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Idle Thumbs 65 - Dance of the Treasure Goblin
- Thread starter The Big Rig
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Do whatever!
The Big Rig
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"Imagine a mitten around each of your fingers."
I speel my dreenk
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Wow, TFoL is really amazing. So short, yet so sweet. I wish there was so much more of it!
Really great job with the music, Chris. Lent a lot to the overall atmosphere and tone, and just sounded cool while doing so.
Exuberant!
Really great job with the music, Chris. Lent a lot to the overall atmosphere and tone, and just sounded cool while doing so.
Exuberant!
Thanks!
Chris Remo
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Thanks, I really appreciate that.
The Big Rig
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You guys are off to a great start. Hopefully Max Payne will be modded with the exact model of D3's Treasure Goblin, and the modder blames Blizzard for copying the Treasure Golbin concept from an earlier game.
No!
Chris Remo
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The Dutch Slayer
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YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH 
That's weird that Chris didn't feel anything with the actual art of shooting and stuff in Max Payne 3, because that was awesome, especially watching people react when you do. But I do agree with some of that weird disconnect like golden guns or "whoops I'm a klutz" leading to some insane action movie stunt or the whole "well I'm shitty" overtones in general.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Tribes Ascend felt more like a Chris Remo game to me than MP3 did. Skiing in Tribes is all kinds fun.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Chris, Jake, whomever - by osmosis, you probably know that Spec-Ops has a twist ending, but it also has a
ending. I would listen to the Gamespot podcast with the head writer after you finish the game, but the clues are all there for you to get it the first time around.
"twist"-twist
YES. WE WILL DO WHATEVER YOU SAY!
New thumbs! Yay. And I have received the code for the game too. Double yay.
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Deleted member 30609
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oh my god, Jake nailed the Hans Zimmer thing
Well, 30 Flights was a mindbender, for sure. Probably (definitely?) best analysed as an interactive movie than a game, but I did quite enjoy it. Completely forgot that the music was done by Chris until I saw it in the credits... was absolutely one of the standouts of it (no arse-to-smoke-blowing intended) even before I realised who did it.
HamPster PamPster
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I'm uncomfortable with this not starting the numbering over at episode 1
very uncomfortable
very uncomfortable
Klendathu Club Owner
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It's awesome that the podcast is back, but the discussion seemed to be oddly centered on what they didn't like about the games discussed. I'm sure that wasn't intentional, it just was something I noticed.
gutterboy44
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So great the have Thumbs back. Solid first ep.
I enjoyed the D3 discussion. I am hitting the wall of enjoyment with that game myself. I am hoping I can get one or two items to maybe sell on the RMAH to break even with my D3 purchase. I feel it would be a fitting end since the AH and RMAH are the two biggest hindrances to enjoying the game for me personally. Loved hearing about the music side of things and other minutia that bothered Chris but I was surprised that the auction houses were never mentioned.
I enjoyed the D3 discussion. I am hitting the wall of enjoyment with that game myself. I am hoping I can get one or two items to maybe sell on the RMAH to break even with my D3 purchase. I feel it would be a fitting end since the AH and RMAH are the two biggest hindrances to enjoying the game for me personally. Loved hearing about the music side of things and other minutia that bothered Chris but I was surprised that the auction houses were never mentioned.
My Name Is Luke
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*CTRL+F "Far Cry 2"*
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fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
I think Gravity Bone was better, but Thirty Flights is more impressive. Goldblum mode is the greatest thing ever.
Loved both Gravity Bone and Thirty Flights, but felt the latter was a little too disjointed. I liked the effect, but the frequent sharp cuts near the end almost seemed like a bug. Both games have fantastic endings, though the best thing if they were rolled together in a single game with a touch more content to join them together.
Yep they'll be going up at some point soon, here. The backers-only casts will likely remain exclusive for a while, but we'll be linking the whole series on the archive page.
The disjointed feeling went away for me after a few playthroughs. Don't know what that means, or if that's even worth saying, but it did. Also, unrelated but there are a ton of little details around in the various vignettes to help you place the timeline together if you want (like Anita's bionic leg), which is stuff I didn't really notice until I played it a few times.
snoopeasystreet
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Really great to have you guys back.
Chris, did you play Alan Wake? Interesting to hear of what you thought of Remedy's last game in light of playing Max Payne 3.
Chris, did you play Alan Wake? Interesting to hear of what you thought of Remedy's last game in light of playing Max Payne 3.
Exuberant.
Edit: Also, on Max Payne 3; some of Chris' complaints mirror my own, mainly the dissonance between Max as a character and everything that was going on around him and how the game expected me to play. I also couldn't stand how often the game would take control away from me, sometimes at points for no good reason other than to shove more of their stylistic shit down my throat. Toward the end of the game, I started to find it unbearable.
And while I did think the gunplay was decent, the level design never really supported it like the first two games. In those, each area was almost it's own self-contained puzzle of how to clear a room of enemies while constantly keeping in motion. Payne 3 really felt like a step backward in that regard, I honestly think the cover system was part of the problem as it didn't force you to stay on your toes like the Remedy games.
Ehhh heh heh heeeeeh hnng ha hnng heeeh
Edit: Also, on Max Payne 3; some of Chris' complaints mirror my own, mainly the dissonance between Max as a character and everything that was going on around him and how the game expected me to play. I also couldn't stand how often the game would take control away from me, sometimes at points for no good reason other than to shove more of their stylistic shit down my throat. Toward the end of the game, I started to find it unbearable.
And while I did think the gunplay was decent, the level design never really supported it like the first two games. In those, each area was almost it's own self-contained puzzle of how to clear a room of enemies while constantly keeping in motion. Payne 3 really felt like a step backward in that regard, I honestly think the cover system was part of the problem as it didn't force you to stay on your toes like the Remedy games.
fallengorn
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The Big Rig
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I don't want to be picky, but I've always liked the original intro. Maybe I'm just a harpsichord fan.
Chris Remo
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Thanks, I appreciate it.
I didn't; I just kind of forgot about it.
StevePharma
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Chris are you going to put the 30 Flights "OST" on something like BandCamp or is the game as we got it through the Kickstarter the only way to enjoy it?
Because if not then I have to go all Treasure Goblin on the audio files in the Steam release files
Because if not then I have to go all Treasure Goblin on the audio files in the Steam release files
We're looking at getting the soundtrack up on Steam as well. Failing that, it's something we want to get out there.
Chris Remo
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Chris are you going to put the 30 Flights "OST" on something like BandCamp or is the game as we got it through the Kickstarter the only way to enjoy it?
Because if not then I have to go all Treasure Goblin on the audio files in the Steam release files
We'll be selling the soundtrack through Steam soon. (Presumably once the game is up for sale.)
StevePharma
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Thanks for clarifying. Guess I'll buy another copy (of the OST) then (but only if it's proper quality, at least a lossy 320 kbps I hope
). Feels good huh sucking money out of our pockets..
Don't get too used to it.