Branwulf

For me I think a lot of the soul of the GB I gew to love is the bunch of people in a room doing shit together and that kind of died long before covid with the split. I think before that losing Ryan was a serious blow that they recovered from well with some excellent hires like Dan and Austin but they couldn't hold on to them and they have been treading water staffing wise for years. That said Jess is a great addition and I hope she sticks around.

I've been a premium member for 10 years, I started with just the podcas and now that's basically where I am back to. 90% of the new slew of premium stuff is of little to no interest to me personally but i'm happy that they are at least trying some things. Part of it i'm certain is that i'm older and busier and don't have the time to enjoy some of the things they are doing so I can't blame the content for everything.

I think the problems are made worse by comparision to what other people are doing and specifically ex-GB staff like Nextlander. They have embraced some of the things that I personally enjoyed the most about GB content and focused in on that while new GB is spreading itself out more.

At this point I don't really have any good constructive feedback as I really have no idea what Giantbomb should be at this point, I just know that it's not going to be the thing i've got rose tinted glasses for and that's fine.

TROLL

What do they even do all day

I would say that in order to get the full 'emotional' impact of some of the best story moments, knowledge of the first NieR is very helpful, the Drakengard references are a little less overt and i'd say less needed as far as appreciated of the main story plot goes.

If you want to get some context i'd recommend watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ynpA5rGEo&list=PL57hJfweW_2uzJdZ0Du-1tYSUnwz4tQvE which was recommended to me by a friend before Automata released.

I've never played Drakengard or NieR but after adding all the context from watching LPs and lore breakdowns it puts NieR into my #1 game this year spot and that's from someone who has played the best part of 20 hours of Zelda at this point. Zelda writing is children in a sand pit compared to NieR Automata.

Come on bradley

Throw in Jeff and Brad moving to NYC and Vinny is back on the bombcast.

So....

UNLIMITED ANIME

WHERE IS IT BRAD?!

I think we can be sure that it won't be the GB game of the year but it's going to be at the top of a lot of sites lists due to it's timely release and a general lack of exceptional games this year. It's certainly the best game i've played this year but I think the year was weak overall so that's not saying much.