Matt Chat Thread

[Excidium]

In the comments:

Seems like forever away [until Skyrim is released]. I have it pre-ordered.

Didn't he say that he dislikes the Elder Scrolls series in his recent podcast?

I like that he covers old-skool RPGs but I just don't find his videos all that entertaining.

He's just trying to get some money or fame from the people who love old-school cRPGs, that's it. He has enough knowledge to entertain a conversation on the best RPGs, but just like any other journalist or industry insider, he will say anything that will give him credibility and popularity. And people are falling for it, maybe because deep down inside they want re-affirmation of their choices. Personally, I just follow the videos where he interviews other people in a candit format. At least he can't screw up those.

The audio podcast I linked earlier proves, that in his Matt Chat videos he is very lighthearted, and avoids any real criticism. But in his audio podcasts (and articles) he rages about the shitty RPGs and dumbed down games. Maybe he doesn't want to piss off his Youtube viewers, I don't know.

Maybe he's just two-faced.

 

[J_C]

In the comments:

Seems like forever away [until Skyrim is released]. I have it pre-ordered.

Didn't he say that he dislikes the Elder Scrolls series in his recent podcast?

I like that he covers old-skool RPGs but I just don't find his videos all that entertaining.

He's just trying to get some money or fame from the people who love old-school cRPGs, that's it. He has enough knowledge to entertain a conversation on the best RPGs, but just like any other journalist or industry insider, he will say anything that will give him credibility and popularity. And people are falling for it, maybe because deep down inside they want re-affirmation of their choices. Personally, I just follow the videos where he interviews other people in a candit format. At least he can't screw up those.

The audio podcast I linked earlier proves, that in his Matt Chat videos he is very lighthearted, and avoids any real criticism. But in his audio podcasts (and articles) he rages about the shitty RPGs and dumbed down games. Maybe he doesn't want to piss off his Youtube viewers, I don't know.

Maybe he's just two-faced.

That's possible. But that means he is a tru Codexer!

 

[felipepepe]

Carefull, he may be two-faced the OTHER way around...

 

[Clockwork Knight]

I don't understand why he's even doing this.

I assume he is not doing these videos for the hardcore RPG gamers and the Codexers, but to those, who might not be familiar with the games of the past. And for that purpose, these videos make a good job.

And as someone said before, the custom character generation would take a long time. This video was twice as long as the earlier videos already.

Also watching a video of someone else creating a character would be boring, especially for the viewers that are not veterans sliently laughing at the noobish choices.

>>he didn't pick high elf with critical weakness to paralysis

 

[Mastermind]

I don't understand why he's even doing this.

I assume he is not doing these videos for the hardcore RPG gamers and the Codexers, but to those, who might not be familiar with the games of the past. And for that purpose, these videos make a good job.

And as someone said before, the custom character generation would take a long time. This video was twice as long as the earlier videos already.

Also watching a video of someone else creating a character would be boring, especially for the viewers that are not veterans sliently laughing at the noobish choices.

>>he didn't pick high elf with critical weakness to paralysis

If you pick magic immunity (and you should) you become immune to paralysis anyway, making the high elf redundant.

 

[Overweight Manatee]

This guy really needs to learn to be concise with stuff. Every time I hear about him it can't hold my attention for more then 2 mins. Sure ADD consoletard whatever, he talks for ever about random shit and gets occupied on the most insignificant things. My day job is listening to people who love to hear themselves talk, don't care to spend my leisure time as well in that fashion.

I don't understand why he's even doing this.

I assume he is not doing these videos for the hardcore RPG gamers and the Codexers, but to those, who might not be familiar with the games of the past. And for that purpose, these videos make a good job.

And as someone said before, the custom character generation would take a long time. This video was twice as long as the earlier videos already.

Also watching a video of someone else creating a character would be boring, especially for the viewers that are not veterans sliently laughing at the noobish choices.

>>he didn't pick high elf with critical weakness to paralysis

If you pick magic immunity (and you should) you become immune to paralysis anyway, making the high elf redundant.

I distinctly recall still getting paralyzed constantly with magic absorption and max willpower the one time I tried it. Besides, you don't even need the critical weakness to paralysis to have a .3x level modifier with max HP/lvl and full advantages.

 

[Mastermind]

I distinctly recall still getting paralyzed constantly with magic absorption and max willpower the one time I tried it.

If you mean spell absorption, it's not the same thing as magic immunity. Spell absorption only absorbs spells, while magic immunity makes you immune to all magic effects (which includes paralyze).

