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Wow wow wow. Getting the Weeknd vibes with the song.

Zalman ZM mic1

best cheap mic you can buy

I like this discussion. I liked Cuphead for having a great presentation with its sound and retro animation. That within itself is fun. But I didn't have fun playing the game. Without its art and sound design, the gameplay feels really dull.

It isn't fun. It isn't forgiving. It's more like a bullet hell game mixed with platforming. I feel like spamming the finger guns mimic mega man to a worse degree. There isn't enough positive feedback to show players that they are performing well.

I feel like Rayman: Origins is a hell of a better platformer than Cuphead in terms of art direction, fun gameplay, great level design, and music. Cuphead is extremely charming but Rayman has a ton of swagger in almost every aspect. It's hard not to see why Cuphead got all the love from the site, but man Giant Bomb makes it seem like the best 2D platformer they ever covered.

Woman (8): Sasha Banks

Mens (6): Seth Rollins

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@papercut i would like to announce my entry to the Royal Rumble

Persona 5 is better with japanese voice over than english voice overs. The translation in the dialogue and description uses a lot of big words to explain what’s going on. It makes it hard to fully grasp whats being said in English. On my first playthrough with the English dub, I kept thinking in my head “no one talks like this in real life”. After I lost my save when my hard drive failed, I immediately downloaded the Japanese dub and it’s way better. It’s like reading fan subs. Better immersive experience. “It’s like one of my japanese anime!”

Green tax will be pretty expensive for these adaptive vsync monitors. I think its worth every penny though. Love my Dell S2417DG

@ll_exile_ll: I'm glad someone feels the same disappointment I did when I posted my review. I am glad they looked at the design philosophy of the first game to make this clusterfuck of a game better. They should have evolved the game they worked on for 7 years. They are working backwards here. And the major changes they made had no pay off other than to piss off their player base. It sucks that I have to wait until Fall 2018 to see the changes I wanna see with the weapon loadout structure. They better make the new mod system make up for lack of rerollable gear because every bit of loot in Destiny 2 is bland in comparison to Destiny 1.

I cannot believe how bad of a timeline Bungie has had from the game's release date to now. Each update has been a disappointment. Masterworks barely add a tick of power. The XP update is a complete failure (I mean why build a progression system with lootboxes. Motes of Light was fine). Seasons are driven by microtransactions.

The only good post-release content in the game was the Raid Lair. But you had to buy it to access it.

Prove me wrong Bungie. I haven't played Destiny 2 since the beginning of December and I probably won't play it until the second expansion (because I already paid for it)

yesss! I can't wait!

@mezza: I went back and listened to Vinny's argument on why he thought Assassin's Creed: Origin was his most disappointing game of the year. I think that it was the pinnacle of the deliberations this year. He made fantastic points why a series he invested so much time in felt so different to what he expected. Alex and Ben ultimately pushed back stating the game had the opposite effect. Abby dismissed his entry to the category saying that it may his most disappointing game of the year, but not the website's.

And this isn't just to gang up on Abby. She did provide a long list of reasons why Mario Kart 8 deserved 2017's old game of the year. Yes, she ran through those reasons like a fanatic, but she made valid points that everyone agreed. It's just unfortunately to hear how she celebrated by saying "Yay, I won" when it isn't that kind of competition.

Brad dismissed Horizon because it felt empty and because of cultural appropriation. Aside from the cultural part of the game, Brad dismissed Batman: Arkham City the same way. After beating Arkham City, he said that the game deserved an honorable mention in his own top ten list. If Brad played through Horizon, he would have saw why the game developers made the decision to have diversity in one society. It may not have cracked the list, but to simply push it aside because he didn't get to a crucial part of the game is a shame.

I honestly feel like 2017 was a fantastic year for video games. However, since there was so many good video games out there, not one staff member could have played through them all and have a passionate argument for the games. When you have a lot of must play games with a staff full of diversity, there will be bitterness. It's definitely telling that they wanted all games to get their shine in the spotlight with categories like "best world" but couldn't because it devolved into a competition on what game the staff enjoyed more.