Quick Look: Anomaly 2

Didn't you guys played this a long time ago? Or was it number 1?

Oh That's the PS4 version, that's why

Ten seconds to dropoff. Hey! Put out that cigar.

batman fans rejoice ^

- "Do you think the rumors are true?"

- "What, that Harley used to be a dude?"

- "Harley's gonna run things after Joker dies? That won't last long."

OH NO IT'S THE BATS!!

nice, more looking forward to DG2 though

O Jesus they made this game even more stressful.

I love everything about the original in theory, but I just couldn't enjoy it in practice.

I feel like this game has been out for years, was it in beta for so long?

Drew is on fire.

This is the PS4 release. The full game was originally released on PC last May.

Aha gotcha, I didn't catch that part.

Was it really that long ago? Wow.

Also. I like this series.

Edit: Wait! I'm thinking of the newer one where you play as the aliens. So yes, 2 came out awhile ago. Makes sense now.

Man, I loved the first Anomaly. I bought the second one on PC as soon as it came out, but I barely got anywhere. I really want to go back and play through it. I liked what they added, but I was just dealing with a lot of real-life stuff at the time.

Hey @Brad, the commander unit is actually not new to Anomaly. It was in the first one...at least in the PC version. I think the mobile version didn't have it.

The first Anomaly was great, the second one lost its way. Much prefer the first game.

I finished this a while ago, and if I remember correctly I preferred the first one because it actually felt somehow new and interesting.

This, while improving things, didn't have that edge.

Also, the story is effing ridiculous.

I enjoyed my time with this game when it came out on PC. I liked having to balance the different types of units, and also the ability to change how the units behave on the fly. It also has a really neat look to it. I don't know if I'll ever go back and play it again, but I'd recommend it for PS4 players, depending on the price.

This quicklook reminded me that the controller support the dev promised for the PC version never materialized. Checked the Steam forum for the game and yep, the dev has abandoned adding controller support for the PC version. Crummy.

I JUST watched Edge of Tomorrow last night and also went in knowing nothing about it other than that Norm Chan said it was good. I liked it. I think I'll check out Oblivion next. Tom Cruise is a pretty good action movie star. Maybe one day I'll actually watch Tom Gun. I think the first movie I saw him in might have been Mission: Impossible.

I think I've gotten the first one for free on, like, every console ever.

Same goes for the second. I picked up Anomaly 2 in a mobile bundle and there was no dude in that one, but the PC version does have the main unit.

'CAUSE WE GOT A GREAT BIG CONVOY, ROCKIN' THROUGH THE NIGHT

Very sublime Zero Wing reference there @drewbert, I wish war was beginning in 2034.

this mission is easy > dead

Huh, I know a Myung-Hee Lee. She'd be stoked to find herself helping to save the day in an alien post apocalypse.

Drew is killin me 60 seconds in

Oblivion was NOT well received. That movie is no good. Edge of Tomorrow though, ROCKS.

Love strategy games but some reason never got into Tower defense...however, looked really good may check it out on steam.

@heatdrive88: Dude!

Yes. I cringed a bit at the mandatory romance near the end, but that movie is really fucking good. Also, good role from Tom Cruise, even though I hate to say it.

Leave it to Brad to completely skip a tutorial and then have no idea how to play.

Suddenly, a million convoy jokes I've heard in the past became clear. This filled a hole that I never knew existed. That's a nice song too! Haha.

@sarumarine: I'm glad I can enlighten some people to what they probably most recognize as "that one song Homer was singing into the Superstar Celebrity Microphone toy that he got for Bart".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Bart

http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Superstar_Celebrity_Microphone

This game is on sale on the Humble Bundle site for 2.99. You get the android and PC/mac/linux versions. Pretty nice deal.

Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/anomaly2_storefront

Oblivion is not good, Drew.

Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow is damn, damn, damn good. And has a title they can't agree on.

Didn't he say he is halfway through the game?

Yup, and he played and is a fan of the first game. He certainly has no clue what is going on....

@deathfromace: @ssully: I was referring to the multiplayer. Did you even watch the video?

Stopped when it got to the multiplayer. Also you mentioned multiplayer no where in your comment, you cant be surprised that me(and another person) didn't know you meant the last 5 minutes of the video from your comment.

@drewbert dropping bon jovi lyrics made my day :) *sings*

They're made of lipstick, plastic and paint

A touch of sable in their eyes

I'd love to know the logic going on in Brad's head where "attack unit, defenseless NPC, shield unit, another defenseless NPC unit, then two more attack units way at the back" is a winning arrangement of DPS.

Also, having only played the first game, I'm pretty sure you always want to take out most of the towers (by engaging as few at a time as possible) so that you're loaded up on powerups. They aren't always evenly distributed, so just sitting on a boatload of them is useful. Also dear god, even if you don't kill every tower, you should get all the money possible, because I'd wager that a significant reason Brad couldn't finish the mission was how not upgraded his convoy was.