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Giant Bomb #9 | More Dan Meets The Eye

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Infinite Justice

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Archaix said:
Everything Jeff said sounds really negative, like a lot lower than 3/5. I feel that way about everybody except Alex's reviews though. Any time I read something that Brad gives a 3, I come away thinking the game sounds completely awful.
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it does but when its review time he usually tries to let the problems of the game (whatever they are) speak for the score imo.

i usually just minus a bit of hyberbole on the stuff he says is garbage :p

daydreaming said:
(As a sidenote, what I meant that if Destiny wasn't such a high budget Bungie production, he wouldn't have given it a pity point to bump it up to 3, but that's just my impression.)
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I disagree about that pity point stuff.

if the shooting turned out to be dogshit i could see the drop to 2 right then and there.
 
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LiK

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Mr. F said:
If only we had the review portraits to know how he truly feels.
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NumberThree

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70s Style Pimp said:
As much as I like Jeff and GB his dislike of the majority of games is becoming rather predictable.

I'm struggling to remember the last time he was enthusiastic about a game;)
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I'm struggling to remember the last time I was enthusiastic about a game :(

Bayonetta 2 though, give me that fucking game.
 
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funkystudent

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Anyone else having the video player randomly pause while watching long videos and then not saving what time it was stopped at when you reload?

Would switching from Streaming to HTML5 player or progressive fix it?
 
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Volotaire

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funkystudent said:
Anyone else having the video player randomly pause while watching long videos and then not saving what time it was stopped at when you reload?

Would switching from Streaming to HTML5 player or progressive fix it?
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I get that from time to time, it's annoying. Switching sometimes helps.
 
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Myggen

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funkystudent said:
Anyone else having the video player randomly pause while watching long videos and then not saving what time it was stopped at when you reload?

Would switching from Streaming to HTML5 player or progressive fix it?
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Switch to HTML5, that's the best option by far for me. I don't have any problems with their HTML5 player, had all sorts of issues with both streaming and progressive.
 
Berserking Guts

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Red UFO said:
I honestly don't understand the complaints people have for TS, and I played it after the original. I wonder if it's just the "wah don't change the thing I have memories of!!!" thing.
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It's more to do with the fact that MGS1 wasn't designed to be played around the more diverse and flexible move-set mechanics of MGS2. If Silicon Knights and Konami had adjusted the level design and boss encounters to match Snakes move-set, the game could have been better. Rex' Underground Basement is a walk in the park in TTS because all I have to do is shimmy off the side and run through the door. And don't even get me started on the bosses.
 
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erawsd

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daydreaming said:
He's enjoying the hell out of Diablo III at the moment.

It doesn't matter how many games he likes or dislikes, I think his made his case very clear as far as Destiny is concerned. He absolutely despises some of the games I like and I don't care one bit. You should consider a similar stance. :)

(As a sidenote, what I meant that if Destiny wasn't such a high budget Bungie production, he wouldn't have given it a pity point to bump it up to 3, but that's just my impression.)
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Eh, I think a 2 is def too low, especially looking at the games that have gotten that in the past. I think its better than Killzone, which Jeff also gave a 3/5.
 
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Dragon

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Crewnh said:
It is totally accurate. Mission design is atrocious.
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One of Jeff's series that he's recently liked is the Call of Duty series. That's all I really need to say. Destiny has horrendous mission design but is a fuckton more fun to play with other people. I'm not taking his opinion seriously on games even if he's funny as fuck to listen to and watch.
 
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justjim89

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I know I must come off as rather anti-MGS as a whole, but I love the series. I just vastly prefer Twin Snakes in nearly every regard.

That being said, one of the series traits I hate the most is human bosses and characters that are invulnerable to head shots. I can appreciate the desire to make them challenging, but don't let me actually shoot a human being in the head and have them not die. That's absurd. If sniper wolf gets shot in the head she should be dead. If Ocelot gets shot in the head, fight over.

I realized that watching the Sniper Wolf fight. It's always bugged me.
 
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TharpDaddy

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justjim89 said:
I know I must come off as rather anti-MGS as a whole, but I love the series. I just vastly prefer Twin Snakes in nearly every regard.

That being said, one of the series traits I hate the most is human bosses and characters that are invulnerable to head shots. I can appreciate the desire to make them challenging, but don't let me actually shoot a human being in the head and have them not die. That's absurd. If sniper wolf gets shot in the head she should be dead. If Ocelot gets shot in the head, fight over.

I realized that watching the Sniper Wolf fight. It's always bugged me.
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I mean, that applies to most games. You have to allow yourself to have a bit of suspension of disbelief. If we forced shooters to be accurate then they wouldn't be very fun, you and everyone else would die/be incapacitated after taking a bullet or two. It would break the mechanics and plot weight of the boss fights if it just took a single headshot to kill them.
 
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Bacon

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mattp said:
dan ryckert strikes again

‏@bradshoemaker 35m
"I'm just going to put Sprite in it anyway" AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHsfddfydhhhkodawrhjitpuootyyiohdbusjpg
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I've stuck with Dan for a while now, I've tried to keep an open mind about him and his quirks.

But this is just too far.
 
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stump sock

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I'm enjoying Destiny more than Jeff, but I still think 3/5 is a totally accurate score. There are definitely lots of cases where kind of crummy or problematic games hook me; that doesn't mean that they're better because of it.

Also I'm not a scotch person (I like a good bourbon if available), but even if I can look past mixing a nice scotch with soda, scotch has never blended well in my experience. Either straight or with some water.
 
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Archaix

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You drunks need to stop pretending as though expensive scotch actually tastes good and admit it's just the bitter taste of you realizing you spent way too much money on alcohol.
 
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Myggen

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Archaix said:
You drunks need to stop pretending as though expensive scotch actually tastes good and admit it's just the bitter taste of you realizing you spent way too much money on alcohol.
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Scotch is fucking terrible. Beer motherfucker, that's where it's at.
 
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udllpn

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Dan, I think Drew and you should play Metal Gear more frequently in order to leave behind bad memories. In fact, that way Drew wouldn't have to try to remember the control scheme and the story each and every time.

Try recording several episodes in a few days and then release them three or four days appart from each other.

Also, this:

Kathryn said:
Metal Gear Scanlon 2: Sons of Scanlon. (Or just Metal Gear Scanlon 2.) It must happen.
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Keep up the good work.
 
Ein Bear

Ein Bear

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Isn't Mario Party 2 actually pretty expensive and hard to track down these days? Some of the eBay prices are really high, but maybe it's just an EU thing.
 
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daydream

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Oh wow, they do have a full copy (or several).

Wonder why it's an Unfinished, then. Maybe because it doesn't have the day 1 patch?

Anyway, dis gon b gud.
 
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