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[Askherserenity]

Totally deserves the 5 stars. Just started playing it yesterday and it's just a very solid game. Gameplay just feels fantastic and I can see people copying the new gameplay systems in the game for years to come.

Its just way too fun to play. It's a great fucking game.

 

[Backfoggen]

Lol of course the new ep of MGScanlon is 3 hrs.

 

[mnz]

Lol of course the new ep of MGScanlon is 3 hrs.

It's the final! Kind of glad I didn't watch it live, I would've expected 1.5 to 2 hours.

Also...20 pages in one day, that's where we're at now?

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

I hope that Mordor makes AssCreed feel outdated just to make Ubisoft care more about the franchise issues.

 

[GavinGT]

Thank you based Dan for making Endurance Runs a thing on Giant Bomb once again.

 

[SteveWinwood]

I hope that Mordor makes AssCreed feel outdated just to make Ubisoft care more about the franchise issues.

dont worry ubi wont care

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Big thumbs up to Dan.

 

[Xater]

I hope that Mordor makes AssCreed feel outdated just to make Ubisoft care more about the franchise issues.

Nah they will just count the money from the millions that bought it.

It's already off my potential buys list though because of Shadow of Mordor.

 

[Moaradin]

Metal Gear Scanlon is my favorite series since the P4 Endurance Run. I hope they play every main MGS game right up to MGS5 and have both Dan and Drew go into it blind.

 

[ReaperXL7]

Ok so I have been catching up on a lot of the podcasts, videos and content from the beginning as I only just started digging into this Giant Bomb thing. The one thing I will say is that Patrick is easily the person on the crew that I dislike the most, I disagree with him on so many things and he often just comes off as a stuck up corporate apologist.

I like pretty much everyone else in the group though lots of great chemistry between these guys makes for lots of great entertainment.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Corporate apologist is the last thing I'd ever call Scoops.

 

[Dany]

At least Destiny is a way better game than ME3.

Now this is some bull.

 

[Myggen]

Also...20 pages in one day, that's where we're at now?

Just be glad that you're not in the Super Best Friends thread.

 

[Curufinwe]

I want AC to focus on traversal over really tall buildings and assassinations, not combat against huge groups of enemies.

 

[Xater]

I want AC to focus on traversal over really tall buildings and assassinations, not combat against huge groups of enemies.

AC has lost that focus since Brotherhood.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Ok so I have been catching up on a lot of the podcasts, videos and content from the beginning as I only just started digging into this Giant Bomb thing. The one thing I will say is that Patrick is easily the person on the crew that I dislike the most, I disagree with him on so many things and he often just comes off as a stuck up corporate apologist.

I like pretty much everyone else in the group though lots of great chemistry between these guys makes for lots of great entertainment.

What do you think makes him a Corporate Apologist ?

 

[Myggen]

Corporate apologist is the last thing I'd ever call Scoops.

There was always this ongoing meme of Ryan being a corporate apologist on the podcast, but yeah, not seeing that with Patrick.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

I hope that Mordor makes AssCreed feel outdated just to make Ubisoft care more about the franchise issues.

It's less that it's outdated but more that they've just been making small iterative changes since Brotherhood. Not only that, but things that are updates in one game don't seem to make the jump to the next, kinda like what happens with the COD games.

For example, Revelations had a couple things going for it that never made it back into the series. Like, when you're playing a story mission where you are walking with an ally to a location, you can make it so your character just auto-follows the ally, so you can sit back and just listen to the story instead of being annoyed about having to hold Up on the joystick and walk slowly with them. That never made it into 3/4 and i thought it was actually a good way of handling that.

Also, Revelations had some amazing uncharted-like platforming sections that were the real highlight of that game. Stuff like that never made it into 3/4, and that sucks because those scenes were really epic and added a lot to you feeling like a badass. Meh.

 

[Curufinwe]

Those platforming sequences were really cool.

AC has lost that focus since Brotherhood.

