Is it really okay to fault the game because your partner isn't too sharp?
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ditto.
Then everyone isn't too sharp. I have not head a single good experience with the coop. I would have rather had more SP content. I would have especially appreciated a harder campaign because it was so easy.
EmCeeGramr
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I had plenty of success with partners.
What you're describing isn't really something you can fault the game for, any more than you can fault a fighting game if everyone you fight with is a scrub.
Red Faction Guerrilla has at LEAST the second-best multiplayer this generation. Not only did Armageddon ditch the fabulous open-world of its predecessor, and the timeline, but it got rid of the BRILLIANT multiplayer ENTIRELY! And Volition didn't even confirm that it was gone until like 3 weeks before release. And they did so begrudgingly after their forums were ablaze with panic and desperate "please, why aren't you answering us? PLEASE!?"
Most disappointing game in the history of history.
Most disappointing game in the history of history.
Phonomezer
Banned
I haven't even tried the Portal 2 co-op yet.. well I did shortly so I could help someone on my friendlist get an achievement :/
I can vouch for Gears 3 campaign co-op though! Again, haven't even tried Horde mode.
I can vouch for Gears 3 campaign co-op though! Again, haven't even tried Horde mode.
Yeah but it is easy to have fun in Gears 3 coop and there are even 3 variations to boot!
EmCeeGramr
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Kinda surprised that Ico/SOTC won Best HD Remake after they ran into that debilitating bug where even if you hold the button you still fall off randomly!
Hot Coldman
Banned
Oh you. :lol
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Yup, I agree.
My experience with Portal 2 co-op was pure joy. Working together to figure out the solutions, 50/50, experimenting with different tactics.
It was great.
Oh wow, they're doing a "top ten games of the year for Giant Bomb" this year. I wondered what they were going to do with no "Best PS3, Best 360, Best PC, etc" awards this year. I had suggested Best Exclusive, Best Multiplat, and Best Mobile.
Their idea is much better. They've always avoided ordering candidates in the past. I wonder if they'll bother tomorrow?
Looking forward to it.
Their idea is much better. They've always avoided ordering candidates in the past. I wonder if they'll bother tomorrow?
Looking forward to it.
EmCeeGramr
Member
The part where you
have to slam into each other in mid-air
Someone watching me play suggested it, and as the gears slowly turned in my head and I realized it might actually work, excitedly telling my partner (another GAFfer) what to do, giving a huge clap when we really pulled it off. So cool.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I think that's the stand out moment for most people in the co-op. My girlfriend and I weren't totally sure if it would work, but we had tried everything else and we were both going "AHHH" as we were flying towards each other.
Brilliance.
Brilliance.
Zero-Crescent
Member
Let's see,
- Deposed royalty (Space Pharaoh-Pirate-Sheik Jeff)
- Sharpshooter (SombRyan)
- Magic-user (Bradalf)
- Bruiser (Vinny Freeman)
Ladies and gentlemen, looks like we have ourselves an RPG party. Of JRPG proportions, even.
- Deposed royalty (Space Pharaoh-Pirate-Sheik Jeff)
- Sharpshooter (SombRyan)
- Magic-user (Bradalf)
- Bruiser (Vinny Freeman)
Ladies and gentlemen, looks like we have ourselves an RPG party. Of JRPG proportions, even.
Hot Coldman
Banned
The fuck happened to Geralt's legs and hands? :lol
Rayman: Assassins of Kings
krameriffic
Member
Portal 2 getting dismissed for Best Co-op makes me sad. Best co-op of the generation.
Also hilarious Jeff ranting on about how Persona team making a puzzle game qualifies it as "most disappointing" and everyone else shutting him down.
Portal 2's coop strikes me as something that people would hate if they did it with someone stupid or that they couldn't communicate directly with. I played it with an intelligent human being over a Teamspeak server and it was BY FAR the best coop I've played since L4D.
Lingerie mods didn't transfer over.
rollingstart
Banned
Wolpaw is awesome for the God Hand pick (of all time)
also, thread has me thinking I need to get around to Portal 2 co-op
also, thread has me thinking I need to get around to Portal 2 co-op
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Lol @ uncharted 3 not being in top 3 in graphics
Fucking fail giantbomb
Fucking fail giantbomb
krameriffic
Member
Did Ryan really just try to dismiss Duke Nukem Forever from the Most Disappointing list?
You should play Saint's Row.
It's not disappointing if you already knew it was going to suck.
yea, pretty much made for the gamepad. thats how I play it.
Vinny giving Dark Souls love and shouting out the Anor Londo archers part...he truly is a god amongst men. <3 Vinny, even though he completely snubbed Skyrim in his list 
Also it's quite evident that Saints Row is their GOTY now, 3/5 of them have already said it's their number 1 game.
Also it's quite evident that Saints Row is their GOTY now, 3/5 of them have already said it's their number 1 game.
Vinterbird
Member
Good thing it was not about raw graphic but overall artistic look.
I took it to mean he'd rather see it in some sort of 'Worst Game of the Year' category.
This makes me smile. For I shall be playing it with a 5770 & 360 controller.
elrechazado
Banned
Umm, it means no retail box. Did you listen to the segment?
Nose Master
Member
Wow, Vinny's list was unexpected. SR3? Three of them having the same #1, pretty much a lock for GotY then, eh?
I should probably play Saint's Row.
if he had those two as well I'd be in love.
You should totally play Saints Row!
ThingontheFloor
Member
No, which I'm blown away by. List should've been Team Ico / MGS / Ocarina. Could've just completely slipped their mind, but they did do a quicklook of it, so it's been played. I wanted to scream at my iPhone: "YOU'RE FORGETTING SOMETHING!!!!"
You don't think those games look better than Uncharted 3?
This is one year where having to choose best graphics - or for that matter GOTY, is unenviable because of just how many great candidates there are. No matter what they choose the GB editors are gonna need to put their thick skins on and brace for anger.
Saving it up for the GOTY deliberations probably.
Also, having just recently replayed Dead Space 2 (360), there's no way in hell it matches the sheer variety, scope and attention to details of Uncharted 3. It's got a great lightning engine but other than that...