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Giant Bomb Thread The Third: #TeamBrad
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Brad has single-handedly trivialized the 5/5 rating at Giant Bomb. It means nothing.
TemplaerDude
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Uhhhh how's that?
Are you one of those people who despise Diablo 3 as much as the GB guys hate RE 6?
Or is there a different 5/5 that annoyed you?
shadyspace
Banned
Those are all fantastic games.
naw, they're accurate.
really, Syndicate is a fantastic 5/5 game?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
That was Jeff...
Brad didn't review that.
waiting for Brad to play it and love it. then it'll be guaranteed to win.
That was Jeff though. And just cause he gave it 5/5 did he really like it? It's not always the same thing when a reviewer exceeds the meta critic average by that much. That's what I've heard, anyway.
yea, he got the new TV. not sure if he got the new gfx card yet.
ashbash159
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Looking back on the year, here's the big games I've played (so far):
- Mass Effect 3
- Sleeping Dogs
- Borderlands 2
- Diablo III
But my favourite games are all much smaller games, unlike previous years:
- Journey
- The Walking Dead
- DayZ
- Dear Esther
- Fez
- Trials Evolution
The next couple of months are likely o have some really good big games.
Overall this year has been really too quiet. Even the beginning of next year seems more interesting than the whole of this year to be honest.
- Mass Effect 3
- Sleeping Dogs
- Borderlands 2
- Diablo III
But my favourite games are all much smaller games, unlike previous years:
- Journey
- The Walking Dead
- DayZ
- Dear Esther
- Fez
- Trials Evolution
The next couple of months are likely o have some really good big games.
Overall this year has been really too quiet. Even the beginning of next year seems more interesting than the whole of this year to be honest.
Yea, don't forget the loot. The loot was crap.
shadyspace
Banned
I lol'd when Jeff casually pronounced Inuyasha correctly.
I definitely don't think Syndicate deserved the 5/5 but neither did Sound Shapes or Diablo 3.
EDIT: I did enjoy Syndicate for what it was. It actually was decent at telling a story. I don't think a lot of people played it (less than something like Binary Domain-which is also criminally underplayed). I liked it as much or more than Resistance 2, and that game had incredible reviews across the board.
EDIT: I did enjoy Syndicate for what it was. It actually was decent at telling a story. I don't think a lot of people played it (less than something like Binary Domain-which is also criminally underplayed). I liked it as much or more than Resistance 2, and that game had incredible reviews across the board.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Disagreeing with numbers, never not fun.
Vire
Member
Indeed, hopefully there's at least a few winners among those since this year really needs it.
Forza Horizon could also be interesting. Still not sold on it though, the 30 FPS is kind of a downer.
Diablo 3 certainly deserved it - it's a fantastic game. People were upset the game didn't provide enough content after playing close to 100 hours (they added new ranks a few weeks ago, so the situation is likely different now)! If that doesn't speak to its quality, I don't know what does.
AHA-Lambda
Member
I don't personally agree with the score, but I can see how one could justify it. It doesn't bug me to the point that I would say "Brad Shoemaker has made the 5/5 review worthless." I do wonder how many of the people here with opinions have played the games though.
EmCeeGramr
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I was upset that the game had a disappointing second half and became a mindless and badly balanced slog on higher difficulties where most of the content was.
Ghost_Protocol
Member
Where did the Brad "anime editor" meme come from?
Vire
Member
Yeah, my bad. Should have said finished it.
Asura's Wrath
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I love jeff's #crackingwise twitter theory.
brianmcdoogle
Member
When Brad used to take his summer vacations back home in London, he would hold a small anime convention. That's why he's leaving Giantbomb, so he can devote his full time to making LAX (London Anime Expo) the biggest convention in Europe.
Typographenia
Member
I was just thinking the other day about when Jeff might get around to another Jar Time. Excellent timing and excellent title.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Regarding quick look vs quick look EXes, it seems like the higher profile EXes seems to do really well for them. The views on youtube for the Borderlands 2 EX is much higher than their regular one. Though that might be due to it being preview footage that fans really want to see.
We need a gif of his face at 36:28 hahaha
Typographenia
Member
I'm glad it hasn't just been me. I've had trouble falling asleep the last three nights now because of the heat of my room at night.
hillsighed
Member
Same, though I live in Southern California (about a mile from the beach) and it rarely gets above 70F here because its constantly cloudy, and the sea breeze. Past few days it's been getting up to 80-ish and I've been dying, lol. I'm just used to the mild-ass tempatures we normally have here.
Emblemic is a perfectly cromulant word.
This, this is the post that convinced me people will complain about ANYTHING where reviews are concerned.
Typographenia
Member
Just stop having fun when you play games.
SteveWinwood
Member
I don't like the color of the stars. The review sucks.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
haha even I noticed that one
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
omg y u so bad at revewing
I'm sure you won't respond to this since you seem to ONLY post in this thread when someone says something negative (lol), so open question to the thread: For GOTY (or any other award) debates should post release patches, content, etc factor in, or should they be considering the game as it was at launch? Diablo 3 has me thinking about this as say what you will about that game at launch, it's come a looooooong way. It's probably still short of what it should have been, but it's a considerably better game now then it was at launch. I'm curious if that should be taken into consideration or not.
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