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poptart_fairy posted:It turns out Kratos was responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus. man, I'd love to see the backlash to a QTE where you mash X to hammer the nails into Jesus's hands.
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Baron Corbyn posted:man, I'd love to see the backlash to a QTE where you mash X to hammer the nails into Jesus's hands. You can keep going, too, and break his metacarpals. There's squishy noises. Content: I'm loving how everything you do in Final Fantasy XV earns you XP. Talk to friends of your retinue? XP. Beat the poo poo out of a boss? XP. Prompto asks you to stop for a photo op? XP! It's neat, and makes the experience system feel more like a general "life experience" system than a "good at murder" system.
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Baron Corbyn posted:man, I'd love to see the backlash to a QTE where you mash X to hammer the nails into Jesus's hands. The money changers in the temple will be a lot more fun though
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Its a cold open Jesus sits serenely in temple giving a sermon. Out the corner of his eye he sees some men setting up a table outside. QTE prompt (Oh and we already had buddhist-mishmash god of war in Asura's Wrath) Rigged Death Trap has a new favorite as of 17:23 on Feb 8, 2017 |
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Feb 8, 2017 17:20
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I guess El Shaddai is kind of that for, er, gnosticism
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So what I'm getting from this is that the God of War series is eventually going to stumble backwards into becoming Shin Megami Tensei.
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StandardVC10 posted:So what I'm getting from this is that the God of War series is eventually going to stumble backwards into becoming Shin Megami Tensei. The new game will have Kratos developing social links and attending high school.
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Feb 8, 2017 17:32
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Its a cold open The thing I like about that story is that , when it's told, everyone assumes it's set in a Christian style Church due to it being a christian story, so in the minds eye is comes out that way, but thinking about it it was more likely a Synagogue that he threw the merchants/bankers out of. Christianity wasn't a thing yet, and he was jewish so it's most likely that that was the building the story was on about. It's just one of those things you don't really think about, like that the story of the Good Samaritan is possibly Jesus giving in to societal racism against ~those people~ and making a legend out of "One of the good ones"
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Feb 8, 2017 17:33
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BioEnchanted posted:The thing I like about that story is that , when it's told, everyone assumes it's set in a Christian style Church due to it being a christian story, so in the minds eye is comes out that way, but thinking about it it was more likely a Synagogue that he threw the merchants/bankers out of. Christianity wasn't a thing yet, and he was jewish so it's most likely that that was the building the story was on about. It's just one of those things you don't really think about, like that the story of the Good Samaritan is possibly Jesus giving in to societal racism against ~those people~ and making a legend out of "One of the good ones" "Some of my friends are Samaritans!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rywVlfTtlMY
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:I guess El Shaddai is kind of that for, er, gnosticism And the conflict in Prince of Persia 2008 is Zoroastrianism. pyf obscure religions in video games
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Cleretic posted:I dunno, I think personally I'd prefer the image that Buddha's the one guy Kratos doesn't kill. He's either so chill that Kratos is incapable of having a beef with him, or so at peace that there's no point to it. "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him" is a koan, not meant to be taken literally. Something to do with destroying your external ideas of what it means to be a buddha, so you can strive towards becoming one yourself?
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Phy posted:"If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him" is a koan, not meant to be taken literally. Something to do with destroying your external ideas of what it means to be a buddha, so you can strive towards becoming one yourself?
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Feb 8, 2017 19:27
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Q. Does a dog have the Granos nature? A. Call Animal Control on the dog.
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One of my favorite little things in Simcopter is that you can help the city in any number of ways. Putting out fires, quelling riots, delivering sick people to the hospital, etc. One time, I landed on the roof of a police station to pick up a police officer and he said "I'm glad you're here because I need a lift, pronto. We just got a call about Granos"
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Phy posted:"If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him" is a koan, not meant to be taken literally. Something to do with destroying your external ideas of what it means to be a buddha, so you can strive towards becoming one yourself? I always took it as 'Anyone with a Buddha nature is suffering by definition by remaining here on Earth, and so the merciful thing to do to a Buddha is to release them from their temporal shell.' Probably a poo poo interpretation, though, IANAB.
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haveblue posted:And the conflict in Prince of Persia 2008 is Zoroastrianism. Does King of Dragon Pass count? Because launching a law suit against a ghost and winning is always a favourite thing in games. Then there is a part where a troll (a kind of tall, grey skinned and heavily muscled creature) challenges you to a duel. Except if you accept it turns out to be an eating duel. And then you can win by having one of your clan members devour a whole horse.
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haveblue posted:And the conflict in Prince of Persia 2008 is Zoroastrianism. Does the Tribunal from Morrowind count? It's largely a bunch of semi-mystic sounding mumbo jumbo, but drat does it feel evocative. The 36 Lessons of Vivec posted:He was born in the ash among the Velothi, anon Chimer, before the war with the northern men. Ayem came first to the village of the netchimen, and her shadow was that of Boethiah, who was the Prince of Plots, and things unknown and known would fold themselves around her until they were like stars or the messages of stars. Ayem took a netchiman's wife and said:
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Does the Tribunal from Morrowind count? It's largely a bunch of semi-mystic sounding mumbo jumbo, but drat does it feel evocative. I see what you did there.
