play this terrible broken game. As far as spike Games comment about paying for milk and expecting honey goes, if you can’t make a game with decent controls, balanced characters, or fair game mechanics then just don’t make the game… shitheads.

    Spoony, I very much agree with you on all point of this review, including the fact that this was just a cheap way to cash in on a bad product.

  • http://profiles.google.com/danvgeg Daniel vigil

    I played the demo of this game and I gotta say I feel bad for anyone who actually spent money on this game. You might as well have just taken $10 out of your wallet and flushed it down the toilet because, in all honesty, the anger of losing that $10 would have subsided faster than the anger of having to play this terrible broken game. As far as spike Games comment about paying for milk and expecting honey goes, if you can’t make a game with decent controls, balanced characters, or fair game mechanics then just don’t make the game… shitheads.

    Spoony, I very much agree with you on all point of this review, including the fact that this was just a cheap way to cash in on a bad product.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_X6RQT2WQIVI2LDTIKC54KOXISE justin b

    10 bucks? Hell, I got Metroid Prime for 4 bucks! And MP is WAY better.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_X6RQT2WQIVI2LDTIKC54KOXISE justin b

    10 bucks? Hell, I got Metroid Prime for 4 bucks! And MP is WAY better.

  • spookydonkey03

    DOOD! too funny. you made the game developers lose their cool because you called them out for making a shitty licensed game! they act like “$10 game so what?” but they don’t realize that money is not free! starving student speaking! over saturate the market with crap titles much?
    no joke…
    the highlight of that dev team’s career was getting burned by you.
    kudos.
    straight GANGSTA!

  • spookydonkey03

    DOOD! too funny. you made the game developers lose their cool because you called them out for making a shitty licensed game! they act like “$10 game so what?” but they don’t realize that money is not free! starving student speaking! over saturate the market with crap titles much?
    no joke…
    the highlight of that dev team’s career was getting burned by you.
    kudos.
    straight GANGSTA!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Xine-dAveram/100000514241436 Xine d’Averam

    Spoony…You rock. I generally don’t post on things like this because lets face it. WE’RE NERDS. We get overly emotional about stupid crap that never happened. *cough* Greedo shot first *cough*
    And to be perfectly honest. I enjoy DW (even though it is pretty lame). You’re right. It is stupid childish MK-esque fun…for about 10 minutes. Thank you for feeding the trolls. There I said it. I know you get a lot of shit for disliking certain things from that tiny percentile and you generally just walk away but this time something had to be said. Spike, if you can’t play with the big boys just go back to the swing set.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000539214248 Seth Keller

    Yeah, I agree that this game is REALLY shitty, but I actually like the show. Not for any sort of real scientific value, but just for the possibilities they portray. Even if there is nothing of scientific value in the show, it’s still fun to watch a bunch of weapons experts hack stuff to bits.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000539214248 Seth Keller

    Yeah, I agree that this game is REALLY shitty, but I actually like the show. Not for any sort of real scientific value, but just for the possibilities they portray. Even if there is nothing of scientific value in the show, it’s still fun to watch a bunch of weapons experts hack stuff to bits.

  • Ryan Bolduc

    I Know I’m new on this site but I have to Rant about the guy who complained about BlazBlue having Few Characters; Yes, it does. However, those characters have DIVERSITY. In this game, the 8 Characters have little to nothing unique, when in BlazBlue and even Street Fighter 2, Characters all have Certain Strategies, Combo’s, Special Moves and other such. See Any Combo’s Beyond 4 Hits in this Game? Any Special Moves? No. In BB and SF, All the characters have a Certain Niche for certain Players. In this game, the only reason you’d pick any certain characters is because you think that they’re awesome and Want to See a Pirate blowing a Ninjas face off.

  • insertcoinplzzz

    Even f*cking Rumble Roses had a storymode worth playing. And i played that a lot!

  • insertcoinplzzz

    Even f*cking Rumble Roses had a storymode worth playing. And i played that a lot!

  • insertcoinplzzz

    Even f*cking Rumble Roses had a storymode worth playing. And i played that a lot!

  • Cole S

    Wow Oh Wow I cant believe the kind of arguments these people are putting forward, i mean I like the show but even the first time i palyed this game at a friends house I knew it was shit, then again what can you expect from a tv channel that shows not only things that are just genericly manly they show TNA….nuff said

  • http://twitter.com/JordS68 Jordan Stone

    wow there’s some stupid fucking people in the world….and they all seem to have internet. thanks for the great review Spoony, i only played the demo but i found the exact same problems.

