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Giant Bomb |OT31| I Think it Might Be for Show
- Thread starter Death Metalist
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I know production and all that but they need to do this ish 2 times a week.
Human Trashcan
Banned
I know production and all that but they need to do this ish 2 times a week.
Ideally a full squad rotation each week. Don't know if the mechanics will stick if they do it so infrequently. I love the idea of the series though.
Hot take
XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within is better played with a controller
correct
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Someone (maybe me via twitter or some shit) needs to make sure Vinny fucken gets a giant brief of all the controls and everything because them not knowing important mechanics and rule of thumbs is going to fuck them and also make this kind of miserable to watch.
Naaaaaah.
Someone (maybe me via twitter or some shit) needs to make sure Vinny fucken gets a giant brief of all the controls and everything because them not knowing important mechanics and rule of thumbs is going to fuck them and also make this kind of miserable to watch.
Yeah with Dan, Abby and Alex switching in and out Vinny needs to know at least the basic stuff like not being able to recover/disable melds/bombs after dashing unless its a run&gun
Human Trashcan
Banned
ohhh nooooo Alex is just marching dudes out into the fog of war with no cover at all I cannot watch this
Yeah this isn't gonna last long, Vinny is giving bad advice too lol
Yeah this isn't gonna last long, Vinny is giving bad advice too lol
Death Metalist
Member
The doctor wanted to build a cell to talk with the aliens. War makes people lonely, I guess.
That was a fantastic episode and pls, I don't want them to look up controls or anything. Go in blind, just like IRL.
That was a fantastic episode and pls, I don't want them to look up controls or anything. Go in blind, just like IRL.
Owlowiscious
Member
Isn't that the point of x-com?Their first engagement with Mutons will be a wipe. I assure it.
edit: fuck I need to play more Long War.
That intro to Exquisite Corps 2 is great.
I'm excited for this year's GotY videos. Last year they kind of "phoned it in" by just playing some games, and while Hitsmas was fantastic, I miss the more produced bits of GB. But this year they have Abby so I'm looking forward to see what fresh ideas she may bring to GotY production.
I'm excited for this year's GotY videos. Last year they kind of "phoned it in" by just playing some games, and while Hitsmas was fantastic, I miss the more produced bits of GB. But this year they have Abby so I'm looking forward to see what fresh ideas she may bring to GotY production.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It's almost like rotating chairs would make it hard to fully concentrate on the game.
It's almost like that's the entire point.
Hot take
XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within is better played with a controller
Only for multiple height levels. I'm much quicker with a mouse any other time.
Death Metalist
Member
Hot Twin Peaks update: I watched FWWM and immediately need to sleep and maybe this was a bad choice.
Yeah, Fire Walk With Me is not a good time. It is a very dark yet necessary film, I feel. I really like how it contrasts with the show itself because we see the town from essentially two viewpoints.
Show = Cooper
Film = Laura
It's almost like rotating chairs would make it hard to fully concentrate on the game.
It's almost like that's the entire point.
That's a pretty terrible point for a feature though.
Wait, I thought this was about Kingdom Hearts lol.
Yeah, I want all of them to die in XCOM.
Isn't that the point of x-com?
I mean X-com is a game of tug of war and risk mitigation and they are doing very little mitigating of risks.
Piston Hyundai
Member
That's a pretty terrible point for a feature though.
Wait, I thought this was about Kingdom Hearts lol.
Yeah, I want all of them to die in XCOM.
the East/West difference, ladies and gentlemen
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Hot take
XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within is better played with a controller
That's not a hot take, that's an accepted truth even among PC gamers.
The XCOM ep2 intro 👌 You almost forget how good they are at editing because its so rare to see any more.
It would make more sense to have a full rotation each week, but if you look at all the things East recorded or were part of last week, I doubt they have a spare minute. It's just back-to-back great features.
