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Hyper Crab Tank posted:And here's the 1/3 that turns into a frenzied death cult obsessed with becoming gods by killing everyone and everything, including themselves. Every major encounter with the machines so far has consisted of them emulating more and more complex aspects of humanity but sort of missing the plot when it comes to fine details. The first colony tries to emulate the most basic organic instinct, the need to procreate. They dry-hump each other until a Sephiroth happens. The amusement park 'bots take a shot at the concepts of entertainment and recreation, which leads to endless parades, clown makeup, confetti cannons, and the Party Tank. Those guys have the right idea. Not so much with Simone, who goes mad in her pursuit of aesthetics and romance. The forest kingdom is exploring the idea of an independent state and loyalty to a monarch, so they're paranoid nutters screaming about honor and duty without having any idea of what those words mean and plotting counterattacks against imaginary foes in the name of a mute and soon-to-be shish-kebobbed baby. And now we have the factory settlement, which has found religion and the idea of a better life after death. They appear to have collectively decided that, given this premise, it's logical to get the whole "death" bit over with as quickly as possible.
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Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:Become. As. Gods. The_Final_Stand posted:become as gods. become as gods. megane posted:b e c o m e a s g o d s (ha) b e c o m e a s g o d s (ho) b e c o m e a s g o d s Oblivion4568238 posted:BECOME AS GODS! BECOME AS GODS! GimmickMan posted:ｂｅｃｏｍｅａｓｇｏｄｓｂｅｃｏｍｅａｓｇｏｄｓ. What they said. 
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:I love how multi-layered this game is. Just to reiterate what everyone else has been saying, peak Crazy Train Status: Brakes firmly on, Engine hot and whistling, Rocket boosters unlit.
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This whole scene is so great. Very well paced, too. Just creepy enough at the start to put you on edge, but you could believe that things are going to be normal, and then.... BECOME AS GODS.
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apocalypticCritic posted:This whole scene is so great. Very well paced, too. Just creepy enough at the start to put you on edge, but you could believe that things are going to be normal, and then.... BECOME AS GODS. I don't think it's so much you think things are going to be normal...it's that you expect things to go strange one way but it goes strange in an entirely different way. EDIT: BECOME AS GODS
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You've been waiting to- BECOME AS GODS
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Ratoslov posted:BECOME AS DOGS Now I'm just picturing one of those Tidus Laugh remixes of this track, except with all the laughs replaced with modulated barks.
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Well then. So that happened. I wonder if it's ever explained who killed the robopope. I thought at first it may have been the lady that skewered the forest baby but I remember now it was said she doesn't get mentioned again this run. quote:(who is it called that when it’s clearly lousy with machines at all times and fully operational?) Hyper Crab Tank posted:Additionally, the Japanese is a little more explicit; カミになる is literally "become gods", not merely "become as gods". I assume the English was going for the Genesis quote. Zoe fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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I think they just couldn't figure out a phrase with the same number of syllables that still let them use the plural "gods".
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It's only just occurred to me that these guys disconnected themselves from the network and started a death cult right after Adam disconnected himself from the network to fight a deathmatch, presumably after CCing the entire machine hivemind on a twelve-page humaboo screed about how awesome it is that people die when they are killed. Good job, Hipsteroth, they learned it from you.
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:I think they just couldn't figure out a phrase with the same number of syllables that still let them use the plural "gods". Could have been "becoming gods". But I like BECOME AS GODS. It's fun.
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Qrr posted:Could have been "becoming gods". But I like BECOME AS GODS. It's fun. "BECOME AS GODS" kinda has that old timey religious talk vibe to it, like when writers have the god complex bad guy shout "I AM COME!" when they show up but without being as hilariously distracting. Heck, being a cult the peculiar language is really fitting. Many will encourage their followers to use specific lingo and talk a certain way as it tends to create a wedge between cult members and people who might try to bring them out. Not that I think Popebot had much to worry about people luring his followers out, but they're clearly going for the danger cult vibe.
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Oxxidation posted:They dry-hump each other until a Sephiroth happens. I love this game just for making sentences like this make sense in context. Also 9S is now clearly trying to cure his machine racism through immersion therapy.
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That happened. It was, somehow, both what I was expecting and not what I was expecting. Still, suffer not a jPRG cultist to live. Oxxidation posted:Every major encounter with the machines so far has consisted of them emulating more and more complex aspects of humanity but sort of missing the plot when it comes to fine details. I dunno, I feel there's some parallel to be had here to actual historical happenings and that the forest robots got even the details fairly accurately.
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The Dark Id posted:Episode III: A Real Junk Heap HenryEx posted:Also, pre-emptively: please don't hint or nudge at the wording TDI chose in this update. You know what i mean. Lord Licorice posted:Ha, I noticed it too. Not saying a word. Req.Martyr posted:I'm brand new to this game, I hope someone points that nuance out later. Gnome de plume posted:I've played it and have no idea what it is. Ursine Catastrophe posted:I was going to quote the entire section and allears it but I'll just allears this instead.
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I just thought the "as gods" thing was just a reference to Xenogears.
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Mokinokaro posted:I was waiting for this moment so much. don't be a creep
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May as well mention it here, but Thursday I do a Game Adaptation Gulag stream of  [url]http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2a7ywrawYVH[/url] Tonight features an anime based on a game about ninjitsu. Possibly mystical in nature. And the cinematic stylings of a man that beat up Lowtax featuring mercenaries with a desire to shoot a man in the face. The Dark Id fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Ratoslov posted:BECOME AS DOGS No one in the NierVerse is a good enough person for that. No one. Well, except maybe Yonah and Emil. 
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AradoBalanga posted:Well, that went about as well as I'd expect from a Yoko Taro joint. You mean the Black Knight Scene from Holy Grail was not written by him?
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Qrr posted:Could have been "becoming gods". But I like BECOME AS GODS. It's fun.
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I just watched some adorable alien robots become deranged cultists. Good to see Yoko Taro has kept his wonderful madness.
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Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:Crazy Train Status: Brakes firmly on, Engine hot and whistling, Rocket boosters unlit. I consider these posts official meter readings.
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Kavak posted:I'm gonna commit heresy and say I like the This Cannot Continue version better. https://twitter.com/rofltrain/status/852422636122419202
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I love those last two bots. "Come on Steve, don't you want to become as gods?" "No." "Steeeeeeveeee-" "I SAID NO DAMMIT"
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