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Feedback -- Left 4 Dead 2 And Assassin's Creed II Tag-Team Combo Edition

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43 Comments Posted Yesterday 5:56 PM - By Patrick Klepek

Everyone's caught up with the holiday releases, right? No one's fallen behind? We've all finished Dragon Age: Origins and are contemplating a second run as an elf? Lies! All lies! But as the last week stocked with the year's biggest releases finally passes us by, the Feedback crew headed into the studio to discuss the latest news of the industry and both Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassin's Creed II.

 

Feedback -- Assassin's Creed 2 & Left 4 Dead 2 Edition »


 

What you have to look forward to from Adam Sessler, myself, Andrew Pfister and Abbie Heppe:

  • Activision announced big sales numbers for Modern Warfare 2 ($550 million!), the game was reported to have been banned in Russia (but wasn't) and hackers have already showed up and started adding features Infinity Ward decided to take away (can you say...dedicated servers?).
  • Pandemic Studios has officially closed its doors, but the brand and its games live on. What does this mean for the future of Mercenaries and Electronic Arts' overall strategy?
  • Andrew reviewed Assassin's Creed II but Adam's been just as obsessed with Ubisoft's latest sprawling epic, while Abbie and I try to play catch up on what we've missed out on.
  • Valve's zombie horde is back in Left 4 Dead 2, so I used Feedback to help further make the case for why the sequel is justified as something more than just downloadable combat.
  • A reader asks why we play games, especially ones we finish all the way to the end. 

Feedback, munching on the brains of the living before it was trendy. Join the horde and subscribe:

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I was 12 when clue came out

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Be Feedback's Question Of The Week!

pklepek
45 Comments Posted 3 days ago - By Patrick Klepek

Morning Hangover #71 -- Andrew Looks For Feedback, Patrick Has TV Envy

We have passed the storm that is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 only to find ourselves knee-deep in two other major releases: Valve's (somewhat) controversial zombie sequel Left 4 Dead 2 and the widely anticipated Assassin's Creed II. We'll be tackling both games on Feedback, but we also need a little help from you, too. Do you want to be Feedback's question of the week? Submit away and get the chance to have your name and question read aloud and answered by the Feedback crew.

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YEah uh my questions in who won the MW2 sweepstakes?

Posted: Yesterday 4:49 PM by DrParadox

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Feedback -- Modern Warfare 2 Edition

Okonoko
53 Comments Posted Last week - By Andrew Pfister

I am going to give you three guesses what the Feedback Game of the Week is. Go on. Guess. (No looking at the post title.)

...

...nope.

...

...Buzz Quiz World is neat, but no.

...

...Diablo 3's not out yet, buddy.

It's...ta-da, Modern Warfare 2. We've got five on it with Adam, Patrick, Abbie, Brian, and Matt to talk about the game from beginning to end...less multiplayer. If you love the Call of Duty, this is the show for you. (There are spoilers, but not of the end.) If you've got coverage fatigue, don't worry, the week is almost over!

Feedback -- Modern Warfare 2 Edition »



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  • Massive layoffs happened this week at Electronic Arts. Our best to those affected.
  • Dead Space: Extraction was great, but did moving it to the Wii hurt the franchise?
  • EA franchises are going to get seriously looked at next year, like Medal of Honor and Need for Speed. Is that a wise strategy?
  • The rumor is that Project Natal will range between $50 and $80, with 13-15 games at launch. Does this make you swing your arms in approval? And isn't it a bit ridiculous that, if the rumor pans out, Natal will be cheaper than the wi-fi adapter?
  • Is it okay for a game to be short if there's no filler?
  • How did you approach "No Russian?" If you opened fire, why? And how do you define "enjoyment" when it comes to games?

