Post by: Jonnyboy117 on May 02, 2010, 02:14:00 PM
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Episode 192: British Invasion
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After taking a week off, we're back and supercharged with James Charlton subbing (on very short notice) for Jon. New Business, unusually packed with Nintendo goodness, includes a full run-down of Sakura Wars from James Jones (JJ), followed by Greg's thoughts on Red Steel 2. James Charlton (JC) catches up with NyxQuest and Spirit Tracks, while Jonny revisits Metroid Prime 3 and is pleasantly surprised by Bioshock 2.
In Listener Mail, we answer your great questions about Link's future occupations, DSiWare backwards-compatibility on 3DS, connectivity between Wii and DS, handheld-exclusive franchise sequels, and an in-depth look at (eek) our personal lives. Plus, all the requisite Jon-bashing you've come to expect whenever one of us is absent.
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Post by: Halbred on May 02, 2010, 09:36:08 PM
I recently beat it. I won't go too much into it, but I thought it survived largely on its art direction. The story was interesting, but not nearly as good as the first game. Lamb's takeover of Rapture isn't really explored in depth (she's just kind of in charge now), and I thought there'd be more back-and-forth with Tanenbaum, but she disappears after the first hour. I very much liked exploring these more "civilian" areas of Rapture. It gave a better "global" look at the city. The gunplay was better, and I liked the bigger focus on trap-setting. The last few hours of the game (after the "twist," which wasn't really a twist at all) dragged on for me. I could tell the end was in sight, but...I had stopped caring. The biggest jaw-dropper for me was playing as a Little Sister for like ten minutes, and seeing the world through her eyes. Anyway. I haven't even listened to the podcast yet, but I clearly had something to get off my chest in regard to that game.
Post by: NWR_Lindy on May 02, 2010, 09:36:50 PM
Post by: TJ Spyke on May 02, 2010, 09:39:57 PM
Based on the description, it sounds like my letter got read (I asked about Wii/DS connectivity and DSiWare-backwards compatibility with the 3DS).
Post by: famicomplicated on May 03, 2010, 12:17:22 AM
"You're welcome"
;D
Post by: greybrick on May 03, 2010, 12:47:09 AM
Corrected: We're hard at work on the Game Boy feature!
Sweet!
:P:
Post by: ShyGuy on May 03, 2010, 12:48:26 AM
I just learned you say the "batteries are flat" rather than the "batteries are dead."
Post by: greybrick on May 03, 2010, 01:14:50 AM
Haha, "Zed"
I just learned you say the "batteries are flat" rather than the "batteries are dead."
I say Zed and I'm American. Also, I spell grey not gray (sometimes colour and defence as well!)
Post by: ShyGuy on May 03, 2010, 01:23:28 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on May 03, 2010, 03:38:00 AM
Post by: Yoshidious on May 03, 2010, 11:23:36 AM
I never had trouble with the stabbing in RS2 but then again it wasn't my main combat move, I used it for barrel breaking and finishers mostly. Also it doesn't matter how much force you use but how wide you swing, I basically did 180° swipes for my heavy attacks like I was slapping the enemies silly. Unlike Wii Sports RS2 didn't give me any muscle aches afterwards.
You're right that RS2 technically asks you to swing wide rather than hard to execute a strong slash, but in practice I oftentimes ended up doing both because I was trying to get my attacks in quickly. Especially when facing the bosses or the big armoured enemies on the hardest difficulty, you only have a certain window to inflict damage, and so my instinct was to follow through hard on the wide swings in order to speed things up and get the maximum number of attacks in. Regardless, I didn't find it to be an issue, and you can always configure the options so that you don't have to swing as wide anyway.
