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Giant Bomb GoTY 2016- Agent 47, take out that Doom Marine
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I still prefer it to marakesh. It's really easy to move around in tbh
I haven't had more fun with a single player game in a long time.
The idea hitman is only fun for streamers is insane. I can see the aspect of Mario Maker being more fun for creators that have a lot of followers, but even that game is fun for people who just like playing mario, I didn't even really care for making levels.
But yeah. I can see the Mario Maker point, but hitman? Yeah no.
But yeah. I can see the Mario Maker point, but hitman? Yeah no.
Death Metalist
Member
My favorite moments from Day 3.
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Mister0079
Member
how can you get pissed at a game you've never played and are making (wrong) assumptions of
but the better question is
how can you get pissed at a websites game of the year awards
Best moment/sequence
Wow, I can't believe Dan never figured out the Witness environmental puzzles. I actually thought that wasn't really a big surprise. As soon as I saw the game let you go into "puzzle" view without being near an actual puzzle, I thought there would be some form of environmental puzzles. Then when I was in the town area I saw a very clear line and did the puzzle, and thought "huh, that's cool". I didn't realise people could go so far into the game without figuring that stuff out or even doing it accidentally.
ScientificPizza
Banned
Not chiming in is not a neutral stance. This is a video game podcast about video games, if Dan didn't feel the need to chime in during that discussion it's not damning at all. You are reading way too much into his silence and are accusing him of something based on nothing.
Ventilaator
Banned
Similarly, when I found out that there are environmental puzzles, it was more of a "Huh, alright" than a mindblowing moment.
But I still had a cool experience with it, because the first few ones I found were super obvious, but then I came across one that vaguely looked like the correct shape, but seemed too subtle to be a real one. I still tried it for some reason and when it worked I literally said "What the fuck, I was just kidding" out loud.
But I still had a cool experience with it, because the first few ones I found were super obvious, but then I came across one that vaguely looked like the correct shape, but seemed too subtle to be a real one. I still tried it for some reason and when it worked I literally said "What the fuck, I was just kidding" out loud.
To avoid any recency bias or appearing hyperbolic, I will merely say that Hitman is a contender for my Game of the Century alongside Portal and RDR. I've put more time into Hitman than The Witness and MGSV combined; the latter being a 2016 game for me. I hit the level cap on each map within a day or two of release, and yet I've spent this week doing dumb shit with the newest sniper rifle and explosive ducks. Christ, I once again killed everyone in
Colorado with pyrokinesis
Not to mention the free holiday pack and continuing elusive targets; the post-release support has been absurdly good and makes a mockery of the F2P and DLC schemes we've grown accustomed to. And, yeah, as Austin said, this game is exceedingly watchable. I just binged on the elusive targets that Dan Teasdale did with his fiancé, and being able to watch their accelerated growth in a way that is both calculable and illustritive is so damn satisfying. They're neither idiots nor speedrunners; they're average Joe's having and making fun.
Felix Lighter
Member
The game is a blast. Giant Bomb videos only scratch the surface of what's in that game.
Did two lasers and went to the town area and was trying to do a puzzle that was way out of my depth for where I was in the game and got super frustrated and just started fucking around and
then accidentally did an environmental puzzle cause I was like "ha ha at this THIS one I can solve!
I could see Dan getting through the entire game without finding that, cause you have to reach beyond the artificial confines of the game and you can ignore the prompts to do that
Aarglefarg
Member
Day 4? Alex is leftmost.
Sorry yeah day 4.
So it goes from left to right - Alex, Vinny, Jeff, Brad, Jason, Dan with Drew sort of where the camera is?
Aarglefarg
Member
Exactly.
Exactly.
Cool, thanks.
Colorado is great, having an entirely hostile map to showcase that end of the game's mechanics is really neat.
I imagine it's fairly difficult if you're bad at the game, but given that even Brad could finish it I think it's pretty fairly balanced.
Inside is this sci fi horror short story that had beautiful graphics and sound design and some really cool set pieces and moments. The idea that is pseudo intelectual in any way is, frankly, absurd.
