stump sock
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the worst part is I can hear him laughing in my head :\
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Giant Bomb 18: Everything is always a surprise on some level
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the worst part is I can hear him laughing in my head :\
the best part is the passing comments from the NPCs/Rico
"There goes my utility bill!"
It's such a bizarre way to split the difference in general.
A lot of RPGs might give you a hidden or underlying framework to your character but let you figure out the details of your immediate personality (amnesia, stranger in a strange land stories) or they give you a super tight backstory but some robust ways to role play in that framework.
Fallout 4 does neither totally and half the time you feel completely blank slate and then the other half you're like "oh yeah I was in the military" and feels super weird as a result.
Twin Tails
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OdysseusVA
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sup gurl? what you doin with all that?
edit: dammit twin tails
edit: dammit twin tails
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
It's the worst of both worlds. You can't be the person you'd like to be cause your character is way too nice in dialog scenes.....but that's basically it for her/his character.
You can some up the PC with one sentence "Like his/her family" That's pretty much it.
I
told my son to burn in hell at one point and then the ambient dialogue was like "I'm so sorry Shaun" and I was like WHAT IS HAPPENING?
I was watching a UPF from about 12 months ago and it's nuts just how much more put together everyone is looking now days. Good on them!
Except Drew but he's in a constant state of put togetherness.
Damn it. Just discovered
in FO4 and I see where all the talk of faction opposition and
comes from. Something tells me anything less than wanting
the Railroad
picking sides
literally every synth to die means I won't be able to side with The Brotherhood. Not sure where the Minutemen fit in. Ah well. I kinda like the shadowy nature of the Railroad more anyhow.
They are a crafty bunch. The entrance password is the name of their organisation.
Reminds me of
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pmvOrnVaJwI
Death Metalist
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Looking great Brad, dig the silver. Now you got to complete that with a beard or a light beard, one step closer to getting that Vincent look from Collateral
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I can't wait for the holidays to begin. GOTY content baby, the best time of the year! But yeah, talking over old legendary conference like the infamous Konami one is a fantastic idea.
Incandenza
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Now there's the weekend content I came to see.
Mister Negative
Member
someone photoshop that brad pic onto brad holding baby brad
Edit: I was looking at amazon's deals and i COMPLETELY FORGOT that mad max came out this year.
Edit: I was looking at amazon's deals and i COMPLETELY FORGOT that mad max came out this year.
CoolBatteryCharge
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Branime Shoemaker.
The Order was my "did that really come out this year?" game.
Yeah, that seems like a game you need to just have time to play. Coming back to a game like that sounds like a nightmare.
Evolve for me.
ShadowSwordmaster
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It was mine too.
WreckTheLaw
Giant Bomb Japanimation Correspondent
Heads up: Almost all of the "basic quests," which involve finding X of Y material or killing N enemies are turned in automatically the second you complete them. It's often a nice little surprise as you roll around in your mech, grabbing blue crystals, and then ba-dum, the quest complete thing appears on screen. Only quests with actual dialog need to be returned to the quest giver, and those always feel good to return because of how many other little quests you've worked on along the way.
giant_frying_pan
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Battlefield Hardline here.
Zero-Crescent
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Cities: Skyline for me.
Dr Duncan Steel
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seriously thinking about selling my consoles for a pc since apparently console versions from every game ever seems fucked. It's pathetic at this rate.
that makes more sense, thanks for clarifying, austin
Oh man, it's been a long year. This feels like the longest year in games that I can remember. Must have something to do with how much quality came out this year, right?
N
Noray
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Is it weird that I heard that in the Bloodborne NPC voice as soon as I read it before clicking?
The words "damn curse" are forever associated with Bloodborne to me
Mad Max may take it for me, honestly. Either that or Evolve. But Mad Max seemed like it was forgotten the second it came out. Evolve had at least like a week of some video content, I know Mary did something with it on GS and I saw a couple people on twitch playing it. Mad Max? Fucking nothingggggggg
broncobuster
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New 3DS for me. Black Friday posts reminded me of that hot minute of New 3DS exclusive speculation.
