MonHun, one of the few games where "throw **** at him" is tactical wisdom.
The Giant Bomb Quick Look Thread 2
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MonHun, one of the few games where "throw **** at him" is tactical wisdom.
brianmcdoogle
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Patrick: "Ghost dog?"
Brad: "Yeah, they got Forrest Whitaker for this game"
Brad is the "secret best" GBer.
Brad: "Yeah, they got Forrest Whitaker for this game"
Brad is the "secret best" GBer.
Patrick: "Those are Dark moon pieces, right?"
Brad: "I'm not sure... I thought that was the whole point of the game, right?"
Game: "Oh, you're hunting gemstones!"
Patrick: "I don't know what they could be..."
Brad: "Yeah..."
[paraphrased]
At least Brad got it a few rooms later.
I shouldn't watch puzzle game QLs, they're bad for my brain
Brad: "I'm not sure... I thought that was the whole point of the game, right?"
Game: "Oh, you're hunting gemstones!"
Patrick: "I don't know what they could be..."
Brad: "Yeah..."
[paraphrased]
At least Brad got it a few rooms later.
I shouldn't watch puzzle game QLs, they're bad for my brain
LightofRohan
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Goddam Brad and Patrick together is so boring.
And I love pretentious ass Patrick declaring the show is bad like it is fact and then talk about how he doesnt even pay attention to it when he watches it. He can be such a shit-head...
And I love pretentious ass Patrick declaring the show is bad like it is fact and then talk about how he doesnt even pay attention to it when he watches it. He can be such a shit-head...
Gozer the Gozerian
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Well its true the show is bad. At least its the fun kind of bad though.
The show definitely isn't great.
Circle Jerk
Member
The comics are pretty good though, and it's shitty he dismissed them off hand like that.
I fully agree. His flippant dismissal of Kirkman's writing and character development made me think less of Patrick considerably.
Hot Coldman
Banned
There's a made-for-the-show character that Patrick reckons is a lot more interesting/better written than the characters from the comic, ergo Kirkman sucks.
But that sounds like a hell of a leap.
For the sake of discussion and not misrepresenting his opinion I'm just going to quote what he said in the Quick Look from the 6:36 to 7:45 mark.
Patrick: "I've never read the comics, though or I read like the first anthology. But... I sort of have started developing a theory that Kirkman's - well Robert Kirkman the guy who created the Walking Dead - stumbled upon a really cool concept of like a...serializing a zombie apocalypse... but like, the stuff he is most closely involved in - the comic and the television series - it kinda petered out because they don't have very good characters.
Whereas Telltale, you know, that game is all about the characters. And the characters are extremely well written. And then... I feel like... cuz that's where this lives or dies, right? Like you can only make zombies... zombies are not scary when you're seeing them every week. Or that's a really difficult thing to do, so why try to do it. Instead you try and focus on the characters, the human drama."
Brad: "It can't be about the zombies. The zombies have to be a backdrop, an antagonistic force."
Patrick: "And that's what Telltale's game does wonderfully."
Brad: "Right, and it creates a lot of human drama. I didn't realize that was the opinion of the other Walking Dead stuff."
Patrick: "I've never read the comics, though or I read like the first anthology. But... I sort of have started developing a theory that Kirkman's - well Robert Kirkman the guy who created the Walking Dead - stumbled upon a really cool concept of like a...serializing a zombie apocalypse... but like, the stuff he is most closely involved in - the comic and the television series - it kinda petered out because they don't have very good characters.
Whereas Telltale, you know, that game is all about the characters. And the characters are extremely well written. And then... I feel like... cuz that's where this lives or dies, right? Like you can only make zombies... zombies are not scary when you're seeing them every week. Or that's a really difficult thing to do, so why try to do it. Instead you try and focus on the characters, the human drama."
Brad: "It can't be about the zombies. The zombies have to be a backdrop, an antagonistic force."
Patrick: "And that's what Telltale's game does wonderfully."
Brad: "Right, and it creates a lot of human drama. I didn't realize that was the opinion of the other Walking Dead stuff."
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Given that Kirkman is involved in writing the TV show, who knows. 
Either way, the TV show vacillates between something watchable and something that deserves to die in a fire like The Killing.
Either way, the TV show vacillates between something watchable and something that deserves to die in a fire like The Killing.
A shit-head for giving an opinion? And the general consensus is TWD is average at best. Hell, look at the thread on GAF even. Mostly saying how dull the episode was or praising that it was "at least better than last weeks". It's a very hit and miss show. The last couple of episodes have been pure trash.
TWD is a weird show where some episodes can be absolutely brilliant and the week after the episode can be absolute filler and extremely bad. Just depends on whoever is writing the ep I guess. Though it's quite a good sign that the upcoming new showrunner wrote one of the best episodes of the entire series two weeks ago.
