Castle Super Beast Clips: """"Bioware""""

[@HoChiMints2007]

*dmg increased to zero for zero seconds, stacks to zero* oh so the character makes machine gun sounds with his mouth

[@ralyks2350]

Pew pew pew.

[@battlion507]

Like Isaac Clarke from Dead Space with his sports foam hand... OF DOOM! BANG BANG BANG! Pew Pew Pew! ROCK ON!

[@PPunktAlex]

That might actually be more effective because that could annoy your foes to death

[@jimbob1862]

How else are they meant to show off those beautiful facial animations as an apology for Andromeda

[@IronicHavoc]

By zero not to zero

[@6packproductions710]

Real economics lesson in the second half there: if you want to compete with something that is bigger and better, you either have to be cheaper or differentiated to a great enough extent.

[@Saramusvasque2838]

Another real economics lesson here: it's never fair.

[@takezokimura2571]

And third rule: if you´re going to do something to differentiate from the rest, do it LIKE A CHAMP. Why on Earth Anthem's flight is limited by overheat and why it seems that there are only a few flying enemies in the game? Warframe's archwing may not be perfect, but like, it is there. Steve is also thinking about reworking it, probably for Railjack and New War, and if the rework is good Anthem loses one of its core advantages: "good" flying system.

[@theBat1toM2]

"But Fallout 76 doesn't have cool flying" Neither does Anthem

[@kylerqaz22]

Oh fuck...

[@omegaxtrigun]

theBat1toM2 O O F

[@lovelygargoyle5248]

OOOOF.

[@wedoit2861]

jeeeeesus lmao

[@Alyrael]

I dunno, I liked it.

[@Saramusvasque2838]

"Video Game Schadenfreude" should be the name of this podcast

[@JamalPollok]

As a German, it hurts me whenever Pat tries to pronounce Schadenfreude.

[@TheTexasDice]

Video Game Schadenfreude should be the name of 2017 to 2019

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

Dude you look like asian Stalin

[@N00BSYBORG]

Don't worry guys. Dragon Age 4 is coming with a battle royale mode and the microtransactions will be for cosmetics only.

[@MDKcde]

Dragon Royal Age. The Newest GAS by """" Bioware """" and Electronic Arts. Now with a new Live Experience that lets you follow a revolutionary story in a single online 88 man Battle Royale made of 4 men squads. Combine and Synergize with your team to prove your dominance on the battlefield. This is what I see, the next Battle Royale will combine MOBA with Battle Royale and slap the Dragon Age title on it.

[@DaSquareful]

I love playing games about making your avatar and and then my avatar creation is paywalled.

[@Hanja45]

N00BSYBORG Not gonna lie have yet to see a melee only Battle Royale with an in-depth melee system

[@immewingatm]

@@Hanja45 Mordhau

[@leoback5065]

@@DaSquareful I don't know if that second "and" was intentional or not but it adds so much to the comment.

[@Kevinofrepublic]

Im glad Woolie has experience in the industry. I never even considered judging the words "6 years of development." I think theyre super right. In those 6 years there is absolutely 2 dead games forming the foundation of the shithouse Anthem.

[@Yal_Rathol]

you don't even need experience in the industry, just pattern recognition. every game that has claimed to have been in development for a long time recently, it comes out that all the work from those years was scrapped and the game was made in 1-2 years. just look at FFXV and ME: andromeda.

[@montengro234]

I disagree heavily, breath of the wild and persona 5 took ridiculous amounts of time to build for their own reasons. Each game needs as much time as it needs, but it really should try to stay on plan or not announce a release date. A long development usually does mean the studio lost its vision and is cobbling together what they can (crackdown 3 being a perfect example)

[@Yal_Rathol]

@@montengro234 breath of the wild is a poor example, since it was intended to come out in 2015, delayed for more development to 2016, then delayed to come out with the switch in 2017. what that means is that the game took 2 years to develop, like standard, then they were handed an extra year to polish and then it was ported and shelved so it could come out with the switch.

[@battlion507]

@@Yal_Rathol WHICH IS A GOOD THING!

