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Giant Bomb |GOTY 2018| Cowboys vs. Gods
- Thread starter Death Metalist
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don't post or discuss whatever leak happened.
I have zero patience for it or whatever bullshit you guys were on yesterday
No I just pretend to be a volunteer hall monitor for jackasses who can't stop being jackasses even during the holidays
I saw the leak and The Quiet Man swept almost every category, really amazing and well deserved.
RDR got most disappointing though.
RDR got most disappointing though.
I take it the dude going "I'm so disappointed with Abby" and pulling the "it's just a game!" bullshit.
Just wanna make sure this gets proper visibility for 50ppp people.
Ahh sure. The "wish Abby wouldn't swear so much" dude was also laying down some choice casual sexism
I mean you could have just said nothing at all. I'm sure someone is bound to ruin the thread eventually.
I wish the guest GOTY lists were more standardized. Like why would I care about a list of 6 games, half from last year, in no particular order with maybe a line or two of text.
I'm the opposite, I'm really glad they aren't standardised. It'd be far more boring.
As it stands now I just don't read them. If they were numbered at least I'd have something to get mad about!
No one is ready for that
Wouldn't the lists look almost all the same to some extent if that was the case?
Completely off topic sort of, but Greg Millers #1 was a pretty good troll lol
I like it. Lots of different folks with lots of different priorities. Also can't go overboard setting requirements for extremely busy people who don't owe the site a list to begin with and are doing a favor.
Nah I don't think so. But yeah, this is the kinda stuff I'm talking about. Numbered lists are fun and generate more conversation.
Jeff and Brad have been consistent over the years of picking out faults in frame rate and laggy controls. There are times when GoW drops to 28-29fps and causes issues and of course the performance mode is not a good option as it fluctuates in the 45fps range. This mode is simply not an option for some.
I'm also wondering could there be some GPU throttling on some machines that are taking off that could cause more drops below 30.
I'm also wondering could there be some GPU throttling on some machines that are taking off that could cause more drops below 30.
I really like how they are. People can give attention to what they want and how they want it
The creative and humorous ways guests use to praise the games they played this year (which might not have come out this year, and also might not be games) is the only reason I pay attention to those lists.
But no one reads them? I imagine the traffic for lists like that are just abysmal.
I read quite a few of them. Don't really care what others do.
So best looking is going to be GoW vs RDR2? The world is amazing in RDR2 but some of those textures and character models are rough.
Just wanted to mention that I'm so bummed that no one seems to have even given so much of a glance at DUSK which was my personal game of the year. It's especially odd with how much Jeff seems to enjoy those sorts of old twitch shooter FPS titles and how high everyone was on DOOM 2016. I understand though it came out mid December and they all only have so much time, maybe it'll get a nod next year like some 2017 December titles are this year.
Have to say that's some grade-A "Critical Studies 101" magical-and-unknowable bullshit there. Hopefully this sort of vapid intellectual dishonesty goes out of fashion soon, since its main function seems to be as an unassailable tool to silence any and all criticism.
I highly recommend the Waypoint GOTY podcast about Sea of Thieves that featured the return of Danika Harrod: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/bjekm5/our-favorite-games-of-2018-sea-of-thieves
The animations for anyone not named Arthur or Dutch in RDR2 can be pretty awful.
Time (the concept, not the mag) itself robbed Smush of its awards.
Kind of glad GB adopted a similar format, reminiscing about games before doing any awards stuff. I think the conversations that arise are so much more interesting to listen to. (Though I prefer the focused approach of Waypoint so far. Their Battletech and Life is Strange: Ep 1 pods were great!)
Agreed, Waypoint's GotY pods have been good listens so far.
Kind of glad GB adopted a similar format, reminiscing about games before doing any awards stuff. I think the conversations that arise are so much more interesting to listen to. (Though I prefer the focused approach of Waypoint so far. Their Battletech and Life is Strange: Ep 1 pods were great!)
Jep. Standartized lists would be incredibly boring.
The lists this year are super different and it's great.
Yeah, I didn't really agree with much of the GoW discussion, and I'm just going to leave it at that.
I mean there are 2 camps of opposing views lol. You probably agree with one side.
i dont think it is fair to compare the two since rdr2 is open world and GoW is a linear game with a hub. RDR2 vs AC Odyssey would be a better comparison.
I mean sure, but I played God of War on a launch PS4 Pro in 4k and never noticed any fan problems, or performance problems so don't agree with Jeff or Brad there at all.
Don't agree with Abby's points because as Vinny said "your violent against everyone."
So I guess I should say I only agreed with Vinny/Dan.
I mean there's one side that thinks it's an issue and another that doesn't.
I think Brad sometimes hangs too much on Jeff's opinion of a game that Brad hasn't played yet, i.e use that to not even try it. I can't cite specific examples, but if you listen to the (regular) podcast it comes up every now and then. I'd much rather he actually tried these games for himself, and then the ensuing dicussions would be more interesting.
Jeff can be very particular about what he likes and doesn't like in his games. Which is fair enough, but a problem if he talks other staff out of trying games, IMO.
Yes. But for the reasons she gave. "It's and old trope". I'm agree that it would be cool to have more female protagonists and antagonists but...Her rasoning was weak: "Valkeries are there just to be killed ... Followed by "I wished the enemies had less of a male desing". "I think Freya WAS so cool until she let her son choke her and became an antagonist". For some strange reason she thought the game was about revenge. Vinny had to explain her the plot and she practically said "ok... whatever, It's and old trope"
I think the game packs of female exposure, not representation. Women in this game are the engineers of the different plots. We only see one, Freya. And it is known that in the game Freya is the Valkery general. A lot of subtle details about the women that unfortunately people didn't seem to catch.