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Giant Bomb |OT 16| All Your Favorite Personalities Will Be Back Soon
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Went to a not released yet movie screening tonight. Ticket was free cuz of a connection, but usually I pay for movie tickets.
Sitting there waiting for it to start, i was wondering why dont movies include a digital copy with purchase of a theater ticket? Fandango has a streaming app, they sell movie tickets. Give me an hd or 4k copy of the movie with my $16 movie ticket please
Sitting there waiting for it to start, i was wondering why dont movies include a digital copy with purchase of a theater ticket? Fandango has a streaming app, they sell movie tickets. Give me an hd or 4k copy of the movie with my $16 movie ticket please
Simpsons were ruined for me a few weeks back after that foot story about Groening on the pedophile plane hit the mainstream news. Gross
Dan is doing another episode of Talking Simpsons. I'm a patreon supporter so I get the episode a week early but I figure you all would want to know. $5 ain't much to support a good podcast.
I feel ya. I have been dog sitting and it is super quiet and boring here.
I have also been sleeping like shit here.
Elaborate, because I can't think of which scene you are talking about.
I love John Wick 1 as a stand-alone movie. 2 and 3 I think are fantastic action sequences with completely throwaway plot with literally zero emotional investment in anything that is happening.
JW1 is the best movie, clearly, but that elaborate (what felt like) ten minute sequence of Jon and Hally Berry and two German Shepards murdering a bunch of stuntment wearing middle-eastern disguises was so good. In a series that does good work with direction I've never seen better action direction incorporating animals. That shit was crazy.
So I'm pretty far into Borderlands 3:
- Performance (PS4 Pro) is AWFUL. It sits right above unplayable at times, especially on this swamp planet with a full group.
- The HDR/lighting is amazing. Fights look like a fireworks finale. It's awesome and adds a lot to the game. It's visually chaotic, but still pleasing to look at.
- The story is unbelievably forgettable. I couldn't tell you the name of any new character if you had gun to my head right now, not even the villains. I'm playing with a consistent group and we've basically talked over everything and nobody cares at all about what's going on. Every story bit feels like a roadblock to killing stuff and finding new guns.
- Speaking of the guns and killing stuff, it's easily the best Borderlands has ever felt. I felt like in Borderlands 2 90% of the guns you found were worthless. In 3 you almost find too many good guns. It's actually hard to find only four you want to you use at any given time. It's easily where the game sees its biggest improvement.
- Back to performance... because it's so bad navigating the various worlds kind of sucks. Driving the vehicles is simply not fun.
- Last thing, I'm playing as Fl4k and for some reason they decided your pet, who you have no real control over, can die. Without the ability to call him back he's essentially dying in every major conflict, even with tank-oriented talents. It's such an obviously poor design choice that I'm actually pretty surprised by it. Like this should have been changed almost immediately with very little user research. Also you do have a special attack command, but for some reason it interrupts your actions. You can't be reloading and tell your pet to attack somebody at the same time, so the entire mechanic feels clumsy. The attack itself is so forgettable that it's almost never worth stopping your own gun fire or reload to actually do it. Other than that Fl4k's green tree is fun as hell.
- Performance (PS4 Pro) is AWFUL. It sits right above unplayable at times, especially on this swamp planet with a full group.
- The HDR/lighting is amazing. Fights look like a fireworks finale. It's awesome and adds a lot to the game. It's visually chaotic, but still pleasing to look at.
- The story is unbelievably forgettable. I couldn't tell you the name of any new character if you had gun to my head right now, not even the villains. I'm playing with a consistent group and we've basically talked over everything and nobody cares at all about what's going on. Every story bit feels like a roadblock to killing stuff and finding new guns.
- Speaking of the guns and killing stuff, it's easily the best Borderlands has ever felt. I felt like in Borderlands 2 90% of the guns you found were worthless. In 3 you almost find too many good guns. It's actually hard to find only four you want to you use at any given time. It's easily where the game sees its biggest improvement.
- Back to performance... because it's so bad navigating the various worlds kind of sucks. Driving the vehicles is simply not fun.
- Last thing, I'm playing as Fl4k and for some reason they decided your pet, who you have no real control over, can die. Without the ability to call him back he's essentially dying in every major conflict, even with tank-oriented talents. It's such an obviously poor design choice that I'm actually pretty surprised by it. Like this should have been changed almost immediately with very little user research. Also you do have a special attack command, but for some reason it interrupts your actions. You can't be reloading and tell your pet to attack somebody at the same time, so the entire mechanic feels clumsy. The attack itself is so forgettable that it's almost never worth stopping your own gun fire or reload to actually do it. Other than that Fl4k's green tree is fun as hell.
Yes, it was really good action direction for ten minutes, incorporating animals in a really impressive way that movies haven't done before.
Edit: I can admit it's more impressive than it is good. And that's good enough for an action movie for me these days.
