Neuromancer
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Sorry your avant garde art got censored Phil.
The Player 1 Podcast Topic
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Sorry your avant garde art got censored Phil.
Neuromancer
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No one reads this thread Mike. What was the podcast that talked about how Sony would go under if the PS4 failed?
Disappearing players and the general glitchiness of the game - still lots of stuttering, unresponsive menus and UI, etc. All things that should have been cleaned up in the ninth version of the game on these systems.
Man coverage seems useless (maybe it's just these teams in the demo)
Still loads of ways to exploit the defensive AI (maybe this can just never change)
The new L-trigger/R-trigger running thing is kind of ineffective--you can do just as much with no trigger, aside from speed burst
Infinity Engine is still around 75% goofy. Better than last year, when it was 90% goofy--still a mess though
Presentation is still pretty atrocious
Man coverage seems useless (maybe it's just these teams in the demo)
Still loads of ways to exploit the defensive AI (maybe this can just never change)
The new L-trigger/R-trigger running thing is kind of ineffective--you can do just as much with no trigger, aside from speed burst
Infinity Engine is still around 75% goofy. Better than last year, when it was 90% goofy--still a mess though
Presentation is still pretty atrocious
You thought man coverage was useless last year?? Man two high was essentially unstoppable for the first three seasons of the MaddenGAF league. The only problem was playing off made the curl unstoppable unless you dropped a LB/DE (or BJ Raji against MrBob!) into a hook zone which made running pretty easy.
Outside of Ballhawk and a few broken offensive plays I thought defense was pretty excellent last year. Obviously it depends on the team. Man up with Williams and Woodson pressing was crazy effective the first two years of the franchise. Years 3-6 not so much since Woodson was old and busted.
Ballhawk though made that all moot. Fuck that shit.
Outside of Ballhawk and a few broken offensive plays I thought defense was pretty excellent last year. Obviously it depends on the team. Man up with Williams and Woodson pressing was crazy effective the first two years of the franchise. Years 3-6 not so much since Woodson was old and busted.
Ballhawk though made that all moot. Fuck that shit.
Whimsical Phil
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I played an early version of it when I worked at Nintendo Power, but it never really clicked for me. I should download the demo and give it another shot.No gameplay impressions from Phil for the W101
It's beautiful, right? Nintendo just doesn't understand art.
I'll have to try it sometime, but it doesn't really seem like something that I would get into. I have been wrong about that sort of thing before, though. I do own a copy, though. I have no idea how I got it (Humble Bundle?).
Whimsical Phil
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Goo Goo Dolls? That's kinda like Yo Gabba Gabba, right?
I'll just give you the salient snippet.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4qGoLByLm24S3ljTVNrcFY0T28/edit?usp=sharing
SuperPac
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There are two conditions where I feel price should be taken into account and mentioned - but briefly and maybe not even taken into account into a score. When the game offers a lot of content for a cheap or budget price, or when the game offers very little content for an initially high price. As a buyer of a product, I'd want to know that and weigh it against my own expectations.
I'll just give you the salient snippet.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4qGoLByLm24S3ljTVNrcFY0T28/edit?usp=sharing
No idea who that kid is or what show that is. I like the yes man he has in the background though.
Whimsical Phil
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This is pretty much my exact view on this. Mention in the text if the game is an exceptionally good or bad deal based on price, but don't let it influence the score.
famousmortimer
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Oh jesus christ that clip.
Neuromancer
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I'll just give you the salient snippet.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4qGoLByLm24S3ljTVNrcFY0T28/edit?usp=sharing
I, uh... I just...
HamPster PamPster
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I just checked and I have 18 gaming podcasts in my feed, not to mention all the podcasts I used to listen to but stopped. I have no clue where that clip if from
Jesus Mike, just how many do you listen too?
Jesus Mike, just how many do you listen too?
I'm going to third this. Just because reviewers don't want what they're writing to be product reviews, it doesn't change the fact that they're basically writing product reviews. There's a way to do it where you weigh the artistic worth and game mechanics more prominently than the value for dollar, but ignoring the latter really does your audience no favours.
Of course, the idea of writing to their audience seems like a foreign concept for a lot of reviewers nowadays.
Neuromancer
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I'll just give you the salient snippet.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4qGoLByLm24S3ljTVNrcFY0T28/edit?usp=sharing
Thankfully I have no idea who that is or what podcast it's from. Why do you do it to yourself, Mike?
It's the shading that does it for me
This is what I said half a year ago when asked to give it a try. 1 brilliant belgium ale + Purge tutorial + game of dota later and I was hooked.
I am now closing in on 700 hours played.
With dota its all in the details. Noone fully grasps how satisfying something as simple as a last hit can be, before they try it.
Ep 355 is up
http://www.playeronepodcast.com/2013/08/25/355-to-infinity/
This week! Disney Infinity, Castle of Illusion, Mario & Luigi Dream Team, Divekick, NHL 14 (demo), Flashback (demo), Killzone Mercenary (beta), DuckTales Remastered, Pikmin 3 and much, much more!
http://www.playeronepodcast.com/2013/08/25/355-to-infinity/
This week! Disney Infinity, Castle of Illusion, Mario & Luigi Dream Team, Divekick, NHL 14 (demo), Flashback (demo), Killzone Mercenary (beta), DuckTales Remastered, Pikmin 3 and much, much more!
HamPster PamPster
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I enjoyed the nametags on the youtube video this week
Ask about his Bane voice :lol
Ask about his Bane voice :lol
Whimsical Phil
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I aim to please.
And we love YOU!I love The Player One Podcast. I listen to it every week
Takamura-San
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I guess they didn't like my Tweet
Neuromancer
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What exactly was all the guffawing about at the 56 minute mark? I listened to that part like 3 times and I still don't get it, I suspect it was something vaguely sexual in nature since it was about oysters.
Whimsical Phil
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I believe you have to wait until the zinger to get the whole joke.
If you watched the YouTube feed, though, it would all make sense.
I must know--which series?
GhaleonQ
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I mean, it's series, plural, but let's stick with the most embarrassing Konami examples.
Gradius was 1. I was intrigued by Konami's awesome PSP shoot-'em-up collections. Should anyone know that it had a timeline, since it affects literally nothing about any game in it? Does anyone care that it incorporates multiple games with titles that aren't Gradius? Would anyone like to know that I hold strong opinions about whether Xexex is a part of the series? Of course not, because none of that matters.
What does matter is that the 1st 2 thoughts that went through my head when Rebirth came out were, "Oh, frick, I am going to be so mad if it's canon and isn't at the front or back of the timeline," and, after research, "I hate you so much, Konami."
On the more positive side, I hadn't played through every canon Castlevania when Order Of Ecclesia came out, so I played through the series in order (with infinite lives for the ones I had played already). I think games like that, which tie a defined and developed aesthetic to the era in which each takes place, are pretty rewarding to play in order.