I haven't seen this, and probably won't get to, but I feel that I would miss Diamond's snarky off centre humour from this new one. But I do like Trevor McD, would see it for that presence as I can imagine him being pretty great as GM.
Isn't Quest the wireless VR though, maybe it's a tech production reason why they used it?
― Ste, Thursday, 25 November 2021 11:30 (two years ago) link
The series is sponsored by Oculus Meta Quest. It's a lot more blatant on YouTube, but there's been a steady rise in content where a channel is sponsored by Company X and "oh look we just happen to have a 10 minute segment about how great this particular product by Company X is". There are stricter regulations for broadcast TV but it's still something I find myself noticing.Using a wireless VR headset meant they were able to shoot the gameplay segments on a greenscreen and show the Beat Saber players in the game from a third person perspective. But the guy they had on specifically because he could beat a particular level at Expert+ was only shown playing that level for about 15 seconds. As I said, the show could use a bit of editing.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 25 November 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
oh here's the BeatSaber segmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hraT57bE1Fk
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 25 November 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
and if to underline the increasing pointlessness of watching TV - the clip above is an extended verion of the segment that was broadcast. Sam Tuff's dad wasn't interviewed in the programme.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 25 November 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
in virtual reality a ninja chops relentless flying blocks with perfect accuracy
in actual reality an overweight man baby waves his arms about whilst his dad looks on bewildered
― koogs, Sunday, 28 November 2021 10:47 (two years ago) link
I almost couldn't be arsed to watch the second episode of this, but I just skimmed through it on the E4 YT channel. The challengers are rando content creators I've scarcely heard of consistently getting creamed at games I've scarcely heard of. The exception being the guy who won a Golden Joystick on the original series in 1994 who came back and won again. That was top quality. Surprisingly this reboot almost seems to be at it's best when it's referencing it's past iteration. Also I'm surprised to find myself wanting to see more of the co-presenters - I thought they'd be irritating but that's not the case. What was irritating was the extended OLED Switch segment, I suspect the reason why there was a notice about the show containing product promotion in the YT edit. In summary this show is diverting entertainment but it could use some editing, particularly in the challenge sections. The original was much more rack 'em up ship 'em out but in the new show there's a lot of pre-game chat that doesn't add anything.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 4 December 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
So three episodes and done then, seemingly by design.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 11 December 2021 11:24 (two years ago) link
terrible idea: a retro version set in 1979 with a CGI recreation of Reginald Bosenquet as the Gamesmaster
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 11 December 2021 11:30 (two years ago) link
this all suffered from being mostly the kind of games i have no interest in - realistic FPSs and fighting.
― koogs, Saturday, 11 December 2021 12:26 (two years ago) link
and fifa
but i guess that only leaves platformer time trials like the mario one. (and shmups, did they have any shmups?)
bring back Go 8-Bit, that was more my style
― koogs, Saturday, 11 December 2021 12:28 (two years ago) link
I don't like football videogames or even football, but I think the FIFA challenge came close to being interesting because it was so hard and it was also explained why it was so hard, and the challenger was someone who plays the game as an e-sport professionally at the top level. But then he failed to beat the challenge and despite the commentary it just looked like someone getting beaten at a videogame.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 11 December 2021 13:42 (two years ago) link
I mean maybe it was entertaining for anyone who plays a lot of FIFA, but for me it felt no different to watching someone's grandad get rinsed at Sensible Soccer.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 11 December 2021 13:45 (two years ago) link
Having two fighting game challenges in one episode didn't help either. What is this, NeoGeoMaster? Again, if you're a fighting game afficionado then Street Fighter and Tekken might be completely different to each other, but as someone who doesn't care much about fighters either it was a bit repetitive.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 11 December 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link