  • eli garske

    so what your saying is, this game is mortal kombats down syndrome cousin. i never did like this game, plus in your review not only did you take the words out of my mouth but you added some too. i only played the demo and the CPU killed me in 30 sec. but i didn’t know they had crappy fatalities!

  • Zach Lewis

    Way to go! Shit, most reviewers would issue some sort of apology if a developer accused them of doing something wrong, but you stood by what you said and retorted with a great video. You presented pretty solid counterpoints in your defense and I come to find that I completely agree with you. You’re absolutely right- Spike games playing the “mercy” card is a load of horseshit. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-McEwen/100001460656676 Christopher McEwen

    Its sad i agree with you. I suffered and played it for a DAY just to say i played it. “fighting games dont have a story mode” HA BULLSHIT LOOK AT DEAD OR ALIVE! THAT STORY IS DOATEC WANTING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER! Tekken again trying to make the ultimate fighter. Def Jam Fight For New York. TRYING TO BE THE ULTIMATE STREET FIGHTER NEED I SAY ANYMORE ON THIS?!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-McEwen/100001460656676 Christopher McEwen

    Its sad i agree with you. I suffered and played it for a DAY just to say i played it. “fighting games dont have a story mode” HA BULLSHIT LOOK AT DEAD OR ALIVE! THAT STORY IS DOATEC WANTING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER! Tekken again trying to make the ultimate fighter. Def Jam Fight For New York. TRYING TO BE THE ULTIMATE STREET FIGHTER NEED I SAY ANYMORE ON THIS?!

  • darklink8

    You know what Spoony? Deadliest Warrior legends came out… AND… well, it sucks, of course. IT’S EXACTLY THE SAME.  No wait! You have nine fighters instead of eight! Ugh… Also, I literally won just about every demo online but taking out my crossbow and aiming for the head. Yes, they did try to dodge, but RIGHT after the dodge I shot the crossbow and killed them (Because there’s a small delay in the dodges). Yes, I got death threats, but hey, I may have done them a favor by making them not buy it.  Another thing, you can grapple by using square and triangle/X and Y and execute different moves, and you press a button highlighted over your opponents body parts, such as aiming for the arm to break their arm, aiming for the leg to break their leg, and aiming at the head FOR AN AUTOMATIC KILL MOVE. No, not a fatality, it’s like a weaker more boring version. Although if the opponent presses the same button as you are while grappling, but you ALWAYS go for the head. You’d think players online would counter from the head, but some don’t, don’t know why… The graphics aren’t much better either. Alexander the great would go “I have arrived!” and move his mouth twice. Or Vlad the Impaler would sip from a cup and look into the cup, there’s nothing in the cup. Not even a poorly put in color of red. But yeah, things have changed, but it hasn’t gotten any better. And also, Spike Games? Instead of getting milk and expecting honey, I got SHIT from expecting…well… shit… Glad they lived up to my expectations… -__-

  • http://twitter.com/Yuoaman Nick Burns

    Wait.

    People defended this game…?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ashley-Baillie/100002152756791 Ashley Baillie

    Speak the truth brother!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_W66JYQOJGA5VCHIUHJPNNG62PU Mamimi

    the excuse “its ten dollars” means nothing because i bought a copy of a 60 dollar game for 10 dollars- albeit used.  i would much rather buy a 10 dollar used copy of mirrors edge than get new 10 dollar shit. theres no competition there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mason-Trapp/1185435538 Mason Trapp

    Wow Spoony,
    Im so sorry you had to deal with these dumb shits…
    keep up the great work 

    note* even us stoners don’t find this shit entertaining

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Caleb-Laulusa/1126425220 Caleb Laulusa

    Spoony hates Buffy the Vampire Slayer show, but he admits the board game is decent enough. So I fully believe him when he says that if the DW game was good, he would say so. And I gotta admit, I myself, am more than happy to admit that I’m wrong, when doing so means that the topic at hand yielded more positive results than anticipated. It’s just too bad that this isn’t one of those times, as the game clearly blows.

