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Chexoid posted:Okay but first look at this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTE6S6x8ixA This video does nothing but remind me of how much better the first two movies are than this one. And how the second one was still a little crap, so I just ignore the series after the first.
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Chexoid posted:Okay but first look at this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTE6S6x8ixA You can't force an enemy to shoot another while fighting them hand-to-hand in uncharted 
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Has anyone read the Uncharted tie-in book The Fourth Labyrinth? Is it any good? Or should I avoid it like the plague? (the only tie-in novel for any kind of media I've ever read was the first Mass Effect novel, which was a bit meh)
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Jun 14, 2014 09:27
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Wheany posted:You can't force an enemy to shoot another while fighting them hand-to-hand in uncharted Hey, maybe in 4.
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Hedrigall posted:Has anyone read the Uncharted tie-in book The Fourth Labyrinth? Is it any good? Or should I avoid it like the plague? (the only tie-in novel for any kind of media I've ever read was the first Mass Effect novel, which was a bit meh) If I remember correctly, it was completely average. Like, 7/10 on the scale. Pretty typical tie-in novel.
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Bruceski posted:You're definitely missing out, but since the movies are 20-30 years old and hyped to hell and back I suggest you ratchet your expectations down a few notches. Better to be pleasantly surprised than disappointed. Oh I know they're quite old, but I think they're the sort of film I'd like, I like older films a lot more than newer ones as a rule.
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Jun 14, 2014 15:47
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chitoryu12 posted:If I remember correctly, it was completely average. Like, 7/10 on the scale. Pretty typical tie-in novel. The world we live in is a bleak one indeed if 7/10 counts as average. 
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Bruceski posted:You're definitely missing out, but since the movies are 20-30 years old and hyped to hell and back I suggest you ratchet your expectations down a few notches. Better to be pleasantly surprised than disappointed. Indiana Jones only gets better with age.
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bathroomrage posted:The world we live in is a bleak one indeed if 7/10 counts as average. EDIT: I mean, besides the fact that it's completely arbitrary.
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Jun 14, 2014 16:48
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bathroomrage posted:The world we live in is a bleak one indeed if 7/10 counts as average. Little known fact, movie review scores are in fact gamma-adjusted to allow a higher grade resolution at the crappy end where it is obviously most needed. To obtain the more perceptually oriented and computationally useful Linearized Appreciation Value for a published grade g one must apply the correction formula LAV(g) = 10*(g/10)2.2.
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Jun 14, 2014 17:09
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bathroomrage posted:The world we live in is a bleak one indeed if 7/10 counts as average. Compared to the world of Metacritic where a 60 is considered decent, I'll take 7/10 being average. Also, as has been said, 70% is pretty much the standard academic average for grading. fe: loving metacritic makes no sense sometimes.
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Jun 14, 2014 18:25
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60 and 70 are considered mixed on metacritic. A 60 would be a D in school, which may or may not be a passing grade.
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What kind of notation do you guys use for average or sub-average grade then?
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Iceclaw posted:What kind of notation do you guys use for average or sub-average grade then? IGN 9.8
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Jun 14, 2014 20:17
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To be honest, I think it's in part because games are (for consoles in general, at least) fairly expensive, especially compared to DVDs and such. Hence, people try to limit themselves to games that have been rated decently. Eventually, it got to where it is now, where 7/10, considered a good score for a film, would be considered average for a game. At least, I reckon that's how it happened.
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Iceclaw posted:What kind of notation do you guys use for average or sub-average grade then? gschmidl posted:IGN 9.8 If the internet's reaction to 9/10 ratings for GTA V is anything to go by, this is true.
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smenj posted:To be honest, I think it's in part because games are (for consoles in general, at least) fairly expensive, especially compared to DVDs and such. Hence, people try to limit themselves to games that have been rated decently. Eventually, it got to where it is now, where 7/10, considered a good score for a film, would be considered average for a game. At least, I reckon that's how it happened. Besides, 7/10 seems like an average score for a film to me, not a good one. Is that just me?
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I think the correct answer is that relying on a single number to indicate quality of largely subjective works is a bit silly.
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Nihilarian posted:They're talking about a book, not a game. Whoops, somehow managed to skim past that bit of the thread on my phone. Sorry guys!
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Jun 14, 2014 21:51
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And that's the end of Uncharted 3's single player! I'll be doing a few extra videos with Snarkcookie soon where we take a look at the multiplayer. Episode 17: Proto-Buddha.....Uncut Commentary.....Baldurdash.....Download Episode 18: Plunger Power.....Uncut Commentary.....Baldurdash.....Download
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Just finished reading Skin Game and now we have been blessed with two videos? Christmas is now June 14th. Edit: Also, for Ironicus. chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Jun 14, 2014 |
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Jun 14, 2014 22:23
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How many ancient sites of unimaginable worth has Drake destroyed so far? Not only is he a mass murderer, he's probably single handedly one of the biggest banes to archaeology ever.
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Jun 14, 2014 23:06
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I've been watching your MGS LP's these last few days and just finished 4. Things you LP and old man fake out deaths seems to correspond eerily for me today.
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Jun 14, 2014 23:19
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Ah man, THAT was an action movie ending. Good LP guys.
