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Giant Bomb: Ryan Davis is a pretty classy guy.

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  • UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    i thought Lone Survivor looked interesting, i'm not gonna play it so here's my wild speculation:
    the disaster/zombies are all in his head (and possibly he's shooting real people)

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    I remember reading that theory somewhere

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    Ubik wrote: »
    i thought Lone Survivor looked interesting, i'm not gonna play it so here's my wild speculation:
    the disaster/zombies are all in his head (and possibly he's shooting real people)
    there is that bit they saw in the quick look with the party and people not knowing about any sort of monsters

    but then you end up passing out and waking up in your bed, but you do have the gun you got from chie but nah your dude is probably just insane and imagined those people

    maybe

    who knows!

    i don't

  • UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    Vann Diras wrote: »
    Ubik wrote: »
    i thought Lone Survivor looked interesting, i'm not gonna play it so here's my wild speculation:
    the disaster/zombies are all in his head (and possibly he's shooting real people)
    there is that bit they saw in the quick look with the party and people not knowing about any sort of monsters

    but then you end up passing out and waking up in your bed, but you do have the gun you got from chie but nah your dude is probably just insane and imagined those people

    maybe

    who knows!

    i don't

    yeah that part is what made me think of my speculation

    if you remember, i'd definitely be interested in hearing how it actually turns out

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    Ubik wrote: »
    Vann Diras wrote: »
    Ubik wrote: »
    i thought Lone Survivor looked interesting, i'm not gonna play it so here's my wild speculation:
    the disaster/zombies are all in his head (and possibly he's shooting real people)
    there is that bit they saw in the quick look with the party and people not knowing about any sort of monsters

    but then you end up passing out and waking up in your bed, but you do have the gun you got from chie but nah your dude is probably just insane and imagined those people

    maybe

    who knows!

    i don't

    yeah that part is what made me think of my speculation

    if you remember, i'd definitely be interested in hearing how it actually turns out

    for sure

    i do think that bit is just trying to be misleading though

    for one it is super early in the game, and for two it's so obvious that ehhhh it's gotta be something more clever than that

  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    I regret making Facebook my login for Giant Bomb. Can't log in right now to check out the drew video

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    Hahaha they did a Quick Look for Wrath of Heroes.

    That game is utter ass, and they were way too nice to it.

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  • Helpless RockHelpless Rock Registered User regular
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    Hahaha they did a Quick Look for Wrath of Heroes.

    That game is utter ass, and they were way too nice to it.

    Doesn't look that bad in the quick look, especially if you really like MMO arena style PvP. I haven't played it, obviously, but I also don't like that sorta thing anyway.

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  • UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    i've never played the game but i feel like that rat guy isn't really a ranged class like how Jeff was playing it

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    The game is simplistic to a fault. I played the rat (skaven) a lot in beta, and here are his skills.

    1. Throw a star at a guy.
    2. Throw TWO stars at a guy.
    3. Melee attack that has a high chance to crit if the target is under 50% HP.
    4. Throw a bunch of stars at a guy.
    5. Stealth and become immune to damage for a bit.

    It's worth noting that none of these are "skill shots" in that you pick you target and the aiming is done for you. Nearly every character is like this, and the result is a very braindead, boring experience.

    The best part? Go back to that quick look when they're browsing the store. Look at the rat guy's stats. His complexity rating is almost max.

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  • ScudoScudo Registered User regular
    I really liked the open PVP in Warhammer Online, roaming around with 200+ people fighting pitched battles over castles was great.

    But the arena battleground stuff was generic boring MMO PVP, and I can't understand wanting to play that divorced from the loot grind/character progression of an MMO

  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    The monetization scheme is really, really bad, too. You basically really can't do anything with any of the goodies that you get or XP you gain without an owned hero.

    The cheapest hero is about 25500gp, on sale, and you get, apparently, 300gp on a win, and maybe 50 per loss, so you're in for a lot of grinding. And if you're looking to buy with real money, you're going to be out $11.

    Steam PSN: DerWaffleMous Origin: DerWaffleMous Bnet: DerWaffle#1682
  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    $11 for one cheap hero?

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    There'll be enough for a few boosters left over.

    Der Waffle Mous on
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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2012
    Just logged in. The cheapest hero is 105 gems (on sale), but you can only buy gems in what looks like 75 increments. So $10 or so for that hero, but you will have cash left over.

    A loss is not just 50 gold. You roll for rewards by satisfying conditions. One for playing, one for winning, one for top three score, and so forth. It's just...really unlikely that you're going to roll more than once if you lost. It doesn't help that prices are insane. I mean, 60,000 gold for the healer goblin, and I got 55 for a loss.

    I decided to play a hero that I hadn't seen in beta (and you get him free for doing the tutorial). His skills:

    1. Melee basic attack
    2. Melee attack that reduces damage you take for three seconds.
    3. Melee attack that hits TWICE
    4. Melee attack with a bleed component.
    5. Longish cooldown skill that increases all damage for 15 or so seconds.

