shmoodow

So given that there seem to be enough bobbleheads to imply 13 skills, and in the crafting thing we saw that there were ranks in the science skill (but much lower numbers), would having, say, 5 ranks per skill and two tiers of points again, one every couple of levels for perks and a few per level for skills, really be that much of a difference? I mean, in previous Bethesda Fallout games, the important part of skills wasn't whether you had 36 or 37 lockpick, but whether you had 25 or 50 lockpick so you could open different safes. You could still have skill checks in conversations the same way as 3 and new vegas, but it would be like needing rank 2 barter, rather than 40 points in barter.

Anyone with me on this?

@kerikxi said:

This probably won't be as bad as the WiiU, since there isn't some peripheral that people can look at and go "Oh, this must be what the fuss was about then", it's either an old 3DS or a 'New 3DS'. Nintendo aren't selling something that people can mistake for an addon, in fact it's the opposite, they built the addon into the new thing in the case of the circle pad pro.

The whole naming thing is dumb though, it just looks like they're trying to pull an Apple and do a The New iPad with Retina and Fancy Glitter Balls type refresh rather than have a bigger leap every seven or eight years.

@abendlaender: No more worrying about GBs white young male only staff, we have a menopausal vending machine writing reviews now.

@filipholm: My first one was just a cheapo one I got off ebay, but I ended up buying a nicer one on a family holiday to Turkey for way cheaper than importing one would be, at least here in the UK anyways.

@chrisharris: You're a man after my heart with the sitar and diddley bow, I saw Seasick Steve live once and he was just incredible with it.

As someone who has compulsively bought way too many instruments, my favourite to play is probably my baglama, love it to death.

A lot of Justin Sullivan and The Levellers recently

After someone asked in the other "by the numbers" GotY thread about how the list would look if guests were included, so here it is:

1. The Last of Us (154)
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (76)
3. Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag (68)
4. Papers Please (66)
5. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (65)
6. Bioshock Infinite (62)
7. Gone Home (59)
8. Saints Row IV (50)
9. Stanley Parable (45)
10. Grand Theft Auto V (44)
11. TIE: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider/Super Mario 3D World (40)
12. Dota 2 (30)
13. Rogue Legacy (29)
14. Divekick (20)
15. Animal Crossing: New Leaf (19)
16. Guacamelee (15)
17. TIE: The Swapper/DmC (14)
18. TIE: Peggle 2/Gunpoint/Pokemon XY/Fire Emblem: Awakening (13)
19. TIE: Tearaway/XCOM: Enemy Within (12)
20. Beyond: Two Souls (11)
21. TIE: Civilisation 5: Brave New World/Kerbal Space Program/Unity of Command/Device 6/Metro: Last Light (10)
22. TIE: Antichamber/LEGO Marvel Super Heroes/Candy Box/Far Cry 3 (9)
23. TIE: ALL I WANT IS FOR ALL MY FRIENDS TO BECOME INSANELY POWERFUL/Diablo III/Rayman Legends/Zelda: WInd Waker HD /Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist/Spelunky/Shadowrun Returns (8)
24. TIE: Injustice: Gods Among Us/Shelter/Rocksmith 2014/Dishonored/Dead Space 3 (7)
25. TIE: Battlefield 4/The Walking Dead/Fallen Enchantress/Call of Duty: Ghosts/WWE 2K14/Remember Me/Star Wars Pinball/Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies/Year Walk/Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (6)
26. TIE: Batman: Arkham Origins/Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing/Dynasty Warriors 8/Borderlands 2 (5)
27. TIE: Disney Infinity/DC Universe Online/Proteus/Lords of Waterdeep/Mark of the Ninja (4)
28. TIE: State of Decay/Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance/Kentucky Route Zero/FIFA 14/Dead Rising 3/Just Cause 2 Multiplayer/Nuclear Throne (3)
29. TIE: Plants v Zombies 2/Killer Instinct/Castles In The Sky/Knightmare Tower/Battleblock Theater/WoW Timeless Isle/Hitman: Absolution (2)
30. TIE: Payday 2/Teleglitch/Paint it Back/Ryse/Hundreds/Dragons Crown/Luigis Mansion/F1 2013 (1)

Note: I didn't Include unordered top 10s (Will Smith, Zoe Quinn) and when a game was on a list multiple times I only counted it once at its highest position (Brad Muir, Dean Evans). Shorter lists (John Carpenter, Casey Malone) were ranked with their No. 1 game being worth 10 and the rest going down from there, with the last however many numbers missed off.

Link to download spreadsheet.

@thatfrood: Just finished making a spreadsheet for all the Top 10s, including the guest ones, and here are the top 10 from that:

1. The Last of Us (154)
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (76)
3. Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag (68)
4. Papers Please (66)
5. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (65)
6. Bioshock Infinite (62)
7. Gone Home (59)
8. Saints Row IV (50)
9. Stanley Parable (45)
10. Grand Theft Auto V (44)

Note: I didn't Include unordered top 10s (Will Smith, Zoe Quinn) and when a game was on a list multiple times I only counted it once (Brad Muir, Dean Evans). Shorter lists (John Carpenter, Casey Malone) were ranked with their No. 1 game being worth 10 and the rest going down from there, with the last however many numbers missed off.

@uniform: I did a quick search and the only one I could find was from 2008, apologies if this is a well-worn topic.