this reminds me i should probably finish my replay i started earlier this year.
got up to the klaww boss and then got distracted when dragon quest heroes showed up (which i wound up not playing that much so i should probably go back to that too)
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this reminds me i should probably finish my replay i started earlier this year.
got up to the klaww boss and then got distracted when dragon quest heroes showed up (which i wound up not playing that much so i should probably go back to that too)
It's okay to admit that Jak 3 is the best.
nckillthegrimace
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I liked that game when it came out, but, when I went back to it with the HD version, I was not impressed. The first Banjo-Kazooie is a much stronger entry in the collectathon subgenre. I'm sure I will hear otherwise on the Bombcast from fringe lunatics.
I can't speak to Jak 3 but going back to Jak 2 was awful. The hovercrafts are so terrible to control and driving around the narrow streets is actively unpleasant. Jak 3 is likely better just because you spend less time in them.
Jak & Daxter has stronger direction than most other collectable platformers out there. The environments are fun and expansive and the way the game uses Precursor orbs to guide you to different areas of the environment is extremely smart. With older games like BK the levels usually just have different sections placed around that the player wanders to randomly. I collected everything in J&D and I got over 90% of it through the regular story progression. There was no frustration of going back to levels and wandering around because the item placement made logical sense.
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NumberThree
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All this exercise talk on Danswers is really tempting me to start doing something. Maybe try that couch to 5k or whatever.
File?
TheMadMan007
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Resident4t.
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Jeffrey Gerstmann just sounds so wrong. Jeff Gerstmann sounds like a bro. I don't trust Jeffrey Gerstmann.
TheMadMan007
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What about Big Jeffrey? I'd trust that man with my life.
Vinny makes everything better. Even that show.
It's worth a listen. And they're always gonna have a guest on the show going forward according to the Dans.
Would be my guess.
Basileus777
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The segment on the Dave Lang Alt F1 where Dany does a dramatic reading of F1 slash fiction is gold.
Keyser Soze
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Based on the egg chat yesterday, I made Egg in a Basket (or whatever it is called) this morning...
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It might be just an egg fried together with a slice bread, but it was nice.
EGGS!
It might be just an egg fried together with a slice bread, but it was nice.
EGGS!
cr_blah_blah
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Jak 1 is the collectathon platformer for people who actually like solid platforming, but its cool if slowly walking up giant spirals is more your speed.
funkystudent
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Jak 1 is a great game. My most liked platformer that generation.
The J&D series is weird. Each game is so different from one another. 1 was the Mario 64 wannabe, 2 added a bunch of GTA3 shit into the mix and I never got super far into 3 but it added dune buggies and deserts.
I dont even know what the people asking for Jak 4 would want. Making a new Rachet or Sly Cooper game seems straight forward but Jak and Daxter has been so all over the place its hard to nail down what the core is.
The J&D series is weird. Each game is so different from one another. 1 was the Mario 64 wannabe, 2 added a bunch of GTA3 shit into the mix and I never got super far into 3 but it added dune buggies and deserts.
I dont even know what the people asking for Jak 4 would want. Making a new Rachet or Sly Cooper game seems straight forward but Jak and Daxter has been so all over the place its hard to nail down what the core is.
BreezyLimbo
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That is pretty dang harsh. But Dan is more successful than all of us. So...there's that.
cr_blah_blah
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When people don't like Dan they make it super awkward and personal. It always says more about them than Dan and it's funny how completely oblivious they are to it.
Jimmyfenix
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I feel like my hate for jak 2 is justified since Bruce straley from naughty dog hates it too.
Chance Hale
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The standalone expansion for giantbome's true top ten game of the year Wolfenstein is out today. Pretty fun once you get past the slow first chapter.
Keyser Soze
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If someone is leaving San Francisco and heading to New York City, driving 12 hours a day, at about 40 miles/ hour, and the total distance between cities is ~2800 miles in total, how many days would it take them to get there?
StopMakingSense
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6 days
Just under 6 days.
cr_blah_blah
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The real question is why would they be driving 40 when they should be going 80.
TheMrPliskin
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Don't do this to me
I liked his answer to the next question:
The Tumblr GB crowd is probably the kind of GB fan who's most likely to dislike Dan, going by some of the GB fan Tumblrs out there.
NumberThree
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I'm sure the guy sending people anonymous messages on Tumblr telling them they're losers is a real winner in life.
funkystudent
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Do you fight mecha hitler in the new Wolfenstein game?
If not, why not? It would totally work in this cheesy take on Wolfenstein they have now.
Afraid they might offend Hitlers fans?
Does the Hitler licence cost too much now?
If not, why not? It would totally work in this cheesy take on Wolfenstein they have now.
Afraid they might offend Hitlers fans?
Does the Hitler licence cost too much now?
Oh trust me she knows now... Just had to ease into them
Chance Hale
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Hitler is long dead by the time the New Order starts.
Jimmyfenix
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TheMrPliskin
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OR IS HE!?
stump sock
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I kind of appreciate that they make these games part of the same timeline as the first Wolf 3D
Chance Hale
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On second thought it's never actually stated as such, I remember the implication being that Deathshed displaced him as he's only mentioned a few times and all of the portraits of him are removed whereas they were very common in the other games.
stump sock
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NumberThree
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Old Blood takes place before New Order.
The Old Blood is a prequel, though.
TheMrPliskin
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I totally expect him to re appear at some point, Wolfenstein is so weird that they can come up with a bunch of ways to explain him being back.
stump sock
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funkystudent
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"Hitler died because of some reason so we froze his head until we had the technology to revive him. Now we do so we stuck his head on a robot with chain guns for arms"
My pitch for The New Order followup I am currently calling "Wolfenstein: Back to the Fuhrer"
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