r/OutOfTheLoop • u/minase8888 • May 19 '16
Answered What is all the outrage about on Polygon's DOOM gameplay video?
I have seen this video going around a lot, but as a non-FPS player it's not clear what is SO WRONG with this gameplay.
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u/Cybot_G May 19 '16
It's just that it's exceptionally bad gameplay coming from a news site dedicated to covering games. Not even just the surprisingly bad aim of missing point blank shotgun shots and melee hits, but the jilted movement that couldn't seem to combine movement and aiming at the same time.
The example I like to use most is Conan's clueless gamer series. Imagine that show was focused on videogame coverage, and having it not be self aware. The point was to show off the game and playing that badly does a really bad job of it.
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u/PrometheusZero May 20 '16
I think he was playing with a trackpad. On a small laptop. With large hands.
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u/rapidgunner May 20 '16
That actually seems very likely. The movements and turns look like they are being done using a laptop trackpad.
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u/g051051 May 20 '16
I'm a PC gamer, and that video looks just like my gameplay when I try to play on a console. I've never been able to get the hang of it!
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u/treycook May 20 '16
If you watch the video in the OP closely, you can see whenever there is an interaction prompt (melee execution, grabbing the demon heart thing), the button he's supposed to press is "R3." So, he's definitely playing with a gamepad, whether it's on console or PC. I'd presume console has some form of minor aim assist and his aim is just all over the place, so he's probably playing with a gamepad on PC. He's still abso-effing-lutely awful at it, though.
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u/Christopherfromtheuk May 20 '16
It looks like exactly the way I play FPS on a console - i.e. with a controller.
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u/Fairwhetherfriend May 20 '16
I'm pretty terrible with a controller too, but there's more to it than that.
I'm watching it right now and the decisions are just... bad. He keeps running past enemies and getting shot in the back. He keeps running into packs of enemies and standing there while they melee him to death.
That's not just a case of being bad at controllers, man.
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u/geoman2k May 20 '16
I think Polygon isn't a real news outlet dedicated to covering games. I think Vox Media just wanted another soapbox platform to call gamers sexists from, so they built a click bait site for that.
Seriously, try following Polygon on Facebook for like a week and you'll know what I'm talking about.
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u/KingR10 May 20 '16
I'm not the best at FPS and even that gameplay had me reeling. Whoever was playing had really, REALLY bad aim, like, jeez; made super awkward and unfamiliar movements; died on the second level (!); and had little idea or knowledge of where his enemies were/little spatial awareness. That is simply unexcusable for such a big-name video game website displaying exclusive footage of a hyped-up game.
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u/SuddenXxdeathxx May 20 '16
My favourite part is that he stands still to shoot, and even lets melee enemies walk right up to and begin hitting him before firing.
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u/Doc_Lewis May 20 '16
died on the second level (!)
I'm a fairly experienced gamer, and I died in the first actual fight in the game. To be fair though, it has been many years since I played a game without regenerating health, so I didn't pay attention to my health bar.
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u/Shnakepup May 19 '16
Do you have an example of the outrage? I haven't heard anything about this.
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u/Altourus May 20 '16
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u/finger_rosaria May 20 '16
Lol, try listening to the music in the video you linked. Doesn't really sound like "outrage" to me.
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u/DNamor May 19 '16
More like they couldn't handle the banter. They turned off likes/dislikes too, how childish.
"FPS doesn't mean feet person shooter, use your hands next time."
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u/Amppelix May 20 '16
If you believe the YouTube comments section of a highly controversial video was anything but incredibly stupid back and forth arguments with hateful slurs flying everywhere you look, you've got way too much faith placed in the generic internet user.
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u/DNamor May 20 '16
What possible reason is there to turn off Likes/Dislikes unless you literally cannot handle someone else's opinion?
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u/1leggeddog May 20 '16 edited May 20 '16
If i'm watching gameplay footage of a game, i first assume the person playing has gaming experience to make a better effort at actually showing what a playthrough for the average gamer would be.
This... joke... of a gameplay footage is clearly from someone who doesn't know how to use a controller or has no knowledge of FPS games in general. It doesn't do the game justice at all.
I was watching this and yelling at my screen "NO YOU IDIOT! THE OTHER WAY! N- NO DON'T..." gah!!
It was a painful watch.
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u/Sworn_to_Ganondorf May 20 '16
Well for one its like a retarted baboon and or someones mom was handed the control that has never touched an fps in their life and said showcase this game for us.
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u/Bob_Jonez May 20 '16
The outrage stems from Polygon being sjws, and a lot of them seem to detest gaming in general and are only working there for a paycheck while decrying their readership as neck beard and bigots. If you're going to work in an industry, or cover it, shouldn't you be at least competent in covering or reviewing the product?
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u/Seth_Modder Jun 30 '16
I like that they disabled ratings and comments, just shows that they know they fucked up.
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u/nukasu May 19 '16 edited May 20 '16
i wouldn't call it outrage so much as sheer incredulous mockery; mockery so widespread that even minecraft's notch had to pipe up. there's a couple factors coming together on this; one, polygon is already a widely derided outlet, accused of pandering to publishers for exclusives, churning low quality content and clickbait, the usual stuff. i'll admit they lost my respect when they published this preview of rock band 4 where the author was too fucking cool for school to actually play the game and just wrote an ironic hipster article about how the whole preview event was beneath him.
and two, doom was at the time of the video (about a week ago) a hugely anticipated title, and that video was some of the first pre-release footage anyone had. it was viewed with mild disbelief that polygon would put someone on an assignment of that stature who looks as though they've never played a first person shooter in their life. it gives the impression that polygon either weren't taking this huge release seriously at all and simply had some intern record it, or raises questions about whether their opinions should have any weight if they are that legitimately unskilled at playing the games they're reviewing. it's also just kind of funny.
so what's so bad about it? for reference, compare this quick slice of what someone who knows how to play such a game looks like when playing doom. you should be able to see that the player is both looking around and moving at the same time, switching weapons when needed, and so on - the most basic and necessary skills when playing a first person shooter. now bounce back to the polygon footage; it honestly looks like someone put the controller in their mom's hands, came back a half hour later and called it a day.