The definitive Space Giraffe thread

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:45 pm 0

Jamesac wrote:Just got back from work, did I miss anything?

James

Only six people left and came back.

Fuseball · Post by **Fuseball** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:46 pm 0

Just had a thought... If you can polarise people's opinions this strongly then you've done something rather special. You've made a game that is viewed and reviewed on more than just technical merit. You've made a game that is reviewed as a piece of art.

Flojomojo · Post by **Flojomojo** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:49 pm 0

Fuseball wrote:Just had a thought... If you can polarise people's opinions this strongly then you've done something rather special. You've made a game that is viewed and reviewed on more than just technical merit. You've made a game that is reviewed as a piece of art.

Don't overthink this. Remember Occam's Razor: the simplest explanation is the correct one.

... therefore ...

Space Giraffe is great, and OXM is useless fishwrap.

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:54 pm 0

Fuseball wrote:Just had a thought... If you can polarise people's opinions this strongly then you've done something rather special. You've made a game that is viewed and reviewed on more than just technical merit. You've made a game that is reviewed as a piece of art.

It's Llamasoft, innit?

Mama Llama anyone? (by the way, I was the BEST at that game, and will deal with pretenders accordingly

)

Seriously, if we all bought Llamasoft games based on reviews, how many of us would be here today?

I can't wait for SG-Wednesday. I know that I will be crap at it, but I want to try to be better than that

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:15 am 0

Zoot wrote: I can't wait for SG-Wednesday. I know that I will be crap at it, but I want to try to be better than that

I hope I gel with it like T2K and Iridis Alpha, rather than T3K and Photon Storm.

Joe Q Public · Post by **Joe Q Public** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:16 am 0

The rating and review snippet are indeed suck. Those that follow such reviews as the end-all-be-all only truth there is also suck. Those that will d/l the trial, like it but not buy it due to OXM telling them not to... I'm sure there are those types may suck the most. I don't really understand the psychology of it all... perhaps they are just fools and that's that. I think perhaps it's best to ignore them, for sanity's sake.

Best to think of the possitives. Alot of people are no doubt excited to buy this game. Alot will d/l the trial and be sufficiently impressed to buy it. Time to relax and watch your game be played by a shitload of people. Fuck what that OXM guy said, in the end you are making many people happy with your game!

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:18 am 0

PVB wrote:
Zoot wrote: I can't wait for SG-Wednesday. I know that I will be crap at it, but I want to try to be better than that
Photon Storm.

Ooh, I was POOR at Photon Storm

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:20 am 0

Joe Q Public wrote:The rating and review snippet are indeed suck. Those that follow such reviews as the end-all-be-all only truth there is also suck. Those that will d/l the trial, like it but not buy it due to OXM telling them not to... I'm sure there are those types may suck the most. I don't really understand the psychology of it all... perhaps they are just fools and that's that. I think perhaps it's best to ignore them, for sanity's sake.

Best to think of the possitives. Alot of people are no doubt excited to buy this game. Alot will d/l the trial and be sufficiently impressed to buy it. Time to relax and watch your game be played by a shitload of people. Fuck what that OXM guy said, in the end you are making many people happy with your game!

If it's your bag, great, if it isn't, no sweat.

There are people in the world who don't "get" Super Mario World, and that is officially the best game in the world evar

tssk · Post by **tssk** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:31 am 0

Just popped across from World of Stu and decided that this might cheer you up. Apologies if it's already been posted.

It's an old Penny Arcade strip about 'official' mags. I know I go through this ritual every month.

Game Rogue · Post by **Game Rogue** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:10 am 0

I don't understand why theres a Street Trace:NYC posting section in the "official" Xbox Forums yet Space Giraffe (same release date as Street Trace:NYC) does not have one. =(

andy · Post by **andy** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:15 am 0

Welcome to the fluffy place, Joe Q Public and tssk!

PVB should be along with another warm welcome in the not too distant future...

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:28 am 0

andy wrote:Welcome to the fluffy place, Joe Q Public and tssk!

PVB should be along with another warm welcome in the not too distant future...

Already done in the other thread:

http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?p=1180129#1180129

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:30 am 0

tssk wrote:Just popped across from World of Stu and decided that this might cheer you up. Apologies if it's already been posted.

Welcome tssk, to the fluffiest

forums

on the

net!

It has been posted before, but it's rather apt at the moment.

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:10 am 0

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#define Holy crap this is awesome hell yes 2

DeanoC wrote:
Jedburgh wrote:And here's Angry Gamer's review.

"Space Giraffe is an evolution of the tube shooter, but itâ€™s a huge one â€“ if Tempest 2000 represents the difference between a caveman and a caveman with fire, Space Giraffe is the difference between a caveman and Ben Affleck."

Wait thats meant to be a nice review right??, cos for me well Caveman to Ben Affleck, not much evolution

I'm probably the only person in the universe who enjoyed Paycheck...

Bounty Bob · Post by **Bounty Bob** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:21 am 0

Overall: Holy crap this is awesome hell yes / 10

Technically he hasn't even given it a mark out of ten. Surely this is worse than 2?