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[Gozer the Gozerian]

Styx 1 was a interesting game that ran out of steam long before it ended. And the developer probably ran out of money at the exact same point seeing how the second half reuses the levels from the first half, just in reverse order.

Is Styx the Halo of stealth games?

 

[ffejeromdiks]

I can't believe people are this into PUBG. I guess I need to give it a shot, but to me it just looks like another one of those games. Doesn't seem like there's anything all that special about it.

You'll feel what's special about it. Just came in 3rd a few minutes ago, no other game is nearly as intense as it is, I'm still kinda shaky.

 

[avengers23]

@jeffgerstmann

Inevitable given how much of a beast Gerstmann is.

 

[The Technomancer]

Styx was the game that really drove home to me just how...narrow minded the current design thinking around stealth games is. That was a game with some incredible mechanics, forced into use in a set of largely linear levels in which the objective was to make it from one side of the map to the other. It astounds me that there hasn't actually been a proper spiritual successor to Thief and Thief 2

 

[Meneses]

You did good.



Good stuff.

I'll always click on these links, safely knowing that i'm gonna enjoy whatever comes up. I also spend about half an hour every time just re-listening to some of the best themes, so good.

I actually think about the last boss fight a lot, I was so hyped.

Then again, by the time I got to that part I was so pumped that they could have played that fucking Mario Party song instead of the one from the soundtrack and I would have shouted "fuck yeah!"

 

[Data West]

@jeffgerstmann

hello goty

goodbye zelda

 

[Jennipeg]

So Dan is getting married at Taco Bell, being English I have no idea what Taco Bell is like. Will this event be classy in any way? Or is it like getting married in a Burger King?

 

[Meguro]

BATTLEGROUNDS can't win any category because it will forever be in perpetual early access.

 

[Mr. F]

So Dan is getting married at Taco Bell, being English I have no idea what Taco Bell is like. Will this event be classy in any way? Or is it like getting married in a Burger King?

Like that except 2.3x more diarrhea

 

[KillerDark]

Like that except 2.3x more diarrhea

This. I can't eat Taco bell anymore haha

 

[Salarians]

@DanRyckert

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9eTK4qWsAALcwI.jpg:small

this is too many amiibo

amiibos

amiibi

 

[Jennipeg]

Like that except 2.3x more diarrhea

Well.... that sounds terrible. I have just found this image,

If you take close up pictures, you could maybe crop out the seats. But where will the guests sit? I hope Dan shares pictures, I'm genuinley curious.

I love how Vinny's wife had to ask if Bianca knew about this. Truly Dan's soulmate.

Edit: It looks more acceptable in this picture.

 

[Salarians]

Well.... that sounds terrible. I have just found this image,

http://sharing.abc15.com/sharektnv/...081edf47e5fea8a0f_55173153_ver1.0_640_480.jpg

If you take close up pictures, you could maybe crop out the seats. But where will the guests sit? I hope Dan shares pictures, I'm genuinley curious.

I love how Vinny's wife had to ask if Bianca knew about this. Truly Dan's soulmate.

Edit: It looks more acceptable in this picture.

is that Vinny on top-left

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Well.... that sounds terrible. I have just found this image,

If you take close up pictures, you could maybe crop out the seats. But where will the guests sit? I hope Dan shares pictures, I'm genuinley curious.

I love how Vinny's wife had to ask if Bianca knew about this. Truly Dan's soulmate.

Edit: It looks more acceptable in this picture.

The two of them had been intending on just a small ceremony anyway, this is nacho cheese on the oreo cake for them.

 

[Giganteus]

Styx was the game that really drove home to me just how...narrow minded the current design thinking around stealth games is. That was a game with some incredible mechanics, forced into use in a set of largely linear levels in which the objective was to make it from one side of the map to the other. It astounds me that there hasn't actually been a proper spiritual successor to Thief and Thief 2

I assume you've watched the quick look, so how does the new Styx look to you? As someone who knows very little about these games, I came away thinking the current one looks kind of awful. Was the first one of similar quality?