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Oddly enough despite the gameplay being somewhat repetitive and the plot up to this point being non-existent I'm still finding myself drawn to God Eater 2, because I'm actually interested in the character arcs that everyone's going through, and it's finally got around to the most irritating characters, Romeo and Nana. Finally they are getting more context for their behaviour and it's actually fairly interesting characterisation. I think it helps that each mission is fairly short, never lasting more than 15-20 minutes up till now, so it has that "Fine, one more mission" kinda feel. Also I finally got World of Final Fantasy and it's really cute despite Renn being really annoying. I just found and captured the Black Chocobo Chick behind the goblin camp 
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ImpAtom posted:The new game will have Kratos developing social links and attending high school. This is all I want from any game. Bloodborne update: Spent like 5 minutes killing things by rolling around unarmed and punching them before something managed to kill me. Turns out you get weapons if you die.
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haveblue posted:And the conflict in Prince of Persia 2008 is Zoroastrianism. Planescape:Torment has 8 (I think) of these. One of them is reflected on the idea of complete chaos, and you can pick a fight with one of them by just silently staring them down when he barks at you. Another is so involved in the idea of death that they strive to find a death beyond death. Another is just that sensations, of any and every kind, help understand the universe. When you go to their hall you get to see a memory where a person debates someone out of existence. Literally just convinces the crowd (and the man himself) that he doesn't exist, and does it so well the guy blinks out of existence. PS:T was super fun.
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So Yakuza is one of those games where you spend EXP to upgrade your guy with new moves and abilities. Its also made a habit of having multiple playable characters; the problem being each one has to be leveled up from scratch. So the joy of "cool, a new dude to play as!" is always tempered with "ugh, back to grinding again.  "In the new one (for the US anyway), Yakuza 0, you've probably unlocked about 1/3 of Dude A's skill tree by the time you're switched to Dude B, and the reminder of grinding sets in again. (  )But wait! Within that guy's first chapter, you'll encounter a sidequest whose fairly easy boss fight concievably nets you a cool 20-30 mil! Enough to catch him up to Dude A's progress in no time at all! 
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ImpAtom posted:The new game will have Kratos developing social links and attending high school. And now I'm just laughing at the image of Kratos stuffed into a school uniform, sitting at a desk while that one guy talks about how much he loves balls.
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Nuebot posted:And now I'm just laughing at the image of Kratos stuffed into a school uniform, sitting at a desk while that one guy talks about how much he loves balls. Just getting more and more progressively pissed off, but he knows he can't kill the guy because he needs his help later so Kratos can pass his Trig exam.
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Nuebot posted:And now I'm just laughing at the image of Kratos stuffed into a school uniform, sitting at a desk while that one guy talks about how much he loves balls. "Gee, Kratos, I just don't know, maybe I should give up sports to help my family?" 1. MY FAMILY IS DEAD 2. ZEUUUUUUUUS 3. ....
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:One of my favorite little things in Simcopter is that you can help the city in any number of ways. Putting out fires, quelling riots, delivering sick people to the hospital, etc. One time, I landed on the roof of a police station to pick up a police officer and he said "I'm glad you're here because I need a lift, pronto. We just got a call about Granos" I just want you to know this didn't go unappreciated
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Leavemywife posted:Just getting more and more progressively pissed off, but he knows he can't kill the guy because he needs his help later so Kratos can pass his Trig exam. Press O to hug social link.
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided I can't help but enjoy some of the little references they put in the game  I like the basement's setup in this one.  They got the style for CABLED and BIG WEAPONS down pat.
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BioEnchanted posted:The thing I like about that story is that , when it's told, everyone assumes it's set in a Christian style Church due to it being a christian story, what kind of severely disabled troglodyte thinks that the story about the money changers in the Second Temple of Jerusalem, featuring the living Christ as a character, is set in a christian church
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The same people who think Jesus was white and spoke english, I'd wager.
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Action Tortoise posted:Deus Ex: Mankind Divided You forgot the best one. 
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Inzombiac posted:I don't get that first one. Its from The Big Lebowski. It's the name of John Goodmans characters Walter, who owns the business of the same name.
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Human Revolution had a few good ones, too. Your support guy had a poster for Final Fantasy XXVII hanging up in his office.
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Lord Lambeth posted:Or just play on a gamepad? I'D RATHER DIE.  But seriously, I didn't have a gamepad back when I first got Alpha Protocol. If it supports control hot-swapping, I guess I'd be okay with using my "special hacking tool" for just those parts and then going right back to KB+M.
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John Murdoch posted:I'D RATHER DIE. Sadly, last time I checked you had to go into a menu and switch on gamepad controls which then turned off KB+M until you switched it back. So you can do it, but I found switching every time more annoying than just hacking with KB+M.
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Dang. I had a feeling it was too early a port to handle that kind of stuff super well.
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BioEnchanted posted:Also I finally got World of Final Fantasy and it's really cute despite Renn being really annoying. I just found and captured the Black Chocobo Chick behind the goblin camp Yeah. I found Lann the more likable sibling - he's an idiot but it's kind of funny watching him fumble words and just saying stupid stuff. Speaking of lovable idiots, Morton in Color Splash is so stupid it warps around to being adorable.
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scarycave posted:Yeah. I found Lann the more likable sibling - he's an idiot but it's kind of funny watching him fumble words and just saying stupid stuff. I got their names mixed up - it's Lann that I can't stand.
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