The Official Angry Video Game Nerd Discussion Thread [Archive] - Page 33

Nightowljrm

08-04-2011, 04:00 PM

I really enjoyed the most recent AVGN video. I understand why it takes so long for him to make new episodes - between how long it takes just to make it and the movie he's working on - but still, I always find myself wishing for more.

Anyway, it is pretty bad, mainly because the game design is horrendous, which makes the control seem bad. The scrolling on jumping, air-puffs, water-skipping, etc. are a pain because they're not properly executed. The scrolling up and down happens at the worse-possible time (ALWAYS when there's enemies below you), air-puffs come in mobs, and the water-skipping is far too common.

It would've been a great game based on the ideas/concept if placed in the hands of a better producer, like Capcom. But Vic Tokai also produced a very fun game, The Krion Conquest, so who knows?

So basically it's a mediocre game, but not awful.

wingzrow

08-04-2011, 05:00 PM

Not sure if this was mentioned but anyone notice how much hair he's losing?

InsaneDavid

08-04-2011, 05:57 PM

Not sure if this was mentioned but anyone notice how much hair he's losing?

Him and me both.

joshnickerson

08-04-2011, 09:41 PM

Not sure if this was mentioned but anyone notice how much hair he's losing?

Oh crap, and we're both around the same age

*goes to check a mirror*

rkotm

08-04-2011, 09:55 PM

I liked it, for what it was worth, with him busy and all. You can tell he was pressed for time, sitting in one spot for the visual part of the Nerd. All in all, a lot like a 2006/7 episode, and that'll do for now, since his last episode was what, march? (Not counting Barbie/making of AVGN). And yeah, i see hair loss is more apparent now.

Jorpho

08-04-2011, 10:02 PM

Dr. Claw's Dump 'n' Pump? Seriously? What the crap ?

Jorpho

08-04-2011, 10:03 PM

Oops, double post.

Here's the TAS video (http://tasvideos.org/2691S.html). (The author used MATLAB calculations to figure out some of the moves. How delightful!)

Greg2600

08-04-2011, 11:54 PM

Not sure if this was mentioned but anyone notice how much hair he's losing?
Once you hit the 3-0, you don't broach the subject!

BTW, Kid Kool clearly rips off backgrounds and sprites from Super Mario Bros. games.

JSoup

08-05-2011, 03:49 AM

I've never been one to watch or read reviews, but I happened across a JTV stream of all the AVGN videos in a row, mixed in with reviews from ScrewAttack and Zero Punctuation. So, I'm a ZP fan now.

Not sure if this was mentioned but anyone notice how much hair he's losing?

Kinda like the Nostalgia Critic.

boatofcar

08-05-2011, 07:15 AM

Dr. Claw's Dump 'n' Pump? Seriously? What the crap ?

I can't believe that is actually real, but it is.

portnoyd

08-05-2011, 07:36 AM

That was definitely one of his weaker videos.

Coptur

08-05-2011, 01:19 PM

The latest AVGN episode Kid Kool was awesome. I enjoyed the seven deadly sins aspect, and the game itself is truly piss poor. The vertical jumping with scrolling screen is unforgivable, and the designers should have known better.
I don't mind an occasional guest on his show, I found Jason and the Ninja from Ninja Gaiden to be really funny. But overall, I prefer this standard type of game focused avgn review, and this one delivered the goods. The other versions of the game like Psycho Fox may be decent game, but the Nerd is right about Kid Kool. It's a horrible clone of that game, with awful game flaws. The Dr. Claw part had me rolling on the floor and wishing the game actually existed. Someone make it! Once again Amazing video from the Nerd!

Jorpho

08-05-2011, 06:47 PM

I can't believe that is actually real, but it is.
The Dr. Claw part had me rolling on the floor and wishing the game actually existed.I'm now also thinking it doesn't exist.

elvis8atari

08-06-2011, 02:46 PM

I remember this game from my childhood. It was indeed terrible.

OldSchoolGamer

08-06-2011, 02:53 PM

Not sure if this was mentioned but anyone notice how much hair he's losing?

It happens, I could care less.....

elvis8atari

08-06-2011, 03:15 PM

Whatever, he can start wearing hats or something. Has no effect on the review.

