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Giant Bomb #14 | I'll Never Forget This!

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To me being that with bad gameplay is not enough. Iron Brigade is the full package. If you want to just deliver story with gameplay that doesn't hamper my enjoyment, make an adventure game.

"...(it's not bad either, just workmanlike)"

You could do a lot worse for the era. Hell, there's not much better come to think of it, there's not a single stone-cold classic platformer from those consoles.
 
Austin and Dan seem like they might actually be a pretty great duo with how enthusiastic they both are. We said the same about Vinny/Dan though and still haven't gotten any QLs from that duo.
 

Zaph

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Its a shame they had to get their shit robbed from there because that was easily the best E3 set up they ever had.

Having different sets for each night was rad.


Cliffy B and Jonathan Blow having a serious argument about the industry while in that weird police station / office set was so silly.

It was really, really good. While I'm sure Vinny and Drew didn't think so, their stuff getting stolen did seem to add something to the whole beautiful mess. It's like everyone gave it their all to make up for it.

And Jonathan Blow always delivers, dude has a finely tuned bullshit detector. Remember when he shut those Microsoft PR guys down during E3 '775? Shame he's a one-game-per-generation type of developer, but greatness doesn't come easy I suppose.
 
This isn't a new post but I love Jason's Twitter posts sometimes. "Love is letting your wife have the last Totinos pizza even though you know damn well you'll want it at 2am"

#TRUTH
 
They played an earlier version of this on UPF didn't they?

yes, it was one of those war simulators that drew plays for about 15 minutes and everyone talks about other things while he tries to get out of a trench and not get instantly shot over and over again.

god bless him for it, too.

wonder if they'll mention Hardcore History again because it needs as much love as possible
 

Majine

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Yup, I hope it'll be as good as 2013's headline making one was http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-06/25/porn-movie-e3-set

Wonder how sunburnt Brad will get this year.

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Fox318

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Okay but what if you had to choose between being in the jungle with a bat or being in the trenches with a knife

Trenches back then were designed so you couldn't straight line shoot down once in trenches and Knife combat wouldn't be out of the question.

A bat in the jungle just feels like you would get it stuck on something.
 

Fox318

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I think Splatoon might be the fastest I've gotten tired of hearing about a video game

If all I had was a Wii U I can see myself getting into it but a team based game without Voicechat just seems pointless.

Movement looks cool but I can see myself wanting more.

But I don't have a Wii U and folks who do seem to like it.

Is Alex gonna write up a Witcher 3 review?
 
If all I had was a Wii U I can see myself getting into it but a team based game without Voicechat just seems pointless.

Movement looks cool but I can see myself wanting more.

It seems like an alright game, but it's probably better suited to Nintendo types that maybe haven't seen as many shooters as I have. Besides the art and somewhat* unique Turf War stuff, it seems like another shooter with unique movement, which this generation has seen a huge amount of already. It takes a bit more than "oh hey check out how you move around" in shooters to get me into it, now that we've seen stuff like Tribes, Titanfall, Evolve, Dying Light, and Advanced Warfare come and go.

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tony hawk's graffiti mode was cool
 

Myggen

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Don't think they'll do a WITCHER 3 review its probably too late to do it anyways.

They never were.

They only review Nintendo games these days since GB is a site full of Nintendo fanboys.

edit: These last few years I've realized that I know next to nothing about World War 1 other than it being hell on earth and the name Franz Ferdinand. Schools here in Norway pretty much ignore that war, for some reason.
 
Actually now that I think of it, Drew as a Xbox guy.

Did they even release SSX on the OG xbox?

How the heck would classic SSX work with only 2 shoulder buttons?
 
I've played a whole lot of shooters and I'm really enjoying Splatoon, it's content is lacking but the gameplay is tight enough to make each match fun and engaging.
 
edit: These last few years I've realized that I know next to nothing about World War 1 other than it being hell on earth and the name Franz Ferdinand. Schools here in Norway pretty much ignore that war, for some reason.

I'm not sure we spent more than one week total in my entire school career learning about it. you'd think it might be worth teaching, you know? though to be fair, 20th century history was never really a priority in public school.
 

Quenk

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edit: These last few years I've realized that I know next to nothing about World War 1 other than it being hell on earth and the name Franz Ferdinand. Schools here in Norway pretty much ignore that war, for some reason.

Now that I think about it, my history classes in Trinidad didn't cover either world war.
 

