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[Salarians]

is Arms an A game

 

[oti]

Persona 5 is a B game

#agree
#disagree


#engage

 

[Blitzrules240]

The Surge is totally a B game.

A B+ game if I say so myself.

 

[Hasney]

is Arms an A game

It's so polished I can see my reflection in it.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I mean I don't actually know what their definition of a B game is at this point.

It seems to be "A game I like but think some parts are bad."

 

[Piston Hyundai]

It definitely evolved from it once EA entered the picture, but the first Command and Conquer is a B game.

In a retrospective, Paul Mallinson of Computer & Video Games (CVG) wrote that the game's production was "speedy, focused and fun".

The team created live-action FMV cutscenes for the game. These cutscenes contain no professional actors aside from Kucan, who played Kane and was heavily involved in their production. The cast is made up of Westwood team members, and a low budget meant that filming took place in "spare rooms" and warehouses. Castle later said that the team "had no illusions that we were as good as TV or film," but that the cutscenes were not intentionally campy. He credited Kucan with "taking ragtag group of people who had no business in front of a camera and making something reasonably good."

 

[LurkerPrime]

The way Beast described it, any big budget game is a B game if it's bad. Smaller studios just produce "indie" games. PC exclusives are all "PC games." And big-budget console-focused games (whether or not they're on PC) are A games only if they're good, otherwise they're B, C, or perish the thought, D games.

Persona 5 is a B game

#agree
#disagree


#engage

P5's menus are too smoth for a B game. It's an S-game.

Style makes some games rise above everything else.

 

[oti]

P5's menus are too smoth for a B game. It's an S-game.

Style makes some games rise above everything else.

I accept this reasoning. #science

 

[Antiwhippy]

Guys.

What the fuck are B games.

 

[Salarians]

Binary Domain

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Guys.

What the fuck are B games.

Based on Giant Bomb's feature a B game has a 50 million dollar marketing budget, uses the biggest license in the world, and sells millions of copies.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Hell yeah.

And it's awesome.

 

[LurkerPrime]

Binary Domain is the ultimate B game.

BIG BO.
THE BEST BRO.


...Binary Domain needs a sequel so badly. Such a good game, far surpassing my wildest expectations.

 

[Salarians]

Based on Giant Bomb's feature a B game has a 50 million dollar marketing budget, uses the biggest license in the world, and sells millions of copies.

Boverwatch

Binary Domain is the ultimate B game.

BIG BO.
THE BEST BRO.


...Binary Domain needs a sequel so badly. Such a good game, far surpassing my wildest expectations.

they should just put Dan, Big Bo, Cain and friends in the next Yakuza
have them speak english too

don't even try to explain it

 

[Piston Hyundai]

they should play Fighting Force

 

[hamchan]

I liked Brad just bombing at Everybody's Golf and then Jeff takes over for a hole and does a kinda awesome birdie.

 

[Plasma]

Force Unleashed 2 is a B game.

 

[formated4tv]

I liked Brad just bombing at Everybody's Golf and then Jeff takes over for a hole and does a kinda awesome birdie.

In the great game battle of Jeff "Videogames" Gerstmann vs Brad "What Do I Do Here" Shoemaker, Jeff's coming out ahead ten times out of ten.

 

[alr1ght]

PS2 is the king of B-games and they pick The Force Unleashed.

 

[Brashnir]

PS2 is the king of B-games and they pick The Force Unleashed.

There will be more episodes.

 

[Antiwhippy]

PS2 is the king of B-games and they pick The Force Unleashed.

I mean according to Dan every pc Game is a b game so we have a yuuuge library there.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Now that I think about it

Ive never seen Brad and Jeff alone in premium content that wasnt a UPF or another regularly scheduled thing

 

[Bubble Metropolis]

Persona 5 is a B game

I look forward to those plucky obscure darlings Persona 5 and Nier: Automata getting unearthed in Giant Bomb's B-game feature two years from now.