    Even more heinous is that the customization is totally dependent on owning the hero. There's talent treeish stuff like WoW and you have three slots to equip perks into. One I had was for +15% damage. But YOU HAVE TO OWN THE HERO. If they are free for the week? Fuck off, you'll have to suck it up. After playing Super Monday Night Combat for months, this kind of setup is just hideous to walk into.

    Sterica on
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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    The game is simplistic to a fault. I played the rat (skaven) a lot in beta, and here are his skills.

    1. Throw a star at a guy.
    2. Throw TWO stars at a guy.
    3. Melee attack that has a high chance to crit if the target is under 50% HP.
    4. Throw a bunch of stars at a guy.
    5. Stealth and become immune to damage for a bit.

    It's worth noting that none of these are "skill shots" in that you pick you target and the aiming is done for you. Nearly every character is like this, and the result is a very braindead, boring experience.

    The best part? Go back to that quick look when they're browsing the store. Look at the rat guy's stats. His complexity rating is almost max.

    @Didgeridoo dragged me to a "Bioware" panel that ended up being about this stupid game.

    I am convinced that the guys involved with it are crap.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    FirmSkater wrote: »

    Random fact of the day: Ryan retweets teefs all the time, and has conversations with her sometimes as well.

    It was pretty strange the first time I made the connection and was like "whoa, i sort of know that person"

    yes this is a thing I am aware of

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    @Didgeridoo dragged me to a "Bioware" panel that ended up being about this stupid game.

    I am convinced that the guys involved with it are crap.
    The fact that this is the same team behind Warhammer Online should have tipped you off.

    EA just had Bioware absorb most of Mythic when it came time to do PvP stuff in TOR.
    That's why PvP in TOR is crap.

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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    I thought the Tohunga
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    The game is simplistic to a fault. I played the rat (skaven) a lot in beta, and here are his skills.

    1. Throw a star at a guy.
    2. Throw TWO stars at a guy.
    3. Melee attack that has a high chance to crit if the target is under 50% HP.
    4. Throw a bunch of stars at a guy.
    5. Stealth and become immune to damage for a bit.

    It's worth noting that none of these are "skill shots" in that you pick you target and the aiming is done for you. Nearly every character is like this, and the result is a very braindead, boring experience.

    The best part? Go back to that quick look when they're browsing the store. Look at the rat guy's stats. His complexity rating is almost max.

    @Didgeridoo dragged me to a "Bioware" panel that ended up being about this stupid game.

    I am convinced that the guys involved with it are crap.

    Ahahahahahahahahaha

    Sully and I walked into this panel prepared to read things and take notes and be excited about Bioware's new thing

    turned out to be this

    we got up and left

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    T4CT wrote: »
    I thought the Tohunga
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    The game is simplistic to a fault. I played the rat (skaven) a lot in beta, and here are his skills.

    1. Throw a star at a guy.
    2. Throw TWO stars at a guy.
    3. Melee attack that has a high chance to crit if the target is under 50% HP.
    4. Throw a bunch of stars at a guy.
    5. Stealth and become immune to damage for a bit.

    It's worth noting that none of these are "skill shots" in that you pick you target and the aiming is done for you. Nearly every character is like this, and the result is a very braindead, boring experience.

    The best part? Go back to that quick look when they're browsing the store. Look at the rat guy's stats. His complexity rating is almost max.

    @Didgeridoo dragged me to a "Bioware" panel that ended up being about this stupid game.

    I am convinced that the guys involved with it are crap.

    Ahahahahahahahahaha

    Sully and I walked into this panel prepared to read things and take notes and be excited about Bioware's new thing

    turned out to be this

    we got up and left

    So did we.

    I got up to use the restroom, and duck/didge assumed that I had just plain left because it was so terrible.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    it's not even just that I had zero interest in the game

    it's just like

    it was so boring

    and I hate when that one woman (I do not know her name but you know the one I'm talking about) talks about things because she is the least excited person in the world

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I hate the guy in charge of it because he is a snake oil salesman.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    I hate the guy in charge of it because he is a snake oil salesman.
    Yet he still has his job even though they fired Mark Jacobs.

    But maybe forcing that asshole to stick with the shattered shell of the shitty game he overhyped is a fitting punishment.

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  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    man I really wanted to like warhammer online

    why must mmos always be so disappointing

  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    Listening to this podcast all the time gets me all interested in how the game industry works on the business side of things.

    It is interesting.

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  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    T4CT wrote: »
    I thought the Tohunga
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    The game is simplistic to a fault. I played the rat (skaven) a lot in beta, and here are his skills.

    1. Throw a star at a guy.
    2. Throw TWO stars at a guy.
    3. Melee attack that has a high chance to crit if the target is under 50% HP.
    4. Throw a bunch of stars at a guy.
    5. Stealth and become immune to damage for a bit.

