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Giant Bomb #8 | It's a Hit!
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stump sock
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anecdote: for the first time in my 3.5 decades on earth, I actually had brussels sprouts that I didn't dislike a few months ago at a Japanese fusion restaurant. I don't know what they did to them but they were tasty and not at all bitter.
Seriously, just steam or roast them. Maybe add a little bit of salt.
Nothing else.
Magnifique.
bemusedchunk
Banned
My girlfriend is a huge fan of them.
I don't like them. They always taste like feet to me (and yes, I've had my share of feet).
She says it's because I've always had them overcooked.
I trust her, but at the same time I've already written them off.
Consequence
Member
Gotta sautee brussel sprouts with apples, salt, and a bit of apple cider to steam them a bit if they're larger. Really works well against the bitter taste.
No shit. I LOVE Brussel Sprouts.
I can eat them by the pound, they're so good.
I tried some Spicy Pickled Brussel Sprouts though and holy shit were they bad.
Fear Factor bad.
Yeah, if you overcook them they start tasting a little sulfer-y.
Keyser Soze
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But Divinity was a Kickstarter too, with the headline that "Divinity Original Sin is an old-school cRPG with new ideas & modern execution, will release this year. Funded by fantastic backers!" It raised $944,282
Obsidian's headline was "Project Eternity is an isometric, party-based computer RPG set in a new fantasy world developed by Obsidian Entertainment" It raised $3,986,929
I don't mean to keep harking on, but I feel like Pillars could have been more than I am seeing.
I really think too many Kickstarter games play things too safe. I thought the same for Broken Age, as seeing as it was the first Tim Schafer lead adventure game in well over a decade I expected more from it. I am happy when a company comes along that wants to push past nostalgic memories from the genre greats of yesteryear, and try and advance the genre they are partaking in. It's a much braver move, as you are pushing against the wishes and memories of your brackets, but advancing the genre, and giving people something a bit more outlandish, will always lead to a better game IMO
Pillars just seem a bit to safe to me, and not hugely interesting (to me) as a result.
Ventilaator
Banned
Pillars of Eternity is way more straight-up Baldur's Gate than I expected, which is really great and I love it and GotY and give me this.
But I can totally see how that game would look pretty bad to people who don't have the experience with/nostalgia for those games.
But I can totally see how that game would look pretty bad to people who don't have the experience with/nostalgia for those games.
But the funding amounts and the headlines must say something to you. The one advertising new ideas and modern execution made 1/3 of what the one that didn't.
Now, admittedly, some of that was purely that Obsidian is much bigger name, but I think if you look at the way the two campaigns were presented tells a lot. Obsidian literally just said it wanted to basically make a new IE game.
Divinity was pledging that it was going to modernize thing.
Clearly there's a large audience for the more classic-style game.
I can see the argument for "playing it safe" but I would characterize it as sticking with the audience that brought you. I think Obsidian would rather please the people that funded the KS than appeal to the mainstream while pissing off those backers.
Chance Hale
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Divinity OS had been in the works for years and had outside funding.
bigwinnerx
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Brussels Sprouts - Oven, olive oil, little salt, roasted. Ridic.
stump sock
Member
yeah, didn't they just need a push down the final stretch? that's a pretty big difference there.
TharpDaddy
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This is a big thing to note. Divinity already had funding, the kickstarter was to help polish it some more and add some things. Pillars, as far as we've been told, is mostly 100% Kickstarter funded. Obviously Obsidian probably had to chip in some of their own money, but Divinity and Pillars are hard to compare.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
They did roughly estimate the cost of divinity original sin to be $4 million.
So they actually are petty close budget-wise.
So they actually are petty close budget-wise.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
Vinny not having that good PC yet?
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Different countries, difference in cost of work labor.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That's true, but even with that consideration I don't think we can say that the differences in budget is that big. It's not like belgium has China-levels of cost of labour.
stump sock
Member
dang and from all appearances they delivered the hell out of that request too. Good on those guys.
Divinity raised ~1mil but they already had spent ~3mil working on it (investors).
Living and working in Belgium is way more expensive than US btw.
Living and working in Belgium is way more expensive than US btw.
TharpDaddy
Member
Yeah, this is really promising for the studio. All their previous games i've found to be decent but flawed. Divinity: OS feels like it reached the potential of what their games can be, and with it selling so well it might give them the budget to create even better games in the future.
You know what's up.
Cut them in half, toss them in a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper and roast them until they start getting golden and a bit toasty. Perfection.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I thought divinity 2 was really fun.
MiniBossBattle
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Dan is so endearing. He is like the voice of a kid from middle america.
TharpDaddy
Member
I actually never played Divinity 2, but i've heard good things about it. I should check it out.
stump sock
Member
bemusedchunk
Banned
Jumping from a cliff, turning into a dragon in midair to strafe enemies with fire, then turn back into a dude and fall from the sky onto an enemy with your greatsword is pretty great.
The game has its issues but I did enjoy it alot!
SuperSonic1305
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Vinagawa McCaravellaburgito
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
That is a good point.
Man, finally got a chance to listen to the Bombcast. It might actually be in my top two or three episodes ever. I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard listening to the podcast. Holy shit.
-Dan's "Egg Whites," Seriously, I've probably only eaten a bite of eggs maybe like three times in my life, but the fact that he was cooking the shells is fucking hilarious.
-Dan vs. Jeff: Mario 64 vs. Mario Sunshine, damn I love it when Jeff gets riled up, and this might have been his best fit in a long ass time.
-The last email. Nuff said.
That was a really fucking great episode. So glad they brought Dan in and Drew is being a bit more vocal.
-Dan's "Egg Whites," Seriously, I've probably only eaten a bite of eggs maybe like three times in my life, but the fact that he was cooking the shells is fucking hilarious.
-Dan vs. Jeff: Mario 64 vs. Mario Sunshine, damn I love it when Jeff gets riled up, and this might have been his best fit in a long ass time.
-The last email. Nuff said.
That was a really fucking great episode. So glad they brought Dan in and Drew is being a bit more vocal.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Jep, D2: Ego Draconis was pretty good actually but badly overlooked. I think the Xbox Version was terrible but on PC it was pretty good.
Also I'd rather eat my own puke than Brussel sprouts. Should have named them Devil's Sprouts. Horrible, just horrible.
stump sock
Member
"I don't steal the pant."
Man if you know how to play Hearthstone, you shouldn't look at the quick look while Alex is playing it because it's just going to piss you off how many mistakes he makes.
edit: OK nevermind looks like he actually gets back on track but that Druid challenge is pretty easy anyway. And... he just forgot to play a card for no reason.
edit: OK nevermind looks like he actually gets back on track but that Druid challenge is pretty easy anyway. And... he just forgot to play a card for no reason.
SuperSonic1305
Member
And yet he beat Heroic mode.
He didn't beat Maexxna, and that's the only challenging one to beat with budget decks.
edit: OK he's actually decent but it's just hard to talk and think at the same time.
NumberThree
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If you're good at a game and care about other people playing the game well don't watch a Giant Bomb video of the game.
Unless the game is Top Gun.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Looking forward to the ODDWORLD QL
bemusedchunk
Banned
UP! UP!
SLOW DOWN! SLOW DOWN!
DOWN! DOWN!
LEFT! LEFT!
*cutscene*
*plane crashes*
That was me everytime I played Top Gun as an 8 year old. I landed the plane once.
Jeff is my hero.
stump sock
Member
landing the plane is child's play. mid-air refueling is only slightly preferable to having your toenails removed.
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