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[dickroach]

a few hours into FFXV I was digging it a lot, and, like seemingly everyone else, I was running around doing a bunch of sidequests for a while in Chapter 3. I remember in the middle of a run to an enemy hunt I hear Prompto (or one of them) sneeze, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. like, the paid attention to the littlest details in that game.
fast forward 20whatever hours, yada yada yada, beat the game, and I did not like FFXV at all.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Ben did a Falcom interview! What a nice surprise. I enjoy stuff like this and am glad to see Ben has an active interest in it.

10/10 interview.

 

[Zhao_Yun]

Ben did a Falcom interview! What a nice surprise. I enjoy stuff like this and am glad to see Ben has an active interest in it.

Great interview! Ben did a very good job there.

 

[ShadyK54]

Newest episode of TTE:

Spoiler

Damnit, Pomper!

 

[WiseSplinteR]

About the Frametrap sponsorship: I wonder if sponsors would be ok with the potential of the forbidden word not being said. Would that mean their blurb does not get read that episode?

Happy for hem to get more sponsors though, bring on that studio!
L&R

 

[dickroach]

About the Frametrap sponsorship: I wonder if sponsors would be ok with the potential of the forbidden word not being said. Would that mean their blurb does not get read that episode?

Happy for hem to get more sponsors though, bring on that studio!
L&R

I'm sorry, but you said the forbidden word: blurb...

 

[Hasney]

About the Frametrap sponsorship: I wonder if sponsors would be ok with the potential of the forbidden word not being said. Would that mean their blurb does not get read that episode?

Happy for hem to get more sponsors though, bring on that studio!
L&R

The forbidden word will always be said. It's almost like Ben makes it up during the filming!

 

[luchadork]

The forbidden word will always be said. It's almost like Ben makes it up during the filming!

breaking kayfabe you smark

 

[Mista Koo]

No one tell Ben about this:

Whether you like it probably depends on why you don't play JRPGs.

Also, I'd recommend Persona 4 Golden over 5. The dungeons are far more repetitive but the characters, story and dialogue are so much better.

Because I was a child during the golden age of JRPGs and playing a text-heavy game not in my native language sounded like a chore. Also I watched a ton of them during the PS1 era, mostly Final Fantasies, and they looked so boring.

As for Persona 5, the main reason I want to play it is because of its visual style. It's that good that I want to play the game because of it.
And I'm spoiled about the whodunnit in 4, should that stop me from playing it in the future if I like 5?

I love both of those games, but FFXV isn't much of a JRPG. Can you still get either of the demos for the game? I'm not sure.

I think I'll just get both when I decide to play them, and do a Kyle and just stop playing when I feel like I had enough :3

 

[Don Draper's Hat]

That Mario Golf tournament was great. Loved that the final three was who it was and not the same faces in the final.

Look after Bubbles, Blood. I mean Cinder.

 

[Auctopus]

About the Frametrap sponsorship: I wonder if sponsors would be ok with the potential of the forbidden word not being said.

"This episode is brought to you by Coca-Cola..."

*5 minutes later*

"I'm sorry, you said the forbidden word: Pepsi. You will now have to drink a refreshing can of Coca-Cola to get us out of this Frame-trap"

 

[Pie and Beans]

The Jones Lego Disney Castle building stream is incredible.

 

[WiseSplinteR]

The forbidden word will always be said. It's almost like Ben makes it up during the filming!

Haha! Fair enough. Although, there have been episodes where they didn't do that segment haven't there? I guess if it's sponsored they will have to remember it.

 

[Deimo5]

Does anyone actually enjoy the look of 2.5D or was it always just done for cost reasons.
The Bloodstained concept art looks way cooler than the actual game.

 

[cm osi]

happy with the last frametrap, i was going to make a post about how it felt to me tt it was going toward a comic fantasy direction (expecially with yogalla) and how the threat of the nightingales felt pushed in second place but the last tt put the things back in place

 

[Labrynian Rebel]

The decision to get dynamite will spell the end of the universe mark my words.

EDIT: Also didn't Olaf have a spell cast on him by Pomper?

 

[Auctopus]

You know it's a stacked year when the No No Kuni delay comes as a little bit of a relief.

 

[Hasney]

And Culdecept Revolt, even if that's to October.

I don't mind, at least it's not the same day as Rabbis, Yakuza Kiwami and Everybody's Golf anymore.

