Craymen Edge Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 GBEast got a new overhead camera. I'm not sure what it's for, unless it's just for Vinny to do stuff like this. In which case, I approve whole-heartedly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I think they said it’s for table top stuff and handhelds you can’t get a picture out of, but yeah, silly stuff is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 GOTY podcasts and videos start from 6pm UK time. It's nearly time to hear Abby whine a lot and Jeff and Dan make sure RDR2 doesn't get on the top ten. The biggest question is which will win "hottest mess"? Most likely a fight between The Quiet Man and Fallout 76. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I think Abby will be better this year. Brad has thrown a strop before (when destiny nearly didn't make the top 10) and he really liked red Dead, so my money is on him GotY for them, I think Celeste might get really high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Guaranteed top ten places I would say: God of War Spider-Man Celeste Tetris Effect Dead Cells Into The Breach Monster Hunter World Possibly: Forza Horizon 4 Hitman 2 Call of Duty : Black Ops 4 Any of those top 7 have a lot of support from everyone taking part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Apart from Red Dead 2 are there many other games this year where story spoilers are a thing? I want to make sure I don’t ruin any games for myself but Read Dead 2 is the only game I can think of this year where spoilers could really apply. Any story heavy games or games with big gameplay twists I should be aware of (Without telling me what they if possible) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 God of War has a lot of story stuff that I would consider spoilers and wouldn’t want people to go in already knowing. Spider-Man maybe? And maybe the newest Assassin’s Creed does some interesting story stuff, I don’t know. On topic, they’ve completely changed how they do their discussions and it might end up making it better. Or maybe just longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Oh, yeah. The only one I haven’t played is AC but I don’t care about the story in those games, anyway. Guess I can listen to their podcasts until they get to Red Dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Here we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I might be way off with my Celeste prediction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Yessss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I hope the last day pod isn't as hard to listen to as last year's. Abby got nasty over that Dream Daddy stuff. Maf you are absolutely fucked for Red Dead spoilers. No hope you beat that game soon with how little you've touched it. Might as well embrace the spoilers and read them all. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I can skip the Read Ded parts until later. I was just wondering if there any other story heavy games I need to avoid. But I don’t think there is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 I'm only half way through but this new format seems a bit boring. Maybe it's worth it to set up the rest of the podcasts, but so far it's just them justifying the games they like without any real meat Also best debut makes no sense. I assumed it was best first game from a developer but Into The Breach is getting in there Edit: just got to the Sea of Thieves talk, that's what this needs more of imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 I think Best Debut has always been about a new series, rather than a new developer. In theory this should make it easier, but Abby has already made it clear she’s gonna fight for Moss to go top 10, which seems a bit unrealistic. I will say it’s been easier for me to watch it rather than listen as the games are titled on the video so it’s easier to skip forward for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 While I don't fully agree with all her arguments I feel sad Abby has to be so apprehensive when broaching the subject of female characters in nu-GoW. The backlash for talking on gender in games is so out of step with anything else She's not even that wrong about GoW really. Like not all her arguments were super well articulated or nuanced but she's at least developed a bit more of a voice over last year's podcasts. Anyway I'm just picking the bits in the podcasts where they talk about games I'm interested in. The podcasts last year were too long and difficult and boring to get through. Hearing them throw down on GoW and Red dead II for an hour or so is all I'm here for really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I think she was very wrong about the mother of BOY, as that character is not at all what she described her as. I would go further but, y'know, spoilers. Anyone who's heard that section and finished the game should know what I'm talking about. I also disagree with their joint opinions on the other main female character, as I bought how that character's path went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 It's not even a question of right or wrong really, it's just a bummer reading a comment section where it's full of people dumping on someone for having that problem with the game Cause on the one hand I did not have these narrative issues with it and I can see a GoW sequel where they completely justify the approach taken here. Like I am specifically thinking of a major way they can do that which is Spoiler You play as Kratos' wife in a future game cause she is the original owner of the axe and also Norse myrh works in a kind of timeline cycle so it doesn't even have to be a prequel I also generally dislike the whole notion of "tropes" and how it feels almost specifically used to disallow certain narrative devices cause they might be cliche. Like can we never tell a story now where a woman's death is a vehicle to move the plot? Cause then you're just going to push people into leaning on other "tropes" and it just sort of goes on and on and anyway tvtropes.com has listed every single fucking thing as a "trope" now can someone shut down that site or something please But it's just there's this cadre of shitty people who are dedicated to making it as uncomfortable for people as possible to express that kind of take on a game that makes me feel bad. But not when someone says the combat feedback feels poor or whatever. Where you pop into the YouTube section for that video and it's full of people dumping on one of these things and hardly anything else. There's an irony to this comment I realise but I hope it makes some sense anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I just felt a bit uncomfortable when that came up, and my reaction was mirrored by the others. Maybe they were thinking the same as me, like, "really?". Or maybe they felt uncomfortable because she was the only woman and therefore their opinions weren't as valid. But definitely watching that bit was awkward. God of War has definitely had problems in the past of women only being there to be something that Kratos either fucks or kills, but I wouldn't say that of this one. Lots of depth in both the main female characters. Lack of female characters you could argue, but really there's only about 6 characters of note in that game anyway, outside of Kratos and BOY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 The criticisms Abby had aren't that uncommon. It is a story of dads and boys primarily and there is nothing wrong with that, it just will draw certain criticisms when someone is discussing why it may not be their favourite game since they aren't relating to it as strongly. If anything I was surprised just how tone deaf everyone else was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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