GameGrumps are a group of LPers on Youtube. I used to enjoy some of their content, but now it's just a mess. Jon is one of the two original "members" (together with Egoraptor), but he left because of some unknown drama.
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GameGrumps are a group of LPers on Youtube. I used to enjoy some of their content, but now it's just a mess. Jon is one of the two original "members" (together with Egoraptor), but he left because of some unknown drama.
I KNOW MY YOUTUBE!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
ME2 is terrible if you loved ME1.
Absent ME1, I guess ME2 is a competent and and average third person shooter with terrible map and encounter design.
Glitchesarecool
Member
This Halo QL is painful to watch. Blaming the controls...
SteveWinwood
Member
i was too busy creeping on miranda the whole game to notice any of these things
we'll always have paris
I loved both ME1 and ME2. I didn't mind them dumbing down the RPG elements in ME2 (and I'm a huge fan of old school Bioware) because I didn't really think the "deeper" RPG elements in ME1 added very much to the experience. It plays a lot better than ME1 even if the combat isn't fantastic, and I liked the writing in ME2 better than the writing in ME1. It's the high point of the series for me.
wait wasnt egoraptor that newgrounds cartoon dude
Nah, he was that guy who was on the PSN reality show.
Glitchesarecool
Member
A long time ago. Now he works for Disney/Polaris.
Man, the GAF GameGrumps thread seems to hate GameGrumps now. Still, blows my mind how big Polaris and similar networks have gotten. Disney buying Polaris was pretty huge.
ab.aeterno
Member
Finally, someone else who understands.
Glitchesarecool
Member
I don't dare go in there. All I hear about it is negative things.
I do think that the Grumps have run their course. Table Flip was an interesting spin, but you can kind of predict what's going to happen in each episode now. I pop in to watch games that I'm interested in rather than watching each episode daily like I used to.
Technosteve
Banned
I played ME 2 after replaying ME 1 on PC i had originally finished it on the 360. ME 2 was this garbage on rails shooter that basically discarded everything I liked about ME 1. ME 2 took away all sense of agency over where the story was going, instead it doubled down on the terrible combat systems and linear story telling. I was so angry at the game that I deleted it half way through my play through.
WHY DID THEY DUMB ME 2 DOWN
WHY DID THEY DUMB ME 2 DOWN
stump sock
Member
It's about stakes. They need for you to care about what you're doing, and whether you succeed or not, so they make failure the end of the world/universe/multiverse, and your character innately special and crucial to stopping that catastrophe, because it's the fastest/easiest/most economic way of doing that. But it's really easy to get burnt out on this if every single game story revolves around the world ending in some fashion.
Otherwise, they have to get you invested with good character work, mystery, an enthralling story, etc etc and most games (and most entertainment mediums in general) are very bad at doing this.
Chance Hale
Member
#justgiantbombthings
Technosteve
Banned
Jeff sucks at halo
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Without Miranda, there wouldn't be EDI cameltoe. Thanks BioWare.
ME1 plays like an RPG and ME2 is much more a Gears clone. That's fine, and in time, I didn't mind the shift, but in the heat of the moment ME2 was a massive disappointment to me and was a "concession" to the "masses" who didn't like RPG mechanics.
And I found the ME2 story tedious in that nearly every character had daddy issues of some kind. It made the Persona 4 writing/characterizations stand out as well defined and subtle... which is sad considering Persona 4 is full of anime tropes.
Anime is amazing. lol
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
no no no
please don't shake the baby
please don't shake the baby
Felix Lighter
Member
I think I've come to the realization that I am to Mass Effect what Jeff is to Borderlands. The first game was a flawed gem with tons of potential but the sequels didn't expand on the potential and fix the issues. They contracted the scale and cut anything that wasn't fully fleshed out in the first game. I wanted so much for the series to live up to it's potential and take advantage of its universe but they played it safe after Bioware realized they bit off a little more than they could chew with the first game.
TharpDaddy
Member
I prefer Mass Effect 1, but I think ME2 was a great game as well. They are pretty different games, though. Mass Effect 1 was an RPG with shooting, 2 and 3 were a shooter with RPG mechanics. I'd like them to go back towards the 1 style with the new series, but that has almost no chance of happening.
ab.aeterno
Member
ME2 wasn't a dark middle chapter of an epic, it was an inconsequential waste of time fighting blenders.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I gave ME2 a try but I just really didn't like the gameplay. Just felt like a really average TPS.
Also ran like shit on the PS3.
Also ran like shit on the PS3.
The Dear Leader
Banned
"I've just never been a Halo fan.", said Jeff, to the biggest Halo fan in the office, Drew.
*plays Halo for the Quick Look*
git gud gertsmann
*plays Halo for the Quick Look*
git gud gertsmann
Aerobatics
Neo Member
He is a ghost in the shadows, walking unnoticed through crowds. He can slit an enemy's throat before they even realize he's there, and slip away, never to be seen again. Those few who do notice him soon forget he ever existed
and Cole isn't certain that he does exist.
-actual official thing someone wrote for a da3 character.
Honestly, I don't really believe the dragon age reviews. Didn't a bunch of sites give dragon age 2 really good reviews?
-actual official thing someone wrote for a da3 character.
Honestly, I don't really believe the dragon age reviews. Didn't a bunch of sites give dragon age 2 really good reviews?
Keyser Soze
Member
I am shocked at all the upcoming QL... I dont have time to watch what is already published!
Loved both ME1 and ME2, thought almost everything they did in ME2 was an improvement.
I share this sentiment. Loved both of them when they came out, enjoyed playing ME2 far more.
Glitchesarecool
Member
FNAF2.
Nope, nope, nope. As someone with a phobia of costumed characters/mascots I am literally unable to handle this game.
Nope, nope, nope. As someone with a phobia of costumed characters/mascots I am literally unable to handle this game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/mass-effect-2-review/1900-254/
rudds should weigh in on the debate.
rudds should weigh in on the debate.
MadLaughter
Member
Maybe not Jeff's best week on Quick Looks so far. Oh well, the point of the site is that they like and keep it real.
"...seamless blend of action and role-playing..."
You have got to be kidding me. ME2 had next to no role-playing elements, besides a stripped-down ability tree. Ugh, man I am so salty.
Please,e me2 is actually just about how cool you party members are. Hang everything else
The Dear Leader
Banned
I think all the Mass Effect games are great, I had issues with the ending of 3 like most people but, the 25ish hours I played up until the last 15 minutes was fantastic. I felt ME1 was too much of an RPG in detriment to the gameplay, and ME2 streamlined that maybe a little too much, but they had good a balance in ME3 I think.