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Giant Bomb XXI | Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth
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funkystudent
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That GS review played a decent part in getting him fired. I can see why he holds a grudge.
I remember that Gamespot review for ToD being a bit off the mark though. I should reread that thing again.
BreezyLimbo
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Jeff wants titanfall 2 to have gundams because of the sword teaser
What's up with everybody spoiling the podcast in the thread tonight? I feel like we're not doing that normally in here since there's a thread about it.
I mean... I'm not freaking out about it or anything, just think it's kinda weird that it's happening all of a sudden
Also, it's a bit of a bummer
I mean... I'm not freaking out about it or anything, just think it's kinda weird that it's happening all of a sudden
Also, it's a bit of a bummer
BreezyLimbo
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happens every tuesday I notice o.o?
Hindenblewp
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So do I. That game needs to be full on, dumb, robot fun.
Dunno... Maybe it's me but I feel like normally the specific stuff stays in the bombcast thread.
Anyway, whatever, not a big deal.
fucking ysss
Dr Duncan Steel
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Now I want a Quick Look of MLB: The Show 16.
I want muh Giant Bomb sports team do work.
EdReedFan20
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Now I want a Quick Look of MLB: The Show 16.
I want muh Giant Bomb sports team do work.
At this point, I doubt it's happening. Would love it to, but the game's been out for weeks already. Having the game already, I wouldn't watch it to see what the game's about, I'd watch it to see them do the things they usually do in a sports game Quick Look. I still love their Super Mega Baseball one with Dan's love of the sound of the umpires voice.
Death Metalist
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BreezyLimbo
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WOW 8/10 HOW COULD YOU AUSTIN NOW THE METACRITIC IS RUINED FOREVER</sarcasm>
Liquid Shake
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Salty Catfish
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Great review. Sounds like the PC bugs hurt but that it would have been the same score/tone regardless.
Piston Hyundai
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I'm honestly very curious about how much sway GB has on the Metacritic score, being a fellow CBSi website.
BreezyLimbo
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it weighs their score for 75% of the total, all other sites merely influence 25% of the total
follow the money
funkystudent
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Apparently not alot.
A while ago someone broke down the weighted system metacritic uses and Gb was waaaaasay down the list.
On mobile but hopefully someone digs that up. It was pretty hilarious / depressing. Lots of trustworthy and respected sites lower then random fan sites
EdReedFan20
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The crazy thing is gamerankings.com is also a fellow CBSi website. I often wonder why they don't just merge the two.
Salty Catfish
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Here's the list (GB weighted at 0.5 of the average!), though Kotaku apparently ran a story that found that the study for that article was flawed. The author was a professor...at Full Sail University, so take it all with a grain of salt.
Antiwhippy
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Kind of excited to see the way 3 concludes now thanks to austin.
My apathy for it still somewhat remains. Still feels too fanservicey, still feels like it's made because it's a sequel to a popular thing which kinda detracts the allure of souls to me. Like, I don't really need a conclusion to the dark souls lore necessarily. Dark souls to me works as a singular, self-contained thing and the vagueness of the larger narrative added more than it detracted, but if they're going to conclude it then I'm at least glad that it seems like they did it well?
My apathy for it still somewhat remains. Still feels too fanservicey, still feels like it's made because it's a sequel to a popular thing which kinda detracts the allure of souls to me. Like, I don't really need a conclusion to the dark souls lore necessarily. Dark souls to me works as a singular, self-contained thing and the vagueness of the larger narrative added more than it detracted, but if they're going to conclude it then I'm at least glad that it seems like they did it well?
Dr Duncan Steel
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Any institute that currently enrolls Shinsuke Nakamura might as well be MI-fuckin-T.
Piston Hyundai
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Good lord, they're on the same tier as Cheat Code Central.
Crazy how x360achievements.com got more sway than gb
ShadowSwordmaster
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Oh yeah.
Yay, it's been so long.
EdReedFan20
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Was the last one the XBOX episode?
Yep, the one with Halo.
