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Giant Bombcast - 05/19/15
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Sticky&Sweet
Banned
Some insufferable sarcasm in this podcast, I prefer Jeff's dryer approach.
Only Jeff can have problems with it?
Johnny Ryall
Member
GB should just steal Danny from Gamespot full time.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Timeframe for AC talk?
Wait, did you hear that as bashing?! They were praising the game, but criticised some of the gameplay aspects of it (which seems to be pretty common complaints even here on GAF, especially the movement). If that's now considered "bashing"...
SatelliteOfLove
Member
No, that's for the Premium feed.
giant_frying_pan
Member
chromatic9
Member
My impression from the forums back then was the online for Gears 2 was a disaster. Not played the games though.
This has absolutely nothing to do with The Witcher, but I definitely have gotten a little tired of everyone having pretty much the same opinion on games. I mean, if that's what they like, that's fine, but I feel like when someone likes something that isn't core to what the "group" likes, they just get made fun of. It just doesn't make entertaining content.
For example, DLC has a ton of problems, but Jeff and Christian have different tastes and argue with each other. I just feel like Giantbomb doesn't have conflict. The best part of last year was Brad going nuts over Destiny, even if he couldn't articulate his points well.
Can't wait for GBEast to take off.
snoopeasystreet
Member
The podcast just isn't the same without jeff :/
Spiritwalker
Member
Intro was pretty funny.. love it when they impersonate other people.
I also agree with them on the Witcher 3 controls being mostly crap. Why is it so hard for CD Project to make a game with good, responsive gameplay? Makes me want to put the game down. Ugh. I guess it doesn't help that I'm coming straight from Bloodborne, a game with vastly superior controls and satisfying combat.
I also agree with them on the Witcher 3 controls being mostly crap. Why is it so hard for CD Project to make a game with good, responsive gameplay? Makes me want to put the game down. Ugh. I guess it doesn't help that I'm coming straight from Bloodborne, a game with vastly superior controls and satisfying combat.
Haven't heard it yet but this should be related to witcher 3 going by that quick look, soo it should be related to videogames at least. Would be really weird otherwise .
It was a random email for Danny and his opinion on Irish politics. There wasn't really "abortion talk" other than Danny stating that abortion is illegal in Ireland. It's not like they got into a debate about the subject.
It is but Danny was great anyway. Also, I dont know if its just me, but it feels like Dan and Jason are a lot more involved when Jeff isnt on.
Infinite Justice
Member
those early lines about them being replaced and this plan not working out almost sounded like Jeff in a way tbh
I agree. Brad is the worst offender to me. Even when you can tell he wants to disagree, however lightly, with Jeff on something, he usually just comes around with "yeah, you're right" or some other concession.
For all of Dan's faults, at least he stands up against the hate for the Nintendo games he digs that the others despise.
Joeshabadoo
Member
the semi-active passivity toward Nintendo related things is starting to bother me more. Last week zero peeps about Splatoon, this week nothing about the NWC coming back pre-E3. Brad mentions scrapping the bottom of the news barrel, talking about some dumb capcom bullshit and EA announcing a future obvious announcement that NFS wasnt going to skip yet another year, but nothing about the national nintendo competition.
Oh, Dan realizes that the puzzle and dragons formula is an addictive and effective one, so we get a tiny reminder of nintendo's existence.
I dont know why I let it bother me... i miss Scoops
Oh, Dan realizes that the puzzle and dragons formula is an addictive and effective one, so we get a tiny reminder of nintendo's existence.
I dont know why I let it bother me... i miss Scoops
Joeshabadoo
Member
MAJOR video game company that has never done an online public beta does an online public beta/server stress test. Yea, you're right there's no need to mention that.
also it was three nonconsecutive hours over a weekend, and a fourth additional hour this Saturday
Oh come on. Don't you want to hear Jeff's opinion on the multiplayer third person shooter that deemphasizes shooting, has no party play, has limited map selection, and limited modes?
I'm sure hearing it will make all of the Nintendo fans ever so happy!
shiftplusone
Member
I like the witcher games but I'll be the first to shit on the combat and movement of all 3 of them.
Also I was playing through dragon's dogma again when all the hub bub started, and watching the witcher's gryphon fight was fuckin ridiculously hype deflating in comparison to what I was playing.
what is up with that 2:37 runtime though
I guess it goes by quick if you dont have drew taking 45 minutes to explain his perception of a fucking tower defense, though
Also I was playing through dragon's dogma again when all the hub bub started, and watching the witcher's gryphon fight was fuckin ridiculously hype deflating in comparison to what I was playing.
what is up with that 2:37 runtime though
I guess it goes by quick if you dont have drew taking 45 minutes to explain his perception of a fucking tower defense, though
I'm kidding i love drew and ignore all criticisms aimed at him
Infinite Justice
Member
Hopefully they continue since i'm starting to like the schadenfreude building up in here LOL
At least it would have been mentioned i guess, so that's a win? *shrug*
but you aren't though
the semi-active passivity toward Nintendo related things is starting to bother me more. Last week zero peeps about Splatoon, this week nothing about the NWC coming back pre-E3. Brad mentions scrapping the bottom of the news barrel, talking about some dumb capcom bullshit and EA announcing a future obvious announcement that NFS wasnt going to skip yet another year, but nothing about the national nintendo competition.
