skLaFarebear
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I haven't listened to the podcast so I can't really comment.
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Giant Bomb 18: Everything is always a surprise on some level
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I haven't listened to the podcast so I can't really comment.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
They don't really get into it much, the interesting stuff is mostly
-Brad making it clear that he's going to raise "how much of a game is it?" wrt Mario Maker
-The group all agreeing that MGSV has to be judged in its current updated state, not in the state it released at
-Everyone basically thinking GOTY is going to be great this year
ThreePiMatt
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They always do a "best old game" or something along those lines. Brad will make the case for Destiny there and will probably hold himself from bringing it up during GOTY proper.
skLaFarebear
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The thing with MGSV is that since they all already beat it, they're not gonna feel any kind of ramifications from it since they have FOBs/Security teams/etc. already and the microtransactions won't do anything for them. They'd have to replay the game to see the more icky stuff and the differences, which I don't think any of them are willing to do at this point. And it doesn't seem like its been affecting Drew's playthrough, though I'm lagging a bit behind on episodes.
As much as he liked it this year, Brad will get greedy and argue that The Taken King should count as a new game. Mark me words. That's exactly the kind of move he'd make.
Brad has already said he thinks the new updates are really shitty and Dan is experiencing them along with Drew, so he's directly seeing them. If the GBEast team works more through the game, they'll be seeing it post update as well.
I'll be curious to hear Brad's arguments about Mario Maker. Does he elaborate at all during the podcast or is he saving it for GOTY? It seems like there are plenty of people who just don't mess with the editor at all and just play user created levels (of which there are a ton, even if the quality varies) so that argument seems a bit odd.
All he said was he doesn't want to tip his hat but he questions how much of a game MM is and then he changed subjects.
Really? That's super weird given they've gone the exact opposite way in past years.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Yeah I was sort of surprised but it was an email question and everyone just sort of said "yeah no we have to judge it as it is now" without any argument
I think the fact that there's no going back to the way the game was because it's so heavily tied to the online experience definitely colors that judgement. This isn't a situation where you can boot the console offline and have the same experience the crew did a few months ago.
BreezyLimbo
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MGSV must get GoTY
............well Mario Maker is ok. I'm ok with it being 1.
............well Mario Maker is ok. I'm ok with it being 1.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
GOTY is going to be interesting this year.
Mister Negative
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you see the problem with MGSV is that I don't think it's the best game released this year
skLaFarebear
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JC3 QL tomorrow? That's cool. I hope we get a Xenoblade X one soon as well with Austin playing it.
Huh, well GOTY not much farther now. I'm excited for the salt regardless of who wins.
Except Witcher fans, they're certainly not gonna win. And the anger of that game possibly not even making the 10 will be hilarious to see.
Huh, well GOTY not much farther now. I'm excited for the salt regardless of who wins.
Except Witcher fans, they're certainly not gonna win. And the anger of that game possibly not even making the 10 will be hilarious to see.
Jason made a Witcher 3 joke on this Bombcast and, not gonna lie, it hurt a little. Jeff said he was going to revisit it before GOTY this year so there's a tiny micron of a chance it cracks the Top 10. It won't be where it deserves, but it might make it in.
How about the best game released this decade?
skLaFarebear
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All these podcasts teases. I might need to start this earlier than my commute and listen to Adventure Zone tomorrow instead.
The possibility of Jeff being the only one to really like the game would be pretty hilarious though.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
It's the goddamn updates and it's goddamn Konami being konami
Mister Negative
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I'll be totally fine with Undertale not making the top 10 as long as it gets discussed (and it gets its due in the best soundtrack category).
WItcher 3, however...
I think Undertale is a near certainty in the Top 10. Austin loves it, Dan really likes it, Jeff is playing it now (and I think will probably end up liking it) and Brad says he's gonna check it out. It'll make it in just by the fact it's one of the few games such a large portion of the crew has played.
Life is Strange will be the real tragedy. Come on GBEast crew! Get on it!
skLaFarebear
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Sheds a tear for Tales from the Borderlands
Glitchesarecool
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Splatoon music tho.
Also I'm ready to once again confirm Brad as worst duder when it comes to GOTY.
skLaFarebear
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Sometimes you gotta be bad to get what you want.
I wonder if Austin will actually really dig into it like he said he would after playing Episode 1 for Extra Life?*
*he almost certainly will not play a significant amount prior to GOTY.
