Holundrian
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Crash Tropical Breeze at Sony calling it.
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On the podcast, they brought up the concept of Crash being a big announcement at E3 with the level of dismissiveness it deserves. We're talking Battleborn levels of meh.
Crash was mediocre in it's day, and the people clamouring for some sort of modern reboot must be wearing the rosiest glasses ever created.
It probably was the best early platformer on PS1 though, although that's not saying much (and I still preferred Jumping Flash). I always assumed people with such affection for it grew up with the PS1 as their first console.
Mikey Jr.
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That's good to hear.
Acquiescence
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Well the Naughty Dog installments were critically acclaimed back in the day, and they continue to sell like hotcakes every month on PSN, so I dunno, it makes sense that Sony would want to acquire the rights and make Crash relevant again after Activision muddied his name for so long.
And apart from the first game's super archaic save system and the third game's over-reliance on vehicle levels, they've aged just fine.
LiquidSolid
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I just want Brandon and Kyle to stream Pokemon Snap once they've finished Brandon Plays Pokemon. That game was the absolute coolest if you were into Pokemon at the time, even if it was pretty short.
YOU'RE MEDIOCRE! Crash 1-3 were great and CTR > Mario Kart.
If by mediocre you mean created an interesting take on the 3D platformer, offered challenging and unique gameplay and sold millions upon millions of copies then yeah, sure.
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Cool.
Just plain wrong. It's okay, I'm used to this kind of sentiment being expressed not only for the Crash tirlogy on the PS1, but the DKC trilogy on the SNES as well. The games reviewed well. Sold well. And still sell well on PSN.
Not like this Hasney... I thought you were cool.
My first console was the Atari 2600, and my favorite platformers before the Crash trilogy on PS1 was the DKC trilogy on the SNES.
Heh, well I loved DKC!
Honestly, I played through the demo of the first with my early model PS1 and about half of the second one and wished I had been given a Saturn because Sonic Xtreme was going to rule!
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OK, I got the last part wrong. But it really wasn't until I got the N64 that I thought platformers could work properly in 3D.
Loved this moment, I was worried we were about to get 20 minutes of Crash Remake talk but I'm glad they recognised there's nothing actually worth talking about right now.
It feels like the majority of the Crash crusaders on GAF just seem to want some moment of nostalgia back in their lives. It doesn't actually feel like the game is due a comeback or anything (besides the hints by Sony). In saying that, it will sell a shit-ton and I'm sure Sony see dollar signs when they look at the PSN Classics downloads every month.
If they really feel the need to do it then a trilogy remaster/remake by Bluepoint (Actually made up of Crash-era devs, btw! A far better pick than current day Naughty Dog) would be a much better use of resources.
uomoartificiale
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I never played the original so I'll never understand the nostalgia, but it seems like it was a cool project that tried a different direction for the 3d puzzle-platformer genre. But it also seems clear to me that the genre evolved (thanks to nintendo) in a different direction.
I don't really know how they can go back to that design, and make another entry in the series, except if they take those characters and make it a boilerplate noir adventure, telltale style.
The way I see it is, if they can still make 2d platformers, and a game like DKC Tropical Freeze can come out now (which was basically like the original trilogy with some additions here and there, more dynamic/alive level design etc), a game like the original Crash trilogy can come out as well with similar enhancements.
I hope we can get Huber's thoughts on this new Agony game tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhMbT_hksGQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhMbT_hksGQ
I want that intro in VR
I've been scavenging the internet for the artwork on Huber's Resident Evil T Shirt in this episode. Anyone find it?
Orthogonal
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Bosman tries it.
Holundrian
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So curious about what they'll think of Warcraft, I saw it yesterday but I don't want to say more than that in case that they wanted to be on media blackout for the movie given that some of them read this thread.
Ton of good EZA content next month. We're getting close to first Game Sleuth. I think Brandon mentioned that there might be an update on the first Retrospective soon.
Of course E3!! Uncharted 4 spoiler discussion likely(although I can't watch since I still have to play it) + the regular shows + maybe surprise content here and there.
(Dang that's a lot of stuff hope they'll survive that month)
Ton of good EZA content next month. We're getting close to first Game Sleuth. I think Brandon mentioned that there might be an update on the first Retrospective soon.
Of course E3!! Uncharted 4 spoiler discussion likely(although I can't watch since I still have to play it) + the regular shows + maybe surprise content here and there.
Also if stars somehow align Kyle, Ian, Ben VLR discussion 
someday maybe.
someday maybe.(Dang that's a lot of stuff hope they'll survive that month)
lmao.