Feedback -- Watching you in the dark since 2009. Pull the trigger and subscribe:

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plus something I forgot to mention wouldn't someone have possibly noticed five heavily armed gunmen in a airport

Posted: 3 days ago by eamercenary

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Be Feedback's Question Of The Week!

pklepek
37 Comments Posted Last week - By Patrick Klepek

Morning Hangover #71 -- Andrew Looks For Feedback, Patrick Has TV Envy

Love it or hate it, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is here and everyone is playing it. Obviously, the game's going to be a major point of discussion on this week's episode of Feedback, but it won't be the only thing we're talking about. As per usual, in one segement, we give you guys the power to control Feedback. If you have a question for the Feedback crew, drop in it the comments. I'll be reading.

BONUS! Questions that aren't answered on Feedback are also eligible to be answered in Andrew Pfister's new weekly mailbag special (it runs every Friday), Reply To All. If you aren't picked for Feedback, there's always a chance Andrew will pick up the other good ones for Reply to All.

Reminder: All questions require readers to have an avatar associated with their profile!

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I'm a person who enjoys playing shooters among other things, and never know how to respond when people ask why I like to play games where the point, or one of the points, is killing people. Sometimes games have you kill people who are bad, perhaps killers themselves, but sometimes games ask you to kill cops and good people and it still is enjoyable for some reason. I don't if its just the sense of action, but games like GTA and Call of Duty sell very well by letting the consumer kill people....

Posted: 5 days ago by deweycheatemandhowe

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Feedback -- Potpourri Edition: DJ Hero, Tekken 6, Ballad of Gay Tony

pklepek
59 Comments Posted November 6, 2009 - By Patrick Klepek

Can you guess what everyone on Feedback was talking about this week? Hint, hint: we're one week away from the highly anticipated launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. However you feel about Infinity Ward's latest entry in its shooter franchise, it's shaping up to be a monumental day for games. Chances are everyone could have talked about Modern Warfare 2 for an entire show, but as it turns out, there's a bajillion other games being released right now. So, we talked about those, too.

Feedback -- Potpourri Edition »


 Here's what else Adam, Abbie, Sterling and I cover on this edition of Feedback:

  • That controversial Modern Warfare 2 viral video that showed up last weekend (and has since disappeared) sparks some heated discussion...and harsh words for Infinity Ward.
  • Even Nintendo's not sure what to do with the Wii these days. We look at where the Wii's come in the past few years and some up with some easy ways Nintendo can patch things up.
  • Game of the week? How about games of the week? DJ Hero, Tekken 6 and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony -- batter up!
  • As more casuals join the ranks of our fellow gamers and achievements encourage players to venture into harder difficulty settings, a reader probes us about difficulty settings in games.

Feedback: doing a poor job of hanging signs with scotch tape since mid-2009. Sing our ballad and subscribe:

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(And yes, we are aware that Sterling's microphone is underperforming this week. Top men are on the case. Top. Men.)

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DJ Hero is gonna gay...

Posted: Last week by Culcleasure20

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Be Feedback's Question Of The Week!

pklepek
58 Comments Posted November 3, 2009 - By Patrick Klepek

Morning Hangover #71 -- Andrew Looks For Feedback, Patrick Has TV Envy

Everyone at G4 is swamped with video games to play through as we march towards the end of the year. It's a good problem to have, which should make for some interesting discussion on this week's edition of Feedback. Despite the deluge of games, however, we still want to hear from you guys. What do you want Adam Sessler and the rest of the Feedback crew to discuss this week?

Remember: Your profile must have an avatar associated with it to be picked for Feedback!

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this weeks feedback isnt featured on the homepage anymore... i hope they're fixing it right now...

Posted: November 6, 2009 by pirul83

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Feedback -- Borderlands Edition, Controversial Call of Duty, and Netflix on PS3

Okonoko
91 Comments Posted October 29, 2009 - By Andrew Pfister

True story: I was prepping this post for this week's episode of Feedback, when I realized that Brian was about to describe what was contained in the leaked Modern Warfare 2 footage this week. I stopped the video player just in time, then decided to get a soda. Came back to my desk, and without thinking I hit "play" and boom: spoiled. I can be forgetful, sometimes. If you don't want to know what happens, pause your player around the 1:00 minute mark and skip ahead to 8:41. As for the spoiler itself...holy crap.