 

[Bahorel]

You know it's a stacked year when the No No Kuni delay comes as a little bit of a relief.

For sure. I was bummed at first but I realize that It's best for everyone involved. Games gets time to shine early 2018 like Resident Evil did this year.

I still am working on Ni no Kuni 1 and it's still as wonderous as ever. I can't believe how great it is.

 

[sora87]

You know it's a stacked year when the No No Kuni delay comes as a little bit of a relief.

Not for me, I only have Mario Odyssey and Xenoblade 2 for the rest of the year now

 

[Bahorel]

Not for me, I only have Mario Odyssey and Xenoblade 2 for the rest of the year now

Any interest in Mario + Rabbids?

Or work on your backlog perhaps? I've been working diligently on mine.

 

[Primethius]

You know it's a stacked year when the No No Kuni delay comes as a little bit of a relief.

Yeeeeep.

October is still gonna be crazy to get through for me, though it seems like none of those major games are gonna budge.

 

[Kneefoil]

Trailer Jones - Everything -Gameplay Trailer

We finally got it.

 

[SprachBrooks]

You know it's a stacked year when the No No Kuni delay comes as a little bit of a relief.

What the fuck?! This is the first time hearing of this! Makes sense...even though I'm bitterly disappointed.

 

[Bahorel]

What the fuck?! This is the first time hearing of this! Makes sense...even though I'm bitterly disappointed.

New date is January 19

 

[Holundrian]

Wonder why they replaced the e3 introbit for trailer jones.
https://youtu.be/Le9PY83IKlU?t=9s
Kinda like that one better tbh. This is prob my nitpickiest thing to mention ever.

 

[Brian_FETO]

Maybe I'm late here, but just checked the schedule on the site

A 50 hour beach house stream, Ian?

 

[ShadyK54]

Maybe I'm late here, but just checked the schedule on the site

A 50 hour beach house stream, Ian?

It's not an Ian thing. The whole group is renting a beach house & streaming non stop for an entire weekend.

No wits will exist after it's over.

 

[Bahorel]

Maybe I'm late here, but just checked the schedule on the site

A 50 hour beach house stream, Ian?

Totally late. They had an announcement video for it the last night of e3

 

[Naythan]

Maybe I'm late here, but just checked the schedule on the site

A 50 hour beach house stream, Ian?

They're all doing it. They rented a beach house baaaaby.

 

[Mister Megative]

Huber is gonna be on our podcast next week for the 3rd time with an H1Z1 dev if anyone is interested.

 

[Brian_FETO]

That's some insane stuff (and that's what I get for falling off of the E3 coverage and consuming bits and pieces after)

 

[kulapik]

Is there gonna be a separate thread for that?

 

[Brian_FETO]

The only thing that sucks is I'd actually want to watch the whole thing but it's pretty much impossible to do so, even catching up the archive will be a task

 

[Bahorel]

The only thing that sucks is I'd actually want to watch the whole thing but it's pretty much impossible to do so, even catching up the archive will be a task

If you're referring to watching the beach house you could just chip at the archive a few hours a day for a while. I was on vacation during e3 andnit took me near a week to catch up on all the streams but it was fun to have a queue of content to go through

 

[ElephantShell]

New date is January 19

God damn that was my most hyped game for the rest of the year. Fall/Holiday all of a sudden looking kinda bare for me personally.

 

[Bahorel]

God damn that was my most hyped game for the rest of the year. Fall/Holiday all of a sudden looking kinda bare for me personally.

Can Odyssey fill the hole in your heart?

 

[ElephantShell]

Can Odyssey fill the hole in your heart?

If I had a Switch it absolutely would.

I do have a late Fall birthday so maybe if I drop enough hints the gf will treat me this year lol. They're a bit pricey in Canada right now though.

 

[LiquidSolid]

Everyone thank Kyle for the barrage of news today. And it'll all be forgotten by the time the next new episode is recorded in two weeks time.

Speaking of, I get why they have L&R podcasts for national holidays or when they're busy organising an event (like the one year anniversary stuff) but it seems weird that their main podcast grinds to a halt because Kyle's going on holiday. Can't they get someone else to step in on those very rare occasions? It might turn out to be a disaster but it'd be a one-off anyway, so no big deal.

 

[Diprosalic]

in what stream did brandon get the princess castle?

 

[abrack08]

in what stream did brandon get the princess castle?

