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[Twin Tails]

switch thing is at 8pm pacific
there goes them talkin g over it



dan going to polygon?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1324646

 

[robotrock]

switch thing is at 8pm pacific
there goes them talkin g over it

That's prime mixlr time

 

[OdysseusVA]

Played through both DLC sets, did all sidequests I could find and all PoI in the first 2 areas (and DLC ones) - I think I have ~100-120 hours on the clock. You're exaggerating.

nevah.gif

I haven't played the expansions yet, but I cleared out every single POI on the map except one. There was a quest from a lone guy on a small island in Skellige that wanted a book or something, and for whatever reason I couldn't complete it. But damn, sailing out to collect all those caches was goddamn time consuming.

You have to collect a few books for him lol Im sure theres a guide you could follow if you want to complete it and be awesome like me

 

[FStop7]

Doesn't witcher 3 suffer from the "there's this really urgent thing I need to do but here's a gazzilion sidequests"?

That's like a way bigger bigger ludonarrative disconnect to me.

I see it like this: The Lord of the Rings was about the most urgent of all main quests and yet that shit took Frodo like 5 years to complete (in the books.)

 

[robotrock]

I see it like this: The Lord of the Rings was about the most urgent of all main quests and yet that shit took Frodo like 5 years to complete (in the books.)

Why didn't he use the eagle to fly to Mordor?

Also doesn't he go to Rivendell in the first movie? Isn't that past Mordor on the map?

 

[Anjin M]

They put out a big free update today rescaling California and make it way bigger and more varied

If they don't have the Grapevine, I still don't want to play it.

 

[Hindenblewp]

Also doesn't he go to Rivendell in the first movie? Isn't that past Mordor on the map?

Shit, son, what. No.

Not even close.

 

[robotrock]

Shit, son, what. No.




Not even close.

Gosh really? Rivendell is the place he's taken to get healed, right?

I could have sworn I saw a map that put Rivendell further away than Mordor but I guess not. My bad, my bad.

 

[hamchan]

Gosh really? Rivendell is the place he's taken to get healed, right?

I could have sworn I saw a map that put Rivendell further away than Mordor but I guess not. My bad, my bad.

Gosh why don't you know the geography of Middle Earth better.

 

[robotrock]

Answer my eagle question

 

[Spirited]

Gosh why don't you know the geography of Middle Earth better.

Sometimes I wonder if kids these days get any geography classes.

 

[Death Metalist]

Giantbomb just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Giantbomb culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in Gamespot where you can become successful by letting go popular personalities. If you screw someone over in giantbomb, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

Keep in mind, I've been on a liquid diet for the last 5 weeks lol...

The Jeff Gerstmann Home Game: Kabuki Quantum Fighter, Kid Chameleon, and More!

http://i.imgur.com/zVAEGhd.png

I've been seeing Vinny play Hitman: Absolution for more than a month now.

soundtrack was good at least

VERY good. Game is not too shabby, an alright beat'em up.

Really hope so, last two years have been meh.

Eh, I really enjoyed them. They won't top 2012 but they've all been so far enjoyable and I look forward to them.

What I think your friends need ain't a cup of joe, It's a cup of Brad.

 

[OdysseusVA]

But then he left

 

[Hindenblewp]

Answer my eagle question

tldr; the Eagles don't give a shit, and only helped Gandalf out because they owed him favors. They were smart, and didn't give a fuck about going to Mordor until after the ring was destroyed. Also, it'd have been too easy.

 

[Blastoise]

But then he left

If you can't trust your heroes. Who can you trust?

 

[robotrock]

tldr; the Eagles don't give a shit, and only helped Gandalf out because they owed him favors. They were smart, and didn't give a fuck about going to Mordor until after the ring was destroyed. Also, it'd have been too easy.

I'm not all that satisfied with that answer. When did they start to owe Gandalf a favor? Before or after Frodo embarked on his quest?

 

[Hindenblewp]

I'm not all that satisfied with that answer. When did they start to owe Gandalf a favor? Before or after Frodo embarked on his quest?

Sometime before, because their first act is saving Bilbo & co. in The Hobbit. It's never explained. It's just convenient.

 

[Antiwhippy]

So what you're saying is that lotr is also a whole bunch of bullshit.

 

[Hindenblewp]

It's all bullshit. Tolkien made a good vs evil story where good has to win, then just wrote really interesting lore leading up to it.

 

[Giganteus]

Jeff says that they 'went in a different direction' for their GOTY stuff, and that has me curious what that means. I assume he means the videos, not the list itself.

Ooh, now I'm excited to see what that'll look like.

 

[broncobuster]

Picard and his crew would've solved the whole ring business is one episode. Let's see Gandalf handle a crystalline entity that consumes worlds.

I don't know where I'm going with this. CDPR should make a Star Trek game.

 

[oti]

The Hobbit movies are bad.

 

[Death Metalist]

The Hobbit movies are bad.

The first one is the best one out of the bunch. I enjoyed the other two as well but I think the first is the only one that stands out. Having said that, the trilogy itself doesn't hold a candle to the LOTR trilogy.

 

[robotrock]

The Hobbit movies are bad.

What the heck??

 

[Hindenblewp]

The Hobbit movies are bad.

 

[Johndoey]

The Hobbit movies are bad.

Yeah, they ain't too hot.

 

[oti]

The first one is the best one out of the bunch. I enjoyed the other two as well but I think the first is the only one that stands out. Having said that, the trilogy itself doesn't hold a candle to the LOTR trilogy.

