Haha. These guys can't act their way out of a paper bag, but the videos are still awesome. (Though I guess that's a big reason why they're so good.) But I can't even imagine how much work all of this was to put together. Major props to them.
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Giantbomb GOTY 2012 Thread: Videos, Top 10's, and podcasts lots and lots of podcasts.
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I don't know, I don't really follow him. Doesn't sound like something he'd "review".
I'd say Jeff is probably the best at straight-up acting. But they're pretty good at talking directly to camera, so the Office thing worked
Heh, I haven't followed him in a year, but it looks like he did both Y4 and Dead Souls!
Jeff really got across the awkwardness and passive-aggressiveness, just like The Office. And a stare can convey so much emotion (but mostly tension and implied facepalming).
These are the first GB podcasts I've ever listened to, and I gotta give them massive kudos for this discussions. Especially calling out guilty parties for stupid bullshit in the Day 3 podcast.
I thought Ryan was really good in the Office parody. Wasn't too shabby as a cop either.
When was this?
"Heres our game of the year it's fucking broken"
I can't think of a contender more broken than
X-Com
The AC-130 mission, and Walker's face is reflected on the screen which made it chilling.
Well, they dismiss western studious just as easily. If they have a "poor" track record (meaning none of the guys love their games) , GB hates on them.
The Walking Dead's save problem is pretty fucking broken
Stolen from Jeff's twitter:
I lost it at "Chie".
How was XCOM broken? I've only started it recently and it seems fine.
Walking Dead kept fucking up the saves in a game where saves mean everything.
Oh man, you have no idea. Clipping errors up the ass, at one point you couldn't build SHIVs because they would disappear in the equip screen, it was possible for soldiers to be permenantly benched for injuries, it was possible to deploy with no selectable soldiers, alien turns would hang forever... the list goes on.
XCOM's a fucking fantastic game, but it can be buggy as shit
Ah right, that does sound shitty.
The only "bug" I hate is putting my PC on my TV, getting in bed and the mouse is in the fucking middle of the screen, making me get back up and move it. Brad points it out in the Day 3 recap vid, actually.
Hard life, man
The only "bug" I hate is putting my PC on my TV, getting in bed and the mouse is in the fucking middle of the screen, making me get back up and move it. Brad points it out in the Day 3 recap vid, actually.
Hard life, man
I haven't played XCOM in awhile but did they fix the snipers on overwatch with squadsight shooting through entire buildings or is that meant to be a gameplay feature?
Walking Dead fucking up saves and the devs pretty much ignoring it and trying to sweep it under the rug is terrible as well. Game performed like complete ass on 360.
Walking Dead fucking up saves and the devs pretty much ignoring it and trying to sweep it under the rug is terrible as well. Game performed like complete ass on 360.
XCOM fucked up my saves. It didn't delete them but during the 3/4 mark began arbitrarily placing my save files in a random order. With the amount of saves I had at that point, attempting to find them each time became nearly impossible and an incredible nuisance. I haven't finished it since despite having an amazing time playing it while it lasted.
XCOM and Walking Dead are both broken
I think what they were saying is that there are so many broken games this year the odds are high that their GOTY will be one of them.
If you reloaded your guns at the wrong time the game would freeze. I think they fixed that one. I've had corpses fall through the world in such a way that screwed up the camera so bad I had to load a save. Plenty of shooting through walls without actually damaging said walls, and even once missed with a 100% chance to hit.
lots of bugs some of which will straight up ruin ironman attempts
I had the same guy twice at the start of a mission. Lots of clipping issues with walls, screwed up climbing and elevation issues. I know they fixed some things, but still...
!You say this as if we haven't collectively spent decades observing the Japanese game industry and consuming its output. That output has been in a real slump the last few years, so yeah, in many cases we're probably going to be skeptical until we see a good reason to think otherwise.
I finished The Walking Dead yesterday and Spec Ops today. I need a palate cleanser.
Hotline Miami beckons, Felix.
You need Binary Domain.
Play botanicula.
It'll wash all your life's worry away.
Also, personally I find playing dustforce strangely soothing.
I think Lego Lord of the Rings is about my speed right now.
Walking Dead has a critical save game bug on the PC. Also Fez which I feel in a way is an outside shot has a notorious game ending bug that has never been patched. Skyrim last year was also busted on the PS3. So it's not really that cut and dry.
Nah, seriously though, botanicula.
Just listen to this shit man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0ipQ20j-8#t=6m0s
This game made so happy it's ridiculous.
Just listen to this shit man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0ipQ20j-8#t=6m0s
This game made so happy it's ridiculous.
I agree (well, except for the "I love GiantBomb" part), but I think this is a general problem with almost all western media and not just them. I do hope that dismissing Japanese developers out of hand will lose its chic over time.
Yep. It's so sweet.
lego LOTR?
Edit: see you already picked it. I'm sorta using it as a cleanser right now too.
one of my complaints as well. Luckily i've finished most of the games that i want for the year. If you haven't finished TWD then you may as well not even play it if you listened to the podcasts. They literally spoil everything...and the story is the only reason to even play the game.
you say that as if plenty of other people who have "spent decades observing the Japanese game industry and consuming its output" don't immediately reject a game or developer because of things like "they make Naruto games". y'all gave plenty of love to far cry 3 this year; developed by ubisoft montreal, the same studio responsible for bangers like shaun white snowboarding, lost: via domus, and naruto: the broken bond.
Ubisoft are a weird one to call out seeing as the games that have been marketed towards Giant Bomb's target audience have all been critically acclaimed.
Asura's Wrath.
Clear your palette with some good angry screaming.
YES
Exactly. Finish the games beforehand or don't listen.
GOTY is a free-for-all and great because of it.
I really need to pick up Asura's wrath, only thing putting me off is the pay for the true ending as dlc bullshit.