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So going into this having heard controversial opinions on this game, but not knowing anything about it these are my first impressions from the video: The literal second person you hear speak after getting control talks of how the city "purged the orient" and "expelled" the voice of the people from their city, which given that it's flying sounds just as lethal.I bet the people here are super friendly  Oh hey look they're venerating America's founding fathers as saint figures, that means their sect seems to have split off from a catholic group. Oh, and they're batshit crazy. Barbershop quartet/church choir renditions of the beach boys? Booker, this town needs burned to the ground right this instant!
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May 25, 2015 20:11
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Samovar posted:Uh... I'm not sure what Catholic churches are like in America, but this looks nothing - NOTHING like any Catholic church I know of, it looks a hell of a lot more like either a Protestant sect, or in my mind more like some form of Mormonism. I thought the whole praying to saints for representation was a catholic thing? The prophet guy and his story definitely parallels my limited knowledge of the origins of the Mormons though.
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May 25, 2015 20:32
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Stormgale posted:As for the tipping your seat, maybe its to get rid of any loose elements that might jostle about and cause injury during the flight? Nah, the true reason is that the lead designer's boss made him build it in because the boss decided that everyone should be able to look at the rocket engines because it would be cool.
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May 25, 2015 21:04
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Serperoth posted:The whole church aspect of the intro gave me a serious cult vibe for some reason Probably because it was designed to. The whole way up the tower you have the little snippets of text on the wall preaching salvation while you walk past the dead. Then you hit the temple with it's weird lighting and flooded church. And then you hit a guy who talks about the living(?) man that led them to salvation by eliminating undesirables from their city. There is no way someone did that without the intention of setting up a creepy vibe.
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May 25, 2015 21:59
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Oberndorf posted:I think it's a holdover from space marine FPS games where your first person eyes are behind a pane of glass, and then just became a genre standard. It was hella' cool when metroid prime did steam and water effects on the visor back in the day. If they really wanted to do stuff like rain on the lens they should have given booker a hat and made it get wet dry off and drip and stuff. It would have been a ton of effort, but looking at how much effort they put into atmosphere so far, it probably would have paid off.
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May 26, 2015 00:02
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:The problem with assaulting Columbia is that nobody has so much as crossed the Atlantic in an airplane yet while Columbia is able to cross the Pacific and bomb the poo poo out of Beijing. Its population is only equal to one city all told, so I can imagine the US government's policy is live and let live. Also, we'll hear in the next video that immigration is severely limited and so if the Luteces hadn't done whatever it was they did then there would be someone at the station vetting immigrants and visitors (and keeping the contact code a secret). Do they ever tell you how far out to sea it is? It could be in international waters/airspace(although there weren't really laws for that in 1912) That would put a damper on an invasion as well.
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May 28, 2015 02:11
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:Out to sea? I dunno I've never played the game and assumed the city was above the lighthouse island you rocketed to it from. So the city flies around the country in roughly that pattern?
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May 28, 2015 02:49
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Opiomorphone posted:Why does "special definition" mean just the definition, words have a fixed definition and can't be changed just because people want it to. Actually, that is in fact, exactly how languages work. They change over time, and words can often acquire multiple meanings that are completely unrelated to each other through slang or missuses(see human being). Words can even come to mean the exact opposite of their initial meaning(See literally). Countries like the US get called democratic originating from the fact that it is a democratic republic that aspires to the ideals of democracy. Just like how places we call communist are actually socialist and merely aspiring towards the communist ideal. Also, when your list of successful revolutions includes a list of dictatorships you'd better either hope your the dictator in question or rethink your concept of success fast. Peaceful exchanges of power, historically are much more stable than revolutions because there is no power vacuum in need of filling by anyone who can stand on top of the pile to grab it.
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May 28, 2015 19:58
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PlaceholderPigeon posted:If a plot element in your game reminds people of a plot element in Thie4th it's probably a bad sign. I'll say, that would imply that something from that game was actually memorable. Except for Jim Beam, RIP.
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May 28, 2015 20:26
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Klaus88 posted:According to Wikipedia, Parachutes have been invented but aren't widespread yet so it might a matter of nobody knowing how to manufacture or not having the proper materials for 'chutes. Then you factor in the universe hopping bullshit and massive holes start popping up in the line of reasoning. Nah, it's because in this scifi alt timeline they accidentally invented parachute pants that function as parachutes instead of the kind we think of. Naturally, the citizens of Columbia would rather risk death than to be seen wearing them.
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May 28, 2015 20:55
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Ghost Stromboli posted:The original Bioshock looks as though it would be a survival-horror game. The setting itself is appropriately desolate and creepy to fit the role. However, the gameplay really doesn't back that up in any way. Early on the first Bioshock has some semblance of that sort of survival experience, but I'd say by the time you pass that doctor in the beginning the survival feel is largely gone. Yeah, you start off needing to scrounge for bullets and supplies pretty much anywhere you can and relying on melee because guns/bullets are rare. That very quickly changes into normal shooter mentality where you can fire that grenade launcher all day long.
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May 29, 2015 17:26
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