I hate the first one the most.

 

[robotrock]

I saw the first Hobbit and then decided to not watch the sequels.

I love The Fellowship of the Ring and think The Two Towers and The Return of the King are just okay.

 

[oti]

I saw the first Hobbit and then decided to not watch the sequels.

I love The Fellowship of the Ring and think The Two Towers and The Return of the King are just okay.

Hated the first Hobbit but watched the sequels anyway, as they came out during Christmas season, the only time I actually go to the movies. I'd totally buy a new cut of the movie that is 3h long and cuts out all the filler.

 

[Ventilaator]

I saw the first Hobbit and then decided to not watch the sequels.

This is what I did.

And I regularly watch terrible TV shows to completion because "Well, I started already so..."

The Hobbit was a very bad movie.

 

[Catvoca]

Hated the first Hobbit but watched the sequels anyway, as they came out during Christmas season, the only time I actually go to the movies. I'd totally buy a new cut of the movie that is 3h long and cuts out all the filler.

How about a cut that adds another 20 minutes of needless bullshit to every Hobbit movie? Because they made those, and boy are they loooooong.

 

[robotrock]

How about a cut that adds another 20 minutes of needless bullshit to every Hobbit movie? Because they made those, and boy are they loooooong.

Sounds almost as bad as the LOTR EEs

 

[oti]

Best thing about the Hobbit are the production diaries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwYQcKK0Isg&list=PL06D56F197834BAD9

 

[Hindenblewp]

How about a cut that adds another 20 minutes of needless bullshit to every Hobbit movie? Because they made those, and boy are they loooooong.

I legitimately dozed off in the cinema during the Battle of the Five Armies in the cinema, but the EE has a chariot cutting orcs in half and beheading them, and that's pretty alright.

Doesn't make up for getting up to that point, though.

 

[robotrock]

Best thing about the Hobbit are the production diaries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwYQcKK0Isg&list=PL06D56F197834BAD9

It's super good. I probably like it more than The Phantom Menace production doc.

 

[Catvoca]

Sounds almost as bad as the LOTR EEs

I don't mind the LOTR EE's. They're unnecessary but fine all the same. The problem is the Hobbit is already long and boring so I really, really don't need more of it.

I legitimately dozed off in the cinema during the Battle of the Five Armies in the cinema, but the EE has a chariot cutting orcs in half and beheading them, and that's pretty alright.

Doesn't make up for getting up to that point, though.

I only made it through the EE of the first movie tbf. I'm not sure I even saw the last hobbit, those movies were such a bummer.

 

[Hindenblewp]

I don't mind the LOTR EE's. They're unnecessary but fine all the same.

The EEs add some great scenes from the book and really expand on Boromir and Faramir. From a film perspective, Two Towers suffers in its pacing horribly from the extended edition. It was already the 'weakest' film, though I enjoy it.

I only made it through the EE of the first movie tbf. I'm not sure I even saw the last hobbit, those movies were such a bummer.

The Hobbit EEs are nothing but Peter Jackson ejaculating his fanfiction all over that book. The regular Hobbit trilogy is hard enough to watch.

 

[repeater]

When did this thread become full of nerds

Spoiler

rather than regular cool guys

?

 

[strafer]

The Hobbit movies are better than the Star Wars prequels.

 

[Xater]

The Hobbit movies are better than the Star Wars prequels.

What an achievement!

 

[Fantastapotamus]

The Hobbit movies are better than the Star Wars prequels.

My Counter Strike skill videos from 15 years ago are better than the Star Wars prequels.

 

[strafer]

My Counter Strike skill videos from 15 years ago are better than the Star Wars prequels.

pics or it didn't happen

 

[robotrock]

My Counter Strike skill videos from 15 years ago are better than the Star Wars prequels.

This guy talks a big game but has nothing to show for it

 

[Fantastapotamus]

pics or it didn't happen

Don't say things you can't take back

This guy talks a big game but has nothing to show for it

You guys don't know what you're asking for. I'm watching the video right now. Man....good times

Edit: This is so dumb. Still better than Episode II though

 

[Death Metalist]

I hate the first one the most.

Weird. It has the shire, songs(That's what Bilbo Baggins Hates, Misty Mountains.etc), introduction to the dwarves followed by the dinner scene, Gollum.etc I found it had the most things to like about or are memorable to be honest. In the end though it's still inferior to Fellowship Of The Ring so, whatever.

 

[mnz]

Jeff says that they 'went in a different direction' for their GOTY stuff, and that has me curious what that means. I assume he means the videos, not the list itself.

Good, because half of those last year were pretty damn bad and disappointing.

 

[broncobuster]

My Counter Strike skill videos from 15 years ago are better than the Star Wars prequels.

Were you good enough to step to FATAL1TY?

 

[tryagainlater]

The Hobbit is a bad book and the movies struggled to make something good out of it.

LOTR is the best though.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Were you good enough to step to FATAL1TY?

Absolutely. Granted, none of us had a legit Version of the game so we played only with bots or 2v1 but I'm positive that I did beat the bots more often than not.

 

[Zaph]

Haven't seen Hobbit, but the best thing about Hobbit is the brutally honest BTS video on the DVD. Hopefully one day videos games will get there too, instead of publishers trying to pretend everything is always amazing.


And it's a damn shame about Vinny, but I think Alex and Dan can hold down the NY office with some production help from CNET for a while.