RecRoulette
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Yeah, that's my favorite too. Amazing deaths in that game.
The spotlight tether thing that drags you off is really good too.
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Giant Bomb GoTY 2016- Agent 47, take out that Doom Marine
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Yeah, that's my favorite too. Amazing deaths in that game.
Doesn't even make that point in the main game. Just a hidden ending for acquiring all secrets, and even then it's not really hammered home.
Yeah, I remember reading some of the thread but not eh bit about the
sidequests stuff.
Wonder when we'll get to see a conclusion now.
Yep. It's a far more memorable moment to me too. The end is crazy, but this part was magical and scary.
LurkerPrime
Member
I totally believe Austin could get Stardew into the Best Music list if he was so inclined. He's really good at backing up his passion for a thing. (The only negative is that he can also use it for evil, as seen in the Fallout 4 discussions last year.)
Which reminds me, I don't think I've heard and GotY deliberations with Patrick before. I'll have to work my way there some time--curious to see his method.
Like, I haven't listened to the last two days of deliberations yet, but I imagine it will play into Jeff's stratagem for getting TF2 up there past whatever else is being considered. I imagine in Jeff's eyes, it's the best "complete package" of the year (for the purposes of their top ten), AFAIK.
Which reminds me, I don't think I've heard and GotY deliberations with Patrick before. I'll have to work my way there some time--curious to see his method.
The thing is, it's a specter around the game. Anyone responsible would be obligated to mention it when pushing it as this great experience; and if they didn't, someone else would. For Doom in particular, it will always be the thing fans try to ignore, while being easy fodder for detractors to use against the game.
Like, I haven't listened to the last two days of deliberations yet, but I imagine it will play into Jeff's stratagem for getting TF2 up there past whatever else is being considered. I imagine in Jeff's eyes, it's the best "complete package" of the year (for the purposes of their top ten), AFAIK.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I mean I don't need it to be hammered home, I just need my themes to be cohesive overall, and everything i've seen about inside seems weirdly disparate?
Limbo seemed more cohesive to me.
Unaha-Closp
Member
Its best to play it make your own mind up. Wait until its dirt cheap on Steam but its certainly worth playing. Its enjoyable just on the surface level of yo go right and solve some puzzles, see some cool shit and it won't take you all day either.
Yeah agree with Jeff, the one person who doesn't like thing.
Yeah I mostly agree with Jeff but I still would recommend playing it because of the spectacle factor.
It's a bad platformer, bad puzzle game, bad adventure game, but has absolutely fantastic atmosphere and visuals design that mostly makes up for its failings.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I mean I've seen various aspects of it, just never really bothered to see it as a whole because it doesn't interest me.
I need more than just "some disparate cool shit stringed together" when I look at something that tries to make an artistic statement.
Death Metalist
Member
I don't think he got that far during the deliberations. The second half of TLG ramps everything up from the moments to the score, it kept delivering in spades.
oh damn, that's a shame
Unaha-Closp
Member
I need to get back to The Last Guardian - the camera and boy movement was driving me crazy. That said Trico is probably my favourite thing in games in 2016. He/She/It is magnificent. Truly I've never seen something like Trico before. So believable. Edit - for a Fantasy Creature that is even more impressive that you buy it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That is up there. I also love these moments.
Trico flying to the white tower.
When you reach the top of white tower.
Escaping white tower.
Calling trico to fly away at the end.
That last moment was especially powerful because it makes a gameplay element you've used throughout the game so natural and impactful. I didn't even need the prompt to know what I must do..
When you reach the top of white tower.
Escaping white tower.
Calling trico to fly away at the end.
That last moment was especially powerful because it makes a gameplay element you've used throughout the game so natural and impactful. I didn't even need the prompt to know what I must do..
I wish Austin was still here to express his disagreements with the deeper themes of the Witness because frankly, I still have no idea what those themes are and what the game is trying to say. Even Braid was a bit more obvious with what it was saying.
No offense to the rest of the guys, but without Austin it seems the most they can say about the game is that the puzzles are good and it looks pretty.
No offense to the rest of the guys, but without Austin it seems the most they can say about the game is that the puzzles are good and it looks pretty.
All I know is that if I ever wanted to play the Mass Effect trilogy again, it would definitely be the 360 version because I already have all the DLC on there, and Origin makes you buy like... Bioware points or something like that? Still with this points shit?
I never (or hardly ever) post gifs more than 5MBs...
brainzelda
Member
I never even engaged with the "story" in The Witness and it was still the best game I played this year.
It's not even worth bringing up.
SmiteOfHand
Member
I liked both but agreed that was a good moment.
