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I was hopeful that this would be good, but watching the trailers the action looked a little stale. It's also weird that it's called Dark Alliance, but the shortcut on my desktop is "CotH" which I'm only guessing stands for Companions of the Hall. Like, was this originally not even a Dark Alliance game? I think the combat could be better if they unlocked attack direction from the camera and improved the enemies, but those seem like big asks that I don't expect. It's a real bummer.

Personally I don't watch as much Giant Bomb content as I used to, especially compared to 10 years ago when I watched every video they put up and waited eagerly every day for a video to drop. However, I've kept subscribed except for times of financial instability and plan to keep subscribed for as long as I can. I love this site. It got me through tough times, and I don't know where I'd be without it. To me having asked a question at PAX East almost a decade ago and getting into a GB video as a result is my highest point of pride. But sometimes, you gotta move on if you gotta move. GLHB.

Jeff predicted that Red Dead Redemption and Alan Wake would come out on the same day years before the games release dates were actually announced. If memory serves the group was talking about rumors of Rockstar making a new Red Dead. Jeff made a laugh and said "Yeah, that'll come out right along Alan Wake," which then got laughs from the other duders.

So, yeah, Prophetic Chem Trails.

@irrationalbee: I might say that it is worth keeping in mind that Patrick probably didn't use that in his speech to point out hate towards trans people, but simply pointing out hate on the internet. You are right that a biological woman reviewing GTA might get the same comments, but perhaps if that was the case Patrick still would have used it as a recent example. Looking at the tweets saying "I hope that goes without saying" to somebody asking him if he thought jokes were in bad taste or not is not trying to be a white knight for something. He's not saying that trans humor is in bad taste, only the jokes that McHale made were. I don't know what these jokes were, or if they even existed, but truth be told it does not matter. You are taking a minor, insignificant comment and blowing it way out of proportion on the forums. I agree with others, bring it to Patrick's attention privately and you might get a real response.

Welp, that's something to not look forward to. Thanks for the heads up.

@jesushammer: That sounds crazy enough to work! However I will admit to being something of an optimist.

Oh I definitely agree that is a direction they will take it, that is really where many developers are taking development. I merely meant what you guys also said, that this is going to be there way to make their hooks seem less egregious. I never meant my comment to infer that EA is trying to turn saint, merely that they are working on their image. That isn't whether or not tehy are actually a good company, but how people see them. I know people who will see the removal of the online pass as "a victory," but will not even balk at micro-transactions.

Alternatively it could be the negative response to Always Online that led to this decision. As much as losing that extra buck may hurt, it would be even worse if nobody was buying your game at all due to poor sales of a console. Also it is not like Always Online will stop the sale of used games, unless the rumors of accounts being tied to games is true. Really I would chalk this up to a change in management. As much as the Online Passes might have made, they probably also affected game sales. So I am curious to see if there are any other changes in this style.

It will become one of those games that you can play on those video screens in airplanes. Mark my words.

I never played Yoshi's Island, though I do own a SNES copy of it (I bought it a year or two ago to discover my SNES was broken). After watching Patrick play and talk about it, however, I am going to go replace my SNES. Yoshi's Island seems like a great game. It is no Super Mario World, but then again I have found that no other Mario game hits that height, so why bother comparing?