We don't get the fresh reactions of the New York office on the Beastcast.
You'd think it be good for the site aswell if they had a timely reaction video or podcast when news drops.
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We don't get the fresh reactions of the New York office on the Beastcast.
You'd think it be good for the site aswell if they had a timely reaction video or podcast when news drops.
I've never really seen the point of reaction videos/podcasts when they do a big podcast every week (and now two). They're gonna talk about it, but just a few days later. I'll make an exception for the biggest kind of news, like the Xbone DRM stuff, but not this.
Hot Coldman
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that Fallout article was a good balance of hot takes and facts and speculation
NumberThree
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They didn't build the podcast studio, they (or Vinny) built the QL/streaming studio.
It wasn't a great Fallout game (not that anything has since Fallout 2), but I thought it was a fun variation of the BGDA style of action-RPG. Mowing enemies down with a mini-gun and power armor was a fun way to end that game.
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Quick reactions to a massive breaking news story are interesting. Like, say, the Xbox 180. Fallout 4 was the worst kept secret in gaming.
Emcee please take care of this dude
If EmCee starts banning for quirky food preferences, it's going to be a bloodbath in here.
Piston Hyundai
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pfft
I like your new avatar
Hot Coldman
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given how much GAF has wet themselves about incoming FO4, just like the rest of the internet, this seems like generalising based on an even smaller minority
but yes, FO3 is a pretty good game
and better than Skyrim
stump sock
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but not better than Oblivion
But that's how 'hardcore gaming communities' always are. They'll follow the hype cycle leading up to it, they'll talk about how much they loved it the first month it's out then the next month it's 'that game was total garbage.'
Hot Coldman
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Isn't it more like a lot of people are just actually playing the game, and then whoever isn't gets to scream the loudest about why they don't like it? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just wondering how much of that is just incessant bawling vs an actual large mass of disapproving voices
but yeah, I'm familiar with the Zelda Cycle, I've seen this happen a lot with other games
Nah, I can find actual posts from actual neogaf users doing this. I remember a mod praising Chinatown Wars through the roof then a month later 'man that game's a piece of shit' in another thread.
Piston Hyundai
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Fallout 3 is a masterpiece
until you play New Vegas and it opens your eyes
Sleeping Lesson
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Really popular games tend to have that period of backlash. Skyrim, Bioshock Infinite... but this is the first I've heard of people not liking Fallout 3. I thought it was the golden child?
It's Oblivion with guns and brown. A lot of people like Oblivion, a lot of people like Skyrim. A lot of people hate them. I find them to be big dumb fun things to run around in with entirely forgettable games and stories inside.
Hot Coldman
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Opinions can change about games given time to reflect, of course. It just meshes really, really badly with the internet's need for hyperbole.
And of course said poster could have just been pandering either time. Who knows. Who's really honest.
Except me of course. I'm honest. I liked Skyward Sword a lot and no-one can make me say otherwise
NumberThree
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I usually have a good time with Bethesda games for about five hours and then I just stop caring about them and never go back. It's weird, because I couldn't tell you anything I particularly dislike about the games, I guess they just don't grab me for whatever reason.
Those were fun. I joined a few games back then. I miss it
only 2cool4school people don't
Jimmyfenix
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i was on bards side in the 2011 goty discussions
stump sock
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twilight princess tho...
BreezyLimbo
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reminder about the best Giant Bomb moment ever
source for this? I'll add it to my list of GB stuff to watch
TNT 6/27/13. Game & Wario fun starts @ ~43 minutes.
People loved FO3, but I did not. I really enjoyed the first to Fallout games and the Bethesda style doesn't do it for me personally. So I'm one of those people.
The only Bethesda game I ever play for longer than an couple hours was Daggerfall. I think I got my fill of their game then. Again, I know it's just me.
Thanks for the link. I know what I'm doing with my lunch hour now.
Sleeping Lesson
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Absolutely. But I also think there's a counter-culture mindset where people will be put off of a game simply because it's popular or acclaimed. Not at all unique to games, of course.
Sleeping Lesson
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Hey, won't find any argument here. Infinite is one of my favorite games ever, and I think it's a milestone in gaming.
But some people just looooath it.
But some people just looooath it.
ScottSullivan
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I concur with jeff about Chicken and Waffles. Great Seperate, but syrup on chicken? Fuck off!
It's that delicious sweet and salty combo
Piston Hyundai
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it's got maybe the most insulting introductory puzzle I've seen in a game
and the huge steps back in gameplay design don't do it any favors either
Maklershed
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I think my dog in Fallout just wandered away.
Freedom = $1.05
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its first 5 or so hours are amazing, possibly one of my favorite game experiences ever.
it's that last 8-10 hours of playing through a mediocre fps with waves and waves of enemies that was tiresome even at release. I've recommended that anyone who was even mildly interested in playing it to drop the difficulty to easy and just enjoy the ride.
at least those 2 campaign DLCs were pretty enjoyable.
I never brought my dog anywhere in Fallout 3 due to worrying about losing it because it'll just run the fuck off and has almost no leash.
I had the same fears with Chop. Video game dogs should be invulnerable and impossible to lose.
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