LGR - PAX Prime 2015 Ramble

It was great meeting you, dude! Yeah, the depression hits quickly, it's weird not having 50,000 places to be at once and tons of people to talk to

LGR

Post PAX sadness is a real thing. Now it's back to reality where my nerdness isn't effortlessly expressed. Where I have to explain why DOS games are worth all the hassle setting up. Where my StreetPass gate is empty until my next commute to work. Still, each PAX I have been to has inspired me to do something new (kind of like a Next PAX Resolution), for me this next year I want to finally play through the Metal Gear Solid series (I've only played the NES Metalgear). That panel on the end of an era was great :) I was happy to have finally let you in person and look forward to next years coverage. Perhaps we will meet again.

SNDTST

ha looks like right fun! you got to hang out with some pretty awesome people and I love that some of the devs recognised you (and that your videos were playing in the old pc room lol). you're famous! yours loved! youre.. likely coming down with the flu.... shoot me your address again and i'll ship you a case of orange juice lol

Sterling Treadwell

Well, if one defines the core of the game as killing all aliens or using the same old strategies and tactics, that would be true. But, even both of those aren't true anymore : you can't and won't kill 'em all, and none of the old tactics will work. Even the old "stop the invasion" core of the game isn't true anymore, as you are the one invading. If the core of the game is "the name of the game has XCOM in it" or "it's a strategy game" or "it's a video game", then one will only find, in the end, more of the same. I truly think one can't say it's more of the same, except in a very general sens that is almost meaningless, because it was a core game design goal to have truly something fresh and new at every level compared to every other game in the franchise.

Maximilien Noal

I'm even more bummed that I couldn't go. I would have killed to see you and PushingUpRoses do a live let's play! I have wanted to go to one of these events (E3, PAX, CES, or PAX) for a really long time but again couldn't go this year. Film school keeps me very busy. LGR, if you need a director of photography/camera operator next year, let me know haha. Although, I think you've got that covered. I was actually quite impressed with your camera work in this video. It can be very challenging to shoot handheld video on a DSLR. And your camerawork in general, has improved leaps and bounds since your early videos too. Despite there being more of the same, I think I would like that in some ways. It would it make it less stressful to try and see everything and make the event more about meeting people and spending more time at the things that truly matter.

Kevin

Yes, but at it's core, it is the same basic game. Granted, there will be new features, and abilities, and whatever, but there is nothing truly "new" yet. Just the same game in a new environment. I guess I feel that gaming today is like Star Trek: TNG. There were so many episodes, and good ones, at that... but if you missed one, you just moved on to the next one and you didn't really miss much, just some very limited plot.

Zem Hysong

XCOM 2, despite being "more XCOM" if one stops at the name, really turns everything upside down compared to other XCOM games. This time, XCOM is a guerrilla warfare resistance movment, and is the invader, instead of the aliens. XCOM always was about stoping an alien invasion, with backing from the world's governments. Now, the aliens have won 20 years ago, and you have to join resistance cells and make them work together, convince them that yes the aliens can be beaten, despite them controlling everything on Earth. XCOM is the underground invader that is constantly on the run, the aliens are the ones trying to stop an invasion by controlling everything on the globe with the backing of the alien-controlled world governments. That, and the fact that every playthrough will be very different (thanks to procedurally generated events, objectives, maps, and more), and the support for mods out of the box, makes it THE future game I'm most excited about. In fact, it's the only one.

Maximilien Noal

Badum-psht

RetroSwim

If you're not careful, people are going to start calling you Ambitious Game Reviews.

I used both, but primarily used my DSLR

LGR

Haha, I really wanted to try one of the drivers, but yeah, the Doof Warrior would have made me go for it instantly

LGR

The uber Mad Max drivers would have been awesome. The problem is, I would have wanted the crazy guitar playing guy with the huge stacks to drive me around.

Justin Dotson

8:40 - I see some fundamentalist protesters came to PAX, too!!! :D I guess they think it's a sin to have fun...? Anyways, you do sound really tired -- rest up! But I'm glad you had fun! Did you just record on your phone or did you bring an actual camera?

Lindsay Michelle

I'd have loved to check out the new Doom, but yeah, not playable there :/ The most interesting stuff by far was the at the indie games booths. Really unique stuff there.

LGR

Very nice overview. I'd wanted to go to a PAX / E3 for a long time, but I suffer from that being broke thing. This actually sated whatever appetite I had. It would be so much cooler if there were more groundbreaking games coming out, but as you said, there is not much new coming. Sure, we have a new DooM, new Dishonored, new 3D Realms stuff, but it's just going to be more of the same. I miss the days when we would have events to release something truly new, like when Quake came out way back when.

Zem Hysong