Infinite Justice
Member
Sounds like the shenmue endurance run is doing its job lol
I'll check it out when its done.
I'll check it out when its done.
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Giant Bomb #24 | In the beginning...
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Just a livestream where Vinny and Alex will play a game for a little over an hour
Death Metalist
Member
BEAST usually plays a game before UPF starts. It used to be a game the community chose but they changed it to their choices instead.
Piston Hyundai
Member
The site's doing fine. They're about as big as you said, although they're looking to hire another editor for the West. If anything, there's just been a few people here and there (myself included) that think they haven't been getting their money's worth on the premium side lately.
Keyser Soze
Member
I would have liked a compilation Playdate today personally...
Turning Test, Valley, Karazhan, Virginia (Demo)
...basically the stuff they missed cause of PAX.
Turning Test, Valley, Karazhan, Virginia (Demo)
...basically the stuff they missed cause of PAX.
Incandenza
Banned
It's actually impressive just how bad the voice acting in Shenmue is. Every time you think you've heard the goofiest voice the game has to offer, it one-ups itself.
sammyCYBORG
Member
You have terrible taste sir.
I would prefer it to be the original though, just cos that's a bit more interesting as I've only just finished Mankind Divided so it's fresh in my mind (and it's kinda an episode of Random PC Game then too!)
KillerDark
Member
I strongly disagree, looking forward to it a lot
. Great game and I'm sure Vinny will make it entertaining as usual!Salty Catfish
Member
I don't want to dogpile, but I'm genuinely curious as to how one "plays" Shenmue any differently than the GB guys are, which is basically wandering around asking people about vague leads until you luck into finding the right character to move the plot forward. Seems to be exactly how I remember playing that game, at least.
Lol
Hmm.
Twin Tails
Member
Jefflr means not that sick jeff. Also he currently playing.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Yeah, watching the ER just shows me how much worse Shenmue is compared to when I remember playing. I actually enjoyed it (or I suppose thought I enjoyed it) quite a bit when I was a kid, but this is pretty rough.
Still enjoying the ER though, watching Vinny descend into madness is always entertaining.
Still enjoying the ER though, watching Vinny descend into madness is always entertaining.
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
Man, I should plug my way through one of the Deadly Premonition ERs again, I don't think I've watched the whole thing since they first aired it, which is about when I got into Giant Bomb in the first place. What a weird, flawed, cool game. I hope Swery gets to make a game again, last I heard he was taking a break after D4 flopped.
Keyser Soze
Member
This continues to be the only thing with the Skrillex name attached that I can stand listening too. However it still falls apart at the 1:10 mark.
Actually, Skrillex making songs terrible at the 1:10 mark seems like a regular thing
https://youtu.be/UQ13nr6urIo?t=70
I need to study this trend more!
Don't look into the thread for the ER in the gaming section. It kinda brings to mind Jeff's description of what Sega fans were like back in the day.
I'm using Video Buddy on Android and I've been having trouble playing videos all week. They stutter and load constantly and are virtually unplayable which never happens normally. Maybe some weirdness with the API going on?
ScaryShark
Banned
Episode 6 is one of the funniest pieces of content GB has ever produced. Holy shit.
Yeah it's had stuttering playback for me for awhile. Luckily the ER is on YouTube.
MassiveNights
Banned
It can be both but most people say it with two.
ScaryShark
Banned
You get angry at how people play and enjoy video games. The site was pretty much never for you in the first place if you can't handle that. If you need a place to validate your opinions or cheerlead what you personally like then I'm sure there are many outlets that can provide that.
Shenmue has aged horribly. Video games aren't usually like films in that there is a timelessness to them. I can appreciate the innovation of the game considering when it was produced but there is no aspect of this game that actually holds up anymore. Things that were novel in 2000 aren't in 2016. The writing is poor. The voice acting is poor. You're essentially playing a wild goose chase for 20 hours. The gameplay that is there is pretty underwhelming.
Infinite Justice
Member
Are you saying its worse than the Chuckie Cheese story Vinny shared?
It's physically uncomfortable to try saying it as one. Maybe it depends on one's accent.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Only way I can see it said as one is if you ignore the r and try to say something like "fye"
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
What are you actually meant to do though?
Like, is there something they can do while waiting for event to trigger that they're missing? That aren't shitty minigames?
Like, is there something they can do while waiting for event to trigger that they're missing? That aren't shitty minigames?
MassiveNights
Banned
Space Harrier isn't a shitty minigame!
They could feed the cat and stuff and play mahjong. Explore their house, use the zoom button to interact with more stuff.
If you practice your fighting moves they level up too.
It's not loads but they are kind of annoying themselves by being so focused on the one story beat to advance. I get it, and it's not annoying me watching, but the game was way less frustrating for me when I played it.
I think my rhythm was find where I was going and what time and then just go around the 4 or 5 things you can do in each district, find fighting scrolls etc until the time was up.
They could feed the cat and stuff and play mahjong. Explore their house, use the zoom button to interact with more stuff.
If you practice your fighting moves they level up too.
It's not loads but they are kind of annoying themselves by being so focused on the one story beat to advance. I get it, and it's not annoying me watching, but the game was way less frustrating for me when I played it.
I think my rhythm was find where I was going and what time and then just go around the 4 or 5 things you can do in each district, find fighting scrolls etc until the time was up.
Incandenza
Banned
Someone in the other thread said they were missing out by not playing slots and mahjong, soooo
MassiveNights
Banned
I think time is skippable in Shenmue 2 by the way.
I enjoyed 2 a lot more but I think I might be in the minority on that.
I enjoyed 2 a lot more but I think I might be in the minority on that.
It is skippable and I'm pretty sure the consensus is that 2 is much better, though I still prefer 1. The time waiting never really bothered me since I carried my save over to 2 I spent that time making sure I could grab as much stuff as possible and training my skills as high as they could go (though I don't remember if the skills carried over).
I'm still enjoying watching them play regardless of their difficulties.
EmCeeGramr
Member
I've watched other playthroughs of Shenmue, including ones where the participants are actively drinking and the effects become apparent, and I feel like GB's has been the least eventful one I've seen yet.
I'm the kinda guy who felt twinges of schadenfreude at the torments of the Shenmue fanbase over the decade, and has severe skepticism about Shenmue III, but I dunno, like I said in the other thread it feels like they're trying to brute force their way through the game and the result is obvious.
nckillthegrimace
Member
The endless qtes in Ghost Hall Bldg. really put me off Shenmue 2.
KillerDark
Member
I haven't watched todays ER episode but definitely have enjoyed watching the others a lot. I never played Shenmue but it definitely hasn't aged well haha.
brainzelda
Member
Fuuuuck this is a good game. I should probably replay it and go for a no alert ng+ run.
EdReedFan20
Member
Watching the Mother Russia Bleeds Quick Look, due to his cold (or whatever his ailment is) Jeff at times almost starts sounding like Brad. It's weird!
? where else would they start? the middle of the game?
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
I found Peter Serafinowicz using his natural voice to be super distracting whenever MacReady spoke.
Throughout Dan's tenure at GBeast, I've been anxiously waiting to see if he, being someone who is not prone to impressions, would ever do a goofy voice along with Vinny and Alex, people who do goofy voices about 30% of the time. Finally, during episode one of the ER, Dan did an impression of one of the terrible voice actors and made a joke about caffeine! I thought I would have to wait months for this seminal moment to occur.