[@lordxmugen]

@@battlion507 not really considering the games tablet function on the wii u version (the "big innovation" for the game) was cut out because it would make the Switch version look inferior and also to keep parity.

[@DevonPalmer98]

How many words have these scrubs put into my vocabulary. Gwasses, wha happen, Babby, bumble king, honkers, jobber, Mr snip snip, sweet baby and now shlooter.

[@siestaface]

Geez i completely forgot that i heard Mr.Snip snip from them and i been using it for a minute now

[@Valanway]

Woolie is the inventor or original user of most of those, too. He's the most skilled of them all. He's too powerful

[@lovelywii]

@@Valanway Isnt Matt behind almost all of those though.

[@hunterlurvey698]

Dont forget YA YA YA YA YA

[@nefariouscritter2436]

hey! I saw you cr1tikals video. Hello again my friend.

[@Animedingo]

Pat 'I don't think anything is gonna be fallout 76 for a long fuckin time' Cyberpunk 2077, almost 2 years after this video and it's fitting, that 77 comes after 76

[@darrianweathington1923]

Oh man SHLOOTERS! Thats good, it makes it hurt more which means that the people you talk to and tell them that their favorite lifestyle game is a *"SHLOOTER"* thats also a "Buy to pay"... oh souls will implode!

[@convolutedclarity]

What a great name, everyone loves sloots and shoots.

[@nathanmarshall745]

Buy to pay? You have to buy something for the right to pay for something? Edit: oh, it's something woolie mentioned, really shouldn't comment before a long ass video is over

[@ANTX81]

I will never understand the warframe comparisons or how people call warframe a lootshooter. It's clearly a farming simulator

[@en4135]

I have around 1000 hours on WF I've played it since nearly the start and love it, I'd like to argue against this but... yeah.

[@FuriousGorge]

Get those potatoes!

[@throwdown1776]

Warframe got acres of Fields to farm in, ya hear. We got the catalyst, the Reactors, the forma, and for the nitran extract. I personally got a field for Atlas parts

[@TAMAMO-VIRUS]

@@throwdown1776 Don't forget the mutagen sample field

[@throwdown1776]

@@TAMAMO-VIRUS oh definitely. im trying to feed my family dojo but it seems that the crops arent just up for it.

[@mortified0]

Sha-den-froy-deh

[@convolutedclarity]

Shlooterfreude

[@punishedfist]

Asac Schrader

[@LieseFury]

it's more of an "uh" sound for that last syllable, german is weird

[@user-ue8il6jx3b]

Lieselotte Aya yeah a language that has the same word for the she and it usually is

[@Siamzero1994]

Better than English where you pronounce letter that are not even there. And don'T get me started on French

[@TLSaphireWolf]

I heard a rumor that people at Bungie were popping freaking champagne when they separated from Activision.

[@DaSquareful]

Honestly game devs should look for work in economies that dont treat workers like dogshit. Enough fetishizing corporations for selling something you like that they paid someone else to make.

[@TheProfessor529]

+RJoans | So Canada, Scandinavia, and (to a lesser extent) Japan?

[@Yal_Rathol]

@@TheProfessor529 canada less so, japan has its own issues. so everybody needs to follow kratos's example and move to norway.

[@TheProfessor529]

+Yal Rathol | 1) Love the Eyeless Skull. Always nice to see my Fallen London people around. 2) Yeah, sounds about right. 3) Apparently, Nintendo's unionized, so I assumed it was, at least, better than the USA, over there.

[@Yal_Rathol]

@@TheProfessor529 glad to find someone who visted the neath and not just the zee and sky. japan doesn't fetishize corporations like the USA does and the workers are guaranteed certain rights, like proper compensation for work and hygenic work environments, but there's an incredibly unhealthy workplace culture over there. everyone knows japan's birthrate is falling, right? the primary reason for that is adults are so overworked they don't have time for relationships or raising a family, so they just go to work for 15 hours, go home and pass out, then wake up and go to work for 15 hours, day in and day out. this also results in japan having an incredibly high suicide rate and the government eventually mandating naptimes in offices so the workers get a healthy number of hours of sleep. this workplace culture is also instilled into them at a young age, starting around grade 7, where they have to maintain their grades to get a good high school, to get a good university, where they're scouted and hired by a company that they then probably work at for the rest of their life. changing jobs on a whim is rarer in japan than it is in the west, its all about sticking it out and climbing the corporate ladder, which also means their only friends are their coworkers who are in the exact same boat they are. still, japan is better than somewhere like china and they're the healthiest asian country in terms of social progress, so it's not all bad.

