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Giant Bomb Thread #4: A thread of perceived slights
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shadyspace
Banned
god fucking dammnit Patrick's goatee is starting to work for me
Really bummed at Brad's Dead Island Riptide review. I totally agreed with him about the first and had a blast playing it co-op (even if the later areas were awful - ugh those sewers). Was hoping he'd give me a reason to ignore the other reviews and buy it. But nope, it's shite.
Hopefully it'll still be used for TNT this week - put those PC's to use!
Zeouterlimits
Member
Me too, looks much more fetching.
funkystudent
Member
Patrick leaves tomorrow for Iceland.
Damn it. He will still be on the bombcast.
Damn it. He will still be on the bombcast.
To be honest the vibe I got from other places is that it's more of the same with some minor improvements/extras. Not really any worse than the first game.
I guess this is a bad place to voice this opinion, but I find Patrick's views extremely grating.
I guess it comes down to me being more optimistic and hearing him nitpicking everything to hell. It really bums me out when I listen to him, so much so that I can no longer watch quick looks with him in it.
I guess it comes down to me being more optimistic and hearing him nitpicking everything to hell. It really bums me out when I listen to him, so much so that I can no longer watch quick looks with him in it.
You have very little ground to stand on if you don't give concrete examples.
shadyspace
Banned
Knocks the most open minded guy on staff as too critical. Okay.
Huh, if anything Patrick is the most open minded and still likes games that have issues.
edit: yup.
If anything Patrick's views are the least grating (excepting Vinny and Drew). I don't see how that can be when Jeff's around, oh man (Jeff's taste in games is pretty crappy but his views on the industry and journalism is great). He's the only one who gave MonHun and 999/VLR a shot.
Yea it is okay, thank for validating that.
razgriz417
Member
He nitpicks yeah (Tomb Raider is the most recent example I can recall) but he's also the most open to trying out different genres that are outside his and the the rest of the crews' comfort zones. Loving the dumptruck features he proactively goes out and gets as well
Which one guys?
Left one.
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
New record for quickest look?
Dead Island Riptide (Brad + Vinny, 8:41)
EDIT: Oh wait, that's just youtube. QL on the site is 26:31
Dead Island Riptide (Brad + Vinny, 8:41)
EDIT: Oh wait, that's just youtube. QL on the site is 26:31
It begins.
Maybe Patrick will make it through the game. I think Brad quit or he just stopped talking about it.
Maybe Patrick will make it through the game. I think Brad quit or he just stopped talking about it.
Good. Just in time for SMT4.
Smokey Mcpot
Banned
"When Hollywood Isn't Enough Podcast" @ 3 PM
wat
wat
Haunted
Member
I like those, nice job feef. "Giant" font from the second one is definitely better.
Bombcast: saved
yaay
Bombcast: saved
Live podcast I guess...no idea why though.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Has he not played Sound Shapes yet? I don't remember him ever talking about it.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
I think it's less nitpicking and more being analytical, he seems to actually think about the systems and mechanics of a game, while most of the other guys just go "I like/don't like this."
Damn it you made me think he started Dark Souls.
I highly doubt he'll beat Persona unless he's going to go on a LOT of plane trips.
If he played a few less iOS games this year he would have had time to get thru P4G by now.
Zeouterlimits
Member
I kno rite, dat swine.
If Ryan watched a few less movies this year he would have time to get thru any game by now.
WrenchNinja
Member
Patrick, you better play it.
Keyser Soze
Member
Vinny has has Level 1 Shock Jockey
Nihilistic Monk
Member
Reminds me I need to get back to it. I have a weird phobia in RPG's of making the "wrong" decisions or not really knowing what I'm doing and ruining the experience and like 30 hours of playtime. Do I spend time with this guy? do I read a book? What if I forget to buy soda?
It gives me cold sweats. What's wrong with me!
RobotMafia
Banned
Im the same way. I still haven't finished P4G. I just started playing it again this weekend after not having touched it for over a month. That's just how I am with rpgs.
RaySpencer
Member
Yeah, its really annoying, hes been doing it for years, and they always let him get away with it too. His arguments are rarely good enough to get them to agree with him, they just end up agreeing to shut him up it seems. Haha.
Typographenia
Member
One day, Haunted and Funky Student are gonna just duke it out in the back alley of GAF. I will be there to watch it happen.
I think Vinny ended up agreeing with Brad just so they could get on to the next topic.
Peter Bazooka
Banned
Why not use a walkthrough if it's got you stressing that much.
Awesome, thanks!
Infinite Justice
Member
Patrick finally bought one (unless he already did for a while and I don't remember)?
WrenchNinja
Member
He probably got one because of all the indie games coming to Vita.
Or maybe its just the office one
Nihilistic Monk
Member
There in lies the rub. I want my playthough to be MY playthrough. Ironically, I want to play to relax. Not have a Vita setup with an iPad/Laptop scrolling through a .txt every 2 minutes to ensure I'm down the "proper" path. FAQ's make me worse, because a lot are written in a "Obviously, you must do this" way when it comes to RPG's. "You MUST put your points into this or else" and so on.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The only truly wrong choices come up at two points, and they are fairly obvious. You can still make it your own playthrough with what kind of social links you want and what sort of personas you use. You need a guide anyway for some of the personas combinations if you want a specific persona.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
It's a "how and why" game not a "what and when" RPG. The boundaries will make themselves known obviously enough.
Typographenia
Member
Jeff's linux hacking skills have blown me away. I had no idea he was so talented.
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