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[wenis]

That does it. I hope when Jeff finally gets his Giant Bomb Jersey his number will be 8.8 on the back. It's the only thing that makes sense.

 

[Basileus777]

I fell on concrete when I was 8 and I turned out fine.

Yeah, but I bet you weren't punched by Matthew Rorie.

That does it. I hope when Jeff finally gets his Giant Bomb Jersey his number will be 8.8 on the back. It's the only thing that makes sense.

The alternate jersey can have his DriveClub score on it.

 

[robotrock]

Sigh, yet another mediocre N64 game.

 

[mnz]

That does it. I hope when Jeff finally gets his Giant Bomb Jersey his number will be 8.8 on the back. It's the only thing that makes sense.

8.8 is a very risky number to have on your jersey

 

[Meguro]

Yeah, 8.8 isn't a number you'd want on you anywhere.

 

[robotrock]

has beast met majima yet? im playing through both yakuza 2 and 5 right now so i thought it would be better if i didn't further muddy this up by watching their playthrough of yakuza 0 right now

 

[Death Metalist]

has beast met majima yet? im playing through both yakuza 2 and 5 right now so i thought it would be better if i didn't further muddy this up by watching their playthrough of yakuza 0 right now

Not yet. All in due time.

 

[Empty Space]

has beast met majima yet? im playing through both yakuza 2 and 5 right now so i thought it would be better if i didn't further muddy this up by watching their playthrough of yakuza 0 right now

Nope they'll probably get there tomorrow.

 

[wenis]

8.8 is a very risky number to have on your jersey

Yeah, 8.8 isn't a number you'd want on you anywhere.

fixed!

 

[Strax]

8.8 is a Nazi thing?

 

[sirap]

Yeah, 8.8 isn't a number you'd want on you anywhere.

8.8 is a good number. Solid...symmetrical...strong.

Game Informer gave Horizon an 8.75 and even made a separate, 17-minute long video explaining why:

Spoiler

we dunno lol

 

[faridmon]

First time listening to Waypoint Radio and I like the jingle at the start.

I had to drop the podcast all together, but the thing I miss apart from Patrick and Austin is that jingle.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

8.8 is a Nazi thing?

8th letter of the alphabet
H.H

Heil Hitler is what it stands for.

 

[Incandenza]

follow the money

 

[sirap]

8th letter of the alphabet
H.H

Heil Hitler is what it stands for.

In my head cannon H.H stands for Helen Hunt, who is the 8.8 version of Jodie Foster...

 

[robotrock]

i confused helen mirren and meryl streep for the longest time

 

[mnz]

I remember someone posting some stats on Giant Bomb reviews. Like how many they did every year, how many for every editor and so on. Anyone still got a link to that?

 

[Hindl]

i confused helen mirren and meryl streep for the longest time

Same

 

[SuperSonic1305]

I beat Yakuza 0 at 70 hours and just under 50% completion. My god that last chapter and ending. Not sure even Zelda can beat this for my GOTY.

 

[Meneses]

I beat Yakuza 0 at 70 hours and just under 50% completion. My god that last chapter and ending. Not sure even Zelda can beat this for my GOTY.

Damn, really looking forward to advancing story stuff but...

I just finished the Real Estate and finally advanced to the next chapter, and now they throw the Cabaret stuff at me.

I don't think i'm finishing it any time soon lol

 

[BearPawB]

I loved my time with it, but after completing the story I haven't felt a super strong desire to go back and complete everything I missed.

I was like that at first but at some point the story starts progressing at such a pace that it doesn't make narrative sense to be doing side stuff. You still could but I felt bad about it.

Yeah, at some point the story got so much momentum I sort of stopped doing a lot of the side stuff

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Damn, really looking forward to advancing story stuff but...

I just finished the Real Estate and finally advanced to the next chapter, and now they throw the Cabaret stuff at me.

I don't think i'm finishing it any time soon lol

I was like that at first but at some point the story starts progressing at such a pace that it doesn't make narrative sense to be doing side stuff. You still could but I felt bad about it.

 

[Xater]

l'm not surprised that Jeff "8.8" Gerstmann is trying once again to sabotage a Nintendo product. Hopefully this time Nintendo responds with legal action. They've said before they think the Switch could be a Wii like success, if it only sells Wii U numbers now a lot of that could rightfully be blamed on Jeff, and the other Jeff (Bakalar for his cute little stand hitpiece). That's billions of dollars he could be costing Nintendo here, l hope them and their CBS lawyers are ready for a fight.

I think it's time to leave the internet...

 

[jbug617]

I beat Yakuza 0 at 70 hours and just under 50% completion. My god that last chapter and ending. Not sure even Zelda can beat this for my GOTY.

