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Puppy Time posted:Er... yes? If you're not interested in the story what happened I do not understand why you are playing the game "Her Story" in the first place. I think they meant within the context of the game. Not the player themselves, but why is the player avatar (such as it is in a game like that) doing this within the narrative.
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Puppy Time posted:Er... yes? If you're not interested in the story what happened I do not understand why you are playing the game "Her Story" in the first place. I was talking about the character you play as. Why are they looking at archive footage (that's pointlessly fragmented, to boot) if the case has already been solved? Why are they there? quote:It's not uncommon for a police interviewer to try to build a rapport with the subject in order to get better information. To a certain extent, yes, but the song was just over the top. It's even goofier considering it's only there because the actress sings in a band. It's just as shoe-horned in in reality as it is in the game. quote:I mean obviously it's not the game for you, but it's not exactly a bad game for that. I would play a game like this if it were written by somebody who is better at writing. Sam Barlow is not a good writer, and I didn't like the story he wrote or way he used the framing device.
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financially racist posted:excuse me but contradiction: spot the liar was awesome as gently caress and i am all for more fmv games like that one Oh no I was fine with Contradiction, game was cute as hell and the people didn't feel like robots.
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financially racist posted:excuse me but contradiction: spot the liar was awesome as gently caress and i am all for more fmv games like that one My fiancé played that game and loved it. I'd be interested to play it, personally.
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Yardbomb posted:Oh no I was fine with Contradiction, game was cute as hell and the people didn't feel like robots. oh ok, i thought you were making GBS threads on modern fmv games as a whole TheMaestroso posted:My fiancé played that game and loved it. I'd be interested to play it, personally. do it and don't spoil yourself on anything, it's a fun ride with a few hiccups and some fuckin amazing acting
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Contradiction is the greatest FMV game ever made, it is the pinnacle of the genre of camp FMV acting.
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I watched the Giantbomb guys play through it and I bought it for my mother who likes those kind of mystery games. She beat it in two days and really enjoyed it.
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I haven't played Her Story yet (I do have a copy of it, though), but when I heard what it was about, I was reminded of In the 1st Degree.
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nine-gear crow posted:I'm assuming that screencap is from a French language video and that's NOT a matter of David Cage being so pretentious he calls himself a "productuer". Right? Riiight? David Cage: Dreamweaver, Visionary, plus Actor. TheMaestroso posted:I was talking about the character you play as. Why are they looking at archive footage (that's pointlessly fragmented, to boot) if the case has already been solved? Why are they there? This is explained, but so late in the game that it feels like an afterthought. It also denies the reality of how weird and voyeuristic it is to pore over the details of a stranger's life. I expected that game to feel like it accomplished something more than just "here is a twist that would be tired in any other medium", but it never did.
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Wow, William Dafoe is an eerily perfect Ryuk. Shame Light's nowhere near what he's supposed to be like though, so I'm guessing they're going to make him a tragic protagonist tempted by evil or something. Light Yagami didn't even need a push from Ryuk, he just goes right to murdering bad guys with a stroke of his pen the moment that notebook falls into his possession. By the time Ryuk does pop up to say hello, Light's already filled five pages with names and isn't at all surprised by the Death God suddenly floating in his bedroom.
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I don't mind this adaptation going in a different direction with some things, it's probably better that way than to directly adapt the manga again.
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Internet critic Mother’s Basement recently did an analysis of one of the adaptation’s trailers. Long story short: he’s optimistic, and I agree with him. Changes from the original aren’t necessarily a bad thing, especially if they improve on Mia/Misa’s character.
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I don't mind them making changes per se, but it would be a mistake to make Light at all sympathetic. That he's not is kind of key to the story.
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the only thing that's key to the story is the actual Death Note.
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Nah you literally can't make a death note story were the protagonist is sympathetic or you fall into the punisher trap.
