illmatic19
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I wonder if Alex got a copy of GTA..
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Giant Bomb Thread #5 - We love you, Ryan Davis
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I am not sure which bit you mean but they did tease an endurence run announcement that turned out to be a troll. They did a video thing and then cut it before they announced anything.
Funny that they seem to get annoyed at people constantly asking after a new ER but can't resist poking the bear occasionally - which likely gets them even more people asking after it.
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Tomorrow.
Definitely. I really hope we get to see Vinny fuck around with GTAV. Although, like someone said earlier in this thread, having Vinny backseat driving during QL's often leads to comedy gold.
are they not doing any kind of live stream of the GOTY contender new release or something today? seems uncharactermaristic of them, unless theres some kind of embargo.
although i guess they arent that into monster hunter 4
It's 9:19 a.m. for them. They probably either aren't in the office yet or are barely sitting down.
Infinite Justice
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no Bombing today?, bummer
Eh? I think you missed it. Started two hours ago.
Infinite Justice
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I see nothing on the site.
I guess it finished recently and waiting on the archive to popup
It finished like 40 minutes ago....it will be up.
Fried Food
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can i see the Bombin' archive on twitch or some other place?
They use YouTube I believe for Bombin'
Oxnard Montalvo
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I can't really explain it but I'm really not a fan of Alex at all. His writing is solid but something about the way he talks is extremely annoying to me.
I think he's good when it's with very few people. The movie podcast and AM show are fine.
A Sentient Keyboard
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I've seen multiple people express this sentiment but I personally really like him. I think he does a good job on both Bombin' the AM and the movie podcast. Plus, he did some great Encyclopedia Bombasticas (Top Gear and Punch Out) a while back.
I think he's been awesome on both the movie podcast and morning show. He flows well with Rorie and Patrick.
I did enjoy Alexs God Of War review.
http://us.gamespot.com/god-of-war/reviews/god-of-war-review-6120758/
http://us.gamespot.com/god-of-war/reviews/god-of-war-review-6120758/
That got me to buy GoW back in the day. I was waiting for a sale originally. I watched it a few times before making my purchase.
Honestly, it depends a lot on how they do this part. Fucking around wasn't as much fun in GTA4 thanks to how money/cops/movement worked. The bro-dating and the lack of activities didn't help much, either.
I dunno, it's risky in open world sometime. They could be doing a small side mission or activity and a character randomly goes "Damn, I wish Trevor were around to see this" or something ultra spoilery.
I'll be keeping my GTA5 content until after I play it.
Yeah, the heist in GTA4 was probably my favorite mission in the game. It's cool that we get more of it and they're a little more in depth with the planning.
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firehawk12
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So guys, Jeff objectively thinks that GTAV is better than SR4 right?
As someone who's completed SR4 but not touched GTAV, I subjectively disagree.
Accurate.
John Rabbit
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i don't see how it's impossible that Jeff can personally enjoy a game over another game he professionally thinks is superior.
4 stars vs 5 stars. I don't see any other way to interpret those results! (did I write that properly?)
My personal feeling is that Saint's Row IV, while an amazing and pretty much perfect game when it comes to the enjoyment you can extract out of it, it feels too much like Saints Row The Third.
There's no impact to it. Saint's Row The Third flipped everything we know about Open World Games on it's head and, like Jeff said it himself a million times, went all the way stupid. This is no serious game, this doesn't want to pass a message to the player. It's just a fun game to play.
Saints Row IV, on the other hand, just iterates on that aspect, removing some boring sequences (like the VIP missions, and most of the driving around) and added Super Powers (something that already exists in open world games like Infamous, Prototype, Crackdown). The difference between SRIV and those games? To quote Ryan Davis, the Needle is still stuck in stupid - it's just not that impactful the second time around.
GTA will always receive raving reviews from every game press site out there: Everybody expects the new GTA game, everybody is well trained to give out good scores (thanks Rockstar PR team) and the game is beautiful in many ways, including graphically, attention to detail, the creation of each ambient and the huge amount of things you can do in the world.
To me, personally, and I didn't even read Jeff's review of the game yet, it all comes down to how fun is to play the game. A great example: The Golf Minigame looks polished and amazing. Only thing is: I have ZERO interest in playing a Golf game. I'd much rather they spent all the resources and time perfecting the Golf Minigame section into making the entirety of the game more fun for the audience (which I don't know if it is or not).
I've always hated every single GTA game I've ever played, with the exception of GTA 1. To have fun in any of the 3D ones, I would have to act like a demented character, wreaking havoc at any given opportunity, while the game always wanted to provide me a boring and serious storyline that I didn't give two fucks about (and I'm mostly talking about GTA IV here). I really have my doubts they'll be able to turn that around this time, and all the "political" and "misogynistic" reports i've been seeing popping left and right don't leave me with much hope that they will.
Oh Red Dead Redemption. The best Rockstar game will never be appreciated with good Framerate or by the PC crowd that don't have a console/couldn't enjoy it this past generation. And that's a shame.
Jeff has done this in the past, and it's a real dumb way to review games.
John Rabbit
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it really isn't. it's a method of objective critique that i trust only someone of Jeff's caliber and experience to be capable of doing.
A Sentient Keyboard
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I may be misremembering/misinterpretating things, but I recall the GB guys saying that they would review/score games to reflect only their own opinions (i.e. no 'this game is technically better so I'll rate it higher than a game I personally enjoyed more), and that the readers would take the reviewers specific tastes and quirks - which they learn through GB's personality-focused set-up - into account when deciding to buy or skip a game.
I'd like to ask Jeff about this on tumblr, but he'll probably roll his eyes and ignore me assuming I'm one of those score-obsessed people that start bugging him about every major review.
MK vs DC 5/5
This is correct. Jeff Gerstmann is a master of his craft. He is the video game Morgan Freeman.
Did you just post a huge fucking spoiler?
But that has nothing to do with reviews....
John Rabbit
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i'm not sure of the point you're attempting to make here? obviously reviews are opinions, but a review can either be from subjective (do I like this game?) or an objective (is this game good?) viewpoint.
for instance, i think the shawshank redemption is one of the finest films ever put to celluloid. but that doesn't mean i wouldn't watch the golden child 9 times out of 10 if presented a choice between the two. shawshank is, objectively, the better movie; golden child is, subjectively, the one i enjoy watching more.
SteveWinwood
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Sounds like an example of something that could be a spoiler.
Well considering I said I'm avoiding GTA5 content until I play the game I'm gonna go with...no.
OK, then I still love you.
Reviews are inherently subjective.
Scoops and the Wolf seems to be arguing about GTA for the sake of arguing. One second Patrick says that he's ok that the series have become middling since it allows Rockstar to experiment with other games. The next minute he says he wishes they'd take more risk with GTA because all of their other games are so experimental.
Make up your mind Scoops!
Make up your mind Scoops!
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