faustyn

@Peanut said:

I don't get what's up with game journos these days. It seems like they're constantly arguing with their audience or each other. A lot of people I've really liked have disappointed me with their attitudes recently and it kinda bums me out.

So I'm not the only one? Thank god. I though I was freaking out for a second there :D

Ever since that whole ME3 Ending mess game journos started to kinda annoy me. It's not about them not agreeing with me, but saying rude and mean things about people with different opinions. THE ENDING IS GOOD AND YOU'RE A DUMB ENTITLED IDIOT WHO IS SAD BECAUSE IT'S NOT A HAPPY ENDING! that wasn't really my point but - ENTITLED DICK! SHUT UP. ARTISTIC INTEGRITY.

The DmC thing was pretty much the same. I'm still waiting for a price cut before I buy this game, but I get why people who loved the previous games would be annoyed (no lock-on, lower framerate, easier combat, completely different tone) but game journos write about STUPID ENTITLED MORONS THAT CRY BECAUSE DANTES HAIR IS NOT WHITE ANYMORE. how can you be so incredibly out of touch with your own audience? and since when it's cool to talk shit about people who read your stuff? i'm confused. also circle-jerking is annoying as fuck.

It's a real shame, because nowadays I don't really care for anyone. Pretty much every single guy that's supposed to be a 'game journalist' said something completely fucked up {I'm not counting the Forbes guys, because they are bloggers (and they're cool)}.

Day One.

0:00:00 - 0:25:45 -> 2012's 2011 game of the year and the beginning of best moment/sequence. minor spoilers for 'Frog Fractions',

00:25:45 - 00:26:30 -> 'Mass Effect3' dlc 'From Ashes' MAJOR spoiler,

0:26:30 - 0:27:49 -> 'Binary Domain' MAJOR spoiler,

0:27:49 - 0:31:12 -> 'Fez' - minor spoiler imo because i think everyone knows by now that this game is much more than just a 2D platformer,

0:31:12 - 0:33:35 -> 'Asura's Wrath' minor spoilers. if you don't want to know just how ridiculous this game gets, skip this part,

0:33:35 - 0:34:34 -> 'Far Cry 3' no spoilers,

0:34:34 - 0:35:07 -> 'Journey' some talk about the sliding sequence. Again, nothing you need to avoid in here,

0:35:07 - 0:40:42 -> 'Spec Ops: The Line' - MAJOR spoilers,

0:40:42 - 0:50:50 -> 'The Walking Dead' MAJOR spoilers for Episode 3,

0:50:50 - 0:52:05 -> 'The Walking Dead' spoiler for Episode 4,

0:52:05 - 0:53:10 -> 'The Walking Dead' again MAJOR spoilers for Episode 3 mixed with a spoiler for Episode 4,

0:53:10 - 1:00:40 -> 'Assassin's Creed 3' MAJOR spoiler. The crew spoils the only good thing about this game so watch out,

1:00:40 - 1:07:25 -> 'Frog Fractions' MAJOR spoilers,

1:07:25 - 1:21:37 -> NOTHING,

1:21:37 - 1:22:28 -> 'Halo 4' haven't played the game, but without context it sounds like a minor thing,

1:22:28 - 1:23:38 -> NOTHING,

1:23:38 - 1:25:30 -> 'Sleeping Dogs' MAJOR spoiler,

1:25:30 - 1:28:49 -> NOTHING,

1:28:49 - 1:32:49 -> 'Mass Effect 3: From Ashes' spoilers,

1:32:49 - 1:33:18 -> 'Spec Ops: The Line' minor spoiler,

1:33:18 - 1:35:57 -> NOTHING,

1:35:57 - 1:36:01 -> 'Far Cry 3' minor spoiler,

1:36:01 - 1:43:04 -> NOTHING,

1:43:04 - 1:43:07 -> 'Asura's Wrath' spoiler,

1:43:07 - 2:03:17 -> NOTHING

i have a pretty big fever so i might have missed something/made a mistake in time stamps. cheers.

@Animasta said:

@paulmako said:

I'm so pumped. Been studying the conversion of Pagan peoples of Europe to Christianity in the medieval period and now I want to jump back into 2012 with dat cast.

