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Giant Bomb #25 | A Fun Time with Friends
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oh nm, i thought you meant Witness. I think Witness had a demo.
Death Metalist
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I am Drew Scanlon *silence*...... and that is the sound of Danny O'Dwyer on vacation.
e:What a trooper though, doing a solo episode. Going to listen to it later after the deliberations.
It was hackmud. I think it is online only.
Maiden Voyage
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I game on PC mostly. I do have a vita but not a PS4. That's a pretty smart idea.
Ahh thank you!
I liked Firewatch. Where can I get my job in the games industry?
Death Metalist
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I love the first half of the game and like the second half but eh on the ending. I'm glad it didn't end by doing something so over the top but at the same time it was real underwhelming.
Sleeping Lesson
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It's not a terrible game, it's just such squandered potential. I would have preferred a rote extra-terrestrial twist to the boring goes-nowhere ending they went with.
Kinda Funny actually told the devs they didn't like their game to their face.
Sleeping Lesson
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I think the fact that my disappointment with Firewatch lands squarely in the final character beats and not any gamey shit whatsoever says a lot about how well it is made. I respect the game and the writing too much to let that go.
Sleeping Lesson
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I can see that. To me the ending was a failure in every respect. Characters, story, gameplay (not that the gameplay is why you play Firewatch).
Thanks! I'll check it out after I finish all today's Giant Bomb content at like 2 in the morning.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. The "story" of Firewatch really is the interplay of two people (sans a little bit of external intrusion) and it just lands so goddamn flatly that it ruins the end of something that could have otherwise been incredibly poignant (and frankly, respectable, as a video that doesn't lean on almost any video game tropes whatsoever).
Yup, if only there were more days. The way it skips ahead so much was jarring. There could've been so much more story to the game.
Man, Nintendo not releasing anything big really left its mark on me this year. They make my favourite games usually. Perfect controls/mechanics and super polished. That one AAA Nintendo console game is missing this year. Still love Picross of course but that's different.
Most of these lists feel super odd to me. Like, I'm in another universe or something. Goes to show how many different kind of video games are out there now and that there's something for everyone.
People who like Firewatch and Inside are wrong though.
Rorie best list because Dragon's Dogma.
Most of these lists feel super odd to me. Like, I'm in another universe or something. Goes to show how many different kind of video games are out there now and that there's something for everyone.
People who like Firewatch and Inside are wrong though.
Rorie best list because Dragon's Dogma.
Piston Hyundai
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reminds me of id software
Sure. If that's what DOOM is then sure. I'm just not into shooters that much. This whole gore metal satan hell look at how kewl we are theme is also not my thing.
I remember actively disliking Max Payne 3 and Bulletstorm while many people loved those games. Shooting for points or for style just isn't my cup of tea. It either has to fulfill a purpose (like in a Team in Overwatch) or just bring you from point A to point B (like in Uncharted). I started playing Advanced Warfare a few months ago and stopped after a couple of hours. Feels utterly pointless to me and I used to play through every Call of Duty game a few years ago.
I still don't get how people can look at this and think it's anything but a bad game. Everything about the marketing, the hype and the preview interviews set aside, it's a bad game.
You might as well browse some PC wallpapers instead.
I'm also taking an issue with them saying Sony threw the NMS developers under the bus. They don't know whether or not Sony made them the offer to help them with PR (I have a tough time imagining they did not make that offer) and maybe they declined because they are Indies and they didn't want a publisher to intervene. I feel like stuff like this is something that GB, as super duper video game business insiders, should take into consideration before they repeat message board theories.
I can respect that people like it despite it not being good. I like a lot of bad games.
Also, Shu just shouldn't have said anything. It's a dick move no matter how you slice it.
"Well I guess they should have tempered expectations" - high level sony exec. Like he probably didn't mean it to be underhanded, but it really came off that way. Either way, it's not how someone in his position should be getting involved.
BreezyLimbo
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It was a very different way of making a top 10 list, it was great.
Human Trashcan
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But Shu Yoshida has publicly thrown Hello Games under the bus http://www.polygon.com/2016/9/16/12941116/no-mans-sky-hype-pr-sony-shuhei-yoshida
Pretty poor form considering Sony was backing them. I feel for HG to the extent that Sony made NMS into a game that it never was, but Sean Murray did himself and his game no favors by not keeping his goddamn mouth shut either. Both parties deserve blame.
Oh, sure. I like Pokémon GO and it's a terrible game. One of the worst games of 2016, without question.
Shu just repeated PR 101. I can see why some people think it was a dick move, for me it was just stating the obvious. But I agree he shouldn't have said anything. The far bigger story for me is not NMS being a bad game but how Sony managed to position it as a AAA game set next to Uncharted and Call of Duty and yet they seem to be mostly unharmed by the fallout. Well, at least they should stay away from doing something like this again for a while at least.
I don' know. It wasn't Shu making those crazy promises and as I have said, I can't imagine Sony not offering an experienced PR person to guide them. Taking this deal with Sony might have been a bad decision for Hello Games but it was a decision they made. Business is business, distancing oneself from a dumpster fire that wasn't your fault and defending your own brand is more important than being nice.
Piston Hyundai
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does J Allard not count anymore
I just think that he should have left to the PR department, or it should have been an official statement. Not just like a comment in an interview. He's like at such a high level within the company that he should be above that.
It's just the combination of him being who he is, along with sony's involvement in promoting NMS, and hello games complete lack of communication.
It would be like if a nerdy kid at school got pants'd, wasn't wearing any underwear, and then the principle got on the loud speaker and said "I guess he should have worn underwear".
Like, yea no shit. Also, you're like the damn president of sony. Also, you shouldn't have let this happen to begin with.
pants'd is a bad example because hello games wrought what they sowed. But I feel good about the principle analogy.
Not when Andrea Pessino is still around.
slightconfuse
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Jeff throwing shade at digorino's is uncalled for
Again, I don't think what Shu said was wrong, but the fact that he did say something is what rubs me the wrong way too. In a way it was kinda smart though. Even though he's head of in-house development the way he stated the obvious was very informal. The thing you're suggesting with a press release would be far worse for Hello Games. But it's not really his job to say anything on that matter.
stump sock
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yeah you wouldn't want to hurt feelings or anything
not even shade, literally shit.
Maklershed
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I liked the first half to 3/4ths of it. So much was happening and there were so many mysteries developing ... and then it just ends. Was there ever an explanation for
the research base and who was tracking you and why they had notes about which of the rangers were gullible? Also, who the two guys were you kept finding notes about and what happened to them.
funkystudent
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XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Seeing Vinny's trepidation moving around in Google Earth VR when stuck on the roof of Staples Center, man I can see people having issues with fear of heights having trouble with a lot of VR stuff in general. Especially flight sims.
BreezyLimbo
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Yeah, that's one thing I want to see this tech used for, a sort of 'face your fears' thing.
Piston Hyundai
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there should be a competitive VR game where it traumatizes you until you tap out and whoever lasts the longest wins
call it Trackmania Turbo
call it Trackmania Turbo
Sleeping Lesson
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Horror movies and traditional games don't get me rattled at all but let me tell you, when a (not particular well-rendered) ghost child was quickly crawling at me in VR it fucking did something to me. I can't wait for a higher-budget VR horror game.
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