Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[benji]

The lack of polish, the general sluggishness that’s hard to put a finger on, the floaty but spectacular combat, the pantomime feel of main narrative beats, the robotic characters, and intermittently bizarre dialogue.

Ultimately it’s hard to recommend Forspoken to anyone. It’s clunky, and drab, with a familiar narrative and mean-spirited characters. The best thing I can say about Forspoken is that it makes for a good podcast game. A simple experience that doesn’t require your full attention but is fun enough to just jump in, zoom around, and blast things for a while. If you come at it with any higher expectations you’re likely to be disappointed.

Rating: 5/10

CHUD ALERT

[benji]

Edit: every article on the website is just him. I'd believe you if you said this is just a ruse to get free review copies

Further back there's a few that are from other people. A lot of the pre-2021 reviews seem to have completely broken pictures.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-371?post=122090757#post-122090757

I'm just putting SB threads on ignore at this point. Gonna suck seeing it pop up in the GOTY thread later this year with people using it as a vehicle to post thinly-veiled misogyny

Who's this dude kidding? 

[BIONIC]

https://progressbar.com.au/reviews/stellar-blade-review/

The comments section on that reeeeject's review is pretty funny

This is the kind of guy that ridicules Stellar Blade for depicting a real woman in a video game, but jerks of to hentai in his closet. With a name like "Darcy Tranter-Cook", should've expected no less.

Their Twitter is as you would expect.
Trans anti-semite writing about video games. Is there a factory in ZCHINA where they breed folks like this?  

https://twitter.com/dmax3901

Over 8K tweets to 114 followers

[ComeAgain]

It’s misogynistic now to post a vidya game as a potential GOTY contender in a GOTY discussion thread

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Known zoophile supporter Cenauru is a degenerate sex addict with goon brain? Keep up with being the living trans stereotype, pal! Doing your people proud!

#FreeZeoVGM
#ZeoVGMdidNothingWrong

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-371?post=122090757#post-122090757

I'm just putting SB threads on ignore at this point. Gonna suck seeing it pop up in the GOTY thread later this year with people using it as a vehicle to post thinly-veiled misogyny

Does Kyuuji even do the GOTY stuff?

[ComeAgain]

”Chudborne" was and still is the most appropriate title. Imagine the new generation of chuds that this game will spawn over the years.

Are all of these supposed chuds rallying behind this game in the room with us? Or just screaming really loudly in your head?

The game supposedly has the next coming of the Nazi party forming behind it and yet many in that thread don’t seem to think it’ll sell very well.

[HaughtyFrank]

It’s misogynistic now to post a vidya game as a potential GOTY contender in a GOTY discussion thread

But remember, it's the Chuds who turned this into a culture war

[kaleidoscopium]

Who knew it was this easy to start a gaming review site and get free copies of games to shit on. Incredible

[nachobro]

having a game review blog has been the tech for free copies since forever, though a lot of the bigger publishers have wised up at this point

[benji]

”Chudborne" was and still is the most appropriate title. Imagine the new generation of chuds that this game will spawn over the years.

I'll never understand how nobody over there ever asks these people to explain how they imagine this whole process playing out.

[benji]

"You see, if Smithers doesn't cover his eyes, then the ladies butts will not just turn him straight but into a chud."

[HaughtyFrank]

”Chudborne" was and still is the most appropriate title. Imagine the new generation of chuds that this game will spawn over the years.

I'll never understand how nobody over there ever asks these people to explain how they imagine this whole process playing out.

If anything it's them crying and whining that pushes people towards the Chuds.

"Me and my girlfriend really liked this game"

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE YOU BIGOT"

[ComeAgain]

And when someone mentions their girlfriend/wife liking the game a lot, it’s “that’s fine but that’s not how everyone else feels”.

Yeah? And how YOU feel isn’t how the majority feel. So shut the hell up.

[kaleidoscopium]

I'm just hoping that the yellow Kill Bill outfit hides the jiggles etc and then it'll just be cool combat and really impressive attack animations.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/stellar-blade-ot-seoulsborne.852873/page-2?post=122091945#post-122091945

[Steven Snell]

And when someone mentions their girlfriend/wife liking the game a lot, it’s “that’s fine but that’s not how everyone else feels”.