[@LostInConfusion1]

Pat's new hobby is parking near car accidents and spanking the salami.

[@DrePants44]

Why do I see it so clearly in my mind's eye

[@BottleWaterson]

Lets be sure to spread this Shlooter term like a virus

[@J_Themborn]

Seeing it spelt like that sounds like a sloppy poop attack, guess that's how the virus spreads.

[@Ruby_Coast]

@@J_Themborn well I mean that's on brand for Pat

[@isaacargesmith8217]

Im honestly unironically going to start calling them that

[@Saramusvasque2838]

Someone get Jim Sterling and Super Bunnyhop on this!

[@bearshark5941]

@@J_Themborn "I gots da shloots!"

[@BostonDanceParty]

Pat wins the award for most creative attempt at pronouncing 'Schadenfreude'

[@iiroroyna4342]

9:58 Woolie's haunted hair strikes again

[@FlameOfUdun96]

How the fuck did that even happen lmao

[@Gama1201]

Nah it's the opposite Woolies hair is it's own sentient being

[@DaSquareful]

Woolie is actually a wig possessing a dead corpse.

[@dougdynamo9398]

@@DaSquareful This got me h u r t i n g. I mean, I hit the fucking floor laughing. Thank you.

[@J_Themborn]

Again?

[@richardjohnson8991]

I saw a new bug in warframe just today where the host migrated out and my internal resolution dropped to 800x800 but my settings showed still playing in 1080p. I laughed at it because I've seen my sword firing shotgun blasts, I've clipped through the map, I've had the sound effects of my gun going off constantly, I've had Octavia's mandachord playing in my ship endlessly even after deleting Octavia entirely and it's all excusable because I've made no monetary investment in Warframe. I would not have stuck on board with this game if there was a constant drain on my wallet for dlc packs or a 80$ price tag

[@RunningBlade2184]

I’d rather BioWare die than continue on being a shell of what they used to be.

[@roastbeef9619]

I have mixed feelings. I agree for the most part. It’s kind of like having a relative in a vegetative state. Do you pull the plug or hold onto hope?

[@lovelywii]

Yea, those employees should all loose their jobs, fuck em ! Amiright boys !? What a great mindset.

[@iller3]

@lovelywii ...Oh, you mean these Employees who had 6 years to finalize objectives & Core gameplay loop that wasn't smegma?... Yeah if those same employees worked at your local burger joint, you'd stop eating there too

[@6packproductions710]

@@lovelywii you would rather Bioware continue to create shitty games for ten more years, stealing money in tandem with EA by selling broken stuff? Because that's the only option. As long as Bioware is owned by EA, this is Bioware. It is EA-Bioware, just like it is Activision-Blizzard.

[@lovelywii]

@@iller3 Yea those artists, animators, level designers, programmers...you know all those guys that are definitely involved in making these decisions and definetly not doing what they can with the shit ideas they're given by producers and big wigs.

[@FlameOfUdun96]

I don’t think that’s nearly enough quotation marks, sadly...

[@themightycaolf6549]

'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''Bioware'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

[@Hanyusha]

It's really weird when Anthem sold LESS then ME:Andromeda yet Bioware PR said "We aren't afraid of EA pulling the plug"

[@admiralpepper6933]

I _love_ how Pat is so super smuggers about this deal it's tooth rottingly sweet.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

It's telling when EA's biggest recent success has little to no oversight or control from EA proper.

[@DualEdgest]

I always called the "Loot 'Em Ups"

[@flammableghost]

Bioware died years ago. EA's Bioware Skinsuit is just starting to get torn up.

