LackingSaint
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Whatever man, the end of Indigo Prophecy was fun in such a dumb way. Magical Neo!
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Whatever man, the end of Indigo Prophecy was fun in such a dumb way. Magical Neo!
Don't forget about the zombie sex scene.
LackingSaint
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I do genuinely think more games should use Indigo Prophecy's "Depression Meter". It's a really interesting way of tying gameplay and narrative, basing each character's level of motivation on player actions.
I don't understand this comparison
The ending of the Swapper fits the tone and story of the game perfectly fine.
Indigo Prophecy's story went off the rails halfway through the game and then kept going.
It weird how Patrick (and Alex) seemed by far the most enthusiastic this year about actually playing games.
You took the words out of my mouth.
I don't remember any of it.
What I do think games should use more of is cut-in picture-in-picture cameras. I was so sad they took that out for Hitman: Absolution. (Absolution was also severely gimped, but that's a different story)
MiniBossBattle
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So good. Its crazy CRAZY to hear my older co-workers talking about what they had to do to get art on the screen or limitations of texture tile-sets that also act as collision. Also, the programs they had to use... Never going back.
EvilKatarn
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If Brad still had not played Rising before the deliberations took place and fights for DmC to be on the list then I'm gonna send him an angry tweet or something.
'that' boss battle in DmC is cool, but kinda not any real fun to fight.
every boss except monsoon in MGR:R is a king and god
in conclusion: man, dmc was a long time ago hey
'cause they want people to come to the site next week. I know you could argue that there is a void of content this week but at least they are posting trailers and news - next week there will be nothing but what they prepare in advance.
Maybe next year they should consult you about your holiday plans first? Sounds like you are living the high life though so I am sure you can wait to hear some poxy podcast made to entertain the less socially fortunate.
LackingSaint
Neo Member
I'm with you; I thought gameplay-wise it was just a kind of limp attempt at an adventure game, and the story just wasn't strong enough to lift that for me. Kind of reminded me of To The Moon, but then To The Moon left me in tears where Gone Home left me sort of mildly pleased.
But at the end of the day, we're mostly talking about GB GOTY, and every single member of staff seemed to love that game.
funkystudent
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I think DMC was totally a better game than MGR. I wish MGR put up more of a fight, but that game did very little in terms of making cool environments, and maybe I just didn't master the combat, but it felt much less diverse than DMC. After playing through DMC I knew I would have to go back and playthrough it again because I felt I had started to get so well equipped with the combat that I needed to play more to start doing fancy shit from the beginning. No such feeling whatsoever with MGR.
The Dear Leader
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Damn dude, that's kinda rude, Patrick level snark right there, but I was just wondering on the reason for waiting that's all, this week is indeed lacking on content and I'm sure alot of people are going to busy on the holidays.
Of those, I think he'll pick his battles and stick with the Swapper. He talks about it a lot.
The content isn't up because it's not ready.
They want to put up the videos and write-ups out before the podcast spoils them.I think you're reading into his message a bit too much. You're sounding like a dick.
I'm going through the 2011 GOTY casts again because I fucking hate myself. I remember it being bad, but not this bad, and honestly it's mostly Brad. The whole Skyrim thing aside, up to where I'm at in the podcast, he made some really strange and paper thin arguments for trying to keep Renegade Ops on the list. One of them went something like this:
Vinny: I think Renegade Ops is pretty shallow.
Brad: No, it's not. It has RPG mechanics!
Patrick: Yeah, but the RPG mechanics are pretty shallow.
Brad: No they're not. If you level up and pick the perk that gives you more special ammo then you can use the special attack more.
Then he goes on to compare Rayman Origins to fucking Bubsy! I... what?! God, I feel like my brain is fucking melting. One redeeming part was when he tried to cut SR3 early and everyone laughed at him.
Vinny: I think Renegade Ops is pretty shallow.
Brad: No, it's not. It has RPG mechanics!
Patrick: Yeah, but the RPG mechanics are pretty shallow.
Brad: No they're not. If you level up and pick the perk that gives you more special ammo then you can use the special attack more.
Then he goes on to compare Rayman Origins to fucking Bubsy! I... what?! God, I feel like my brain is fucking melting. One redeeming part was when he tried to cut SR3 early and everyone laughed at him.
Oh really? What arcade? I'm up in Cleveland but I'll have to check it out next time I'm down there.
Arcade Legacy in the mostly abandoned Cincinnati Mall on the Northwest Side. Cool place with a ton of sweet games. Even Puzzle Fighter, which is a personal favorite of mine.
Keyser Soze
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It just stuck me that Vinny could finish Dark Souls on the Friday show.
vitaminwateryum
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"Giant Bomb's Somewhat Longer Than Average Free Friday Send-Off Show!"
ARE YOU READY TO JAM SOME WIND?
ARE YOU READY TO JAM SOME WIND?
Keyser Soze
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I choose to believe
Aww, I was hoping for UPF and a separate end of the year retro stream, but I guess Windjammers'll do.
Diablo 3 should be on this year's list. The console version is far superior to the inherently flawed 2012 PC version.
Jim Sterling is encroaching on the Sim Team's turf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLUtPIAG2OQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLUtPIAG2OQ
StopMakingSense
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It would be very doable, considering how little there really is left.
I tweeted him about it asking if it's a possibility. We'll see.
He certainly hasn't done it on stream, but not sure what he has completed prior to the start of streaming.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
He already has the soul of priscilla.
He has done Painted World.
Realistically, all he needs to do is Gwyn, but he can also go on the end game NPC murder-spree if he'd like all them phat dropz.
Perfectly timed with the death of Warhammer Online.
I hope the golden rule is: "Concept art will always be better than the game", but I can't listen to it right now so I guess I'll keep it as a surprise.
Fuck I miss WAR.
It was meant to come across more jokey than rude, I guess some people have less exposure to sarcasm than others.
The schedule is the same every year. Each day there is a podcast, an article, a personal top 10 and a quick look for each individuals goty. The podcasts might be ready but the other components might not be.
Vinny had pretty much done most of the entertaining stuff in Dark Souls by the time he started streaming it. Would have been awesome to see him do a start to finish run. Maybe he could start a new character after this and do a soul level 1 darkwraith run, then just stream himself invading people over and over again in undead burg.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Seeing how he proceeded through most of the game I don't think he can really be bothered for any gimmicky run that doesn't involve him brute forcing his way through stuff. Pretty sure he would hate a level 1 darkwraith run.
infinityBCRT
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Haven't listened yet but that description is already boiling my blood. There's only a couple of reasons why there's no road rash reboot:
1) EA has never given it to a competent team to do (like Criterion)
2) Previous attempts seemed more worried about capturing the attitude of Road Rash on 3DO (which I kinda hated btw) instead of capturing the actual gameplay of Road Rash (which was pretty similar for RR1/2/3DO/3). Road Rash was all about tight gameplay mechanics.
Of course he won't. I would love to see him doing some invasions though.
For someone who comes across as sort of pleasant, Barnett really presents a lot of the ideas in this interview that are extremely cynical and narrow minded.
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