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SleepCousinDeath posted:the only thing that's key to the story is the actual Death Note. Yep. The original creators of the series once did a whole one-shot manga starring a completely different character. The only similarities to the original are the Death Note itself and Ryuk showing up. So yeah, I don't care what they change in this adaptation. The original authors already beat them to it. If I want to watch the original Death Note, guess what... I will. It's not like Netflix erased it from time itself or anything. E: CharlestheHammer posted:Nah you literally can't make a death note story were the protagonist is sympathetic or you fall into the punisher trap. Given the general trajectory of the story of DN, I don't imagine Netflix Light staying sympathetic for long. It seems like a hook to get you invested in the character before watching him turn into a monster. nine-gear crow fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Jul 22, 2017 |
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This might be slightly old news, but SF Debris has temporarily reopened the donation/request box (specifically to 'fill out' stuff in progress/planned as well as repeatedly requested items - see the list). If I had the cash to spare, I'd put in an order for some stuff. Wanna see him tackle Gravity Falls.
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The problem is they still seem to want to hit the same Light vs L beats, and that doesn't work if it's all something Light is doing reluctantly. Part of what made Death Note so good was you couldn't completely root for one or the other, because your protagonist was very much the unashamed villain of the piece. It'd be like a Hannibal Lecter that regretted being a cannibal and wishing he was normal person.nine-gear crow posted:Given the general trajectory of the story of DN, I don't imagine Netflix Light staying sympathetic for long. It seems like a hook to get you invested in the character before watching him turn into a monster. That's what I'm hoping for too. My only other minor gripe is the titular Death Note being an old leather-bound tome. Part of the original being a simple ordinary-looking college-ruled workbook is the element of doubt it instills at first glance. You've got to really want to take a life if you think this simple college notebook might somehow actually work. I mean, look at it, it's a joke... right?...
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Not really responding to anyone, just remembering hearing on a podcast one of the hosts compared Light to Tyler Durden.
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Testekill posted:He's honestly running out of the batshit insane anime that were prevalent during the OVA boom. I would however like to see some series retrospectives like what he's currently doing with Bubblegum Crisis. I'd honestly like more retrospective stuff (You could make one easily on all of the Tenchi Muyo/Slayers stuff) or him to review newer anime than hentai bargain basement crap that just lends itself to just a barrage of smutty tired jokes in the end. He could go look at some of the crappy DBZ movies or the glut of Gundam material released in the nineties. Anything but lousy hentai poo poo.
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Yvonmukluk posted:This might be slightly old news, but SF Debris has temporarily reopened the donation/request box (specifically to 'fill out' stuff in progress/planned as well as repeatedly requested items - see the list). Hopefully he finishes the DS9 and Babylon 5 reviews before he starts delving into requests...
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TheMaestroso posted:I was talking about the character you play as. Why are they looking at archive footage (that's pointlessly fragmented, to boot) if the case has already been solved? Why are they there? That's actually the ending reveal and it's a kind of neat little thing. The player is the offspring of one of the ladies (it's not revealed who) and is looking into what their mother was like and why she was involved in the murder.
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nine-gear crow posted:Yep. The original creators of the series once did a whole one-shot manga starring a completely different character. The only similarities to the original are the Death Note itself and Ryuk showing up. I mean the one-shot kinda contradicts you since it's a single chapter of a normal kid trying it out and going "what the poo poo no undo it undo it!" The latest Japanese live action movie has new characters with the Death Note but I'm waiting on it to come overseas so I don't know how they handle it.
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Puppy Time posted:That's actually the ending reveal and it's a kind of neat little thing. A lot of people hated that because the writer used the exact same twist at the end of his last game, too.
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Puppy Time posted:That's actually the ending reveal and it's a kind of neat little thing. I guess my brain keeps wanting to forget how awful that ending is, jeeez. It still begs the question as to why they couldn't get access to unedited/fragmented footage. They also have to figure out which sister is talking in which clips, because they're helpfully unlabeled. Seems to me that the department is completely incompetent regarding documentation and archival protocols.
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Trojan Kaiju posted:I mean the one-shot kinda contradicts you since it's a single chapter of a normal kid trying it out and going "what the poo poo no undo it undo it!" This is like bringing up extended universe novels when discussing star wars movies
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C47zRs6SPZM Man the tribute that Jay edited at the end of the Martin Re:view is really touching, you can tell how hard Romero's death has hit him.