Haunted

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Costume Quest 2 must've done really bad. Steamspy says it has 29k owners and Majesco didn't pay DF or payed them late from what they said in the last adventure episode. They can't catch a break, but I guess they atleast had a publisher for that one.
Even with its modest budget, Costume Quest 2 was a total bomb for DF. Absolute disaster.

edit: These last few years I've realized that I know next to nothing about World War 1 other than it being hell on earth and the name Franz Ferdinand. Schools here in Norway pretty much ignore that war, for some reason.
I'm not sure we spent more than one week total in my entire school career learning about it. you'd think it might be worth teaching, you know? though to be fair, 20th century history was never really a priority in public school.
Meanwhile, in Germany... 20th century wars take up a significant chunk of the history curriculum.
 

Myggen

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Now that I think about it, my history classes in Trinidad didn't cover either world war.

I'm surprised about WW2, but different priorities in different parts of the world I'm guessing. WW1 seems like a it's been largely forgotten by the general public here in Norway and I wouldn't be surprised if that is true for most countries that weren't directly involved.

Meanwhile, in Germany... 20th century wars take up a significant chunk of the history curriculum.

WW2 takes up a large part of our history curriculum, probably partly because of how directly involved Norway was in that war. But yeah, I imagine it'll always be a big part of German society in general. How can it not be?
 
Britain did some horrible stuff with Africa and other countries Dan. :/

Dan's all about America, and even that he has a glossing knowledge of. You really think he'd know the history of other countries?

If all I had was a Wii U I can see myself getting into it but a team based game without Voicechat just seems pointless.

I've rarely had an issue with this. Matter of fact, I'm super happy there isn't voice chat. It's one of those settings I always disable in games. The main reason why it works for Splatoon is that you have a map on the bottom of the screen that shows the paint being applied, so you can figure out if an enemy is pushing into your territory by the paint splatters. Most of the time teammates are smart enough to see that and splat the enemy, followed by your Rollers cleaning up the mess.

Other than situations like that, you also get notifications about when teammate supers are being deployed, and there really isn't much reason to communicate because the goal is just to cover everything in paint. You don't -have- to shoot the enemy at all, really. It helps to keep you from being stopped, but there's no strong incentive to.

It seems like an alright game, but it's probably better suited to Nintendo types that maybe haven't seen as many shooters as I have.

Wow that's hyperbolic to say that Nintendo types haven't seen shooters. You know that people can have more than one means of playing video games, right?
 
Any World War 1 discussion really needs to have Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast brought up, because holy shit was that a time in history that only he can really illustrate in proper detail. He just finished up a six part podcast epic on World War 1 that will truly blow your fucking mind with what a brutal time it was in human history - http://www.dancarlin.com/hh-55/
 
CQ2 should've come out a year after the first to build some momentum. they waited too long, and to top it off it came out with little fanfare and from a publisher that was barely functional.

They really should've done a Trenched 2, but i suppose they were trying to get the rights for it before putting it into development. But it'll also be coming out years after the original game and that one suffers from having been a microsoft exclusive so who knows if there's any business sense in developing a multiplatform sequel.
 

Myggen

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Any World War 1 discussion really needs to have Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast brought up, because holy shit was that a time in history that only he can really illustrate in proper detail. He just finished up a six part podcast epic on World War 1 that will truly blow your fucking mind with what a brutal time it was in human history - http://www.dancarlin.com/hh-55/

Thanks for reminding me that I really need to listen to that, had completely dropped off my radar.
 

Fox318

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They never were.

They only review Nintendo games these days since GB is a site full of Nintendo fanboys.

edit: These last few years I've realized that I know next to nothing about World War 1 other than it being hell on earth and the name Franz Ferdinand. Schools here in Norway pretty much ignore that war, for some reason.

That war changed so much and not that any war doesn't make anyone want to repeat it but WWI was especially stupid and bloody. War started because of stupid defense treaties with Europe because European leadership was full of assholes.

Germans wouldn't have used Blitzkrieg style tactics had they not experienced the horrors of chemical warfare and trench combat. Guys would get shot recover and come back a year later to find that the front lines haven't moved an inch.

And had the fucking French and British listened to Woodrow Wilson on trying to rebuild Germany instead of punishing it WW2 would have never happened. Instead Germany would go through an economic collapse that lead the way for extremists to take control.

The value of Reichsmarks changed so much that the government would just cross out the number and reprint a new one on old bills. The paper had more value then the seal that said it was currency.

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I'm convinced that had the allies not used propaganda to demonize the German people you wouldn't have had to convince people to help rebuild a people instead of trying to crush.

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A good story from the war to remind people of the humanity in the darkest of times from the war is the Christmas truce.

Men on opposite sides of the war with no common language started hurling gifts into trenches instead of grenades. Then they proceeded to get out and share cigarettes and tell stories and celebrate Christmas together. Had it not been for the officers in charge the troops probably would have just went their own way and the war would be over.

Instead hours after they had shared drink, food, and laughter they were back to sharing mustard gas.
 
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