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I don't know if this has been asked previously, but on your first time through, how often did you die because you were too busy watching instead of playing? During that last escape piece I think I would've stopped every 5 feet just to look at everything around me. So pretty.
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Jun 14, 2014 23:24
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I can tell from just looking at the Uncharted games that I would hate the gameplay. But the art direction and set pieces are pretty amazing. Were it not for the LPs I'd have never seen any of that.
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That first treasure you found looked an awful lot like another statue. This one called Head of an Akkadian Ruler: Which is from the Akkadian empire which came before Nebuchadnezzar who was Neo-Babylonian. The treasure even has a gouged out eye like the head which pretty much cements the fact that its based on the head.
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Jun 14, 2014 23:35
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So, why was Talbot invincible to bullets when Charlie shot him? Wasn't the big reveal that djinns were just poison water? On another note, I think the true message of the game is that Sully will outlive Drake, and no amount of yammering can ever change that fact.
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And More posted:So, why was Talbot invincible to bullets when Charlie shot him? Wasn't the big reveal that djinns were just poison water? The game never says but it's safe to assume he was wearing a bulletproof vest. The game has some plotholes and doesn't address some things but that one isn't that big a deal.
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And More posted:So, why was Talbot invincible to bullets when Charlie shot him? Wasn't the big reveal that djinns were just poison water? Not sure why you're using spoiler tags, but I guess I will too. I don't remember the scene you're talking about, but Iram fell because a giant jug of a hallucinogenic substance was cast into the water source and began to leak. This caused the residents to see many terrifying things, including djinn.
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The only things I heard about this game before this LP was that it had no real supernatural elements, which sadly seems to be the case. One thing that bugs me about the latest update is that if Djinn are smokeless fire, then why do the ones you fight leave a cloud of black smoke when they die? Anyway, good job Chip & Ironicus Thanks for the effort you put into this LP, Looking forward to Wonderful 101, another LP thread were I can complain about Platinums fixation with Space Harrier.
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Ariong posted:Not sure why you're using spoiler tags, but I guess I will too. I don't remember the scene you're talking about, but Iram fell because a giant jug of a hallucinogenic substance was cast into the water source and began to leak. This caused the residents to see many terrifying things, including djinn. I just thought it would be better to refrain from talking about everything that happens in the update immediately after the update without some spoiler tags.  Manatee Cannon's explanation is satisfying enough, I guess. Maybe I was just hoping for something more magical.
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They end walking onto a plane joking about how many parachutes it has, and the first scene of the credits is a plane crashed in the desert? Dark.
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Hel posted:The only things I heard about this game before this LP was that it had no real supernatural elements, which sadly seems to be the case. One thing that bugs me about the latest update is that if Djinn are smokeless fire, then why do the ones you fight leave a cloud of black smoke when they die? It's all in Drake's head, remember. It's not exactly a surprise that his brain would prefer something flashy over something accurate.
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And More posted:I just thought it would be better to refrain from talking about everything that happens in the update immediately after the update without some spoiler tags. One of the problems with the game having a somewhat rushed production, along with problems like Cutter's actor leaving halfway through to do Hobbit movies, is that a few plot threads that probably would've been resolved in a much more satisfying way either get rushed to a conclusion, or just dropped. Like Cutter himself not getting a proper story arc - just breaking his leg and disappearing - or, like you said, everything surrounding Talbot. Given they have some bits earlier in the game - him using the psychotropic darts, getting shot and being fine, running around the corner and disappearing - where he does something weird and everybody talks about it, Talbot was probably intended to be one of the game's underlying mysteries. As it is, they never really went in to any of it and we never see any explanation, so we just have to suppose there was one. Another part where this happened that really disappointed me personally was the scene where Marlowe accuses Drake of changing his name, perhaps not being a Drake at all. Would've been a great direction to go in, and would've fit the game's subtitle much better. Alas, nothing much came of it in the end. Maybe in Uncharted 4...
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And More posted:Manatee Cannon's explanation is satisfying enough, I guess. Maybe I was just hoping for something more magical. Considering how helpful NPCs tend to be you could think of it like everyone but Nate is firing blanks 9/10 times, too!
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I am personally looking forward to Talbot's inevitable return in UC 4.
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Broenheim posted:That first treasure you found looked an awful lot like another statue. This one called Head of an Akkadian Ruler: Nebuchadnezzar was just a really old fashioned guy. He loved the classics.
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chitoryu12 posted:Edit: Also, for Ironicus. Doesn't appear to have Shark Rider in there, so as a bonus: 
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Manatee Cannon posted:The game never says but it's safe to assume he was wearing a bulletproof vest. The game has some plotholes and doesn't address some things but that one isn't that big a deal. The spiders is really the one thing that kind of bugged me. Massive swarms of giant poisonous spiders just show up and its just kind of a thing that happened. They weren't setup as big of a deal as Uncharted's zombies or 2's immortal blue man group but I was still expecting something. I was also super happy they made Talbot a melee fight because the first two games' actually were pretty bad, though I felt 2 was worse than 1. Running in a circle away from the big bad is not very fun. Still a good game and a good LP.
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