matrix-cat
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I lost it at 'obstensively', but I would have liked some risk/reward and diminishing returns
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The Giant Bomb Quick Look Thread 2
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I lost it at 'obstensively', but I would have liked some risk/reward and diminishing returns
misspelling 'ostensibly' was clutch to my enjoyment of this joke
It means nothing.
Well, I suppose it could be racist. I mean it's a made up word so you could attribute it whatever meaning your heart desired.
(The correct word is emblematic.)
While we're talking about language... What is up with that? Why is "without" going out of fashion?
I don't know. If I was going to type that sentence I would use "without". Maybe English is not his first language. NeoGAF is a multicultural gathering of gamers, after all.
nckillthegrimace
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EmCeeGramr perfectly captures Ryan Davis's Patton Oswalt.
I know, I know, English isn't my first language so you're preaching to the choir there. I just notice it everywhere. I think native speakers do it more than non-native speakers. It's like 'addicting'. Regular old language change, but it just rubs me the wrong way.
I'm just being an old man, never mind me...
Well they sure made that game look like shit. Ryan checks the journal the first thing he does, and still goes the completely wrong way. Then after dying 5-6 times to enemies he's not supposed to face until many levels later, he says "this is pretty much my experience with Baldur's Gate". I swear it says clearly in the journal that you're supposed to go to Beregost, but if you don't read where to go I guess it's hard.
Furthermore, isn't it basic RTS knowledge that you can select all your units and click attack to make them all attack at once? Ryan keeps going through them all one by one...
To build on that, isn't it basic RPG knowledge that you don't keep your mages and rangers in close combat, because they will DIE? Sigh...
I suppose it's easy for me to say since I've finished the game a few times, but still, this is basic gaming knowledge for god's sake.
Furthermore, isn't it basic RTS knowledge that you can select all your units and click attack to make them all attack at once? Ryan keeps going through them all one by one...
To build on that, isn't it basic RPG knowledge that you don't keep your mages and rangers in close combat, because they will DIE? Sigh...
I suppose it's easy for me to say since I've finished the game a few times, but still, this is basic gaming knowledge for god's sake.
"I did it."
Niiiiice.... That means GAF could make the next Assassin's Creed!
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
*sigh*
Yeah, this QL needed Dave. Just having your mage rush into melee combat isn't the best idea.
The joys of playing a level 1 mage.
That was unintentional on my part, but well played.
giant_frying_pan
Member
Needs more story beats.
Story beats is to Patrick Klepek as Whole cloth is to Brad Shoemaker.
it's a non-word that seems to be some sort of fusion of "emblematic" and "endemic."
Typographenia
Member
Primordia looks pretty cool. I still haven't gotten Gemini Rue, but I've been meaning to get around to it soonish. This will probably be added to the list as well.
Vinny breaking into song was unexpected, but much appreciated, haha.
Vinny breaking into song was unexpected, but much appreciated, haha.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I'm not sure why you'd think that. Everything that has leaked has pointed to it being very different. For one, it's PvE focused.
What kind of scale is rumored for that game? 2000 per map like Planetside, or more instanced stuff with a persistent world?
probably the worst giantbomb ql ever
This made me check out what their worst rated video (dislikes to likes) is on Youtube. It seems to be Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, although obviously Youtube has no way to sort after fucking anything so I don't know. I also don't know why it's so downrated.
Also probably the worst version of BG1.
Vanilla BG with basically any mod is better than this scam of an "enhanced edition", they changed almost nothing positively.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Is it just me or is Giantbomb's content super slow to load lately?
Felix Lighter
Member
It has been like that for weeks for me.
Anatoli Bacharach
Member
Guys, Ryan couldn't possibly have been serious when he used "emblemic" in the Baldur's Gate quick look. He's doing it to mess with you.
Haunted
Member
bububu it's hard to talk and play games at the same time
Yeah, this is not a QL for me. I can't watch any QL for a game i love and know a lot about, I had to stop watching Majesty 2 QL because i was getting angry at them, can't watch them play Baldur's Gate either.
I just skipped around the video, and the amount of fuckups they do is staggering. You can't play BG like that, and i guess they kinda showed that...
I just skipped around the video, and the amount of fuckups they do is staggering. You can't play BG like that, and i guess they kinda showed that...
