|
They're really phoning it in with the eccentricity in the cast now. Deborah's vulgarity sprinkled throughout her rant was surprisingly amusing. It made it feel more I don't know "authentic." I agree with the sentiment that David is too hung up on D first names, even if its name like that it could be someone's last name. I noticed right away in the scar hurting scene Derek and Antonio getting up from their seats. The attentiveness was wasted though since SGF had to pass them to save.
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2015 06:09
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 10, 2024 17:22 |
|
|
I love that even though I know it's a SWERY game, his brand of weirdness still catches me off-guard. Rob Newman said once that where Dali's surrealism failed to accurately portray the dreamlike was in the lack of the mundane and familiar mixed in with the absurd, and I really feel that SWERY hits that balance perfectly in D4 - at least so far.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2015 06:29
|
|
|
The surgeon from nowhere just completely managed to catch me off-guard.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2015 06:47
|
|
|
I stopped eating my sandwich for about a minute there after the fashion guy made his appearance. My hand just sort of froze midway between the plate and my mouth. A detail I liked about that scene was how all the passengers in the surrounding seats had turned to stare at the guy as he went on about his mannequin partner.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2015 07:30
|
|
|
TheTatteredKing posted:They're really phoning it in with the eccentricity in the cast now. Deborah's vulgarity sprinkled throughout her rant was surprisingly amusing. It made it feel more I don't know "authentic." I'm not sure you meant phoning it in, that implies that it's lazy.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2015 17:11
|
|
|
Jalathas posted:I'm not sure you meant phoning it in, that implies that it's lazy. Yeah, I feel that's definitely not the case with D4. Despite some similarities to the cast of Deadly Premonition, D4 has managed to give all of its characters very distinct personalities. Juvenalian.Satyr posted:"I've got the good stuff for you this time." I wonder if David and Teddy were maybe crooked cops or at least working undercover at some point. Olivia seems to think it's a phrase specifically used by drug dealers, and David calls it an "old habit".
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2015 18:28
|
|
|
So did Phillip meet David on a dive further back in time, and attempt to kill him? Because he seems to suggest that, and is awfully unfazed at David appearing on the plane. Maybe Phillip knows about The Red World? Or something else supernatural that let's David time travel.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2015 20:49
|
|
|
Maybe David does die or is close to it later in his time and earlier in theirs? So far the abundance of D-names is really taking away from the name game they had going in DP. Anna, Becky, Carol, Diane - the entire town was like an ABC of odd people.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2015 21:20
|
|
|
And More posted:I wonder if David and Teddy were maybe crooked cops or at least working undercover at some point. Olivia seems to think it's a phrase specifically used by drug dealers, and David calls it an "old habit". Both David and Kaysen were Vice cops before David went crazy and Kaysen went homicide. It's very, very likely.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2015 22:59
|
|
|
He mentioned he was a former Narcotics agent so yeah, he probably did do some undercover stings as a part of his job.
Lareine fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Feb 15, 2015 |
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 00:45
|
|
|
You know, before this episode, I wasn't fully feeling it for D4. Sure, sudden catgirl was a surprise, but it wasn't really all that surreal. You had the meal cases with Kaysen which were nice like the Thomas lunches, but we didn't have the plot going on very strongly so it was a pause with nothing to pause between. But now.... oh my goodness, fashion designer, Phil, random doctor out of goddamn nowhere. Yes. This is the stuff, I cannot wait for next episode. So the doctor is likely the guy that Deborah was talking about, though I don't know why he's acting like he still has his meal in front of him when he doesn't. Probably to be more quirky. Phil definitely seems suspicious- someone earlier mentioned that he looked about ready to haul back and punch Deborah before taking a puff from his inhaler, that's definitely something... but as of yet I'm not sure what else there is to go on. Other than as mentioned, Antonio getting up as David's wound hurts, but it could be a coincidence.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 01:49
|
|
|
Jalathas posted:I'm not sure you meant phoning it in, that implies that it's lazy. Maybe. But the two goofball stereotype characters being introduced rapid fire, one with no yet apparent reason for being introduced, has left a bad taste in my mouth. Maybe I'll feel better about it when we see more of the designer, Deb has some nice touches. But the intriguing mood of the bizarre and surreal elements was spoiled for me. Even with the craziness of Amanda the catgirl there's still intrigue. Is she David's cat? Why is she a woman now then? Is she diving with him in cat form with the branch shop thing?
