Giant Bombcast 05-01-2012

FUCK YEAH BOMBCAST!!!! Where's part 2? I'm a greedy asshole and I want I want I want, GB spoils us everyone, we all know that

damn.

this is NOT the way to get any work done.

fuck asura's wrath: at least in Dragon's Lair you could fail the QTEs and you didn't have to pay more money to see the ending.

It's my birthday, and this is my podcast. MINE!

@Skanker said:

@Cyrisaurus said:

Great job guys on making GoW: Ascension MP seem bad because you were too lazy to "click on it".

It looks amazing, but you wouldn't know that because you think it's just 4v4. Keep up the good work.

Somebody of the team speaks unintelligently about at least one game per week. It's just something you're going to have to come to terms with.

I used to write off multiplayer in sequels to previously single player only franchises but games like Mass Effect 3 and Uncharted 2 showed me that multiplayer doesn't have to just be another check on the box and can actually be fun. I'm not saying Ascension's multiplayer is going to revolutionize the industry but I'm also not going to shit all over it either, especially if I didn't even see footage of it. I see where this guy is coming from, hearing the guys dog on things they don't see is disheartening, but yeah you just got to accept it.

WOOOOO BOMBCAST WITH RYAN

Anniversary of Osama Bin Laden joke!

@msavo said:

@Skanker said:

@Cyrisaurus said:

Great job guys on making GoW: Ascension MP seem bad because you were too lazy to "click on it".

It looks amazing, but you wouldn't know that because you think it's just 4v4. Keep up the good work.

Somebody of the team speaks unintelligently about at least one game per week. It's just something you're going to have to come to terms with.

I used to write off multiplayer in sequels to previously single player only franchises but games like Mass Effect 3 and Uncharted 2 showed me that multiplayer doesn't have to just be another check on the box and can actually be fun. I'm not saying Ascension's multiplayer is going to revolutionize the industry but I'm also not going to shit all over it either, especially if I didn't even see footage of it. I see where this guy is coming from, hearing the guys dog on things they don't see is disheartening, but yeah you just got to accept it.

Yeah but it's hard to accept the fact that these guys are bringing people info, and getting to have access and do things us members can only wish to do, and they just sit back and say "yeah they announced this I guess but I don't care it's going to be dumb" and get fucking paid for it.

I have seen all the GoW: A previews/screens/videos/info and could bring a real discussion to the table, but here I am just a worthless member who has to accept that instead everyone is going to listen to some dudes who can't even be bothered to watch a 2 minute video before making a knee-jerk negative opinion.

3 minutes in, already hilarious

Fuck you for saying Asura's Wrath isn't worth $60. And the true ending DLC is worth it.

Your late!! Now I have to go to bed! >:( (England)

I really wish Asura's Wrath would go down in price.

@Cyrisaurus: Yeah their dismissive attitudes can be a put off almost to the point where I don't care for their game critiques or reviews and I just look forward to random hijinks Jeff is just too old and bitter for games we need fresh eyes and minds

Asura's Wrath, or "This is why people who don't know any better think all anime is fucking retarded: The Game"

Really trying to download this fast because I need to go take a dump but dont want to head into battle without the guys there!

Anyone know what this week's additional podcast is going to be about? Brad mentioned it in this week's I Love Mondays video.

@TheHBK said:

Really trying to download this fast because I need to go take a dump but dont want to head into battle without the guys there!

ahahhaha nice.

It's Tuuueeessssday?

Asura's Wrath isn't the latest title card ever Brad. It's close, but that title definitively belongs to Red Dead Redemption.

The enemy's gate is down.

Asura's Wrath talk? Nice, my wish last week has been granted.

Jeff Gerstmann ‏ jeffgerstmann

We'll have more Black Ops II stuff (written and a podcast thing) at 9PM Pacific. There's... more to it than the trailer lets on.

@Fjordson said:

Anyone know what this week's additional podcast is going to be about? Brad mentioned it in this week's I Love Mondays video.

"It looks like you are about to listen to a Bombcast! Would you like any help?"

