SlowRevolution
Member
listening to brad on the podcast and then looking at the way he posts here is pretty great
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Giant Bombcast - | 10-14-2014 |
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While I'm sure that Ubisoft insider was telling the truth in terms of the technical aspect of the game I didn't appreciate how over half of it was basically an ad for Unity. If you are emailing in anonymously no point in trying to impress the higher ups that will likely fire people after the game ships.
'What's the point of graphics when it should be about how the game is fun..
.....But our graphics are way better than Mordor'
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Jesus fuck brad stop fucking bringing up destiny.
Colonel Nasty
Member
Someone please time stamp the Destiny talk during the GOTY podcasts that way I don't have to skip the whole thing.
I might be in the same boat. We all know how that conversation is going to play out and it'll likely be drawn out. I don't mind that they talk about it that much but I'd rather listen to them talk about other stuff at this point.
It's worth listening to. It's mostly Jeff's view on the game this time.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Stop bullying destiny
JesseEwiak
Member
At this point, I'm hoping Destiny is on the GB Top 10 list and a GAF favorite, just for the reaction.
Despite me not liking Destiny and thinking it is quite possibly the most disapppointing game in the last decade I can see why people would enjoy playing it.
Watch Dogs on the other hand...
LOL @ that last segment. Man, I'm so juvenile.
Anyway, pretty so-so podcast this week. I feel like the conversation was way too Jeff/Brad dominant, much more so than usual. Jason rarely got to talk.
And man, all this Destiny talk since the game came out has really lessened my excitement for the GOTY podcasts. I've played about 80 hours of the game and I've gotten to the point where I'm just completely sick of seeing and hearing about it. I feel like it's literally gonna be only Jeff and Brad arguing hours upon hours about this game in every category the game sees fit and that super bums me out.
Anyway, pretty so-so podcast this week. I feel like the conversation was way too Jeff/Brad dominant, much more so than usual. Jason rarely got to talk.
And man, all this Destiny talk since the game came out has really lessened my excitement for the GOTY podcasts. I've played about 80 hours of the game and I've gotten to the point where I'm just completely sick of seeing and hearing about it. I feel like it's literally gonna be only Jeff and Brad arguing hours upon hours about this game in every category the game sees fit and that super bums me out.
I would actually be in favor of that.
Vinny probably won't because of his housing situation but Patrick and Alex may show up. Vinny, Patrick and Alex could also have some sort of GBeast GOTY thing.
It's worse than DOTA because the Destiny talk is the exact same fucking conversation three episodes in a row.
Brad's leaving.
I don't think Brad's tastes are ever going to make everyone happy, and that's fine. He's obviously a guy that likes to really get hooked into one particular game at a time, which might be annoying to some...but I think his focused passion for gaming is a good dynamic to have in the group, since you don't really see that with the rest of the crew.
WrenchNinja
Member
Destiny is worse than Yoshi's Island and NiGHTs.
I'm probably the wrong person to comment on that aspect of it, I don't mind the Destiny or the DOTA talk despite not being particularly interested in either game.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I think that's fine, but you don't have to bring it up for so long.
I don't even think DOTA 2 got this much focused talk. It quickly dropped to 10 or so minutes of brad talking about his week of DOTA 2 or some weird thing happening in the scene. Better than every fucking week of jeff and brad arguing about destiny with brad going "I agree with you but I still like the game" for 30-50 minutes. Not really compelling discussion.
Leafhopper
Banned
I am downloading it now.
I need to know though, how much of this 2 hours and 41 minutes is about Destiny.
Depending on what the answer is will change how I prioritize listening to this.
I need to know though, how much of this 2 hours and 41 minutes is about Destiny.
Depending on what the answer is will change how I prioritize listening to this.
JesseEwiak
Member
I think it's pretty simple. Jeff is playing the game too, so there can be a discussion, even if it's the same one as every other week. Meanwhile, when it was Brad, he could just say, DOTA 2, and since nobody else was playing it, there wasn't much to be mined from that conversation.
In other words, we need Jeff to stop playing Destiny to end this horror show.
