Yeah I was thinking that, but I'm also someone who played through all the Assassin's Creed games in a row before 3 came out. So I don't think I get burned out like other people do.
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Yeah I was thinking that, but I'm also someone who played through all the Assassin's Creed games in a row before 3 came out. So I don't think I get burned out like other people do.
chaobreaker
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I'm trying to get into Divinity Original Sin but it's just to janky for my tastes even though I dig everything about it. Still play some Dota and Monster Hunter on the side though.
Hey Steve, we should have a go at some Dota someday.
Truth.
Hey Steve, we should have a go at some Dota someday.
Truth.
skLaFarebear
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Fallout 3 was one of the most nothing games I've ever played. Man it was so boring to the point where as soon as I finished the game I didn't even try to do the DLC.
I've been told to play NV because its way better, but I'd honestly just not play another Fallout game in general.
I've been told to play NV because its way better, but I'd honestly just not play another Fallout game in general.
wait really?
That's fair. I'm pretty sure I played New Vegas two and a half times through before I moved to something else. And that was the PS3 version. All of the above was due mostly to unemployment.
NV is way better. The writing is about 100x better, shit actually happens, and your choices are actually meaningful
Yeah I am curious to see all the improvements in New Vegas, my worry is because of my completionist habit I'll probably try for all the ending and stuff. Though most of the time I worry about stuff like that it turns out to be not that big of deal. Especially since I'm on PC and can just cheat my way on next playthroughs.
skLaFarebear
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All things I've been told, but still can't get myself to even care. I know I'm an awful person and should just give it a chance.
Yeah, probably. Drew said that it would come out "Wednesday night" Pacific time/Thursday morning, so going by when they usually release the MGS videos 12 hours from now is a good bet.
Which reminds me I need to watch the last episode today.
It doesn't look arcade-y enough for me.
NV is better, but it's incredibly similar. Same combat, same structure, same visuals. Can't imagine you'll like it if you hated FO 3. Though I guess it depends on what exactly you didn't like about FO 3.
I just love the Fallout universe so I've enjoyed all of them (and I think Bethesda's pretty decent at doing open-world RPG's).
skLaFarebear
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Essentially everything. Didn't like the combat or the VATS system. Didn't like how the overworld was just so empty. Of course, this is probably my dumbest complaint since it is a post-apocalyptic world. But there wasn't necessarily anything I enjoyed about F3. Exploring was boring, didn't like any of the art, being overencumbered was frustrating, etc. Again, not all are complaints are stuff that's bad about the game, just things things I didn't like.
Its a bad comparison, but I enjoy everything about SMT a lot more for my post-apocalyptic fix.
There needs to be fewer animations to it. I'll still probably buy it because I'm an idiot, but I don't like the look of it.
TheMrPliskin
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Christ, that thread in off topic about Dan's book is embarrassing.
Yeah. I flipped through that thread. I backed out after the first page.
skLaFarebear
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Yeah some of those posts, especially on the first page, are really gross.
Infinite Justice
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Never gets old seeing Dan getting people rustled but its kinda unfortunate this time since hes actually trying to be helpful.
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skLaFarebear
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Its a shame that people that aren't premium on GB mostly see Dan as some goofy guy who just plays a character for the site, but some of his stories, especially on Danswers, showed just how serious an issue anxiety was for him. I hope the people that read it really got a lot out of it because contrary to what people actually think, Dan is a great guy who actually has some really helpful things to say about a subject he's struggled with a long time with.
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TheMrPliskin
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Yup, dumping on him because of his occasional ignorance on some topics is already uncalled for, but doing that when he's sharing personal issues to try and help others cope with or understand a life affecting issue is just gross.
Anxiety, depression and other mental disorders are still largely misunderstood among the public who has never had any experience with it, either themselves or someone they know. It's an "invisible disease", so a lot of people have a hard time understanding how fucking awful it can. My experience as someone struggling with anxiety since my teens (I'm thankfully much better now) is that most people are still very ignorant about this stuff. So you'll get comments like "what does he have to be worried about", or "think happy thoughts" which are, to put it mildly, not helpful.
Also, XANDER posted a pretty great Andrew W.K. article on his experience with depression in that thread.
Glitchesarecool
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At least the later pages are people saying "hey knock that shit off"
WHAT
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Man, Aenea really ethered Dan in that book thread... that might have been a bit too harsh.
skLaFarebear
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Dan himself even posted on it. I'm glad he read the more supportive comments.
ratcliffja
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From KC too? If this were a more recent article, I'd swear it might be intentional, but Dan was much less known when he was with Game Informer.
SteveWinwood
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she'll always talk about 'i saw that kanye west perform on the snl anniversary and i couldnt understand anything he was saying! it was just gibberish!'
Hot Coldman
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I didn't expect people to take it that way. To me, Forrest Gump is a story about a regular dude who has incredible influence on events and people without even trying, and lives a much fuller and satisfying life than basically anyone.
I should apologize for not consisering how difficult it must have been to deal with his anxiety, but I wasn't insulting his mental capacity or anything like that.
Yeah, you probably won't like NV. It's another barren wasteland, the art is the same and being overencumbered still sucks :lol Like I said, I love them, but they definitely aren't perfect. And part of me liking them is my love for the lore and the universe after the original two games.
It's actually kinda surprising to me when I think about how big a hit 3 and NV were despite their annoyances. Guess people just can't resist a solid open-world game these days.
Well now I need to know what's in it.
It's the weirdest shit and I love it. Half the drivers are sworn pros and the other half are every online opponent I've ever had in a racing game. There's seriously been more action in one Formula E race than like, almost all of last season in F1. Can't get enough of it.
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Took me about 2 minutes to go "wait, that's not Drew".
I'm guessing some people took your post the wrong way and interpreted it as a signal that it was okay to start shitting up that thread, and that's partly why it got out of hand those first few pages. But I get where you're coming from.
BANG!
skLaFarebear
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Its definitely the type of game that fills a niche of exploring a post-apocolytpic world and its lore/characters more than anything. I don't know much about people's opinions on being overencumbered and the VATS and stuff, but people probably enjoy how it helps the game feel more realistic, sacrificing a more typical FPS style and not being overencumbered, in order to help realize that feeling.
I'm interest to see what Fallout 4 is, but its probably just going to be more of the same, unless its a huge a shift as 2 was to 3.
His physical copy of Bloodborne.
ThreePiMatt
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This was the first thing I thought of too.
stump sock
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I see an injury coming.
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