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Starks posted:This is literally the textbook example of the term...a major character dying before the opening scene. god drat it goons you're killing me.
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Every story is in medias res because it doesn't show the creation of the universe
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Jul 22, 2020 01:36
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Starks posted:
https://twitter.com/nathanfielder/status/620060895209779200?s=20
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Jul 22, 2020 01:47
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starks is the kind of poster who made one or two sort of dumb posts a while back and instead of admitting to it went "no, that was on purpose. this is who i am now. i will be an idiot forever, on purpose, as a joke"
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ShakeZula posted:https://twitter.com/GameOverGreggy/status/1285662288356278272 top 5 sony ps4 exclusives for me 1 - Bloodborne 2 - The Last of Us part II 3 - Final Fantasy VII Remake* 4 - The Last Guardian 5 - Uncharted 4 hon. mention - The Last of Us: Remastered, because it currently has the only functioning version of Factions, which I played just as much as many other PS4 titles. *FF7R was almost #2 but it's a timed exclusive, unless the Xbox version gets cancelled...which is never outside the realm of possibility with that company lol
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Jul 22, 2020 01:48
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lmfao
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Jul 22, 2020 01:49
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Starks posted:This is literally the textbook example of the term...a major character dying before the opening scene. god drat it goons you're killing me. All my friends are just outside the frame... oh I see I’m not needed here, carry on then
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Jul 22, 2020 01:54
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Oxxidation posted:starks is the kind of poster who made one or two sort of dumb posts a while back and instead of admitting to it went "no, that was on purpose. this is who i am now. i will be an idiot forever, on purpose, as a joke" Yeah it's looking a little masochistic. That post felt designed for me to quote it and ask "was that many PMs or just one that you counted as new each time you reopened the tab?"
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Jul 22, 2020 01:55
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exquisite tea posted:If anything I think video games way overuse exposition. When you think about how much of in-game dialogue is purely informational or instructional, it gets kind of maddening. Sushi Ghost also keeps doing this thing where like 10-15 hours in a random NPC will look like they have a side quest but it’s just them explaining a very simple game mechanic I’ve been using the whole time, like Fox Dens or Bamboo stands
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Jul 22, 2020 01:58
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"Why does this guy have a sword in a game called Final Fantasy?!"
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I’m laughing at the idea of Mr Hootington watching Starks do Let’s Plays to judge games.
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Bust Rodd posted:Sushi Ghost also keeps doing this thing where like 10-15 hours in a random NPC will look like they have a side quest but it’s just them explaining a very simple game mechanic I’ve been using the whole time, like Fox Dens or Bamboo stands
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Jul 22, 2020 02:19
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I can't wait for the free Blasphemous DLC next month. NG+, new execution animations, and a bunch of new story content. Folk Spanish Catholicism was such a good veneer for a Soulslike.
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MeatwadIsGod posted:I can't wait for the free Blasphemous DLC next month. NG+, new execution animations, and a bunch of new story content. Folk Spanish Catholicism was such a good veneer for a Soulslike. in a surprise crossover, you step out of the first save room and are instantly killed by a skeletal matador
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Jul 22, 2020 02:54
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Oxxidation posted:in a surprise crossover, you step out of the first save room and are instantly killed by a skeletal matador buenas dias, sucker.
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MeatwadIsGod posted:I can't wait for the free Blasphemous DLC next month. NG+, new execution animations, and a bunch of new story content. Folk Spanish Catholicism was such a good veneer for a Soulslike. wait what https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QdGzJhunb4 oh poo poo
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...speaking of FFVIIR, I just did all of Chapter 9. Holy poo poo! That was really long! And also amazing!
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the guy complaining about FF7 being confusing is the reason why they had to add a voice over to the beginning of Blade Runner
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The hilarious thing is that most of these questions are in fact answered in that section of the game? Barret has a whole spiel in the elevator and the deal with the "flower girl" is explained by paying attention to the rest of the cutscene because it subtly tells you the information you want to know there.
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Jul 22, 2020 03:07
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"Girl loses flower, looks sad when it gets trampled" =  We finally have a counterexample to the Kuleshov effect, a century of film theory in the toilet Edit: good excuse to post this animation analysis of the FF7/FF7R intros, and how much is communicated through the animation (for most people I guess) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoA2B4lb_ro CharlieFoxtrot fucked around with this message at 03:17 on Jul 22, 2020 |
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:"Girl loses flower, looks sad when it gets trampled" = I used to teach intro to film theory, and always demonstrated the kuleshov effect by bringing in two tennis balls and slamming them together in midair being confused about the story of ff7r in the first 30 minutes is exactly like that, but instead you just throw the balls at your own face edit, because I love this clip and you might be wondering what we're talking about : https://youtu.be/96xx383lpiI postmodifier fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Jul 22, 2020 |
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Watching my friend stream Death Stranding on PC I couldn’t stop paying attention to how much exposition there is, explained to Sam like he just arrived in this world, and doesn’t know poo poo about BTs, void outs, timefall, everything. I know it’s hard to explain this stuff to the player, but surely there’s a better way to do it. Obviously when the game gets going the exposition makes more sense because they’re actively researching beaches and whatnot, but it’s pretty awkward when you replay it.