Post by: Kytim89 on May 03, 2010, 02:25:38 PM
Convient store cashier
Sea World trainer
Chimney sweaper
brick layer
hotel manager
welder
Post by: ShyGuy on May 03, 2010, 02:37:13 PM
Post by: Halbred on May 03, 2010, 02:38:29 PM
This episode didn't feature NEARLY enough Jon-bashing. :-D
I'm curious about Red Steel 2, but I'll probably ignore it until the price plummets. I'm turned off by the fact that it's not 1:1 motion sensing. I really had a problem with Dragon Quest Sword's "stab" problems, so I'm not enthusiastic about revisiting that particular flaw in Red Steel 2.
Also, ShyGuy: Welding could be good. It worked fine in Metroid Prime 3.
Post by: KDR_11k on May 03, 2010, 03:27:37 PM
Post by: Kytim89 on May 03, 2010, 05:31:12 PM
Convient store cashier
Sea World trainer
Chimney sweaper
brick layer
I particularly prefer the chimney sweaper. You could use the motion plus to swab chimneys and imagine Link being covered in suit after doing his job. Does anyone else have any ideas for what he should do for work?
Post by: Yoshidious on May 03, 2010, 05:49:24 PM
I particularly prefer the chimney sweaper. You could use the motion plus to swab chimneys and imagine Link being covered in suit after doing his job. Does anyone else have any ideas for what he should do for work?
On the basis of our discussion during the show, I'm guessing Jonny would say "gigolo."
Post by: D_Average on May 03, 2010, 08:47:55 PM
Post by: famicomplicated on May 03, 2010, 09:15:07 PM
Point of correction: The NyxQuest review was written by yours truly, not Neal.
This episode didn't feature NEARLY enough Jon-bashing. :-D
Apologies to the Zachasaurus! (I guess we were all clueless because no one corrected me)
I think Greg edited out most of the Lindy bashing, because I know for a fact we recorded for about 5 hours, 2 of which were exclusively about his shiny head.
Ever thought of starting a fourth NWR podcast, LindyBashCast?
Post by: happyastoria on May 03, 2010, 10:03:35 PM
On the other hand, When the sexbots take over the world, I know who to blame.
Greg seemed so uncomforatble answering that question which equals to podcast gold!
Great show!
Post by: Kytim89 on May 03, 2010, 10:08:14 PM
Post by: greybrick on May 03, 2010, 10:31:57 PM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on May 04, 2010, 02:12:21 AM
Post by: ShyGuy on May 04, 2010, 04:58:45 AM
Or, J.J. can play a bad rogue like and go into RAGE, cause that's entertaining too.
Post by: Crimm on May 04, 2010, 02:17:30 PM
It happened here and with Infinite Space.
It won't happen with ATV Quad Kings, the first racing game I've ever though "well I've seen all there is to this" after a single race. Christ Almighty...
Post by: Crimm on May 04, 2010, 02:25:32 PM
I'd rather marathon OB64 and deliver my new business in (poor) French than I would speak of Quad Kings.
I wish The Kings sucked more than it does, then I could be funny...but alas they did not do me the favor when they ported it from the LG cell-phone it must have come from.
Post by: Kytim89 on May 04, 2010, 03:41:10 PM
Do you guys think a GTA game for the wii will ever come out, or will it be revealed at E3 2010? I mean I loved China Twon wars and would love to see how Rockstar worked motion controls into the series.
Post by: ShyGuy on May 04, 2010, 03:52:09 PM
IIRC, The first Bioshock ran on Unreal Engine 2.5, which has been ported to the Wii. The game is crazy with bloom and surface effects though, so that would have to be toned down a lot. It also has a fair amounts of physics with the weapons and unless they spent a lot of time converting it over, it would probably turn out pretty lousy.
Post by: Halbred on May 04, 2010, 03:56:19 PM
Post by: Crimm on May 04, 2010, 04:23:37 PM
Post by: Kytim89 on May 04, 2010, 05:52:57 PM
Post by: Shaymin on May 04, 2010, 07:48:05 PM
Oops, I broke it.
Post by: broodwars on May 04, 2010, 07:54:50 PM
*imagines a Big Daddy Break-dancing on-screen, and shudders.*
Post by: Halbred on May 04, 2010, 08:04:49 PM
Post by: adadad on May 04, 2010, 10:43:21 PM
Greg seemed so uncomforatble answering that question which equals to podcast gold!
