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Giant Bomb #6 | You'd be hard pressed to find 10 better threads this year.
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For me, a 2.
still worth watching as always.TheBaronOfNA
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Interesting read. Also refreshing to hear that some dudes would prefer that the perverted Otaku side of things could get callet out.
Similar things I have hear in other disscusion of global franchises that are taken for granted in one side or another of the ocean.
I think Drew's segment is the only one worth watching
EmCeeGramr
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one of these days cbs is going to come in and shut down this weird porno game site
TheBaronOfNA
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The FMV video game was great. Is like a new low in FMV games.
Chance Hale
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*During the Oblivion Shivering Isles achievement section*
Rorie offhand "Yeah, it wasn't a very good addon"
Edit: Couldn't get into Dragon's Dogma because of the lack of lock on :/ That doesn't even make sense!
Rorie offhand "Yeah, it wasn't a very good addon"
Edit: Couldn't get into Dragon's Dogma because of the lack of lock on :/ That doesn't even make sense!
you're not a very good addon!
CambriaRising
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Get out. Don't come back.
llamao
Cannon Goose
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Vinny's comments on the podcast about the future of their video content has me thinking about video quality. He was saying not to increase the resolution but to increase the bitrate, which will lead to better looking video but I think they need to go deeper. They should look into slower, more efficient compression to get rid of all the macroblocking that their current stuff usually has.
WrenchNinja
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In fourth grade, back when Pokemon Red was out, a friend of mine was lost in Viridian Forest for two months. He had a level 30 party before even fighting Brock.
So Jeff figuring stuff out in five minutes is a win to me.
So Jeff figuring stuff out in five minutes is a win to me.
Experiences like this always baffle me. I completed Blue when I was 5 without any issues. My team was probably awful, but I made do. The same goes for all of my friends and siblings that have played the games. Some of the mechanical stuff is definitely obtuse, but the actual progression is almost always a fixed path from point A to point B that might require an HM or two.
The fuck? indeed.
Shivering Isles was some of the best official content. Some of the stuff modders have done is amazing and Bethesda's mostly shitty quests pale in comparison.
symphonask
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I agree with Jeff regarding BI and HL2. I will replay BI for a third time at some point. Can't wait for the story dlc.
Also HL2 isn't even the best fps of its respective year. Far Cry was better. Still a great game though.
Also HL2 isn't even the best fps of its respective year. Far Cry was better. Still a great game though.
Oh so like HL2 but with better controlling weapons and less akward/horrible story segments.
If by better controlling, you mean controls themselves, sure, if you mean less horrible story segments, I'd have to say no, based on my shooter campaign experiences, they all have lots of horrible story segments.
Brad's playing, but at least this time it takes 25 minutes before "input lag" is muttered.
Brad has never been more Brad. I don't think Jeff would play any better, but it's funnier this way.
Ventilaator
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I played Half-Life 2 for the first time a few years ago and, other than the few good moments in the first hour and the last hour, found absolutely nothing noteworthy about any part of it.
The episodes on the other hand, particularly episode 2, are great. The weird part is that I played Half-Life 1 for the first time just before that and loved it.
The episodes on the other hand, particularly episode 2, are great. The weird part is that I played Half-Life 1 for the first time just before that and loved it.
Hot Coldman
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Surprisingly not as negative as I expected!
I actually like the whole aspect of learning the levels, getting the best times and fluid runs and all that, but yeah, harkening back to the type of gameplay again doesn't make for the best casual experience. It's ironic that the new controls were probably made with casual players in mind, but they end up actually benefiting the speedrunning types more.
Still think it looks real cool
God, Pokemon X/Y quicklook bored me to death.
It's kind of starting to bother me that these games are basically using the exact same template that they have used for years.
It's just the same game, every damn time. Not even the 3D graphics add anything substantial to the gameplay, in fact, the game would play better if it were isometric like the previous ones. The 3D movement and weird camera-angles were quite poorly done, and looked incredibly janky.
If they did something new with it and actually tried to innovate on top of the familiar structure of "an RPG where you capture and battle Pokemon", then i'd be lining up for a 3DS right now.
There's literally infinite potential for this franchise when games are concerned. I truly don't understand how Nintendo and Game Freak are so content with just sitting on their laurels and rebranding the same game over and over and over, occasionally with a new coat of paint.
It's kind of starting to bother me that these games are basically using the exact same template that they have used for years.
It's just the same game, every damn time. Not even the 3D graphics add anything substantial to the gameplay, in fact, the game would play better if it were isometric like the previous ones. The 3D movement and weird camera-angles were quite poorly done, and looked incredibly janky.