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 03:25
|
|
|
TheTatteredKing posted:Maybe. But the two goofball stereotype characters being introduced rapid fire, one with no yet apparent reason for being introduced, has left a bad taste in my mouth. I feel like that's a necessary evil of the setting. Instead of the rambling rural town of Greenvale, D4 takes place in a series of enclosed spaces (the prologue notwithstanding). You're suddenly dropped into a plane mid-flight; of course you're going to see most of the passengers as soon as you look into the cabin, and of course the oddballs are going to make themselves conspicuous right away. Plus, for all intents and purposes, you're on rails. DP gave you the option of driving around and picking up sidequests all over the place in your own time. If you stuck to the main plot, you would meet most of the townsfolk (and all of the really peculiar ones) all at once at the town hall meeting, and it would feel rushed. If D4 was an open-world game, it could introduce characters at a more leisurely pace, but that would change the very nature of the story and the game engine. It's a trade-off. I've only been on a few planes in my life, but I was surprised to see so many empty seats. See, if Duncan can afford a second plane ticket just for Sukey (she's too big for carry-on), he can probably afford some more comfortable means of transportation. I'm thinking he only flies commercial because he likes the attention from all the other passengers-- but this plane is less than half-full.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 04:24
|
|
|
TheTatteredKing posted:Is she David's cat? Why is she a woman now then? Is she diving with him in cat form with the branch shop thing? I think the whole branch shop thing is a concession of gameplay and shouldn't be taken into mind when thinking about the story, like the RE4 merchant being everywhere.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 04:34
|
|
|
I guess you're right RoeCocoa. Though I wonder why Duncan is introduced early. He mentions "flying coach" so he shouldn't be in the business class section. He isn't even seen in the seats while David mills about. Maybe the phrase was just used incorrectly and we'll see him in the next section. Phillip seems like a fun character. Him taking a hit when Deb is at her worse is interesting in light that he takes a hit as soon as he sees David.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 04:42
|
|
|
Waffleman_ posted:I think the whole branch shop thing is a concession of gameplay and shouldn't be taken into mind when thinking about the story, like the RE4 merchant being everywhere. Or maybe the RE4 merchant really is just everywhere and this is a world where a cat is also a woman who runs a time-diving store franchise, no biggie.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 05:52
|
|
|
The doctor reminds me of the giant from Twin Peaks. I wonder if he will offer any tips to finding D.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 07:11
|
|
|
Bemis posted:The doctor reminds me of the giant from Twin Peaks. I wonder if he will offer any tips to finding D. The owls are not mammals. Without chemicals he finds it difficult to wash his dishes.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 07:30
|
|
|
It doesn't matter how many times I see the doctor, he just unsettles me a bit. Like he's this weird combination of being the most blatantly creepy thing ever and yet it also comes across as a bit understated. Maybe I'm just a dumbass, but man. Lumberjack Bonanza posted:What I would loving give for this to be a JoJo tie-in game out of nowhere. It has been my longstanding hope that a possible sequel to Deadly Premonition would entail Grandpa York getting his grandson out of jail and then reenacting Jojo Part 3.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 08:35
|
|
|
T.G. Xarbala posted:Or maybe the RE4 merchant really is just everywhere and this is a world where a cat is also a woman who runs a time-diving store franchise, no biggie. That cat isn't Amanda. There'd be no point in opening branch outlets if you operated them all yourself. Clearly she has an army of errand-running cats instead.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 08:38
|
|
|
Bobbin Threadbare posted:That cat isn't Amanda. There'd be no point in opening branch outlets if you operated them all yourself. Clearly she has an army of errand-running cats instead. Errand-running, time-traveling cats, no less.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 11:40
|
|
|
Bendigeidfran posted:So did Phillip meet David on a dive further back in time, and attempt to kill him? Because he seems to suggest that, and is awfully unfazed at David appearing on the plane. Maybe Phillip knows about The Red World? Or something else supernatural that let's David time travel. David has a hunch that he might actually be able to change the past by diving, but one of the mysteries at the moment is whether the people who recognise him on the plane do so because they met him earlier on a dive back to an earlier point in time, or because they have met him in real life before, and he simply doesn't remember them because of the amnesia.
|
|
#
?
Feb 15, 2015 13:07
|
|
|
Bendigeidfran posted:I wonder if SWERY sent a team out to Boston to research details for the game like he did with DP. He's only needed to model one apartment so far but it's a really good portrait of an American apartment. I know this is from way back, but Swery came to Boston in 2011, visited a lot of the major tourist/historical spots.
|
|
#
?
Feb 16, 2015 02:02
|
|
|
Juvenalian.Satyr posted:Errand-running, time-traveling cats, no less. Ah, so that's where Crono's cats went when they jumped in the time portal at the end of that game!
|
|
#
?
