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Giant Bomb #22 | Drew, F*** This Tank
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Speaking of The Witcher - if May wasn't already crazy enough, it looks like the last expansion pack is getting great reviews.
Spot on character choices
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Wait, isn't No Man's Sky coming out in like 6 days?
Nope, 24th June is its release date and it looks like it's delayed.
That is the argument I was expecting.
"These DLC tell amazing stories, you should totally play it even if you didn't click with the main game. You only tried it for 100 hours? You are right at the bit where it gets good!"
vs
"Witcher is garbage. Combat is trash, movement is trash, horse is trash, Geralt is trash. I don't understand the inventory. Gwent is awful. Bloody Baron is the only decent quest line".
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Yeah, Michael is a real idiot. Never liked that guy.
Sleeping Lesson
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Michael Transactions is robbing us blind.
giant_frying_pan
Member
Very nice. Looks right out of VRegas!
made this for fun while listening to the Bombcast this week...
yeehaw....
Great! Where's sum lil vr doggies tho?
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
If you told me Michael Transactions is a character in Battleborn, I'd believe you.
Glitchesarecool
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I mean, this is kinda how I feel and I didn't even manage to finish the Bloody Baron quest because it's not actually that great.
*Only unlockable with real money.
The majority of that quest is overrated, the area after Bloody Baron is actually way better. Exploring Novigrad and working for the city's underground crime syndicate as religious zealots burn their way through the magic and non-human population is so much more interesting than an alcoholic Baron.
Sleeping Lesson
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Said it before, but Bloody Baron is far from the best part of that game. It's just the first big quest line so everyone played it.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
But it's one that stands out. I really loved the turns that quest took.
I can't wait for Blood&Wine, Witcher 3 might be among my favourite games of all time, seriously.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Yea, whenever I got tired of the main quest, I go look for the sidequests and they kept the game fresh cuz some of them are pretty hilarious or very creepy and dark. Really cool lil stories.
tryagainlater
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Just did the new elusive target. Would love to see Brad fuck it up on UPF today.
LurkerPrime
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While I can think of an irreverent sidequest at Kaer Morhen that's a solid 2-3x better.
Spoilers:
The witchers get drunk together and mayhem ensues.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
All the Witcher games had pretty good "Let's get drunk at a party" quests. Loved the one in the first game too.
Incandenza
Banned
That's a great one. Triss's side quest chain also stands out for me.
I didn't get that, but it's pretty likely it wouldn't beat Bloody Baron for me, and I love irreverent shit.
Good characterization and writing is so much more rarer than good irreverence.
N
Noray
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The Skellige succession quest line. The assassination of Radovid and persecution of witches/non-humans. Anything involving trolls. The Kaer Morhain bits.
Lots of stuff. Bloody Baron is a tired old story about an abuser that's asking us to feel sympathy for the abuser while his victims are marginalized in the story itself. The parts involving the witches and the baby were pretty great, but other than that, I'm not hot on Bloody Baron.
Felix Lighter
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Novagrad and Velen are good but I loved the Skellige viking vibe. I'm glad the new DLC area is a completely new culture.
Kind of a paradox
LurkerPrime
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I would play a Paradox-developed Witcher game. Grand strategy on a fantastic scale.
Part of what makes the Witcher 3 so mindblowing is that so much of it is missable. It's not afraid to give players a truly unique experience.
Part of what makes the Witcher 3 so mindblowing is that so much of it is missable. It's not afraid to give players a truly unique experience.
giant_frying_pan
Member
Only if/when his Doom segment doesn't work.
Concrete Charlie
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Giant Bomb #23 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Your opinion is as valid as the next guy, so long as everyone is civil about it.
It is the side who has to tell everyone who doesn't like the game they are wrong - and vice versa - that gets irritating.
For the record, I love Witcher - if you don't, that is cool too.
Is it just cosmetics? If so, who gives a fuck. If you like the game so much you want to buy a skin for your main, get your wallet out.
Felix Lighter
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Just to let you all know, I've been quietly categorized each of you based on your Witcher 3 opinions and, even if I appear civil most of the time, the category headers are good people and bad people.
But all that other stuff is tired, well trodden ground too :V
I actually sighed when I got to the Skellige questline, called it from a light year away.
It is all cosmetic, like Dota 2 except it has an upfront cost of buying the game.
OP was complaining about missing out on "voiced lines" (which are just quippy taunts), claiming he's not getting the full "experience" of the character's personality (which you can get in much denser doses in unique pre-game dialogue between certain pairs of characters before a match starts) and that this experience was more important than the gameplay itself.
And here's the kicker, he hasn't even played the game.
Voiced lines are also 25 in-game bux, which is fucking nothing.
Glitchesarecool
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So yes, much like TF2's crates before they dumped a shitload of weapons into the game, it doesn't matter at all.
It will be interesting to see if Overwatch ends up going the same route as TF2. I genuinely hope not since the weapons/crate/f2p system really burned the game for me. Focus shifted from getting some decent maps or game modes into official rotation and on to events that would push key sales.
It will be interesting to see if Overwatch ends up going the same route as TF2. I genuinely hope not since the weapons/crate/f2p system really burned the game for me. Focus shifted from getting some decent maps or game modes into official rotation and on to events that would push key sales.
Concrete Charlie
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man i can't wait to go home and maybe upgrade my pc so my hitman shadows aren't absolute shit and the game doesn't stutter for twenty seconds when I first walk outside. At least it's okay after that.
I don't particularly care about NMS but the reddit reactions are pretty gold. At least people are getting mad about something that doesn't (directly) involve gatoring
I don't particularly care about NMS but the reddit reactions are pretty gold. At least people are getting mad about something that doesn't (directly) involve gatoring
Felix Lighter
Member
The randomize crates just turn off my desire to pay anything extra but they are undoubtedly super effective for generating more money. But completely cosmetic microtransactions simply do not bother me and if I can buy what I want I'm willing to buy. I've bought several ship skins in Elite Dangerous and that game is played completely in first person, only a debug camera, the outfitting screens and planetary landings let me see the exterior.
TheMrPliskin
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Giant Bomb #23 | Big heart, Little penis, Can't lose
If I played Dota, I would be one of those insufferable people who had all stock skins, etc and constantly reminded everyone how I had not put one dollar in to the game
no one cares about dota skins
but when you see the worst player on your CSGO team flash his 200 dollar knife, you feel something for sure
Felix Lighter
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Congrats. Sounds cool.
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