JoeyRavn

Uh, sorry to be a bother again, but all of a sudden Firefox has started blocking embedded content from GB on QLC. I had to add an exception for QLC/GB when Firefox updated to prevent cross-site cookie tracking a few weeks ago and it was working just fine. But today, out of the blue, I can't watch anything on QLC. Is anyone else experiencing the same?

Thanks for the reply! I guess I'll keep using Firefox for now. Alternatively, could there be a way to open the video page on Giant Bomb from within a playlist on QL Crew? That'd be a happy compromise, since I can arrange the videos I want to watch, in the order I want to watch them, but I can go to the source to bypass the cookie problem.

Hi! I'm a lapsed Premium user trying to get back on GB. Sorry to bump the thread, but the same is happening to me across all Chromium-based browsers I have (Chrome, Edge). The site works just fine on Firefox. I'm using AdGuard as a Windows program to filter all traffic, but even turning it off completely doesn't fix the issue. Do you have any idea what could be causing it?

I tried it, but couldn't get into it because it has horrible frame rate and frame pacing issues on my computer. I'm running a GTX 1080, i7 6700K and a G-Sync ASUS ROG PG248Q... but the game goes to 400 FPS all the time without V-Sync, and hovers around 50 to 70 FPS with V-Sync on. The frame pacing is obviously all over the place as well. I can't play the game like that and it seems it's a rather widespread issue, at least from what I've read in the Steam forums.

Maybe I'll give it another try next year, but in this state, this game is not for me.

It's more work for them, it's more userbase fragmentation for us. Nah.

It's PUBG. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it.

A crying shame, if you ask me.

If Early Access really didn't mean a thing, then gaming outlets would have reviewed the game during its Early Access period, just like they do with any "finished" game. No one doubted for a split second whether they should review Battlefront II or Mass Effect Andromeda or give them a few months to get better... but somehow the Early Access tag made PUBG immune to any "pre-release" criticism in the form of a review or purchase recommendation.

Let me ask you something: how do you think that a game like Mass Effect Andromeda would have been initially received if it had launched on Early Access? Do you think it's animation issues and boring sidequest design would have been waived away like PUBG's problems were? And don't tell me that "PUBG is fun!", as if that was an excuse for its real, objective issues. Any game can be fun or a chore and that's completely subjective. Frame rate issues, crashes, bad UI, rampant cheaters, bad monetization schemes... all those are objetive negative points.

Come on, let's be honest. "Early Access" is a free pass for bugs, crashes and poor performance, since everything's gonna get fixed by the real release, right? It only "doesn't mean anything" when you have to give a game an award or tear a new one on a major AAA release that shipped buggy.

I'm 99% sure that PUBG is going to be Giant Bomb's GOTY and that breaks my heart. It's not even a matter of having the game I want win GB's GOTY. It's won plenty already, so not getting one or two isn't any issue at all :P It's just that my perception of Giant Bomb as an outlet in which I can trust is about to be shattered. As OP said, in previous years the "Please Stop!" award was given to broken-ass games. And yet, in a year full of amazing, polished games that pushed the medium forward in many different directions (narrative, visuals, gameplay), giving the website's most important recognition to a game that is fun completely despite itself is the worst outcome possible, seeing how pervasive broken games filled with microtransactions are these days. I still hold a tiny bit of hope that any other game snatches the award, but that hopes fades a bit more every day...

@bassman2112: I know, that's why I said that I could relate to her and how she tried to deal with her issues. Because I've been there, both as a the one suffering from it and as the friend trying to do whatever they can to help. But, overall, the game itself is not the best game for someone who is in a difficult position.

The outcome of those situations is not favorable for any of the characters and their issues are resolved by a deus ex machina that is just not possible in real life. Moreover, Sayori's death doesn't affect anyone around her. She is literally removed from existence and your character forgets about her immediately. If anything, she serves as a reminder that you (the player) could have done something differently to save her, when you start seeing her pop up in your "second" playthrough. At least that's what the game wants you to believe until the final stretch of the story, when you realize that everything has been scripted from the beginning. There is an illusion of choice, but not really a way out.

In the end, the very game itself tells you to avoid it if you're suffering from mental health issues, and I think it's in your best interest to heed that advice if you feel you can have a very personal reaction to it.

Oh, no. I could not disagree more about Doki Doki Literature Club handling depression in a "realistic" way and not demonizing the character in question. The game is very clear in telling you that it is not meant for people who are suffering from mental health issues, such as depression, or are easily impressed by such themes. Recommending it for someone who is going through that is huge mistake.

Spoilers for the whole game:

Monika explicitly tells you that she made Sayori more and more depressed so the player would get away from her, to the point that she pushed her to commit suicide. The same goes for Yuri, of whom Monika implies that she cuts herself to achieve sexual relief. You can even see Yuri cutting herself, but the game instantly rewinds to a few seconds earlier in the playthrough. Then Monika amplifies her obsessive behavior and also makes her kill herself by repeatedly stabbing herself in the chest with a knife. "Demonizing" these characters is exactly what Monika wants to make them seem unlikable, even if she realizes the error of her ways later on. I'll admit that I could relate to what Sayori was feeling, since both I and my ex-girlfriend suffer from clinical depression, but the way it is presented in the game is not "safe" for someone who isn't prepared to deal with that in such a blunt, visceral way.

Seriously, don't play this game if you are going through a rough patch. Please.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. NieR: Automata
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. Destiny 2
5. Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon
6. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
7. Resident Evil 7 biohazard
8. Injustice 2
9. Metroid: Samus Returns
10. Horizon Zero Dawn