 

[Jennipeg]

The two of them had been intending on just a small ceremony anyway, this is nacho cheese on the oreo cake for them.

Dan sounded genuinely pleased about it, so I hope it all goes well for them. Its just perfect for Dan, didn't his mum work at Taco Bell as a manager?

 

[Death Metalist]

 

[Salarians]

I didn't play a whole lot of the first one but new Styx seems like more of that, for better or worse

I don't remember any meta humor or reference jokes in the first one, seems real bad here

Edit:
Battlefront 2 is being written by the writer of Spec Ops: The Line

huh

 

[Data West]

New podcast: Bass Cannon Vinny and InternetDan

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Edit:
Battlefront 2 is being written by the writer of Spec Ops: The Line

huh

PLEASE STOP: saving the campaign for the sequel

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I didn't play a whole lot of the first one but new Styx seems like more of that, for better or worse

I don't remember any meta humor or reference jokes in the first one, seems real bad here

The writing was pretty terrible throughout, so I'm not surprised their attempt at humor falls flat.

Edit:
Battlefront 2 is being written by the writer of Spec Ops: The Line

huh

Huh indeed.

 

[Death Metalist]

New podcast: Bass Cannon Vinny and InternetDan

New Podcast: DJ Vinny "Roller Rink" Caravella & Internet Dan.

 

[Hjod]

Internet Dan at 1.1x speed is the thing we all need in our life. I laughed way too hard.

Cred @glots

https://youtu.be/oiD_SArZ3yo

 

[OdysseusVA]

Internet Dan at 1.1x speed is the thing we all need in our life. I laughed way too hard.

Cred @mepsipax

https://youtu.be/oiD_SArZ3yo

This is amazing

I really do want more Internet Dan content. The premiumist of all content

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Geez, those Youtube comments on the Styx video.

Fwiw Styx 1 (and seemingly this too) suffers from a couple of things that made it an extremely hard game to ghost. The controls were pretty awful (I didn't know you could hang from a ledge until I read something about it, you literally have to inch your way towards a ledge, otherwise Styx will just jump down). The enemy vision cones were super wonky and the enemy placement sometimes was just flat out terrible, making it almost impossible to bypass an enemy without somehow tricking the AI into starring at a wall.
Not saying Brad played amazingly or anything but if your not super into stealth games Styx doesn't make it easy to look good on video.

At least Styx 1 was, it doesn't really look like this fixed a lot of my issues, but I haven't played it.

 

[Death Metalist]

Geez, those Youtube comments on the Styx video.

Fwiw Styx 1 (and seemingly this too) suffers from a couple of things that made it an extremely hard game to ghost. The controls were pretty awful (I didn't know you could hang from a ledge until I read something about it, you literally have to inch your way towards a ledge, otherwise Styx will just jump down). The enemy vision cones were super wonky and the enemy placement sometimes was just flat out terrible, making it almost impossible to bypass an enemy without somehow tricking the AI into starring at a wall.
Not saying Brad played amazingly or anything but if your not super into stealth games Styx doesn't make it easy to look good on video.

At least Styx 1 was, it doesn't really look like this fixed a lot of my issues, but I haven't played it.

I watched the entire QL but even just watching the first 5 minutes, I got the impression that this was a PS2 era stealth game made for current gen platforms.

 

[ScottSullivan]

Internet Dan at 1.1x speed is the thing we all need in our life. I laughed way too hard.

Cred @glots

https://youtu.be/oiD_SArZ3yo

Oh man that was funnier then i expected it to be

 

[Tagyhag]

@jeffgerstmann

And 9 kills too? Jeff's a beast, lawd.

 

[Data West]

Internet Dan at 1.1x speed is the thing we all need in our life. I laughed way too hard.

Cred @glots

https://youtu.be/oiD_SArZ3yo

As the internet has said, Dan's hatred of this game to the extreme that it is is likely because of some self reflection

 

[TetraxShards]

Internet Dan at 1.1x speed is the thing we all need in our life. I laughed way too hard.