Week saved!!!
So I know we've talked about other content and podcasts before, but I'm watching the Mega 64 podcast right now and they have Lauren and Justin on from Funimations podcats Dubbletalk.... They both seem awesome so I'm not talking down about them, but how did they not have Damiani on it? Seems like a missed opportunity for them.
I'm kind of glad they didn't, because it's our EZA gain, but still. They're calling out Screwattack too, so it's old GT content wars <3.
I'm kind of glad they didn't, because it's our EZA gain, but still. They're calling out Screwattack too, so it's old GT content wars <3.
I thnk Blood likes to finish what he starts. I can see him one day doing an insane stream of all of Witcher 3.
While I ended up voting for the local multiplayer game, Hitman is anything but bland. The game is as much as you want to get out of it... And I wouldn't mind seeing Huber murder people while the rest are watching.
Brian_FETO
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I disagree. Sandbox game of wacky schemes and murder
My vote was for Samurai Gunn but I see the appeal
"chat, should we poison the fortune cookies?"
You clearly haven't been paying attention to what that game is then, it's amazing.
Napalm_Frank
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I voted Hitman because it was the unpredictable thing to do.
SweetJohnnyCage
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Were they live or on Skype? Mega64 is in San Diego, which is a 3 hour drive by car without too much traffic.
Oh god, I'm watching an hour special on the WWE Network focusing on a wrestler called Seth Rollins who is from Iowa. Guess what they're eating? Taco Pizza.... It's not just Ben!
They were there live, normally at Funamation in Texas though. Just happened to be in the area.
They were there live, normally at Funamation in Texas though. Just happened to be in the area.
WTF??? Iowa? Taco Pizzas are real in Iowa?? take a picture! I don't even know how it should look like...
plasmawave
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Hitman could turn out hilarious with EZA.
Bloodworth
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I'm going to stream it at some point, but I want to have a good handle on the review first.
Best shot I can get.
Dude eating it goes "Hey let's introduce taco pizza, this is how you eat it. Got to have some chips on there, see? Then onions, meat, then taco sauce, baby"
Some other dude: "Always taco sauce"
Wrestler the documentary is about: "You're out of your mind"
IdreamofHIME
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Siren Blood Curse is dropping on PS+, would make for an excellent Huber or Ben stream.
I laughed a lot at it.
that's one good story writer right there, a good story writer always makes random stories in the mind, it keeps the mind trained for future stories.
no wonder at all how he came with all The Final Bosman lore...
ooooooooooooh nooooooooooooooooo.
I want some
Exploratory
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What's the email were supposed to send questions for Frame Trap? I've got something burning in my soul.
askeasyallies @ gmail.com
GamingOblivion
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Link?
TheDarkKnight774
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OMG. Kyle playing Hitman validated the vote. This is amazing.
Premium Quality
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Never played the Hitman series, but I like what I'm watching.
LOL @ Kyle raging because they need to be online to play the game.
LOL @ Kyle raging because they need to be online to play the game.
People do have 5 days to correct bounced payments and some of it might be some people that increased their payments specifically for E3 and have reduced them now the payment has been taken. I'm really hoping that they do communicate what it means come Cup of Jones at least though. Communication still hasn't been fantastic, but things are still moving so fast it must be hard.
EDIT: Cup of Jones might be happening today, so shorter time to wait than expected.
I'd like some CoJ clarification too. Hope he didn't record before the drop if it's happening today, although it would've made sense to adres it before either way.
I didn't know about the 5 day thing, fingers crossed enough people will correct it then. As for people increasing their payment for E3 / a specific goal that's great and all, but people should probably try to avoid reducing until we're comfortably above the latest goal. Might be a bit demoralizing otherwise. :/
On the last point, not really since the money has been taken so Jones will know either now or within the week how much they'll be getting. I mean, sure it might be demoralising for us, but it won't be if they come out and go "Yeah, we're doing the E3 of dreams!!!". Put it this way, Kinda Funny's temporary goal dropped them from $84k to $43k during that same month.
Like I said earlier this week, they're smart people so would have recognised it goes down every month and probably built some shrinkage into the goal. Damn good monthly hold too, it's not even dropped a grand yet.
Ah, yeah, I wasn't talking about Jones etc there, I'm sure they take all this into account. I meant us. I just don't want people to start feeling unmotivated if we drop under goals like that too often.
But you're right it might not we do get the E3 of dreams. It'd make sense I think, we aren't that far off.
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