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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 10:36 pm
by Falcon Critical
I feel like Vinny is laying the lore on too thick for Alex in ME, but Alex knows Vinny and knows how into it he is so I'm sure they'll riff off it together. I could see other people getting annoyed with Vinny explaining things before the game does, but ME is a known quantity to most people now anyway.
Exquisite Corps was indeed the ending, and it goes exactly as you might think.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:57 pm
by Delthazar
Alex's absolute bewilderment at how Exquisite Corps ended was such a great moment. It was a series that perhaps ran a tad too long, but boy did it end well.
Agreed about the Mass Effect lore from Vinny, though I feel like that'll almost certainly simmer down as the series continues, as Vinny already seemed increasingly self-aware about it in that first episode. Kinda on the same note, Alex being a pretty knowledgeable Star Trek fan has me thinkin' he's just as likely to point out similarities and stuff, which should be fun.
It's such a great idea for a series regardless since each game in the franchise has a lot to talk about and reflect on.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 4:12 am
by Delthazar
I'm loving the HD texture pack they're using. I'll have to grab that if I ever pay the king's ransom EA wants for the Origin versions of the ME games.
Also this decryption minigame totally wasn't in the 360 version. I have no idea how it's supposed to work.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:39 pm
by Falcon Critical
Wow really? I had forgotten about the system but seeing it brought back memories for sure. Typically you just find a spot with no orange blockers and then just wait for the moment to zoom right to the centre when it's clear. There were very few times where I had to move in a layer and then around a bit and in again.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 3:46 pm
by Delthazar
Heh, I can't even remember the OG 360 version of that minigame at this point. I think it might've even been just a super simple number matcher? Or... pipes? I probably just smeared omni gel on everything.
Vinny + Alex + Mass Effect is a perfect combination and already becoming one of my favourite features just two episodes in.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:18 pm
by Delthazar
how did EA/Bioware miss out on marketing an energy drink called "eezo"
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:06 pm
by Delthazar
So many great references in here.
https://twitter.com/scarymask/status/10 ... 2378044416
Hard to believe it's really been 10 years.
e: today's Mass Alex
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:25 pm
by DHerder222
I appreciate Robo right in the center.
What's with Odie from Garfield?
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:28 pm
by Delthazar
That would be for Jeff's valiant struggle against various terrible Garfield games.
https://youtu.be/D60VgBhIVHI?t=10m38s
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:10 pm
by Falcon Critical
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:00 pm
by Delthazar
Jack Gallagher and weird old Gamecube anime wrestling games!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6XlJbIko8
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:06 pm
by Delthazar
Potential spoiler for the next episode of Mass Alex
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:23 pm
by Delthazar
Is it possible to have more than one conversation with Kaidan as a Femshep without him imprinting on you like a baby duck
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:26 pm
by John Layfield
Liara is just as bad for this when playing as FemShep, honestly. It's a pain.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:26 pm
by Falcon Critical
It's kind of a common trope in Bioware games, if you treat your crew with kindness they're like "Thor YES FUCK ME NOW!"
My ace flatmate will tell you about all the bioware relationships she ended up in just because she choose the friendly options. The more player-sexual the characters are, the larger the minefield.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:36 pm
by Delthazar
It's especially annoying in ME1 because there's so many unique Codex entries you can only unlock in dialogue, and getting to those right bits of dialogue often brings you perilously close to accidentally flipping the switch on a romance flag.
With Kaidan I kinda remember you can get all that info and still pull up before you hit the mountain on the romance path, but he gets super pissy as a result. Meaning come Virmire I often found myself flipping a coin between "space niceguy" and "space racist" when it's time to decide who gets to headbutt the nuke.
but at least ME gives you that out which is more than KOTOR ever gave you with Carth I think.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:46 pm
by Delthazar
I somehow only noticed now that Fai Dan is voiced by Armin Shimerman.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:57 pm
by Delthazar
Oh hey, the first episode of Mass Alex is a premium unlock this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utkE9AZUq-E
e: Load Our Last SNESaves is extremely good.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:34 am
by Delthazar
...have they ever had this many technical problems with VR, or any game ever, really?
https://youtu.be/1ZmKDa8wbfI
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:58 am
by Falcon Critical
I'll have to watch that this weekend. Just checking the audio.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 5:19 pm
by John Layfield
The FUCK are those desks?!
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 3:35 am
by Delthazar
Maaan, that's an odd choice. No-Couch Era GBWest is gonna feel super weird for a while.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:12 pm
by Delthazar
Waypoint's big charity stream is on.
https://www.twitch.tv/waypoint
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:29 pm
by John Layfield
I only watch Waypoint 72-hour streams if they're sponsored by Hardee's.
Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:57 pm
by Falcon Critical
Looks like I've got some catching up to do!
On the GB side, I didn't realise 'A Boy and his Blob' was a shitty old game, I thought it was new when that more recent version came out with the blob hugs.