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RPATDO_LAMD posted:twists don't matter and are not the engaging part of a story anyways m night shyamalan is writing you a furious PM right now but hold on... it turns out YOU are m night shyamalan!!!!!!
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My apparently unpopular opinion is that Bioshock 1 is good and holds up just fine. As does 2, its strengths are just different from 1. Meanwhile I loathe Infinite, albeit more for its wasted potential than its writing, which I actually like bits and pieces of.QuarkJets posted:speaking of do i remember correctly that you fight a loving ghost at some point? What the gently caress, Bioshock Infinite? Is it really that strange? Bioshock had ghosts. Because System Shock 2 had ghosts. So obviously Columbia also has to have ghosts. I mean it was a bad boss fight and yet another messy nonsensical plot beat, but even in the original draft(s) of Infinite there were ghosts. Plus, y'know, the Possession vigor is literally the first one you get.
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Excelzior posted:m night shyamalan is writing you a furious PM right now there he [me] goes again! such a clever fellow [if I do say so myself]
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Yeah but system shock 2 is uhhh the best game ever made???
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Actually it's spelled "Deus Ex"
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Majora's Mask is better than Ocarina, in EVERY way.
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Most zelda games are
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Vic posted:In David Attenborough's voice: lol underappreciated post
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Pounds GBP? For what its worth the price in my mind is £20. You save enough £30s and suddenly you have a house Sorry, but as an American millennial I do not understand this currency. Can you repost, and convert to iPhones and avocado toasts? tia
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lol, getting yelled at for being poo poo in COD is a blessing and a curse.
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I like the idea of Bioshock. The setting was very cool and the idea of this "breakaway utopian society attempt at the bottom of the ocean floor gone wrong" was very cool. Unfortunately the actual story was underwhelming and almost exclusively presented via audiotapes, the gameplay was outright clunky and bad, the morality system completely uninteresting (kill kids or don't!) and then they throw a 90's bossfight at you at the end. I really wanted to love it, but I just didn't. The only good thing about Bioshock Infinite meanwhile, was the disney princess you teamed up with...if only because she never actively got in your way and kept throwing you ammo. Everything else was worse than the other Bioshock games
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The setting was way cooler than the game, it would have made a great movie or miniseries.
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Floodixor posted:Whoever said "XCOM 3" needs to GET IT TOGETHER XCOM 3 : Apocalypse? That was a good game, in new ones Firaxis never managed to have more than 3 floors and buildings actually collapsing because you destroyed the supports.
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The Bioshocks are (were?) overrated. But I enjoyed playing through them anyway.Zzulu posted:I like the idea of Bioshock. The setting was very cool and the idea of this "breakaway utopian society attempt at the bottom of the ocean floor gone wrong" was very cool. 
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I remember becoming instantly just completely mentally checked out of Bioshock Infinite's plot the moment you started travelling to alternate dimensions or whatever. It's like everything I've done up to now is just gone like a fart in the wind, and this new poo poo I'm now seeing is not my problem and doesn't apply to me, so why should I care even slightly about it? It was an incredibly efficient way to assassinate any investment I had in a story.
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Triarii posted:I remember becoming instantly just completely mentally checked out of Bioshock Infinite's plot the moment you started travelling to alternate dimensions or whatever. It's like everything I've done up to now is just gone like a fart in the wind, and this new poo poo I'm now seeing is not my problem and doesn't apply to me, so why should I care even slightly about it? It was an incredibly efficient way to assassinate any investment I had in a story. I just got to that part and I completely agree. I also agree with the poster who said Elizabeth is awesome, cause she is. It’s the one aspect they nailed, especially when she skyhooks up and zips around behind you. Can’t believe they pulled that off and made it work.
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Triarii posted:I remember becoming instantly just completely mentally checked out of Bioshock Infinite's plot the moment you started travelling to alternate dimensions or whatever. It's like everything I've done up to now is just gone like a fart in the wind, and this new poo poo I'm now seeing is not my problem and doesn't apply to me, so why should I care even slightly about it? It was an incredibly efficient way to assassinate any investment I had in a story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tag9Pm3qtA
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Pyromancer posted:XCOM 3 : Apocalypse? That was a good game, in new ones Firaxis never managed to have more than 3 floors and buildings actually collapsing because you destroyed the supports. It would be nice if Firaxis went all in on 'Apocalypse, but finished' with whatever excuse works. XCOM 2 being explicitly an AU/failure state continuation of the original was interesting and something more games could do.
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Triarii posted:I remember becoming instantly just completely mentally checked out of Bioshock Infinite's plot the moment you started travelling to alternate dimensions or whatever. It's like everything I've done up to now is just gone like a fart in the wind, and this new poo poo I'm now seeing is not my problem and doesn't apply to me, so why should I care even slightly about it? It was an incredibly efficient way to assassinate any investment I had in a story, Morty UuUURRpp.
