BenjaminBirdie
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Eh, yeah, but the slice of game they picked is damn amazing.
The Giant Bomb Quick Look Thread 2
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Eh, yeah, but the slice of game they picked is damn amazing.
Yes indeed, also quite informative in comparison to other hour-long looks at IGN and Gamespot.
Jeff asks the right questions since he knows the first one in and out. Was good!
jakonovski
Member
They should pretty much have Brad Muir stand in for all QLEXes.
I want it so bad!
Dude was fine, much more informative than the IGN one thanks to Jeff asking the interesting questions.
Baconsammy
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Quick Look: Mark of the Ninja (Vinnie/Brad/Patrick) (38:42)
Vire
Member
Game looks super awesome. Although a bit hard to see at certain spots.
Hopefully you can crank up the brightness a bit.
Betta Lines
Member
Looks like an ideal game for Vita.
Baconsammy
Banned
I played the demo and couldnt see a damn thing. Not sure why they default the brightness so low. Bumped it to 50ish and it was perfect.
Yep, exactly the same deal for me. Brad commented on it being too dark when he booted up the game, but he responded by turning the brightness up on the TV rather than in the game. Normally this is a good idea, since turning it up in-game will affect the video and might make the game appear too bright, but tons of people in the live chat were complaining it was too dark.
Arlecchino
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The voice actor for the Roland-like guy they were playing in Borderlands 2 is the same as the protagonist from Orcs Must Die/2. Glad to see he's getting more work. (In fact there more connections between the two games than I'd think)
Typographenia
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Everything I saw about BL1 bored me to tears, and this looks like it isn't changing my opinion.
If nothing else, the game looked nicer. I hope people enjoy it.
Looks really neat. Will most likely pick it up!
I will never understand the love for R&C, such poor games. All the major 3D platformers last gen, Mario, Sly, J&D were all much better.
Mark of the Ninja looks interesting, Shank was awful though, and it's hard to tell, but the visibility looks really bad, at one point Brad couldn't even see the path he was meant to go down without the map.
Mark of the Ninja looks interesting, Shank was awful though, and it's hard to tell, but the visibility looks really bad, at one point Brad couldn't even see the path he was meant to go down without the map.
Let me tell you Mark of the Ninja is awesome and I had no visibility issues on my TV.
Yeah, I just checked the official thread and the screenshots look a lot brighter than the quicklook did, looks promising.
Weird to hear Patrick say "But it's a Friday!", while Fez was released on a Friday and he then also made a big deal about it.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Why was their no Mark of the Ninja review?
Brad was playing it on ILM... he says to someone on Twitter 'it's a 5 star game' on Wednesday/Thursday... then on Friday for the QL he says he's 'about half way through'... so where's the review?!
Brad was playing it on ILM... he says to someone on Twitter 'it's a 5 star game' on Wednesday/Thursday... then on Friday for the QL he says he's 'about half way through'... so where's the review?!
well, the game is quite long. and he said several times that he wants to do a "perfect" run and often restarts the level.
Baconsammy
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Brad loves the game, but I think he'd love it even more if he kicked the in-game brightness up higher. It's not intended to be played that way. If you get the demo/game bump the brightness up to about 50-60. The default brightness is ridiculously low.
well I played through it on Thursday and Friday. It's a 6-8 hour game. I did it and I a not even getting paid full time to do this stuff.
The brightness issue also weirds me out. On my TV it was a non-issue. I did not have to change any settings.
ShockingAlberto
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I sort of wish they wouldn't do QLEXs unless there's no other way they can do a quick look of a game. Like, if it were really early footage and the developer had to drag a devkit to the office or something.
Having one for Borderlands 2 seems so unnecessary.
Having one for Borderlands 2 seems so unnecessary.
Why not just not watch them? It never stops them making normal QuickLooks of the games.
Hot Coldman
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Ratchet and Clank: Check Out My Junk is my favourite game in the series
NoirVisage
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whoa man, i liked this quicklook ex, it may not be wild and crazy but jeff asked GREAT questions, and i got a feel for the gameplay, even though i wasn't a fan of his haphazard playstyle..
i actually disagree with you here, wow..are you tired today?
Jeff constantly says, once they've put up a quick look ex, that they "don't need to shoot any more footage of that."
Some people want quick looks to inform about a game, others enjoy them for the comedic banter between the crew. Can't always satisfy both crowds.