Well the really tall buildings are definitely back.

 

[Zaph]

Metal Gear Scanlon is my favorite series since the P4 Endurance Run. I hope they play every main MGS game right up to MGS5 and have both Dan and Drew go into it blind.

That would be the ideal, but I highly doubt GB would endurance run a newly released game - especially if it's going behind the paywall.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Lol of course the new ep of MGScanlon is 3 hrs.

:O I missed it live. I guessed it would be a long show.

 

[Myggen]

That would be the ideal, but I highly doubt GB would endurance run a newly released game - especially if it's going behind the paywall.

Jeff has said that they're not comfortable doing that stuff anymore with a new-ish game.

 

[Xater]

It's less that it's outdated but more that they've just been making small iterative changes since Brotherhood. Not only that, but things that are updates in one game don't seem to make the jump to the next, kinda like what happens with the COD games.

For example, Revelations had a couple things going for it that never made it back into the series. Like, when you're playing a story mission where you are walking with an ally to a location, you can make it so your character just auto-follows the ally, so you can sit back and just listen to the story instead of being annoyed about having to hold Up on the joystick and walk slowly with them. That never made it into 3/4 and i thought it was actually a good way of handling that.

Also, Revelations had some amazing uncharted-like platforming sections that were the real highlight of that game. Stuff like that never made it into 3/4, and that sucks because those scenes were really epic and added a lot to you feeling like a badass. Meh.

That's the problem of having a yearly franchise in which dozens of studios are involved. I have reached my threshold with games like this. I play them for a couple of iterations and then I just give up because not enough is changing anymore. I'd rather check out some new franchises because I like new things.

 

[ReaperXL7]

What do you think makes him a Corporate Apologist ?

Just some of the conversations I have heard him have with other members of the crew or responses to emails.

Stuff like him saying that issues with stuff like early access are exaggerated when there have been numerous examples of developers abusing it.

Maybe corporate apologist is too strong but he definitely comes off as the kind of person that lays all responsibility on the consumer.

 

[Ingueferroque]

Nop.

Even the multiplayer is better than Destiny.

Lol

 

[Liamc723]

What's this Giant Bomb Unplugged live stream tomorrow?

 

[Zaph]

Is Friday a US national holiday? Noticed UPF isn't on the schedule, maybe the Thursday show is instead of it?

What's this Giant Bomb Unplugged live stream tomorrow?

They're playing a board game. Apparently it's pretty good.

 

[Xater]

What's this Giant Bomb Unplugged live stream tomorrow?

It's them playing the bluffing and deduction game Avalon: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128882/resistance-avalon

 

[Jimmyfenix]

What's this Giant Bomb Unplugged live stream tomorrow?

Do you remember the Pathfinder videos ? Just like that but they are playing Avalon. I think it was Dan's idea!

 

[Curufinwe]

I guess we'll get a P4 Arena Ultimax QL next week. Probably Jeff and Dan.

I found this illustration in the comments of the QL EX they did for the first game.

 

[bigwinnerx]

I highly enjoyed both ME3 and Destiny.

 

[Xater]

Also I miss them playing Pathfinder. It would be cool if they did that again as well, but if Dan gets them to play some cool board games instead I am for that as well. Modern board games are amazing, so many interesting mechanics many of which some video games can learn a lot from.

Dan if I can suggest a board game for you to play with the duders it would be Cash 'n Guns Second Edition. It's basically Mexican standoff the game. You even get some foam guns to point at each other: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155362/cah-n-guns-second-edition

 

[daydream]

I guess we'll get a P4 Arena Ultimax QL next week. Probably Jeff and Dan.

I will have a hard time resisting an ER rewatch. Why did it have to end ;-;

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

Lol

Dude, come on. PvP is a mess. I got in a team of 6 with level +20 against 4 with level +20 and 1 level 6.

It was a massacre.

 

[Jintor]

I guess we'll get a P4 Arena Ultimax QL next week. Probably Jeff and Dan.