It would make more sense to have a full rotation each week, but if you look at all the things East recorded or were part of last week, I doubt they have a spare minute. It's just back-to-back great features.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I mean X-com is a game of tug of war and risk mitigation and they are doing very little mitigating of risks.
You can't spell exquisite corps without spice.
It'll just be xqusite ors.
That's not a hot take, that's an accepted truth even among PC gamers.
I've played a ton of x-com (and x-com 2) and playing it with a controller seems bonkers to me. Doable and not awful, but why.
It's almost like rotating chairs would make it hard to fully concentrate on the game.
It's almost like that's the entire point.
Then why have Vinny be in all the eps instead of spliting them into four solo or two teams?
If Vinny was clearly giving them bad advice every now and then on purpose I'd be into that but that doesn't seem to be the case. I just finished X-Com last night on easy and that playthrough was tense and I lost something like 8 soldiers even though I've played through the game before. They are doing worse then I did. If soldiers are gonna die in every eps its gonna become boring.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I give them maybe 3 more episodes before everybody is dead
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Then why have Vinny be in all the eps instead of spliting them into four solo or two teams?
If Vinny was clearly giving them bad advice every now and then on purpose I'd be into that but that doesn't seem to be the case. I just finished X-Com last night on easy and that playthrough was tense and I lost something like 8 soldiers even though I've played through the game before. They are doing worse then I did. If soldiers are gonna die in every eps its gonna become boring.
Every dnd game needs its dm.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also are we really going to pretend they they're going to survive chryssalids anyway.
Also are we really going to pretend they they're going to survive chryssalids anyway.
That shit is tough even when you're save scumming.
Human Trashcan
Banned
*dashes characters into fog of war, moves character into positions with zero cover*
"I'm nothing if not cautious." - Commander Navarro.
It's disconcerting that he considers his play cautious. Neither Vinny nor Alex seemed to have any situational awareness, they moved themselves into exposed/flanked positions several times over. It's not that complicated. Don't leave yourself exposed in the direction where the enemies are.
Since Vinny remembered where he installed the editing software (I KIIID), I'm kind of hoping we get a video highlights package of the last person with the dramatically reading their report over it.
Good work Vinny!
Also are we really going to pretend they they're going to survive chryssalids anyway.
That shit is tough even when you're save scumming.
Just got that drinking noise they make when making zombies in my head *shudder*
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Also are we really going to pretend they they're going to survive chryssalids anyway.
No.
Fuck Chryssalids.
Fuck them so hard.
Owlowiscious
Member
but you find that out by playing the game. i guess a downside is that gb won't be starting over or something if their save becomes a complete failI mean X-com is a game of tug of war and risk mitigation and they are doing very little mitigating of risks.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
XCOM was their GotY, right?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
XCOM was their GotY, right?
Yar.
I can't remember what else was notable in 2012 though.
Yar.
I can't remember what else was notable in 2012 though.
Walking Dead, Far Cry 3, Journey and Dishonored
Yar.
I can't remember what else was notable in 2012 though.
Other places GOTY Award:
Dishonoured
Journey
Fez
Far Cry 3
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
The Walking Dead
Mass Effect 3
Halo 4
Borderlands 2
AssCreed 3
Portal 2
Skyrim
Gravity Rush
Xenoblade Chronicles
Pretty damn good year, but it would probably be between XCOM and Skyrim for me personally.
Other places GOTY Award:
Dishonoured
Journey
Fez
Far Cry 3
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
The Walking Dead
Mass Effect 3
Halo 4
Borderlands 2
AssCreed 3
Portal 2
Skyrim
Gravity Rush
Xenoblade Chronicles
Pretty damn good year, but it would probably be between XCOM and Skyrim for me personally.
Skyrim and Portal 2 are from 2011
Death Metalist
Member
That Car Simulator QL gotta be Vinny right? Can't wait to see what changes they've made to the game.
Yes.
Skyrim and Portal 2 are from 2011
Tell that to to the good people of 'Games Magazine' & Golden Joystick Awards,