WickedCobra03

I am interested after seeing Vinny and Brad play as well as the group talking about it on the bombcsst. Seems super promising. I know some people liked 5, but I was not a fan and 6 was a disaster. Kind of just stayed out since then.

Metro Last Light Redux. Picked up for like $5 on sale awhile ago and finally got some time to sit down with it. Really love the feel and graphics of this game. Has a lot of the atmosphere of STALKER, but more rounded off /polished. Like the bit of stealth and ammo conservation mixed with the tense feeling during exploration.

Still a great run through if you are not totally fixated on cutting edge graphics and can get over some of the wonky gameplay in ME1 especially. The story, exploration and universe is still a huge draw!

Since I already own the games, I will probably wait for the games to hit a cheaper price point. I really like the series, but I would definitely pick up for $30-$40, especially since my budget has been tight.

@cornbredx: I believe this is the origin. And now it kind of means, "peace out duders"

Holy cow. I usually only have time to check in twice for the last bunch of months due to life stuff, but still love watching the Friday shows.

I didn't event expect this coming.

Also, Brad is leaving... Even after all the jokes.

This is legendary! Thank you!

@haz_kaj: I don’t even know what EA is anymore, but I also think that has always been EA too! EA has morphed every 5-7 years into pivoting to a new dynamic or tone.

90’s: Growing, had some innovative games coming and generally fairly good quality.

sports, Orgin (developer, not storefront), road rash, need for speed, Strike Games (Jungle Strike, Soviet Strike, Urban Strike), Sim City 2000 / 3000.

00’s: I think this was where they really became a crazy power house. Ports to every freaking system possible.

Sims, Sports (it felt like they were going hard on sports in the early to mid 2000’s, especially with how they bought NFL licensing and basically killed NFL2K. Madden turned into an annual event with release tournaments and parties, licensed soundtracks everywhere), SSX, Black and White, Battlefield, 007 games, Medal of Honor, Simpsons Games, C&C, Need For Speed (couple of the best titles and ranged from Hot Pursuit 2 to underground), Sim City 4, Harry Potter, Disney), Burnout, Black.

Transition to the 10’s: Not that quality wasn’t good, but seemed like they were in a phase or their teen years. Old EA vs. new EA (trying to show they are not a giant but still cool and trying to be indie, and the “no meddling” years of Ricatello which produced a lot of great indies). Seemed like a lot of rushed and unfinished games.

Old EA: Trying to keep pump legacy content out at a breakneck speed and lots of franchises suffered for it. NFS Carbon and Prostreet were garbage, Maddens seemed like they sucked pretty hard in 05-08, Sports (all kind of mediocre during this time), C&Cs (got kind of long in the tooth)

New EA: Stake (let’s do indie), Rockband (their alternative to GH), spore, Boomblox, Mercenaries 2, Dead Spaces, Mirrors Edge, Mass Effect, etc.

10’s: EA felt their version of indie / “no meddling” games didn’t sell and tried to transition back to great games! Origin (online store front sucked), the Sim City (2013) sucked. Mass Effect 2 was amazing, Mass Effect 3 was not great after which it seems like EA had more influence over, Battlefield Frontline (tried to show how authentic their beards were). And who can forget the BS around Dante’s Inferno!

20’s: EA Pass seems better, but I have no idea what is coming out from them.

I will probably pick one up in a year or 2 when they both become widely available, and gives me time to save up. Also, see what console shakes out towards my interests / leader and hopefully a deal on it, even if $50 or $100 off.

I heard that there are really no crazy must-have games out for each console yet either which makes the “forced” waiting even easier.

Still loving these updates, especially when a week gets busy and need a quick rundown summary of the must get to items! Great way to catch up!

Big shout out to Marino and Brad Lynch!