I can't scrub through videos to check at the moment (so I might be wrong) but I think it was near the end of the 1 year anniversary stream. It was a gift from the other allies.

 

[jett]

I have to be honest, I miss seeing Sophie in the streams and podcasts.

The Jones Lego Disney Castle building stream is incredible.

Jesusfuckingchrist at the building manual.

 

[Diprosalic]

I can't scrub through videos to check at the moment (so I might be wrong) but I think it was near the end of the 1 year anniversary stream. It was a gift from the other allies.

i thought so too but i didn't find it there.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Trailer Jones - Everything -Gameplay Trailer

We finally got it.

Watched a bit. It was cool, but they have to realize that boring trailers are going to get them really low view counts. I'm gonna go ahead and guess that a majority of people don't care about this everything trailer. Hopefully next one they do is a little more mass appeal.

 

[arkon]

i thought so too but i didn't find it there.

Found it: https://youtu.be/hqIGvKhNt7k?list=PLX7CQOTnV_M35rbnhHyMHLrUXQlG71zef&t=12436

 

[Budi]

Watched a bit. It was cool, but they have to realize that boring trailers are going to get them really low view counts. I'm gonna go ahead and guess that a majority of people don't care about this everything trailer. Hopefully next one they do is a little more mass appeal.

I don't want to see the day when EZA goes after mass appeal. And to be fair, this is a game trailer that has been recognized even outside of gaming circles. It has more mainstream news outlet reporting than any E3 trailer for example. I'd say that's some form of mass appeal. And trailers (or even games) like these aren't dime in a dozen, can't pass up the opportunity to talk about it.

If mass appeal was something that EZA really cared about, we wouldn't get so much Nier coverage, CRPG preview, Fiasconauts show, 3 hour Frame Traps or interviews with developers like Igarashi and Suda.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Finally checked back into reaction shots after missing last months

I really enjoy the more relaxed format and softening the academic format it started with. It's way easier to consume, if more interesting and allows huber to engage more. AJ was fun even though he is such a scatter brain and struggles to stay on topic. But when he dials in and sticks to the topics he's good. It's saying something when he can be more fast and loose than ian and take more tangents than huber!

If you checked out on the podcast after the first couple I recommend giving the fourth one a shot.

 

[Mista Koo]

Does anyone actually enjoy the look of 2.5D or was it always just done for cost reasons.
The Bloodstained concept art looks way cooler than the actual game.

I do when it's an artistic choice rather than a budgetary one. I like the look of The Swapper and Deadlight for example.
If I was doing a 2D Metroid I would make it 2.5D, assuming it's on a platform more powerful than the 3DS. I would play with light, contrast, and shadows a lot. I might even backlight everything.

Not for me, I only have Mario Odyssey and Xenoblade 2 for the rest of the year now

For me it's a Switch with Mario Oddyssey and Splatoon 2, maybe Rabbids too. I've also bought a PS4 this year so I have its entire library

Speaking of, I get why they have L&R podcasts for national holidays or when they're busy organising an event (like the one year anniversary stuff) but it seems weird that their main podcast grinds to a halt because Kyle's going on holiday. Can't they get someone else to step in on those very rare occasions? It might turn out to be a disaster but it'd be a one-off anyway, so no big deal.

The most qualified person (Ben) is most likely too busy.

 

[uomoartificiale]

I was about to discard my post, but there you have it:


Their discussion of the trailer was interesting but I always find funny when people are struck by the word "philosopher" as if it meant "very intelligent person I cannot disagree with", or "a person talking about things I cannot understand". I am a certified philosopher (a professional if you will) and I think that:

- being in disagreement is the key philosophy and theoretical analysis in general

- I have a very superficial knowledge of proper Watts' philosophical research but I would say that he was mostly a "philosopher" in the sense that he was certainly a thinker and his work of popularization of eastern philosophy was very influential. But he was maybe more interested in motivational speeches than pure philosophical research.

- the excerpts they used in the trailer reads like nice poetry, but there's barely any philosophy in it (and Brandon pointed that out, this is no doctrine just an excercise...).

Honestly, I thought it was mainly a motivational speech with some gibberish thrown in for good measure. Now I don't want to play the game, so the trailer did a bad job for me.
It also reminded me that philosophy in games always gets represented as the thing that makes villains go mad or it's relegated to sound like unimpressive mumbo-jumbo (and here we got high level mumbo-jumbo).

 

[Mezoly]

Can I say how much I love Huber Syndrome.