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TheMaestroso posted:It still begs the question as to why they couldn't get access to unedited/fragmented footage. They also have to figure out which sister is talking in which clips, because they're helpfully unlabeled. Seems to me that the department is completely incompetent regarding documentation and archival protocols. For the same reason that you can't climb over the rocks at the edge of the map in other games. For the same reason that you can't just shoot off the locks of locked doors. For the same reason that protagonists of shooty games don't die from perforation. Sometimes you just accept that the mechanics require the game to not be 100% reality. I mean, it's a goofy conceit, but no worse than most other video games.  I mean I'm not saying it's a perfect thing, but I felt like it was fine for what it was trying to do, and awesome in terms of how it played with the narrative you can do with games.
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I feel like pointing out more of the absurdity of Death Note's setup, that the Note isn't just a regular college ruled notebook, but also has instructions, including time limits and contingencies, written on the inside cover. Also the only detail that I care about them keeping is Ryuk taunting Light's delusions that he's special, outright saying that he sent the book to Earth because he's bored.
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FoldableHuman posted:I feel like pointing out more of the absurdity of Death Note's setup, that the Note isn't just a regular college ruled notebook, but also has instructions, including time limits and contingencies, written on the inside cover. It's a stated thing that Ryuk wrote the rules in himself, just to keep things interesting.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:It's a stated thing that Ryuk wrote the rules in himself, just to keep things interesting. Yea I don't give a poo poo about Light, I just want them to get some proper Ryuk "gently caress you, gently caress humans, gently caress earth, I literally don't give a poo poo what you think makes you special or your lives I tossed this magic death book at you because it was fuckin funny and I add rules and poo poo to make it interesting not because there's some divine plan"
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sexpig by night posted:Yea I don't give a poo poo about Light, I just want them to get some proper Ryuk "gently caress you, gently caress humans, gently caress earth, I literally don't give a poo poo what you think makes you special or your lives I tossed this magic death book at you because it was fuckin funny and I add rules and poo poo to make it interesting not because there's some divine plan" That's too aggressive for Ryuk, it makes it sounds like he actively hates humanity when in reality he couldn't give less of a gently caress. The only things he cares about are being entertained, and eating apples. Not necessarily in that order.
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Alacron posted:That's too aggressive for Ryuk, it makes it sounds like he actively hates humanity when in reality he couldn't give less of a gently caress. The only things he cares about are being entertained, and eating apples. Not necessarily in that order. yea true he doesn't really actively think 'gently caress humans' it's more 'why do you keep rambling about how cool and superior to others you are my dude, you just happened to find the toy I dropped to see what would happen'.
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Alacron posted:The only things he cares about are being entertained, and eating apples. Not necessarily in that order.
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FoldableHuman posted:He's not wrong, earth apples are delicious. Especially when shinigami apples look like shriveled green peppers and taste like sand.
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Yvonmukluk posted:This might be slightly old news, but SF Debris has temporarily reopened the donation/request box (specifically to 'fill out' stuff in progress/planned as well as repeatedly requested items - see the list). Quick, someone pay him money to review Millenium with Lance Henriksen!
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Posting something I got linked to in another thread: I Don't Even Own A Television. It's a podcast reviewing bad books. They cover some notably bad books like Ready Player One, Outlaw of Gor, and The DaVinci Code. I don't listen to podcasts as much I used to, and I'm not willing to listen to anyone who thinks Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is a bad book, but I thought I'd share it for anyone who's interested.
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MonsieurChoc posted:Quick, someone pay him money to review Millenium with Lance Henriksen! That full list: quote:Donations for $50 for two episodes of:
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Yvonmukluk posted:Not on the list of approved stuff, so that'd just be a waste of money. Dammit.
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Raycevik digs into Spec Ops: The Line... 5 Years Later. I love this guy's videos. But man, I forgot about how heady this game got.
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