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Giant Bomb #24 | In the beginning...
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Hot Coldman
Banned
The Dreamcast crashed??? Oh dear oh dear.
I see.
Alexis no longer works there.
John Rabbit
Banned
No Man's Sky is my #2 GOTY and even I'll be annoyed if it's on their Top 10. Alex will mention it during the first round(s), say he liked it, he enjoyed his time with it, but that it's not worthy of inclusion in the top 10. It's clear that as a site, they're just not that into the game.
I expect to see Odin Sphere on Austin's Top 10 for sure though.
Strafe? Coming 2017.
Also, really weird to be so antagonistic about that game.
I expect to see Odin Sphere on Austin's Top 10 for sure though.
Strafe? Coming 2017.
Also, really weird to be so antagonistic about that game.
Crooked Giant Bomb at it again.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Hot Coldman
Banned
Um...
Piston Hyundai
Member
That game seems lame as shit, frankly. Boring gameplay shackled with a nostalgia gimmick that not only makes it look like garbage, but fails to evoke actual art from PC games of any past era.
Not really. Gross pandering for coverage is gross.
funkystudent
Member
Didnt the last Yakuza game have VF2 in it with completely functional online play?
For a serise that clearly doesnt sell all that much I love how nuts they are with that stuff.
He's like 20 years old.
Piston Hyundai
Member
yeah, there was a class action over it and everything
John Rabbit
Banned
Did I miss something? They had the developer on in their post-E3 show and he seemed pretty alright. The game looks fun.
When Rorie is ready.
Current locks for the list:
Overwatch/Doom/Hitman/Stardew Valley/The Witness/Inside
Will be in the 9-12 range: Overcooked, Deus X
The other released games with a chance need to catch a break:
The if Brad fights for them division: Abzu/Obduction/Deus Ex Go/(Maybe) Grow Up
The if Jeff is randomly passionate about them division: The Division/SFV/Video Ball
The if anyone remembers them division: Bound/Salt and Sanctuary/Job Simulator
The if anyone decides to fight for them division: Dark Souls III/Furi
The if Alex gets to talk division: Quadrilateral Cowboy/Headlander
Overwatch/Doom/Hitman/Stardew Valley/The Witness/Inside
Will be in the 9-12 range: Overcooked, Deus X
The other released games with a chance need to catch a break:
The if Brad fights for them division: Abzu/Obduction/Deus Ex Go/(Maybe) Grow Up
The if Jeff is randomly passionate about them division: The Division/SFV/Video Ball
The if anyone remembers them division: Bound/Salt and Sanctuary/Job Simulator
The if anyone decides to fight for them division: Dark Souls III/Furi
The if Alex gets to talk division: Quadrilateral Cowboy/Headlander
Eh. I just played through the early part where you have to get to your aug doctor. Felt like I had no option but to kill all the thugs. What have you been finding really good about it?
stump sock
Member
"I played an hour of this game and have no situational awareness, why are you guys wrong?"
ThanksVision
Member
does the gb video app on my phone play the video bombcast live? looking for a way to cast the feed to a tv at work so a couple of us can watch it. excited to hear some neo predictions, hopefully. it comes on at 2 EST, right?
theres like 3 ways to get to that doctor
ratcliffja
Member
Controversial opinion: the original Deus Ex was good, but not THAT good.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
It's...alright. I enjoy exploring the city (though the loading times are horrendous for me) way more than the actual missions of the game and every character is super boring. Also it's still waaaaaay too easy become a jack of all trades. I wish the game would kinda lock you out of some stuff if you go down a specific path. Having 20 options how to tackle objectives is cool, but being able to do them all makes it all feel a bit....pointless. I would enjoy the game more if it would force me more to commit to a certain playstyle so I actively have to look and find the path that's "made" for me.
That's not an opinion, that's a straight up lie!
Yeah, I noticed some grates and such after I got inside but there were SO many freakin' guys in that house that it felt like sneaking around and dispatching each one non-lethally would have taken forever so I felt encouraged to just blast my way though with the awesome shotgun Jeff talked about haha
SuperStiltzkin
Member
I remember people freaking out because the shooting system in HR wasn't as complete jank as the original Deus Ex. And surprise, the shooting system in HR is still janky outside the pistol. And let's face it, everyone used the one-shotting lightsaber dragonsword in the original Deus Ex anyways to circumvent janky ass combat mechanics.
Nah, nothing live plays on the app. I wish.
