Fried Food
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Jason said he had the most fun with Wolfenstein as well. These guys are producers, I won't fault them for not making a fuss. I'm guessing they were sub conscious of their place as "not real" editors.
Giant Bomb GOTY 2014 - Destiny Has Brought Us Here
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Jason said he had the most fun with Wolfenstein as well. These guys are producers, I won't fault them for not making a fuss. I'm guessing they were sub conscious of their place as "not real" editors.
Ninja Scooter
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These guys could be there for days arguing about which game is better than this other game. Eventually they are going to make concessions. Things like how passionate one argues for a personal favorite game is going to matter. Shadow of Mordor did absolutely nothing for me but if it's their game of the year it's their game of the year. I enjoyed the hours and hours of game discussion and am not just looking for validation of my own opinion in some arbitrary top 10 list that comes at the end of that.
Yep and he had his chance when they went around the room and he picked Divinity because he hadn't played it and didn't want to pick between the others he liked. I think the issue is they compiled their personal lists after the podcasts so Drew probably hadn't decided which game was going to be his game of the year or maybe when he was compiling it he made it number one as a fuck you to Brad for keeping it out of the top 10.
WrenchNinja
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I shouldn't have entered this thread before listening to all of the podcasts. Destiny got into the top 10? Are you fucking kidding me? Can I expect a Brad filibuster?
Tainted
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Yep, the podcasts were recorded early December. Brad at one point said that he cant wait for the Destiny expansion which releases iirc today or tomorrow. Dark Below released Dec 9th which also coincides with the Bombcast dates when the whole gang were in San Fran
Alex in the last bombing the AM, said he was compiling the GOTY lists, which was only a week ago
BlastProcessing
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None of those things fix Destiny's main flaw; Korean Free-to-Play MMO tier mission design.
LurkerPrime
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Wasn't really a filibuster so much as Brad saying "but, guuuyys! It's MAGICAL AND... SO GOOD! You'd understand if only you played it for a hundred hours..." Jeff half-nodded, presumably asleep, and everyone else took it as a sign of agreement. Then the deed was done.
meanspartan
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He Helms Deeped it and used Gandalf's army to attack any game that could deservedly kick it off the top 10.
But really, at some point after 4 hours these guys are tired and wanna wrap it up. Anyone could probably brute force their pet game onto the list if determined enough, and Brad was.
eot
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GOTG ship has sailed now that Patrick has left
no one to champion Dark Souls except Vinny.
Tainted
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I think it would be out of ME2, Uncharted 2, Skyrim & TLoU. Whoever yells the loudest for each one would get it (take your pick)
I dont think they will do a GOTG though
eot
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Tainted
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It's funny, NL gets a lot of shit for being bad at BoI
Well damn, I wish I was as bad as him at it then. I'm currently sitting on 10 mom's heart kills (I unlock Cathedral/sheol on next mom's heart kill)
I still consider myself rubbish at the game, and I am in awe watching NL play with some of the stuff he pulls off with ease.
meanspartan
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Dunno bout just the Bombcast crew, but for me the original God of War is still probably the best experience I've had. I'm not even saying it is fundamentally a better game than everything else, but boy if a game ever did meet the definition of "greater than the sum of its parts" it was that one.
I liked God of War 2 and 3, but nothing ever got to the heights of that Hydra roaring at me. It is also the game that for me felt like the first huge budget HD game even though it was on Ps2 and not HD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrnYE7cufMs
And no one will agree with my choice for spot #2 but I don't care.
After that, my personal list is
2. Pokemon Blue
3. World of Warcraft
4. Freedom Fighters
5. Super Mario World
I don't think you're understand what Game of the Generation is implying. Last generation is talking about the PS3/360/Wii and likely PSP/DS
bender
What time is it?
Burnout Paradise (Jeff) vs Red Dead Redemption (Brad, Dan)
Maybe I'm misremembering, but they seemed to be flying threw the awards sections compared to most other years until we got to the game of the year award. At least I'm not alone in feeling that 2014 has been a really down year for games which is what I took away from most of the discussions. Everyone seemed to fall into their comfort zones for the games they propped up for the final discussion. Can't say I blame them as that's how I've been of late.
ThreePiMatt
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Just watched the Sing Star bit at the end of the recap video, holy shit the Jeff video with him rocking the two mics had me in tears.
SmackAttack
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I would love to hear this debate.
soul creator
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I'm late, but I'm surprised Fizzie wasn't mentioned during the best new character discussion.
LurkerPrime
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Okay, I'll bite: who is Fizzie and what game is he from?
Sunset Overdrive mascot, I think.
LurkerPrime
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soul creator
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Yeah, Fizzie actually had an interesting "arc" in the game that was pretty funny. I think the reason I mention it is because I vaguely remember Brad talking about it as well and liking it. I could be wrong though.
