Funny how people fail to have the thought process "why would he review his own game poorly?" and then make the leap to "hm, must be satire."

velvet396

@Parapraxis:

Too late.

Troubadour

I was not aware that the article was satirical, I was simply breezing through my favorite site, caught mention of a xbla game I played and was excited for. And it seemed as though it was being slightly panned by its own creator. Sorry, I took the time to defend a genre I think still has viable place in this game era. Now do me a favor smoke a joint, and fuckin' chill.

Saliu

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Parapraxis

@Saliu: Did you read the article?

It's painfully obvious, but anyway. It's the creator itself reviewing his own game. The whole time he's docking it points for absurdities, like having the character wear no manskirts, or that the "dishwasher" doesn't actually wash dishes.

More extremely, he complains that the game is not a carbon-neutral dating sim (it's actually a side scrolling beat 'em up). The whole 2D/3D thing is obviously part of this.

Grive

Parapraxis

@Mike Fahey: lolz

SAKY

@Saliu:
While I agree with what he's saying, I still think 2D can be beautiful.

That's exactly what he's saying. The entire post was a satire.

By agreeing with what he said, you're actually disagreeing with what he was trying to get across.

Parapraxis

Im surprised there are people commenting who don't understand that this review is satire.
I mean.... Cmon, it's the guys own game.

I found the review hilarious.

dantemustdie

Can I have this game yet? Ever? Hello?

Swift_

@Toasticus: Me, trying to trick people? Never!

DANCE my puppets! DANCE!

Mike Fahey

I once tried to wash the dishes using a cleaver.

I'm not allowed to do the dishes anymore.

Troubadour

@Toasticus: One would only hope that people would read from the original source, sadly that did not happen.

Are you guilty? here:
[skasoftware.wordpress.com]

SAKY

@Parapraxis: Ok explain yourself.

Saliu

Hm. I've never heard of this game. I guess this is the publicity that will make me check it out.

vid3oman64

@kwant: @litrock: @eternalsunshineofcoralfang:
Of course.

Duh. Can't you see? How can a 2D game, which is not possibly HD at all, capture our carbon-conscious, knee-lenght skirt wearing imaginations? Especially when our imaginations have been blunted by a dishwasher game with no dishwashing?

Grive

Aw, I thought it was going to be about a dishwasher who is a dead samurai. And then I thought, "Wait, dishwashers are inanimate objects and have no limbs with which to properly move in space."

...No manskirts?! *sob*

Troubadour

Ah. Good game, guys.

dowingba

I am completely and utterly baffled that anyone would take that review seriously.

My god.

Nslick

This game is by far one of the best I've played on XBLA (others being Braid, BC:Rearmed). The controls were spot on and lot of fun, finishers were stylish enough to want to do them again and again. Maybe it's me but there is something about tossing someone into the air and then repeatedly kicking them against the wall that is intensely satisfying. I can only hope in the finished version that there will be more finishers, crazier enemies and an arsenal of weapons to put a real hurt on everything.

Devmani

You trying to trick people, Mike? Devoid of context, it just about sounds like he's being serious here. You should have picked a more absurd bit from the original article.

People: this is sarcasm. He is not serious.

Toasticus

hold on one sec. while i just put my tongue in my cheek...

mcscan

lol @ everyone who's taking the review a little too serious. started my day off with a good laugh. at least it's easy to pick out those who can get trolled easily now, not that i would do such a thing. >.>

lorbs28

@Saliu: @kwant: @spacecoffin2:

you know, now would be a good time to ask brian for an edit button before you get your asses laughed out of the thread.

Parapraxis

"2D-by definition-is not HD" That's just BS.
I could arguably say that "3D-by definition is for those who are incapable of creating art and have to resort to computer sofware to mimic arts"
*I'm looking at you, Disney, et. al*
using a computer software to create a scenery is NOT the same as drawing a scenery

eternalsunshineofcoralfang

Please tell me he's not being serious.

2D games are still typically better art-directed than 3D games. I wish we had more of them in a more diverse genre set.

litrock

@kwant: only tards

spacecoffin2

@FriedConsole: lolcano - you're just playin right?

amazinglarry

While I agree with what he's saying, I still think 2D can be beautiful. And if done correctly, can be an artful and respectful throwback to the early years. And from the little I played of The Dishwasher I can say quite easily,"Well done." Here's hoping that this guy is granted more power to do what he really wants. Support this game, don't let HD kill 2D. This coming from big screen owner/graphics whore.