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Jagged alliance 2, the best game in the world, asks you at start of the game if you want the scifi twist or not. That's the way to do it when game writers have "ideas".
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Triarii posted:I remember becoming instantly just completely mentally checked out of Bioshock Infinite's plot the moment you started travelling to alternate dimensions or whatever. It's like everything I've done up to now is just gone like a fart in the wind, and this new poo poo I'm now seeing is not my problem and doesn't apply to me, so why should I care even slightly about it? It was an incredibly efficient way to assassinate any investment I had in a story. The part where I completely checked out of Infinite was when they both-sides the Vox Populi
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The best thing to come out of Bioshock Infinite was the board game.
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remember becoming instantly just completely mentally checked out of Super Mario World's plot the moment it was set in some fantasy world and not my hometown of Trenton, New Jersey. I don't know a single person in Dinosaur Land and this kidnapped princess is not my problem and doesn't apply to me, so why should I care even slightly about it? It was an incredibly efficient way to assassinate any investment I had in a story.
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flavor.flv posted:remember becoming instantly just completely mentally checked out of Super Mario World's plot the moment it was set in some fantasy world and not my hometown of Trenton, New Jersey. I don't know a single person in Dinosaur Land and this kidnapped princess is not my problem and doesn't apply to me, so why should I care even slightly about it? It was an incredibly efficient way to assassinate any investment I had in a story. Wait, Super Mario World isn't set in Italy?
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rydiafan posted:The best thing to come out of Bioshock Infinite was the board game. Very skeptical of this statement.
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Bioshock definitely suffers from a lack of snake titties
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KonvexKonkav posted:Wait, Super Mario World has a story?
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Meme Poker Party posted:Very skeptical of this statement. Zero sarcasm, friend. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/132428/bioshock-infinite-siege-columbia It's the best implementation of a video game I've played, because it isn't just "the video game, but cardboard". It's a two player area control war game, where one player is Comstock and the other is the Vox Populi, and Booker is a random event that moves around the board just wrecking everybody's poo poo. Like, you're just trying to fight against the other army when suddenly Elizabeth will show up in one of your bases and you think to yourself "Oh God, nooo!" right before Booker comes in to save her and blow up your expensive blimp.
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Excelzior posted:Bioshock definitely suffers from a lack of snake titties Most games do, sadly
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Manager Hoyden posted:Most games do, sadly 
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thats not a snake its a Legless Lizard  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legless_lizard quote:Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes
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Icochet posted:Jagged alliance 2, the best game in the world, asks you at start of the game if you want the scifi twist or not. That's the way to do it when game writers have "ideas". Does it have any alternate thing for the (spoiler for a 22 year old game) crepitus goo if you do non-sci fi? That stuff was so good on late game armor.
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Cartoon Man posted:I just got to that part and I completely agree. I also agree with the poster who said Elizabeth is awesome, cause she is. It’s the one aspect they nailed, especially when she skyhooks up and zips around behind you. Can’t believe they pulled that off and made it work. On a technical level, she's neat, but in terms of overall characterization and, dare I invoke it,  ludonarrative dissonance she's pretty bad and realistically doesn't manage to do anything more or less impressive than Alyx does in HL2 + episodes.
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John Murdoch posted:On a technical level, she's neat, but in terms of overall characterization and, dare I invoke it, iirc, there were supposedly more gameplay features involving Elizabeth planned, but they got scrapped when everything was scaled down and the game turned into an on-rails arena shooter. She's an alright character. Not sure what ludonarrative dissonance you're refering to.
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Here's some news for a good laugh; Apple bars Epic's 'Fortnite' from App Store until all court appeals end. Which could be years/indefinitely 
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I am enjoying Eastward, although it is very simple, I really like the art and atmosphere.
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Ultima 9 has better voice acting than final fantasy 7 remake. Barely.
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kntfkr posted:I am enjoying Eastward, although it is very simple, I really like the art and atmosphere. I’ve heard that while it has neat art and atmosphere, gameplay is barely a thing and most of it is an overbearing story that takes all the place, especially in the later half. Confirm/deny?
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itry posted:She's an alright character. Not sure what ludonarrative dissonance you're refering to. She has the power to move the earth, but hides timidly in combat. Counterpoint: She occasionally teleports in new cover. Counter-Counterpoint: Who cares, her job is to be a damsel in distress and you can hand-wave her lack of participation however much you wish. I agree with pretty much everything that's been said about B:I in here: It's a pretty setting ruined by the tepid rail shooting, the teleportion into Vox-controlled realities was trash for multiple narrative reasons, and Elizabeth was an ok character with doe eyes and a mechanically excellent sidekick.
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