One step closer to the day when Dan will inadvertently admit to having commit a serious crime.
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Giant Bomb |OT31| I Think it Might Be for Show
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One step closer to the day when Dan will inadvertently admit to having commit a serious crime.
Basileus777
Member
Incandenza
Banned
So what's worse: what Dan did to Alex or what Dan did to Harmonix
EvilChameleon
Member
XCOM has quickly become Vinny telling everyone what to do, despite that being completely against the original mission statement.
Young Liar
Member
It's Vinny's baby, and from what Austin said, Vinny's been wanting to do it for years. He probably knows they're in a real bad spot right now, and that this run is 99% fucked with how badly the previous two episodes went. I think he just wants to extend it for as long as possible because I also don't see them going straight into another game for the feature when this one's done anytime soon.
So I completely understand why he's gotten way more controlling!
So I completely understand why he's gotten way more controlling!
Human Trashcan
Banned
The problem is Vinny's advice is not good a lot of the time and he also doesn't really "get" the game. I haven't seen the latest one yet tho. But Alex seems like the type to suffer from analysis paralysis in games like this and he needs someone to tell him what to do or it'll just be hemming and hawing worse than Brad does.
LurkerPrime
Member
Great ep of XCORPS. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.
And I dunno what y'all expect from the Alex/Vinny combo. Alex is always asking Vinny for advice, and Vinny is always giving it; their first ep was the same. When Earth is on the line, decisions have to be made.
And I dunno what y'all expect from the Alex/Vinny combo. Alex is always asking Vinny for advice, and Vinny is always giving it; their first ep was the same. When Earth is on the line, decisions have to be made.
It's not just Alex/Vinny though, Abby's run was affected due to Vinny's advice and his advice, along with internet comments, led her to second guess any of her aggressive decisions.
Hellsing321
Member
I thought it was obvious Vinny was the worst one. Only true monsters can hate Splatoon.
BlackGhost
Banned
Fell behind a bit on beast and bombcast, spending sometime catching up today while also playing Persona 5. I'm doing it :")
LurkerPrime
Member
The only way they'll grow as Commanders is by learning more about the game and how it plays. And since thier playtime is like one hour every third week, they'll probably need a lot of help to stay proficient.
Vinny giving advice, providing information, and gently guiding them isn't a bad thing. Each Commander will become naturally more decisive as they learn how everything works--with assurance comes confidence. And part of that process will be learning that Vinny can be wrong, that ultimately they are the Commander, and that their word is law.
If they can survive long enough it will be quite a sight to behold.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
By playing only once every three weeks they need to rely on Vinny.
Man, watching this makes me want to play XCOM 2 again so bad
Man, watching this makes me want to play XCOM 2 again so bad
EvilChameleon
Member
If the series dies, it dies.
This episode was recorded weeks ago, they aren't playing every three weeks. They were talking about Rayman vs Mario and XCOM coming out "at the end of this month" as though it were a few weeks away.
The series would also be over by now if Vinny didn't chime in occasionally.
The new expansion is so good. It's also so evil.
The series would also be over by now if Vinny didn't chime in occasionally.
The new expansion is so good. It's also so evil.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
They really need to utilize rooftops in XCOM. Snipers are so OP when used right.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Man I just watched the second Abby video.
Did the expansion make the game a lot harder? I don't remember facing that many enemies a few missions in.
(Also don't listen to the comments Abby, dashing can be vital)
Don't tempt me
Did the expansion make the game a lot harder? I don't remember facing that many enemies a few missions in.
(Also don't listen to the comments Abby, dashing can be vital)
Don't tempt me
"Did I ever tell you guys about that time I accidentally killed my cat by sticking him in the microwave? Yeah, I saw it in a movie once. I wasn't really sure if it would really kill a cat because it's not like there's fire in there or anything, it's just gamma rays and gamma rays give people weird powers, so I tried it, and yeah, it killed him. It's all right though, because I ate the meat afterwards and I've always heard that it's okay to kill animals as long as you do it for food. It tasted a lot like human. What? I've told you guys about that time I ate somebody. I didn't? Okay, so this one time, me and my buddy were wrestling and I tried to do a piledriver on him but I accidentally broke his neck and he died instantly and I didn't know what to do, but then I remembered that humans are basically like meat, right? And humans are basically animals, right? So I ate him and then the cops found out and when they showed up at my door, I just told them I did it for food and I was really hungry and they were fine with it and left.
You guys wanna play some Mario Party?"