Oh, Dan realizes that the puzzle and dragons formula is an addictive and effective one, so we get a tiny reminder of nintendo's existence.
I dont know why I let it bother me... i miss Scoops
This is not a GB problem, it's a Nintendo problem. Not a whole lot of gamers give a shit about Splatoon having a fucking three hour beta, ór the NWC.
Nintendo has simply become a lot more irrelevant in current-day games media and that's the trajectory they made for themselves.
This isn't the 90's anymore, you can't just coast along on a shrinking, aging fanbase and expect people to go nuts for your software.
Sorry to say, but, for the majority of gamers, the Capcom and NFS bits were more relevant and worthy of discussion than any of the stuff you mentioned.
Oh and Danny is so right. Fuck Tool fans. Great bombcast this week.
Joeshabadoo
Member
idk man, GAF activity/attention and Giant Bomb content or discussion have always been pretty close bed fellows. Both of those things I mentioned had plenty of GAF hype.
Also Splatoon was trending on twitter over last weekend and the game was heating up amazon sales charts subsequently so you're sort of wrong.
anyway, the GBeastcast seems like it'll be something I'll be quite interested in
Also Splatoon was trending on twitter over last weekend and the game was heating up amazon sales charts subsequently so you're sort of wrong.
anyway, the GBeastcast seems like it'll be something I'll be quite interested in
shiftplusone
Member
but you aren't though
i meant like... if you asked "who wants to shit on the combat and movement in the witcher" id be all OOOH PICK ME immediately
Fushichou187
Member
Ehh, "bashing" is a bit much. What I heard was there were some technical hiccups that marred early impressions for Brad and Jason but on the whole everybody that was playing it (Dan, Danny, and Brad) seemed to be enjoying it a lot.
It doesn't help that a lot of the other stuff that Dan says paints him as blissfully, stubbornly ignorant of all manner of things. Not to say that's his true persona, but when you've got a guy who is spouting nonsense about fig wasps while espousing the virtues of taco bell and how clean their facilities must be, you'd be forgiven for ascribing his impassioned defense of Nintendo IPs to some sort of verbal white noise.
You can blame Dan for Brad's inclusion of the term "suck bucket" in the news segment lol Honestly though, the Bombcast isn't and shouldn't be the go-to venue for all the gaming news that's fit to print. You've got a group of people that are there to talk about games (sometimes lol) and related news that they've personally found interesting or want to talk about. It's totally fair to ask why the NWC announcement didn't stick out to Brad (if he's the only one curating the talking points), but it's equally fair to ask why Dan didn't pipe up about the NWC himself since a) it involves Ninty, b) involves competition which Dan is obsessed with and c) one of the competition venues is taking place a mere mile and a half from where they all work. The honest answer is they probably just forgot, not that there's a concerted effort to stifle any and all Nintendo related news.
Because... you care about Nintendo-related news more than they do? You really shouldn't let it bother you though. I don't know why it bothers me when Jeff pans a game because it contains a stealth mechanic, or why it bothers me when GAFers dismiss a game a trash or garbage because of [completely arbitrary opinion here]. We both are better served by saving our energy for other things.
GAF hype, or an echo chamber of the same big club of Nintendo fans that are simply out-of-their-mind excited for these things?
I'm honestly not trying to diss Nintendo or anything, but I really don't think they cultivate mainstream hype like Nintendo fans think they do.
THIS SO FUCKING MUCH. I keep seeing people posting about how the guys didn't play it - how can they play it if Nintendo releases the beta like a bunch of stupid fucking scrubs? "Here's this beta for our new game.........but you can only play it for like an hour.......a very specific one too......and the beta will only be for 3 days".
Also, LOL at people already projecting there insecurities about they guys shitting about Splatoon, whenever that game is brought up the guys (especially Jeff) talk about how cool and fun it looks. I'm excited for Splatoon as much as the next guy but FUCK only having the ability to play that beta for a specific one hour period that lasts only 3 days.
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
No way! Dan playing through MGS5 blind with Drew guiding him and trying to describe what's happening on screen is going to be my new favorite premium feature.
Stereogatari
Banned
No Jeff always makes me sad.
You're being far too reasonable for somebody with a Last of Us avatar in a Giant Bomb thread. We don't take kindly to that kind of level-headedness around here.
ScottSullivan
Member
dannys dan impression had me rolling
Normal people talk about these things, it's not like they said anything controversial...
Can't deny that. The ignorance on display with the whole wasp thing is beyond absurd.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Beyond hilarious, yes
Disaster is an understatement when the game is still broken. People say the 6 (fucking 6!) Title Updates have fixed it but the game is still a shit show of a mess.
Like the guy on 8-4 saying Nintendo could make a Disney World scale theme park.
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Even though sometimes I hate the guy and blame him personally for Driveclub's failure.
GameSpot did give it a pretty average score I seem to remember, though I don't think that was Danny.
soundscream
Member
"Dan you need to hit the H button."
Incandenza
Banned
Tool criticism and discussions of biscuits?
Bombcast pullin' topics from last week's GB thread conversations.
Bombcast pullin' topics from last week's GB thread conversations.