    It's worth noting that none of these are "skill shots" in that you pick you target and the aiming is done for you. Nearly every character is like this, and the result is a very braindead, boring experience.

    The best part? Go back to that quick look when they're browsing the store. Look at the rat guy's stats. His complexity rating is almost max.

    @Didgeridoo dragged me to a "Bioware" panel that ended up being about this stupid game.

    I am convinced that the guys involved with it are crap.

    Ahahahahahahahahaha

    Sully and I walked into this panel prepared to read things and take notes and be excited about Bioware's new thing

    turned out to be this

    we got up and left

    So did we.

    I got up to use the restroom, and duck/didge assumed that I had just plain left because it was so terrible.

    @Munkus Beaver I'm sorry okay!! Listen

    Listen

    that hurt me just as much as it hurt you

    and boy did it hurt. Why would they do that to people, munkus. Why would they make you think you were getting ice cream before shoving rancid frozen yogurt down your throat

    whyyyy

    PS @a duck! totally saved you from being ditched because I was on my way out the building, assuming you were going to meet us outside because you had the desperate need to get away from that panel (which I fully understood)

  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    just finished the video on Drew's NK visit, super interesting

    Drew's a cool dude

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    Wrath of Heroes just looks so boring and bad. It seems like they just lifted the combat model from an MMO and dumped it into an arena setting without any real thought for why that's fun. MMO PvP has never been especially strong from a gameplay perspective in any game, it's all the genre wrappings that can make it good. It doesn't help that the graphics are just gross.

  • Ms DapperMs Dapper Yuri Librarian Registered User regular
    The Dave in NK thing is the one of the most interesting thing a CBS company will do this year. Holy shit is that fascinating.

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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    Artreus wrote: »
    Listening to this podcast all the time gets me all interested in how the game industry works on the business side of things.

    It is interesting.

    i happen to actually be writing words about this right now.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Didgeridoo wrote: »
    T4CT wrote: »
    I thought the Tohunga
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    The game is simplistic to a fault. I played the rat (skaven) a lot in beta, and here are his skills.

    1. Throw a star at a guy.
    2. Throw TWO stars at a guy.
    3. Melee attack that has a high chance to crit if the target is under 50% HP.
    4. Throw a bunch of stars at a guy.
    5. Stealth and become immune to damage for a bit.

    It's worth noting that none of these are "skill shots" in that you pick you target and the aiming is done for you. Nearly every character is like this, and the result is a very braindead, boring experience.

    The best part? Go back to that quick look when they're browsing the store. Look at the rat guy's stats. His complexity rating is almost max.

    @Didgeridoo dragged me to a "Bioware" panel that ended up being about this stupid game.

    I am convinced that the guys involved with it are crap.

    Ahahahahahahahahaha

    Sully and I walked into this panel prepared to read things and take notes and be excited about Bioware's new thing

    turned out to be this

    we got up and left

    So did we.

    I got up to use the restroom, and duck/didge assumed that I had just plain left because it was so terrible.

    @Munkus Beaver I'm sorry okay!! Listen

    Listen

    that hurt me just as much as it hurt you

    and boy did it hurt. Why would they do that to people, munkus. Why would they make you think you were getting ice cream before shoving rancid frozen yogurt down your throat

    whyyyy

    PS @a duck! totally saved you from being ditched because I was on my way out the building, assuming you were going to meet us outside because you had the desperate need to get away from that panel (which I fully understood)

    The worst part was I slowly started to recognize who the people were. "Wait, I know these guys...I've seen that idiot before. He looks like Jeff Ger....oh shit no, not that tool." And then the panel had begun.

    "After the success of Warhammer Online" how can he lie like that "We decided to make a League of Legends clone" vomit everywhere

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    I don't know anything about wrath of heroes, nor do I care to, but Paul Barnett is awesome

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    finally managed to finish Drew's NK thing

    throughout the whole video I just felt like doing John Stewart's italian stereotype imitation

    the BALLS on this FUCKING GUY

    they gotta be the size of MELONS

    Indie Winter on
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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    Are people badmouthing Paul Barnett in here?

    He was one of the more entertaining things to come from the Mythic acquisition.

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    finally managed to finish Drew's NK thing

    throughout the whole video I just felt like doing John Stewart's italian stereotype imitation

    the BALLS on this FUCKING GUY

    they gotta be the size of MELONS

    I need to hear this. Can I do it without coming-up with the money for a subscription?

  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    During the NK stuff i kept imagining how bad Flight Club Vinny would do in North Korea

    "Hey lets do this really dumb thing"

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    I don't think the archived video is subscriber exclusive

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Do they have archived versions of the Premium stuff on Justin.TV? I know the thing with TNTs is that you can watch them on Justin for free, but the 720p archive on Giant Bomb is premium.

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  • UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    you might be able to watch it free if it's archived on whatever streaming site they use

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