Dudacles

I used to be part of this Devil May Cry fanboard that was way into exploring all aspects of DMC1 and 3, to the point where they would host tournaments about who could come up with the best combo videos and stuff. It was great. I don't think I've ever played a character action - aside from Bayonetta - that has as deep a fighting system as Devil May Cry 3 (and 4, by extension.) However, lately, that community has been flipping out over this new game for a great number of inane reasons. Team Ninja never seems to be able to please anyone, ever, with what they're doing. Frankly, I feel bad for the developer, and I sincerely hope that DmC manages to sell decently in spite of the absurd backlash. Enslaved was great, and while what I've seen of this new DmC game doesn't look like it'll be world class, it definitely won't be bad by any stretch of the imagination either. It looks solid, nothing more, nothing less.

I am surprised, therefore, that the hatred for that game seems to have carried over even on this general gaming board of a pretty major site. I just don't get why everyone seems to be out on a witch hunt for those guys. I mean, it can't be Dante's design, because Dante has always been a complete moron and walking cliché. If there's anything we can expect out of Team Ninja's game, it's that their version of Dante will end up having a bit of an arc.

So, I dunno. As one of the seemingly very few legitimately big Devil May Cry fans on the planet who do not hate DmC with every fiber of their body, I say we had all ought to withhold judgement until the game is out and we've played it.

This is great, I think I'm going to watch all of these. You have a pretty good talking voice, which is one of the most important parts of doing a Let's Play that's entertaining for me. So keep it up!

Yeah, I'm assuming it's five as well. They still have Vinny and Patrick's Top Ten to go through (though they might have one for Dave as well, but his list would get lumped in with another one on a single day, I reckon) so two more days of this would check out.

I wish this stuff would never end though. The Bombcast is something I will never, ever get enough of, and this stuff has been absolutely terrific so far. I actually think Patrick's the best actor so far. Both his "Scientists?" and "MURDER!" moments have had me in stitches. Brad's been pretty fucking great as well though. God, I love this stuff.

@crusader8463 said:

Edit: After rewatching the video, why didn't he get rid of the books? If space really was an issue he could have gotten rid of all of those books and just put them on an e-reader. If he owns them then I think that justifies goig online and just downloading a PDF file for each of them.

Getting rid of books would be equivalent to throwing away the games wholesale. You actually use books when you read them, you don't take the pages out separately. The game cases, however, serve no particular purpose at all. That makes throwing the plastic cases out so much more logical. That aside, some people even have trouble reading off of a digital medium that works with a screen: I know quite a few people who prefer paper books to an e-reader, and would always take a paper dictionary over a digital one. Yes, digital stuff tends to be more practical, but there's something really tactile to flipping the pages of a book that makes it preferable to them, and I can definitely see that.

This whole thing aside, I think Sessler makes some good points. That guy knows how to spin a tale, his personality practically bursts out of the screen. I should really take care to follow more of his stuff at this new site he's started working for. As for myself, I recently sold like 350 games and now have like 10 of them left in physical form, the rest being downloads. No need for me to worry about space issues just yet, and honestly, I buy so few games lately that I doubt I ever will.

I remember thinking it was an unusual -- and therefore, really interesting -- title screen back when I was playing Catherine as well, but I've never quite put this much thought into it. This is a well-written and thoughtful blog, excellent work!

@FritzDude: That's pretty great.

Well, I doubt it'll be the exact same formula, but have no fear, Giantbomb's hallmark has basically become extended sessions of even the worst of games (which is not a bad thing at all) so I reckon you'll get your fill of WiiU coverage through Quick Looks, live streams and what have you soon enough.

@Mystyr_E said:

my guess is towards the end of the episode Lee will turn, you will control Clem and have to shoot him yourself

Man, that'd be the twist. It's a great idea though, one that would fit perfectly with the rest of the season. We'll see. I think Lee dies though (I kind of hope he does, not because I dislike him but because I find it annoying when a team of writers sees fit to bend the rules of their own universe just because the affected character is the protagonist.)

I have the same problem, and came to the conclusion that it's the adds causing the problem as well. If the add loads up, the video thereafter will invariably work fine as well. However, over the last fews days/weeks, this has consistently become a problem. It really sucks. Whoever on the staff is capable of setting this right, please do so as quickly as possible! Giant Bomb without any video watching capabilities is pretty much a useless site to me.

Edit: I'm a Belgian user, by the way. I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit, and neither Chrome nor Firefox can get the videos working.

Edit 2: I too have just solved the issue by installing Adblock Plus for Firefox. However, I'd still recommend this gets fixed soon. If the ads mess up the whole video, the site and advertisers are just shooting themselves in the foot.

There should be a sticky up on general discussion to at least limit this topic coming up, as it seems to do so every other week. Video reviews take incredible amounts of time and effort for little payout and the Quick Look formula is much more in line with Giant Bomb's philosophy on how to cover games, which is why they've been steadily moving away from doing them in favour of content that has more of GB's personality (quick looks, live streams, the Bombcast and so on.) On top of that, Jeff and the others seem to have been seriously questioning whether the format of reviewing games as they've always done and still do to some extent holds up in this day and age. Considering video reviews tend to be little more than summarised versions of the written reviews with some footage layered over it, they no longer have a place among the quality content that justifies slaving over them so much.

That about sums it up.