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Giant Bomb 18: Everything is always a surprise on some level
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So much better.
Backfoggen
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Man Sentient was a perfect pick for Choose Our Own Adventure.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
I don't get why Alex seemed to hate it so much. Sure, it's no Crusader Kings 2, but he was acting like it was Big Rigs.
Piston Hyundai
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because that's Alex's schtick
FFIV's fantasy/space setting is pretty nice!
The main character has a great development throughout the story, Golbez and the four fiends are memorable bosses with their battle songs, and the final airship is the best airship of every game
don't need to play the PSP sequel though, it ain't great. The DS remake is much more satisfying, if you can play it
funkystudent
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The Steam version is based on the mobile version which was based off the DS version right?
I keep thinking I should try that some day.
BUNTING1243
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To be fair, that seemed like genuine terror, or he's a much better actor than I think
shortsFortallPeople
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you mean that FF4 DS remake that was so rough that Brad never finished it?
Yeah, I wouldnt recommend it. The PSP version is great, though.
Yeah, I wouldnt recommend it. The PSP version is great, though.
I'm glad someone emailed about the grime resurgence. It's always been my favored genre over dubstep in terms of trashy music that's just so good. I still listen to Dizzee Rascal's early albums because they're doity.
Skepta's Dirty is real good. Backing beat is similar to Run the Jewels.
Skepta's Dirty is real good. Backing beat is similar to Run the Jewels.
He just seemed more shticky than usual.
it is. it should've gotten a 9 minimum, imo
Death Metalist
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"Kiss from a rose" seals the deal.
Just looked it up and you're right, that's the DS version ported again and again. The characters and the spells are way cooler in that version, and its cutscenes are voiced too
edit: I didn't play it as a kid, so there's no nostalgia talking
dannyglover
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The levels Scoop played today were some of the best levels I've seen in Mario Maker. I know I can't beat levels like the Ryckoning, but these levels had just the right amount of difficulty.
They were hard, but not frustratingly so, as there were mushrooms and checkpoints available. I would die but would always feel like my next life is the one where I beat the level.
They were hard, but not frustratingly so, as there were mushrooms and checkpoints available. I would die but would always feel like my next life is the one where I beat the level.
Ya'll want to watch some real nerdy shit, John Romero uploaded a CGDC conference from 1997 with him, Nolan Bushnell, and Chris Roberts.
Dat mane.
Dat mane.
Death Metalist
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Damn, watching it now. That's fucking great, somebody send that shit to Brad.
stump sock
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I don't think there's a single Yakuza fan who would argue with it, and everybody else would just ignore the thread
This is fantastic, Still at Nolan Bushnell talking about his Catalyst businesses and personal robots.
I don't see why we should. They're back in NY.
Those guys are back in New York so unless he Skypes in I doubt it.
Nope. Expect Jeff to be on though.
skLaFarebear
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Took me 68 hours, but I finally finished Trails in the Sky SC and man what a fantastic RPG. Best one I've played in a long while.
I really hope it did well for XSEED to bring the other ones over.
I really hope it did well for XSEED to bring the other ones over.
Ah hell, thought we'd get one more Beastcast with him
So they've wrapped up GOTYcasts?
Fried Food
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super looking forward to LiS tomorrow
Yeah they did it all last week.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Don't need to take such a long time to decide that Destiny TKK was goty.
Hella looking forward to it.
TheMrPliskin
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Sold around 11k copies according to steam spy which sure doesn't sound great.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Eh, I'd say that most of the fans played it on PSP and vita so quite a number, if not most, of the audience is on that platform. Plus steam is weird in that it can give games incredibly long legs with the sales.
skLaFarebear
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It sold on different consoles/platforms besides Steam (I myself bought it on a Vita for save/portability reasons), so those numbers aren't really representative of the sales. I imagine the long tail of the winter steam sales should help it, but it'd definitely be a shame if sold worse than XSEED expected especially since the first one sold really well.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Most of the first game's audience on PC are probably fans who double dipped again, while SC probably has far less people going for 2 versions.
Now why would they release DLC for a game released in 2012?
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I've heard people gush over it but I have no idea why. Is it the story? The combat? The characters? The universe? What's so good about the game?
BreezyLimbo
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Combination of all that.
Though I haven't gotten into it too much yet because so far I've had 4-5 hours of sleep most nights and would rather take a nap on the bus than play games.
Though I haven't gotten into it too much yet because so far I've had 4-5 hours of sleep most nights and would rather take a nap on the bus than play games.
Dragon Puncher
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I'm properly a bigger Alex fan than most, but sometimes his "everything is terrible" persona just goes a little overboard. He has awesome dry humor, but when it turns into shouting it becomes a bit much.
skLaFarebear
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Story and characters are definitely the main drawing point. The combat is fun for what it is, but its nothing special. The real appeal of the game is its incredible world building where every NPC and every town has its own stories and arcs. Put that around a story of 2 main characters exploring the world in a coming of age story and you get a some really great moments of interaction and development.
Its very different from your typical RPG as its not a "save the world" kind of story. While events certainly escalate in significance and scale, the events of Trails in the Sky isn't much more than a bleep in a pretty massive world. But honestly, I just can't stress enough how great the character building is for every character regardless of how important or insignificant they are in the grand scheme of the game.
Edit: And the soundtrack is super good. Probably has one of my favorite boss themes, ever and I love the title screen themes.
Probably. Hopefully as it gets cheaper more people will start to buy it, including those who are probably catching up with FC first. If I got enough cash from work I'll try to buy a few keys during a sale and give them away.
I have no doubt in my mind that Trails in the Sky Second Chapter didn't do very well.
It's a sequel that requires people to play through a 40+ hour game before hand, there was only a one week warning before it got released with little to no marketing and it dropped during the busiest time of the year for video games with even other JRPGs coming out around it like Tales of Zestiria and Xenoblade a month later.
Anyways it's probably more of a goodwill gesture to finish off the story since Trails of Cold Steel was coming over regardless of how well Second Chapter did. Only like 12 days until that comes out btw.
I bought FC when it launched on Steam and have been waiting for a time to get around to it, but it seems like there is always something coming out I want to play. I went and picked up SC too, so it could sit in my backlog forever.
Hopefully I'll have some more time early next year to finally get to them. Everything I've heard about them has sounded great.
Hopefully I'll have some more time early next year to finally get to them. Everything I've heard about them has sounded great.
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