    (What a shock)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SAJH7GB5EAFLTUFNZX7EJ2DIGQ Cas Stand

    This game is shit. I wonder if we could hold a meeting with Spike (capital S damnit!) and tell them how much this sucks… oh well, that doesn’t sound “realistic” and as such, we shouldn’t think that way. ‘Cause nobody plays games for a fantasy component.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3YXC2VEGQGPCVYVREYAS4X4U5M youtoog

    Played this game, this game was shit, the show, shit. Was I expecting
    shit from the game yes. I didn’t buy this game I played it at a friends
    house and he liked the show so he bought the game, he hated the game. I
    didn’t understand that there were one hit kills in the game so I kept on
    just getting slaughtered for 15 rounds especially on the Apache, and
    then I discovered dodging and dodging is the only way to survive more
    than 5 milliseconds. Also I don’t play fighters much so the story mode
    doesn’t mean much to me, most fighters are fun for like 1 hour or so to
    me then I start to get bored, but that’s me. This game is utter shit
    though my brother a MAJOR BIG TIME fighter fan hated this game because
    it is just round after round of 1 hit kills or a random winner.

  • http://www.facebook.com/SaetonChapelle Heather Freitag

    I love you Spoony. xD I might have a girl crush~
    Dont push back! Stand your ground! Spike, your show and game sucks~ They’re both terrible. Dont go whining when legitimate reviewers inform you about how badly they suck. Instead, turn around, acknowledge your faults, and try to make something better. Stop crying, your mascara will smear.

    I played for not even a half hour with a buddy of mine, and although he loved it, Ill take my bushido blade anytime. (I thought I was the only one who knew about BB, kinda happy. xD) It was awful, and I have no interest in attempting again.

    Off to watch more of your reviews. <3

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-Wells/13805208 Patrick Wells

    I love that Spike games felt it necessary to release a response to you! Hahahaha. They must be pretty insecure over there!

  • Jake Carmichael

    Holy CRAP. Spoony tore em a new one there at the end. I was rollin

  • http://www.facebook.com/StephanieMularz Stephanie Mularz

    That was a REALLY bad move on Spike game’s part, that sounded really unprofessional, it’s like they have never had a bad review before. As a company you are supposed to be dignified, they sounded more like a cheesed off high school christian who didn’t want to curse.
    They should have kept that to themselves, now they have a bad game and a bad attitude about it.

    Now see, I agree this game is only $10 and really I wouldn’t have expected much from it either, I wouldn’t have gotten so upset about it if I was Spoony.

    But I just recently downloaded one of the newest Deadliest Warrior game, Legends.

    Down to brass tax, it was not good in comparison to other fighting games but I can applaud them for trying to create a more realistic game but it’s only worth the bargain bin price.

    The dialogue was cheesey, the characters would repeat the SAME thing over and over again every time that I played it. The background music…. There was none… This is a negative and a good aspect at the same time, it makes you feel like you’re in the game but it’s so dreadfully boring that it makes the fighting completely uninteresting.

    Spoony is right, every single time I tried pressing the dodge button while trying to avoid any flying object in my face, it would fail and I would die. One slice to the face and I would die, I mean you could work at getting better and even going pro at the game, but honestly… Who would want to?
    This game doesn’t call for competitions or even a fanbase, it’s dull. And I would honestly say that I would rather play the trainwreck that was Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness before this. And that’s really saying something

    To end my paragraph here,
    I give the game props for trying to destroy the fighting game cliche, giggly girls or female ninjas with big bouncy jugs would normally have them ripped off and shoved down their necks and I like that this game would have probably done that if such characters existed. However, it just didn’t cut the cake here. Just stick to television just like videogames should never have movies made out of them.

  • Anonymous

    Hm… Funny that this “review” or response or whatever was funnier than the actual review of the game.
    And by the way guys are you seriously saing that its funny to play a game that ends in 5 seconds. I mean its as much of a fight than if a dude challenges you in to a fight and suddenly kicks you in the balls and runs away. Thats´s not funny!
    And another problem is that WHY. THE. FUCK! Do you compare this to real life. Yes you will die if somebody throws a spear in your head but in a fighting game like this you really shouldn´t mention the realism because it´s so realistic that a spartan or Roman or whatever fights a knight. Yes knights and spartans lived at the same FUCKING decade.
    I myself think it´s more fun when you can try out different tactics and possibilities to defeat an enemy not just hop a round and hope that you won´t die, what I don´t like is a game that ends in frekin 5 seconds.
    So I stand behind Spoonies opinnion 100%. Great review as almost every time. Thank you Spoony for this follow-up. Keep up the good work.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Megan-Ryle/1087852714 Megan Ryle

    Why is it so amazingly satisfying to watch Spoony verbally bitch slap someone for being a dumb ass? This review was hilarious. :]

  • Anonymous

    Guys, I’m going to design a realistic driving game. You’re out driving around, stopping crimes, chasing bad guys, but every so often you have to drive to the gas station and refuel your car. Oh, and every other so often you have to take it to a quick lube place to get all the fluids changed. If you don’t do it, the car breaks down on you and leaves you stranded, and you have to call AAA. It’ll be the most realistic driving game ever! Sounds fun, right?

