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[cr_blah_blah]

Sure, that does happen a lot and it sucks. Quickly hit run again to get moving, and if you have your sword raised you get some slo mo breathing room if the enemy is close. Definitely not in "so bad I don't even use it" territory for me.

I could suck at it but 20 hours in and I still stop and get off the horse for combat every single time. It's possible for me to kill things but there's absolutely nothing precise about it and when playing on harder difficulties there isn't a lot of wiggle room for "I hope this hits or I don't get stuck". I could practice more but riding the horse isn't an enjoyable thing so I don't. At least you don't have to do platforming with it, I do appreciate that.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Did they at least make the side quest stuff stand out more? I never saw Azrael in AC and completely missed his side stuff when I played through that game. Didn't even know about it until after I finished.

Which was a shame. I really liked AC's approach to the side stuff, where there weren't that many but each one was pretty damn good.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Enough of this Batman talk, let's all talk about the best game about punching shit that came out today, Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition!

Spoiler

Right!?

 

[Moldiver]

Need to start a Kickstarter to get Alex a new PC so he can watch his fav YouTube celebrity.

Iphone, why you make image huge.

Ended up at link from a post from a Shenmue fan on FB...man those guy's really love that game. I mean I do to, still have my original copy but man, they really like shenmue.

 

[SteveWinwood]

i havent seen it yet

but i await the theory that its all linux's fault that the port is bad

 

[cr_blah_blah]

How about that Gwent is a gateway drug to Hearthstone.

 

[Kelas]

Yeah, most of the outside encounters are fine on horseback. Really dense forest areas are places I jump off and fight on foot though.

I think my bigger issue is some of the monster contract jobs where you have to fight in tiny confined caves and are expected to dodge attacks. Like, you do all this preparation and put down lures to give yourself the biggest advantage in a fight, and then the location Geralt chooses is this tiny-ass cave where you can't see shit.

Yeah tbh I never bother with horseback fighting for anything other than: drowners or wolves I'm killing just for the hell of it, or single big dudes guarding a chest who are too high level for me (I have a bad habit of just exploring every marker before following quests).

Also yeah, the confined fights are messy.

Spoiler

The ekimmara

under the house in that village, if you know the one I mean, was really hampered by the shitty room you're stuck in. I found my groove with it, dodging and using quen, but it wasn't really fun. Similarly,

Spoiler

the chort

fight in the cave annoyed me a bit. It was fairly straightforward but I was kinda looking forward to fighting this big creature out in the open.

I could suck at it but 20 hours in and I still stop and get off the horse for combat every single time. It's possible for me to kill things but there's absolutely nothing precise about it and when playing on harder difficulties there isn't a lot of wiggle room for "I hope this hits or I don't get stuck". I could practice more but riding the horse isn't an enjoyable thing so I don't. At least you don't have to do platforming with it, I do appreciate that.

to be fair, now that I think of it, I'm usually claw gripping my controller all weird so that I have control over movement/camera/sword/run all at once, so I would definitely agree it has problems.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Need to start a Kickstarter to get Alex a new PC so he can watch his fav YouTube celebrity.

Iphone, why you make image huge.

quote that image brah youre killing me

 

[Keyser Soze]

I see a few journos and devs mentioning on Twitter they are sick (obviously after E3).

Odds on a sick Bomb Duder...

Dan and Brad are Even odds

Jeff and Vinny are long shots.

Everyone else is stuck in the middle.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

I still feel weird that there wasn't any kind of discount for people who already had DMC4, like with how Guacamelee discounted their STC edition for people who had the base game.

But it's $25, which isn't exactly breaking the bank.

 

[stump sock]

I see a few journos and devs mentioning on Twitter they are sick (obviously after E3).

Odds on a sick Bomb Duder...

Dan and Brad are Even odds

Jeff and Vinny are long shots.

Everyone else is stuck in the middle.

Brad didn't go this year, Bad Brad did

Bad Brad doesn't let sissy viruses mess with him

 

[ThreePiMatt]

Does anyone else find it weird that Patrick will just solicit Twitter for sources to a story? Like he just sent out a tweet looking for people who have worked on bad PC ports. That seems like a lazy way to go about your job.

 

[Kelas]

uh all the duders are hella sick 24/7 bro

 

[kvk1]

Pewds.

Yeesh.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Does anyone else find it weird that Patrick will just solicit Twitter for sources to a story? Like he just sent out a tweet looking for people who have worked on bad PC ports. That seems like a lazy way to go about your job.

That is weird, you'd think he has contacts he could tap into.

 

[Brashnir]

How about that Gwent is a gateway drug to Hearthstone.

Batman needs a card game in it too.

Spoiler

The only card is the Joker

 

[stump sock]

Does anyone else find it weird that Patrick will just solicit Twitter for sources to a story? Like he just sent out a tweet looking for people who have worked on bad PC ports. That seems like a lazy way to go about your job.

nope

it sounds like leveraging a broad-reaching tool to be more effective at his job

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Also yeah, the confined fights are messy.

Spoiler

The ekimmara

under the house in that village, if you know the one I mean, was really hampered by the shitty room you're stuck in. I found my groove with it, dodging and using quen, but it wasn't really fun. Similarly,

Spoiler

the chort

fight in the cave annoyed me a bit. It was fairly straightforward but I was kinda looking forward to fighting this big creature out in the open.