ARRRG go fuck yourself, CLIPPY!

@leejunfan83 said:

@Cyrisaurus: Yeah their dismissive attitudes can be a put off almost to the point where I don't care for their game critiques or reviews and I just look forward to random hijinks

Yeah I will say as I have gotten older I have definitely cared less about, y'know, their 'opinions of video games' I guess. I now primarily enjoy the hijinks and extended game playing like TNT and hell of marathons.

I am saying this unrelated to anything in this podcast for the record. Though I thought this one was a little dull.

@Cyrisaurus: despite getting paid for doing it and being in the industry for a long time their opinions are just as bad as anything you might read on the internet from time to time. The Game of the Year deliberations were just horrible when you listen to the reasoning behind some of it from these informed professionals. Everyone should be here for the funny tangents they go off on by now, and have learned that your opinion will differ from theirs which results in listening for 30 minutes or so saying "no it doesn't, no it doesn't no no ughh."

Wow, I almost forgot about "Mr. Caffeine."

... they should get him back, that made E3 pretty interesting even though I fucking hated that guy.

Today's my birthday so i consider this Giant Bomb's gift to me. Thanks Giant Bomb!

Hooray for normal time bombcast!

@msavo said:

@Skanker said:

@Cyrisaurus said:

Great job guys on making GoW: Ascension MP seem bad because you were too lazy to "click on it".

It looks amazing, but you wouldn't know that because you think it's just 4v4. Keep up the good work.

Somebody of the team speaks unintelligently about at least one game per week. It's just something you're going to have to come to terms with.

I used to write off multiplayer in sequels to previously single player only franchises but games like Mass Effect 3 and Uncharted 2 showed me that multiplayer doesn't have to just be another check on the box and can actually be fun. I'm not saying Ascension's multiplayer is going to revolutionize the industry but I'm also not going to shit all over it either, especially if I didn't even see footage of it. I see where this guy is coming from, hearing the guys dog on things they don't see is disheartening, but yeah you just got to accept it.

That's funny, the MP experiences in ME3 and Uncharted 2 showed the exact opposite. Not only are they boring and repetitive nonsense, but in the case of ME3, it probably made the SP experience significantly worse.

Don't agree with me? Good. It's an opinion. The GB guys have them too. People need to get over that.

when i played lazer tag granted i have done this 2 times in my life and its about 15 years ago if you covered the sensors you automatic got minus points so i ended up at first place on my team with minus 200 and something.

Balls to the wall...

It's time for...video podcast.

Please stop spoiling stuff in Fez

@depecheload: why are you arguing about anything ever when you already have response to it and don't want to talk about it?

@leejunfan83 said:

@Cyrisaurus: Yeah their dismissive attitudes can be a put off almost to the point where I don't care for their game critiques or reviews and I just look forward to random hijinks Jeff is just too old and bitter for games we need fresh eyes and minds

If you need fresh eyes than that tells you more about games than it does about Jeff.

Why do characters need to have a redeeming quality to their personaliy? why? can't they just be assholes like Kratos he's an asshole a bad guy , allmost all gaming characters are heroes or end up doing the right thing, I'm a good guy in the real world let me play as this guy who's kind of a dick for a change , I want a game where you play as the villain and your enemy is the party of heroes and their quest is to stop you from destroying the world.

@AngelN7: To make them relatable and human in some fashion? I can't relate or even care about a guy who's just a dick for no reason. Kratos had a reason in God Of War. They turned him into a senseless asshole douchebag in God Of War II.

i want to play EVE online

@Zacagawea said:

Please stop spoiling stuff in Fez

dude seriously at this point either skip the fez talk, they've done this for two weeks now

Why do characters need to have a redeeming quality to their personaliy? why? can't they just be assholes like Kratos he's an asshole a bad guy , allmost all gaming characters are heroes or end up doing the right thing, I'm a good guy in the real world let me play as this guy who's kind of a dick for a change , I want a game where you play as the villain and your enemy is the party of heroes and their quest is to stop you from destroying the world.