If they did something new with it and actually tried to innovate on top of the familiar structure of "an RPG where you capture and battle Pokemon", then i'd be lining up for a 3DS right now.
There's literally infinite potential for this franchise when games are concerned. I truly don't understand how Nintendo and Game Freak are so content with just sitting on their laurels and rebranding the same game over and over and over, occasionally with a new coat of paint.
TheBaronOfNA
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Brad being Brad. The game looks really good, actually.
so i'm like a couple minutes in and brad is doing that thing where he's all smug about not having played games in a series.
The honeycomb level looked decently fun
Maybe he meant it's worse for Sony than MS, which it is, although not bad enough that it's going to alter the install base, so not really.
funkystudent
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Doing a Sonic and Pokemon QL in the same week as Jeff going crazy taking on Miku creeps just seems like playing with fire.
So many creepy fanbases converging.
So many creepy fanbases converging.
Antiwhippy
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It's technically true?
SteveWinwood
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how can you have not played sonic
Hot Coldman
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Brad should have used the spindash, has quicker acceleration and top movement speed than running in this sonic game. Also it can be done infinitely.
If you can ignore the fact that the person in this video is complaining about reviews, it does such some interesting stuff you can do with sonic's moveset in the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3jNLX8IRo
If you can ignore the fact that the person in this video is complaining about reviews, it does such some interesting stuff you can do with sonic's moveset in the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3jNLX8IRo
He has, just not in years.
That's nowhere near as strange as having not played Pokemon at all.
Hot Coldman
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Brad should play Generations. If he wants to go fast all the time, well, that game is definitely all about going fast fast fast.
Plus it's like 2 hours long. And definitely more refined in its level design than Lost World looks (well, besides a couple of niggly levels towards the end).
Plus it's like 2 hours long. And definitely more refined in its level design than Lost World looks (well, besides a couple of niggly levels towards the end).
Does anyone know the music from the beginning of UPF? That shit was tight.
Edit: The music from UPF is "Dance Machine" on Audio Network.
Vinny's got a Tumblr.
It might be worth bringing it up to him? He doesn't check it frequently, but he drops in every once in a while to answer questions and questions about the video encoding seem like something he might actually give an in-depth answer to.
Just a heads up but "uh uh" means "no." "Uh huh" means "yes."
Honestly, yeah. I've never finished HL2 and I'm playing through it completely for the first time.
In terms of gameplay, it feels like it's far and away ahead of most modern games. The way you can interact with the world and all of the physics stuff still seems much better than anything else you'll see today. It's super cool to grab a giant metal door and hold it in front of you, rush at a big group of enemies as the bullets deflect off it then fling the door at them killing them all.
Also the under the bridge section was really cool.
Edit: The music from UPF is "Dance Machine" on Audio Network.
Vinny's got a Tumblr.
It might be worth bringing it up to him? He doesn't check it frequently, but he drops in every once in a while to answer questions and questions about the video encoding seem like something he might actually give an in-depth answer to.
Just a heads up but "uh uh" means "no." "Uh huh" means "yes."
Honestly, yeah. I've never finished HL2 and I'm playing through it completely for the first time.
In terms of gameplay, it feels like it's far and away ahead of most modern games. The way you can interact with the world and all of the physics stuff still seems much better than anything else you'll see today. It's super cool to grab a giant metal door and hold it in front of you, rush at a big group of enemies as the bullets deflect off it then fling the door at them killing them all.
Also the under the bridge section was really cool.
I remember being kinda bummed about HL2.... I still think that HL1 was much better and much more important to the gaming industry.
I should probably try a replay of HL2... Is there any good mods to get a bit better graphics? I know about the cinematic mod but I don't want to go that crazy lol.
I should probably try a replay of HL2... Is there any good mods to get a bit better graphics? I know about the cinematic mod but I don't want to go that crazy lol.
funkystudent
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I guess it hurts them because they had that bundle and watch dogs had some hype behind it.
Still these systems are going to sell out this holiday no matter what. In the end maybe having another big game with that PS4 co marketing next year will help Sony keep momentum going early next year when MS ditches kinect and drops the price and Titanfall gets released.
Once the holiday madness ends Sony will still have Infamous, Destiny and now Watch Dogs pushing PS4 marketing. Not the worst thing in the world but it still sucks we dont get watch dogs sooner. I really wanted to try that game.
There was a Watchdogs branded PS4 bundle and exclusive content for the PS4 version was hyped by both Ubi and Sony pretty hard.
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