Don Draper's Hat
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Kill Your Babies would have been great if Huber and Ben were involved. Hope they do that some other time with a different list.
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Gametrailers Thread: Good Night and Good Game
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brotkasten
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I have certainly read books that got my heart racing, because they were suspenseful, immersive and well written. I don't see why it wouldn't be possible, just because it didn't happen to you yet.
And the only way you, as the player, drive the narrative in the game, is by guiding Joel through the well-made set pieces. There's no meaningful interaction, you have zero influence on the world and characters around you. To me, that's no different than turning the page in a book, which isn't a terrible thing.
I found The Last of Us as a whole enjoyable and you're right about the pacing. The story can be good for a game, but it's not ground breaking at all. It doesn't do anything new, doesn't touch upon any new themes, it doesn't do new interesting things with the zombie apocalypse. And it doesn't have to, by any means. Not a lot of stories can claim that they reinvented the wheel. But just because the story happens to be in a video game, it doesn't get to be elevated beyond any other story that's already out there.
I was thinking the same, but it would be kinda hard to find a new, good list that turns the conversation in a bloodbath by the end. They basically already talked about some of the very best games.
If you talk about pacing and Last of Us, you can't fail to mention the utter slowness of the whole first chapter of the game, up until you meet Henry, basically, it's a slog.
I think the story is definitely a "good for a videogame" scenario, but i particularly appreciated how the ending gave some credit to the player, not having to spell every little thing out, and it had good moments throughout, though over all it was a pretty mediocre tale about surviving in the post apocalypse, in more general terms, and didn't really bring anything particularly new to the table, that stuff like Road, Rover and many others aren't also doing.
And the gameplay lends some value here, but doesn't add an incredible amount to the narrative.
By comparison, a game with more involved, narrative shaping mechanics, could more clearly make that claim.
But yeah, ultimately i'd probably avoid putting it in a top 10 of all time, because of the stuff i've mentioned before.
I think the story is definitely a "good for a videogame" scenario, but i particularly appreciated how the ending gave some credit to the player, not having to spell every little thing out, and it had good moments throughout, though over all it was a pretty mediocre tale about surviving in the post apocalypse, in more general terms, and didn't really bring anything particularly new to the table, that stuff like Road, Rover and many others aren't also doing.
And the gameplay lends some value here, but doesn't add an incredible amount to the narrative.
By comparison, a game with more involved, narrative shaping mechanics, could more clearly make that claim.
But yeah, ultimately i'd probably avoid putting it in a top 10 of all time, because of the stuff i've mentioned before.
Congrats Blood.
AgentChris
Member
Congrats Bloodworth!!
Also a game is getting a 10 from GT this year.
Also a game is getting a 10 from GT this year.
Hydrophobic
Member
Congrats Blood. Enjoy your time off!
Congrats!
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Congrats Blood!
LiquidSolid
Member
Ah, that explains the three weeks off. For some reason, I figured it was for some secret preview event thing.
Regardless, congrats Blood.
Regardless, congrats Blood.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
Congrats Blood!
RedAssedApe
Banned
for some reason i thought blood was already married (maybe just engaged for awhile?). congrats dude. enjoy the time off. better be a blood week when you come back.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Farisr,
A request. I've been told Hubers REmake and RE2 full playthroughs exit as highlights in the deep twitch archive but the twitch app I use doesn't go that far back. Would it be possible to pull them to YouTube? I've been told the RE3 stream is gone.
Also if they exist getting the goldeneye and evil within streams would be great. They mention those but never saw them
A request. I've been told Hubers REmake and RE2 full playthroughs exit as highlights in the deep twitch archive but the twitch app I use doesn't go that far back. Would it be possible to pull them to YouTube? I've been told the RE3 stream is gone.
Also if they exist getting the goldeneye and evil within streams would be great. They mention those but never saw them
Grayfox341
Member
Hi everyone, Ben here. I just wanted to confirm that GameTrailers is shutting down officially today. Everyone is being let go. We all found out mere hours ago, so we're still reeling a bit. Sincerely, thank you all for the tremendous support.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
You guys quickly became my favorite site since 1up disbanded. I hate to see it go....and so abruptly
Edit: please get the crew and do patreon!
I'm really sorry to hear that Ben, what you and the other members of GT created was really special.
I hope you all land on your feet and find new jobs really soon, because that's the least you deserve. I shall be following all of you in your next endeavours.
How is it even legal to fire people on such a short notice.
I hope you all find something new. Thanks for all those years!
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Seconding the above comment. The GT crew was the first time I really cared about a group of personalities since the 1UP era, which I grew up in.
Thanks for all you did.
Thanks for all you did.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
I feel so bad for Blood, man. Get married just to get laid off.
I don't know how to feel. The past two years have been a little rough for me and the gametrailers crew helped me get through it. The news is saddening but I don't want that to be the theme of my post.
The crew of GT were/are the greatest, you all will be missed, and hopefully you all move on to bigger and better things.
The crew of GT were/are the greatest, you all will be missed, and hopefully you all move on to bigger and better things.
RecRoulette
Member
What!?
Quadraphonic
Member
"at will" states.
This is terrible. Hope you guys get picked up quickly.
everyday math
Banned
Perfect Cha0s
Member
That is super messed up. Best of luck to you guys!
I'm really sorry to hear that Brad and Ben. I hope everyone is okay, I'm sure you guys will have no problem finding work. I'll definitely be keep following anyway! Good luck to all the GT staff.
I'm going to try and be there for the livestream.
As others have mentioned, please consider a Patreon or something.
I'm going to try and be there for the livestream.
As others have mentioned, please consider a Patreon or something.
toadsworth
Banned
I will kickstart the fuck out of anything the GT crew wants to produce
AgentChris
Member
Huber, Bosman and crew please join forces and do something like Kinda Funny. You guys are more talented and can make it happen. I have been working a lot more hours recently and will be willing do donate to a startup of some sort.
Ultimadrago
Member
I... can't believe it. You guys are so great. I didn't go through 1UP era, so GT was my first group that I really cared about. You guys brought me a little more joy everyday and I'm really sad right now, to learn that this will go away. I hope you guys have success from here on out, you guys totally deserve it.
Thank you.
Thank you.
themagicalkitsune
Member
Wow what the hell. This was way too sudden.
Horrible news, Ben. Our thoughts are with you guys. Godspeed.
Oh man. I hope everyone will be treated fairly and justly by the parent company with all this happening suddenly.
EDIT: Part of me is hoping this is a horrible joke.
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