kevino13

This thread is from 8 years ago. I think a lot of the data is out-dated by now

For a while I dropped off GB content, aside from a QL here and there on Youtube. However, the recent Premium stuff has kind of re-invigorated my interest in the site, Albummer is fun, the Very Online Show is cool just to see Bakalar exposed to weird internet bullshit, and I really liked the series with Voidburger, but now she seems pre-occupied with the Silent Hill series (which is also fine, but I prefer video essay content). Listening to the Bombcast lately, especially during GOTY time, made me realize... I don't actually care about listening to people's video game opinions anymore, I enjoy the random, daily life stories; opinions on news stories and developments; and emails (but that seems to have become less and less of a focus).

I appreciate the dedication and effort he puts into these videos, but there's just something about his... Duke Nukem-esque delivery that I just can't stand. At first I thought it was thematic to the DOOM video, but then clicking another he kept talking that way, so I guessed that's just how he talked. But recently I watched a few of his translating FF7 videos, where he speaks in a more relaxed tone, and I find those much more enjoyable to watch.

I'll be honest, I completely forgot about this game.

I think it's mostly a side-effect of everyone being separated by quarantine, along with a seasonal lull in content. Videos that used to be just a couple dudes in a room playing fighting games together now has to be coordinated, recorded from multiple locations, and all edited together. It's all still possible to do all this stuff, as evidenced by the regular podcasts, but most non-podcast GB content tends to be off the cuff, spur of the moment creations, which just don't happen as often when everyone's separated at home.

And, things always tend to wind down around December. The last game to release this year was Cyberpunk, and it's almost been a whole month since then. Everyone starts planning for Game of the Year discussions, which.... I still don't think they've done/released yet? I think... even as a premium subscriber, the content has been rather sparse lately. I don't really know what kind of videos they could be doing, but the random game Playdate videos just don't grab my attention anymore. And, while I appreciate bringing back the Hotspot, I can't listen to 3 videogame podcasts a week... Say what you will about Dan, he certainly came up with fresh ideas for new content.

I know this is just for funny memes, but I'd imagine a deep fryer/computer combo would have MASSIVE overheating issues.

I don't think it's too weird having a term to describe yourself as a hobbyist, like collecting Butterflies or Stamps (Lepidopterist & Philatelist). But more modern hobbies don't tend to really have "Hobby names." Like, you don't have a term for a movie watcher or a music listener. There are terms like Audiophile & Cinephile, but those tend to be used for super dedicated hobbyists that passionately devote themselves to that. I think that's how some Hardcore Gamers would see themselves, but the general "Gamer" term just feels... weird to me. Like, if a Formula 1 driver just referred to himself as "I'm a racer." It's not wrong, but it feels... so passive and a bit childish. But, the term Gamer also extends outside videogames into Board Gamers, TTRPG Gamers, WarGamers, etc.

There are Religious games, but they're mostly made in the indie/one-person space. A great example from the early 2000's would be something like Catechumen. I'd say in general, except the Wisdom Tree games that actually released on consoles, the majority of religious games are released on PC, so unless they appear on something like Steam, it's really easy for them to fly under the radar and just get circulated through some random websites

Yeah, that 1UP really pissed me off. I have no idea how you're supposed to get it, since that jump won't work.

I really liked the combat, especially the weakpoint system. Although it's repetitive, whenever I hit something correctly, it gave me a feeling of severely damaging an enemy, as opposed to the big tanky demons where you just have to chip down their health with a plasma gun for 8 seconds. I kinda don't get why they didn't put more weak points on enemies if they wanted to emphasize that kind of gameplay. Like, you can shoot the guns of the regular Mancubus, but not the Cyber Mancubus? I don't want every demon to be 1-shot kills like the Cacodemon, but it just feels like there's nothing interactive you can do with the second half of the enemy cast aside freeze them. Anytime one of those big Cyberdemon looking guys showed up late in the game, I saved the instantkill sword just for them. Not wasting my time on that...

The platforming was okay, but from how Brad described it, I kinda expected like long obstacle courses or something. Most of this stuff was just: Jump across here, cling to this wall, aim for the green light, maybe dodge some fire. Maybe it's bad on controller, but I had 0 problems with dashing or anything. maybe use the air mobility rune if you have problems?

The things I disliked were the Marauder enemies and the last boss. I thought the Marauder was a great boss fight, but every time they showed up in the middle of a level, I just groaned. I know you can shoot a rocket past them and detonate it, but they move so fast and you do not have enough rockets to deal with that. I have no idea how they expect you to kill one of those guys in 30 seconds for that secret fight.

And the last boss... just didn't wow me. He looks intimidating at first, but when you get to the second phase he looks silly. They make a big deal out of needing the sword to kill it, so I thought it would tie into the fight at some point, but no? They give you all this sword ammo just to kill the respawning trash demons? And there's so much fire, and screen shaking, and things knocking you around; it was just too chaotic for me to really enjoy playing. Especially when he wouldn't stop spawning those shield guys. Fuck those things.

Overall, I enjoyed playing Eternal, but I feel Doom 2016 is probably the more cohesive of the two... despite the efforts the team went through to make Eternal more engaging and interesting.