I've seen lots of QuickLooks that had QL-EXs I'm sure.
Yeah but there are plenty of examples of big games that have a qlex and never have an independent quick look. Darksiders 2 is a recent example.
brianmcdoogle
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I agree that QL-EX's aren't as good as normal ones because they can't get away with saying or doing as much as they normally do, but not all of them are bad. Sometimes the guest actually brings a lot of interesting stuff to the discussion, or they get in on the zaniness themselves, like the Trenched quicklook. Then there's the ones where the developer just says "go nuts" and doesn't do any talking at all, like the Goldeneye quicklook. Like all things, it depends on the quick look.
Typographenia
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Mark of the Ninja looks quite excellent. I can't recall ever having played a 2D stealth game, but I'm certain I must have played one at some point in time.
Baconsammy
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Mark of the Ninja makes me want a new Metal Gear 2D game.
I'm not a big fan of quick look EXs either and have given up watching them in hopes that the guys'll just stop shooting them when they see a drop in views compared to regular Quick Looks. I wouldn't have as much of a problem with EXs if it didn't discourage them from doing a normal QL later on.
Mark of the Ninja looks way better than I expected. Went in with low expectations since I've never been a stealth guy but they managed to make that stuff exciting here. I'll try to pick it up some point down the road.
Mark of the Ninja looks way better than I expected. Went in with low expectations since I've never been a stealth guy but they managed to make that stuff exciting here. I'll try to pick it up some point down the road.
I pushed the gamma that high the first time I played it, the brightness on the TV in the QL room had never been touched since we hooked it up.
Those are the circumstances that precipitate a QLEX essentially 100% of the time, in case it wasn't clear.
EDIT: That Borderlands EX is the most-viewed video of the last seven days, despite being only two days old. We're well aware there's a difference in tone between regular QLs and the EX variety, and that they often end up serving somewhat different purposes. You guys may not know it, but typically the choice is between a Quick Look EX or no Quick Look at all. It's not like we always have a build of a game sitting there in the office with no coverage restrictions on it that we could be recording however we want.
EX is better than nothing. In fact, they're often quite good. Thanks, Brad.
But after launch, you can show whatever you want right? I'm not saying it would be better to have a QL that much later, but publishers don't 'ban' QuickLooks of certain games post-launch surly?
On the podcast this week Jeff said your site statistics for reviews somewhat mirror the QuickLooks. Review embargoes are generally close to launch, if people are using those things for similar reasons, having them at similar times seems reasonable.
YianGaruga
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Of course they serve different purposes, they are basically the equivalents of previews (EX) and reviews (regular), with all the PR and forced positivity that previews have in other kinds of media.
I'd prefer you do regular QL's for most of the games, even if they had an EX in the past because they are extremely helpful in gauging interest in the game due to their candid nature, while an EX is (mostly) not.
Haunted
Member
Yeah, let's just say that you didn't miss much.
Just imagine how many views you would've gotten for a non-EX QL!
Joking aside, I always just assumed that QL EX were done out of necessity and when you have no other choice to show the game, glad to have that confirmed and cleared up. I don't think people really watch the QLs for the games - I could go watch a hundred other Borderlands 2 videos instead, I think people just watch GB QLs to hear the crew's honest opinion on the game, and EX essentially prevent that from happening if it's not 100% positive (which it rarely is).
chickdigger802
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Didn't they just do that with mark of the ninja? And for the most part, a QLEX + podcast talk is enough for me to get the gist of a game. And if that isn't enough, they usually do a QL.
And let's face it, no1 wants to watch a QL that no1 on the crew wants to do.
Do they ever do quick looks of games no one wants to do a quick look of?
I didn't enjoy the Borderlands 2 QLEX because I thought it was boring. It made the game look dull and repetitive. I turned it off after about 20 minutes. That's not really GB's fault, though. The Gearbox guy who was driving was not doing a good job of making the game look fun.
Sadly felt the same way. I'm still going to buy it, but because of how good the first game was. Watching that EX was like drinking a flat, warm Coke.
The sad thing is, the Gametrailers sit down with Borderlands 2 is what the EX should have been. Unarguably better in all respects. It's amazing the difference a different PR rep can make. I suggest if any of y'all have any slight interest in the game to watch that and judge because the QL EX is essentially worthless even though they showed the same portion of the game.