Saliu

I remember this when they did the big XNA push you downloaded onto your console. I had fun with it.

Eville1 says SKUse me a sec.

HE LIVES 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM IN UTICA, NEW YORK!

youngn134

"...2D graphics [are] completely inadequate at capturing our imaginations..."

does ANYONE agree with that at all?

kwant

"not only are 2D graphics completely inadequate at capturing our imaginations"

Fail

" 2D-by definition-is not HD "

Epic Fail

Anyhow questions?

Go back to playing Sonic on Genesis people nothing to see here.

spacecoffin2

The demo of this game kicked ass. Jellycar was a hoot also. When are these XNA games coming to XBLA? It's been months since the demos.

SAKY

A lot of great stuff is out or coming out to Xbox Live. I'm starting to look foward to the little games I can download more than these triple A titles coming out.

maniacmayhem

@Teamwork Takedown: I think i read in EDGE magazine that you can use a guitar hero/Rock band guitar to control the character.

Player two has a guitar you see!

nottsville

All games are dating sims. It's just a matter of how well they're disguised.

elementary

@FriedConsole:

EVeryone but you understands it.

Modus_Operandi

From what Ive seen and played of the game he can afford to give it a 1 because everyone else will give it a 10.

I hope to one day be able to do what the dishwasher does... and that doesnt involve dishwashing

except after dinner

SaanZ

In all honesty though this game kicks ass.

Modus_Operandi

The game is pretty damn fun and seems to have a lot of content with it. With 2P or possibly 4P co-op it'll be a must have for my friends and I.

Teamwork Takedown

People should read the review. It is actually sarcastic and funny. Does Kotaku understand humor?

FriedConsole

well i dont and he should be ashamed of himself...

richard733

I like this guy.

From what I have seen of the game, it is a good thing he found an outlet for the stuff in his head...

wheezo

@Aex: I do hope your joking. For there are those on this thread that might verbally stone you to death for making such a comment. Trust me, I know.

Saliu

The 2D HD comment got me thinking (yes I realised the sarcasm), that 3D games have a lot to make up for in comparison to the bygone days of 2D. People have put their obsessive compulsive hearts in to 2D sprites. With 3D the texturing requires skill sure, but once it's done it's done, a sprite requires effort in every frame, and produces a character designed to look artistic and awesome in every position. Team Fortress 2 is the only game that comes to mind where I've fallen in love with the visual character design in the 3D world. Other than that the only people willing to go to extreme lengths for visuals are those catering to kids.

Some people may view Master Chief, Lara Croft or Max Payne as iconic character designs. But is that really the best 3D modellers and texture artists can come up with? Realism is a good thing to a small extent, after that you are still making a game where a character doesn't die from a headshot, where plasma can be fired like bullets and other things that depart from reality. So the game designers should stop kidding themselves and be more artistic.

I've seen so much concept art that has looked so much better than the final product to be singing praises of the normalcy game designers give us gamers.

Oh and publicly self-reviewing like this should always be humourous, any serious introspection could never be frank or truthful if the audience included the public.

Sword_Monkey

Nice job not reading the review before posting, guys..

2D is not HD because there's a 2 instead of an H in front of the D. That's the entirety of his point right there. (By this logic, 3D is not HD, either)

Satire. Learn it, Love it.

Zugdaga

Honestly I found that to be something that someone on the net work say, so I missed the sarcasm. Doh!

kwant

Damn, That sucks he rated his own game so low, I was looking forward to this one.

Oh well, thanks for the heads up to save me money!

Aex

@Mike Fahey: yes master...

Kuririn

Some of these comments left me monumentally ensaddened.

Cam_Ras

It was only a matter of time before someone come up with a satirical review of their game since the whole Molyneux rating of his own game.
This was a fun read:)

Comments 'rnt Us (usually)

@SAKY: Are you really asking me, or did you suddenly switch from addressing me to addressing people in general?

Toasticus

Sold...when does it come out?

Shinamano

For those who don't get it, the review is meant to be ironic.

