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Giant Bomb #24 | In the beginning...
- Thread starter Anjin M
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The last one was just so shoehorned. I get its hard to keep up storylines though with so many variables and moving parts. I still like seeing everyone have fun and the high moments are usually pretty good.
I have complicated feelings when it comes to GB/PAX Wrestling. I like that they all love wrestling but outside of Jeff and Alex they all come off as, uh i don't know, a certain type of fan that i usually roll my eyes at. Maybe I'm just too far down the wrestling hole and that's more of a negative on my part for sure. I'm disgusting.
But, on the other hand, I know gaming is their main thing and they aren't focused on wrestling 24/7 so I find the powerbombcast interesting from the angle of seeing how they and maybe most people feel about it from where they are in their life, if that makes sense?
MassiveNights
Banned
Dan's airport tweet genuinely fooling people would be pretty funny.
These kids need to watch Beyond The Mat and Wrestling With Shadows.
These kids need to watch Beyond The Mat and Wrestling With Shadows.
chaobreaker
Member
When's the rumble? I'm bad with timezones.
bigwinnerx
Member
The one w/ almost no video game wrestling was fantastic. That's usually the actual worst part of the show.
And I like how they have a core "cast" and they're cycling in new people. Inevitable as people start getting new jobs (say in publishing) or are self-financed getting to Seattle.
Also it's usually fun and short and dumb. Is there a thread going up this year?
And I like how they have a core "cast" and they're cycling in new people. Inevitable as people start getting new jobs (say in publishing) or are self-financed getting to Seattle.
Also it's usually fun and short and dumb. Is there a thread going up this year?
ThreePiMatt
Member
An hour. I'll probably end up watching it, but regretting it.
work shoot kayfabe heel faces, right? LOL
chaobreaker
Member
You're a smart mark! Or as others like to say a smark!
I might be the only one that wants to actually see them play the game
Sleeping Lesson
Member
I love the voice acting in Shenmue so far.
I know all of the "carnie" lingo. you might say I'm one of the boys but that's simply not true. I'm just a measly old fan that's really cool. Like my old CM Punk shirt? It's vintage. Nikki Bella can't wrestle btw
There are no smarks! Keep up with the times man!
chaobreaker
Member
Oh darn. Looks like I botched my wrasslin lingo.
MassiveNights
Banned
I'm not sure what to make of this new Cuphead footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMt27Jk36K8
Game has been around for so long that I'm not sure the art design is really wowing me anymore and the gameplay looks kinda weak.
The overworld/shop/item stuff doesn't look particularly inspiring either.
At least the music is still awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMt27Jk36K8
Game has been around for so long that I'm not sure the art design is really wowing me anymore and the gameplay looks kinda weak.
The overworld/shop/item stuff doesn't look particularly inspiring either.
At least the music is still awesome.
Hope they didn't compromise their game because of jurnoz on podcasts bitching about how "oh well it's just a boss russ blahhhhhhh it needs more stuff"
Ugh.
it really looks like the definition of style over substance, BUT MAN DOES IT HAVE STYYYYYYYLE
That's exactly what they did, and it's killed almost all of the excitement I had for the game.
avengers23
Banned
Card subject to change though.
Why though? The bosses looked as sterile as the platforming. People got blown away by the animaiton, not actually playing the game.
At least I'm somewhat excited for it now when I wasn't before.
MadLaughter
Member
I've enjoyed all of the PAX wrestling events. There's room for improvement, sure, but it's dumb, harmless fun.
Someone make a PAX Rumble thread!
Someone make a PAX Rumble thread!
I disagree. They might have been simple from a gameplay standpoint, but they at least had a bunch going on visually to make up for that. These platforming sections just seem monotonous and shoe-horned in because of bad criticism.
The criticism from people who played the game? Who weren't just lamenting it from being a boss rush, but thought that they had their fill from the demo? How is it bad criticism if the game wasn't great to play?
The bosses were already monotonous. The stuff going on visiually still exists on YouTube since if it wasn't fun to play, that's the place to enjoy it regardless. Feel like this is going to be scapegoat for people "But the criticism ruined it!" when most accounts were that it wasn't going to be very fun in the first place. People jsut got bought in due to some awesome animations.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Witch pax channel is the wrestling thing being live streamed on?
No, I mean the criticism of people just lamenting it being a boss rush mode. The other criticism is totally fair, and I should be clear that my excitement level was never super high to begin with.
But if people think the bosses are poor, then the way to make the game better isn't to jam a bunch of other shit in there.
MadLaughter
Member
Ah fair enough. I mean, I'm the other way. A boss rush mode would have to be totally spectacular for me to give a damn about it, while mediocre bosses combined with "better than Mighty No. 9" platforming would have gotten me there.
My only problem now is that the platforming does look worse than MN9. Hopefully it's just an early level thing.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Thank you
ThreePiMatt
Member
Its true. When only like a small percentage of your participants have any sort of comedy or improv chops, trying to script goofy storyline with all these other people is just awkward and cringy. Just play the game and let the stories evolve out of it naturally. If that means Alex wins like 3 of these in a row, that's fine. If that means some writer from a website no one reads wins it, that's fine too.
stump sock
Member
it does not and holy shit is it ever
but hearing some dude that sounds like clint eastwood say "aokigahara" does give me some kind of sick satisfaction
The story is that Yu Suzuki insisted on directing the English VO - Yu Suzuki does not speak a word of English and also picked people based on how much they looked like the characters in the game.
Well then I hope when Sega finally gets off their fat arse and does a remastered collection of 1 and 2 they give us the option for Japanese audio.
Because my god i don't even know how you record audio that bad.
Goldenroad
Member
Is this streamable on Youtube? I want to go hit the eliptical, but I can't stream Twitch or GB on there.
Well I guess that expains it.