 

[Overweight Manatee]

I distinctly recall still getting paralyzed constantly with magic absorption and max willpower the one time I tried it.

If you mean spell absorption, it's not the same thing as magic immunity. Spell absorption only absorbs spells, while magic immunity makes you immune to all magic effects (which includes paralyze).

Meh, didn't know that. Not that I needed to know how to make DF characters even more OP. Does it conflict with being able to become a vampire/werewolf though?

 

[hakuroshi]

I distinctly recall still getting paralyzed constantly with magic absorption and max willpower the one time I tried it.

If you mean spell absorption, it's not the same thing as magic immunity. Spell absorption only absorbs spells, while magic immunity makes you immune to all magic effects (which includes paralyze).

Meh, didn't know that. Not that I needed to know how to make DF characters even more OP. Does it conflict with being able to become a vampire/werewolf though?

No. Resistance/immunity to disease might, but I never checked.

 

[abnaxus]

Magic immunity makes you immune to disease, and probably to poison too.

 

[hakuroshi]

Not to poison. Anyway, my last char with magic immunity got infected by first werewolf he met. He never got any ordinary disease though.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

I enjoyed this video.

 

[Mastermind]

Not to poison. Anyway, my last char with magic immunity got infected by first werewolf he met. He never got any ordinary disease though.

I've heard that werewolf/vampire diseases ignore disease immunity, though I dunno if it's ever been confirmed. Pretty sure magic immunity doesn't make you immune to disease though, i grab it every time and distinctly remember getting diseased at least once.

 

[villain of the story]

Magic isn't an umbrella term in the Daggerfall. There are spell-based damage types: Fire, Frost, Magic, Shock, Poison. And the other, non-damage based types: Paralysis and Disease. Each of these have individual Resistance, Immunity, Low Tolerance and Criticial Weakness traits.

There's Spell Absorption but it only works against damage-based spells. You will still get paralysis or disease.

High Elves only have immunity to paralysis. Other than these, there is no "magic immunity".

 

[shihonage]

Matt used to be great, and he still is, during his webcam interviews.

However, like many great minds, he appears to be unstable, like during his Great Donation Meltdown, when he had some douchebag rant about random stream-of-consciousness crap in his videos, and then there was a video of Matt talking in high-pitched voices and inserting himself as an avatar into some old game...

I understand him, because he deserves a lot more recognition for his hard work, and I did donate during his meltdown, but in long-term that incident didn't do his image any favors.

 

[Luzur]

old point & click Sierra game dev is in the spotlight.

How did Josh Mandel transition from a life of theater, stage comedy, and advertising to become one of Sierra's star designers? In this first segment, Josh and I chat about his background and his thoughts on the transition from parser-based adventures to point-and-clicks.

http://youtu.be/XNYoOjQjsPw

 

[kingcomrade]

sierra games were shit. if you liked them you are an idiot

 

[Luzur]

i liked the Laffer series.

deal with it.

 

[J_C]

sierra games were shit. if you liked them you are an idiot

Fuck you!

 

[Metro]

People still don't have KC on ignore? I'm convinced he just spams posts to pad his count. His trolling isn't even thinly disguised. Anyway, Mandel did good work -- the unofficial third guy from Andromeda.

 

[MMXI]

Matt's Podcast #5

In it he proposes a game. It's a first person shooter with a tactical/overhead mode you can switch to. It has romances in. It has a dancing QTE mini-game introduction that determines your character's statistics. Statistics are completely hidden and work purely behind the scenes. There is no inventory or character sheet as it breaks immersion. Instead of dialogue options the protagonist speaks automatically based on how you've played the game so far.

 

[Excidium]

Matt's Podcast #5

In it he proposes a game. It's a first person shooter with a tactical/overhead mode you can switch to. It has romances in. It has a dancing QTE mini-game introduction that determines your character's statistics. Statistics are completely hidden and work purely behind the scenes. There is no inventory or character sheet as it breaks immersion. Instead of dialogue options the protagonist speaks automatically based on how you've played the game so far.

10/10 GOTY

 

[Oriebam]

Hey, a game like that could still be a good game.

unsure about the FPS hybridism, though

 

[RK47]

Abandonia has a 50mb - digital mag covering old games and surprisingly, has an interview with Matt.

http://files.abandonia.com/extras/Abandoned Times/Issues/AT-Issue2.pdf

 

[Luzur]

...ndel. part 2.

http://youtu.be/yMU466Q7Vdk