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Giant Bomb XX | Donut Create Push
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TheMrPliskin
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Yeah it was.
Gozer the Gozerian
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Xcom is a great example of a game that is hard to play (well) while in continuous conversation.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
What website did Jeff stream his wedding on and are there archives
MassiveNights
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It doesn't have to be uncivilised to be salty. The passive-aggressiveness is pouring out of people.
I finally watched the QL EX and even the dev playing the game didn't wanna talk during his session. he constantly forced the other dev talk about what was happening. def not a game that you want to play casually.
avengers23
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A little disappointing that Brad and Dan are not the same dogs, they're being the same and all.
shortsFortallPeople
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I dont care how hard it is to play while QLing, leaving your dudes out in the open and ending their turns is like the worst possible way to play xcom. It's like literally the very first thing xcom teaches you, to not leave your dudes hanging.
Maybe Dan was just trying to end that mission ASAP and didn't care for the results. But I really hope that's not how he plays normally because that's like some brad-playing-shadow-of-the-colossus terribad
Maybe Dan was just trying to end that mission ASAP and didn't care for the results. But I really hope that's not how he plays normally because that's like some brad-playing-shadow-of-the-colossus terribad
Piston Hyundai
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Drew's (relatively) frequent Pac-Man 2 references are great. You can tell he knew the struggle of the frugal Genesis owner.
The game didn't come out on PS4.
Drew says tranquil weirdly.
Glitchesarecool
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Man Titanfall was a hell of a game. Never got the same rush of excitement and glee that I did while playing that game.
I hope they don't fuck it up.
I hope they don't fuck it up.
Sleeping Lesson
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Yep. Titanfall 2 has the potential to be reeeally interesting.
Piston Hyundai
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If the campaign focuses just as much on platforming as it does murdering people, I'm there day one.
I think their campaign could pretty epic. just hope it has more legs than the first game.
Just catching up on content and happy to see Giant Bomb continuing the theme of having performance and stability actually impact scores, rather than just a footnote with "oh and this game crashes a lot, I still had fun, but you might wanna wait for patches lol" like reviews often do.
True, but they chose to release it in that state, so tough.
True, but they chose to release it in that state, so tough.
Yeah, although I feel it does get a bit weird if a couple of patches later it all gets fixed and your review becomes outdated.
Same thing will happen next week with Street Fighter V, since they're patching a lot of stuff in later on. I'm already dreading the reviews.
MassiveNights
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Dan's wrestling gimmick would be WWE ready if he started doing a Martin Shkreli thing and offering popular acts to only wrestle for him off camera.
shortsFortallPeople
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The review might be outdated but it's perhaps because reviews such as this one penalize the game for technical issues that
a) those issues will get resolved and
b) for their next game they might reconsider launching it in a buggy state to avoid being penalized for it.
It's good for everyone: the consumer is alerted to the state of the game at this time, the publisher is aware that they cannot ship a game in a messy state or else it might affect sales, and the developers can point to things like these reviews and say "see, when we asked for another month or so to polish the game it was to avoid things like this."
Of course the thing has already sold over half a million copies so maybe the only lesson the publisher will learn is that pays to keep on truckin'
Incandenza
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And rightfully so. That game looks even more bar bones than SFIV. The core fighting might be the best, but for some people that is not enough. I love the packages Netherrealm delivers and it's a shame Capcom doesn't do the same. Even the stuff they have planned doesn't equal what the last MK did.
Eh, kinda, IMO it's just a consequence of them switching to a constantly updating model.
I think with MK they (smartly) doubled down on stuff like story, secrets, fatalities , sidemodes etc because they knew they couldn't compete on the core gameplay. (even though it's better than previous MKs)
It's not ideal, but I think it's still a bit odd to be too down on SFV for having little content, considering mastering the characters there at launch can already takes ages.
You might not like the gameplay, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
shortsFortallPeople
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MK has been putting up these heavily loaded fighting games since the PS2 era, though, well before they even tried their hand at the competitive scene. Like including fake puzzle fighters and fake mario karts and stuff.