I think they way you'd do it is to not order anything, and just look for 15 or 20 games.
Oh elaborate this for me so I can see the light! Cause last time I checked, people hated relying too much on RNG, farming materials, lack of open communication, and match making. All of which Bungie fixed except the last one.
But don't you want to see the bloodbath?
Or you just force them to choose from previously selected game of the years... either through GB or gamespot for years prior to gb.
Gabriel_Logan
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Game of the Generation is the new "the Raid", it will be casually mentioned for years only for nothing to ever come of it.
Much deserved. You might not like the other games in the list either,
BreezyLimbo
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Dan really nailed it with the caneos. I think it was Jeff who said that each member was responsible for their own bits, and Dan just nailed it. If I ranked it though, Brad would be in first place because of BLACKHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE! And the leaf eating.
I really enjoyed listening to the game of the year discussions, although I don't think I ever noticed how much pull alex seems to have in making decisions before, and it felt kind of weird, but then again the last one was a year ago so I probably just don't remember.
Got a lot of good laughs listening to the deliberations too, was great. Some of the day mario cried stuff was hit or miss for me, but some of it was really cool and hilarious.
Got a lot of good laughs listening to the deliberations too, was great. Some of the day mario cried stuff was hit or miss for me, but some of it was really cool and hilarious.
Alex got steamrolled last year. Near the end of the discussion both 3D world and something else, I can't remember what it was right now, got pulled out from under him. Also this was the first year where he was actually in the same room as the others during the discussion which makes it a lot easier to make an impassioned argument in favor of something. Also also, his enjoyment of Nintendo games would usually have gotten trampled but this time he had Dan to back him up.
NullPointer
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Just finished this up. Man oh man it was hard to listen to the arguments for Destiny being on the list. Would've been better just to give everybody one unquestioned pick rather than go through that kindof protracted argument that boiled down to that being the case anyway. Nobody dies on mountains, and the fights become about whats left of the list.
That said, I do think the end result makes for an interesting list, though it'd be even better if it was the top 20 games of 2014. And this just doubles down on the fact that I can never go to these guys for driving game recommendations, but that's fine.
And again, here's wishing Patrick the best in whatever he does next, and a hearty thanks to the Giant Bomb dudes for showing how this particular sausage was made. The end result list is only a shadow of the myriad perspectives, heaping praise and heated arguments that you get from listening to the deliberations.
That said, I do think the end result makes for an interesting list, though it'd be even better if it was the top 20 games of 2014. And this just doubles down on the fact that I can never go to these guys for driving game recommendations, but that's fine.
And again, here's wishing Patrick the best in whatever he does next, and a hearty thanks to the Giant Bomb dudes for showing how this particular sausage was made. The end result list is only a shadow of the myriad perspectives, heaping praise and heated arguments that you get from listening to the deliberations.
Not on the basis of any actual argument. Even Brad acknowledged issue after issue after issue after issue - it was honestly painful to see the logic at work. And Diablo has far more handwrought loot that Destiny by a mile - even if aspects of those legendaries are up to random rolls. All the talk about Destiny's loot being good in any way (the loot itself and how you go about acquiring it) just seemed like crazy talk. Brad having fun with it for a long while was what it came down to, and at least that assertion made sense ;p
Infinite Justice
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If there was one thing
Alex being there in person helped him in spades this time (even his "mention a game with no chance" thing he was doing did its job).
Alex being there in person helped him in spades this time (even his "mention a game with no chance" thing he was doing did its job).
Doing two podcasts a week and more on camera stuff with Vinny has done wonders for Alex. He was also on the right side of history when it came to Jazzpunk, Mario Kart and Destiny which makes him the best.
Wolfpack 4 life.
a secret-boss
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Day3 video recap was favorite
following Day 5. Rory's out of the left field ending and that guest appearance
following Day 5. Rory's out of the left field ending and that guest appearance
chaobreaker
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Brad would be a great dota 2 caster.
Resident4t.
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Really glad that Brad got Destiny on the top 10. The discussion was as heated as I hoped it would be.
As someone who thinks Destiny is boring as fuck I had no doubt the game would be on GB's top 10. I honestly thought it would win(?) Most Disappointing too. Its a weird ass game.
ZanzibarBreeze
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I want exactly that so bad though
One single 8 hour episode with no resolution
Ends in a fade out with Dan just yelling "Super Mario Sunshine" over and over
Again, wrong generation. GC isn't "last gen". He'd be on about Galaxy 1/2 instead.
Meh, Shadow of Mordor winning GOTY says more about how supposedly awful of a year this was than Destiny cracking the top 10.
I thought 2014 was great, but you would never get that idea from listening to the last 5 days of podcasting.
ZanzibarBreeze
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Dang, that's so true. Fantasy spoiled