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Giant Bomb 18: Everything is always a surprise on some level
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This was my first thought too.
Without the story beats it's a struggle.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
more seriously mario maker has to be their goty. It isn't mine but any other suggestion just seems insane to me.
EmCeeGramr
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You mean the game Jeff called the best Nintendo game since Ocarina of Time and Dan said gave him the strongest emotional reaction he's ever had playing a video game?
Salty Catfish
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I think they'll relent and give it #9 or #10 and then make a billion "ARE YOU HAPPY?" jokes towards the audience.
I am too far from the TV to clearly read those HoC bits. Sometimes I pause it and get in closer but usually I can't be bothered.
Better than when shows zoom in on a badly focused handwritten note though.
seems like about the best way to handle a browser/mobile catalogue. time between finding a level and playing it seems minimal.
great piece on Dr. Xavier Woods: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1158632
(he plays trombone? my man)
(he plays trombone? my man)
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That moment of anticipation between the Yakuza 5 QL title card and the first voice.
Keyser Soze
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
We're kindred spirits.
soundscream
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How's the alcantera rim? I had the leather one but I returned it because I found it a bit to hard and uncomfortable for my taste.
okay okay, i have to watch this now
Xavier's recent thoughts on Dan http://webm.host/292c2/vid.webm
No, the way he said it is wrong either way.
Chance Hale
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More like phdoodie
I dunno, maybe in english ya'll elongate the u for no reason. stuff changes when it flips languages. i don't really say yakuza very often so *shrug*
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
Helmets are the worst addition to SMM. I really can't stand them adding shit that wasn't part of those games. I also think the lady boot in SMB1 is garbage, too.
That shit gets under my skin in ways I cant describe. Maybe it's just me
That shit gets under my skin in ways I cant describe. Maybe it's just me
I'm waiting for the update that greatly increases the level-making skill of the userbase.
So I put on Patrick's stream of him attempting Double Header and after watching him fail early I thought "I bet I can finish this before him" sure enough, two hours later I got through. Thoughts in spoilers in case any one wants to attempt it blind like I did.
When I finished it the level was at 0.37% complete with 36 clears over ~9400 attempts with 667 unique players.
The beginning isn't too bad until the Chomp Bridge as Patrick called it. To get past it I waited a cycle and hit chomps 2 and 3. On three I didn't do a full jump so I didn't need the air stall Patrick used. The baby bowser part you can just run under. The POW blocks at the pipe are used to clear out the Thomp to get to the checkpoint.
This feels like where the "real" madness begins. The wiggler-->single ice block-->winged green koopa jump felt good but on repeat performances got boring and rote. The P-switch run was always satisfying since if you time the second jump right you can bounce off the red koopa right on to the homing Bill Launcher. Around here my gamepad consistently glitched so I switched to the TV to play. The Bullet Bill Bridge is a trick I've used in a couple levels so it wasn't much of a hindrance, but the spike crawlers guarding the p-switch over a level soft reset was evil the trick is to grab the switch and stay low. You can got from level 2 to 1 by just running so you don't get stick on the geometry.
The P-switch door jump screwed me up a lot until I tried just holding up instead of mashing. Then I could consistently get past it. The last little bit with the flying POW block felt a bit cheap since Bowser's fire is kind of random. You can trick the AI by staying high (jumping) which will keep him shooting up and over you instead of right at you. Once you get past Bowser you're home free.
This feels like where the "real" madness begins. The wiggler-->single ice block-->winged green koopa jump felt good but on repeat performances got boring and rote. The P-switch run was always satisfying since if you time the second jump right you can bounce off the red koopa right on to the homing Bill Launcher. Around here my gamepad consistently glitched so I switched to the TV to play. The Bullet Bill Bridge is a trick I've used in a couple levels so it wasn't much of a hindrance, but the spike crawlers guarding the p-switch over a level soft reset was evil the trick is to grab the switch and stay low. You can got from level 2 to 1 by just running so you don't get stick on the geometry.
The P-switch door jump screwed me up a lot until I tried just holding up instead of mashing. Then I could consistently get past it. The last little bit with the flying POW block felt a bit cheap since Bowser's fire is kind of random. You can trick the AI by staying high (jumping) which will keep him shooting up and over you instead of right at you. Once you get past Bowser you're home free.
When I finished it the level was at 0.37% complete with 36 clears over ~9400 attempts with 667 unique players.
Demoskinos
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Really hoping for a LiS stream from GBeast this week.
It's soooooooo smooth lol. I love the bigger diameter too. It's also surprisingly cushiony... I mean, it's still hard but there's definitly padding under the leather.
The two "main candidates" couldn't be any more different post-launch...
Mario keeps adding cool features, and MGSV keeps adding shitty stuff.
Yeah, Mario is their GotY for sure.
can't imagine they will be. stuff like the p-switch door was in smw, for example
Twin Tails
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It is so good.
I cringe every time I rub their faces into the asphalt. what a bloody mess XD
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Have you not watched the quick look for the wolfenstein DLC?
Legit made me gag.
Legit made me gag.
shortsFortallPeople
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If TW3 didn't suffer from severe pacing issues I would concur, it's GOTY. But so far, I find that I've enjoyed TW2 a bit more from both a narrative and pacing perspective.
I'm nearing 40 hours with TW3 and only just starting to do stuff in Skellige, which according to some folks puts me near halfway through the game as i'm starting to finish Act 1. That puts me at +15 hours more than what it took me to finish TW2 and that game felt like it was perfectly paced. Meh.
Wonder how much of the love TW3 is getting is partly due to it being most folks first Witcher game. I'm finding TW3 to be a little disappointing so far.
Sleeping Dawgs is the best Yakuza game ever
I'm nearing 40 hours with TW3 and only just starting to do stuff in Skellige, which according to some folks puts me near halfway through the game as i'm starting to finish Act 1. That puts me at +15 hours more than what it took me to finish TW2 and that game felt like it was perfectly paced. Meh.
Wonder how much of the love TW3 is getting is partly due to it being most folks first Witcher game. I'm finding TW3 to be a little disappointing so far.
Sleeping Dawgs is the best Yakuza game ever
that seems so tame now. the new finishers are so much more brutal. I can't wait to unlock more XD
I played all of them. It didn't take me nearly as long as it did you. I did a lot of side stuff and finished the whole game in around 60 hours.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Triad, please.
Nope. I loved 1,2 and now 3.
2 was weakest story wise because it wasn't Witchery enough. I take the view that many do, in that the story of W3 is merely a string to take you between individual vignettes which have recurring or self contained threads within themselves. The main plot is overwhelmingly simple due to that, but I find it doesn't matter. The game brings more urgency to the main thread when it starts to matter more. Act 2 & 3 are mostly about the main story.
Salty Catfish
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The one finisher in Manhunt where you stab the shit out of a dude's face with a shard of glass is one of the worst I can think of. Even after seeing it a few times it made my toes curl.
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