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Yeah I really hope he does something.
Also I forgot that it was Jeff's No.2 in his top 10.
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Yeah I really hope he does something.
Also I forgot that it was Jeff's No.2 in his top 10.
shortsFortallPeople
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Well how does that synopsis even gel with the "bad" ending?
And how the hell did Jocelyn know the truth?
Great game.
Obviously the action to raise everyone's security clearance to maximum is canonical. I'm sure he did that and then she just randomly wandered down there. Yep. Very plausible.
What a game...
TheMrPliskin
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I also didn't take that as the motivation for real Curtis, I thought that his end goal was just driving fake Curtis insane for revenge.
Jocelyn knowing anything is also complete nonsense.
Great game indeed.
Jocelyn knowing anything is also complete nonsense.
Great game indeed.
I should really play it sometime, I remember Jeff having some really interesting things to say about it.Yeah I really hope he does something.
Also I forgot that it was Jeff's No.2 in his top 10.
avengers23
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Tfw one of the Chinese classics of literature is summed up in 2016 meme language: http://twitter.com/austin_walker/status/697948999475712000
Lu Bu 4 Lyfe
That's the one thing I don't like about the timers, it doesn't make any sense for the timer to be active when the aliens are unaware of your presence. I'll probably use that mod on a second playthrough.
ADVENT stuff always self-destructs man! Who knows why!
I guess you could say "well they saw the big dropship fly in" but then you'd have to ask yourself why the guards aren't actively searching for you
stump sock
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You guys solved my flesh puzzle!
I went back and watched the original Phantasmagoria.
There's def some humour you wouldn't hear on modern GB videos
Dunno if I agree with that (having watched it again relatively recently). Dave specifically said a couple of things that were kinda iffy even back then, but I don't think there's much else that came from them. They expressed the same kind of discomfort towards the mentally disabled kid as they did for Phantasmagoria's take on mental illness.
JPBrowncoat
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My amiibo craziness is finally over!
I bought pretty much all of them
People are going to D R A G the fuck outta Kanye for this, it's going to be brutal.
I hope you got to watch all that, it must've been incredible.
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Incandenza
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I hope some day someone will solve my flesh puzzle
XCOM 2 Review -
3/5
That's lower than I expected.
EDIT: Ah, the performance issues really hurt it for him. I hadn't heard too much about those, but hopefully all those get wrapped up by the time I get around to it. It sounds like the perfect game for me.
Glitchesarecool
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Good to see Dan highlight the technical problems.
Also the taiko drum game in Rhythm Heaven is legit. Right along with getting two lizards to mate.
Also the taiko drum game in Rhythm Heaven is legit. Right along with getting two lizards to mate.
skLaFarebear
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Harsh score, but those technical issues sound especially annoying in a game that's brutally difficult. It definitely makes sense to highlight it if it was FO4 levels of bad for him.
3/5 seems harsh but I haven't ran into the kind of stuff he has. Framerate is a bummer but it's a turn based game so not a huge deal. Pretty crappy technically but one of the best strategy games I've played.
Don't agree with the score in this case since the game itself is so good, but I understand the frustration.
Don't agree with the score in this case since the game itself is so good, but I understand the frustration.
Basileus777
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I haven't had any crashes in XCOM 2, but the game is absolutely chock full of minor bugs, animations breaking, and awful load times even on a SSD. There's a real lack of polish to the game.
stump sock
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yeah as annoying as the technical issues are, apart from the occasional crash, they have in no way actually impacted my ability to play the game.
but to each their own
but to each their own
BreezyLimbo
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yeah as annoying as the technical issues are, apart from the occasional crash, they have in no way actually impacted my ability to play the game.
but to each their own
I imagine if Dan kept running into issues that were stopping him from playing the game, they would impact his own playthrough of it >_>;
JPBrowncoat
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Ah that's a shame. I'm really having fun with it. Had to restart my first run after 18 hours since everything went to shit. But I take it as a learning experience. I do wish it was more polished though.
