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Giant Bomb #7 | Hey There, Small Business Owner!
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The way the visa rules are, that's not realistic at all. Danny had a Tumblr post about his struggles getting a visa.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It's almost as if a person playing a role and the role itself can be separated! Wha :O
It seems generous, based on the QL
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
destroyer4343 is such a dumb name that it has to be fake.
PinkCrayon
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Or is it such a dumb name that it has to be real?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I can't tell anymore!
I don't know; I was falling asleep watching that QL.
Hot Coldman
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I'd say playing all the games gives you a better perspective on where games truly lie on the quality spectrum.
Reading Jeff's review has pretty much convinced me not to buy Watch Dogs. I was worried it would be a bland Ubisoft open world game, and what he wrote pretty much describes exactly what I don't want to play. It's too bad, I was really hoping for something to live up to those early trailers.
Brewster's Wallet
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It's why I'm always a little wary when the preview E3 stuff comes out and people say that a game WILL be excellent. Sure, say it looks great and have high hopes for it. But you really can't predict with any certainty from an E3 demo what a game will be like.
Zomba13
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The soundtrack isn't great. With most open world games with a radio I can find songs that I like and just listen to them, either things I know of from before playing the game or finding them thanks to the game (like a bunch in GTAIV from the Vladivostok station). Watch Dogs has veeeery little that I like and it's a shame.
Hot Coldman
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Watch Dogs 2 should just have Spotify support.
Freedom = $1.05
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Yup. Just wait 9 months and get it for cheap.
A giant pizza box will be present at the set, and at a specific point of time during the stream, it will burst open and the two new hires will jump out with knives and literally stab all of Giant Bomb SF to death.
At least that's the only scenario I can see that would justify whatever community backlash we will see for the new hires.
I read a lot of Watch Dogs reviews and decided to not get but boy did the QL make the game look boring as hell.
It's fascinating to see though how Vinny and Brad reacted just because there is a lot of shit on the map and a lot of skill point stuff to unlock. I guess all that shit just taps directly into their OCD.
It's fascinating to see though how Vinny and Brad reacted just because there is a lot of shit on the map and a lot of skill point stuff to unlock. I guess all that shit just taps directly into their OCD.
Yeah, hearing Brad say how he was really looking forward to playing this definitely highlighted that he and I apparently look for very different things in a game. I'm an hour into the QL at this point and there hasn't been anything that has made me want to play this.
Is that how MK v DC got 5/5?
The stealth driving stuff and evading the police seems be more interesting than most GTA-like games, but yea that's hardly enough to sustain the entire game. I can see playing it for a while until that gets boring like I did with Sleeping Dogs and its combat.
But that's in a couple years when it's $5 or so.
Who knows if Brad will even finish it considering he burnt out on Assassin's Creed. Might not be ready for another Ubisoft open world game.
Jeff just likes MK. A lot.
he is the greatest injustice player after all
Hot Coldman
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I tried guys! lol
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Yeah I just can't get excited about a game with all this checklist stuff. It was fun in the early AC games because traversing the terrain was fun and the environments were interesting and different, but I'd really rather more effort was put into unique story elements and characterisation.
PedroLumpy
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Klepek used to call out the 'Collecting for collections sake' stuff. I kinda miss that.
funkystudent
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What does Ashley Burch do no a a days anyway? What is her day job.
Outside of ruining video game sequels with annoying voice acting I mean.
Outside of ruining video game sequels with annoying voice acting I mean.
firehawk12
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90 minute QL? Yikes.
It's pretty much SOP for Ubi open world games these days. They all have those maps just crammed with so, so many icons of pointless stuff to collect. I've been playing through AC4 lately and boy, there is a lot of stuff to collect.
The people who were all "nope, im done" when the guy pulled out a gun in that first E3 demo turned out to be right after all.
I think she's complaining about people on the internet for a living.
They fell asleep 20 minutes in so there's 70 minutes of menu music and snoring.
i'd still put it on on my second screen while i do something else
Risible
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Here's the problem (for me) with finding someone for the Bombcast.
For me the Bombcast wasn't about games. Sure, it's tangentially about games, but it was mainly a personality driven podcast for me. It had a perfect balance when it was Jeff, Ryan, Brad, and Vinny. Three funny guys and one straight man. It was mainly comedy with a splash of gaming.
There are tons of dry, analytical gaming podcasts around. That's fine if that's what you want, but it's not why I tuned into the Bombcast.
When Patrick was added it threw the balance off, suddenly we had two straight guys and the podcast suffered for it. Too often I found myself getting bored with the lengthy dry discussion. With Ryan's passing the balance was tipped even further. Patrick leaving and being replaced by Drew helped because Drew was quiet and rarely interjected, so it kind of tipped back into the more comedy less serious discussion side of things.
So that leads to where we are now. I've watched some of Zoe's stuff on the web to see what she's like, and while she seems quite nice and intelligent (much like Patrick), she seems to fall more on the pedantic side of the fence. We need a Dave Lang type to fill Vinny's shoes, someone as funny as Jeff to balance out the podcast. I fear if they get someone more like Patrick that the podcast will be dry and ultimately uninteresting.
Here's hoping they find someone that's a perfect fit.
For me the Bombcast wasn't about games. Sure, it's tangentially about games, but it was mainly a personality driven podcast for me. It had a perfect balance when it was Jeff, Ryan, Brad, and Vinny. Three funny guys and one straight man. It was mainly comedy with a splash of gaming.
There are tons of dry, analytical gaming podcasts around. That's fine if that's what you want, but it's not why I tuned into the Bombcast.
When Patrick was added it threw the balance off, suddenly we had two straight guys and the podcast suffered for it. Too often I found myself getting bored with the lengthy dry discussion. With Ryan's passing the balance was tipped even further. Patrick leaving and being replaced by Drew helped because Drew was quiet and rarely interjected, so it kind of tipped back into the more comedy less serious discussion side of things.
So that leads to where we are now. I've watched some of Zoe's stuff on the web to see what she's like, and while she seems quite nice and intelligent (much like Patrick), she seems to fall more on the pedantic side of the fence. We need a Dave Lang type to fill Vinny's shoes, someone as funny as Jeff to balance out the podcast. I fear if they get someone more like Patrick that the podcast will be dry and ultimately uninteresting.
Here's hoping they find someone that's a perfect fit.
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