Greg2600

08-06-2011, 04:54 PM

Hair loss never stopped this guy.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZLA0dFhtmL8/Sy2ng4f0QiI/AAAAAAAAB-w/Op_z5puxSsA/s200/al_bundy_vs_chobot.jpg

Tupin

08-06-2011, 09:03 PM

Playing NES games with Pat the NES Punk:

http://thepunkeffect.com/?p=2708

If there's one thing that's for sure, it's that these games are hilarious to play with somebody.

Famidrive-16

08-06-2011, 10:30 PM

Playing NES games with Pat the NES Punk:

http://thepunkeffect.com/?p=2708

If there's one thing that's for sure, it's that these games are hilarious to play with somebody.

Holy shit, I was half-paying attention and suddenly some chick in fishnets appears and starts talking about the Genesis.

I thought I stumbled onto a tube porn site for a second.

WelcomeToTheNextLevel

08-08-2011, 03:49 AM

Wow, AVGN made Kid Kool out to be almost as bad as Superman 64... and that's what he's known for. To be fair this didn't look like a mediocre game in the first place, it looked like it was already pretty bad. This was a pretty good AVGN episode. I'd give it an 8 out of 10.

Coptur

08-12-2011, 11:33 AM

Yeah, 8 out of 10 is about right.

Here's a video from cinemassacre about glitches in Banjo-Tooie

http://cinemassacre.com/2011/08/12/banjo-tooie-glitches/

Famidrive-16

08-12-2011, 05:27 PM

ReaXan

08-18-2011, 12:04 PM

Maybe its just me but it seems like AVGN has ran out of things to review that are interesting....

kafa111

08-18-2011, 12:46 PM

Maybe its just me but it seems like AVGN has ran out of things to review that are interesting....

there is a huge supply of bad games he can still review, he has mainly just done nintendo reviews, so if he moves to another system he could do many more

Rob2600

08-18-2011, 12:54 PM

it seems like AVGN has ran out of things to review that are interesting....

He still has most of the 32X library left to review.

Drixxel

08-18-2011, 11:54 PM

Not AVGN, but he managed to find the whole Coming Out of Our Shells VHS tape and did a small review on it

http://cinemassacre.com/2011/08/09/tmnt-tuesday-live-action-leftovers/

That music being used in the SNES game made me lol.

Haha, good stuff. Kind of awesome that the sinister villain "Gridlock" at the end there was wielding a Ghostbusters II prop.

MarioMania

08-25-2011, 03:36 PM

It seems everything he review, goes up in demand and shoots up in price

bigred5687

08-26-2011, 04:47 PM

New AVGN up. NWC 1990

kafa111

08-26-2011, 05:18 PM

New AVGN up. NWC 1990

It seems everything he review, goes up in demand and shoots up in price

does this mean the championship cart will go higher in price :O

Snapple

08-26-2011, 06:01 PM

I wonder if any collectors watched the latest episode and freaked out when he destroyed the two NWC 1990 carts.

Famidrive-16

08-26-2011, 06:07 PM

i hope he plays stadium events and throws the cart into a blender

i just want to see the DP reaction to that

Okay not the same game but I saw the future!!

NayusDante

08-26-2011, 06:14 PM

VIOLENCE AND BUTTER! Everything ends in violence and butter! Well, buttered toast, but close enough.

Atarileaf

08-26-2011, 08:52 PM

Believe me or not, I just kinda knew watching this that (1) those were probably fake carts and (2) they would be smashed only to have it revealed at the end that the smashed carts were fakes.

It was one of his better videos of late and pretty funny. Really enjoyed it. I didn't realize the games on those carts were just dirt common NES games. As a casual NES gamer/collector, I don't see the appeal of these carts for the prices they go for but hell, I AM an huge Atari fan but would never pay a fraction of $32,000 for a boxed Air Raid either so. . .

Greg2600

08-26-2011, 11:29 PM

Nice job on this one, Nerd and this Punk guy, very entertaining. I wonder if those carts belonged to "Punk" or the "Nerd?" James could have sold them, paid for his movie. Ha ha.

Jorpho

08-27-2011, 01:42 AM

...Ah, but of course, he must have destroyed a de-labelled Zelda cart. (For a second I was thinking maybe the gold color was added in post-processing or something.)

Gameguy

08-27-2011, 01:51 AM

Are any of those copies real? He never actually played any of the carts in the video, plus the ones that got destroyed had dip switches so they were good fakes. They all could be fakes.