A) It's not. B) if you want to distill anything down to its most basic fucking notion nothing makes that list. That's like saying
"Nothing is what it seems" for the witness
"Cool deus ex machina" for Titanfall 2
Unaha-Closp
Member
One thing I never felt was boredom playing Inside. Its so short it can't outlive its welcome.
Meanwhile, those of us that did play it can tell oyu it was amazing and everyone bitching about the story weren't paying attention, as outlined above.
It did nothing for me. It was like watching a boring movie, no matter what the length was, I just didn't feel anything.
Death Metalist
Member
It's obviously much more then that but from my discussions with friends it's more or less you
being controlled by the blob so that it could escape with the boy also being some sort of experiment because you could gain powers(when the long haired creature hooks you up to the machine underwater, you're then able to control other beings without wearing the helmet thing as well as breath underwater).
I recommend reading this article as well, as I enjoyed going through it back then when I was wanting to discuss and read more theories about the game.
I want more people to play it so I could talk about a moment in that game that's..phew. I swear I thought my PS4 was going to melt. It's insane that you are in control during that entire moment as well.
Infinite Justice
Member
man i had to turn off the podcast for that last one.
oh well
oh well
Unaha-Closp
Member
that's cool - not saying I felt anything but I sure enjoyed seeing what there is to be seen.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Rolling with Shotguns 4 was in the discussion for best multiplayer?
funkystudent
Member
The hinted twist in deus ex just makes me mad.
If that's where the dev is going then they should have at least revealed it in post credits or something. That way you can look back at the hints and go Oh Man.
The way they did it has no pay off and just makes a already poorly written game a bit more frustrating. It's a bad move to dangle something like that.
If that's where the dev is going then they should have at least revealed it in post credits or something. That way you can look back at the hints and go Oh Man.
The way they did it has no pay off and just makes a already poorly written game a bit more frustrating. It's a bad move to dangle something like that.
broncobuster
Banned
Performance is what's keeping me from finishing it sooner. There's one section I died five times at because the camera over on its own and it's choppy and laggy and the boy jumps into an endless pit. When I get a PS4 Pro or PS5 is BC, first thing I'm doing is replaying TLG. Haven't felt hardware getting in the way of adoring a game since Dragon's Dogma.
Post credits = next game?
That just didn't do anything for me at all
Unaha-Closp
Member
I feel you but I remember having some similar issues with Shadow of the Colossus back in the day and its certainly one of the best games I've played so I suspect in time The Last Guardian will be the same. Just one more patch lol
Doom 2016 is my favorite game of the last several years, but as long as it's in the top 5 along with Titanfall 2 and Hitman then I'll consider it a banner year for my alignment with GB.
Edit: Frankly I can't believe how possible that eventuality seems at this point when considering how completely disconnected my picks were from GB last year.
Edit: Frankly I can't believe how possible that eventuality seems at this point when considering how completely disconnected my picks were from GB last year.
funkystudent
Member
Well I hope they get the chance to make one.....
It's just annoying there is maybe a really cool twist in a otherwise middling story. I think that story needed something bigger on that sort of level to grab people. Instead everything is pretty low stakes
The conspiracy read between the lines stuff could have worked if the main story wasn't completely forgetable.
But I do appreciate the fuckery, I always liked that new deus ex had a little of the kojima high concept weirdness in it.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I just wanted to say my piece
Diprosalic
Banned
You're always mad about something.
Zomba13
Member
I really think it'd have worked better if "part 2" or whatever was included. So like, the first half is a fairly standard mystery/investigation and stoppage of a threat but then the second half pays off on all the subtle hints and themes of duality and such while diving into the larger conspiracy. As it is now we have to wait to get our chance to dig into the Illuminate stuff and the potential payoff of the twist.
You don't have to say he's a great guy if you can't stand him. We don't have to be objective about people here, only about games. I think I'm the only person on the internet who can't stand Austin Walker, but you don't see me going around claiming that he's still a great guy. I'm liberated, see?
Inside's theme is "mediocre games can be popular if they are pretty."
Alex is without a doubt number 1 is wasting everyone's time during these deliberations.
Yeah but he brought up Stellaris on behalf of Austin. Despite the fact Austin didn't even like it that much and Alex had nowhere near enough knowledge about it to actually do it credit beyond "Austin liked it."
But I love Stellaris, so he's alright by me.
Wait, why do we have to be objective about games?
With the number of games they've collectively played this year and nobody else fighting for anything, if it wasn't for Alex it would be dead air between Brad and Jeff's Doomcast
Zomba13
Member
That is a platform I can get behind.