Baloonatic
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Yeah I very rarely understand what is going through Dan's head. Yakuza is like Shenmue except it actually has good gameplay.
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Giant Bomb are bringing back the Endurance Run... and it's Shenmue.
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Yeah I very rarely understand what is going through Dan's head. Yakuza is like Shenmue except it actually has good gameplay.
He played the ones with the american voice acting i think. I doubt he's seen anything past that.
DOBERMAN INC
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Shenmue is centred around the world and interacting with it,more of a slow paced adventure game with fighting included,Yakuza is centred around the fighting and the world frames it, the random encounters didn't help it too.
If the Yakuza Dan played is the one with the profanity filled english dub then it would make a bad first impression.
Fellow gaffer made a fantastic break down of Yakuza 0 that shows the of the best combat system in the series:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZD2eufsDII
It looks kickass and a big step up from the previous games. I do hope more people actually try and look what the series is like.
Fellow gaffer made a fantastic break down of Yakuza 0 that shows the of the best combat system in the series:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZD2eufsDII
It looks kickass and a big step up from the previous games. I do hope more people actually try and look what the series is like.
I definitely think the Beastcast is more consistent as of late. It's typically shorter as well so you could always listen to it first and if time permits that week check out the Bombcast some still.
Ehh, Dan loves almost all Nintendo stuff. He even got into Fire Emblem for a time. On a whole he's probably more likely to like Japanese games than Jeff or Brad.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Well, that's not saying much. And he was still pretty down on the anime aspects of Fire Emblem, he liked the gameplay not so much the story or style if I recall correctly.
I think Dan does have a tendency to dismiss non-Nintendo Japanese stuff but when someone actually sits him down in front of such a game, he usually ends up liking them or at least he's open-minded about them. I think his realization that MGS was anime all along has helped a lot!
I found it the other way,when Austin came it kind of ruined the atmosphere and character of the show and became far too self serious.
Dan will only make it more ridiculous over there. Hopefully he can keep the wrestling to a minimum. Excited that GB proper won't have dan and will thus have less wrestling based content as well.
Not sure how I feel about Shenmue cause I've never played it, but Vinny is awesome and makes everything awesome regardless of who he's with. The added fact that he can completely bs to dans face and have dan believe him makes their interactions even better. And alex plays along with it really well.
So, the way most americans play the game?
dan saying he doesn't like soap operas is funny since wrestling is just one big soap opera but with fights
yeah man they were just way too serious all the time it was weird
yeah man they were just way too serious all the time it was weird
Yep. Wrestling is a terrible soap opera for children. Dan should know this by now.
something...something...Easy Allies.
That should kill the thread.
I'm excited for the Shenmue antics, as it's called endurance run does this mean it will be posted daily?
Laurentius
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Maiden Voyage
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In fairness that specific bait is right on the front page and no one bit this time.
Daily posting was stated on the panel and in the first video. Not sure if weekends count.
I love Shenmue but I can't imagine this makes for a good endurance run game. There's so much waiting around. Experienced players can optimize time and do a good run of things to show you everything but these two just fumbling around is going to have so much dead air.
MassiveNights
Banned
Vinny can fill dead air like a motherfucker.
They just spent 10 minutes buying Sonic toys and looking up who they are.
They just spent 10 minutes buying Sonic toys and looking up who they are.
I mean, the original Endurance Run is the best video content Giant Bomb has ever produced and that was filled with grinding and fusing episodes. I don't know how Shenmue would compare with that downtime, though.
I think the poorest idea was Chrono Trigger for other reasons. Couldn't come close to finishing that one.
This post is a cringe shit show.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Vinny has a magical way of breaking things. He made that whole Warthog takeoff entertaining. I could be entertained with him playing anything, I think. That said, I've never played Shenmue and this will be my first experience with it.
Brianimaniac
Banned
These guys are funny and entertaining if you sit them down for two hours with no game, so I don't think it matters what they're playing.
Vinny is what makes it entertaining. If he wasn't in it I wouldn't watch it.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
It will be amusing if they end up stumbling around so much that they get the bad ending where you take so long that Lan Di comes back and finishes the job. Normally that wouldn't be a concern, but here I think it's a viable possibility.
Anyway, the appeal of these Giant Bomb runs is the personalities and jokes. No one expects these guys to know what they're doing.
Man, I find the hate directed at Alex so misguided. He's one of the crew members most capable of thoughtful critique, is consistently funny, and not far beneath his occasionally barbed exterior, there's a total marshmallow of a man. The crew's overall dynamic very much benefits from having him around. The most underrated personality, for sure.
Anyway, I've never seen an Endurance Run (except for 1-3 episodes of the Chrono Trigger one?), and now that I'm thinking about watching this Shenmue thing on a daily basis for awhile, I can immediately recognize their power. And yeah, I go to Giant Bomb, and the first episode of the Shenmue ER has 664 comments. Goddamn.
Anyway, I've never seen an Endurance Run (except for 1-3 episodes of the Chrono Trigger one?), and now that I'm thinking about watching this Shenmue thing on a daily basis for awhile, I can immediately recognize their power. And yeah, I go to Giant Bomb, and the first episode of the Shenmue ER has 664 comments. Goddamn.
CottonWolf
Member
Dan's the id, Vinny's the suger-ego and Alex's the ego.
The voice acting in Shenmur sounds as bad as that text to speech game with the name I can't remember.
People talked all kinds of shit about Ryan, too. There were a lot of complaints about him not finishing one of the Assassin's Creed reviews, how they weren't sure what his role was on the staff, and how he only had a job because of Jeff.
Sectorseven
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Is this series updated daily, weekly, or whenever they feel like it?
Backfoggen
Banned
Endurance Runs are supposed to be daily.
funkystudent
Member
Daily Monday to Friday.
Yeah, no. I don't think anything justifies this kind of talk.
Beyonce Beytwice
Member
Alex is the funniest and the most intelligent of all of them.
There was tons of hate any time he appeared on something back when he was out west. And to be fair, he was rather awkward back then.
He's gotten soooooo much better, though.
Backfoggen
Banned
Wait for the sale next week
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
He is doing those before he leaves.
hiphoptherobot
Member
The first Yakuza game had a notoriously bad dub. For they following games they chose to just subtitle them. Which, imho, fits the nature of the games much better.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I'm not surprised that various people hate on the different GB members
What does surprise me is how exclusively it seems to be Alex (and to a lesser extent Dan)
wtf
Alex is awesome
some of y'all are crazy
What does surprise me is how exclusively it seems to be Alex (and to a lesser extent Dan)
wtf
Alex is awesome
some of y'all are crazy
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
Everyone was so happy when they finished all the mainline Halo games in Extra Life last year
Little did they know what awaited them
edit: speaking of extra life it's time for my annual "Hey I hope Alexis shows up for this years Extra Life" post
acheron_xl
Member
Alex took a while to gel for me, but once I heard about him touring with his band in his teens, it all came together. I'm starting to come around on Bakalar too. The only GB related guy that just rubs me entirely the wrong way is Rorie. All the rest seem great.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I hope they space them out. Too much of a good thing.
CheDominik
Member
I like Giant Bomb a lot, because I feel the content is aimed at an older audience. But some people take this site way too serious. If you get that irrationally upset by people on a video game site, it's time to reevaluate your life...
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