jasonefmonk

‘The common thread among these things is that you're recommending based on what YOU like, not what THEY say they like. You're SURE they'll like Dragonball more, but everything they love is so much more pronounced and developed in Super.’

Holy shit. Re-read my original post and every reply I’ve made. Every time I mention something positive or negative about the TV shows we are discussing I back it up with reference to the opinions of Jeff and Dan as represented in podcast in question.

I am dumber for having engaged with this scrotum.

This is my last post because this site is dead and nothing is left but these ghastly trolls.

@undeadpool:

‘Dragon Ball also has so much filler, you can cut 6 minutes/episode out of the Tenkaichi Budokai runs (and that's NOT an exaggeration, I timed it)’

It’s really funny that you think your subjective idea of what is ‘filler’ is somehow important. It’s also really funny that you keep harping on the ‘filler’ at all when it was very clear Jeff and Dan enjoyed the non-fight non-expository moments in Dragon Ball Z Kai. They spoke about this explicitly and sought out the *most* filler of episodes, the one where Goku and Piccolo learn to drive.

You should re-listen to the podcast.

‘the animation doesn't repeat as much but is generally a lower-quality, and far more cutesy’

The animation in last couple story-arcs of Dragon Ball and the beginning of Z are of the highest quality the series ever achieves. You can’t be serious.

And for the ‘cutesy’ comment, holy shit who cares?! You need to re-experience this entire website where the people producing content find disliking a timeless art-style because it is ‘cute’ pretty laughable. It’s also hardly true, as again, Dragon Ball shows characters bloodied and with holes in them. More damage than Dragon Ball Super, obviously.

Your arguments for Dragon Ball Super instead of Dragon Ball are nonsensical. Satan and Buu are barely in Super. Arale is in Dragon Ball first, and in a Dragon Ball movie. You claim the characters grow and develop but Dragon Ball Super is literally a Dragon Ball Z midquel that has the characters locked in an un-developing state from before where Dan and Jeff saw them last. Are you serious? You do see how several characters grow and develop over the course of Dragon Ball?…Right?

@undeadpool:

Yo dawg you know Jeff left the site right? This whole thing is a pipe dream now.

I have also recently watched the show (and listened to the podcast) and your comments are the antithesis of how I feel.

‘Based on how much they enjoyed the style of fights and the antics of Mr. Satan and Buu, I think they'd be bored to tears by OG Dragonball.’

Dragonball has a ton of silly characters with a less-than-ideal understanding of what is right and wrong, just like Mr. Satan and Buu. There are also fun and creative enemies and creative fights. It has excellent animation with much fewer repeated frames than many Dragon Ball Z fights. Alternating and reused frames was specifically a negative animation trait brought up by the guys on All Systems Goku. Clever ways to defeat an enemy or use your powers was always brought up as a positive. In Dragon Ball you have running up the lookout tower instead of climbing, fun Nimbus stuff, riding on a column that was just thrown, power pole fun, using beams to fly, and many more unique ideas.

The cavalcade of characters, including the shit-ass Yamcha, would be a delight to hear described by Dan and Jeff.

But again, this shit is dead.

These are very welcome changes! I wasn’t having a bad time before either, as all the normal person cars are very affordable to buy and tune to the moon. Now a bunch of wild shit is possible haha.

I am not very far but would love some more leaderboard population as I go through the tests and challenges!

I really love this game.

PSN ID is ookamiwarrior

@broshmosh: Makes sense! How's the hard drive in your car?

For some reason this thread is at the top of ‘recent discussions’ with no apparent activity.

Hello past! Those HDDs are spinning like your rims!

I do not recall that. It was only the last generation where the de facto became paid-online.

I agree with that a lot! I thought streaming would be okay until purchase options started disappearing. You used to be able to buy old TV shows on platforms like Apple (formerly called iTunes). While you still can certain anchor shows for streaming networks have left or never came in the first place. You can’t buy a season of King of the Hill since Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox; they want you to subscribe to Disney+ to ‘rent’ it.

This I am not so sure. They did increase the cost a few years ago and the competitive offer from Microsoft is priced to match. Neither has moved since then. Sony has effectively increased the price in the most recent years. For most of PlayStation Plus’s existence they offered regular sales for new subscriptions and for existing subscribers to extend their membership. These days those sales are not applicable to existing subscribers so they must be getting more revenue from their regular user base. That change may be enough to hold off a price increase for a few years.

@peffy said:

@banefirelord said: Based on their copy, the essential tier seems worse than current PS+ for the same price. “Two monthly downloadable games” is one fewer than we’ve been getting for quite a while.

I hope that's a mistake. We used to get 6 games per month and I'm still salty about that. They should be giving at least 2 PS4 and 2 PS5 games per month, even if most of them are small indie titles.

If you just have a PS4, it's only two PS+ games per month. Currently the PS5 game is a bonus. They used to do the same with Vita/PS3 games. These days they include online games or VR games as bonuses too. In the future they will cut down the PS4 offerings and bump up the PS5 offerings commensurately.

Since there are no changes from the current PS+ offering I’m perfectly happy to continue with PlayStation Plus Essential. It continues to be a great deal and much sweeter than competitors offerings. Here’s the six main features, in the order of most importance in my opinion:

100 GB cloud storage and automatic backup for game saves.Online multiplayer for paid-upfront games.Exclusive discounts on games and downloadable content.Monthly access to add games to digital collection, added games are accessible any time PS+ subscription is active.Access to games in PS+ Collection.Exclusive add-ons for free-to-play games.To some it may be a small distinction, however I think collecting PS+ licenses monthly is a better deal than subscribing for access to a pool of temporary licenses. Not being able to guarantee that a title you enjoyed in the past will stick around is bummer. Currently my PS+ library is 170 PS4 titles and 13 PS5 titles. That doesn’t include my many PS3/PSP/Vita titles or any I didn’t add due to lack of interest. It also doesn’t include numerous of games I had purchased before they were offered on PS+.

Resurrecting this ever-important thread. I love video games but have really enjoyed some of the GB side-content like Armed and Rangerous and All Systems Goku. I am in the middle of a re-listen right now.

Based on their conversations within the podcast at the time, I think Jeff and Dan would benefit most from the balanced adventure of OG Dragon Ball. It has an outrageous story, quality animation, and it fills in worthwhile time periods they have speculated about. It is also of a similar length to Dragon Ball Z Kai so they know exactly the time commitment they would be getting in to.

I would really like to hear them go through Dragon Ball GT as well! It just doesn't benefit them or the audience as much because it's not as compelling as DB or DBZ. It's still outrageous in its storytelling. It has unforgettable moments, but there are a couple rough episodes peppered in and it is frustrating to watch so many good characters get passed over. I do really love the way GT uses Bulma at the end, the way it sends off Goku, and the TV Special.

I don't think Dan or Jeff would be as happy with Dragon Ball Super, they would enjoy it but it lacks a lot of the brutality and damage in the combat that they enjoyed so much about DBZ/K. It has the benefit of being a 'complete product' in that it comes with last time on… and next time on… segments which is fun.