[@The5lacker]

Oh shit it's like Edgar from MIB.

[@TheMrrccava]

Its basically a fucking Necromorph at this point

[@music79075]

@@TheMrrccava either that or Buffalo Bill. Bioware Bill if you will.

[@D00D64]

"""Shlooters""" I love genre names.

[@SoaringLettuce]

Little did we know, Bioware stands for "buyer, beware".

[@matthewschoen9827]

4 years later and we are no closer to dragon age 4 then when this video cane out

[@Pup_Majestic]

"Nothing is going to be another Fallout 76 for a long time" *crazy talk listens to the cyberpunk theme in the distance*

[@bargaintuesday812]

Eh, FO76 was a much bigger disaster.

[@eibhlinniccolla]

It's always cool to hear pat talking about something and have him actually know what the fuck he's talking about. Sometimes I forget he's a pretty smart guy when Crazy Talk isn't engaged.

[@goodvillain1015]

Bioware, just write your will while you still have time, which is not much.

[@xkavarsmith9322]

To the future, bequeath KOTOR, the Mass Effect trilogy and Dragon Age. I assure you that we will cherish them, Bioware. They are your will made manifest.

[@boxtank5288]

@@xkavarsmith9322 bequeath them NOT to EA the shitlords they are, but toward better companies if possible...

[@KissShotAcerolaOrion]

EA has already dug the grave and is currently chiseling Bioware's tombstone.

[@aguy454]

Unfortunately, It seems Bioware doesn't even have the writing talent anymore to do that.

[@williamwalker3826]

If they at least wrote a will it would be better than Anthem.

[@roastbeef9619]

Grim Dawn is fantastic. If any of y’all like the Diablo formula, I wholeheartedly recommend giving it a shot. Easily one of the best Diablo clones available. If you’re familiar with Titan Quest, a Greek mythology themed Diablo clone, Grim Dawn was developed by some of the same key people and uses the same engine as well as its pretty unique dual-class system. Good gameplay, familiar core gameplay loop, good worldbuilding, nice soundtrack, 8/10.

[@Saramusvasque2838]

While it's fun to dump on game failures, coming across recommendations for great games is what sustains me. Thanks!

[@roastbeef9619]

Just happy to be able to recommend it. It doesn’t quite get much recognition. Understandably as the genre isn’t exactly en vogue

[@swagtasticpanda]

Maybe I'm just an old man but i can't muster much surprise if EA did send "bioware" to dlc map hell for battlefield and cod. My first experience of EA committing company murder was crytek and the crysis games after all.

[@Gama1201]

I mean that's what happened to Visceral the last game made by them that was released was Battlefield Hardline which is depressing

[@4Wilko]

I miss Bullfrog, Westwood, and Maxis.

[@matrix3509]

And Pandemic.

[@DLPChris]

@@4Wilko Oh man, even hearing those names breaks my heart.

[@NeoDMC]

I got a 10 year plan for Anthem. It involves firing everyone at Bioware, transform them into a mobile game studio, and have them pump out Anthem 2 with booster packs into IOS/Android gacha games over the next decade.

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

Give this man 40 million dollars immediately!

[@Yal_Rathol]

oh no, lootboxes are illegal under international law! well, it doesn't matter, we'll find some other way to gouge our customers.

[@StandbyRanger]

10:48 "Nobody gets mad if you leave it in" -Patrick Fuckboivin, 2019

[@Just_Matty]

Something tells me this is gonna be a slow death. EA's still gonna push those microtransactions, probably DLC, and after that we'll hear nothing from BioWare for a long-ass time until we finally see news of them shutting down.

[@iller3]

Bioware can try to be as quiet about it as possible.... Arenanet was trying to be as quiet as possible about the huge round of Layoffs they just had too. That "bubble" of silence is just no longer possible in the Instant-Information decade we're in now.