Almost my entire commute was filled with the Bombcast's BL3 talk and that was the most I've been into the Bombcast in a very, very long time. The actual games talk of the podcast is SO much better when multiple people (in this case everyone) have played the game. Normally I find that to be the worst part of both podcasts because it's rare that they have all played the same game or the game is interesting enough to have a long discussion about, and not just a breakdown of "this is what the game is".
I always thought the grappling and striking looked sloppy in every John Wick movie. The gun fights are top notch though.
The first one was really good at that, actually. It was at least half grappling. Since then they've been pretty sloppy.
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If I would want to play that, yeah :D
Cross-save/progression is a beatiful thing, I need this for every game.
I actually would want to. But it's too big of a game for me. At least right now.
Hoping today is the final episode of Burgle my Bananas so GBeast can get back to what really matters the Sea of Thieves
Instead of playing new games I just went and got into Diablo 3 again for the 27th time. Playing a Necro this season. Still the best ARPG around for my money. RIP to Marvel Heroes.
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For me, the John Wick films have been getting better and better though them going all in on the ridiculousness may alienate some even though they are expanding the world at the same time. After all the talk about him being such a legend, I love that they're showing you why he is just that. Furthermore, the films are self-aware enough that by the end of it to me it becomes less about John getting killed and more about "I wonder how he's going to get out of this one" and it's entertaining as fuck.
yes, i totally am going to assemble a revolver just to shoot one dude
I know some people also feel as if the fight scenes are too choreographed and I think that's a fair opinion but also to me, it impresses me more than anything that they were able to shoot a take for that long because you know they had to train like fuck to get it right as much as they possibly could. The only part I disliked about JW3 was the small subway station scene. Shit turned into a David Copperfield joint for a minute or so.
yes, i totally am going to assemble a revolver just to shoot one dude
I know some people also feel as if the fight scenes are too choreographed and I think that's a fair opinion but also to me, it impresses me more than anything that they were able to shoot a take for that long because you know they had to train like fuck to get it right as much as they possibly could. The only part I disliked about JW3 was the small subway station scene. Shit turned into a David Copperfield joint for a minute or so.
Love how they didn't change the German licence plate sign
I noticed because of a tweet from this thread.
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The more baroque and absurd the John Wick movies get the better they are. I love how JW3 felt like an art film about systems of power eating themselves that just happened to have stunning action scenes too. If anything it could have used even less dialog.
I honestly thought heading into JW3, it would be Keanu running around manhattan for 2 hours surviving a gauntlet.
Was disappointed
Movie def. peaked for me
Was disappointed
he leaves after like 20 min-30 min
Movie def. peaked for me
in the first 30 min or so.
God damn, this E3 stuff sounds disgusting.
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I haven't gotten into that part yet but the fact that almost no one plays the same games and those sections (in both podcasts) amount to just one person talking about a game have been one of the worst aspects of the podcasts for a while. There's no interesting conversations to be bad when no one plays the same games.
shame the one everyone plays is Borderlands...
It's almost always bad. What strikes me is that when the same thing happens on the Waypoint podcast and one person played a game, they usually still do a good job of talking about the game in an interesting way, and not just break down what it is. I don't know if it's a matter of preparation or if it's just that very few people are as eloquent as Austin or Rob, but the games talk on both GB pods really needs a shot in the arm.
Ben describing Control and spoiling the hell out of it was really something.
And fully agreed kiguel182, the back and forth when everyone plays a game is so much better. Also Jason was really good this episode.
The worst part of either podcast is when Vinny starts talking about a game and everyone else (jokingly) reacts in the most dismissive way and Vinny stumbles through talking about it. Happened with Remnant, and again with Greedfall. I know it's meant to be a goof but it's a bit annoying because I barely got any idea what Greedfall was coming from that conversation.
Thankful Austin played it.
Thankful Austin played it.
GB, overall, has always approached games criticism in a very review-oriented fashion, and I think their pod discussions reflect that. They speak very broadly and generally about a game, say whether they liked it, and whether they recommend it, and largely that's it; it's like a presentation as much as it is a discussion. And that stifles the discussion, because if you interject with questions or whatnot, you're sidetracking the microreview.
(Should mention that I've fallen off GB's pods a few times, so perhaps things have shifted a bit.)
Now for Waypoint, I don't wanna say their pod discussions are deeper, but they are more thoughtful. Game discussions start with how you play it, then move on to the usual faire. They're just... I dunno, more inquisitive about the subject, whatever it may be; it's not a buyer's guide, but an analysis. Which leads to briefer discussions that manage to feel more insightful & informed than GB's.
Suffice it to say, I've long preferred Waypoint's format to GB's--it's just a better listen.
(Should mention that I've fallen off GB's pods a few times, so perhaps things have shifted a bit.)
Now for Waypoint, I don't wanna say their pod discussions are deeper, but they are more thoughtful. Game discussions start with how you play it, then move on to the usual faire. They're just... I dunno, more inquisitive about the subject, whatever it may be; it's not a buyer's guide, but an analysis. Which leads to briefer discussions that manage to feel more insightful & informed than GB's.
Suffice it to say, I've long preferred Waypoint's format to GB's--it's just a better listen.
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