Definitely interested in picking that one up some time. Probably will grab it on a steam sale.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Sometimes you gotta be bad to get what you want.
Brad "Punished" Shoemaker
"Jeff, I'm already a demon."
LurkerPrime
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Choose Our Own Adventure to the rescue!
Unfortunately I won't vote for it because I'd actually like to watch whatever they choose... and watching them play a game I've beaten feels wrong.
skLaFarebear
Member
Maybe he's just having so much fun with Xenoblade X that he completely forgot about Tales from the Borderlands, but will still get back to it before GOTY
;_;
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Oooh that sounds interesting. EVERYONE BE DRUNK
Take a shot every time his dad tells the girlfriend to not have kids
Take a shot when Dan mentions one of his dads many wives
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Fixed for the only thing worth caring about.
Only a couple weeks until we're allowed to talk about goty in here without people getting upset!
nckillthegrimace
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Is that one of those darn "games for change?"
It's a game where you don't know when you actually finished it....
I played for a while after the quicklook and got nowhere so I abandonned.
I played about a half hour, ran out of keywords and turned it off. It seemed odd.
Some people doubt TTK will make their top 10? Unless there's something in today's Bombcast that indicates otherwise, I wouldn't be surprised if it's top 5. Brad obviously loves it, Dan really enjoyed it and said it's making his top 10, and there's a good chance it'll be on Jeff's and Austin's lists. That's a strong enough core for it to sound like a lock to me, unless GB's wildly unpredictable politicking results in it being dropped to make room for personal favorites.
Also, Reaper of Souls wasn't disqualified last year so I don't see why TTK would be DQ'd this year.
Also, Reaper of Souls wasn't disqualified last year so I don't see why TTK would be DQ'd this year.
Can we talk about how bad that category name is? It's sooo bad. When I first saw it, I don't think it remotely describes what the games in the category are going for and actively makes them sound way worse.
If I remember correctly, Diablo III:UEE got cut fairly early on. If it actually made it up to bat, I'm almost certain they would've ended up DQing it for being basically a GOTY edition.
That game is so good definitely in my top 5 of the year.
ratcliffja
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The weird thing about Mario Maker is that although I love 2D Mario games, it's actually one of my least played Wii U games. It's fun to watch people make levels and to watch people play them, but it's not all that fun to make them if you don't have other people playing them and actually playing the levels is typically a chore. I love the idea of Mario Maker, but to me it's nowhere near as good as MGS V, which is ironic considering I'm a huge Nintendo fan and pretty much swore off the MGS series after 2.
well if you consider mario maker to be that then sure
I've yet to come across any levels that rival the official levels created by the geniuses behind those original Mario games, though
mario maker just doesn't really appeal to me. I have little interest in making my own stages, nor any interest in playing random stages made by random people
Exactly. It's definitely fun to watch GB do their thing with the game, but personally, I wouldn't even have it on my GOTY list.
nckillthegrimace
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I've completely flipped on this. I haven't played Mario Maker. I don't even like 2D Mario a whole lot. But Konami keeps making MGSV worse and worse with every update. Mario Maker is only getting better.
Have they done anything else past the GMP rebalance? I know they added some new upgrades that cost a ludicrous amount of GMP, but to me that upgrade doesn't hurt the single player enough to warrant dropping it. The GMP rebalance was straight up bullshit, though.
Dunno about that. Indeed it was cut early since no one felt passionately enough to argue otherwise, but Jeff did say he expected it to return to the discussion because he wasn't sure they'd find 10 better games. It ended up #5 on Jeff's list.
nckillthegrimace
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They put a huge chunk of your resources and GMP into online escrow, so more than ever can be stolen. To help mitigate this increased risk that they created, they're selling insurance. That you have to keep paying for. With real money.
I agree. There are some neat levels in MM but the game itself lacks the coherence found in things like SMB3 or SMW. It is a shame that you cannot create a themed set or do world map kind of stuff.
The modes that do exist are little more than roulettes of individual levels, which also get boring quickly due to the repeating art and assets. Honestly, the little I've seen of MM has already bored me.
Personal lists don't have the same rules as the official GOTY list, so it could've still ended up being DQed and Jeff could've put it on his top 10. I put money on The Taken King getting DQed this year, especially given the list cutting is going to be way more brutal.
I knew that one. I just didn't know if they engaged in any more fuckery since then. I don't think that change ruins the game, but it is complete bullshit.
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