Let's face it, capcom has been fucking awful forever with loading their fighting games with interesting content for the single player minded person. The closest they got to being competitive with that stuff was back during the 32 bit era, with the PSX release of Rival Schools and the home ports of SFA3. And still, Namco made those packages look thin with the crazy shit they threw out there with Tekken 3.
KillerDark
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Same here, haven't had any bugs except for animations. Had a far worse experience with FO4 on PC, so far at least. Sounds like experiences vary though /shrug.
I lost a mission on ironman because of a bug, an enemy unit bugged out and couldn't be damaged or take any action so I had to retreat. I'd still give it better than a 3 easily but I can't really fault Dan for it. The game is technically a mess.
This is the best "How much does this game cost?" segment on a video yet. 45 seconds of Brad trying to describe how the game is even being sold without any real certainty. Glad Squeenix clarified the model for this game
KillerDark
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Man, that would really suck! Yea those kinds of bugs are a big deal , especially since ironman exists.
No, I love the game already. But I want it to be successful, so I care what others might think. And Capcom putting relatively rudimentary content like trials or lobbies for more than 2 players in later updates is such a dumb idea, that I dread what it means for the reception of the game and its popularity.
It's my first go at Ironman too. I ran around the map for 25 turns and three restarts before I finally accepted it wasn't happening. Supply raid mission too so I am short on everything now.
Yes Namco have also been way better about filling their fighting games with content. Capcom has always been awful at it.
NumberThree
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I had that bug too but luckily it was not on a mission where I had to kill all the enemies. Happened after mind control, but I don't know if it's related.
It was on the final mission and ironman too, so if killing all the enemies was a win condition there it would've fucked me up quite badly...
SatelliteOfLove
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All this kvetching about Dans Xcom 2 play makes me want him to play Valkyria chronicles on UPF.
* Does it have rock solid netcode?
* Does it have Dhalsim?
Thats all Im needing!
mwahahaha
* Does it have rock solid netcode?
* Does it have Dhalsim?
Thats all Im needing!
well, online for Beta looked fine and yes, Dhalsim is in.
I don't understand what's so confusing about the Hitman thing, but maybe that's just cause I'm playing on PC and already pre-ordered the whole thing for $60. It's episodic. You buy it all at once, or piece by piece. Not sure what's hard to grasp about it. I'd sure as hell rather have it episodic and play some new Hitman next month and throughout the year than wait for December for when the whole game is done.
Also, they need to make Brad Shoemaker's Big Book of Stealth into a premium series. We all need some new Premium Shoemaker in our lives.
Also, they need to make Brad Shoemaker's Big Book of Stealth into a premium series. We all need some new Premium Shoemaker in our lives.
shortsFortallPeople
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i'll check it out just to see if it's any good. still haven't played Absolution and I got that on sale a while back.
I was not aware CV had dropped off. I remember at the acquisition CV was the first or second highest rated comic site on the net.
I still maintain that CV made more money than GB. CV had one full time editor and a bunch of freelance. GB subs are very valuable but I doubt they even cover salaries. Although game sites are expected to lose money, so if they are close to breaking even it is way healthier than almost every other site, excepting maybe GS and IGN.
That said. I do not believe the CV/GS merger is due to CV being a failure. GS has been open that it is going in to general entertainment coverage, so bringing CV in to it is a vote of confidence. They think both sites will do better under the GS brand.
GS moving further towards the mainstream makes a GB GS merger even less likely IMO. Their audiences is just going to diverge even further.
SatelliteOfLove
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1. That was great.
2. Brad explaining how the disguise-system works (White dot over head = Recognizes you) and then FORGETTING midway through sure was frustrating.
skLaFarebear
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Even as someone that's more excited than most here for SFV, it really is a shame that some of the bigger features like 8 player lobbies and spectator mode aren't coming until March and I can totally see that stuff hurting the initial reviews. Though if we're comparing it to MKX, I'm a lot more confident in Capcom's roadmap for updates for SFV compared to how WB has been handling the game post release, and a lot of the issues now won't even be relevant a few months from now.
Yes and probably the best iteration of Dhalsim.
Yes and probably the best iteration of Dhalsim.
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