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Giant Bomb Thread The Third: #TeamBrad
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Ok, I can agree with that. I find with Giant Bomb, they try not to automatically pick GOTY based on popular opinion (or Metacritic score). Either way, should be interesting.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Agreed. I started off thinking it wasn't that amazing, and by the end I didn't want it to end. Just CRAZY good. Not revolutionary, but it doesn't matter. GOTY easily.
Dishonored, Sleeping Dogs, Max Payne 3 and Mass Effect 3 would be my top 5 along with it at the moment, I think. EDIT: WALKING DEAD too, duh.
I really need to get XCOM on the Steam sale...
Big Bo is the only reason I still want to play that game.
I need to find the song that GB used during the Live Live Show, where Drew does archery in the office. Someone piped in this song that was just "Bo" repeated over and over.
I love Big Bo, but he's not even the best character in that game.
When you get a little bit further into the game, Big Bo ain't even the coolest cat around.
Wait what, I missed that...infact I missed the entire BLLSL
There's no best character, but Bo is the most recognizable. It's a shame that most videogames can't have a single character as good as the worst character in Binary Domain.
hahaha, YES
Yeah, during the BLLSL. I kind of remembering that it was late. Like, #TeamBrad was the last thing, before that was another one of those comicvine trivia bits, and then before them I think was Drew & Archery.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I don't even think I've played enough games for a top 5.
It's been a busy year.
It's been a busy year.
chickdigger802
Banned
SD is GOTY for GB due to it have not 1 but 2 great QL's.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I'm in the middle of several games, but at least I finally played something last week that I could put in a Top 3 slot. This year was slim pickings for me, and lots of the stuff I liked lots were things that I was LTTP on. In the middle of Xillia 2, Shleepy Dawgs, Ys Celceta, AC3:L, etc. still, though... so the year ain't over yet.
GB's GOTY might be something like XCOM... someone will like Tokyo Jungle, someone will like Sleeping Dogs, someone will like Journey, etc.
Dragon Ball Z Kinect should be the dark horse.
GB's GOTY might be something like XCOM... someone will like Tokyo Jungle, someone will like Sleeping Dogs, someone will like Journey, etc.
Dragon Ball Z Kinect should be the dark horse.
Right there with you, minus Halo 4 tonight.
I wonder if Far Cry 3 has any chance of being mentioned. Probably not with how close it is to the end of the year.
slightconfuse
Banned
Virtues last reward is fucking amazing. So is X-com. Still need to play dishonored
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Mr. Enigma
Member
Ryan's AssCreed III review is finally up. 4/5
http://www.giantbomb.com/assassins-creed-iii/61-37494/reviews/
http://www.giantbomb.com/assassins-creed-iii/61-37494/reviews/
It may be GOTY for Ryan, Patrick, or Brad but Jeff and Vinny are burnt out on P4 from the sound of it.
slightconfuse
Banned
2012's 2008 game of the year?
Same. On a 5 point scale I wouldn't give it more than a 2. It has both technical issues as well as problems with the game itself. Easily the biggest disappointment of the year for me, especially considering I enjoyed and finished all four previous AC games. I've put around 15 hours into AC3 so far and I'm at the point where I just want to finish the game to see how the story ends and then never go back. After 3 hours of dragging through it last night I fired up Arkham Asylum to remind myself what fun combat is like. Now there's a game I can go back to over and over.
jediyoshi
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Between Big Bo, Wei, and maybe Lee Everett, it's a toss up.
I'd give it a 3. The privateering stuff was a lot of fun and the game does sort of pull itself up after the hours and hours of really poor tutorial (seriously, why does it take you 5 hours to get to the point where you can do whatever you want when the game does a horrible job explaining things to you). Ultimately I wish the stuff that was really good in AC3 was in a better game so I could enjoy it more.
But yeah, shit's broken, and slow, and often boring, and often poorly written.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Big Bo isn't enough to transform... wow, I can't even remember the name of the game. THAT'S how plain and boring it was. A soulless, uninspired, Gears wannabe. So dull. I got halfway through before my mind was numb with boredom.
Binary Domain, that's it.
Binary Domain, that's it.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Unfortunately, not innovative enough and only for fans of the genre. 7.9/10
Simply wasn't immersible enough. It was literally polarizing.
I know right
Get the fuck out of here. Binary Domain is probably the only third-person shooter in years where I gave a damn about character relationships within it. [Except Mass Effect obviously]
John Rabbit
Banned
a delightfully refreshing take on well-worn genre tropes.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Niggles aside, it wasn't that bad.
<3 you Jeff Green.
<3 you Jeff Green.
slightconfuse
Banned
watched my roommate playthrough BD. a lot of great characters in it.
loved the ways the enemeies fella apart
loved the ways the enemeies fella apart
Rodney McKay
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I never got back to playing Binary Domain after I GAME OVER'ed at a part.
Apparently there was a time limit, but it gave no indication of how much time there was or when it was about to run out.
Bosses looked cool, though.
Apparently there was a time limit, but it gave no indication of how much time there was or when it was about to run out.
Bosses looked cool, though.
chickdigger802
Banned
Still think Gertsmann's reasoning about wii U hard drives is bullshit.
Plug in a 3 tb HD in it. Never worry about memory until 3 more gens of nintendo systems.
Plug in a 3 tb HD in it. Never worry about memory until 3 more gens of nintendo systems.
Riposte
Member
How can it be a wannabe when it is much better (especially in the area of enemies)?
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
That's great.
Doesn't change the fact the game is shit, though. Boring encounters, lackluster gunplay, annoying squad AI, some really bland environments, etc etc. I personally didn't like any of the characters, either.
The story was really the only aspect I liked. I should YouTube the rest of the cutscenes to see where it goes. Wasn't enough to convince me to keep going.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I got my kick of taking apart enemies piece by piece with the Dead Space games!
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
Oh come on, the shooting was awesome once you get your guns upgraded and the game had some of the best boss fights in a long ass time.
John Rabbit
Banned
guys he didn't like the game; let it go.
There's a difference between not liking a game and thinking it's shit.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I'm not a fan of bosses in games in general, so
In my opinion, the game wasn't very good, IMO. My opinion is that.
AKA, it's shit. I didn't enjoy any aspect, so it's a fair comment.
I'm really looking forward to their GotY discussions this year, seems like some genuinely interesting games could be in consideration.
These are the games they've given 5/5 reviews for this year so far:
- XCOM
- Mark of the Ninja
- Forza Horizon
- Dust
- Sound Shapes
- Diablo 3
- Trials: Evolution
- Journey (completely forgot that came out this year)
- Rhythm Heaven Fever
- Syndicate (forgot Jeff really loved it)
Assuming that the final contenders will likely stem from that list, I think XCOM, Mark of the Ninja, and Journey have the highest chances. Potentially Diablo 3 as well.
These are the games they've given 5/5 reviews for this year so far:
- XCOM
- Mark of the Ninja
- Forza Horizon
- Dust
- Sound Shapes
- Diablo 3
- Trials: Evolution
- Journey (completely forgot that came out this year
)- Rhythm Heaven Fever
- Syndicate (forgot Jeff really loved it)
Assuming that the final contenders will likely stem from that list, I think XCOM, Mark of the Ninja, and Journey have the highest chances. Potentially Diablo 3 as well.
Typographenia
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I would really hate for Vinny/Staff to kill themselves over doing a really nice presentation for their GOTY stuff again this year. I mean, I wouldn't mind having the great videos again, but it seemed like so much extra work on the production team's side.
If they did go all out again, I wonder what they would do?
If they did go all out again, I wonder what they would do?
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