Tfw one of the Chinese classics of literature is summed up in 2016 meme language: http://twitter.com/austin_walker/status/697948999475712000
Lu Bu 4 Lyfe
I'm a pretty big Liu Bei fan, but that's mostly because his Puzzle and Dragons card is dope as shit. Cao Cao is cool as well.
PinkCrayon
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Man easy looks pretty easy if that quicklook is anything to go by.
therealminime
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I haven't had any crashes in XCOM 2, but the game is absolutely chock full of minor bugs, animations breaking, and awful load times even on a SSD. There's a real lack of polish to the game.
This has been my case. My experiences probably would result in it getting a 4/5 for me since nothing I encountered was more than minor bugs, but I totally agree with Dan and everyone in that it is really disappointing and surprising how rough around the edges it is.
Whenever I enter the "throwing flashbang" AOE thing, I drop to 7fps on a 980 Ti which is just... I don't even know. Combined with the utterly bizarre "caps lock to faster loads" really makes me wonder what is going on with the game at times and how it got shipped in such a rough state, basically repeating the last game.
Edit: I also wish there was a difficulty setting somewhere between easy and veteran. I couldn't get very far in veteran but found easy to be a cake walk.
Gozer the Gozerian
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I went back and watched the original Phantasmagoria.
There's def some humour you wouldn't hear on modern GB videos
I had the same thought when I started going back through the Persona 4 endurance run hahaha
Glitchesarecool
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Man easy looks pretty easy if that quicklook is anything to go by.
I know this is borderline a no true scotsman fallacy but you really don't play XCOM on easy.
Salty Catfish
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We all know Dan awarded that score purely for attention. He's probably sipping on his boxed wine and haugtily dipping oreos into nacho cheese as we speak.
We all know Dan awarded that score purely for attention. He's probably sipping on his boxed wine and haugtily dipping oreos into nacho cheese as we speak.
Dan Rykert knows exactly what he's doing.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Dan Rykert knows exactly what he's doing.
Lest dispel with this notion that Dan Rykert doesn't know what he's doing
I had the same thought when I started going back through the Persona 4 endurance run hahaha
Yeah, Vinny doesn't really react super pc to naoto until they start getting into her as a character properly
BreezyLimbo
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Lots of salt in the comments.
I'm waiting for the 'if Brad or Jeff reviewed it, it would've gotten 5 stars because they actually like it~!!!!' comments
Lest dispel with this notion that Dan Rykert doesn't know what he's doing
legit made me LOL
skLaFarebear
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I'm waiting for the 'if Brad or Jeff reviewed it, it would've gotten 5 stars because they actually like it~!!!!' comments
"Jeff wouldn't give a game 3 stars just because it performed badly!"
Glitchesarecool
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Sriracha is a godlike addition to pizza.
therealminime
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Watching the XCOM 2 quick look now and Dan's use of cover is... fascinating.
LurkerPrime
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I was ready to scoff at Dan's review, but he makes a good case for the technical issues. Never even occurred to me that hacking views could get blocked, for example; but I've seen enough bad cinematic views to believe it. Firaxis did this to themselves... now it's up to them to fix it.
In what way?Watching the XCOM 2 quick look now and Dan's use of cover is... fascinating.
Watching the XCOM 2 quick look now and Dan's use of cover is... fascinating.
i wonder if dan is an average representation of xcom 2 players or not
Unaha-Closp
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I had to delete a campaign because XCOM 2 is buggy. Could not proceed with anything and had to start all over. 3/5 sounds fine to me. Technical should definitely factor into a score I think.
Glitchesarecool
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i wonder if dan is an average representation of xcom 2 players or not
Jesus I hope not.
Incandenza
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Another fine week for broke-ass games.
Dan is not an average representation of anything.i wonder if dan is an average representation of xcom 2 players or not
There's no option for permadeath in xcom, it's always on.
EU had it turned off on the lowest difficulty.
stump sock
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I know this is borderline a no true scotsman fallacy but you really don't play XCOM on easy.
as someone who has beaten the original X-com and TFTD, as well as XCOM:EU, I assure you that easy on this game is not easy
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