  • Anonymous

    Umm does Spike Games really get to pull the “small developers” card when they happen to be affiliated with one of the largest television networks IN THE WORLD. Besides most small game developers can produce much much better games, Arkham City anyone. Does it really count that Spike seems to think that Spoony’s review is invalid because he forgot the dodging, stamina, and perry systems. Sorry that he forgot to mention that those suck too.

  • Anonymous

    Man do people really get this insane over the Deadliest fucking Warriror? From what I saw in your review Spoony I’d say you were 100% right. That and the developers calling you out just because you don’t think their game is great is beyond pathetic. I seem to remember games like Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light that were downloadable titles but were still great. So the $10 thing is no excuse too

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/George-Rosenbaum/100001387887487 George Rosenbaum

      I wouldn’t think that Spike TV would get defensive over this pushed-out piece of shit. It’s like getting angry at a Barbie Dreamhouse game and getting death threats from Mattel.

      I just spent ten dollars on a footlong Chicken Bacon Ranch meal from Subway. It filled me with more joy and satisfaction than this game, and I’ve played it in someone’s dorm.

      • Anonymous

        Oh I’m sure it did. I think this just goes to show how childish and immature Spike TV can be as a network I mean shows like this and MANswers are bad enough but calling out a reviewer because he said your game was crap just takes the cake. Here’s an idea Spike how about you take what Spoony (and I’m sure other reviewers) say and use that to IMPROVE your game. Don’t whine about it like an immature bitch. It’s sad really

  • aaron frank

    i Cant Believe that these developers are basically related with the same channel that host THE F***ing VIDEO GAME AWARDS

  • PixelJustice20XX

    Spoony…   it’s not nice to pick on the retards…  even if you are 100 percent right. 

  • PixelJustice20XX

    I find their response statement especially hilarious  due to the fact that if you were to look at the survival horror genre right now, one of the scariest games on any gamers list is Amnesia the dark descent, which is a game by a small developer. Hell, let’s look at another game..  one of the most widely played games and probably the most uploaded gameplay videos to youtube of a game, MineCraft. Another indie game company… hmm..  could it be that they actually put some fucking effort into their game and it paid off? nooo…  thats not possible!! they are a small developer!?? their games have to suck!?!? What a bunch of whiney insecure money grubbing douchebags, who are just pissed off that they got caught with their dick in their hand.

    more scientific research and comparison went into Spoony’s response than anything spike has ever produced. Power rangers for the sega genesis was a better fighting game than this, fuck..  probably more realistic too now that i think about it.

  • Randy Rice

    Dear Spoony,
    Thank you for time and time again, relaying my exact feelings to the public.
    Oh and thank god someone else also hates that stupid fucking show.

  • Anonymous

    Deadliest Warrior is just stupid. The science pretends to be realistic when really it’s pretty damn shallow and leaves out just about the entire human factor of the warriors they’re trying to portray. 

  • Anonymous

    Deadliest Warrior is just stupid. The science pretends to be realistic when really it’s pretty damn shallow and leaves out just about the entire human factor of the warriors they’re trying to portray. 

  • http://twitter.com/TheToucanGuy TheToucanGuy

    From what I understand Spike Games basically told Spoony “How dare you expect entertainment from a game that is $10″ Look at Terraria it’s $10 game that’s made by two people and it’s a hell of a lot better than the Deadliest Warrior game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mursa-ArtDragon/100001067306478 Mursa ArtDragon

    Wow it is tough being a reviewer huh. By the way for the ones stating the scientific validity of one hit kills. Well yes but I think the point is, is it fun? Games where one button is constantly finishing the game, is that fun? Doesn’t sound like the kinda thing gamers talk about for years to come.Well aside Duke Nukem 3D, hitting that button at the end is just awesome

  • http://www.facebook.com/john.rose.921 John Rose

    Its funny when people compare it to street fighter 2, which did have a higher price point when it came out. Now, because there are bigger and better games out there, you know how much SF2 is worth? around 4 dollars. so if you charge 10 dollars for your game, you better give the player a game thats 2.5 times as good as street fighter 2, not a worse game.

