@liquidsolidus: Oh I'm certain they would have had to given the short time table they had to work with. I wasn't trying to be overly specific, just commenting on the difference between playing a game as a kid and playing it as an adult. At least for me, as a kid during the summer or holidays or weekends I didn't have sports to play, I would sink the entire day into a game, turning it on before I got out of bed and not turning it off until about 4 hours after lights out, only stopping for food and bathroom. I mean, I must have sunk a combined 200 hours into Sonic Spinball and Genesis Jurassic Park, and those games are abominations.
@mrcraggle: Your point is absolutely my point. They are playing this at work, not at home, Which means they aren't going to play in 8 hour stretches, or multiple sessions a day to try to squeeze every bit of hidden boring out of the cracks of this game. Remember, this is all filmed and in the can already. They were already working on an abbreviated time table with Dan only being in town for roughly less than a month, and in that time they were also doing numerous quick looks and podcasts and whatever daily grind stuff their jobs entail. When I was a kid I had 1, maybe 2, games at a time so yes, I had time dick around and try every last thing I could over and over again. That's not the case in this situation.
You yourself even stated "That said, sometimes she simply won't answer even with she should be home but you just have to persist with it. If the GB duders some how figured to call her, if they heard she wasn't there, I'm sure their lack of follow through and curiosity would've lead them to believe that's the only answer you get just because the game often makes you feel that way with repeated interactions that don't really go anywhere." I just cant comprehend how this is anything but poor game design. Even though this does nothing, much like 90% of the other interactions in this game, just keep bashing your head against the wall with everything that doesn't do anything and 10% of the time, something (meaningless) might happen.
I get that some people love this and have intense nostalgia for it. But in a world where something like Morrowind came out just 2 years later.........this just loses a lot of its luster
@mrcraggle: thats the key difference. At 13-14 kids has have all the time in the world to fuck around in a game and try everything to see if it does anything. These dudes are trying to make an entertaining video series while also working actual jobs and having families and relationships at the same time. Cant really blame them for not thinking "maybe i should call that girl whose conversation lead to nothing on this old rotary telephone"
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