They showed the first part of the game on Unprofessional Fridays and Brad said he wanted to get into the game before doing a QL.
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Giant Bomb Thread #5 - We love you, Ryan Davis
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They showed the first part of the game on Unprofessional Fridays and Brad said he wanted to get into the game before doing a QL.
It's not the frame rate that bugs me. I played SR3 on my PS3 no problems. But the near-constant tearing in SR4 is driving me nuts.
Any other details? because i'm gonna be building a new pc possibly, and I just would like an idea of what kind of cpu, and ram to look at.
I assume it'll be sometime this week. Brad said he wanted to do one and he really liked BiS.
Incandenza
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So I played Gone Home.
Yeah, wow, I can absolutely see why Patrick says that game is important.
Yeah, wow, I can absolutely see why Patrick says that game is important.
I didn't like it at all. Didn't get a wave of nostalgia and the story was incredibly basic. But I can see why that would work for some.
SteveWinwood
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Giving it two hours is extremely generous. Expect to finish it in one and a half.
I didn't get a wave of nostalgia (even though I have so many cassette cases laying around) and yes the plot is pretty basic.
I still enjoyed it immensely. I don't see how those two things could have stopped you from enjoying it.
An i5 3570k will be enough even through next gen. For RAM look at Kingston or something, it's cheap so it doesn't matter as much. Also look at the 700 series of cards, not 600 series.
njean777
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Somebody hasn't played the ps3 version I see.
madcatz so free
Yeah, I'm not sure why it didn't click with me.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So if I am young enough where most of the nostalgia stuff won't register would the enjoyment be diminished?
Aren't you around my age? Should be fine.
Some of it is specifically American nostalgia so bits of that might fly over your head (and mine) anyway, but it's more about the general vibe of the thing anyway. If you remember what VHS tapes are that's about the base level, I'd say.
I doubt it. I don't think nostalgia is anywhere near the top of the list of feelings the game is trying to evoke. Its "90sness" is mostly used to make the gameplay work, to justify all those handwritten notes and to keep a very simple mystery from being solved in a minute.
Most of their '90s pop culture references still populate the nerd culture so heavily, it's hard to feel particularly nostalgic for them. Former riot grrrls/zinesters would likely get much more out of it, nostalgia-wise.
My parents were looking through some VHS tapes to record with (yes, in this day and age). One of them contained the very first season of Pokemon from Cheez TV. Dat hard-hitting nostalgia.
I'm not even that old.
Better?
Right, feels so good.
It's actually doing really well. One of the most played games on Steam right now and the topseller.
No Splinter Cell QL?
How can you QL Splinter Cell without someone asking who turned out the lights?
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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I finally got around to the latest mailbag and that ending has me dying.
Drew's, "You just love prints don't you Brad?" followed by the ridiculous staredown... Hysterical.
Drew's, "You just love prints don't you Brad?" followed by the ridiculous staredown... Hysterical.
brianmcdoogle
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I was hesitant to even download PvZ2 after the Quick Look, but I did it today, and I'm already on the Pirate level without even buying anything. Yeah, the prompts to buy stuff is gross, and having to replay levels to unlock stars is a bit tedious, but the challenges to unlock stars are actually kind of fun. I'm not bothering with keys, and I have my strategy down so far (I just finished the Pirate level, but now I need stars... I haven't even used any of the coin power-ups or anything). As a free to play game, I haven't hit a big wall yet.
I certainly see where they are coming from, and I know Brad's OCD to buy/have everything can overcome him at times, but I'm basically just doing a critical path (ignoring keys) and replaying early levels to unlock stars, and I'm enjoying things so far.
I dunno. I'm having fun.
I certainly see where they are coming from, and I know Brad's OCD to buy/have everything can overcome him at times, but I'm basically just doing a critical path (ignoring keys) and replaying early levels to unlock stars, and I'm enjoying things so far.
I dunno. I'm having fun.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Man, I barely remember VHS, still, seems like I'll be fine.