DuckTalesNES

08-27-2011, 02:33 AM

I've been watching the punk videos for a while and his grey cart i'm almost sure is real. No idea about the gold one, I hadn't seen him with one of those.

Singletriad

08-27-2011, 02:49 AM

he's said many times that whenever he destroys something that's rare or expensive, he makes fakes of it to do so.

dap9984

08-27-2011, 03:23 AM

I've been watching the punk videos for a while and his grey cart i'm almost sure is real. No idea about the gold one, I hadn't seen him with one of those.
It's real and it's Punk's.

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=50591

VG_Maniac

08-27-2011, 04:28 AM

I honestly was not expecting to see a gold NWC cart in this video, but I figured it belonged to Pat as soon as I saw it. The blue repro cart in the video belongs to the AVGN. He's had it for awhile as I remember when he first put it up on his video game checklist a couple of years ago. That NWC 1990 poster you could see in the video that he had up on his wall was originally packaged in with the repro cart.

Coptur

08-28-2011, 08:56 PM

Very cool video. Pretty neat to see both a grey AND gold NWC cart together. And they're real! Good work nerd.

elvis8atari

08-29-2011, 01:43 AM

Check out this statue!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180716769847

dap9984

08-29-2011, 11:04 AM

Check out this statue!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180716769847
Now that's awesome! That is one really dedicated fan!

VG_Maniac

08-29-2011, 12:19 PM

Check out this statue!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180716769847

I bet the Nerd himself would love to own that. Of course, that would defeat the whole purpose seeing that all the money it fetches when it sells is going to be donated to him for the AVGN movie.

Blitzwing256

08-29-2011, 02:13 PM

wow colour me shocked!, we've gone an entire page without some mouthbreahter saying the nerd has "lost his touch and X clone is better now!" posts

but seriously, this episode was really well done, I love how there was the contrast of two differnt nes fans collector vs player. one of them "gets" what the nwc represents and the other just sees it as a compilation cart of crappy games. well done overall.

atari2atari

08-29-2011, 04:08 PM

It's real and it's Punk's.

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=50591

Sweet, thanks for linking that!

I had been wondering since I saw the video who exactly owned 'em!

-a2a

ReaXan

08-30-2011, 11:30 AM

Wow, Finally a good Nerd review, getting fewer of those the last year or two.

Coptur

09-03-2011, 01:25 PM

they have a trick video on Super Mario Bros 2 out
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/09/01/super-mario-bros-2-tricks/

nothing too special, but I didn't know a few of them

Kitsune Sniper

09-26-2011, 08:10 PM

http://cinemassacre.com/2011/09/26/castlevania-4-review-1992/

It's not exactly a review, but this is a 1992 video with him playing Castlevania IV... and he says more or less the same stuff. There's even a bit of cursing, haha.

Cornelius Spunkwater

09-26-2011, 08:54 PM

I like the Nerd, but I dislike it when he does "history" videos. He seems to forget that much of his audience are video game nerds who are already well aware of the history behind the consoles.

boatofcar

09-26-2011, 10:22 PM

I like the Nerd, but I dislike it when he does "history" videos. He seems to forget that much of his audience are video game nerds who are already well aware of the history behind the consoles.

Words cannot express how much I disagree with this. I am inclined to believe that much of his audience has never played anything before a Playstation, and who could stand to learn something about the history of video games.

sfchakan

09-26-2011, 10:27 PM

I enjoy a "peppering" of his old, old home movies, but his RSS feed has been dominated by stuff produced from his childhood lately. The comics got pretty old fast.

Oh well. Next week starts Monster Madness. d(o.o)b

Cornelius Spunkwater

09-27-2011, 05:27 AM

Words cannot express how much I disagree with this. I am inclined to believe that much of his audience has never played anything before a Playstation, and who could stand to learn something about the history of video games.

That's nonsense. You give nowhere near enough credit to modern gamers. Anyone watching these videos is at least aware of the existence of a number of consoles and I'm willing to bet that most of his viewers are people riding the waves of nostalgia. For God's sake, he rarely reviews anything past the SNES.

boatofcar

09-27-2011, 08:53 AM

That's nonsense. You give nowhere near enough credit to modern gamers. Anyone watching these videos is at least aware of the existence of a number of consoles and I'm willing to bet that most of his viewers are people riding the waves of nostalgia. For God's sake, he rarely reviews anything past the SNES.