Vic_Viper
Member
I really dont think they will be as kind to the Division as they would have been now that a few months have passed. Overwatch and Hitman though will be pretty high on the list. Thankfully Jeff doesnt seem that interested in Overwatch as much as the rest of the group and really seemed to like Deus Ex. Surprised more people on the staff haven't played/talked about Deus Ex yet. It really deserves a play through, its actually really really good compared to the rest of the games on the list so far.
Right now I would say the top games of the year will be:
Doom
Overwatch
Hitman
Uncharted 4
Stardew Valley
Inside
Deus Ex
the Division
and maybe Dark Souls 3
Salty Catfish
Member
Deus Ex's greatness doesn't really lie in its mechanics (the stealth is rudimentary, the shooting is horrible) but more in how it pioneered stuff like non-linear levels and choice-based narratives. Obviously it was not the first game to EVER do either of these, but it certainly expanded on both ideas.
Master_Funk
Member
I always play stealth games non lethally if I have the option , and mankind divided is pretty good about giving non lethal options, so I'm enjoying it. It will tide me over till dishonored 2.
ratcliffja
Member
I found that stuff to not be all that great, though. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the fact that you could do a lot of stuff semi-stealthily, but the choice-based narrative stuff has never really grabbed me outside of stuff like Telltale games.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Considering the majority of VRodeo games are glorified demos anyway, I would say it's a VRodeo segment.
I hope it's neither and they have the day long stream again.
I know Jeff has said that they want to but you never know.
The world and the side missions, to be more specific. That mission didn't do much for me. I'm enjoying the game a lot more now that I'm further in.
I get that. Now that I've leveled up a bunch I can get through pretty much any environmental hazards that I might come across. I imagine the overheating mechanic was meant to give you "one or the other" choices in augmentations, but playing as a full stealth/pacifist, there's only one I'd actually want.
I'm expecting Dishonored 2 to be the better game, mechanically, but Deus Ex's world and unique charm will probably make it the more enjoyable game for me.
Vic_Viper
Member
Are they waiting till tomorrow to do the Bombcast due to the long weekend? There is not timer today for it so im assuming its going to be late.
Speaking of the Bombcast, why did they switch from the numbering system to naming them? I really dont like the naming system. It was alot easier to look back at them in order if I wanted to listen to something from the past on my phone.
Speaking of the Bombcast, why did they switch from the numbering system to naming them? I really dont like the naming system. It was alot easier to look back at them in order if I wanted to listen to something from the past on my phone.
I got Deus Ex MD last Saturday and have been playing it.
I'm kinda bored with it to be honest, but I didn't love the previous one either so I don't think i'm the target audience for that game.
Also, the voice acting is kinda not great (not just Adam's voice which I guess is the dude's normal voice so that can't be helped), especially the boss man (which seems to be voiced by the Bennett guy from Commando).
Also also, if you can just play it on a PC, because on console it is ROUGH and definitely detracts from the experince.
At least it doesn't have a horrible artstyle like Dishonored, so it will probably still win the battle of "Stealth-em-ups" this fall.
I'm kinda bored with it to be honest, but I didn't love the previous one either so I don't think i'm the target audience for that game.
Also, the voice acting is kinda not great (not just Adam's voice which I guess is the dude's normal voice so that can't be helped), especially the boss man (which seems to be voiced by the Bennett guy from Commando).
Also also, if you can just play it on a PC, because on console it is ROUGH and definitely detracts from the experince.
At least it doesn't have a horrible artstyle like Dishonored, so it will probably still win the battle of "Stealth-em-ups" this fall.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Totally.
The city and the side missions are great. Most of the main missions are kinda boring (the
Golem City
I'm almost done with the game (Mission 14 of 17) and I'm not sure if I'm gonna finish it. I might just wait a couple of weeks and then power through it.
Brad probably won't finish Obduction, he's not so hot on Grow Up, I don't think he ever talked about Deus Ex Go and he didn't seem to love Abzu
Jeff won't ever, ever, ever let Street Fighter V be on that list and nobody is going to fight for it. I don't think he ever talked about Video Ball?
Nobody will remember Bound or Salt&Sanctuary.
Dark Souls III will be the "another one of these" this year (and as much as I lov eDS3, I agree with that)
I don't think any of the games you listed will have a chance.
The only locks I see so far ar Doom (which will probably win), Hitman and The Witness.
brainzelda
Member
Still a lot of potential in the last 4 months too, with Dishonored 2, Titanfall 2, Infinite Warfare, Battlefield 1, Civ 6, The Last Guardian, and FF15. I could see some of those making an impact on the list.
GustyGardens
Banned
I should start keeping a running tally of how many times Dan mentions Metal Gear or Rocky each month.