Since a few people brought up Saint's Row PC from the QL. I'm paying on a PC with Core 15-2500 and AMD HD6950.
At 1080p and high settings it runs at 30 fps (that was the default detection setting). but I want 60, so I need to drop down to 720p and turn some settings to low/med.
sprinting at 60fps is so great.
At 1080p and high settings it runs at 30 fps (that was the default detection setting). but I want 60, so I need to drop down to 720p and turn some settings to low/med.
sprinting at 60fps is so great.
Did they ever settle that bet about Sam Fisher's googles?
That's how I feel, I'm in the same boat. I've unlocked the pirate level and have 22 stars currently for the next stage saved up and have been unlocking gates with keys along the way. No money spent and just a lot of fun has been had. I get why the paywall there is annoying, but it just takes a modicum of self control to not fall into that rabbit hole and a single press to click off the adds.
It's only inherently evil if you want to protect naive people from spending money on fake things. If they weren't going to spend the money on new plants maybe they'd go lose a bunch of money on a pyramid scheme or something. Gullible people won't win.
TriangleOfCorruption
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I have a serious problem with the site.
I like to watch videos in windowed mode through the youtube player, but it doesn't let you start the video and then select windowed mode. Minutes of every week have been lost when I inevitably forget this and have to refresh.
I like to watch videos in windowed mode through the youtube player, but it doesn't let you start the video and then select windowed mode. Minutes of every week have been lost when I inevitably forget this and have to refresh.
I've really only put money into upgrading the big pistol (Dual Welding). Should put money in "more shots" for the shotgun, as I'm tired of running out of shells.
But now that I've got a plethora of superpowers....
MINUTES LOST! ENTIRE MINUTES!
Aw, Splinter Cell was a Ryan game.
Try Ranked Matches, I never had to wait more than a few seconds yesterday evening.I'm really loving divekick but can't find any online matches
DangerStepp
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On the Bombcast, was Brad insinuating that he and his old lady got into a domestic dispute over Animal Crossing?
I bet Brad yelling angrily at you is scary.
I bet Brad yelling angrily at you is scary.
Incandenza
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It's definitely a simple story, but it seems like they were aiming for emotional resonance and relatability over Bioshock Infinite-esque plot complexity. I guess the game's success depends on whether it clicks with you emotionally, which it did for me in a waaaay bigger way than I was expecting. I was, like, roiling in feels at the climax of that game.
Nah, it just sounded like his ladyfriend was sad at the idea of having to give up her current town and starting over on a new 3DS.
I doubt it. Sounded more like he just gave up his 3DS to her. I think the awkardness was his policy of not talking about his significant other in any real way - which is cool - but he never should have teased a story if he was just going to leave it hanging. Even Vinny seemed confused as to what he was on about.
Yeah, that is exactly my situation with BF3. Played on PS3 was completely fine.
DangerStepp
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My post was tongue-in-cheek; Brad is a nice dude.
I didn't realize he had a policy, but I can understand where he's coming from on that front.
Ventilaator
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Solforge looks like a game where people bring numbers to a match and whoever brought the biggest numbers wins. I'll give the game a shot, because I'd really like to play an online card game like that, but it sure didn't give a good first impression.
I keep playing Yu-Gi-Oh games to this day, because you can have such dramatically different styles in building your deck. Solforge on the other hand looked like you have monsters and cards to raise the attack of those monsters.
I keep playing Yu-Gi-Oh games to this day, because you can have such dramatically different styles in building your deck. Solforge on the other hand looked like you have monsters and cards to raise the attack of those monsters.
Oh wow! Wasn't expecting Brad to return to Devil May Cry so soon. He's so close he might even finish it today.
edit: Wow he really harped on the performance of The Bureau which seemed more like him overestimating what a 670 can do and not restarting the game rather than poor optimization.
edit: Wow he really harped on the performance of The Bureau which seemed more like him overestimating what a 670 can do and not restarting the game rather than poor optimization.
The first part of the final boss battle can be really annoying.
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