Chance Hale
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As someone who enjoyed Unity Syndicate doesn't feel very different outside of the addition of the grappling hook which is grand. Mission structure and open ended assassinations are very similar. And they completely removed blood splatters which takes away a lot of the punch the combat has had since 3, really odd.
Oh well, at least less people are bitching about people who like AC this year
Oh well, at least less people are bitching about people who like AC this year
bradclemore
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It looks like a 2015 game, but plays like a 2007 game!
Welp finally clicked on a Fallout spoiler past where I am and it probably confirmed something I theorized since finishing the intro.
Man, I should just mainline the rest of that game. Is it really "mainline-able"? Or does it intentionally splinter off a bunch before the end? Feel free to spoiler the answer if you'd like.
Man, I should just mainline the rest of that game. Is it really "mainline-able"? Or does it intentionally splinter off a bunch before the end? Feel free to spoiler the answer if you'd like.
Don't insult 2007 games like that. 2007 was a decent year in gaming.
If that game had come playing like it did and looking decent on a PS3 that early, we'd be on The Order: 1911 this year where cowboys fight werewolves, and I'd finally get the Darkwatch sequel I've secretly wanted.
N
Noray
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As someone who enjoyed Unity Syndicate doesn't feel very different outside of the addition of the grappling hook which is grand. Mission structure and open ended assassinations are very similar. And they completely removed blood splatters which takes away a lot of the punch the combat has had since 3, really odd.
Oh well, at least less people are bitching about people who like AC this year
Bearing in mind that I skipped Rogue and Unity, Syndicate is the worst game in the series to me. I just finished it today, what an incredibly dull and uninspired mess. I liked the open-world Conquest objectives, and London is drop-dead gorgeous (I think this is the best looking game of the year, on PC at least), but outside of that it's just... nothing. There is next to no story, the mission design is EXTREMELY dull even by this series' standards. It's all driving those damn coaches, frustrating stealth missions that encourage you not to kill anyone, and the assassinations only have 1 way to do them properly, there's zero interesting interplay of dynamics and mechanics, no emergence there whatsoever. The optional side missions involving historic figures are even worse. It's also glitchy as all hell.
Deeply disappointed with it, because it had so much potential. London is such a good location and they rendered it absolutely gorgeously, but the game therein is just dull as dishwater outside of the open-world objectives. Evie and Jacob are even likeable characters but they are given fuck-all to do until the last like, 30 minutes of the game. Baffling. Also there's a more interesting, smaller game buried inside of it which would absolutely have been a better, more interesting game to me, and I think they made a mistake not focusing on that part
The World War I stuff.
As someone who enjoyed Unity Syndicate doesn't feel very different outside of the addition of the grappling hook which is grand. Mission structure and open ended assassinations are very similar.
Oh well, at least less people are bitching about people who like AC this year
Oh it's a bunch of little to medium things. The open world is less bloated with collectables, doing activities feels more purposeful in that it's feeding into taking over territory which unlocks more missions and stuff.
The train hideout is dope, the controls are better and I feel less like I'm fighting against them, Jacob and Evie don't get stuck on stuff as much as Arno, It runs much better, I like the min maxing stealth and combat stuff I'm doing between the Twins, etc
From a narrative standpoint the present day stuff actually exists and feels important, and the Frye twins I'm actually finding quite likeable.
So yeah, it's a good Assassins Creed from where I'm standing, but you need to still like those games. Unity almost made me feel like I had burnt out, but I just hated Unity.
Based on your complaints here you would have hated Unity. Syndicate is so much more focused than that game if you can believe it.
I kind of love how our two takes are like mirrors of each other's and mine is more positive because I suffered through Unity out of my sick completionist streak.
pantsattack
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Can someone point me to the giant bomb talk about Hoodslam? Also if you know of any other reviews or discussion of it I'd be appreciative.
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