Good point about Vinny. I totally spaced that.
YoYo Switch
Banned
I'm not surprised that brad loves destiny after falling into the dota trap. There's probably a while market of people willing to play games that waste their time like that.
I think that's sorta where the WoW audience has gone. Into Dota and other mobas etc
I think that's sorta where the WoW audience has gone. Into Dota and other mobas etc
Basileus777
Member
He has to able to distance himself from his own tastes if he wants to be a good host. These last two podcasts have been pretty self-indulgent.
While they may seem like the same kinds of games on the outside I wouldn't group Destiny and WoW with mobas. Mobas are competitive multiplayer games, not grindfests.
Vire
Member
Hahahaha, good one.
Tell that to the millions of people grinding for the free heroes in every MOBA.
Completely different kinds of games. Destiny is a content-constrained grindfest.
DOTA is a mechanically pure multiplayer game.
Infinite Justice
Member
Damn he sounds like a fucking crack addict now.
Yeah, the only connection I can see is some slot machine effect in the way DOTA hands out hats after matches, but those hooks aren't in the game itself.
There is no such thing in DOTA 2.
I wouldn't even group Destiny and WoW.
WoW has massive zones, a plethora of dungeons, and a ton of raid bosses on a variety of difficulties. Their next expansion is even removing the necessity of the daily grind that plagues Destiny. I'd argue Destiny almost seems archaic in the MMO-type game: the genre is moving past the grindy days of yore.
Infinite Justice
Member
love how Jeff is ripping it apart...again LOL
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how Jeff is poking at Brad about destiny being the worst and most disapointing game of 2014.
I can't wait for GOTY podcasts
Jeff and Brad need to begin building alliances, because it's going to be an all out war!
The Mass Effect 3 filibuster was really bad. The Skyrim one was the worst, but ME3 top 10 discussion was still terrible to listen to. Brad created this narrative for himself that the version of the game he played was so different and improved, but it really wasn't. Everyone else had the sense to realize the DLC wasn't really anything more than panic retcons and fan-service, but I think Vinny was the only one who really had something to say about it, but didn't really care that much in the end.
Can't wait to listen how Brad gonna Brad this year either way =D It's tradition at this point, as infuriating as it sometimes might be.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Brad saying that he almost broke is...funny haha. That material gathering, its' the mind killer.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Are you guys just shit talking destiny because you played it and disliked it? Or because Jeff? Seriously odd reading its quality or lack thereof become some sort of meme here. Why is it weird that brad enjoys it? Lots of people are enjoying it.. This comes off as mass trolling to me. Sorry I'm drunkish.
Lots of people like lots of terrible things. This is why they keep making Transformers movies.
ItsTheNew
I believe any game made before 1997 is "essentially cave man art."
Or the souls series!
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Brad agrees that material gathering almost broke him.
Jeff dislikes many things.
Many, many people were burned by Destiny.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
No, I'm just sick of hearing it, and the 1/2 hour < discussions that dominated the recent bombcasts. I won't even mind it if brad just spends 10 minutes talking about the recent things he did in destiny, but he somehow finds a way to make it 1/3 of the stuff talked about.
It's ok that people don't like the thing you like. It doesn't make you any less of a person. Stop thinking that people have to like the thing you like.
You can look back in my post history for the proof, I've actively played and participated in the content of Destiny all the way up to the hard mode raid. I enjoy that game.
My main issue is that, after clearing everything it has to offer, I'm left looking back and realizing that a lot of my time spent with it was just repeating old content or doing something I didn't want to do solely for the loot. Sure, I put plenty of hours into its campaign so I could get the daily heroic mission done, but none of those missions ever have any setpieces or interesting content. Outside of the raid and the crucible, so much of the content is just the same rote enemy wave encounter over and over again.
It's just a big disappointment considering everything that game could have been, and everything a new Bungie game deserves to be. I want a better PvP experience in a Bungie shooter, with more modes and more features. I want a better campaign in a Bungie shooter, with more epic set pieces and a more cohesive story. I guess I'm just bummed that, after all my excitement, I'm bored of the game after only a month.