  • DraculaAlucard1

    The appachi is the most useless character in the game. He has the shortest range of any character, starting with the knife, then going to his mid range tomahawks, which should be his short range compaired to the other mid range weapons such as the pike, spear, naginato, ect. Oh, & Realistic? BULLSHIT! How do you take 2 blunderbuss shots to the chest, & still survive? How do you fight with one arm? Although in the sequal game, my friend & I like to play zombie mode, & we get a ton of kicks out of it.

  • DraculaAlucard1

    Also, deadliest warrior is now only about 5 bucks. I’d be fine buying that, just for shits & giggles with my friends

  • http://www.facebook.com/arturo.medina.98 Arturo Medina

    OWND!!!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/creoleluvin Libby Rachal

    I normally don’t post on message boards, but I have to say Amen Spoony! I am so sick of these POS games being foisted off on gamers then cry “Oh, well what did you expect. It’s only ten dollars.” I may be old school, but that is no excuse. I was raised on Street Fighter, Tekken, Soul Caliber, Mortal Combat, etc, and there is no way I’d ever take that from a piss poor developer. By the way, I’ve played both Bushido Blade one and two, and those games were frackin’ ART compared to this crap fest!!!! Don’t worry about the Haters Spoony, if you aren’t pissing someone off, you haven’t done your job right.

  • http://twitter.com/Das_Bass Das_Bass

    I don’t know what made me go back to this video, but last I checked. This was the same year Notch programed minecraft with TWO fucking people in JAVA! NOt C++, Java! And made what turned into a cult loved game and than into what some would call best PC game of the god damn year. These guys can’t say shit about funds. Fucking Doom was programed in a god damn basement in DOS with 2 guys. And that was 199fuckng2

    • Julio Garcia

      going farther. The MLP Fighting is Magic. Disregarding whether you like the show or not. Was a very well done game. done by just fans, and free. In that matter. You can go to Newgrounds and play anything more professional by not paying nothing, created by kids sitting in front of a Windows XP.

      • DasBass

        I forgot I ever posted this. Anyway I know nothing about that, but It’s cool what people can churn out on free time and a few all-nighters. Given the right tools and work you can do anything. Look at the guys that made Fallout: Project Brazil. They made a full map, pro voice actors, a cool plot and more. It was damn impressive ans a must play if you own a PC copy of Fallout: NV. They did it without being paid and sice it is a mod, for free. I might be wrong, but I think one of them did get a job from Beathesda for it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Freddy-Duran/100000817426762 Freddy Duran

    You know…considering this was 2 years ago now..im pretty sure blockbuster was gone even back then

  • http://www.facebook.com/shaun.quinlan.12 Shaun Quinlan

    I know this is a bit late, but just started watching TSE a few months back, and have been watching thru the archives. But a game that was developed in 1998 called “Die by the Sword”. Ya, that’s how you do aiming my friends. Sure it was for the PC, and used a mouse, but if you wanted to make a game have a controllable way to hack off limbs, look no further.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bradley-Nephilim/549869871 Bradley Nephilim

    I’m just glad that someone else was annoyed with the show too, be damned with a licensed game.

  • Tab

    If I wanted realism, I’d join the military or go on a shooting spree. I’d hand my buddy and sword and start swinging. I’d steal a car and fly down the highway at max speed. No matter what game it is, it’s a poor representation of reality. I play videos games for immersion and to escape reality, not to simulate it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/tyler.j.amon Tyler John Amon

    Spoony i love you xd, no srrsly tho check out Rune by Humanhead Studios, its a 1999 computer game, its online community has shrunk quite a bit and now is slow, but the storry mode is amasing, the combat is genius, basicly it sounds kind of like thi boshito blade game, with lots of dodging, timing, camera rotation dictates where you face / run forward to, also the wasd keys move in their respective direction, there are many differnt attacks based on the direction of your charecter, and above all the multiplayer is all bout skill, its been out for so long now that a new player to multiplayer would have to play years to get a 0.5 ratio on most of the players left there. You can aim using your camera rotation via mouse, move with W, and camera rotation, or other respective keys, also dodging witch is very useful in all aspects. You can chop arms, heads, use them as weapons, throw weapons, shields, jump attack its all very VERY DYNAMIC!, I beg you Spoony, Nay, NOAH. PLEASE do a video review of this oldie, just to show how this game still can hold up. It runs a UT 99 engine, and is one of the first ever ( if there are even more ) hack and slash games that use such engines. Its worth a look at!