Cred @glots

https://youtu.be/oiD_SArZ3yo

Amazing. He sounds like a South Park character.

 

[Death Metalist]

That Spelunky documentary is fantastic.

 

[Hjod]

As the internet has said, Dan's hatred of this game to the extreme that it is is likely because of some self reflection

I don't know really. Sure, Dan can be kind of a mini version of the announcer sometimes but he's really not that extreme and I think Dan is way more self aware than Drawn to Death is.

 

[ScottSullivan]

Yea I don't think thats fair to Dan at all, he may be kind of stubborn with his "Regular Guy" stuff, but he's never crude for no reason, and he's not nearly as immature as that game appears to be, and he's always willing to learn and admit when he doesn't know something

 

[BearPawB]

And 9 kills too? Jeff's a beast, lawd.

yeah the time I won I only got 4. 9 kills is pretty beastly

 

[Data West]

I think Drawn to Death is VERY self aware

I just dont think its funny about it. It's what happens when something is too self aware

also mr shifty looks like the guy from super solvers

 

[Ashby]

Jeff doesn't even like video games so much as he enjoys murdering people with guns without going to jail for it.

 

[Twin Tails]

Alright, lets get serious.

 

[CypherSignal]

Internet Dan at 1.1x speed is the thing we all need in our life. I laughed way too hard.

Cred @glots

https://youtu.be/oiD_SArZ3yo

Meanwhile Vinny at 1.1x speed sounds like half of the young male youtubers I've ever seen?

 

[LurkerPrime]

Listening to the latest Beastcast, I forgot about Dan's categorical rejection of fantasy in video games (that aren't named Metal Gear).

What dark hold does Kojima have on you, Dan?! You must break the spell, and reach out to the truth.

I watched the entire QL but even just watching the first 5 minutes, I got the impression that this was a PS2 era stealth game made for current gen platforms.

So... a Cyanide game. (Ok, to be fair, I haven't seen the QL yet.)

 

[Ashby]

Why does Dan like Zelda if he hates anything fantasy so much

 

[Data West]

it is absurd how much cuter snake pass snake is than morgana or yooka laylee

Why does Dan like Zelda if he hates anything fantasy so much

he played it when he was a kid

 

[Toparaman]

@DanRyckert

Only an otaku would do this.

Why does Dan like Zelda if he hates anything fantasy so much

As he clearly stated, he was only talking about his taste in stories, not games in general. He doesn't play Zelda for the story.

 

[J_Viper]

Some day, I hope to love someone or something as much as Jeff loves Tokyo Drift

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

it is absurd how much cuter snake pass snake is than morgana or yooka laylee

Is Morgana meant to be cute? I'm still on the first dungeon but he's already such a shit that I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being the true ending final boss.

 

[Mr. F]

Just finished UPF, Flinthook looks rad. I really hope it comes to Switch at some point, it's exactly the kind of game I want to have on there vs. PS4 or PC.

 

[Death Metalist]

Listening to the latest Beastcast, I forgot about Dan's categorical rejection of fantasy in video games (that aren't named Metal Gear).

What dark hold does Kojima have on you, Dan?! You must break the spell, and reach out to the truth.

Here's my take on this.

 

[repeater]

Internet Dan at 1.1x speed is the thing we all need in our life. I laughed way too hard.

Cred @glots

https://youtu.be/oiD_SArZ3yo

Fuuuuuuck, that's SO GOOD.

I'm gonna need a soundboard app based on this 1.1x version of Internet Dan.

WOLF IT DOOOOOOOWN

 

[TraBuch]

So I take it that the Switch is the new Vita in that every game that's not on the system will get a million "I'd totally buy this if it was on the Vita/Switch" posts?

 

[oti]

Only an otaku would do this.

Snake is Dan's waifu.

 

[Mr. F]

So I take it that the Switch is the new Vita in that every game that's not on the system will get a million "I'd totally buy this if it was on the Vita/Switch" posts?

I never had a Vita, let me live the cliche