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[Antiwhippy]

you want to talk about 'quirky writing' for night in the woods?

re7 is way worse. this dumb fuck lead protagonist will NOT stop making jokes in completely inopportune times.

NitW is quirky but it's kinda fucking dark. Mae is kind of a wreck.

 

[TraBuch]

I don't know why Austin is shitting on Horizon. It's a really big game. Big games are hard to make.

 

[Zaph]

Jeff is joining IGN

I don't know why Austin is shitting on Horizon. It's a really big game. Big games are hard to make.

 

[Strax]

Drews last week

 

[Lunar FC]

you want to talk about 'quirky writing' for night in the woods?

re7 is way worse. this dumb fuck lead protagonist will NOT stop making jokes in completely inopportune times.

I don't remember anything like this. Got an example?

 

[Data West]

NitW is quirky but it's kinda fucking dark. Mae is kind of a wreck.

Mae is one of the more unfortunately relateable characters

I don't know why Austin is shitting on Horizon. It's a really big game. Big games are hard to make.

Fair point. I mean games are hard and who knows how many people that happened to. I say we keep it.

I don't remember anything like this. Got an example?

The second fight with

Spoiler

Jack

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Jeff is on IGN now.

Drews last week

No remember that was just a bad dream we all had.

 

[Data West]

I have Thursday and Friday off. I could go hunt down a Switch if I wanted to probably

but I probably wont

 

[Deleted member 10571]

I don't know why Austin is shitting on Horizon. It's a really big game. Big games are hard to make.

I mean, I haven't played Horizon, but a big game doesn't mean "a good game". You can make a huge game world that's not interesting at all from a gameplay perspective and/or story perspective, or you can make a tiny one that's amazing on all levels.

If you're not into the Farcry/Ubisoft style of big, open worlds, you can totally relate to what he said. Regardless of how technically impressive the overalll deal is.

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[Data West]

I mean, I haven't played Horizon, but a big game doesn't mean "a good game". You can make a huge game world that's not interesting at all from a gameplay perspective and/or story perspective, or you can make a tiny one that's amazing on all levels.

If you're not into the Farcry/Ubisoft style of big, open worlds, you can totally relate to what he said. Regardless of how technically impressive the overalll deal is.

He's making fun of Austin's defense of Fallout 4

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

I have Thursday and Friday off. I could go hunt down a Switch if I wanted to probably

but I probably wont

If you're in an eligible area, it sounds like Amazon Prime Now has stock set aside for day-of orders. I'm hoping to get some accessories that I'd otherwise have to wait on.

 

[Deleted member 10571]

He's making fun of Austin's defense of Fallout 4

ooooh. Yeah, that went right past me

 

[2 Slice Toaster]

Jesus GOTY makes people butthurt forever. Gift that keeps on giving.

 

[StudsMcKewl]

Finally home, now time for BitE.
#GetHype

 

[Catvoca]

I don't know why Austin is shitting on Horizon. It's a really big game. Big games are hard to make.

 

[Teddified]

Great I have an appointment now on friday. So I can't watch the possible switch livestream live.

 

[broncobuster]

I don't know why Austin is shitting on Horizon. It's a really big game. Big games are hard to make.

Shame 2016 GOTY podcasts were too civil. 2015 got in the dirt.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

I really hope that wasn't Jeff's only segment and he actually gets to talk about video game history and some of his collection.

 

[ev0]

Huh Jeff really wasn't wrong about Disc Jam going for that Rocket League tactics

 

[Fried Food]

Horizon. It's on the podcast, he basically consider Horizon to be way too restrictive in how different interactions are delivered - specific spots for climbing, specific areas for exposition, and so on - and considers Breath of the Wild to offer far more in terms of player expression and organic storytelling.

hmm I think I'm going with Zelda over Horizon. Pick up Horizon when it's cheaper, or maybe do that target sale.

 

[The Dear Leader]

What are people supposed to call them other than their name?

Just indies is fine.

Horizon. It's on the podcast, he basically consider Horizon to be way too restrictive in how different interactions are delivered - specific spots for climbing, specific areas for exposition, and so on - and considers Breath of the Wild to offer far more in terms of player expression and organic storytelling.

It's hard to summarise, but it's basically about how much more rewarding the exploration of Zelda is compared to horizon, how much more emergent the world is, and how the game rewards you for playing around with us mechanics.

Listen to the latest waypoint for a deeper discussion.

Austin nuked Horizon hard. Basically he said in Horizon everything felt simple, even in the big open world. Like he was looking for yellow handholds to climb up, or some "emergent" scenarios seemed almost scripted. Whereas with Zelda, there's a constant thought of "Wait can I do this?" or "Well what's over there?" and every time he's rewarded for exploring with either a puzzle, an item, or something else cool. It makes sense, Horizon and Zelda are taking different things from Far Cry. Horizon is taking the overall structure and template from Far Cry, while Zelda is taking the systems focus. And Austin is all about systems. Zelda is basically Far Cry 2 on speed with Nintendo polish and world design

Good ol fashioned ether, I'll give the podcast a listen.

 

[oti]

Austin liking Zelda more is no surprise. Zelda sounds like a polished Far Cry 2 when it comes to mechanics density and how deep those mechanics go. Horizon is just a pretty open world Ubisoft game with a surprisingly good story.

Huh Jeff really wasn't wrong about Disc Jam going for that Rocket League tactics

I looked up the game's title on YouTube. The first page is full of "is this the new Rocket League?" videos. That's clearly the narrative here. Smart by the developers.

 

[Data West]

Far Cry Primal was very pretty

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Are the GBeast Yakuza videos worth subbing for? Is it going to be a full playthrough?

