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This thread has been fun to read and so have the reddit reactions. it's awesome to me that the thing that seems to have broken people the most is Abby's muscles.
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postpone the game, give it another year in development and hire nicolas winding refn to do some rewrites.
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May 7, 2020 01:14
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Stux posted:need to put a moratorium on anything other than completely 100% literal storytelling until gamers have sorted themselves out Just don’t do storytelling at all imo. Games are not art and shouldn’t try to be, like TV they’re supposed to be trashy distractions for your brain that have more in common with cocaine than they do with literature or film. Years from now people will talk about wannabe blockbuster movie crap like Half Life 2 or God of War 2018 as an embarrassing moment in cultural history and only counter strike, Dota, and Doom will be remembered as good games. Edit: and mortal kombat
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May 7, 2020 14:35
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The dog thing seems even more trivial than the muscle girl. You kill dogs in tons of games. Generally speaking if the dog attacks you it’s a-ok. I accidentally dynamited a dog in rdr 2. Who cares There’s lots of actual reasons the game is gonna be trash
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May 7, 2020 23:13
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Calaveron posted:The worst part of dogs as an enemy type is their yelps and cries because you really can’t make a dog do that without hurting it while any dingdong with a microphone can pretend to get a chunk of rebar through its eye and record it so that’s also why it’s hard to fight dogs in games I fuckin wish this was true. My neighbours dog cries for 15 minutes like he’s dying whenever they leave the apartment.
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May 9, 2020 18:11
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ErrEff posted:I really hope the animators that worked on the RDR2 skinning stuff didn't own pets. I agree that forcing people to view any actual violent images is abusive (and unnecessary), and I think it's a bigger problem with animators and programmers that get moved around and put on different projects vs. hollywood where the people who specialize in gore and violence seem to have a passion for creating those special effects and make up. That being said this part of your post is a dumb take. It's like saying that you hope morticians don't have children. Just because you're squeamish about something doesn't mean that everyone who isn't is hosed up. On that note here's a cool video of how they make the violent sounds for Mortal Kombat. Potentially  since you see a bunch of the MK11 fatalities:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYS0rPYjW28 Starks fucked around with this message at 18:00 on May 13, 2020 |
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May 13, 2020 17:55
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Not so dead and gay now are we?
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May 25, 2020 16:13
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sebmojo posted:the words 'spoiled' and 'ruined' are pretty severe imo is the thing, its like complianing that someone ruined the peanut butter by opening it before you got to it. I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE FIRST SCOOP DAMMIT HENRY why are you like this idgaf about peanut butter or spoilers but if henry fucks up that first scoop of nutella with the little star swirl in the middle? I'm hyperventilating
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May 26, 2020 02:13
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ImpAtom posted:As I mentioned before that is because there are multiple ways to enjoy something. Well-designed stories can be enjoyed multiple ways. The 'spoiler-free' experience however is limited to either a first time or something you've seen maybe like once twenty years ago and don't remember. Caring about spoilers is a symptom of extreme insecurity and overcare, and I would think that in this thread of all places we would understand that You’re not mad because you know how some dumb story ends, you’re mad because you think you missed out on a feeling you may never feel again. Starks fucked around with this message at 02:58 on May 26, 2020 |
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May 26, 2020 02:55
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ImpAtom posted:I don't think it's the case of it being a bad story if you are aware of the twist so much as it has an impact on how you view things and even on your ability to enjoy something *more* on a rewatch. Most forms of entertainment we create tend to be designed to evoke emotion more than anything else and foreknowledge has an impact on the emotions you can feel during a story. If someone turns out to be a traitor and murders their friend, it will have a very different impact on you if you liked/trusted that character versus knowing they were a traitor. Even upon a rewatch the emotions from your first watch still persist. The vast majority of “human entertainment” is just dancing around a fire and telling stories. Pretty sure cavemen weren’t killing each other because kushim spoiled the ending to a legend or whatever, it’s a uniquely online phenomenon You just posted that the god of the underworld tried to flood the forest with the tears of the bereaved and it created the sea? Wtf man Starks fucked around with this message at 03:19 on May 26, 2020 |
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May 26, 2020 03:14
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Brother Entropy posted:no one is killing each other because of spoilers today either ya loon I just assume that’s how they settled arguments in the post-Neanderthal days
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May 26, 2020 03:17
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Infinitum posted:Maybe just like don't spoil things, and let people enjoy the media they like? Yes to #1.....no to #2
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May 26, 2020 03:48
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Relax Or DIE posted:infinitum is cool I googled this and got this link https://infinitumlife.com/ Edit: oh it’s the op who says “edgy” in every post Lmao ImpAtom posted:It absolutely is not a uniquely online phenomenon. Yeah you’re right about old movies and now that I think about it they did that for Star Wars 2: Empire Strikes Back as well.
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May 26, 2020 03:54
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ErrEff posted:You simultaneously agreed with my take and thought it was dumb. Alright - I suppose the two are not mutually exclusive. It seemed like you were saying that animators shouldn’t be allowed to own dogs, which I thought was a bit much. I’m vegan so I don’t feel guilty about playing RDR2 since I save hundreds of animals every day through my conscious choices.