In all seriousness, if things like Zelda and Call of Duty are "AAA" games, those two above-mentioned games and Force Unleashed are AA games, or at worst A games (if purely taking a Western view on them).

Total Overdose? Quintessential B game. Totally incomparable in scope, quality (of production), expectation, and resources.

 

[TetraxShards]

Guys.

What the fuck are B games.

The real B game was the friends we made along the way.

 

[Kimaka]

Their definition of B game seems to be 'games that are considered mediocre, but I like.'

 

[Invis]

Now that I think about it

Ive never seen Brad and Jeff alone in premium content that wasnt a UPF or another regularly scheduled thing

I think this is literally the only Premium content with just Brad and Jeff that isn't a UPF.

 

[hamchan]

Saints Row the Third

B game

 

[| Praxis |]

Buck Bumble is an A B game.

 

[Bubble Metropolis]

Wait, holy shit, The Force Unleashed sold 6 million copies?

I expected it to have done well due to the franchise attached to it and the marketing push it had, but I definitely didn't expect to see that number.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

I think this is literally the only Premium content with just Brad and Jeff that isn't a UPF.

Wow

They really hate each other

Wait, holy shit, The Force Unleashed sold 6 million copies?

I expected it to have done well due to the franchise attached to it and the marketing push it had, but I definitely didn't expect to see that number.

The most B of games, guys

 

[Salarians]

spider nightmare warning (for real)

https://twitter.com/ybbaaabby/status/868499539031982081

 

[Aselith]

Wait, holy shit, The Force Unleashed sold 6 million copies?

I expected it to have done well due to the franchise attached to it and the marketing push it had, but I definitely didn't expect to see that number.

Well, yeah, it was a pretty big budget action game with cool physics gameplay at a time with Star Wars attached. Plus it had a pretty good demo which I'm sure helped to push some copies
too

spider nightmare warning (for real)

https://twitter.com/ybbaaabby/status/868499539031982081

Jesus, what kind of squalor does she live in? That cracked paint, the spider, crappy TV. At least she's got the Switch now to brighten the place up. Turn that on and it's an instant garden party

 

[Data West]

Bring Your B-Game: The Sims

 

[Salarians]

Bring Your B-Game: The Sims

YES

all past GB Sims #content has been great

 

[Data West]

Alex thinks TFU is a B game but Shadows of the Empire isn't


I dont think I can watch this feature anymore

 

[Incandenza]

Jesus, what kind of squalor does she live in? That cracked paint, the spider, crappy TV. At least she's got the Switch now to brighten the place up. Turn that on and it's an instant garden party

I think that's just New York City.

Roaches are worse than spiders tbh. At least spiders don't fucking fly.

 

[| Praxis |]

They're all B games because it's Star Wars.

Spoiler

B is for bollocks

 

[Data West]

an actual good actual b game

 

[Incandenza]

Technically Force Unleashed is a G-Game because Lucas signed off on it, I think

 

[Infinite Justice]

this B game discussion is garbage.

 

[Cross-Section]

boy, I sure am tired of all these B-Game Wars

 

[Death Metalist]

Every game is a B game to someone.

 

[Aselith]

I think that's just New York City.

Roaches are worse than spiders tbh. At least spiders don't fucking fly.

o hai

 

[Infinite Justice]

Jesus Christ Dan *facepalm*

 

[LurkerPrime]

This is a B page.

 

[hamchan]

It'll be great if one of them just said "fuck your B game definitions, we're just playing what we like".

 

[kingocfs]

Nobody actually knows what a B game is in the same way nobody actually knows who millennials are.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Nobody actually knows what a B game is in the same way nobody actually knows who millennials are.

You just gave yourself up

 

[ratcliffja]

When is that Arms test thing anyway?

 

[Death Metalist]

When is that Arms test thing anyway?

Here. I missed round 1 completely.