David Cage clarifies Uncharted comments Comments by Tom Bramwell

escapedape,

Unfortunately there is no reasoning with this person and best ignored. He gets more worked up and spiteful the more you disagree with him.

No mate, you get called all sorts of names because of the way you defend Sony. The hate is clear even from your rebuttal and your following reply.

Why are you so angry?

@ blig_merk

Seriously dude chill or go to the official Sony forums. You're compulsive need to correct the non believing infidels won't win many over (or get you a cheque from Sony)

Thanks johnnybrn. I did try to be as polite and non-confrontational as I could (bar the first line), but you are absolutely right - it is pointless even trying. Won't make that mistake again.

blig_merk,

He he, its not about winning or losing its just a bit of silly banter that means absolutely nothing.

Personally, I really dont give a damn what you say as its just a way of passing the time at work but other posters do take what you say to heart.

I love you man

@ blig_merk

All I said was lay off your Sony campaign. This article is about a correction on a "naughty" headline and had nothing to do with 360 vs PS3 comparison articles and no one was talking of 360 vs PS3 or flame baiting....

+1 bad09

Looks like EG's tedious predilection for undermining everything PS3 is finally being called out. Wankerdom posing as journalism ftl.

Screw Rodney, nice one Eurogamer.....

I like the headlines, but what's the point if it's not the truth. I thought David Cage was a bit of a cunt after that headline/news story. Now I think his a nice guy.

It makes me wonder how accurate EG's news stories are.

@ blig_merk

I know you won't agree because 360 always comes out the winner, but have you ever considered that the Vs articles are not there to generate page hits and are purely there to benefit people who own both consoles and want the best version?

Sure a benefit is hits as the 360 fanboys hijack them as "one up" over PS3 and PS3 fanboys bitch and cry about them being flame bait articles.

Again it had nothing to do with what this article correction was or what people were saying in the comments.

PatAU - That's reasonable. But it's not for me to argue about journalistic this or that to be perfectly honest. If I can see the entire interview/transcript or whatever they are quoting I can draw my own conclusions from that instead of trusting the chopped up words of someone I don't know.

I hope you understand.

EG is doing these misleading headlines more and more these days...

Back on the subject of headlines, it is true that a publication needs to be careful what it uses as a headline so that it does not mislead readers. But we should be sure that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

The reason I say that is because a headline should not be enough to mislead a reader. The reader should also read the article text and only then form an opinion on what is supposed to have taken place. A headline CANNOT be misleading for longer than it takes someone to read the article, and the only way someone can go away misinformed is if the only thing they read was the headline.

Anyone who forms an opinion based purely on a headline, without actually reading the article, is a f*cking idiot. So EG and other publications have to be careful what they write in their headlines, because far too many people are too damn stupid to read the article itself and find out what the story actually is.

Thats what I think anyway.

And seriously, how did this thread turn into a shit tip about which console is best. Sometimes I dispair.

Well, David Cage has used the same line about all "other" (ie. not his) games being structured like porn films his entire career... and I think he actually stole it from John Carmack, the thieving frenchman (Canuck?). 'Course, Carmack meant it as a good thing.

It's true , this site was really good, different from all the ign's and gamespots. The writing was deep and insightful, catering to a more adult gamer. Now its just another gamespot.

Ok, sure the headline was misleading, but anybody who could read the actual article can see that he was referring to all games in general. Uncharted certainly was an example of a successful game on the PS3.

"Ok, sure the headline was misleading"

And how many misleading articles is that now? And how about just reporting the news for once. Every odd news item seems to have some smart arse remark and generates into an opinion piece.

"Wii Music presents a user-friendly approach to playing virtual instruments, trading intricate mimicry for wild gestures and fun."
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?art...

"We've contacted Funcom for comment, but our personal feeling is that the markets are a little bit emotional, and should have a nice lie down somewhere cool. "
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?art...

EG: This means you should stop being scandal-seeking whores with your headlines. It's reflecting very, very poorly on you, especially when you're all too quick to criticize Daily Mail for doing equally ridiculous headlines with regards to games.

@bad09, Weebleboy

The same things were going through my mind before I even hit the comments section.

Hopefully they'll stop acting so much like retarded redtop tabloids now.

The Resi Evil 5 headline was class, though. Loved it - witty as hell.

@blig_merk

You're a fanboy tosser. Fuck off.

The funny thing is that of all the inflammatory headlines there've been recently, this is pretty mild, not console related/biased, and actually funny.

Although there's no doubt EG bait for hits now and again (though seems to be much improved after some of the end of last year's shoddy nonsense - maybe that new year's resolution is sticking), the reaction from both sides seems odd. Cage for caring so much about a slightly out of context quote (from a pretty inadvisable description he used), and EG for not laughing it off.

Someone been threatening ad revenue or access? Hmmm?

@ simakperrce

Well if my views and comments (which I am entitled to in, you know, the comments section) annoy you so much put me on ignore no harm no foul. I was merely agreeing with NonniR.

I just think life is too short to complain about a site and how they operate, if you don't like it move on. I got bored of the cretins that live on gamespot so I switched to EG (where most of the guys who comment are a decent bunch), if for any reason I start to dislike EG I will move on, not stay and constantly moan about what they do.

"Every odd news item seems to have some smart arse remark and generates into an opinion piece."

To be fair, every news source has an opinion. Its called Editorial Bias. Even Radio 4 do it sometimes :)

Well done Eurogamer for changing the title of that article, but completely failing to change the first paragraph, which still reads,

"Quantic Dream founder David Cage reckons that Heavy Rain's storytelling makes Uncharted: Drake's Fortune look like a porn movie."

Ummm... no he doesn't think his game makes Uncharted look like a porn movie, read the rest of your own article again you muppets! Lovely style, though... are you aiming at a reading age of 8, like The Sun?

If EG were aiming for a reading audience like The Sun,... they would be quids in.