Such modesty.
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Giant Bomb #9 | More Dan Meets The Eye
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Such modesty.
HappenstanceUK
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I really enjoyed the Volgarr breaking brad. Not sure what game I'd want to see next though. Maybe something like the Devil May Cry ones where he goes back to games from a couple of generations ago.
Chance Hale
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The only thing that really stands out about the Volgarr breaking bad to me was Brad's terribly off-color joke which is one of my favorite giant bomb moments.
OverBlood 3
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It was pretty obvious they were joking. Don't worry though I think people are being serious on here when they're not about 2 or 3 times a week.
Haha oh dear.
Ventilaator
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Watching Spookin' with Scoops and making an amazing horror videogame continues to look easy as fuck.
Hallway hallway hallway creepy noise hallway hallway MONSTER !
10/10 masterful horror, genre saved
Hallway hallway hallway creepy noise hallway hallway MONSTER !
10/10 masterful horror, genre saved
Fushichou187
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It'd likely need to be something on PC since the only thing on the horizon, console wise, that I can think of in terms of brutality is Metro Redux's Ranger Mode maybe? Maybe go real throwback and have him play through XC: Terror from the Deep or Star Control 2.
Chance Hale
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Did you play the teaser yourself? The soundwork is the best I've heard in a horror game and the dread instilled as you repeat the loop almost unbearable. Having the location be unchanging for the most part makes the little changes as you progress become more and more unnerving. Early on you realize that the game is keeping track of where your perspective is focused at making it seem like any sudden movements will lead to terrible things. I honestly couldn't finish the demo, easily the scariest thing I've played and that includes nearly every horror game. The actual puzzles as you get towards the end are tedious but the production values are through the roof and one imagines such pixel hunts won't be part of the actual game. For something put together as a marketing tool it's incredible.
I've finished Ranger Hardcore for both Metro games and it's really not that difficult outside of one part in the first game that is almost broken and took me 3 hours to get past and even then I think it was a glitch
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I just thought it was a perfect game for that feature. Just hard enough to almost break Brad on several occasions, but it was still possible to make progress, which he did in every episode. Absolutely impossible games and challenges are no fun to watch, there has to be a possibility of progress, and Volgarr was great for that reason.
Also, it's always fun to watch Brad suffer for our enjoyment.
stump sock
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as saturated as the survival game genre is right now, The Long Dark seems pretty cool. it doesn't hurt that it's not a zombie/mutant/cannibal apocalypse.
They're awesome.
Blitzball is actually an okay game once you play 2 matches and your stats are no longer shit.
bigwinnerx
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Welcome Cara! I like your work.
Also, pay no mind to some of the neanderthals in the thread. We've left out traps of bamboo sticks covering holes, we'll check them every couple days and see what we catch.
Also, pay no mind to some of the neanderthals in the thread. We've left out traps of bamboo sticks covering holes, we'll check them every couple days and see what we catch.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Chance Hale
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I just don't understand how you can't like Yakuza if you're into brawlers. It's the perfect realization of River City Ransom into 3D with one of the best fighting systems in the genre. The dialogue can be a bit long winded at times but just everything about the games is pure joy to me. Great sidequests that often tie into the main story and bonus content as well.
I can understand finding them a bit clunky with the frequent loads but thinking they're actively bad in any way is mind-boggling.
I can understand finding them a bit clunky with the frequent loads but thinking they're actively bad in any way is mind-boggling.
There you are. Let's talk hentai.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I don't get the impression that they're actually into brawlers.
Chance Hale
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I thought I remembered Jeff liking River City but upon thinking about it I realize I have absolutely no memory of where he would have said that. It was more Dan that I didn't understand as there were 4 different occasions where he would bring up how bad the Yakuza games are.
Chance Hale
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Again I can understand one not enjoying the game but it was more Dan's insistence that they're actively bad games. They're just so charming and fun in every possible way. Wish more games would let you interact with the environment in the same way during combat.
fadetoblack
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I know Vinny and crew in the past have said that they're not able to get direct video from the Vita. I popped by IGN on a bit of a lark and based on the Metrico video review it does seem to me like they're getting video fine. What am I missing?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
If he doesn't like them he's entitled to think that they are bad. No need to sweat it.
Ventilaator
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I didn't understand Dan in the Akiba's Trip QL either.
Yakuza has some pretty stupid stuff in it that you have to deal with and the cutscenes can be awfully long, but there's some delightful japanese insanity to get out of it if you can put up with those things.
You would think that someone who loves Metal Gear would be into that.
Yakuza has some pretty stupid stuff in it that you have to deal with and the cutscenes can be awfully long, but there's some delightful japanese insanity to get out of it if you can put up with those things.
You would think that someone who loves Metal Gear would be into that.
Chance Hale
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I've been up all night thinking about it and I just can't get it out of my head.
not really
Do they have devkits that can output a video signal or something similar?
Backfoggen
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If anything, you're going to be the one in the kitchen?
If someone doesn't get the reference: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34w7t1ZzW1qbbjwoo1_500.jpg
I need Phil Kollar to show him the way.
fadetoblack
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That is what I'm asking, essentially. I'd love to see more PS Vita content. It was a real shame to wait for Olliolli to come out on PC before we saw coverage of it.
Edit: will ask Vinny on twitter....
I mean the english version of Yakuza 1 and 2 were pretty awful. If that's your only exposure to the series, I could see how you could come off hating them.
There are ways of doing it, often times involving destroying a Vita. I think Jeff has a custom modded Vita that displays out to TV, but that also seems like a gigantic pain in the ass.
Well, why become a writer if you can't use it to make people like you? I mean it's when people meet me in REAL LIFE that they think I suck.
Chance Hale
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Whatever happened with that expensive modification that Jeff bought? I remember the Soul Sacrifice stream looking perfectly fine, room for improvement but better than ignoring the platform.
I remember liking them both, especially 2 but it's definitely 3 and 4 that stand in my mind the most with 3 really bringing the combat and presentation to life.
They may have dev kits or maybe a modded Vita.
TheHollowNight
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Cara is on NeoGAF? oh my god yes. Hi, you're rad and write cool things *runs away giggling*
ratcliffja
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I have no idea who this Cara person is. Does she work for GB or something?
I was also joking! Hence the SJW thing and the thing about eating children.
I would like to make clear I DO NOT LIKE TO EAT CHILDREN OR OTHERWISE MAKE THEM UNHAPPY.
Or B-roll footage with voiceover? TBH I haven't seen any of Gamespot's VIta coverage, but I just asssumed that's how their video reviews worked.
But yeah, as a Vita gamer it's a bit lame seeing the few exclusives it does get fall by the wayside on Giant Bomb. In any case it was Sony that shot themselves in the foot when they made the Vita like that.
You aren't fooling anyone, Ms. Giant Bomb Anime Editor.
I remember Yakuza being the poster child for not hiring hollywood actors to do voice work. Micheal Madson just sounded bored through the entire game.
She's their new anime editor.
He says the same thing about the first nine Tomb Raider games, and all the Assassin's Creed games
Dan isn't perfect. That's okay.
ratcliffja
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
He's right.
Those things are all true.
Yup, homepage is useless. Resorted to looking at twitter and apparently Danny had a webcam ghetto stream but it is mainly prerecorded to be edited later.
Backfoggen
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Since Brad joined GB.
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