Feedback -- Borderlands Edition »


Stuff you shouldn't skip through:

  • Netflix streaming is coming to the PlayStation 3, does that mean we're getting the Sony movies back?
  • How does this affect the multimedia front in the Console War?
  • The group plays dress-up with their digital avatars -- who is for, and who is against?
  • Borderlands has lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of weapons. Is there a real difference between what you use?
  • Did Gearbox miss an opportunity to extend the replayability by mishandling the itemization?

Feedback: Over 17 million permutations since 2009. Shock the world and subscribe:

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we've been unlocking clothes on the psn for a while now,these ppl on this show should not be voices in the video game industry.why are they saying the psn is behind xbox live or it's hard to get around in???why does morgan sound like the ps3 is a person who she has a passionate under handed hate for???why are these ppl totally blowing how great the ps3 has become???this show should be an xbox live exclusive.

Posted: November 5, 2009 by justin_bristoe

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Be Feedback's Question Of The Week!

pklepek
55 Comments Posted October 27, 2009 - By Patrick Klepek

Morning Hangover #71 -- Andrew Looks For Feedback, Patrick Has TV Envy

We're in the middle of a gaming firestorm here at G4 this week, as evidenced by the massive amount of news, features, reviews, previews, videos, exclusives -- you name it, we got it. We also have another installment of Feedback to film this week, which means I'm turning to you, the readers, to provide the question for the Feedback crew to discuss. What's on your mind?

Leave your question in the comments (and make sure you have a picture in your profile)!

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I own both a PS3 and a 360. I was wandering why it always seems Microsoft gets all the DLC first and after a year it comes to the PS3, example Fallout 3. Is it just Microsoft buying the rights to have the first go at the DLC, and Sony just not throw down some cash to compete with them? Is it the developers not wanting to spend money and time to develop DLC for the PS3 because far more people own an Xbox 360? Do you think this will change with the sales increase in the PS3?

Posted: November 3, 2009 by furiousgeorge

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Feedback -- Brutal Legend, September NPDs, and Ratchet & Clank's Future

Okonoko
80 Comments Posted October 22, 2009 - By Andrew Pfister

Somebody let Blair Herter into the studio this week, and what resulted was the newest episode of Feedback. Adam, Patrick and I tried to make the best of it, choosing to focus instead on the week's most notable news, and our Game of the Week: Double Fine's Brutal Legend. (Just kidding, Blair was highly tolerable!)

G4tv.com's Feedback -- Brutal Legend Edition »


We also headbang to the following...

  • The September NPDs are here, which means its time to see if the PS3's price drop had any significant effect. (Spoiler: It did.)
  • America has spoken: The Beatles are still pretty awesome. Or at least still awesome enough to edge out Guitar Hero 5.
  • People bought Halo 3: ODST. No way! I know, right!?
  • EA's Peter Moore believes that the industry will soon be entirely digital, with Microsoft leading the way. He also thinks that some of us will be having grandchildren in 10 years, which is a far more dubious claim.
  • There are rumors that A Crack in Time might be the last Ratchet & Clank game. If you watch carefully, you can see the exact moment Adam's heart breaks. But is it really possible?
  • Is Brutal Legend better or worse off for having elements of real-time strategy? And is the game's charm and humor enough to keep us going?
  • At one point, we may have asked the question "How does Tim Schafer feel about Tim Schafer?" If we didn't, we got pretty close.
  • Reader duberi wonders why we review games the way we do, and we get a little defensive. Sorry about that.
  • Plus Patrick's 10-day forecast for the greater Los Angeles area (95% chance of being better than where you are).

Feedback: Filling up on breadsticks since 2009. Honor the memory of Farrah Fawcett and subscribe:

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Just a late comment on this feedback episode and the questions of the week. I'm wondering if you may have missed the point, or perhaps the way the questions was didn't make it clear.
It seems to me that the questions was asking is, why do the 2 scores not correlate with each other. If someone is looking at the score not to validate their own opinion but to actually make a decision on if they should purchase the game, what he pure score is imply, when speaking in regards to boarderlands,...