[@zOMGGaiaOnline]

Looking back, the funniest thing to me is I was HOOKED on the fact that the abilities took main stage and combos were a team based synergy mechanic. I was so morose by the lack of an “rpg feel” in terms of destiny and so and so being gun instead of ability focused instead that I got hard stockholm’d

[@Diego92Souza]

"shlooter" sounds like a dirty german word.... lmao

[@CLfreaksho]

schlüter

[@Diego92Souza]

@@CLfreaksho "ohhh... hans, take my schlüter... oohhh ya..." ecks dee

[@1dayago843]

So a german word then.

[@huismands]

Still waiting for the Crowbcat video on Anthem

[@WhyDoWeNeedToHaveHandles]

pat's number BIG go up

[@LightningZerker]

>People still have faith in Dragon Age 4 after the disasters that were 2 and 3 I guess being battered wives is a fetish.

[@julianmarquez7962]

Dragon: Origins is one my favorite games ever and I'll honestly be glad if Bioware dies just because they wasted the potential of that series.

[@jordanetherington1922]

I liked 2 and 3

[@Griffith-Did-Nothing-Wrong]

Inquisition is a good game. Bit of a fetch quest sometimes, but good.

[@AlexStarkiller1]

Both of those were good games

[@montengro234]

@@Griffith-Did-Nothing-Wrong it got game of the year from multiple outlets when smash, divinity, alien isolation, the new order, bayonetta 2 and mario kart 8 came out same year.

[@xRagingDragon04x]

Kotor and DragonAge are what originally got me into Bioware because of their story telling and their graphics were okay at the time... then it all changed when garbage like Andromeda and Anthem came out. And its not that they're unsalvageable, just that their development is lazy and obviously inefficient

[@chrislee5268]

It all changed years before Anthem and Andromeda. For cynics like me they turned bad around ME2 where you were railroaded the entire game, and for optimists they soured at DA2 and ME3

[@xRagingDragon04x]

@@chrislee5268 Sorry, to specify, I didnt buy Andromeda or Anthem. Last game I bought from Bioware was DA:Inquisition. On launch the game was almost unplayable, there was always massive lag during combat. I enjoyed DA2's story, I was very disappointed with the graphics though, their hand models were nightmare fuel.

[@xRagingDragon04x]

@Jan Jappie DA1 was amazing for its time. Medieval Rpgs were a pretty big hit. Their story telling based on choices made it fun to replay. I was just disappointed in DA2's graphics and reuse of map assets. Their story and gameplay was pretty fun to me. I never finished Inquisition though...

[@xRagingDragon04x]

@Jan Jappie Oh oops, I thought that was a 1 xD. I should give Inquisition another chance. I do love the series, just sad that they're straying from what made their games great

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

my dude all the great devs at old Bioware are loooooong gone. Bioware of today is a zombie

[@zeterzero4356]

Short version: run your own race folks. Point of reference: Runescape apparently. Still need to try it...

[@TheCarlosCobain]

It's actually pretty fun.

[@ArcenKnight]

"Wow, Battle royales really hot..." And somehow Tetris beat them all

[@son0fgrim]

"Its like Fallout 76 and Destiny 2 had a baby"

[@dsfrreerg]

“I’m ze bad baby”

[@Ryans_tryin]

The only thing better than watching their videos on Anthem, is watching them in reverse order so you can always hear the "there's no way they get worse than this"

[@lifeiscrap103]

If you really think about it, Battle Royale games are just PvP Shlooters with Permadeath.

[@SeanCrosser]

Also Roguelite

[@Guciom]

Tha mode was called "last man standing" back in the day.

[@amfram]

Sean Crosser see: permadeath

[@KAPTAINmORGANnWo4eva]

You know what games were _actually_ worked on for several years? _Dragon Age and Mass Effect 1_

[@Woskiey]

Here after 「CRAZY TALK」has been activated, resulting in Randy receiving full rights over the term “Shlooter”®

[@beybladermdm2009]

Pat and Woolie are the successful reboot of the odd couple.