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May 26, 2020 16:11
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Viewtiful Jew posted:You can't trust anybody when it comes to spoilers, not even yourself. Lmao
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May 26, 2020 23:13
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Stux posted:youve just tried to redefine fun to the point schindlers list or a documentary about AIDS is "fun" or even enjoyable, theyre explicitly neither and not supposed to be either. no one enjoys watching things like that but pure enjoyment or fun isnt the sole single metric for media and nor should it be. The Last of Us 2: pure enjoyment or fun isnt the sole single metric for media and nor should it be
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May 28, 2020 14:20
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really promising for a game when people start arguing about whether or not entertainment should be enjoyable
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May 28, 2020 14:25
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lotta pedants here. a game doesn't have to "fun" per se but it should be competitive or challenging in a satisfying way. a game with bad gameplay mechanics is just a bad game regardless of anything else, the same way that a movie with lovely acting/directing is a bad movie or a novel with poor writing is a bad novel. it's literally called a "game". if you don't wanna play it and you just wanna watch the cutscenes, it's a bad game
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May 28, 2020 14:52
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Harrow posted:I don't think "bad gameplay" is necessarily what anyone is talking about when they talk about TLoU (1 or 2) not being traditionally "fun." The actual gameplay mechanics in the original are perfectly competent, even if it isn't the best stealth or action game ever made--it has a satisfying loop and does a good job of putting you into situations where you have to scrap and improvise in combat. I fully expect TLoU2 to do pretty much that, maybe more refined and better. The "it's not necessarily trying to be 'fun'" thing is almost certainly more about the atmosphere, story, and general tone. oh lol that's even dumber than what I thought was going on. RE2Make wasn't fun either by that criteria (wrong its the best game, fight me)
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May 28, 2020 15:08
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Zongerian posted:AIDS documentary Last Of Us 2
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May 28, 2020 15:14
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It’s already pissing people off more just by having a girl who works out as a character. Just look at the subreddit (or don’t. Maybe don’t.)
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May 28, 2020 16:14
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NVM I'm dumb
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Jun 11, 2020 14:20
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Again what is it with people freaking out about the dogs. You kill dogs in tons of games. Anyways I reloaded my preorder
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Jun 12, 2020 14:35
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Brother Entropy posted:there are people who in fact don't like that you have to kill dogs in so many games, and tlou2 seems to be going out of its way to underline 'boy don't you feel bad about killing dogs in this game?' so logically those people are going to be doubly bothered I’ve never seen it as a complaint on these forums I guess. Like I read the threads for Rdr2, re2make, dark souls etc and I’ve never seen it come up. It feels like people don’t really care now, they just want to be right about this game and are looking for reasons to “dog pile” it hahaha.
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Jun 12, 2020 14:46
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Remember The Last Jedi? 90% on rotten tomatoes yet fans hated it and it destroyed the franchise.
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Jun 12, 2020 15:05
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Zeta Acosta posted:except for the fact that in mgs a game almost 20 years old you totally can skip killing the wolfs if you play smart enough (and cheat) and it dont force a cutscene on you with HEY KILLING DOGS IS BAD OK??? VIOLENCEEEE! When loving Kojima show more restrain than you, you have a problem. I don’t really play the anime games so I’m not familiar with the company you mention.
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Jun 12, 2020 15:59
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The subreddit is melting down over the positive reviews, if you’re into that sort of thing
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Jun 12, 2020 16:25
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Zeta Acosta posted:Chernobyl was one of the greatest tv show i have ever seen and the subject topic is insanely grim, they had a whole episode about the animal killing squad and even them didnt show dog killings in extreme detail. Mmmm i wonder why. Lmao
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Jun 12, 2020 17:22
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LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:thank god you guys are finally getting it I dunno man I canceled my pre order after the leak but restarted it today after reading the review from my trusted video gaming review website. I’ve enjoyed a lot of games in spite of the bad story, like God of War. I usually skip most cutscenes any way so it doesn’t really matter.
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Jun 12, 2020 20:46
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Dapper_Swindler posted:https://twitter.com/leighalexander/status/1271109095102263296 the narrative designer of Love Island Season 2: The Game dropping wisdom
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Jun 12, 2020 23:18
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psychoJ posted:just gonna say that i hope that this game isn't bad, mainly because i preordered it on psn when i was very very drunk Good news, it’s literally one of the best reviewed games of all time.
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Jun 13, 2020 03:02
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oddium posted:also shut up about how badly you actuallly do want to kill the dogs No one has posted that. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) Starks fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Jun 13, 2020 |
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Jun 13, 2020 06:27
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Stux posted:misery can be art and its not wrong for something to make you feel miserable Video games are not art tho
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Jun 13, 2020 16:01
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Stux posted:all human creativity is art Ok but playing video games has more in common with railing a line of cocaine than it does reading a poem. No one ever died because they did a 48 hour painting-viewing marathon.
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Jun 13, 2020 16:11
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SpazmasterX posted:Did the ending change from what I heard? lmao I don’t think Ellie dies if that’s what you mean.
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Jun 13, 2020 18:01
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The Unnamed One posted:Bob Dylan of gaming is literally Anthem. I demand an explanation for this post.
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Jun 14, 2020 02:01
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Lol
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Jun 14, 2020 02:34
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SpazmasterX posted:idc about how many "professional video game reviewers" give the game a perfect score because they did that poo poo the first time around and that game was a shiny turd. I'm more interested to see the actual player responses over the next month. It’s going to get review bombed for having a lesbian and a girl with muscles so this isn’t really a good metric either tbh
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Jun 14, 2020 17:26
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Cancelled my preorder based on this postLostRook posted:And more's come out. The first 3 hours is on youtube if you look for it and it's hilarious.
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DLC Inc posted:it owns that loving Resident Evil is the one zombie fiction that gets it right: it is the corporations that are evil. Not only that but the cop in Resident Evil, Leon, is a cop for just one loving day and then leaves the force after the corrupt Raccoon Gov't + insane Police Chief fucks his poo poo up. Hell, to its credit even RE moved beyond zombies and is now full tilt into psychological and gothic horror with RE7/8. Like all anime games though RE’s story is stupid, which is why I mostly skip the cutscenes. I didn’t even know half of what’s in your post was in the games because it’s so convoluted and hard to follow. It’s a good game because the gameplay is fun which is the only thing that matters in video games.
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