Posted: October 30, 2009 by smpreet

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Be Feedback's Question Of The Week!

pklepek
46 Comments Posted October 20, 2009 - By Patrick Klepek

We'll try to stop gushing about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on this week's installment of Feedback -- but no promises. What we can promise, however, is a new reader question of the week, a task I'm turning over to you guys. What do you want Adam and the rest of the Feedback crew to discuss this week? What burning topic needs addressing? Let us know your questions in the comments.

Remember: You need an avatar associated with your profile to be picked!

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Why is the gaming industry so obsessed with the pre-order right now? Every retailer gives some kind of extra in-game incentive if you pre-order the game from them. Uncharted 2, for example, gave a treasure map, an additional weapon, or a multiplayer powerup. It seems to be getting more extreme with Army of Two, where they essentially ban you from a multiplayer mode for 1 month unless you pre-order. That seems like a really dumb marketing move as gamers who do not pre-order may choose not...

Posted: October 26, 2009 by Memu

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G4tv.com's Feedback: Uncharted 2 Edition

pklepek
52 Comments Posted October 15, 2009 - By Patrick Klepek

Take a seat! The latest edition of Feedback is here to soothe your gaming soul. Host and editor-in-chief Adam Sessler once again takes the reigns on Feedback this week and he's joined by yours truly, Sterling McGarvey and Andrew Pfpfpfpfpfister to discuss what's nothing less than the greatest game of all time and that will ever be made, so it has been decreed -- you know, Uncharted 2.

Elsewhere in this week's Feedback:

  • Your weekly weather discussion for the greater Los Angeles area!
  • Sony's penchant for leaking its own news by accident continues, with both inFamous 2 and Resistance 3 seemingly being confirmed months before there's anything official. Of course, the real question on everyone's mind is: why exactly is Battle: Los Angeles shooting in Louisiana? Clearly, we're doing our best to stay on track this week.
  • BioWare's revealed Dragon Age: Origins will have downloadable content for a solid two years, making it more like the expansion content for an MMO than what we come to expect from traditional RPG. I'm not so sure the game can hold people's attention that long, but Andrew thinks there's a good chance it could work.
  • Prepare TheFeed comment battle stations for war: Wii Play is the best selling game of the past decade. You may begin your screams of horror…now.
  • A reader wonders if publishers might see better sales if they start selling games at prices other than $60. The crew was split on whether it's a good approach. Also, apparently I'm the only person who actually liked Wet (at least a little).
  • Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2.

 

G4tv.com's Feedback -- Week of October 12th, 2009 »


 

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omg. i cannot agee more with Sterling. that scene where everything calms down. walking through that little Tibetan village. just the level of detail i felt incredibly immersed like i was really looking through a window into some little Tibetan village somewhere.

Posted: October 29, 2009 by NeoGuardian86

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Be Feedback's Question Of The Week!

pklepek
39 Comments Posted October 13, 2009 - By Patrick Klepek

Another week, another episode of Feedback, our weekly discussion of all things video games. In addition to having the group discuss the biggest news stories and a major game release each week, we also answer questions from the community. You know, you. Do you want to be featured on Feedback? Drop an answer for the crew into the comments below and you might get your wish.

Remember: You need an avatar associated with your profile to be picked!

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Question: Will FFXIV for PC change for online even when the PS3 has free online? wouldn't that been a bad business choice when FFXII and FFXIV are so close?
*note* I just started playing FFXI free trial and found out all systems play on the same sever which is great because not all my friends have a PS3 but they buy it if they have to pay $12 every mouth

Posted: October 19, 2009 by crisiscloudffvii

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G4tv.com's Feedback -- Week of October 5th, 2009

Okonoko
44 Comments Posted October 9, 2009 - By Andrew Pfister

After a week off, Feedback is back on TheFeed with a new crew, but the same great recipe passed down through my family for generations. We spent the last two weeks playing Halo 3: ODST, which thanks to Tokyo Game Show and other related shenanigans, we're a little late to the party on. But considering that every time we put up a story concerning ODST it gets at least 50 comments, something tells me it's still worth talking about. To quote Adam Sessler, "Halo just generates reactions." Indeed.