Great show!
Agreed, this week's was a great episode! Lot of laughs mixed with some good discussion too, really hit the spot. Greg almost seemed to be channelling Charlie Brooker when answering that final question, very funny indeed.
Incidentally if anyone hasn't seen it I'd seriously recommend watching Brooker's one-off programme on videogames, Gameswipe. You can find it on youtube, and it sort of attempts to give a broad overview of gaming as a whole and some of its history, at least in Britain, and while some of the things like explaining gaming genres are probably slightly redundant to people like us it's done in a very amusing, tongue-in-cheek way, and it even includes a segment on some of those legendary British indie computer games like Jet Set Willy that Jonny referred to, which being British I have to admit it brings back fond memories of the Amiga when those titles get mentioned!
Post by: greybrick on May 04, 2010, 11:59:21 PM
Bioshock: Harvest Till You Drop.
Welcome to the adventures of Cocoto Adam Harvester. Come experience a new kind of game on Nintendo Wii! Play as Cocoto and search his world for the five millennium
With Cocoto
Post by: NWR_Lindy on May 05, 2010, 08:54:19 PM
Post by: Halbred on May 05, 2010, 08:58:43 PM
You only got one life.
Post by: Crimm on May 06, 2010, 11:05:46 AM
Post by: NWR_Lindy on May 07, 2010, 04:59:51 PM
Post by: NWR_Neal on May 07, 2010, 05:57:10 PM
It's not as fun to bag on Jonny in person, you're right. He tends to reply in a logical manner to any ribbing, whereas I will provide a string of expletives, homoeroticism, or a combination of a string of expletives and homoeroticism.
I've seen this happen. You can listen to it happen on the PAX Drunkcast.
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 08, 2010, 09:27:18 PM
Post by: Crimm on May 08, 2010, 10:14:31 PM
It's not as fun to bag on Jonny in person, you're right. He tends to reply in a logical manner to any ribbing, whereas I will provide a string of expletives, homoeroticism, or a combination of a string of expletives and homoeroticism.
I've seen this happen. You can listen to it happen on the PAX Drunkcast.
I get it every week. I'm pretty sure the worst I could do would be to compare Jon to JaMarcuss Russel but he'd never speak to me again.
Post by: NWR_Lindy on May 09, 2010, 04:12:34 PM
Post by: Crimm on May 09, 2010, 10:35:32 PM
That would be like comparing Greg to Bill Belichick. Just not a smart move.
Ideas
Post by: NWR_Lindy on May 10, 2010, 05:23:00 PM
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 10, 2010, 05:49:09 PM
Post by: NWR_Neal on May 10, 2010, 06:33:19 PM
Does that make James Terrel Owens, in that he has talent but it's usually overshadowed by his big mouth and his ability to devolve any situation into nonsense?
LOL!
Post by: Crimm on May 10, 2010, 10:55:20 PM
Post by: Crimm on May 10, 2010, 10:55:48 PM
I'm more a JP Lossman. I'm good enough for the job but I'm not going to be an all-star with the talent I have around me.
Wait, I either just complimented JP Lossman or insulted myself by association...
Post by: NWR_Lindy on May 11, 2010, 08:14:46 PM
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 11, 2010, 08:16:38 PM
Post by: Crimm on May 12, 2010, 02:31:58 PM
Post by: NWR_Lindy on May 13, 2010, 12:20:12 PM
Post by: ShyGuy on May 13, 2010, 01:44:16 PM
Post by: Shaymin on May 13, 2010, 11:29:08 PM
Post by: Yoshidious on May 14, 2010, 11:42:08 AM
I can't support any method that would cause poor Greg to end up as Jimmie Johnson.
Indeed. Long before Bill Belichick started making my life a misery with the Patriots, Jimmy was doing it with the Cowboys and Dolphins, only he was way more irritating and used so much hair spray that the top of his head was bullet proof.
