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Spring Break My Heart posted:Mass Effect refined them by dropping them and becoming Gears of War. Wasn't necessarily a bad thing Re played the entire trilogy before Andromeda came out (and then didn't play Andromeda because lol) and man mass effect 1 was so unfun to play
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Sometimes I wonder what the critical and popular reception of Breath of the Wild would've been like if it wasn't a Zelda game. I've seen arguments that the game wouldn't have been praised nearly as highly, but I'm not sure I agree completely. I suspect it would've been torn to shreds over its combat (awful damage vs. defense balance, HP sponge enemies, hearty food completely annihilating any chance of combat balance) and much fewer people would give it the benefit of the doubt over the weapon durability system. I think there'd be less excitement about it being as wide open and "adventurous" as it is--if it doesn't have the context of several extremely linear 3D Zelda games behind it, the contrast isn't as stark. On the other hand, if it wasn't a Zelda game, there wouldn't have been any expectations about elaborate dungeons, a large arsenal of puzzle-solving items, or puzzle-like boss fights, and probably less disappointment over the lighter narrative and nearly-absent music, too. I don't know that it would've evened out, but I still think it would've been praised for a lot of things.
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Endorph posted:his score is actually way too high that game is like a 6/10 if review scores werent fake. its a very average iteration on ocarina of time with a couple of decent dungeons but some annoying presentational issues. the wolf part at the start went on wayyyy too loving long and midna was such an off-putting character I could barely get past the first few dungeons
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Jeff Gerstmann has said before that they do it this way, and show every minute of deliberations, to show how arbitrary and political the editorial lists from sites and magazines really are and that they are really not something to put faith in as gospel Old Sites and magazines like those have less readers/influence than ever in 2017/2018 so its just where the gb staff poo poo on good games. Nobody even knows or cares if ign even made a top 10 list this year. On a personality driven site, 35 hrs of podcasts that make you hate the people seems like an idea whos time is up Real hurthling! fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Jan 2, 2018 |
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The argument that "This wouldn't be liked if it wasn't the thing it was" is Dumb in my imo. Removing all context from this thing specifically takes away an innate thing about it
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The Colonel posted:twilight princess is like they decided to make ocarina of time but with a bigger emphasis on story but also with less fun writing. had some cool moments but jesus christ i can't think of a zelda story i care less about and yes i've played phantom hourglass Phantom Hourglass kicks rear end.
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The Colonel posted:sorry but it's time to hunt down the guy who gave god hand a 3/10 Tattoo a Kick Me sign onto his back
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Expect My Mom posted:The argument that "This wouldn't be liked if it wasn't the thing it was" is Dumb in my imo. Removing all context from this thing specifically takes away an innate thing about it I'm sorry son you can't play Zelda cause you haven't played the others and you will miss out on the innate something of it.
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Harrow posted:Sometimes I wonder what the critical and popular reception of Breath of the Wild would've been like if it wasn't a Zelda game. I've seen arguments that the game wouldn't have been praised nearly as highly, but I'm not sure I agree completely.
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In Training posted:Phantom Hourglass kicks rear end. I loved it
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Saint Freak posted:I'm sorry son you can't play Zelda cause you haven't played the others and you will miss out on the innate something of it. i dont think this is the point being made but okay
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Spring Break My Heart posted:It would be considered one of the very best games of all time. If some game company put the time and money into making a game with the scope and art direction of BOTW without also attaching a recognizable brand to it to ensure a cushion of guaranteed financial success, people would be astounded, yeah
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In Training posted:Phantom Hourglass kicks rear end. It was p.bad
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:I don't want to even think about how good horizon was and how bad it got ignored In general Horizon seems to be getting short ended on a ton of goty lists, given how good it was. The most annoying thing I saw was an AV Club article that was about how Nintendo had given life to the dying open world genre last year, and it opened by ragging on Horizon, based more on early assumptions then what the game was actually like. I think part of the problem is Horizon on the surface looks exactly like every by the numbers open world game and that's as far as ,oat game journalists give a poo poo about. Like when you play it you see it actually puts effort into all that stuff so it's good. You might see high up places to unlock the map and bandit camps to clear out and think you know what this is but in actual execution both those things rare oddly amazingin Horizon
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ditty bout my clitty posted:It was p.bad Nah its cute and fun.
