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Giant Bomb 18: Everything is always a surprise on some level
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aspaceman55
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Yeah I legitimately cannot watch this right now. I've never had a reaction to a game like this, even with Vinny and the gang's commentary.
Does anyone know if they've confirmed Life is Strange for this Friday's playdate? That'd be great. Episode 3 is kinda slow and moody at first, but it is a damn solid episode overall. Would love to see them play more, and I predict that Alex's skill for predicting the writing will only continue.
Sleeping Lesson
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Yes, totally! Like I said last page, this game is just very off-putting to me. Something about the 90s cartoon sensibilities and the trying-so-fucking-hard humor is very irksome.
Vidoegames dot com gave Toonstruck 8.8/10
It was an incredible game for the time. It didn't have any commercial success though. I recall reading it was also really expensive too.
I'd watch them play Simon the Sorcerer. It was an average point and click, but the main character was an incredible asshole.
Leprosy! OMG so funny am I right?
Highlight of the stream.
Sleeping Lesson
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He did call that shit, I saw it.
pornography the video game
it was daydream and sleeping lesson I think
ratcliffja
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Much. I kind of love it.
Hmm and I thought Phantasmagoria would be the last fucking we saw on this feature.
Glitchesarecool
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It's real disappointing to hear Dan and Brad be so accepting of the Fallout jank issues. I like Lang's explanation but it sounds like there are some real technical messes here.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Austin was so adorable in the virtual on bombastica.
ScottSullivan
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I think its all about how tolerant you are, im someone who doesnt care about the ocassional screen tear, and a character floating in the air or something wejrd isnt going to ruin my experience, now if the game is dropping below 30 in every combat scenario thats a much worse problem, but jeff only mentioned the really bad 10 fos happening one time in 40 hours near the finale
TharpDaddy
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Not everyone is going to be bothered by the same stuff. I love Fallout, the jank doesn't bother me much. I'll notice my dog float in the air then go back to the gameplay that I find really enjoyable. I recognize it and I see why it can bother people but it has little impact on my enjoyment of the game.
The jank in the Witcher games have annoyed me way more, as an example to your point.
Reminds me of the old VCR padlocks they used to have at school to stop us putting our own tapes in.
Brad should do more bombasticas like that. I really enjoyed that one.
Death Metalist
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That's because there are no RPG's like Bethesda's RPG's so most people are like "Eh anyways, it's always been like that so it's fine, I'm used to it" I think people should get more critical about them so they would use the revenue they got to make a new engine that could really showcase what these consoles could do instead of being lazy about it even though I think none of what they do is lazy by any means.
Some jank is fine and funny but some of the stuff Jeff described; vital NPCs disappearing, quests breaking, areas becoming unplayable because of framerate, is really stuff nobody should be fine with and is not really funny or acceptable anymore I feel.
Especially when you're on a console and you can't easily mod or console command your way out of it.
Especially when you're on a console and you can't easily mod or console command your way out of it.
Glitchesarecool
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Maybe jank isn't the right word then, but I lop everything into that word. I mean the progression stopping bugs and shit that keeps happening in every one of these big Bethesda games.
Yeah, I agree. Brad is always good, but I felt like in this solo format he seemed so relaxed and like there was more space for his eloquence or something.
Apathy I guess. Like Brad said, eventually you just get used to the fact that they aren't going to fix these things even if you want them to. Since no one else makes RPGs like these, there isn't much choice.
I really wish they would make it a priority though. When the thieves guild quest line broke for me at the very end in Skyrim it came close to ruining the game for me. It really does make you question everything you do in the game.
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