Also on this week's party chat:

  • Sega's "spy tactical RPG thinger" (as Patrick puts it) Alpha Protocol has been delayed until 2010. It seems everyone but Sega PR saw this coming a mile away...what's going on over there, and why is Adam getting flashbacks to high school dating?
  • You can't write a news story about Activision these days without an element of absurdity involved. This week brought us the news that the publisher was staunchly against Infinity Ward modernizing Call of Duty, preferring to take the advice of their spreadsheets that said World War II was still super hot. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised to find coded messages in Modern Warfare 2's credits that say "CONDITIONS TERRIBLE, SEND HELP AND SUPPLIES."
  • Adam wants a pony for Christmas. We're in the process of setting up a donation fund, get your checkbooks ready.
  • Nintendo's new "Super Guide" feature that's being introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii seems like an affront to the hardcore, but is it really? The crew debates the actual merits of digital hand-holding.
  • A reader from the 11th century asks whether he should get Uncharted 2 or Brutal Legend next week. The answer? "It depends." Glad we could help make your decision.
  • Did Bungie squander the potential of New Mombasa by making the ODST's hub world boring? Some experts say "maybe," others aren't so sure.

Feedback: Making obscure musical references since 2009.

 

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When Adam said Brute Force 2 I jumped up out of my seat. I've saying that for years

Posted: October 23, 2009 by MicrosoftPaysMeToo

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Morning Hangover #71 -- Andrew Looks For Feedback, Patrick Has TV Envy

pklepek
39 Comments Posted October 9, 2009 - By Patrick Klepek

Welcome to Morning Hangover -- an excellent way to start your day with the crew at TheFeed...no matter what you're recovering from. Every morning you'll hear musings from our editors and have the chance to share your thoughts on what's going on in the gaming world. So buckle up, throw a Pokeball at the new week, and keep reading!

Morning Hangover #71 -- Andrew Looks For Feedback, Patrick Has TV Envy

Andrew Pfister: We wanted Feedback, then you wanted Feedback. Now I'm asking you for some feedback on Feedback. The show returns this week with Adam Sessler at the helm and a slightly longer running time, but what I'd like to know is how you guys watch Internet shows and listen to podcasts. What's your favorite show? How long is too long? Do you prefer video or audio -- and if you like both, when and where do you watch and listen? Do you watch on your iPods/Zunes, stream to your TV, just watch it in your browser?

I thirst for this knowledge. Thirst.

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Online, there are four things I have to do every week, in no particular order: watch Zero Punctuation's newest review, watch Community on Hulu, update my Fantasy Football team, and watch Feedback. I love this show. To me, it honestly feels like what Attack of the Show and even The Screen Savers used to be, but on a more current, commercial-free, streamlined level. Even if I miss X-Play for the whole week, I can just pop on the site, check the reviews, and listen to the podcast for all my...

Posted: October 17, 2009 by Merc_354

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Be Feedback's Question Of The Week!

pklepek
45 Comments Posted October 6, 2009 - By Patrick Klepek

Did you miss Feedback last week? So did we. We only went dark for one week, though, and we're shooting a new episode for you guys tomorrow. Some changes are coming to Feedback, but one thing that is remaining the same is our emphasis on community and having you guys interact with the show directly. We need a reader question for this week's edition of Feedback, so I'm tossing it to you guys. What do you want to hear the Feedback crew talk about this week?

Remember: You need an avatar associated with your profile to be picked!

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GAMES THAT ARE RELEASED WITH SEVERAL BUGS.

Many games this generation are being released with a lot of bugs. Gears of War 2 for instance has had 4 Title Updates in a 6 month period. There were plenty of bugs that could've been easily spotted and dealt with before the game's release.

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising also is about to have a patch weeks after its release.

Are developers just ignoring the fact that the game should be as little buggy as...

Posted: October 13, 2009 by Shadowmars

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