I would say so that theyre enjoyable. And they plan on doing the wholse series :3 theres also alot of other premium content worth subbing for~

 

[Catvoca]

I hope Windjammers-like becomes a new genre

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Are the GBeast Yakuza videos worth subbing for? Is it going to be a full playthrough?

Best content ever made on Giant Bomb. Well maybe Persona 4 was comparable.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Nah, persona 4 is still better. I like the Yakuza series but whenever something cool happens there's too many proclamations of "this is a great videogame" "I'm going to like this series" etc. etc. which yeah I get it but it isn't exactly an interesting thing really, whereas vinny and jeff are so good at riffing with each other.

Maybe it's just a weird thing to be bothered by, I dunno.

 

[ev0]

Persona 4 and BiTE (well technically Mary) are the two GB playthroughs that made me start playing the games I had previous no interest in

 

[SunDimension24]

Its gonna be a weird day if disc jam becomes popular like rocket league and Dotemu puts out windjammers later and people say "what is this horrible looking disc jam ripoff" :/

 

[Death Metalist]

Don't know if anyone here is a Jim Sterling fan(I watch his content from time to time) but man, the mess that is Digital Homicide.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Nah, persona 4 is still better. I like the Yakuza series but whenever something cool happens there's too many proclamations of "this is a great videogame" "I'm going to like this series" etc. etc. which yeah I get it but it isn't exactly an interesting thing really, whereas vinny and jeff are so good at riffing with each other.

Maybe it's just a weird thing to be bother by, I dunno.

The worst thing about Yakuza 0 is that it's almost too good.

 

[Hot Coldman]

that's a spicy meatball

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Love the introduction to Majima in Yakuza 0. Glad that the Beast crew is playing that game.

 

[Curufinwe]

The worst thing about Yakuza 0 is that it's almost too good.

The worst thing about watching other people play it is that it's not dubbed.

 

[Fobwashed]

Best content ever made on Giant Bomb. Well maybe Persona 4 was comparable.

I couldn't make it thru all of Metal Gear Scanlon V because of the amount of just open world roaming that was going on in that game and I'm a bit worried I may have the same issue with Yakuza when they get further into it. That being said, so far, the series is REALLY good. This is a great mix of personalities and Yakuza seems to be a really good game filled with just super dumb great stuff and also a solid story.

 

[Picklebucket_]

I couldn't imagine giving a shit what Austin thinks.

INVISIBLE. INC.

 

[Twin Tails]

Don't know if anyone here is a Jim Sterling fan(I watch his content from time to time) but man, the mess that is Digital Homicide.

 

[SandwichMeat]

I couldn't make it thru all of Metal Gear Scanlon V because of the amount of just open world roaming that was going on in that game and I'm a bit worried I may have the same issue with Yakuza when they get further into it. That being said, so far, the series is REALLY good. This is a great mix of personalities and Yakuza seems to be a really good game filled with just super dumb great stuff and also a solid story.

Well with Yakuza you're dealing with more of hub than a big giant open world. So while you can roam the hub and do a bunch a side stuff, it's always easy to just pop back into the main story stuff super quickly. The way the guys are playing now where they are basically running to the objective and interacting with any side stuff that happens to come across them along the way should continue to work as they get further into it.

 

[Giever]

I couldn't make it thru all of Metal Gear Scanlon V because of the amount of just open world roaming that was going on in that game and I'm a bit worried I may have the same issue with Yakuza when they get further into it. That being said, so far, the series is REALLY good. This is a great mix of personalities and Yakuza seems to be a really good game filled with just super dumb great stuff and also a solid story.

There really is not much open-world aimless roaming in Yakuza 0. It's a pretty tight map and you'll stumble into sub-stories or mini-games pretty easily. And if there aren't any, then the next story beat is nearby and probably pretty gripping. Once they get the money-throwing mechanic it'll be easier to avoid pointless random battles, too.

 

[Twin Tails]

Jefflr En Vivo
http://mixlr.com/jeff-gerstmann/

 

[Volotaire]

Ah cool they had the Satellaview on the IGN stream.

 

[Death Metalist]

 

[AngryMoth]

Finished Yakuza 0. Boy that's a game, beast crew are in for a hell of a ride. I actually think it won't take them as long as I first thought. Took me 40 hours and I did all the obvious sub stories I found and way more of the real estate/cabaret stuff than I assume they'll do since that stuff isn't really very good for the camera. Could see them doing it in 15 episodes.

 

[Megasoum]

OMG They actually go into the Pawn Shop and they don't sell the plates

 

[Death Metalist]

Finished Yakuza 0. Boy that's a game, beast crew are in for a hell of a ride. I actually think it won't take them as long as I first thought. Took me 40 hours and I did all the obvious sub stories I found and way more of the real estate/cabaret stuff than I assume they'll do since that stuff isn't really very good for the camera. Could see them doing it in 15 episodes.

I don't want to finish this game. I'm enjoying it too much. I'll probably finish it this week though because everytime I progress abit I'm like "alright, this is it, it's gonna end" but nope. Shit's insane and while I find the combat in the other games much better, the story and everything that surrounds it is still top fucking notch.

 

[SandwichMeat]

OMG They actually go into the Pawn Shop and they don't sell the plates

they got those plates, recognized that they could sell them, knew they had to clear inventory space, and found a pawn shop.

they then threw all the plates into storage

it's totally fine tho, you get so much cash in that game lol

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

These human-fighting bits in the Horizon QL look pretty lame. Really generic Ubi stealth and shooting stuff.

 

[Twin Tails]

https://twitter.com/frailgesture/status/836379502435409920

 

[Megasoum]

All right... I'm starting Chapter 15 of Yakuza... Time to finish this before midnight!

 

[def sim]

I just got to chapter 4 and did the cult side quest. What a game. &#128524;