It's Videogames
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1 dollar. that's like 45 cent savings vs what americans pay.
eat it
eat it
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halo apparently takes a year and a day to download so i recommend doing so ahead of time :3
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Start a year ago Friday
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you
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I grabbed Tomb Raider (2013) while it was free on Steam because why not. I'm not sure what I was expecting but I don't usually play games like this, it's kind of more like a movie where you occasionally push buttons than a game. After playing for a few hours I headed over to Wikipedia because I was curious how it was reviewed. Reviewers gave it generally positive reviews but complained about the "ludonarrative dissonance". I didn't really consciously notice it while playing, but it kind of goes like this:
1. Watch cut scene where Lara is portrayed as a scared little girl, soaked, shivering, and probably wounded.
2. Gameplay where you deftly shoot 5 guards in the head and stealth kill a 6th, using brute strength to strangle him.
3. Go to 1.
Now that it's been pointed out to me, I cannot unsee.
1. Watch cut scene where Lara is portrayed as a scared little girl, soaked, shivering, and probably wounded.
2. Gameplay where you deftly shoot 5 guards in the head and stealth kill a 6th, using brute strength to strangle him.
3. Go to 1.
Now that it's been pointed out to me, I cannot unsee.
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We are all buying killing floor 2 on steam if anyone cares.
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I never played it, just watched a full narrated playthrough so this was less of a thing but still noticeable even then. But, yeah, game is interesting? It has some nice moments but I've never felt any need to play it myself or to ever particularly recommend it.pterrus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:16 am I grabbed Tomb Raider (2013) while it was free on Steam because why not. I'm not sure what I was expecting but I don't usually play games like this, it's kind of more like a movie where you occasionally push buttons than a game. After playing for a few hours I headed over to Wikipedia because I was curious how it was reviewed. Reviewers gave it generally positive reviews but complained about the "ludonarrative dissonance". I didn't really consciously notice it while playing, but it kind of goes like this:
1. Watch cut scene where Lara is portrayed as a scared little girl, soaked, shivering, and probably wounded.
2. Gameplay where you deftly shoot 5 guards in the head and stealth kill a 6th, using brute strength to strangle him.
3. Go to 1.
Now that it's been pointed out to me, I cannot unsee.
My favourite example of this is the GTA4 cutscene where Niko is like "No, I won't murder him. That's not a line I will cross!"
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I noticed it in Celeste too, for what it's worth. There are multiple points in the middle of the level where there's some dialogue and Madeline is like, "omg, I'm so scared and insecure, what if I die on this mountain?"
Bitch, you died horribly 100 times in the past 5 minutes, it's gonna be fine.
Bitch, you died horribly 100 times in the past 5 minutes, it's gonna be fine.
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pterrus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:29 pm I noticed it in Celeste too, for what it's worth. There are multiple points in the middle of the level where there's some dialogue and Madeline is like, "omg, I'm so scared and insecure, what if I die on this mountain?"
Bitch, you died horribly 100 times in the past 5 minutes, it's gonna be fine.
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I notice that the Doom Slayer never faces these sorts of moral quandaries
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Likewise the Batmobile in Arkham Knight fires completely non-lethal anti-panzer rounds.
Pour like Hemingway's last call.
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haha
Just like to point out again that in the Michael Keaton Batman movie, he turns the Batmobile around on a villain henchman and incinerates the henchman with the Batmobile's exhaust
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The disconnect that always gets me is when an NPC dies tragically in an RPG cutscene while I’m carrying a backpack full of heals and revives. Quit fooling around, Aeris.
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IIRC the status when you fall in battle is called DOWN, not DEAD. Phoenix Down can't cure death, it can only cure severe beated-upness.
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Yeah it's funny how most people don't think of using a phoenix down when Sephiroth kills Aeris, and then they actually play the entire rest of the game without her when they don't have to
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In high school my friends had a kind of progressive rock band and they were looking for a name. I suggested Phoenix Down and they thought it was the most badass band name ever. Turns out there were multiple other bands already named Phoenix Down but this was in the days before everyone automatically googled everything, so whoops. I'm pissed I lost that t-shirt.
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So what's the state of Guitar Hero-y games
I think they went to microtransaction garbage at about the same time they were falling out anyway, right?
I'm really interested in getting my daughter into something like this, no idea what the state of the world is though
I think they went to microtransaction garbage at about the same time they were falling out anyway, right?
I'm really interested in getting my daughter into something like this, no idea what the state of the world is though
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you
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The Phoenix Down Comforterspterrus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 5:31 pm In high school my friends had a kind of progressive rock band and they were looking for a name. I suggested Phoenix Down and they thought it was the most badass band name ever. Turns out there were multiple other bands already named Phoenix Down but this was in the days before everyone automatically googled everything, so whoops. I'm pissed I lost that t-shirt.
It's your turn in Cthulhu Wars
It's your turn in Squirrel Wars
It's your turn in Demon Wars
It's your turn in Wall Street Wars
http://devilsbiscuit.com/
It's your turn in Squirrel Wars
It's your turn in Demon Wars
It's your turn in Wall Street Wars
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i wonder how a child would handle vr games like beat saber
i feel like they would do very well very quickly
i feel like they would do very well very quickly
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I think my niece is in like 2nd grade or something, and apparently she could do the tutorial which is on a slow speed, but can't really handle the normal game. she also has trouble understanding that you need to hit the blocks in a specific directionKhaos wrote:i wonder how a child would handle vr games like beat saber
i feel like they would do very well very quickly
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oh yeah the directional thing would be hard for a 4yo
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You can set all blocks to omnidirectional, a lot of songs have easy modes, and there's also a "no fail" setting where she can just flail around and have fun!haplo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:19 pmI think my niece is in like 2nd grade or something, and apparently she could do the tutorial which is on a slow speed, but can't really handle the normal game. she also has trouble understanding that you need to hit the blocks in a specific directionKhaos wrote:i wonder how a child would handle vr games like beat saber
i feel like they would do very well very quickly
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enabling "no fail" mode for your child is setting them up for a life of failure
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maybe try https://www.stepmania.com/ ?Skeletor wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:12 pm So what's the state of Guitar Hero-y games
I think they went to microtransaction garbage at about the same time they were falling out anyway, right?
I'm really interested in getting my daughter into something like this, no idea what the state of the world is though
u gotta skate
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Oh yeah! I really want a guitar one too but that is also a great idea
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you
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Girls Und Panzer did this but they just totally handwaved it by saying "No, it's fine, the panzers have carbon-lining on the inside so these AP rounds that are flipping tanks over will do zero harm to any of the children inside"
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