[@oldmatedave2382]

Finally this segment uploaded much love

[@BinaryClock]

Pat's surprisingly apt at identifying industry trends in this one. I'd add, games-as-service means reviews before and immediately after release are becoming less and less representative of what the game becomes 3-6 months later or 3-6 years later. Games reflect their studios, morphing, living and dying like an organism. Studios blossom and grow, hollow and wither. Workers crunch unrealistic deadlines, lose bonuses based on Week 1 review scores, patch and patch until it meets snuff, and get laid off en masse since marketing depts can't out and say "AAA Anchor From Last Year: It's Good FINALLY" Until game workers unionize and retain basic levels of labor protection, I see no reason to expect consistency in any given studio's output no matter how big the name. I'd claim the opposite in fact, the bigger the studio, the bigger the title, there's LESS guarantee of quality and polish.

[@bearshark5941]

"Psycho-crushering into space" sounds like a feature.

[@Blurredborderlines]

Todd Howard approves

[@lachiripiolca]

After a couple "Destiny killers" I'm starting to believe Detiny is gonna still be around in a decade

[@The5lacker]

As a long time Destiny player, *unfortunately* .

[@k.-flynn]

really weird how people dont mention Borderlands 1/2/Presequel when they discuss these loot shooters, which was by far the best implementation of the genre in the last ten years.

[@redwidow1358]

Edit: Well not really edit but I'm going back after typing all the stuff below to add this I think people should compare Metroid Prime's loading screen problems to it tbh. I myself had to deal with the bug where certain cutscenes will always crash your game and you're just boned forever. The fix came with later versions of the disc that used a different method of loading assets. So my question is this; how long would it take for Bioware to develop a new loader or optimize the current one to prevent long-ass loading screens and make enemies spawn in properly? Anyway, moving on to the Borderlands-related other stuff. Even with repetitive quests, sometimes very boring things that feel forced, and a bit of the same-y feeling loot, there was still a very big variety and the game had so much else going for it. The art was simple enough to not use too much processing power but still look good. The guns and grenades and whatnot feel and look different enough to be easily distinguished from one another at a glance. Characters and dialogue and scenes with good writing, great jokes and references and stupid gags throughout the whole game. A villain with good intentions but a bad method of creating his envisioned utopia, yet who is still enough of a dick to make you *want* to kill him. Little bits of extra lore and story that make the world feel big and lived in. Plus, you get permanent optional stat boosts just for doing extra stuff like finding symbols, getting a certain number of kills under whatever circumstance, and killing certain insanely powerful enemies on your own. The series can be repetitive, and sometimes boring, but everything feels like it matters in some way and the world around you is still fun enough to warrant you as the player returning for more gameplay. Nothing keeps you in Anthem. If I wanna play a mech suit game that's fun and finished, I'll play MechAssault. If I wanna see the cute wildlife animals, I'll Google screenshots of the model. If I want to stare at a loading screen for a longer time than playing the game will last, I'll set my screensaver to start after one minute and make a sucky graphic that moves around a little. Also my new favorite word is "schlooter" and you can bet your ass I'm going to use it all over the place when I talk about these kinds of games

[@raccoonofmotivation20]

Because borderlands is different (and also better), it doesnt do the stuff warframe, destiny and division do, its more its own thing.

[@k.-flynn]

@@raccoonofmotivation20 its more similar to anthem to any other game, mostly because there's no pvp. every loot glitch or unbalanced stats affect everyone equally, you can't pay to be better than the competition.

[@Tuortot]

Giant Beastcast also used the term "Shlooter" last week.

[@vikingdeath1]

This is good stuff, I'd watch more clips of the podcast like this.

[@kneeofjustice9619]

“Nobody gets mad when you buff the player character” Fifth edition Dungeon and Dragon’s player’s would like to speak with you Patt.

[@Khotgor]

There is a difference between DnD and games like this; there is a different player, known as the DM, that may or may not be against the standard roleplayers.

[@GlaciusX2]

Wait what the hell, i know this is off topic but at 10:00 did Woolies dreadlock just jump up on its own? xD

[@Blurredborderlines]

Bugged hairworks mechanics

[@CyhAnide]

Video game schadenfreude...SO REAL. It frightens me sometimes how often I share Pat's sentiments towards the video game industry.

[@johntrains1317]

Anthem sounds like borderlands light

[@sonicboomers122]

the Zero thing Woole is not that uncommon Angry Joe assistant Del got one those.