I found this illustration in the comments of the QL EX they did for the first game.

oh my god.




Week after week I can't believe Dan Rycart exists as a person and has survived to the age he has. Amazing.

 

[Keyser Soze]

I need my Danny led FIFA QL, or Danny with Jeff/Dan trying to make them understand/care

 

[Myggen]

I guess we'll get a P4 Arena Ultimax QL next week. Probably Jeff and Dan.

Most likely Jeff and Jason, I'd say. Jason said on Twitter that he'd hopefully be on the QL when someone asked a few days ago.

edit: Here's the quote, when someone asked if he was gonna sit in on the QL of P4U:

Bet on it. I've had it for a bit, but haven't been able to put any time into it. Focusing on it the rest of the week.

 

[Xater]

I need my Danny led FIFA QL, or Danny with Jeff/Dan trying to make them understand/care

Nah Danny + Drew or Alexis. Serious FIFA 15 QL!

 

[Curufinwe]

Most likely Jeff and Jason, I'd say. Jason said on Twitter that he'd hopefully be on the QL when someone asked a few days ago.

Oh, that would be cool.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Old chie for life.

 

[daydream]

Old chie for life.

she so cray

 

[Chance Hale]

Yeah, even the hardcore gave up on GT6 because of the lack of news/support. The game also launched with a glitch that let people buy all the cars they wanted on launch. lol

They've pretty consistently put out patches adding new content and modes, although some stuff like that weird 3D course maker still aren't in. It did launch with more content than any other racing game out there though. Outside from the car count it has 37 tracks, most of which have either dynamic weather or day/night cycles. Forza 5 on the other hand has 14, lol.

Still, even with the impression some have of it coming out and disappearing it still sold more than every Forza game. Track glitch was great though, got around 300 of the cars I really wanted, which was fair to me given how much time I put into GT5. Their comment about not allowing data transfer because hackers would mess things up was mute when they broke the game within a week

 

[firehawk12]

They've pretty consistently put out patches, although some stuff like that weird 3D course maker still aren't in. It did launch with more content than any other racing game out there though. Outside from the car count it has 37 tracks, most of which have either dynamic weather or day/night cycles. Forza 5 on the other hand has 14, lol.

Still, even with the impression some have of it coming out and disappearing it still sold more than every Forza game. Track glitch was great though, got around 300 of the cars I really wanted, which was fair to me given how much time I put into GT5. Their comment about not allowing data transfer because hackers would mess things up was mute when they broke the game within a week

I will say, I prefer GT6 to Forza 5. But even looking at the GAF community for GT6, you can see how everyone has sort of turned on the game in that thread.

Which I guess is still better than Forza 5, since no one talks about that game at all beyond the liveries nowadays.

 

[fadetoblack]

Wow

http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-review/1900-673/

All 5* reviews start with the phrase "perfectly competent." Nah, I can't judge. I've not played it and I'm not particularly interested in the game, but the review was an interesting read. I can see why Brad would like it.

 

[Chance Hale]

I will say, I prefer GT6 to Forza 5. But even looking at the GAF community for GT6, you can see how everyone has sort of turned on the game in that thread.

Which I guess is still better than Forza 5, since no one talks about that game at all beyond the liveries nowadays.

It's more that the game has been out for nearly a year at this point, so everyone has had their fun and things like the sound are still the issue they've always been.

If nothing else PD's unparalleled post-launch support should be commended. They constantly add new content, improve old features, and so on until the next game comes out.

 

[Myggen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u_KwfzsbaA

 

[Curufinwe]

Dan's missing molar story from the Bombcast thread made me wince. The American health system is so stupidly designed.

 

[daydream]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u_KwfzsbaA

I wonder if Jason had a brief moment of shock before he realised that he didn't have to bleep out anything.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u_KwfzsbaA

That's 35 minutes of Jason's life if they were at GI.

 

[The Dear Leader]

she so cray

That is one hairy ass shoe.