Also it was pretty wrong of Patrick to dismiss the comics just because the show handled the comic material wrongly.
Also it was pretty wrong of Patrick to dismiss the comics just because the show handled the comic material wrongly.
Hot Coldman
Banned
ugh superhero comics *fart noise*
I have no idea what Scoops thinks of superhero comic books
brianmcdoogle
Member
Super hero anything usually sucks
he only likes the horror ones filled with vitriol and solid mechanics
SuperSonic1305
Member
Patrick sucks again. As amazing as Telltale's game is the drama doesn't even come close to what happens in the comics.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Ostensibly, right?
I should be doing hw
Member
Patrick is apparently under the impression that The Walking Dead is the only great thing that Robert Kirkman has ever done.
Hell yes, Invincible is great.
The "emotional resonance" of Telltale's game is definitely overrated, I will say that. I enjoy both though, it's really not an either-or situation.
Ninja Scooter
Member
for some reason this post and your avatar makes me want a Telltale Wire game.
mash q to run from Omar
Angelus Errare
Banned
This is one of the sticking points on why I find him insufferable and have drastically slowed down my quicklook watching to avoid hearing him. I find it admirable that he has been widening his videogame pallet and giving things a legitimate shot, but there are so many things he just has a preconceived notion against and he is just naturally absolute speaker who loves his own fucking voice, so even if he has no room to speak on a subject he'll detail against it. This is just another example of that happening.
I should be doing hw
Member
I feel like if they did they the temptation to abuse quotes like "It's all in the game" and the "The game is rigged" would be too much for them. And then the inevitable, "The TV show sucked" from Patrick to top it off.
A young Prop Joe side-story, for some reason, excites me. Omar is too obvious and I don't trust that character in the hands of anybody but Simon.
Made it more appropriate.
Keyser Soze
Member
Alright Ryan you motherfucker. Fuck you, you piece of shit. Fucking cocksucker this is Fucking Rouge Fucking Warrior. Fuck it is. Play this Fucking Bethesda game that came out on Xbox Fucking Three Sixty and Play Motherfucking Station Three. Fucking let's do this!
The lack of QLs is getting to me
The lack of QLs is getting to me
Triple Da G.O.D!
Member
I've been catching up on Quick Looks and that ARMA3 one has to be the best of year so far I have to say.
And a Telltale Wire game, I'd pay actual real money for that.
Good Morning, McNulty. What are your plans today?
And a Telltale Wire game, I'd pay actual real money for that.
Good Morning, McNulty. What are your plans today?
- Fuck my own shit up.
- Fuck up somebody else's shit.
- Everybody's getting caught in the McNulty shit storm.
Keyser Soze
Member
Everything is great again!
You should get it, it's pretty good.
Rodney McKay
Member
Zero way of knowing. I don't think any of the future content has been detailed.
D'oh. Can always get it later though, right?
Rodney McKay
Member
Yup. I got $15 credit from GMG for preordering Infinite and I might use it on the season pass if the content turns out well.
Aw shit, shoulda jumped on that deal. Oh well!
How'd they find time for the QL, though? Aren't they on their way to GDC?
GDC is in San Fran no? Shouldn't be hard. They might have recorded this ahead of time.
Must...not...watch...
I won't be able to pick up the game for a few more days
It's super early stuff.
like, before you meet the girl early
Quick Look - Disney's Infinite! (31:02) (Jeff/Johnny V)
This similarly looks really, really compelling and yet sounds chock full of pretty cynical business decisions. I'm very conflicted here.
This similarly looks really, really compelling and yet sounds chock full of pretty cynical business decisions. I'm very conflicted here.
Keyser Soze
Member
FIXED
"It breaks fiction" is such a bullshit PR excuse for only being able to use characters from that universe in that level when the real reason is almost certainly either "it would be too hard/take too much time or money to get all the characters working in every level" or "the rights holders wouldn't let us".
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
I feel dirty watching this Disney quick look. It feels so corporate.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
So those pog like power discs are dlc that are a blind buy like trading cards? That's... that's a new level of evil.
Edit:
Also I gave a shudder when Johnny V said "creative geniuses at Pixar" It's like he had a shock collar attached to him and the PR person off screen had the controller and would push the button unless Johnny said specific key marketing words.
Edit:
Also I gave a shudder when Johnny V said "creative geniuses at Pixar" It's like he had a shock collar attached to him and the PR person off screen had the controller and would push the button unless Johnny said specific key marketing words.
What? The real reason is obviously, "We want to force people to buy all the toys so they can access all the playsets."
It's like they took the idea of Skylanders and made it even more insidious.
That sounds about right.
The only thing I could think of looking at all of them on the table was $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$