  • Zipper Dragon

    I dont hate the game but it is by no means good. I played D.W.: Legends with a friend & we laughed our asses off. We were playing Zombie mode, I had injured his leg so he was limping, & he cut off my torso, but could stil run. So I ran away from him while he chased me, & we couldn’t stop laughing.

  • Trug0d

    “Your game sucks, your show sucks, The End.” -Noah Antwiler

  • Alex Drennen

    AMAZING! i love how he got so angry he was literally frothing at the mouth

  • KaorHashinake

    “(The Spoony One) is the worst reviewer ever.”
    Huh, that person was weird. That’s not how you spell “The Irate Gamer”.

    • Andre Reichenbacher

      Or “Alexander4488″.

  • Joseph Raymond Ortiz

    LMFAOOOOOOO!!!!!!

  • http://www.poraora.com/ Kevin Nash

    LOL that was… :) keep posting more.children education games.

  • strifesong

    Damn. Spoony was hating everything long before Pacific Rim.

    I kid, though I do love going back to this review from time to time. “Your game sucks, your show sucks, the end.” It’s just awesome.

  • Mark Reddman

    Parry, stamina and dodging are big points? Well, if you want to see that done well just play Dark Souls or Demon’s Souls.

  • fireball3477

    Well, you shure told ‘em, dude. ;)

  • Alis

    Best ending line. Bravo.

  • Slevin424

    Okay… this is coming from a seasoned Street Fighter and King of Fighters player. I’ve played damn near every game in this genre. Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct (old and new), Marvel vs Capcom, SNK, Injustice, Virtual Fighter, Soul Caliber and Super Smash Bros (yes that’s a legit fighting game and I’ll defend that even if Nintendo doesn’t want to). There are no connecting combos, your character will have a set combo that’s designed to do the exact number of hits and the speed to do it then you stop. Other games would have chains, 1-frame links, crossups, cancels or adjusted mix ups which allows personal use of characters. I know so many Akuma players and I’ve seen so many different ways to use him. Rush down heavy, projectile spammers, anti-air and his unique special Raging Demon plus his ability to phase (teleport) means can be used as a grappler. It’s the same character yet there are so many different ways to use him. All characters in Deadliest Warrior will play the same way no matter what you do, there is no character balance, no systems, no technical aspects or even a unique theme. Oh you got a parry mechanic… Street Fighter 3rd Strike has a real parry system. Stamina is just a guard break that can slow your swings down as well.

    But! The most important aspect of every fighter ever made is the controls. Fighting games require buttery smooth controls that feel tight and responsive. Without good controls your fighter could not be playable. It requires sharp reflexes and perfect inputs. And Deadliest Warrior does NOT deliver on that. The controls are terrible, nothing feels right. It’s bad and no $10 doesn’t make it better. Right now Fallout New Vegas, Skyrim, KOF 13, MX vs ATV, Devil May Cry 4, Skate 2, State of Decay and Walking Dead 400 Days are all under $5 dollars. So Skyrim + Fallout = crappy broken fighter? No thanks.

    As for Spoony’s comment yes Deadliest Warrior is not a new theme.

    Soul Caliber – Knight, Samurai, Pirate, Voodoo?, Monk (bo staff), fencer, martial arts, viking and Tribal

  • Andre Reichenbacher

    For some reason this vid is disabled on Spoony’s Blip page. I’m glad it works here. “Your show sucks, your game sucks, THE END!” All right, you tell ‘em, Noah, yeah!

  • Sam Oehser

    I can buy a used copy of Uncharted 2 for 6 bucks. Blow me

  • Weedburner

    Well i do a bit of HEMA and you would be suprised,a Longsword FIght goes to the Point where 1 makes a Error.

    When you wanna know how real swordfighting looks.here are some german longsword Tactics

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln94E9AGYTc

  • Weedburner

    I can guarantee “Stoner Potheads” also dont like the Game :) You cant smoke enough Weed to think this is a good Game.Weed and Games dont work like Beer and ugly Woman you know ;)

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