Originally posted by Loopz:
<strong>Despite the fact that I feel MS4 blows a big floppy donkey dick, it IS good to see coverage of this game in a mainstream mag.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree. I may be terribly dissapointed it least some more people will be exposed to *gasp* 2D graphics!
PS Yes Jawbreaker rules.
[ July 22, 2002: Message edited by: MilkManX ]</p>
Originally posted by bemanisuperstar:
<strong>Too bad Game pro is written by 4th graders</strong><hr></blockquote>
Hmm...not sure when you last read it, but go ahead and browse a recent issue, and give me your thoughts after you've seen it. I am open to constructive criticism, but you gotta give me more to go on than just a cheap insult. When you're ready, just drop me an email at danelektro@gamepro.com and we'll talk.
I pitched a RotD review in a meeting today but I don't have lots of hope--we don't do a lot of arcade coverage (partly because there are not a lot of arcade games coming out--seems MVS carts are the only releases of major note, and we had trouble working with Apple on things like NitD and Zupapa) but this month we're hoping to get a review of Soul Calibur II, which would probably take up a full page on its own. Then again, we were late on our MS4 coveragetoo, so maybe RotD can run a little later and be okay. Better late than never, right? And it is worth noting that I get a few letters every month asking about SNK and Neo games, and they're not from hardcore players--they're from the so-called casual gamers who just know a good thing when they see it.
Triueminator has been helping me get in touch with the right folks so we can get loaner copies through the proper channels--but your MS4 offer is very kind. Hell, I wanna just buy it for my own cabinet, but I haven't been able to justify the expense just yet. I just moved so that took up a good chunk of cash.
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[ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Dan Elektro ]</p>
Originally posted by Dan Elektro:
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Hmm...not sure when you last read it, but go ahead and browse a recent issue, and give me your thoughts after you've seen it. I am open to constructive criticism, but you gotta give me more to go on than just a cheap insult. When you're ready, just drop me an email at danelektro@gamepro.com and we'll talk.
I pitched a RotD review in a meeting today but I don't have lots of hope--we don't do a lot of arcade coverage (partly because there are not a lot of arcade games coming out--seems MVS carts are the only releases of major note, and we had trouble working with Apple on things like NitD and Zupapa) but this month we're hoping to get a review of Soul Calibur II, which would probably take up a full page on its own. Then again, we were late on our MS4 coveragetoo, so maybe RotD can run a little later and be okay. Better late than never, right? And it is worth noting that I get a few letters every month asking about SNK and Neo games, and they're not from hardcore players--they're from the so-called casual gamers who just know a good thing when they see it.
Triueminator has been helping me get in touch with the right folks so we can get loaner copies through the proper channels--but your MS4 offer is very kind. Hell, I wanna just buy it for my own cabinet, but I haven't been able to justify the expense just yet. I just moved so that took up a good chunk of cash.
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Thanks alot Dan! Awesome review! It's nice to know at least one mainstream video game magazine is trying to keep people informed of the greatness that is Neo-Geo. Hopefully, you'll be able to get that RotD review or preview in there sometime.
Originally posted by RiotoftheBlood:
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You should apologize to Dan instead for being an ass. This thread is about his coverage of MS4, not what you think about his magazine.</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, it's cool--I'm a target, that's fine. But I don't agree with some of his points, like that we don't go into much detail in our reviews (we go into more detail than most other print mags--see EGM's reviews compared to ours, for instance). To each their own, of course, but I try to get as much detail into my reviews as possible--without justification for my opinion, there's no point in me writing, you know?
There have been lots of little changes over the last few years and we're going to implement a few more in the next few issues, but again, I don't know what your most recent frame of reference is, so I can't really comment on that criticism. To a certain extent, GamePro does go by the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" rule, and we are pretty successful with our formula. Hell, Capcom's still doing 2D games where people fight each other, but nobody's asking them to make radical changes.
Originally posted by Dan Elektro:
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Hmm...not sure when you last read it, but go ahead and browse a recent issue, and give me your thoughts after you've seen it. I am open to constructive criticism, but you gotta give me more to go on than just a cheap insult. When you're ready, just drop me an email at danelektro@gamepro.com and we'll talk.
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Gamepro is okay in my book. I was always more for Gamefan since it dealt more with the niche consoles back in the day (or so I felt anyway) but for a mainstream mag I always thought Gamepro was a good enough mag to warrant buying every month.
FWIW keep up the good job Dan. I'll e-mail you a criticism of mine about the mag instead of posting it here for the wolves to pick apart.