I played Dark Souls 3 all day. That is a damn good game. Damn good. Looking nice on PC as well. Not running into any major bugs yet. Game is running at a constant 60 FPS, but I'm on a 970 so that's what I'd expect. It almost feels wrong playing DS at 60FPS given I played DKS1 on PC at 30 and the others on console. Their terrible frame rates almost add to the grungy dirty look of the thing. 60 FPS feels really damn good, but at times almost looks a bit too clean if that makes sense. Not that I'd want to go back, but it's a funny thing.
What a damn great year for video games. We've already gotten the amazing Fire Emblem Fates and Dark Souls and the year isn't quite a quarter done. Excited to see how everything else pans out.
What a damn great year for video games. We've already gotten the amazing Fire Emblem Fates and Dark Souls and the year isn't quite a quarter done. Excited to see how everything else pans out.
BreezyLimbo
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So no spoilers, but the draw distance on Dark Souls 3 is amazing.
You get to this part where off to the distance you see a figure that's clearly animated, and fully polygonal. They don't seem to be using any 2d tricks(Converting 3d models to 2D when you reach a certain distance) and it's great. I'm sure he has a stand in model, but just seeing a nice little animated figure in the far off distance makes me appreciate this game just a bit more.
You get to this part where off to the distance you see a figure that's clearly animated, and fully polygonal. They don't seem to be using any 2d tricks(Converting 3d models to 2D when you reach a certain distance) and it's great. I'm sure he has a stand in model, but just seeing a nice little animated figure in the far off distance makes me appreciate this game just a bit more.
Haha, yeah, it's really close to being a great cover but that one detail makes it look entirely stupid!
Errr, what? The graphical leap between DS2 and DS3 is extremely tangible (in DS3's favour)?
Fixed that for you.Wunder said:
BreezyLimbo
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YOU CAN KILL EVERYONE
except the blue knight. you know the one. Well you can.
I think what I like this more than Bloodborne 3 is that there's just more characters to talk with. More story told through characters than environment, the acting that feels like there was a lot of heart put into it even if it's not considered 'great' voice acting. It just fits. The voices have a natural fit to it, like if i were to meet that voice actor in real life, that'd be their speaking voice. It's something Demons Souls had, and something I felt that DS2 and 3 didn't because the lack of hub areas to contain these moments.
Meeting the monk in Demons Souls, then saving the lead monk, the mage in training, saving the arch mage, the dark wtich, Yurt...
...DS3 uses alot of callbacks. But it does it in a way that makes the series feel fresh again. I love it.
Liquid Shake
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You're making me so excited! Looking forward to jumping in at the weekend...so the world might be mended.
I love love love love Dark Souls 3 so far. The NPC quests are great. The bosses are thrilling (if a little easy so far). Although I just got to one area and the difficulty seemed to jump up in a big way.
I actually had to use stealth to avoid aggroing some patrols.
Just a beautiful, engrossing game.
I actually had to use stealth to avoid aggroing some patrols.
Just a beautiful, engrossing game.
BreezyLimbo
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It's something that was missing from Dark Souls 1, 2, and Bloodborne. They had it here and there, but not to the extent Demons Souls had, which was possible because of having a nexus point where these characters gather.
Yeah, there was the Firelink Shrine in DS, but it wasn't as evolving as Demons Souls. Bloodborne had the Dream, but only 2 npcs inhabiting it. Fits the story sure, but...
There's just something to having a sort of town that grows and changes over time.
FYI Jason does not have a Wiki entry because he hasn't been credited in any game AFAIK. You need that to go into the Wiki.
broncobuster
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My only issue with Dark Souls 3 is that I'm coming to terms with preferring Bloodborne combat. Don't know why the transition to BB wasn't tripping me up but from BB is.
Piston Hyundai
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someone get dave lang to put jason in the special thanks to divekick or some shit so we can make fun of him on the wiki
you gave in to your inner beast
I'd be surprised if Beamdog doesn't put all the GB staffers in their special thanks credit for one of their games with how they always use GB names in their preview screenshots.
Twin Tails
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