I will tell you what happened, I know for a fact; poland/denmark/sweden/norway conquered all of the baltics and finns and converted them before 1100.

well, this is what always happens in crusader kings 2 so I'm pretty sure it's right ;)

I'm from Poland and as far as I know, our first king - Mieszko I - was baptised in 966 and this whole event is called 'The Baptism of Poland'. After that he started building churches and shit all over the land. European nations were converting to Christianity because If you wanted to be a proper country, that is respected and stuff you had to do that. Pagans were basically treated like morons. At least that's what I remember from my history lessons so I might be suuuuper wrong.

ps. I know you were joking with the Crusader Kings 2, but it's pretty funny that Norway and Sweden is there, considering that they were pretty much the last guys with Christian Kings (Sweden in 1008 and Norway in 1024) ;D

same thing happened to me when i was about to start episode 4. i'm replaying everything now...

SIGN ME UP BRUUUUUUUH!

gt: falek

i agree with OP and some other guys in this thread. we're are barely getting any new content nowadays and when we do get something, it's kinda meh. don't get me wrong, i still like giant bomb a lot. i'm just sad that such a great website is so boring lately (i'm not counting the bombcast 'cause it's still awesome imo).

also, some of the giant bomb defense force replies are AMAZING. still settling in the 'new' office, after being there for 4 months is probably my favourite :D

@Demoskinos said:

Your not wrong to say it's a bad deal but damn if I wouldn't like that Mona Sax skin. Been playing a lot of multiplayer and the Mona skin would be fantastic.

but it's just for deathmatch, right?

@Kentor said:

Patrick, I have a really hard time believing you're with us on why the ending is broken when you clearly attribute our collective ire to aspects we don't really care about and have no qualms with.

I find it particularly alarming that you've given so much credence to Jensen's opinion, which is based solely on second hand information. Consider that for a moment. You went into a discussion with someone who had a preconceived notion of the issues at hand based solely on second hand information at best. Regardless of whether his conclusions align with your own, does that sound like reasonable journalism?

this.

@2kings said:

I'm sure everyone remembers the ending to Shadow of The Collossus. That was a bittersweet ending that is praised by the majority, to this day.

On almost every gaming site and podcast, I'm hearing enthusiast press call the disappointed fan-base, "entitled" or "ignorant". As stated in soooo many comments preceding mine, this is simply NOT the case. ME3 breaks it's own lore in more ways than one. Even if the indoctrination theory holds, that means they meant to either charge or give DLC for the ending. This is also disgusting and counter to everything ME is.

Sorry Patrick, your article reeks of "journalist" navel gazing. I still love ya though.

and this.

thanks guys for writing down everything that i was thinking :) cheers.

@Marokai said:

@faustyn said:

also i don't see a problem in people constantly using the biotic charge. it recharges your shield so it's super useful. and charging a banshee is a legit tactic. you shoot her a bunch and when she's throwing the projectile you just charge her. then you just repeat the pattern.

And as frustrating as it might be for some people, it's also totally the crux of that class. A Vanguard that isn't using Biotic Charge frequently is basically just a weak version of the Adept. It's hard to begrudge a class for using the ability that really makes that class.

exactly. is the best thing about the class and also it's biggest weakness.

@Mordukai said:

@faustyn said:

@Mordukai said:

and most of the times you see someone not at the extraction point at the end of round it's probably going to be a Vanguard.

i play as a vanguard and i never go to the extraction point because there is no point in doing that. sitting in that zone and getting raped by enemies is a pretty stupid idea. i usually go to the opposite side of the map and in the last 30 second run back to the LZ. sitting in the zone for 2 minutes is pointless and people doing that are probably not vanguards ;d

also i don't see a problem in people constantly using the biotic charge. it recharges your shield so it's super useful. and charging a banshee is a legit tactic. you shoot her a bunch and when she's throwing the projectile you just charge her. then you just repeat the pattern.

My point exactly. It'll be fun to see once Bioware nerfs your OP class, and trust me they will, because then everyone will stop playing like jerks and either play as some other class or start playing like a proper Vanguard.

it's a co-op game right? so i'm still helping the other players by killing stuff. there is no OP class. every single one is viable and makes sense in different situations. i'm confused by your logic. rooting for vanguards to get nerfed... it's my fault you can't kill stuff? and playing like a 'proper vanguard'... what is that play style like? please enlighten me, mr. YOU'RE PLAYING THE GAME WRONG BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PLAYING IT THE WAY I WANT YOU TO!!!!!