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In Training posted:If some game company put the time and money into making a game with the scope and art direction of BOTW without also attaching a recognizable brand to it to ensure a cushion of guaranteed financial success, people would be astounded, yeah I mean that's Horizon
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i once watched a "top 10 zelda villains" video and one entry was just a picture of linebeck with windows movie maker text in front of it saying "I HATE THIS GUY HE WAS SUCH A JERK AND THEN HE BECAME THE FINAL BOSS" at least, i think this happened once
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Saint Freak posted:I'm sorry son you can't play Zelda cause you haven't played the others and you will miss out on the innate something of it. That's not at all what I was saying. I'm saying that context naturally affects how people perceive media, and something being a Zelda game carries a ton of expectations and baggage that unavoidably affects an individual's perception of it (and, by extension, the wider perception). Not like, "you can't truly appreciate Breath of the Wild unless you've played other Zelda games," but rather, "I wonder what people who have zero Zelda-related expectations would think of Breath of the Wild."
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Zelda didnt have enough zelda in it for me
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Phourglass was alright but I was never fully sold on everything being touch controls being necessary (though a few things were neat) and I also didn't really like the repeated dungeon and thought the game made you go there at least two times too many Still, I'll take is over Skyward Sword any day of the week
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Has Giant Bomb produced any content funnier than the P4 Endurance Run?
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8-Bit Scholar posted:Has Giant Bomb produced any content funnier than the P4 Endurance Run? Yes.
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8-Bit Scholar posted:Has Giant Bomb produced any content funnier than the P4 Endurance Run? Does the thread here count?
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Harrow posted:Sometimes I wonder what the critical and popular reception of Breath of the Wild would've been like if it wasn't a Zelda game. I've seen arguments that the game wouldn't have been praised nearly as highly, but I'm not sure I agree completely. I would have liked it more if I wasn't expecting it to be a Zelda game
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8-Bit Scholar posted:Has Giant Bomb produced any content funnier than the P4 Endurance Run? austin walker got a job at waypoint through having worked at giant bomb and then approved an underage crossdressing fetish fic for publication, does that count as content
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I think we're going to be in a bit of a 'video games comedy' downturn until Ubisoft releases a game that lets you hunt and murder religious white folk and then oh boy is there gonna be some comedy coming.
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8-Bit Scholar posted:Has Giant Bomb produced any content funnier than the P4 Endurance Run? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH0VbwqG7qs
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Saint Freak posted:I think we're going to be in a bit of a 'video games comedy' downturn until Ubisoft releases a game that lets you hunt and murder religious white folk and then oh boy is there gonna be some comedy coming. No, you see, the cult also has black people in it. They're just crazy, not racist or anything like that and certainly not associated with white nationalism. Also the Christian priest is one of your allies
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:No, you see, the cult also has black people in it. They're just crazy, not racist or anything like that and certainly not associated with white nationalism. Also the Christian priest is one of your allies So much accuracy on ancient Egypt and then they drop the ball on getting modern day Montana correct.
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Sakurazuka posted:I would have liked it more if I wasn't expecting it to be a Zelda game Yeah totally. Survival boy in "shrine loading times" would have been much better
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Giant Bomb GOTY podcasts #1 through #4 were a godsend while I was driving 16 hours from New York to Florida this weekend.
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Endorph posted:when was the last time anyone used 'nerd' unironically [the matrix loading room scene with the guns but it's all tea's posts]
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God, that Tender Loving Care playdate. I'll never be able to forget it no matter how much I'd like to.
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Nate RFB posted:God, that Tender Loving Care playdate. I'll never be able to forget it no matter how much I'd like to. Welcome to the penis farm
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Umineko & Ace Attorney basically ruined Danganronpa for me with regards murder mystery VNs. I played the first two games and couldn't help but feel super ambivalent towards them.
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Expect My Mom posted:I'm going to put my hand on your shoulder, and say maybe it's time to stop thinking about a twenty year old video game review. Smash Bros Melee getting a 2.5 out of 10 never forget. (And I don't even think that Melee is like, the best or anything.)
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