Dark Souls is a great example of this. Even if it's not a single "facility" per say, it never really felt like an actual open world to me... It just felt like a giant interconnected place (which is fucking great).
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Dark Souls is a great example of this. Even if it's not a single "facility" per say, it never really felt like an actual open world to me... It just felt like a giant interconnected place (which is fucking great).
skLaFarebear
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"Fuck Bridges"
LOL
LOL
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shit, that's high praise. that one moment in ravaged always makes me lose it. It's just a huge buildup to an amazing payoff
EdReedFan20
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Bloodborne, too right? I was always blown away with how interwoven many of the locations were. I'd be at a new location and look down and realize I had just been there.
Yeah for sure.
ratcliffja
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Come on, Enforcer: Police Crime Action is much better than Ravaged.
skLaFarebear
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stump sock
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oh my god, yes
NumberThree
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I've watched that moment dozens of times and it still makes me laugh out loud. It's not constant funny moments (like the Police. Crime. Action QL mentioned above) but the payoff is ridiculously good.
Fotheringay
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Overall I'd agree, but that one specific moment in Ravaged tops anything in my book.
giant_frying_pan
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The only thing that comes close is the moment in Celebrity Multimedia Poker. But Ravaged is just perfect.
Celebrity Multimedia Poker is amazing because there's THAT specific moment with Frakes that everybody thinks about and is easily "quotable" but the whole friking quicklook is amazing. All the Joe Piscapo bullshit, Ryan and Gary Whitta trying to call the tip hotline, etc. Amazing piece of content.
TheBaronOfNA
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Crying Wolf is the best fight of the game
but BB unit as a whole... so bad,,,
Thank god for Rising as Peacewalker also had abysmal bosses.
if you put aside the Liquid fist fight
Thank god for Rising as Peacewalker also had abysmal bosses.
That Samantha would be on the site (and maybe a podcast) this week
SuperStiltzkin
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Bad...so bad...so bad I could die! I am Bellowing Bear! LET ME HEAR YOU SCREAM SNAKE!
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wait, peace walker had bosses?
I only remember huge robots that i shot a thousand gazillion times and had to constantly call in for rations because it was a grind, grind, grind. Thanks Kojima for trying to monhun metal gear, clearly that's what the franchise was lacking
I only remember huge robots that i shot a thousand gazillion times and had to constantly call in for rations because it was a grind, grind, grind. Thanks Kojima for trying to monhun metal gear, clearly that's what the franchise was lacking
skLaFarebear
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Chance Hale
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I didn't feel any of the bosses took too long in Peace Walker as long as you knew what you were doing and exploited weak points, much like in Monster Hunter. Of course it's a very different way of approaching boss fights compared to other games in the series so it can be hard to adapt.
The one exception is the second to last boss in the true ending(or whatever you call it) path. That piece of garbage takes over an hour solo and you can run out of ammo and be completely fucked.
The one exception is the second to last boss in the true ending(or whatever you call it) path. That piece of garbage takes over an hour solo and you can run out of ammo and be completely fucked.
TheMrPliskin
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Even if you exploit weakpoints it's still dull, Monster Hunter fights certainly take some time as well but they are more engaging than the boss fights in Peace Walker. The boss fights in Peace Walker were just you shooting a big bullet sponge enemy from a safe distance which is a lot less interesting than a fight in Monster Hunter.
shadyspace
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If we don't get Backalar on the podcast 2 weeks in a row I am going to knock over a magazine rack, swear to God.
LifeIsLife
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edit....Posted this in the wrong thead....ignore
NumberThree
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Fixed that one for you.
TharpDaddy
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5 days until my anime avatar hell is over.
I should get an anime version of my cat avatar.
I should get an anime version of my cat avatar.
dude you're the host of the show, just make it happen
shadyspace
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We only have the budget for four chairs.
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oh shit vinny is in this thread
nckillthegrimace
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say no more, boxing up a used office chair right now
also throwing in an empty cd-r spindle, some ribbon cables, and the box for blues brothers jukebox adventure for the original gameboy
OdysseusVA
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Just look at Dan finger blasting
You forgot something wrestling related.
shadyspace
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The cutscene through Crying Wolf's scope that only shows Snake's head as a heat signature was a hint to put your mask on, right?
funkystudent
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Dan should really watch some bad early TNG while he is watching though it.
Like... just a taste of the terrible episodes. No need to go whole hog and watch all of S1 and S2. Just watch the super racist one with Tasha and the black people. That one with the space Irish. That clip show finale. The one where they blow that admirals head off. And maybe a Wesley episode or two. Oh and the episode where Data has sex.
But after S3 starts he should just watch everything. Good and bad.
Like... just a taste of the terrible episodes. No need to go whole hog and watch all of S1 and S2. Just watch the super racist one with Tasha and the black people. That one with the space Irish. That clip show finale. The one where they blow that admirals head off. And maybe a Wesley episode or two. Oh and the episode where Data has sex.
But after S3 starts he should just watch everything. Good and bad.
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He should suffer all the wesley episodes. Dan needs to understand that even star trek can have someone in it that's insanely over.
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Yup, I don't think it even shows that if you do (could be wrong, but I did play it a week or so ago and was surprised to see that cutscene).
funkystudent
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Is that episode where wesley falls in a bush and gets put on death row a early episode? That always sticks out to me as the quintessential bad wesley episode.
I want to say its pre beard which is pretty early.
CoolBatteryCharge
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In video games and real life. Bring back Workshop Vinny.
ratcliffja
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I remember liking Wesley Crusher back in the day. I think the only character that ever annoyed me was Riker.
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pretty much all the episodes where wesley is over are in the first season. Dude was the deus ex machina for solving every shitty problem that happened on the enterprise.
then he gets sent away and surprisingly the show is good. So good that you dont even mind when he shows up again throughout the series.
How is that even possible? I watched TNG as a kid and was annoyed by Crusher. Riker was always just awesome.
ratcliffja
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I admittedly didn't catch it until the later years but then went back and watched them all at some point via syndication. I just thought Riker was too full of himself and just came across as a jerk. My favorites were Geordi and Data, though.
I love Data, but my favorite was always Picard. I consider him the best captain as well. Was never that fond of Kirk.
Liquid Shake
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I introduced a friend of mine to Star Trek a while back, he ended up watching all of TNG. Wesley was one of his favourite characters.
We haven't spoken since.
I've got a draft of an email calling Vinny a clip-on tie loaded up and prepared for this emergency, I don't think he'd risk it
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