Sounded like they are doing one 'run' until they beat Contra, then possibly moving on to other games? Seems hard/pointless if they move on to another game right after
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Sounded like they are doing one 'run' until they beat Contra, then possibly moving on to other games? Seems hard/pointless if they move on to another game right after
Sleeping Lesson
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Huh. So it's going to be a bunch of videos of the beginning of Contra?
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They got further in Part 1 than I expected.
They got further in Part 1 than I expected.
Sleeping Lesson
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Yeah they did do pretty well. Maybe they'll improve quickly and Contra won't be a problem!
Definitely. It took me ages to figure out the tank fight and I do remember having a lot of issues with the Rex fight at the end when I first played it. Even now I still get caught here and there, I just know ways to mitigate any issues. That Sniper Wolf fight before the interrogation tho...fuck that fight. I can clear it, but the lack of cover or sniping positions means I burn through most of my rations. I'm actually curious how Drew will handle this fight and all the stuff that comes with it.
I'm only a few episodes in, but so far some of Dan's suggestions haven't been all that bad and have helped in keeping Drew moving forward, but ya...Dan backseat driving usually ends with some funny stuff at the expense of the person playing. Also, playing MGS as a stealth game takes way more patience and time to even look half good and only because you know how the enemy AI works. Even then you'll get lax and screw up.
Dan is pretty good in MGS1 cuz he has quite a reverence for it. MGS2 and MGS3 gets nuts, lol.
Piston Hyundai
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Yeah, it's a shame about the everything else.
well Dan didn't even know about ducking dodging all the bullets in stage 2 so I'd say there's room for improvement
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AuthenticM
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I predict they will beat Contra on their fifth run.
This would not be fun to watch, honestly. That game is fucked. And it's single-player only.
This would not be fun to watch, honestly. That game is fucked. And it's single-player only.
Yeah I was gonna say 5 or less, I think they'll get to the last stages on their second/third run and get a good start on their fourth or something.
Sleeping Lesson
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So in general XCOM 2 doesn't run great, right? Booted it up last night for the first time and was having trouble getting a solid 60. I'm running it at 4K, but it's not like there's much going on visually.
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Fleet_of_Foot
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Putting "Part 1" in the title name for the Contra thing is a bit of a spoiler since it's then obvious that it wasn't the run. I love the feature, though.
Also, going back a few pages to that shaggy hair Jeff classic Gamespot video... if you go to the part about 3:22 into the video with the Halo 2 launch, that's gotta be a Midnight Brown track playing, right? Sounds like Jeff's voice.
Also, going back a few pages to that shaggy hair Jeff classic Gamespot video... if you go to the part about 3:22 into the video with the Halo 2 launch, that's gotta be a Midnight Brown track playing, right? Sounds like Jeff's voice.
Glitchesarecool
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Uh, it's been updated a few times so it runs fine. It's actually rendering a lot so the kill cams look good when they go off. The fire effects are what used to kill it, but it's probably because you're trying to render it all at 4K.
Sleeping Lesson
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Hm, yeah I guess I'm asking a lot of it. I got spoiled by DOOM, Battlefield, and Titanfall 2 which all run fantastic at 4K.
I went back to check to see if they labeled the Dan vs. Mike Tyson video "part 1" to fool the audience. They did not.
Captain Fish
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I checked that as well, I was so certain it was labelled part 1.
BreezyLimbo
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That one was live streamed tho
KillerDark
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I like the idea of This is the Run. Hopefully it is a frequent series since the runs are most likely short 
Antiwhippy
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Man, playing steins;gate 0 just reminds me of how fucking good steins;gate is. In a good way. I'm enjoying 0 so much I want to go back and play the original again.
I like the idea of This is the Run. Hopefully it is a frequent series since the runs are most likely short
Yep. Every video doesn't need to be 2 hours long.
Fleet_of_Foot
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I disagree in this particular case, but only because I played through Contra as a kid so many times that it's really novel to see it again.
But if you have no fondness for Contra, or if you're young enough that you've never even seen it, then yeah I guess this wouldn't be nearly as cool.
funkystudent
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+1 for liking This is the Run.
Fun and short. Hope they do it regularly
Fun and short. Hope they do it regularly
i'm gonna go watch the anime. i already replayed the original in 2015 when it came to consoles. Haven't seen the anime adaptation and I got the Blu set from a sale a year ago. glad you're enjoying it. isn't Maho awesome?
Twin Tails
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Vinny should do Tyson for this new series.
nckillthegrimace
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CoolBatteryCharge
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The realization that they'll never play bullet hell shooters on This is the Run.
Ikaruga when
Piston Hyundai
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I hate WayForward because they have two modes:
Mediocre-to-bad gameplay with decent presentation plus an undertone of borderline fanservice (Shantae, Mighty Switch Force, that shitty Humble Monthly game they made)
Mediocre-to-bad gameplay with decent presentation that plays too heavily off nostalgia and doesn't have anything interesting or unique to add to the mix (Contra 4, that "It's like Zelda 2 but not good" Adventure Time game, etc)
Oh, and they make outright shitty licensed games too, so I guess that's three modes.
I like the idea of This is the Run. Hopefully it is a frequent series since the runs are most likely short
I was just sort of assuming it would be daily since they can easily record 5 episodes in a single sitting.
It's not a daily thing?
Oh look, I made the front page. I now see how badly I matched the skin tone.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/the-community-spotlight-01072017/1100-5580/
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/the-community-spotlight-01072017/1100-5580/
funkystudent
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Ya know, IO Interactive earning the Giant Bomb GOTY is some poetic full circle stuff now that I think about it.
lol yeah
kingofthedead45
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Just popping in to say that cereal milk is mad gross and I too don't drink that garbage after all the cereal is gone. I love cereal and milk. I love just milk, I have a glass of milk every night, but fuck cereal milk.
#oneofus !
So there are atleast three of you weirdos.
Next Danny documentary is problably about
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/818518295162867713
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https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/818518295162867713
I still need to pick that up. Steins;Gate was so good and I was so glad they released the PC version a few years back.
The anime is good, but the VN is way better. Plus, you get all the alternate endings and an actual better reason/ending for a few of the characters. Downside, it's super long and a guide is a must for which choices to make to get all the endings.
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