I'm on Chapter 12. I got hooked on the

Spoiler

doing the club business and looking for phone cards.

 

[jaina]

I remember someone posting some stats on Giant Bomb reviews. Like how many they did every year, how many for every editor and so on. Anyone still got a link to that?

You can ask Anjin M, he is keeping track.
There's also a summary somewhere on the GB forums I think.

 

[Blitzrules240]

I'm on Chapter 11 of Yakuza 0, probably will get to 12 or 13 by the end of tonight (due to the day off tomorrow)

But I need someone to be straight up with me, is Kiwami gonna be better than this? If you spoil tag, I'll come back later after I complete the game...

 

[Strax]

8th letter of the alphabet
H.H

Heil Hitler is what it stands for.

That seems like a stretch.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

i confused helen mirren and meryl streep for the longest time

Yep. Sometime Laura Linney too, although I got used to her introducing Masterpiece Classic shows so I don't mix her up anymore.

 

[OdysseusVA]

That seems like a stretch.

http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/hate-on-display/c/88.html

 

[mnz]

That seems like a stretch.

That is a very real thing. It might be the most prolific neo nazi "code".

 

[wenis]

i confused helen mirren and meryl streep for the longest time

Hmmm, I guess 🤔

 

[Tubobutts]

That seems like a stretch.

I mean it's true so I don't know what you're trying to argue.

 

[Ketch]

I mean, by the way he treats Nintendo products.....

 

[kingocfs]

Bought a PS4. I know I'm a bit late to this one, but...damn these analog sticks suck.

 

[StoveOven]

88 was my favorite number as a kid.

...Am I a Nazi?


Also, here's the review thing from 2015

 

[OdysseusVA]

88 was my favorite number as a kid.

...Am I a Nazi?

Michael Irvin's jersey number was 88, so yes

I'm not saying it's not a real thing. I meant it's a stretch because it's so dumb. It's a 12 year old kid idea of clever.

Thats what I figured when I went back to read the rest of the conversation after posting

 

[Strax]

http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/hate-on-display/c/88.html

That is a very real thing. It might be the most prolific neo nazi "code".

I mean it's true so I don't know what you're trying to argue.

I'm not saying it's not a real thing. I meant it's a stretch because it's so dumb. It's a 12 year old kid idea of clever.

 

[Catvoca]

I'm not saying it's not a real thing. I meant it's a stretch because it's so dumb. It's a 12 year old kid idea of clever.

I know, and white supremacists are usually known for their clever wit and maturity

 

[SuperSonic1305]

I'm on Chapter 11 of Yakuza 0, probably will get to 12 or 13 by the end of tonight (due to the day off tomorrow)

But I need someone to be straight up with me, is Kiwami gonna be better than this? If you spoil tag, I'll come back later after I complete the game...

That's hard to say really. It's a remake of the first game which many consider to be the weakest by virtue of it being a PS2 game and not having yet established most of what Yakuza has become at this point. The story of Yakuza 1 is good but it's a lot more like Shenmue in the sense that it's mostly a serious game with some mini games and not too much of the crazy stuff they added later on. Kiwami is the story of 1 but with all the quality of life improvements they made since then. It should be good but 0 is one of the best in the whole series.

 

[Blitzrules240]

That's hard to say really. It's a remake of the first game which many consider to be the weakest by virtue of it being a PS2 game and not having yet established most of what Yakuza has become at this point. The story of Yakuza 1 is good but it's a lot more like Shenmue in the sense that it's mostly a serious game with some mini games and not too much of the crazy stuff they added later on. Kiwami is the story of 1 but with all the quality of life improvements they made since then. It should be good but 0 is one of the best in the whole series.

Solid response. Thanks.

 

[stump sock]

Kiwami is pretty low on my list. It's basically on an unmodified version of the engine from 0 so it plays fine and all, but it is unmistakably a budget, B-team project. of the 10 or so Yakuza games I've played, I'd probably put it somewhere around 7th place.

The main story is done well, and the returning side diversions from 0 are fun, but the substories are just very dry and cookie cutter.

if it's any consolation though, 6 is a very good game, if you can overlook the lousy performance (and the scaled back diversions).

 

[EdReedFan20]

I beat Yakuza 0 at 70 hours and just under 50% completion. My god that last chapter and ending. Not sure even Zelda can beat this for my GOTY.