[@kevincullen6627]

crazy talk is So fucking Strong

[@yukaiyami]

These mid-sentence ads are killing me... I want Woolz to get revenue cash from ads from me rewatching certain clips over and over again but I want to hear the end of a sentence.

[@godclothshango1194]

I honestly don't think Bioware has made a great game sense ME2.

[@warden-commandercousland]

Aye.

[@Ashsaber5]

Ha, found this little over a week later, and ooooh boy. The Default equipment has been found to kill stuff faster than the top tier stuff. You can't make this stuff up if you tried.

[@schrodingerscat8866]

One of my favorite fun-bugs is FaN jumping in Team Fortress 2. It originally was patched out then reintroduced in another patch a month later. People literally design their entire Scout strategy and setup by that technique. It basically breaks 2fort.

[@Raven_Frame]

Don’t worry Woolie, Looter Shooter rubs me the wrong way too.

[@elijahnakumura4375]

Also those Borderland 3 rumors are starting to go around. The Big Daddy of shlooters might be making its return

[@originalscreenname44]

I expect it to follow suit with the terrible trends everyone is doing. It is owned by Take Two and, let's face it, they are not much better than EA and Activision when it comes to being scummy.

[@elijahnakumura4375]

originalscreenname44 Idk about Take Two’s history personally, but I feel Borderlands could do it right with its massive amounts of guns/assets etc. Handsome Jack would totally throw a free-for-all like that lol. On the business side it could be horrible tho, as with all games nowadays

[@originalscreenname44]

@@elijahnakumura4375 They're obviously not against lootboxes and microtransactions since pretty much every 2K game has them now, and I recall there being some bullshit with Grand Theft Auto Online. If none of that infects Borderlands 3 I will be very surprised.

[@elijahnakumura4375]

originalscreenname44 ahhh damn I forgot Borderlands was 2k. Well fuck... lol

[@markv6467]

Have we forgetten about Pre-sequel? I know its made by a different dev but the publisher is the same and that has a system that is so close to microtransactions that it feels like a sort of testing grounds.

[@TheBravery767]

Pat saying "Live Service Shooters" aren't popular... Rainbow Six Siege continue's to get millions of new players and maintains a ridiculously high level of monetary gain even being a game going into its fourth year. Before that, the model was CS:GO and things of the like.

[@Cizal]

that's just a semantics argument, you know he specifically means borderlands style shlooters

[@TheBravery767]

@@Cizal But the problem with that is that no one who has referred to "live service shooters" is referring to Borderlands style shooters, I can't even think of a "Borderlands style" shooter that could be qualified as a live service at all.

[@Cizal]

@@TheBravery767 they're referring to destiny, which is just borderlands but a little more pretentious and online. therefore borderlands style. you're awfully enamored with semantics aren't you?

[@TheBravery767]

@@Cizal Your really gonna say that Destiny and Borderlands are competing for a similar chunk of the market? That seems a lot more enamored with semantics of the genre to me. Just because they share similar aspects and you could argue share an audience, although I'd say many of them aren't, your completely ignoring how these games are measured as successful. Borderlands had good sales and will be remembered as a pretty good game overall, but even if Destiny opened to good sales, it wouldn't be enough for the publishers if there isn't enough recurrent revenue from in-game monetization and continued player retention. Games like Borderlands that aren't focused on recurrent player retention aren't held to the same standard of continued development support post-launch.

[@Cizal]

@@TheBravery767 and not a single word of what you said makes destiny more like siege or cs go than borderlands 2 mate

[@BlazeMakesGames]

"I mean at least this isn't fallout 76..." Oh what a quaint time this was.

[@AgentTexes]

Good ol Crazy Talk.

[@BasicSub]

I'll just kindly leave this comment here for the future viewers of this clip. When, for better or worse, Dragon Age 4 comes out and we can all laugh.

[@neonyankun]

Shlooter sounds like something Mel Brooks would come up with

[@jakesommer3914]

Or Mel Gibson, when he's telling his wife where to stuff it.

