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Giant Bomb #22 | Drew, F*** This Tank

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Wunder

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That history of Gamespot was incredibly nostalgic, and that's coming from someone who could barely watch On the Spot live because it was on at like 1am. What a great video!
 

Salarians

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I like how every potg with Hanzo is him looking at a wall and spaming dragon.

And it's almost always on the losing team.
I got POTG dropping behind a group pushing the payload, killed three with the dragon, and arrowed the one that tried to get away. Felt pretty good about that one.

As someone who got play of the game as Hanzo without using that stupid dragon, I disagree :p
I mean the "we already have two snipers but I'm going to pick a sniper too because that's all I want to do" types. The people that complain about the team's makeup but will never change characters themselves. Though, in my experience, this happening less in Overwatch than in TF2.
 

Wunder

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I got POTG dropping behind a group pushing the payload, killed three with the dragon, and arrowed the one that tried to get away. Felt pretty good about that one.


I mean the "we already have two snipers but I'm going to pick a sniper too because that's all I want to do" types. The people that complain about the team's makeup but will never change characters themselves. Though, in my experience, this happening less in Overwatch than in TF2.

it matters way more in Overwatch than in TF2 though because it's only 6v6 instead of 12v12 or whatever. Two (or more, god forbid) snipers can destroy an entire team composition on defense or attack, barring the fact that both of them are godlike MLG snipers that hit every shot.
 
I'm only level 7 but I've had 95% good experiences regarding team members so far, even when we get stomped. Though for some reasonI also keep getting paired up with people around level 20-25 or so, so if they've stuck around that long they're bound to be a little more reasonable.
 

Salarians

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it matters way more in Overwatch than in TF2 though because it's only 6v6 instead of 12v12 or whatever. Two (or more, god forbid) snipers can destroy an entire team composition on defense or attack, barring the fact that both of them are godlike MLG snipers that hit every shot.
Yeah, I've seen Widowmaker allies on attack that were crucial to us winning, and I've also seen Widowmakers that were totally useless on the same map and the person unwilling to change to a different character.

In general, thankfully, (on PS4 at least) most people change characters when needed and usually avoid doubling up outside of specific circumstances. Multiples of one character can be extremely valuable, but only in the right hands.
 

repeater

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I can see Vinnyvania on the webpage, but it's not showing up in GB Video Buddy. What gives? I need this to be able to work through the evening.
 

KingKong

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I don't know if I'm a fan of doing 360 demo disks. It's too soon, the games play too well to be funny and you don't really get gaming history tidbits from Jeff
 
I don't know if I'm a fan of doing 360 demo disks. It's too soon, the games play too well to be funny and you don't really get gaming history tidbits from Jeff

I'm with you. It was a good video, but I think Demo Derby works best as a fifth/sixth-gen feature. Anything earlier can be Old Games Show segments, and anything after can be UPF.

but then again TOGS is dead so I guess it doesn't matter
 

Strax

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I haven't played The Ghostbusters game but everything I've seen from it feels like a recap of the first two movies but somehow some people call the real Ghostbusters 3. Are there new characters (besides the player) and new story?

I don't know if I'm a fan of doing 360 demo disks. It's too soon, the games play too well to be funny and you don't really get gaming history tidbits from Jeff

The 4 Xbox Demo Derby eps are the worst (still good tho) imo because they have the most boring games and fewest videos. I want World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars 2002, Mort the Chicken and KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child and video interviews with localization teams from Japan
 

Sakwoff

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Guys.

I caved.

I bought Overwatch.

I don't even really like playing competitive shooters. Fuck me.

Man, GB have been doing a good job selling people on this.
 

Strax

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I could still see it going that way. That game encourages team play in a way that is maybe a bit hard to see for new players at the start. It's almost MOBA levels in the cooperation it wants from decently skilled players and that can be real frustrating if you're just playing with randoms.

As a former DotA 1 player I disagree with this. Its like one level up from COD but way below MOBAs and that all depents what character you play as, you can play this a normal FPS with 2-3 characters if you really want. The matchmaking system the puts you with players that have played a similar amount of time.

The biggest problem I see coming is people not trying many characters and stick with the one they know so 3 people wanting to play healers on the same team.
 

TraBuch

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Guys.

I caved.

I bought Overwatch.

I don't even really like playing competitive shooters. Fuck me.

Man, GB have been doing a good job selling people on this.
Of course, they're Blizzard shills that ban anyone that says anything bad about Blizzard games. Where do you think they got the money for all that video podcast equipment?
 

Sakwoff

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Of course, they're Blizzard shills that ban anyone that says anything bad about Blizzard games. Where do you think they got the money for all that video podcast equipment?

I've recently looked up one of the microphones the beast is using on their fancy desk.

Bloody hell.
 

Zaph

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I've recently looked up one of the microphones the beast is using on their fancy desk.

Bloody hell.

Pro grade AV gear is in this really weird place where the quality of prosumer equipment is lagging not too far behind at a fraction of the price, but if you go that route, the moment you need to do that one specialised thing, you have to upgrade everything to a pro level.
 
I'd say Doom will fall off due to not being able to ignore the ugly Elephant in the room that is the MP and SnapMap a al GTA V.
Doom will be Game of the Year.

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I'm level 18 in Overwatch now and I've only [come] across a couple of idiots, one with mic and one without. I'm sure it'll get a bit worse over time but I'm happy thus far.

I echo the Left 4 Dead horror stories. I played both games extensively on both 360 and PC (I...like those games) but by the time the general player base got really toxic in Versus, I had lengthy lists of good people to play with on both platforms.
 
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The Game Tapes pic looks incredible.

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LiK

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There is fighting happening over porn?

Not really fighting. Kotaku gave Overwatch porn attention and got Blizzard to notice so now they're taking it down. Pretty useless cuz porn can be found in many sites who don't give a shit about DMCA. It'll probably die down in a few weeks after release hype.
 

yami4ct

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Playing Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System for the first time still.

Yep, the world design in this game is amazing. The kinds of environments, the races, the monsters, it's all so cohesive and perfect. Best looking world design in a 3D Final Fantasy.

The airships in this game are freaking cool.
 
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