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Giant Bomb X | Built-In Automatic Death Thing For Secret People
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Try that for a minute in real life, phew!
lol
Dominated usually implies people give a shit about it. The system is not selling.
Jeff has hinted that publishers would show them much less attention if they didn't do any reviews. Back of the queue for early review copies etc. Big reviews like COD likely get decent traffic too.
One Weird Trick for Longer, Stronger Crouching... armed guards hate him.
Yeah, I remember him saying that they do reviews to stay on Metacritic and get early copies of games. Some of them obviously still like writing reviews, but that seems to be a big part of it.
Basileus777
Member
And it's probably not too much extra work to put out some text when they are already playing these games. It's not like they are hurrying to get reviews out right after embargos break.
NumberThree
Member
Pretty sure stealth game characters have retractable legs.
Chance Hale
Member
Get fit brah
Yeah, exactly. They only get reviews out right after embargos break for the biggest AAA games they review. I'm still waiting for that Wolf Among Us review
Jeff said once most of their page hits came from reviews. They're still getting read much.
Letterboxing video games is still one of the dumbest things you can do. That Evil Within QL is still not convincing me of the game. Technical issues in PS4 don't help either. I mean seriously they use idTech5 at 30 fps without running at full resolution and still can't manage a stable frame rate? Kinda pathetic.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Great evil within just arrived at my house and I am at uni. What do I do?
Bring PS4 to uni. Logical solution.
Jimmyfenix
Member
That could work. I saw some one bring a microwave to a lecture once.
drop out
DyslexicAlucard
Member
Honestly, I really hope the twist in that game isn't as obvious as it seems. It's even called The Evil Within, for chrissake! If it all being in his head isn't a red herring, that's some mighty poor plot they've got there.
In light of stealth brad discussion, I'd recommend anyone who was put off alien isolation by the quicklook to consider giving it a try. When the alien is looking for you and you're hidden, you don't just have to stay sitting under a gurney or inside a locker for minutes on end waiting for it to disappear - you can break line of sight and crawl away the first time it turns away or gets far enough away from you, or you can use any of the several items you'll have crafted to distract it. It's certainly not easy to evade every time, but I rarely felt I was killed unfairly or forced to wait around indefinitely for the alien to leave.
Chance Hale
Member
Get the PC version, I am running at 3200x1800 without ever dropping below 30. I do have a 780Ti, but any mid-range card will be able to hold 30 at 1080P
PC is not an option.
Chance Hale
Member
Get used to having that performance level become more and more common then
If nothing else as more and more games run incredibly well on the PC as the console versions sputter about the nonsense about magical console optimization will come to an end.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
*watches 6 parts of the tail of the sun replay*
*7 is not available in my country*
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
*7 is not available in my country*
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
Both on GI's website and on Youtube?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
On youtube.
Found 7 on the GI site.
Found 7 on the GI site.
stump sock
Member
my favorite Super Replay has to be Illbleed, if only because Tim Turi is the most patient man on earth apparently.
Chance Hale
Member
Lol at Brad missing the ladder and running around like a headless chicken.
I don't understand why he didn't think you couldn't crawl under the wire though. I mean.....of course you can.
I don't understand why he didn't think you couldn't crawl under the wire though. I mean.....of course you can.
Is Tim the one who does all those clutch boss fights?
stump sock
Member
the way you guys are moaning, I thought you meant it was pillarboxed. I have no problem with this aspect ratio.
I think he drove the whole thing? haven't seen it since it was new though.
buy a bigger tv lol
joking
I think he drove the whole thing? haven't seen it since it was new though.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Is it a coincidence that kim jong un has returned to north Korea when Drew is on "holiday"
Well, it's pretty much a pretty standard MMO design, isn't it?
Yeah, he was usually the guy who played all those games during Super Replays. Illbleed especially seems like it plays like absolute shit, with the tankiest tank controls and just awful combat in general. Need to call those ladders all the time!
Tim was also on the couch for that one UPF episode. Good man that Tim Turi.
Maybe, I also don't really remember outside the boss battles.
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
Evil within's letterboxing seems so fucking weird and dumb nowadays, it also really turns me off from the game. Also i had some weird issue in the GB website, i had premium for several days after my subcription ran out, i had to log out to become a free member. It's not the first time this happened either, this time just lasted longer.
Jimmyfenix
Member
It's not great, but it's miles better than "shoot the bullet sponge boss until it dies". At least there are other mechanics in play (don't let enemies reach a certain spot, deal with debuffs, split into two teams with different objectives, avoid crap on the ground, debuff a boss so you can attack it, etc).
I remember there was a good conversation on the Bombcast once about how at some point throughout their careers they considered removing review scores altogther but there would always be a huge backlash from readers whenever they tried it. Wish I could remember what episode it was from.
Haunted
Member
But it's... still bad?
Watching the first boss encounter in the vault
"The Templar"
I haven't watched much Destiny footage after release and was looking forward to playing through its content at least once eventually, but honestly, if what I'm seeing on that stream is the best Destiny has to offer (by all accounts) it's turning me right off.
SteveWinwood
Member
Then have fun with poor performance!
it's not going to get better as the generation continues either
stump sock
Member
I don't know what you're basing that on. People always end up making better performing games as consoles age and optimizations are discovered.
Right, but what your missing is
the one team member that picks up a shield that gives him the ability to de-shield the boss, the adds that spawn called "Oracles" that must be dealt with immediately or cause a raid wipe, and the imprisoning shield placed on one raid member that needs to be DPSed down
No shit Sherlock! You are telling me stagnant hardware won't get better as developers try to do more and more things that aren#t possible on this hardware?
This game though is just poorly optimized. id Tech 5 is designed to run at 60 on everything and these fools can#t even manage constant 30.
Chance Hale
Member
The camera zooms out depending on the area, more wide open areas pull back a bit.
The Evil Within actually has lighting and props with physics so they obviously have done a lot of work on idtech 5.
stump sock
Member
Dan with the left-field Phineas Gage reference...
Yeah, going through parts of the VoG archive and honestly, the raid design really isn't as terrible as some people make it out to be.
After playing a lot of MMO's, it really does seem that building interesting co-op encounters without the holy trinity class archetypes seems very difficult. Add in the fact that Destiny is first-person (mostly), players don't have much utility (CC, support buffs, etc), and I think they've done a pretty respectable job. Wish more non-MMO's would experiment with similar co-operative multiplayer.
That style of gameplay just isn't for everyone. Even WoW raids, which had the best encounter design in the industry, were only played by a fraction of the userbase.
stump sock
Member
press the H button to ignite hale bays.