I wasn't aware you had access to his analytics. Forgive me. Pray tell, what is the demographic of the average Youtube watcher? Digital Press visitor?

Just because someone had a NES growing up doesn't mean that they are passionate about the history of video games. If it bugs you that he tries to educate as well as entertain, I suggest you turn the dial to the right.

Kitsune Sniper

09-27-2011, 08:54 AM

... I wouldn't take his videos as a history lesson of any kind. His TMNT game videos that featured the C64 were pretty damn stupid. Especially because he couldn't figure out how to run the damn games.

... because apparently reading the manual was too hard. :(

aryoshi

09-27-2011, 12:10 PM

Words cannot express how much I disagree with this. I am inclined to believe that much of his audience has never played anything before a Playstation, and who could stand to learn something about the history of video games.

I do agree to an extent, quite a few of his viewers I've noticed are, in fact, younger gamers and aren't very experienced (if at all) with classic titles. It's these same people who generally go around spreading how "shit" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Castlevania II and a select other few games he's reviewed that were actually decent at the very least, but never really see the game for themselves. TMNT was not a bad game, in fact, I liked it. It was definitely a brutal game but part of it was strategy, figuring out which Turtle was best for what part. Castlevania II was actually pretty good, translation errors aside, it spawned a favorite among most CV fans, Symphony of the Night. Never cared for that one myself, just sayin' haha :P

But it's these same people who boast how terrible E.T. really is, but.. In all honesty? I personally don't think it's -that- bad, it almost seems like any other mediocre Atari game to me. When you know what to do, it's playable. Sure, there's a few glitches, there's the annoyances and there's all the holes everywhere, but you know how I see that? That's challenge. It pisses you off, and when something like that pisses you off in a game, that's a challenge to me. I'm all for challenge. Let's face it, there are FAR worse games out there, on and outside the Atari. Far, far, far worse games. I think some of these more younger fans that're more impressionable by what he and other reviewers like him say should really try to discover for themselves and try to have their own opinion on these games, they might find they're really enjoyable little gems.

djshok

09-27-2011, 12:36 PM

TRM

09-27-2011, 01:06 PM

I just genuinely dislike the guy and his brand of "humour". I know he's going for that angry comedian thing but he really just comes across as a whiny brat. The constant complaining is just too much for me. It seems like if you hate a game that much why spend all this time making a video about it. I guess a lot of people like his videos but I really have no interest in watching some guy complain on camera.

Amen to that. I've always felt that anyone can make comments like his, "Oh look at those gigantic brown cylinders of shit that drop ball sacks". Not a fan of his work, and I'm not really sure why anyone bothers watching him.

joshnickerson

09-27-2011, 09:46 PM

Kitsune Sniper

09-27-2011, 09:47 PM

Yet you're both posting in a thread dedicated to the guy... interesting...

They're not the first people to complain about him here either. :p

substantial_snake

09-27-2011, 10:34 PM

I like the Nerd, but I dislike it when he does "history" videos. He seems to forget that much of his audience are video game nerds who are already well aware of the history behind the consoles.

I actually enjoy his "history" videos more then most of his other shows. I was never even aware of things like the Intelivision, Collecovision, or Odyssey before his videos on them. I would say that even though he might not have every single detail right, it did spark some interest in game consoles I either wasn't aware of or had little knowledge of before.

Now granted the AVGN was primarily what sparked me to get into retro gaming in the first place so maybe I have a unique perspective in this. I was a gamer but had gotten rid of all of my "classic" systems years before and his history videos in particular made me interested in what I missed out on along with my own personal favorites.

TRM

09-28-2011, 08:06 AM

Yet you're both posting in a thread dedicated to the guy... interesting...

If you read the thread title, it is "The Official Angry Video Game Nerd Discussion Thread". I do not enjoy his stuff, no reason why that cannot be included in part of a discussion thread. If it was titled "The Official Worship Thread Dedicated to the Amazing Angry Video Game Nerd" then maybe my thoughts would not belong here.

boatofcar

09-28-2011, 08:45 AM

If you read the thread title, it is "The Official Angry Video Game Nerd Discussion Thread". I do not enjoy his stuff, no reason why that cannot be included in part of a discussion thread. If it was titled "The Official Worship Thread Dedicated to the Amazing Angry Video Game Nerd" then maybe my thoughts would not belong here.