I reinstalled Doom yesterday after all the talk on these podcasts and started the campaign in ultra violence (my first run was normal). The game still feels great but after Titanfall 2 (fuck diminutives) the movement sure feels a bit lacking. I still liked the first mission a ton and will keep playing if I manage the difficulty but yeah, Titanfall made a dent on it.
I reinstalled Doom yesterday after all the talk on these podcasts and started the campaign in ultra violence (my first run was normal). The game still feels great but after Titanfall 2 (fuck diminutives) the movement sure feels a bit lacking. I still liked the first mission a ton and will keep playing if I manage the difficulty but yeah, Titanfall made a dent on it.
Infinite Justice
Member
What the fuck happened in here?.
Also i need to get back to Doom but that will be after i get a new hard drive :/
Anyways its Day 5 ya'll
Also i need to get back to Doom but that will be after i get a new hard drive :/
Anyways its Day 5 ya'll
I don't like those mechanics. At all. Luckily the release structure means it's not locking my progress and I can ignore it, so that's neat
Fuck Colorado
in Hitman
KillerDark
Member
Sorry but you're crazy if you think Hitman isn't fun for the average player. I completely agree with you on Mario Maker, they had a way different experience with it then average players did but Hitman is not the same case at all. It is an incredibly fun game, iO nailed it.
Backfoggen
Banned
Some of them saying thumpers soundtrack is not real music made me yell. Thanks Alex for telling them what's good.
Glitchesarecool
Member
Nah. Individually listening to the tracks, yes, the music is pretty great. But in the context of the game hearing the same bits over an over (because they stretch the soundtrack out to fit all the levels the stage has) gets grating in a really particular way. Especially when you have trouble on a section.
That's certainly an opinion that players have, it's why there are pilot only modes, but I've found those to be boring as fuck. There's some element to the Titans being on the field that make the game much more warzone-feeling and interesting.
I wonder if Persona 5 can win best game, best music and best style next year.
Everything checks out here.
Everything checks out here.
Based on individual top 10s they like it less than Bloodborne which didn't make the collective top 10 last year, so that's a safe bet.
I'm not really watching the videos and I didn't think they were worth the effort, but these gifs proved me wrong.
I also hope that tons of new people will find Giant Bomb because of them.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Judging by some gameplay videos it has to win best style. Jeff would have to really love it for it to win GOTY though.
I think Jeff's opinion Persona 4 is about the only gaming opinion I share with him.
MassiveNights
Banned
This thread is making a late charge for "Worst Giant Bomb Gaming thread of 2016", but the Shenmue Endurance Run thread is still standing tall.
Keep it going guys.
Keep it going guys.
I think Brad will insist that UC4 makes the list for bullshit reasons, maybe "it just feels wrong to not have it on this list."
H.Cornerstone
Member
Not to mention this is GIANTBOMBS game of the year. If it wins because that's the game they, GIANTBOMB, had the most fun with so be it. They are not picking what is objectively the game of the year, they are picking the sites.
Pretty much. The entire map is hostile!..except not really because as soon as you get any disguise you can access like 80% of the map freely, and compared to the other maps there's actually few people that can see through disguises or they're placed so you can just go around them.
That's only because he'll want it for most disappointing too so it can have more awards.
DOOM - Gunz, Demonz, Metalz, US-American developers, Giant BOMB
Hitman - Ryckert: "What is a Denmark?"
Follo the money.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
I haven't played P5 yet, but I hear it's wonderful, and I also fully expect this to be Jeff's thoughts on it.
It's not pretty but I thought it was pretty fun and challenging.
We're trying.
I'm unsure about whether Inside or Shenmue is the worse game, they're both pretty bad.
Ditto. Listened to it this morning in the way to work and surprised by that exchange. It felt completely off.
What, now suddenly a game can't be the best game of the year and also the most disappointing because it doesn't have Junes?
Oh, spoilers.
They're both technical marvels for their time but only one lets you collect Sonic the Hedgehog gacha
The love for P4 that Brad/Jeff have feels like something that just won't be recreated with 5.