The Giant Bomb Quick Look Thread 2

I'm in absolute hysterics at the opening 10 minutes of the Farming Simulator QL.

"Let me put him into second gear!"

Oh my. I love Vinny. :D
 
I usually love Quick Looks. However, whenever it's a puzzle game (like Layton with that shop...) or Sherlock Holmes (the chess...), I can't tell if Ryan is just on the spot, or terrible at puzzle games!

It frustrates to no end.
 
Typographenia said:
HOLY CRAP MIAMI HOTLINE IS GREAT

I'm going to have to get this game. The trial and error in most games aggravates me, but this just looks like so much fun. And that music...

Definitely picking this up.
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Oh, there is some DEEP Eno shit and guitar trance on that soundtrack, too. Ryan's right, strong OST of the Year candidate.
 
Dang, that natural selection game looks great. The RTS and FPS mix looks like a fun twist.
Also, that party room cracked me up. My first thought was the dance club on Jet Force Gemini. So good.
 
LCfiner said:
video should play in html player if on a tablet. no youtube needed. it does on iOS.

if your browser isn't recognized as a tablet browser, contact GB about it.
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I'm using a Blackberry Playbook at the moment. It only lets me use flash but when I go full screen the UI doesn't show up. Every other flash video I've tried on this tablet works fine except for GiantBomb's so I'm stuck using YouTube.
 
Halfway through the Most Wanted quicklook and puzzled that Jeff gave it a 4/5. I'll read the review later, but it just seems bad in about every way. The pointless cops, the uneven handling, the weird warp to the car you select, having to do five races with each car you want to unlock stuff on, etc.
 
Aaron said:
Halfway through the Most Wanted quicklook and puzzled that Jeff gave it a 4/5. I'll read the review later, but it just seems bad in about every way. The pointless cops, the uneven handling, the weird warp to the car you select, having to do five races with each car you want to unlock stuff on, etc.
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He basically gave it 4/5 based on the multiplayer.
 
So, if the police are basically pointless, shouldn't Criterion have figured out a way to make pursuits actually fun?

Like... pursuit breakers, maybe?
 
I wish it was either Mechwarrior or Phantom Crash. Not this middle of the road shooter.

Edit: Spoke too soon. The non-deathmatch stuff looks great.
 
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"Suck it, Visceral Games!"
 
Every Criterion game post Paradise has brought me nothing but disappointment. Watching the Most Wanted Quick Look is kind of heart breaking.
 
dimb said:
Every Criterion game post Paradise has brought me nothing but disappointment. Watching the Most Wanted Quick Look is kind of heart breaking.
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bu... but hot pursuit was awesome ;_;

I watched the MW QL and it looks fun to me, the multi in particular. I picked up a copy last night and was going to open or return it depending on the QL, reviews, etc. I'm keeping it.
 
Curufinwe said:
Hot Pursuit was much better than Paradise which got really boring after about 12 hours.
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Nope. Paradise just had better handling, had more back and forth between cars because of the Burnout formula, and much more interesting tracks, if you could even call them that in Paradise. The cop vs. drivers formula was outdated and awful, and guess how surprised I am to not see it come back in Most Wanted?

Watching the multiplayer stuff for Most Wanted in the Quick Look wasn't completely uninteresting to me, but it looked a little too slow paced and just dull for me. Heading to the Meet Up points just looks like a waste of time. There's just so much down time, and even the events themselves didn't do much to grab me. There's much less choice in what you're doing as the game pulls your around to events you don't necessarily want to do.
 
The handling was perfect in Hot Pursuit if you used the brakes and handbrakes properly. The tracks in Paradise were the same small, boring city regurgitated over and over, and cops vs drivers in Hot Pursuit was far more exciting than anything in the single player mode of Paradise.

Most Wanted seems to be missing several things that made HP great, like a lengthy and compelling single player mode.
 
Curufinwe said:
The handling was perfect in Hot Pursuit if you used the brakes and handbrakes properly. The tracks in Paradise were the same small, boring city regurgitated over and over, and cops vs drivers in Hot Pursuit was far more exciting than anything in the single player mode of Paradise.

Most Wanted seems to be missing several things that made HP great, like a lengthy and compelling single player mode.
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Well, since all the cars in HP handled exactly the same it wasn't too hard for them to get it right. I found the game incredibly dull myself, and quit after a few hours.
 
The 5 events per car thing just seems ridiculous to me. So you gradually progress, increasing your car's quality every race for 5 events and then when you're at the point where you're fully upgraded and able to reap the benefits you're encouraged to ditch the car and do it all over again? I don't see the appeal personally. I guess it at least encourages you to try out all the different kinds of cars, but it just seems like a lot of unnecessary grinding.
 
Wildesy said:
The 5 events per car thing just seems ridiculous to me. So you gradually progress, increasing your car's quality every race for 5 events and then when you're at the point where you're fully upgraded and able to reap the benefits you're encouraged to ditch the car and do it all over again? I don't see the appeal personally. I guess it at least encourages you to try out all the different kinds of cars, but it just seems like a lot of unnecessary grinding.
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