[@TheSlammurai]

The problem is that greedy game companies want to make Free To Play games and charge $60 for them.

[@UltimaOmega777]

17:18 Wait I thought there was Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance? I think that's what Woolie was referring to.

[@dernekromantsino4109]

Yep , that was what Woolie was refering to, loved it back in the day and its spiritual succesors Champions of Norrath and Untold Legends; i can understand Pat and people in general forgetting about them though, they were Diablo clones with dumbed down mechanics that dont hold up very well if you compare them to PC titles of the time; curiously, BA :DA spawned its own clone army of awful console ARPGs , kinda similar to the perceived Shlooter "trend" thats happening right now.

[@SaltedMallows]

Pat's Crazy Talk caused Anthem to begin Bricking peoples consoles.

[@shiloh1422]

I cant believe borderlands 3 stole the shlooter moniker

[@Hanyusha]

DMC5 looks like it has all that polish. It was rumored that DMC4 is so well optimized due to dark magic, did Hideaki Itsuno sacrificed gaming of 2018 and 2019 to power up DMC5?

[@neednolife]

"Can't believe I am asking 'why isn't it free?'" That's because it a 60 dollar game made like a f2p game. That's the core problem with these games.

[@ChocolateThugga]

This just in: Bioware keeps doing everything in it's power to ruin themselves.

[@CPL.van7]

Bethesda has been performing similar fuck ups.

[@vanhende]

"fuckt up like a free to play game" that should be an expression. I tell you, man, I was, "fuckt up like a free to play game"..

[@kyrridas1573]

"its not fallout 76. i dont think anythings gonna beat fallout 76 for a loooong time." oh ho ho, past pat. how naive.

[@samzilla567]

Oh god lord, don't let Shlooter escape out from the Podcast. IT MUST BE CONTAINED!

[@Cynder44]

Love the way Woolie says "ok'.

[@TheTexasDice]

11:00 Monster Hunter World prime example. During the first two weeks, Slice Ammo was the best ammo in the game, because it stunlocked monsters and dealt a bazillion damage without needing good aim. Capcom nerfed it. Everyone who enjoyed Bowguns is upset, because their weapon now sucks.

[@ShortbreadGamer]

Pat watching the Anthem shitshow: Just hook it to my /v/eins!

[@Worse_Alex]

"Respawn left me unfinished" -Wraith

[@TheVector119]

It's depressing that we're now in the first month of 2024, and woolies fears of there not being another iron man suit type game are still very much haunting us.

[@BreezeOTM]

I feel so bad for all my friends (and all of you out there) that were hyped for this game. I'm not even being sarcastic, its great to look forward to something and to be happy once its received, but this was just a huge disappointment. As glorious as the Hindenburg... before it caught fire.

[@rogerith7905]

I kinda was excited for Anthem, me and my friends were even planning on playing it together and trying it out but after hearing about all the glitches and the game breaking bugs I sadly lost any hope for this shlooter welp I guess I'll just go sit in the corner and wait for my diablo 3 with guns.

[@samglover2246]

To the point of chasing trends, here’s a term for it: the trendmill. Always never making progress, unless exhausting yourself is the goal.

[@teencomment]

And stuff like this is why it's so great that Bungie bought their way out from under Activision, because now they can develop the game at their own pace.

[@zetazetaman]

Is that Demon's Souls concept art in the borders?

[@Artista_Frustrado]

damn it Woolie trying to push "Shlooters" for Wrestlemania

[@truemisto]

credit to woolie the console baldur's gate games were basically action rpg diablo clones

[@fourseamSeal]

“Shlooters are gonna be the next big hot!” -big dumb dumb

[@bangarang3810]

Shlooter, I think this may be the birth of a title

[@christhechilled]

I'm playing the trilogy of Mass Effect outta respect for Bioware. For real, Mass Effect is not bad at all.

[@NapalmJustice]

I know you're frustrated Woolie. I'm sorry, man.

[@CowboyxWayne]

"Looter Shooter" till the day I fuckin die.

[@TacosAreWizard]

Woolie dread color: breaded green beans