Typographenia
Member
Dave's final verdict at the end meant more to me than anything else in the video. I still had a good laugh or two at Ryan's expense, but I've never been a Baldur's Gate player.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I'm kind of curious - what could they have done to ressurrect that dead character in their party?
Gone to a temple and paid like 1000g for a resurrection spell. But characters in your party can die so they can't be resurrected, like if they're killed by a damaging enough critical strike, their body will get blown up into small chunks and they're dead forever.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ah, their portrait would be gone if they were "really" dead?
Do you have to go back for their body after getting the spell?
I honestly don't remember, but I'm pretty sure you just bring them back to life at the temple. But you need to loot their body when they die and bring their stuff with you, that's for sure. I also think they lose like a level when getting resurrected.
Exactly, if the death was gruesome enough their portrait dissapear and all you can do is reload a save.
If it's just greyed out you can ressurect them at the temple, or use a ressurection spell of your characters (IIRC they are pretty far into thre spellbook, i don't remember if you can do them in the first BG).
You don't have to take anything from the body to ressurect the character. All you can loot is their equipment.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Sounds too much like punch out.
Ryan Davis is a crappy game reviewer/journalist/enthusiast/blogger/whatever-he-calls-himself but he doesn't give a fuck. More news at 11.
edit: maybe a bit harsh, but basically Baldur's Gate isn't a game he really cares about so he's just gonna pump out the QL and never play it ever again. So it's like having someone who only plays simply mobile games do a review/preview of Civilization 5.
He writes great reviews and is best host out of all of them but probably the weakest "gamer".
I can't agree with you on his reviews, but I agree that the only thing he seems to put any "professional" effort into is when he is hosting.
Shatner's Bassoon
Member
Ryan is good on menus.
The other way around for me... He writes good reviews but Jeff was a much better host for all the bombcasts he did.
The thing I just don't get is the fundamental lack of critical thinking skills which are repeatedly displayed in quick looks.
The game ends when the main character dies. The main character has 4 hp and is a mage, aka the worst possible melee combatant possible, so what does he do? Have the main character charge into battle as the first thing possible whenever the opportunity strikes. After this naturally backfires a couple of times he basically just shrugs his shoulders and says fuck it. I know these guys aren't rocket scientists, but for fucks sake this is pretty much trying to force a square block into a round hole!
If the motivation for NOT wanting to educate yourself on a game during the recording of a quick look because it's "boring to look at", then what's the fucking point of a quick look where they just try to brute force their way through a game's mechanics and failing repeatedly (the Blood Bowl quick look is infamous for this), instead of at least showing the learning process or do SOMETHING of basic value.
They very consistently seem to not want to spend the 10 seconds it takes to read a tool tip or other basic information that's critical to understand the mechanics during a recording of a quick look (moves lists in any fighting game thing they've done comes to mind), and seem to prefer to just struggle with the game on camera instead. It sucks to look at, it's not informative for the consumer, and it's fucking infuriating to watch if you actually know anything about the game they're playing.
The game ends when the main character dies. The main character has 4 hp and is a mage, aka the worst possible melee combatant possible, so what does he do? Have the main character charge into battle as the first thing possible whenever the opportunity strikes. After this naturally backfires a couple of times he basically just shrugs his shoulders and says fuck it. I know these guys aren't rocket scientists, but for fucks sake this is pretty much trying to force a square block into a round hole!
If the motivation for NOT wanting to educate yourself on a game during the recording of a quick look because it's "boring to look at", then what's the fucking point of a quick look where they just try to brute force their way through a game's mechanics and failing repeatedly (the Blood Bowl quick look is infamous for this), instead of at least showing the learning process or do SOMETHING of basic value.
They very consistently seem to not want to spend the 10 seconds it takes to read a tool tip or other basic information that's critical to understand the mechanics during a recording of a quick look (moves lists in any fighting game thing they've done comes to mind), and seem to prefer to just struggle with the game on camera instead. It sucks to look at, it's not informative for the consumer, and it's fucking infuriating to watch if you actually know anything about the game they're playing.
Quick Look: Guardians of Middle-earth (37:09) (Brad/Vinny)
I didn't even realize this was coming out on anything besides PC. The idea of playing a MOBA on a console seems kind of crazy to me.
Edit: It's been pointed out to me that this is console exclusive.
I didn't even realize this was coming out on anything besides PC. The idea of playing a MOBA on a console seems kind of crazy to me.
Edit: It's been pointed out to me that this is console exclusive.