Hot Coldman
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To be fair, Ian is playing on another level to the other Canadians.
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I'm glad Matt stands his ground with Ian at times. Before that minor kerfuffle in the stream last night, Ian had like minutes before been adamant he was correct about some other thing before realising he was wrong. So I wasn't surprised when he realised he was wrong again, only it was too late as he had already perceived that he was being slighted and acted like an angsty teenager, sarcastic attitude and all. Another reason Matt is strict with Ian is probably because Ian brings up something about the rules from his tome of fun every other turn when Matt should really be trusted to control the game unless he asks for assistance. This is Matt's show right? I remember Ian having a weird attitude from the off in the first video in the series, saying something to the effect of "this game will be boring" when he realised Matt wanted them to choose from a small selection of classes (I went back and checked around the start of the first video, it's from around 21 mins to 22 mins. His reaction when Dave confirms the available classes is just rude and unnecessary and really stood out at the time). It's just an odd way to act when you're clearly not at the helm. He just needs to chill out.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Hey, they made a video of that Xbox One event: http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/xbox-one-man-i-saw-that/2300-8194/
Wonder why they didn't do one for the PS4 thing.
Edit: Damn, 42 minutes. Like a mini-bombcast
Wonder why they didn't do one for the PS4 thing.
Edit: Damn, 42 minutes. Like a mini-bombcast
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
They're going to a PS4 review event thing this sunday I believe?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Is there like some weird filter on the DR3 video? Looks super hazy.
soundscream
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Did you skim past the start LOL
Will watch the whole thing later, of course, just wanted a quick glance at the stuff in the video.
soundscream
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Good chunk of DR3 at the start, A decent amount of Ryse, quick chatter on Forza and Crimson Dragon, BF4 chunk at the end.
It has Xbone exclusivity but who even knows if that's just 'console' exclusivity or whatever
I'm not holding my breath, though
OverBlood 3
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Rorie and Ian are the most passive aggressive people I've ever laid eyes on. Their constant bickering is embarrassing.
illmatic19
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Yeah, absolutely. They're both good guys, but the difference is Rorie's has experience on-camera and producing entertainment - he's explicitly said multiple times he won't follow all the strict rules because he's trying to keep it fun and fast.
Ian knows how to play, and wants to play properly - not realising it'll make it a lot harder to DM, slowing the game down (like when he wanted a class not in the beginner's guide).
But it doesn't matter, the passive aggressiveness is now part of the show and is hilarious.
Ian is like the Internet's official representative in the Giant Bomb office.
Ryse, DR3, Crimson Dragon were all 360 games at one point.
Dead Rising 3 almost was a canceled 360 game. Ms is the reason that game actually exists.
Haunted
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and it shows
Ryse's Kinect heritage moreso, but still.
Ryse actually looks like a game I'd want to watch someone else play, or on Youtube. Boring to play but kinda fun to watch with the finishers and cutscenes.
I should be doing hw
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I thought it was weird that he singled out DR3 as being "ambitious" for a launch game though. DR1 was a launch title and 2 was already very open. 3 looks like more of the same plus the minimum you'd expect beyond that with the benefit of stronger hardware.
Glad to see that the craziness remains but I'm not really feeling much from it overall. I think I'm just tired of zombies and DR2 hit the spot already.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Dead Rising came out August 2006. Not a launch game, almost a year later.
No it wasn't. Dead Rising 1 came out in the Summer of 2006.
I have no idea what the dual meaning is lol, please enlighten me. I just thought all their talk about Windjammers reminds me of the time they kept talking about Jungler in 2010.
Hot Coldman
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Jungler is an old arcade game (which is what they were always talking about), but a Jungler in a MOBA is a character who spends his time killing neutral creeps outside the lanes.
Since it's an e-sports site, I imagine there will be a lot of MOBA coverage
That makes sense, but nothing seems ambitious about it
I assume he meant having all those assets on screen without hitting the frame rate. None of the games are especially innovative so when they say "looks like next gen" they can only really be referencing how it looks.
Ryse reminded me of Total Warrior on the OG xbox - if anyone remembers that. It was a ropey but fun third person GOW type game from the Total War ppl.
Ryse reminded me of Total Warrior on the OG xbox - if anyone remembers that. It was a ropey but fun third person GOW type game from the Total War ppl.
funkystudent
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Gameplay wise Ryse reminds me of a shitty ps2 era remake of a early 90's arcade brawler.
Looks pretty though, if a bit bland and mute.
Looks pretty though, if a bit bland and mute.
Good, I enjoy Scoops + the Wolf, but it does need an extra voice at times. Really liked it when Jeff was on, but an assortment of guests would be welcome.
TriangleOfCorruption
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Man, seeing DR3 running well just made me sad that it has such an awful colour palate and the interesting restrictions have been taken out. The way that the car was modified didn't look dumb to me, it looked stupid.
They are not taken out, just moved to a seperate difficulty. And there is daytime, not only night time.
TriangleOfCorruption
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The daytime footage from E3 was still more dull than at the very least 'my memories' of the previous games. It's not often the way 'Hardcore' modes are appealing to me, but we'll see how it's implemented and balanced I guess.
Ian is the reason I don't play Role Playing Games. Every group has a grognard rule-guy like him. I kinda figure the whole point of games like that is the rules give you a structure to enable the other stuff. Shouldn't get in the way of having a good time / making a good story together.
He is young. He will learn in time. /yoda
If you play with people you know this kind of thing usually isn't a problem. It wasn't really even a rules lawyer thing. It was just that Ian thought the rules said one thing when they didn't and acted based on that incorrect knowledge.
My only problem with how Rorie handled the situation was that he punished Ian for a misunderstanding of the rules, which is just going to lead to bad feelings all around. Should just let him take his move back or not attack him that turn.
Eh, at the same time it's been 5 weeks and Rorie doesn't seem to have done much studying. It's not uncommon for one of the duders to ask a question and Rorie to just shrug and redirect the question to Ian.
I've mentioned it already but since it's relevant to this discussion, I watched a Wizards of the Coast D&D livestream they did for Extra Life. The GM was a designer at WotC. Like Rorie, he often made changes or exceptions. He knew the letter of the rules but he also frequently modified them in order to keep the game fun for the players and prevent it from becoming bogged down in technicalities. Based on what I observed while listening to that super-experienced DM run his game I'd say that Rorie did really well.
Kazuma Kiryu
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Yeah, funny coincidence.
Yep, it's important to not get bogged down in the specifics to keep things moving along. Rule 0 of D&D: DM can overrule anything. It's a rule that should be employed more often than it is.
Isn't the PS4 thing next week?
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