Looking forward to Hellgate Lebanon: An Ariel Sharon Simulator

nice

@Napalm: Do you need to relate to him to enjoy the story or his performance? maybe he's lovable really charming and convincing he's bad what he's doing is really bad but you support him because of his personallity. I think someone can write a "good" bad character , for example Travis Touchdown is an assassin cold blooded asshole he's not doing anything good just killing a bunch of people who are also killers I liked him even though I knew he was just as bad as the people he killed . I don't think is necesarelly for you to relate to that character to have some sort of emotion or feeling towards him/her you'll just not have the same emotion and attachment that you do for a heroe.

@AngelN7 said:

@Napalm: Do you need to relate to him to enjoy the story or his performance? maybe he's lovable really charming and convincing he's bad what he's doing is really bad but you support him because of his personallity. I think someone can write a "good" bad character , for example Travis Touchdown is an assassin cold blooded asshole he's not doing anything good just killing a bunch of people who are also killers I liked him even though I knew he was just as bad as the people he killed . I don't think is necesarelly for you to relate to that character to have some sort of emotion or feeling towards him/her you'll just not have the same emotion and attachment that you do for a heroe.

Travis Touchdown is also hilarious and a comical dude...

And the game and world he's in is also comical and hilarious. That was a really bad example.

The "Turkey O'Toole" at Bennigan's had a Soft Pretzel as a bun. Sadly it no longer exists.

@Napalm said:

@AngelN7 said:

@Napalm: Do you need to relate to him to enjoy the story or his performance? maybe he's lovable really charming and convincing he's bad what he's doing is really bad but you support him because of his personallity. I think someone can write a "good" bad character , for example Travis Touchdown is an assassin cold blooded asshole he's not doing anything good just killing a bunch of people who are also killers I liked him even though I knew he was just as bad as the people he killed . I don't think is necesarelly for you to relate to that character to have some sort of emotion or feeling towards him/her you'll just not have the same emotion and attachment that you do for a heroe.

Travis Touchdown is also hilarious and a comical dude...

And the game and world he's in is also comical and hilarious. That was a really bad example.

Why is a bad example? He's genuinely evil he has a twisted morality so he's a bad guy a "good" bad guy , the world in wich he lives is "hilarious" to you but is also pretty grim and absent of any sort of morals sure it may be too cartoony for any sort of really emotional attachment but you don't need to go with full realism to embrace any kind of emotion , again you can writte a good bad character there's no reason to say that any character exhibiting bad traits instantly means he's has no redeemable quality, in the case of Prototype 2 it seems he's just poorly written.

Dumb, dumbass game.

@AngelN7 said:

@Napalm said:

@AngelN7 said:

@Napalm: Do you need to relate to him to enjoy the story or his performance? maybe he's lovable really charming and convincing he's bad what he's doing is really bad but you support him because of his personallity. I think someone can write a "good" bad character , for example Travis Touchdown is an assassin cold blooded asshole he's not doing anything good just killing a bunch of people who are also killers I liked him even though I knew he was just as bad as the people he killed . I don't think is necesarelly for you to relate to that character to have some sort of emotion or feeling towards him/her you'll just not have the same emotion and attachment that you do for a heroe.

Travis Touchdown is also hilarious and a comical dude...

And the game and world he's in is also comical and hilarious. That was a really bad example.

Why is a bad example? He's genuinely evil he has a twisted morality so he's a bad guy a "good" bad guy , the world in wich he lives is "hilarious" to you but is also pretty grim and absent of any sort of morals sure it may be too cartoony for any sort of really emotional attachment but you don't need to go with full realism to embrace any kind of emotion , again you can writte a good bad character there's no reason to say that any character exhibiting bad traits instantly means he's has no redeemable quality, in the case of Prototype 2 it seems he's just poorly written.

Stop talking.

@Napalm: Hahaha oh wow another example of Giantbomb community greatness... have a bad day sir.

JEFF is right! CRASH BANDICOOT must be in that damn game!