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Jul 22, 2020 03:44
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Caesar Saladin posted:the guy complaining about FF7 being confusing is the reason why they had to add a voice over to the beginning of Blade Runner Yeah it had to be FF7. Imagine the reaction if he had tried that poo poo with Spider-Man
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Complete 180 on The Sinking City. I massively overestimated what the side quests would be. Like, the innkeeper gave me a ton of notes that I thought would lead to different interesting stories, but instead they all send me to a different intersection that has a copy pasted apartment full of the same monsters and a sheet of paper. It’s like something you’d get for free on itch.io The jank is charming, it sets a pretty good vibe and the music is legit good; is the main story better than the side content?
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Jul 22, 2020 03:54
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Tsushima looks pretty neat, but I just bought a full price game in TLOU2 and I got other games I already own to get around to. #firstworldproblems I find that my enjoyment of open world games tends to correlate with how interesting the world itself is to explore even when you're not doing missions - fun movement (Spider-Man), cool environments (Horizon), secrets to find, fun combat encounters, etc. How does GoT stack up in that regard?
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Jul 22, 2020 03:57
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RareAcumen posted:Yeah it had to be FF7. Why are we fighting the big bald man?
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TIL I learned something really important about cinematography and I'm grateful but how do the tennis balls figure into it?
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Why am I jumping out of my window when I have bills to pay?
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Twibbit posted:Why am I jumping out of my window when I have bills to pay? do you have money to pay the bills? answer quickly!
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SirSamVimes posted:Why are we fighting the big bald man? A spider... man? Is there a prequel that explains how the heck that works?
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Starks this morning:
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Samurai Sanders posted:TIL I learned something really important about cinematography and I'm grateful but how do the tennis balls figure into it? the kuleshov effect owes much of its genesis to soviet montage theory, specifically sergei eisenstein's formulation of dialectical editing. You can think of most narrative editing like a cue ball on a pool table - you line up your shot and you hit the ball and it moves forward in a predictable fashion. Shot with meaning leads into and directly informs ----> shot that continues and/or carries over meaning from the previous shot Soviet film dudes were mad as hell and they weren't gonna take it any more, so instead they came up with a cool editing style where it looks more like this: shot a (thesis) --> (synthesis) <-- shot b (antithesis) you slam them into each other, and they careen off in random-rear end directions, to create a new and unique event that is largely up to random association and personal interpretation so, you know, like two tennis balls colliding in mid-air
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Helheim sure as poo poo didn’t disappoint. This game is just loving nuts.   That absolutely massive bird thing just watching over all the damned souls walking into Helheim is very, very creepy. Also very massive.
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I mean, they admitted that they didn’t get to the part where Barrett screams about what they’re doing and the exact reason why and where you can see each character’s motivations clearly. But this post makes it clear they’re just trolling, like, why Control? The story isn’t really hard to understand, and how does beating a random boss (that’s not even a notoriously hard one) prove that you understand the lore lol. Starks posted:This is an even worse comparison than citizen kane lol. Control would've been a better game to pick to make your point. Also, I beat the amygdala on my first try, so the implication that I don't "understand" anything about bloodborne is beyond absurd. But plz, I still want a brief summary of the plot/lore of Bloodborne, because now that you’ve said you didn’t get to the part in FF7 where the plot is explained, I’m now even more confused by this post.
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I am enjoying Ghost of Tsushima quite a bit so far. In Typical Sucker Punch fashion it is 1 part beautiful and stylized world to explore, 1 part snappy and satisfying traversal system, 1 part fun and engaging (if a bit overly easy) combat, and 1 part assssss story.
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PantsBandit posted:I am enjoying Ghost of Tsushima quite a bit so far. In Typical Sucker Punch fashion it is 1 part beautiful and stylized world to explore, 1 part snappy and satisfying traversal system, 1 part fun and engaging (if a bit overly easy) combat, and 1 part assssss story.
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Imhotep posted:I mean, they admitted that they didn’t get to the part where Barrett screams about what they’re doing and the exact reason why and where you can see each character’s motivations clearly. The funny thing is this is literally 10 minutes into the demo. It goes "fight those two guys" - "basic tutorial fight" - "jessie and wedge give blatant exposition on who Cloud is" - "another tutorial fight" - "Barret's monologue"
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:The funny thing is this is literally 10 minutes into the demo. It goes "fight those two guys" - "basic tutorial fight" - "jessie and wedge give blatant exposition on who Cloud is" - "another tutorial fight" - "Barret's monologue" And as I recall roughly 80% of Cloud's dialogue in the demo is some variation on "I am a mercenary who is only here for the money, I don't care about your cause."
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Lord Hydronium posted:Tsushima looks pretty neat, but I just bought a full price game in TLOU2 and I got other games I already own to get around to. #firstworldproblems Pretty well. You can just ride around on your horse, following routes to specific locations, or set up waypoints to the nearest collectible that you haven't picked up yet. But often you'll see, like, a fox, or a yellow Bird, and following them will lead you to a location of interest as well, so it's always good to keep your eyes open. Also grabbing materials and such while riding around is as easy as pressing a button without having to get off your horse. Plus the game is absolutely gorgeous, as the screenshots in this thread can attest to.
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VideoGames posted:There have been some pretty spicy trolls lately. Quite a few have made me laugh The PS5 reveal brought a bunch of people that never posted, said some poo poo and got the gently caress away like trying to start a war on this thread (probably Xbone warriors). Then some nonsensical posters that suddenly are not only experts but try to teach us all how to PS4. Reminding me about the "Bloodborne in 12 hours for the first time" user made me chuckle. Zedsdeadbaby posted:Starks this morning: 
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maybe the ps5 reveal has brought some new lurkers? I welcome them all!