L_K_M

heh they poke fun at god of war 2 a few times.

cravy

"A boss the size of a large building that takes roughly forty-five minutes to beat, during which the hero must perform at least two dozen quick time events, transform twice, travel through time, and discover something important about himself"

LOL

MyLittlePwny

@Parapraxis: Laughed out of the thread cause I defended 2D / art aganist satire I missed when it now seems a trend for developers to review their own games ( Too Human guy blah blah the Fable 2 guy with the 9/10 )??? Ok whatever. Only yeah I did miss it, it flew right over my head...but only cause I'm used to people being so obtuse even the most outlandish statements seem like they have logic behind them.

Back to playing Sonic so he still epic fails...:P

spacecoffin2

1 out of 10?
There go his Metacritic ratings.

Sofox

@L_K_M: seriously!? because I think we all missed that. thanks so much for pointing that out.

Lombax

@Lombax: Yes, reading the comments, a lot of people missed it. So you're welcome.

L_K_M

Touché.

Fabrice

Odin Sphere was 2D and I didn't find it "inadequate at capturing our imaginations" quite the opposite really.

These guys never played a snes before?

Molotov

The God of War references killed me. This guy is awesome.

Thorax

I can't wait for this game. The Xbox 360 needs more high definition 2d games.

Luziphir

Game isn't on PSN, so thus it sucks until it comes to the PSN. Just like Castle Crashers, whichs sucks as well for not being on the PSN.

RTW

Comments are evidence that the "stopped reading at _______" culture has consequences. Read the whole thing. Always.

Teo

@yanipheonu: of course it's possible. every frame that is drawn and drawn and colored must be scanned and filmed, as usual. now, they can captured much more detail and clarity. if you have the set-up, just do a side-by-side comparison. i'm certain that you will be able to see the difference.

laser beams

You know last-gen games might not be Hi-def or built with HD in mind, but I think those older games still benefit greatly on HD TV's. Case in point I baught a couple PS2 games back in the day because they looked incredible playing on the Hi-Def screen in store. Took them home to my standard TV, and was shocked at the difference.

Ravaged

@yanipheonu: Colors are more colorful and the lines are more line-ful...

There is a small difference, due to price, I wouldn't buy HD anime over DVD anime. Movies are a completely other topic tho.

@Saliu: Yea, It was a joke, I was being a jackass like James Silva to mock him :p

Aex

Haha, awesome. Made me laugh alot.

@Molotov: Another confused one eh? Read the linked review. All will become clear.

TearsandScreams

I just saw an anime on blu-ray advertsied as HD....

...Is it even possible for animation to be HD?

yanipheonu

hahaha, he actually trolled his own game and started a flamewar. AWESOME!

ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST

That made me laugh really hard.

I think I'm going to start saying "monumentally ensaddened"

LastFace

Ha, funny. Even funnier is that there are people thick enough to think he's serious.

Placentasaurus

It's a little sad that so many people on here don't recognize sarcasm when they read it.

wheezo

Half of these comments are frickin' pathetic.

Haven't heard of this game before, but it looks like it could be good. It seems like all I'm playing on my 360 these days are 2D games (Braid, Castle Crashers).

concrete_d

Oh come on, 2d isn't dead. BC:Rearmed looks pretty HD, so does Braid. I don't think 2d will ever die as long as it's possible. Well, except when we're on the PS10 that crawls into your brain and you experience everything real time from your own perspective. But by then games will be so expensive that there will only be 3-4 games released per year, one for each of the remaining mega-publishers that roam the country, plucking up any developer they can find and hooking their brains up to a render farm.

Talleh

@spacecoffin2:

Couldn't agree more.

I can't get over the fact out how many clueless, pony-tail-totting tards get a chance at designing games today -- small scale or not.

Freakin' watch a two-minute-tutty on how not to be a complete hack if you can't figure out how not to be one on your own; I'm sure you can find one on youtube if you look hard enough.

Thut

@Thut:

I rest my case.

concrete_d

Just so everyone knows, this is a joke. After all, when the guy who made the 2-D game for a next gen system says that 2-D games for next gen systems all suck, you can infer that he's being silly.
These comments support my belief that there has never been a shortage of ignorance in the world. But I've said some stupid things too, so no hard feelings. :D

AllegraStreit