Seeing all this positive Yakuza 0 talk makes me wonder if this could be Sony's best year in terms of PS4 games, especially those that have scored well. I mean, in terms of exclusives, they already have Horizon (out on Tuesday), Gravity Rush 2, Nioh (which they took over publishing of), and Yakuza 0 (timed? console?). Not to mention, Resident Evil VII has the PS4 exclusive VR mode, which, by all accounts, is incredibly well done. All of these were released in January and February. MLB The Show 17 is out next month (and while many of you don't care for sports games, that series sells like hotcakes and the scores are always in the 80-90 range).Nier: Automata is also out in March (out now in Japan) as a console exclusive. I wonder if they can keep it up or if there will be a dry spell. I don't know (off the top of my head) what other exclusives are coming within the next few months (or even longer than that).

(I know I'm probably missing some JRPGs or something)

 

[Fantastapotamus]

l'm not surprised that Jeff "8.8" Gerstmann is trying once again to sabotage a Nintendo product. Hopefully this time Nintendo responds with legal action. They've said before they think the Switch could be a Wii like success, if it only sells Wii U numbers now a lot of that could rightfully be blamed on Jeff, and the other Jeff (Bakalar for his cute little stand hitpiece). That's billions of dollars he could be costing Nintendo here, l hope them and their CBS lawyers are ready for a fight.

I love this so much. Too bad it's a joke (right?) I feel like we are back in 360 era of fanboyism. Fucking Xbots! LOL M$ am I right?

 

[danm999]

Seeing all this positive Yakuza 0 talk makes me wonder if this could be Sony's best year in terms of PS4 games, especially those that have scored well. I mean, in terms of exclusives, they already have Horizon (out on Tuesday), Gravity Rush 2, Nioh (which they took over publishing of), and Yakuza 0 (timed? console?). Not to mention, Resident Evil VII has the PS4 exclusive VR mode, which, by all accounts, is incredibly well done. All of these were released in January and February. MLB The Show 17 is out next month (and while many of you don't care for sports games, that series sells like hotcakes and the scores are always in the 80-90 range).Nier: Automata is also out in March (out now in Japan) as a console exclusive. I wonder if they can keep it up or if there will be a dry spell. I don't know (off the top of my head) what other exclusives are coming within the next few months (or even longer than that).

Persona 5.

 

[EdReedFan20]

I love this so much. Too bad it's a joke (right?) I feel like we are back in 360 era of fanboyism. Fucking Xbots! LOL M$ am I right?

Just imagine if the internet of today existed during the SNES/Genesis days. Hoo, that would be something else.

 

[valeo]

I love this so much. Too bad it's a joke (right?) I feel like we are back in 360 era of fanboyism. Fucking Xbots! LOL M$ am I right?

Microsoft? More like Micro$ux!

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Seeing all this positive Yakuza 0 talk makes me wonder if this could be Sony's best year in terms of PS4 games, especially those that have scored well. I mean, in terms of exclusives, they already have Horizon (out on Tuesday), Gravity Rush 2, Nioh (which they took over publishing of), and Yakuza 0 (timed? console?). Not to mention, Resident Evil VII has the PS4 exclusive VR mode, which, by all accounts, is incredibly well done. All of these were released in January and February. MLB The Show 17 is out next month (and while many of you don't care for sports games, that series sells like hotcakes and the scores are always in the 80-90 range).Nier: Automata is also out in March (out now in Japan) as a console exclusive. I wonder if they can keep it up or if there will be a dry spell. I don't know (off the top of my head) what other exclusives are coming within the next few months (or even longer than that).

(I know I'm probably missing some JRPGs or something)

Persona 5, Yakuza Kiwami, and GT Sport that we know of. I can see God of War sneaking in but with the absolutely ridiculous number of heavy hitter 3rd parties I can see them keeping that for March 2018. Imagine if RDR2, Destiny 2, Battlefront 2, and the new Assassin's Creed come out this year. Holiday will be insane for every console.

 

[Mr. F]

Maaan I'm really trying to like night in the woods and conceptually I like the setting and mood of the premise and world, but I'm just not in the mood for the overbearingly "lol quirky" tone of the writing right now. If it was a bit more reserved and less concerned with trying to be funny all the time it would go down a lot smoother.

 

[EdReedFan20]

Persona 5, Yakuza Kiwami, and GT Sport that we know of. I can see God of War sneaking in but with the absolutely ridiculous number of heavy hitter 3rd parties I can see them keeping that for March 2018. Imagine if RDR2, Destiny 2, Battlefront 2, and the new Assassin's Creed come out this year. Holiday will be insane for every console.

I could see Dreams releasing this year (or not coming out anytime soon). They said (after pushing it back), they'd do a beta early this year. No announcements on that front as of yet.

 

[robotrock]

Maaan I'm really trying to like night in the woods and conceptually I like the setting and mood of the premise and world, but I'm just not in the mood for the overbearingly "lol quirky" tone of the writing right now. If it was a bit more reserved and less concerned with trying to be funny all the time it would go down a lot smoother.

*tips hat*