OdysseusVA
Banned
Its killah time
I was perfectly fine skipping it, but with the way Waypoint was talking about it I miiiiight have to check it out. Seems really neat
LurkerPrime
Member
I dunno that XCOM: Enemy Within is harder, it's more that it throws a lot of curveballs that people used to XCOM: EU won't be expecting. MELD encourages much more aggressive play and gives players lavish rewards; the new enemies are a mix of dangerous and difficult to anticipate, curbing popular squad builds; and there's a handful of new strategic-level challenges to overcome. It makes the overall game much more engaging, more than anything.
And man, speaking of EW's additions, XCORPS is gonna love EXALT.
Series never die.
War of the Chosen is the real deal. It's difficult to overstate how much it improves XCOM 2.
I've actually been struggling to think of a better expansion pack ever released... but the thought is unfair because XCOM 2's horrendous performance problems are 100% fixed by the expansion (and exclusive to it, due to engine changes).
And man, speaking of EW's additions, XCORPS is gonna love EXALT.
Series never die.
War of the Chosen is the real deal. It's difficult to overstate how much it improves XCOM 2.
I've actually been struggling to think of a better expansion pack ever released... but the thought is unfair because XCOM 2's horrendous performance problems are 100% fixed by the expansion (and exclusive to it, due to engine changes).
kambaybolongo
Member
XCOM must die for Beast in the East to live. So it is written.
If you like xcom, it's really exellent. Makes the game a lot better and gives fantastic new options.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Stop it.
I don't want to buy it right now
Somebody tell me WotC is really bad please
It's still a Firaxis XCom game. It's probably super buggy and you probably miss 100% chance point blank shots all the time
Yeah, I'm super happy I picked it up. I don't know if I like it more because I find it easier though, because I'm late game now and ripping up everything in my sight. I accidentally activated 3 pods on my soldier's last turn but somehow managed to not lose a single soldier and clean up everything within 2 turns.
I'm on Veteran so it's not the hardest thing in the world but even late game in Vanilla I still felt very threatened and the last mission was hellish (both performance and difficulty wise). I have a feeling unless there's a big curveball, the last mission will be a walk in the park compared to the base game.
Hellsing321
Member
It really bad because it's based on Xcom 2 which I heard was bad and once something is bad it can never be good.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
So far, Alex is the only one who has completed a mission, right?
Edit: God damn, that mission loadout music in XCOM is sooooo freaking good
Edit: God damn, that mission loadout music in XCOM is sooooo freaking good
Abby finished one for her first episode I think
Dan did his mission of keeping himself alive, wouldn't you consider that a mission complete.
Wait what. Really? I bought Xcom 2 in prep for when I'm feeling like getting war of the chosen, and I was noticing the game had some jank.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
I can't imagine a worse failure state.
LurkerPrime
Member
I just want Dirt Bike and Brad to survive. They're too fabulous to abandon.
Yes.
So long as you should be able to reasonably run it to begin with, I mean.
Yes.
So long as you should be able to reasonably run it to begin with, I mean.
Did you break into a coworker's hotel room and steal their N64 so you could practice for an upcoming video game wrestling tournament?
Never a misunderstanding but hour head of department quit out of the blue once. That put my vacation to a quick halt.
TheMadMan007
Member
Finally got to Brad's stream where he played Knack and he was blown away by the PS4 Pro options of choosing either frame rate of graphics....
REALLY? Why would anyone be excited about having to choose one of the other? Shouldn't the whole point of the Pro be the fact that it's powerful enough to do both? Wow, I couldn't be more pleased that I never bought a Pro if that is the options that they give.
I mean sure, if you have to choose you'd always go with a better framerate, but man.... having to HAVE to choose and not be able to just have both with a "more powerful" console just seems terrible.
REALLY? Why would anyone be excited about having to choose one of the other? Shouldn't the whole point of the Pro be the fact that it's powerful enough to do both? Wow, I couldn't be more pleased that I never bought a Pro if that is the options that they give.
I mean sure, if you have to choose you'd always go with a better framerate, but man.... having to HAVE to choose and not be able to just have both with a "more powerful" console just seems terrible.
Blitzrules240
Banned
Ya'll ready for the quick look of the year to drop at 3:01 AM ET.
everybody's golf is later than that
OdysseusVA
Banned
YOU DONT EVEN KNOW
Seems a really weird thing to take issue with. The concept of giving the player the choice on how the extra power they opted-in to gets put to use is as old as PC gaming. It's better to have the choice than to, say, have a 4K render forced on you when you would have rather the juice been put to making the game run smoother. All hardware has its limits, and a Pro having roughly twice the power as the base model isn't going to let you render 4x the pixels at also twice the framerate (meaning an 8x increase in pixel throughput).
Basically: get real.