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ashbash159
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Did anyone on GAF go to the panel? Or did GB not tell anyone anything new?
funkystudent
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illmatic19
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I rewatched the "How To Build a Bomb" series and I'm wondering where did Sean Coonce and Andy end up? Did they move over with Berman Braun?
randomlyrossy
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Pretty sure Andy is working on Tested, no sure about Coonce though.
At 'Tested' also. And by 'Tested' I mean BermanBraun building amazing websites like http://mom.me!
I don't want them sending Alex on me if I steal their "Quick Look" name.
Oh, and I can now officially confirm the song will be hitting Xbox 360 this Thursday and it works in both Rock Band 3 and Rock Band Blitz.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Holy shit.
Randomly decided to finish listening to the 2011 GOTY deliberations. I'm really rooting for Patrick and Brad in this Skyrim/Saints Row debate. I honestly still fail to see what makes Saints Row special. It's just absurdity and sophomoric idiocy for the sake of absurdity and sophomoric idiocy on top of a GTA-style open world game.
Saints Row 3 was a silly choice in hindsight. It really was a weak overall game with some really great high points. Skyrim was a crappy choice too though.
darkressurection
Banned
I still mostly find the GOTY discussion to be super lame only because of Ryan turning around an voting for a game he hadn't played just because "he couldn't get behind SR3 as the GOTY" even though it was his personal GOTY. It really soured the whole discussion last year for me.
I really can't come up with a game in 2011 that surpasses Skyrim overall. Maybe Human Revolution, but I'm not sure.
Dark Souls / Witcher 2?
Portal 2.
SteveWinwood
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Only Vinny, Jeff, Dave, and Drew should have GOTY votes.
With Dark Souls, I agree with their reasoning that it's a bit of a niche audience. Along with the buggy translation. If information restriction is key to the game, the information given should be absolutely perfect. Dark Souls did not make that the case.
I haven't played much Witcher 2, just enough to get it as optimized as it could get for my PC (still not very smooth, but that's laptop gaming for you.)
Shiiit, Skyrim ain't even as good as New Vegas. Not even close, homie. There were quite a few games I enjoyed more than Skyrim in 2011.
Rhythm Heaven for the Wii was clearly the best game of 2011
It was funny to hear them talk about the translation as if that was a major problem in the game when it really wasn't. It was a good example of them trying to extrapolate what little information they know about the game and turn it into a major negative point.
That's part of why their GOTY discussions are so pointless, they don't even bother playing major contenders, and instead usually settle down on a game everyone played even if it's not as good.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I remember Dave vehemently agreeing on skyrim being GOTY.
I can come up with many.
edit: Since I am engrossed in Dark Souls now, is there a Podcast where Vinny talks to some lenghts of it?
Greg is secretly the best Giant Bomb member after that 12 hour Skyrim show.
Fox Mulder
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They all seemed to have so much fun with saints row only to roll over on it for Brads stubborn Skyrim filibuster.
I put a ton of hours into skyrim, but it's not some classic gem, at least not the vanilla console version. The combat is shitty, the animations are laughable in 2011/2012, and nothing you do in the world really matters. Then there's the whole other issue of it being largely unplayable on the ps3 at the time.
Felix Lighter
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Though, Dark Souls was my game of 2011, their Skyrim pick never bothered me. It was definitely somewhere in my top 5 with The Witcher 2 and Portal 2. I will always give Bethesda credit for how mod-able they make their games and Skyrim was miles ahead of Oblivion in just about every aspect. I had a lot of fun with it and I played it for an obscene number of hours; the game certainly has more than its share of flaws but no one else is making games quite like them.
Haunted
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Saint's Row 3 even being in the running made me question why I should listen to the opinion of the GB people about anything.
The 2011 GotY pick podcast was painful. Ryan picking Skyrim so that there would be an actual discussion rather than 4:2 SR3 is the only thing that makes sense but that was so lame. After that we all knew what was going to happen, Skyrim would win due to sheer stubbornness and weak arguments.
I'll be there for the 2012 podcast day 1.
And I'll never forgive Brad for his 'it's basically like Bubsy' argument for discounting Rayman Origins since it's a platformer.
I'll be there for the 2012 podcast day 1.
And I'll never forgive Brad for his 'it's basically like Bubsy' argument for discounting Rayman Origins since it's a platformer.
Somewhat joking.
Saint's Row 3 was amazing. You just don't like fun Haunted.
I really enjoyed SR3's writing and it had a ton of style, but I just couldn't get past the gameplay. The act of shooting felt so unresponsive and dull. Voice acting and design was top-notch, though!
Haunted
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I resent this accusation. Some of my best friends are clowns!
Seriously though, Saints humour was just never my cup of tea, in any installment, even as it got progressively more over the top. If you remove the humour (or worse, are actively annoyed by it), there's not a lot of good mechanics to back it up. It's not a bad game, but it's not a GOTY either.
Just Cause 2 was fun. Saint's Row 3 was empty and boring.
slaughterking
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Giant Bomb is the reason why I never played SR3. Jeff said a couple of times how he loses interest in things that people obnoxiously try to sell him on; and that's exactly what he and the crew did with SR3. Every time they said "Guys, you should play Saints Row 3" or talked about how CRAY it is I became a little less interested in it and every time they showed the game in a QL or TNT or whatever I couldn't help but think "That's it?".
So in that sense GB did their part in ruining THQ.
So in that sense GB did their part in ruining THQ.
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Putting those proteins to good use...
*from the Cosplay thread
Striking resemblance.
(It's not him is it? Brad doesn't seem the cosplaying type)
slaughterking
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He also doesn't seem like the type that's been working out five times a week for the past couple of years.
Of course it's him. Brad is widely known to be a huge Batman fan and an avid fitness buff. I think he nails that costume.
Haunted
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I hear it was his going-away gift from the guys.
I wouldn't put it past him
This is the type of thing some who didn't play Dark Souls for more than 2 hours might say. I really wouldn't mind if they did their GOTY stuff in February or March after they've had a chance to catch up on more of the year's games.
Yeah, plus recently release games has more advantage anyway.
I would not mind if they would approach this the same way they approach every game, but they seem to fall into "standard game journalism" mode for that kind of stuff, if that makes sense.
And he thought that Dead Island was a better game than The Witcher 2. Dave can fail sometimes...
Typographenia
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You made the right call. SR3 has a lot of very cool moments/cut-scenes, but the amount of boring gameplay you have to endure to see that stuff is, in hindsight, simply unacceptable.
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