Yeah? And how YOU feel isn’t how the majority feel. So shut the hell up.

Or question if the person actually has a spouse.

[Taco Bell Tower]

And when someone mentions their girlfriend/wife liking the game a lot, it’s “that’s fine but that’s not how everyone else feels”.

Yeah? And how YOU feel isn’t how the majority feel. So shut the hell up.

Or question if the person actually has a spouse.

Or tell the person their spouse should make a Ree account and post about they're fine with the game

[Steven Snell]

Or tell the person their spouse should make a Ree account and post about they're fine with the game

What sort of person would put their loved ones through that!

[HaughtyFrank]

I wasn't going to buy any new games - skipped Unicorn Overlord, which I really wanted - but I saw this and bought ZAU to spite the douchebags. Not sure when I'll actually play it but it was worth the $27 Canadian anyway.

(“It helps ZAU is way cheaper” )

Speaking of Zau, it looks to be exactly the kind of game RE should endlessly gush about and yet the OT has 18 posts as of now.

[benji]

And when someone mentions their girlfriend/wife liking the game a lot, it’s “that’s fine but that’s not how everyone else feels”.

Yeah? And how YOU feel isn’t how the majority feel. So shut the hell up.

It would be if they were properly informed instead of slaves to capitalist false consciousness. But as the staff noted, people are terrible at shutting up and listening.

[Boredfrom]

I wasn't going to buy any new games - skipped Unicorn Overlord, which I really wanted - but I saw this and bought ZAU to spite the douchebags. Not sure when I'll actually play it but it was worth the $27 Canadian anyway.

(“It helps ZAU is way cheaper” )

Speaking of Zau, it looks to be exactly the kind of game RE should endlessly gush about and yet the OT has 18 posts as of now.

Just like that African Disney+ show that also seems to be decent or good but BCT more concerned in gushing for X-men 97. 

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/garrys-mod-is-removing-20-years-worth-of-nintendo-related-workshop-items-due-to-takedown-requests-from-nintendo.853023/?post=122092980#post-122092980

i'd bet my kidney the dude who did the fake, was just going through ERA thread on the whole samus thing and knew it would rile people up lmao

Edit: hell i'd bet them both
Double Edit: shiiet... Am i bout to lose both my kidneys?

Now to see who read's the first page a little or glossed the original post just to say 'Eff Nintendo"

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/suspect-charged-for-cancelling-nintendo-japan-events-by-threatening-to-%E2%80%98kill-everyone%E2%80%99-for-%E2%80%98shitty-games%E2%80%99.852372/?post=122083986#post-122083986

User Banned (2 Weeks): Inflammatory post targeting another member

Didn't know Planetsmasher lived in Japan! jk

 

[Taco Bell Tower]

Why they ban them for telling the truth?  

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/garrys-mod-is-removing-20-years-worth-of-nintendo-related-workshop-items-due-to-takedown-requests-from-nintendo.853023/?post=122092980#post-122092980

Gmod content is a pretty significant exposure pipeline for Nintendo IP to little kids, so this really seems shortsighted on Nintendo's part.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/house-approves-sell-or-be-banned-tiktok-measure-attaching-it-to-foreign-aid-bill.849453/page-18?post=122059002#post-122059002

User Banned (2 Weeks): Downplaying Racism

There are videos of it two pages ago as well as well as several articles posted.

I'm not really sure what that video shows. A guy is asking questions to the CEO of TikTok about his citizenship status in what seems to be a hearing of some kind? Wouldn't asking questions and clarifying everything for presumably a record of the hearing be the whole point?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/google-fires-more-workers-over-israeli-cloud-contract-protest-after-ceo-says-leave-politics-at-home.852186/?post=122075049#post-122075049

User Banned (1 Month): Whitewashing genocide

This whole situation seems to be turning into this generation's 'Vietnam' as far as picking sides goes. It's ridiculous!

The only thing that's ridiculous is people supporting a region that elected a terorrist organization into power, allowed it to flourish for 17 years and is now faced with the consequences of their actions and inactions...

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/stellar-blade-review-thread.852417/page-2?post=122073408#post-122073408

User banned (permanent): Dismissing concerns of sexualization, prior for homophobia

It's nice when people is talking about the real game and not the "sexualization"

[Taco Bell Tower]

Huh?  How was that homophobic?