So it make sense for someone to come to this website for the sole purpose of talking about how much they hate playing video games? Some things are implied--we don't call Digital Press "The Official Worship Thread Dedicated to the Video Games" but most intelligent people can figure it out.

TRM

09-28-2011, 09:26 AM

So it make sense for someone to come to this website for the sole purpose of talking about how much they hate playing video games? Some things are implied--we don't call Digital Press "The Official Worship Thread Dedicated to the Video Games" but most intelligent people can figure it out.

You are missing my point, although I believe that you know what I am driving at.
The thread regarding the AVGN is just one thread on a whole forum dedicated to videogames. I do not seek out whole websites dedicated to the AVGN or anything like that, and if I did, perhaps I would understand your analogy. This is not the case though. I see nothing unreasonable or strange about someone popping into a thread occasionally, one of a large sea of threads, dedicated to an online show that the poster does not find particularly funny. I am the type of person who doesn�t judge --- I just like to know the thought processes behind people and what not. I may not care for the AVGN, but it is interesting to read what others have to say about him, those who do enjoy his movies. Nothing wrong with this, and I am not evening trolling either. I just stated my opinion and left it at that.

Back to the discussion issue. If there was a thread related to a video game, say Super Mario Bros. 3 for example. It seems unreasonable that people who have played (yet do not enjoy) Super Mario Bros. 3 should be excluded from the discussion, just because it goes against the majority of the opinions. If someone says �I hate Super Mario Bros.3 because it sucks, it is just so stupid�, that is really not offering much to the conversation. On the other hand, if someone dislikes the game because the original does not have a save feature, and it is so long, then I can understand this as a reasonable and valid point.

I personally do not like the Angry Video Game Nerd�s movies because he just seems so juvenile in the films.

leatherrebel5150

09-28-2011, 11:58 AM

Those who do not like his whining and complaning, you do know he is acting right? It is all just a character he made up.

TRM

09-28-2011, 06:34 PM

Those who do not like his whining and complaning, you do know he is acting right? It is all just a character he made up.

Yeah, I always figured he was just acting, trying to make his comments over-the-top so that others would find it funny.

kedawa

09-28-2011, 11:07 PM

I've always felt that anyone can make comments like his, "Oh look at those gigantic brown cylinders of shit that drop ball sacks".
And yet he's the only one that can make a living doing it.
Maybe your 'feeling' is misguided and there's actually some talent invloved in what he does.
That doesn't mean you have to like it, of course.

MarioMania

09-29-2011, 12:02 AM

I wonder if any collectors watched the latest episode and freaked out when he destroyed the two NWC 1990 carts.

Do you have a link, I could see it?

Edmond Dantes

09-29-2011, 12:31 AM

Does he actually destroy carts or does he just use camera trickery to make it look that way?

Anyway, personally I love the AVGN. Yes sometimes his shitstream of fucknuggets gets tedious, but when you're in the right mood he's genuinely hilarious.

His Kid Kool review got me to go googling to find out if "Dr. Claw's Dump n' Pump" was a real game... I wound up laughing at myself and admiring the efficiency of his trollishness. Celestia would approve.

Kitsune Sniper

09-29-2011, 09:03 AM

Does he actually destroy carts or does he just use camera trickery to make it look that way?He DOES destroy carts, but they're usually cheap, common ones. He didn't really destroy that NWC cart.

Greg2600

09-29-2011, 10:07 AM

Yeah, I always figured he was just acting, trying to make his comments over-the-top so that others would find it funny.
In person, he's a very humble, reserved, quiet, shy guy. The "character" is not something he made up overnight, it's simply how he acts when frustrated with video games. Or at least how he did as a kid, like many of us did. His old home movies prove that, which is why I find them funny too. AVGN is really no different than say Pee-Wee Herman, an adult who behaved like a child, and made us all laugh.

djshok

09-29-2011, 12:41 PM

I realize it's an act, and AVGN is a character that he plays. I just dislike the character. Just like I disliked Jar Jar in the Star Wars Episode 1. I'm not sure what he's like in real life, I may or may not like him, can't really say. The ranting comedy does nothing to amuse me, so I don't like him.

Eitherway, saying you dislike something and giving a reason for it falls under discussion. If you don't like my opinion, then well, deal with it. That's your problem. There are plenty of discussion threads on here about all sorts of subjects where people post their likes and dislikes of them.