Feb 16, 2015 02:45
|
|
|
RoeCocoa posted:I've only been on a few planes in my life, but I was surprised to see so many empty seats. See, if Duncan can afford a second plane ticket just for Sukey (she's too big for carry-on), he can probably afford some more comfortable means of transportation. I'm thinking he only flies commercial because he likes the attention from all the other passengers-- but this plane is less than half-full. I've been on quite a few and it happens. Especially if you, like me, is fine with travelling at odd times in low season in return for a cheap flight. 04.00 between Göteborg, Sweden and ...Some small airport in Germany I can't remember the name of, (it was a layover,) is not a flight a lot of people will book.
|
|
#
?
Feb 16, 2015 08:27
|
|
|
Is the flight stewart Albert Wesker?
|
|
#
?
Feb 16, 2015 09:08
|
|
|
WaltherFeng posted:Is the flight stewart Albert Wesker? He doesn't have bitching sunglasses but inhaling some mysterious substance to enhance body strength seems completely in character for him. He's on an airplane too, should we be worried about him starting to talk about "complete global saturation" now?
|
|
#
?
Feb 16, 2015 10:06
|
|
|
WaltherFeng posted:Is the flight stewart Albert Wesker? Looks more like a buffer Alfred Ashford.
|
|
#
?
Feb 16, 2015 11:36
|
|
|
Lareine posted:He doesn't have bitching sunglasses but inhaling some mysterious substance to enhance body strength seems completely in character for him. He's on an airplane too, should we be worried about him starting to talk about "complete global saturation" now? Since he's also voiced by the Ghost units from StarCraft II I wouldn't be surprised if he started throwing (nuclear) missiles with his bare hands.
|
|
#
?
Feb 17, 2015 13:52
|
|
|
For anyone with fond memories of sgf's Illbleed LP, or OatmealRaisin and Panzer Skank's Blue Stinger LP, Gamasutra has a wonderful profile of Shinya Nishigaki, the sadly departed director of both games.
|
|
#
?
Feb 18, 2015 03:37
|
|
|
Man Dancer posted:For anyone with fond memories of sgf's Illbleed LP, or OatmealRaisin and Panzer Skank's Blue Stinger LP, Gamasutra has a wonderful profile of Shinya Nishigaki, the sadly departed director of both games. You don't have a long life expectancy if SGF LPs your games, RIP Swery65.
|
|
#
?
Feb 18, 2015 05:50
|
|
|
MassRafTer posted:You don't have a long life expectancy if SGF LPs your games, RIP Swery65.
|
|
#
?
Feb 18, 2015 06:14
|
|
|
 Download Scrapbooks 05 - Disaster for the Stanley Cup, Part 1 06 - Disaster for the Stanley Cup, Part 2 07 - Designer Interview: Cutting Edge and Individualistic Designers Duncan & Sukey 14 - Rotoscoping is Still Popular! 15 - Cats Blend into Society
|
|
#
?
Feb 20, 2015 13:07
|
|
|
The way David says 'avant garde' is killing me. Edit: Just noticed he has a doll of the giant doctor in his room on the way into the dirty bathroom.
|
|
#
?
Feb 20, 2015 13:43
|
|
|
God drat, the fight with Zapatero is so goddamn hype, with some Dropkick Murphy's sounding poo poo blasting in the background, all beating the poo poo out of him with a tray table. I wanna run out into the street and bench press a car, I'm so hype!
|
|
#
?
Feb 20, 2015 13:49
|
|
|
First time I watched that fight, I immediately bought the soundtrack. Song's called "Drank Dead DOM Die" btw Rapid 99 fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Feb 20, 2015 |
|
#
?
Feb 20, 2015 13:51
|
|
|
Kojiro posted:The way David says 'avant garde' is killing me. It's definitely not the best word for a Boston accent
|
|
#
?
Feb 20, 2015 14:03
|
|
|
The game even refers to the doctor as "the mysterious giant." Oh Swery, thanks for giving me a Twin Peaks fix.
|
|
#
?
Feb 20, 2015 14:24
|
|
|
The fact that the "player" straight up asks a lovably quirky creative designer if he uses drugs to come up with his crazy stuff in an SWERY65 game of all places is probably my favorite joke Swery has made so far.
RoadCrewWorker fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Feb 20, 2015 |
|
#
?
Feb 20, 2015 19:41
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 10, 2024 17:22 |
|
|
smidgeonnn posted:First time I watched that fight, I immediately bought the soundtrack. I'd say the song sounds too straightforward, but then I remember...
|
|
#
?
Feb 20, 2015 20:41
|
|