That second one you mentioned is the exact quest I did last night that annoyed the hell out of me. I was a bit under-leveled, which added to the aggravation. That one's far from the worst offender, though.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

I still feel weird that there wasn't any kind of discount for people who already had DMC4, like with how Guacamelee discounted their STC edition for people who had the base game.

But it's $25, which isn't exactly breaking the bank.

I guess it being a ps3 and 360 game would make an upgrade more hassle than it's worth to offer it across all platforms.

 

[cr_blah_blah]

Batman needs a card game in it too.

Spoiler

The only card is the Joker

I'd love for random card games to be the next Horde mode. Every game has to tick that card game box.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Pewds.

Yeesh.

I thought the same thing.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

I see nothing wrong with what Patrick is doing. So long as he vets his sources it's a ok by me

 

[funkystudent]

Finally finished the E3 shows.


That last segment. Maaaaaaaan.......


I think the single couch resulted in a better show over all though. last year once they started having people on it seemed like everyone was talking over everyone else. This set up worked out great. Also I said it before but Jeff needs to think of a way to do more interviews. Dude has more knowledge about the industry then just about anyone in the press these days.

 

[stump sock]

I see nothing wrong with what Patrick is doing. So long as he vets his sources it's a ok by me

the only thing that's weird is that people aren't used to seeing the sausage being made

this is literally no different than BCC emailing a bunch of people he knows, except that he has the potential to reach even further than his own previously established networks

people are weird

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Yeah I don't think it's out of the ordinary to look for sources on Twitter, but I also think it could make for a boring article where the "sources" aren't all that experienced or relevant.

Or it will be great, what the hell do I know?

 

[tchocky]

Yeah I don't think it's out of the ordinary to look for sources on Twitter, but I also think it could make for a boring article where the "sources" aren't all that experienced or relevant.

Or it will be great, what the hell do I know?

He did the same thing for his story on E3 demos and that turned out great.

 

[demidar]

How else do you get in contact with people who aren't contacts or have contact information?

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

He did the same thing for his story on E3 demos and that turned out great.

Well there you go, I don't know anything just like I said! I'm so smart.

How else do you get in contact with people who aren't contacts or have contact information?

Right? Journalism didn't exist before Twitter, as we all know.

 

[demidar]

Right? Journalism didn't exist before Twitter, as we all know.

You could try and catch fish with your hands, but a fishing rod is much easier, particularly out at sea.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

You could try and catch fish with your hands, but a fishing rod is much easier, particularly out at sea.

Red sky at night, sailor's delight
Red fish blue fish, you can't fool me again.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

So we can confirm now that Brad - and by extension Defense of the Ancients Two - ruined Asa Butterfield's acting career as he was passed on for the upcoming Spiderman film(s).

Thanks to brad he'll only be Hugo and Ender now.

Thanks brad.

 

[demidar]

Brad is a malevolent trickster god, and the only evidence you need is his hair.

 

[sammyCYBORG]

So Dave Lang ruined the pc version of Batman, huh?

 

[stump sock]

So Dave Lang ruined the pc version of Batman, huh?

I mean, WB ruined it by putting it out, but I'm not above calling Lang a living monster

 

[Anjin M]

I think the single couch resulted in a better show over all though. last year once they started having people on it seemed like everyone was talking over everyone else. This set up worked out great. Also I said it before but Jeff needs to think of a way to do more interviews. Dude has more knowledge about the industry then just about anyone in the press these days.

I agree with this assessment. I really think that the way they have been running the E3 shows was much more fitting to Ryan's expertise. He could wrangle a big crowd like that. The smaller, more interview like setting aligns better with Jeff's strengths. He was actually in control of those segments and it was a blast. I'm glad they found a format that works for him instead of hanging on to what worked in the past.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

The smaller, more interview like setting aligns better with Jeff's strengths. He was totally in control of each of those segments and it was a blast.

Well...

most.

 

[alr1ght]

So Dave Lang ruined the pc version of Batman, huh?

 

[stump sock]

Well...

most.

sometimes the ringleader has to let the lion maul the mime

doesn't mean he lost control.

 

[DamnBoxes]

So Dave Lang ruined the pc version of Batman, huh?

Yup, and now everyone who has his new number won't stop harassing him about it.

 

[Fox318]

So Dave Lang ruined the pc version of Batman, huh?

His team must have been too busy trying to start a kickstarter for Ricochet 2: No not the good mod from Valve.

 

[DrFunk]

So Dave Lang ruined the pc version of Batman, huh?

humanity's greatest monster still reigns

 

[Loxley]

... Oh, yeah, that's a thing now. I'm so used to everything being at the end.

Edit: holy shit

Hell hath no fury like PC gamers scorned.

 

[Anjin M]

Well...

most.

I might have overstated that.

Edited that post so that it's a little less hyperbolic.

 

[Brashnir]

Well that's an early bombcast.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Whoa what, what's a bombcast doing up already?

Aww man they're going to miss all the Arkham stuff.

 

[Rhaknar]

super earlycast

Whoa what, what's a bombcast doing up already?

Aww man they're going to miss all the Arkham stuff.

they wouldnt care. Jeff already said it runs fine for him besides the 30fps lock

 

[ThreePiMatt]

Earlycast, shortcast, Odwyercast.

 

[ratcliffja]

Another dope Austin joint.

That's what the kids are saying these days, right?

 

[stump sock]

Well that's an early bombcast.

yay, something to listen to on the way home

 

[The Dear Leader]

Another dope Austin joint.

That's what the kids are saying these days, right?

That article is mad fly, jack!