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Accordion Man posted:You do fight cosmic horrors in both. Not a strong comparison though, true. That's a really weak connection though, given the story and themes involved aren't similar at all. In Bloodborne the otherwordly monsters you fight are the result of humans trying to reach a higher plane of knowledge and make communion with alien beings beyond their perception. In Metroid, its just space pirates injecting blue goo into everything because they are insane.
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The closest Souls thing to Metroid is DS1 because of the continuous interconnected world thing, but it's still tenuous at best.
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Nov 9, 2017 10:00
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Everything can be like everything when your language is vague enough, just a little protip that paved the way to easy As on every college essay for me.
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Nov 9, 2017 10:30
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A better example of a fantasy metroidvania would be... Castlevania.
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Nov 9, 2017 10:42
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Most Castlevanias are not even Metroidvanias. Makes you think.
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Nov 9, 2017 10:43
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exquisite tea posted:Most Castlevanias are not even Metroidvanias. Makes you think. *galaxy brain*
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Nov 9, 2017 11:34
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Nina posted:It’s easy to forget the actual TES main antagonist is a dwarven-made Evangelion unit TES has a bunch of crazy lore but you'd never know it was anything but Ye Olde Generic Fantasy Setting from actually playing the games.
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Internet Kraken posted:That's a really weak connection though, given the story and themes involved aren't similar at all. In Bloodborne the otherwordly monsters you fight are the result of humans trying to reach a higher plane of knowledge and make communion with alien beings beyond their perception. In Metroid, its just space pirates injecting blue goo into everything because they are insane. Yeah but Yharnam-ites wind up ingesting blood for everything because they are insane. Like two sides of the same coin~ nameste
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Nov 9, 2017 12:23
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exquisite tea posted:Most Castlevanias are not even Metroidvanias. Makes you think. In the latest Retronauts podcast one of the participants argues that neither Metroid or Castlevania is a Metroidvania. Only games where you can grind for experience, stat growth and strength coupled with the exploration elements of Metroid qualify.
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Nov 9, 2017 12:29
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LawfulWaffle posted:In the latest Retronauts podcast one of the participants argues that neither Metroid or Castlevania is a Metroidvania. Only games where you can grind for experience, stat growth and strength coupled with the exploration elements of Metroid qualify. I guess if we want to establish that Symphony of the Night is origin point of "Metroidvania" then literally yes. Although without checking I'm pretty sure there are more exploratory Castlevanias than linear level based ones.
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Nov 9, 2017 12:40
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Propaganda Hour posted:Well, I booted up Starcraft II today and got started on Heart of the Swarm and I just can't do it. The writing is just too unbearably insufferable. I want to like Kerrigan but her writing consists of 1) complete and total devotion to Chris Metzen self-insert Jim Raynor and 2) sexy!
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al-azad posted:I guess if we want to establish that Symphony of the Night is origin point of "Metroidvania" then literally yes. Although without checking I'm pretty sure there are more exploratory Castlevanias than linear level based ones. He argues that Zelda II is an Metroidvania
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Nov 9, 2017 12:56
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These are the same kind of hotdog is a sandwich people, those who boggle endlessly over the meanings of terminology that any 10-year old instinctually understands.
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Nov 9, 2017 13:01
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a hot dog is obviously a sandwich though e: for the record. so its clear
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Nov 9, 2017 13:08
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hot dogs are the Dark Souls of sandwiches
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Nov 9, 2017 13:16
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Ravioli is a sandwich.
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Nov 9, 2017 13:17
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Sandwich instincts
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Edmond Dantes posted:I still have hope. Some day...  Accordion Man posted:Let them rest in peace. They ended on a high note and neither Gearbox nor Telltale can do them justice now. It's such a waste of good characters that people loved, I cannot understand it. I know Gearbox will probably poo poo it all up in Borderlands 3 (there was a lot of speculation and hope that Fiona would be a PC in a hypothetical BL3 but doooooooubt it now) but it would be nice to revisit some of them! The Black Stones posted:I actually really liked their Batman games. I think the new one has been fantastic as well. I’ve accepted that Telltale games are pretty much games where the story can’t be changed but you can change up how your character acts in it to change little things and that’s okay for me. Yeahhhhh. The idea that GoT had more staff and budget than TFTB blows my mind.
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Really Pants posted:hot dogs are the Dark Souls of sandwiches Hot dogs are the open world of sandwiches. You can dress them in many ways but it's still a hotdog. Banh mi are the Dark Souls of sandwiches. You need guts, finesse, and concentration to navigate savory pate, sharp cilantro, spicy chili peppers, sour pickled veggies, and cooling cucumbers.
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Nov 9, 2017 14:03
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Dork Quarrels.
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Nov 9, 2017 14:04
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Do you hang your toilet paper over or under or just leave it on its side
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Nov 9, 2017 14:25
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Toilet paper is for casuals.
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FirstAidKite posted:Do you hang your toilet paper over or under Over for normies Under for parents of small children or cat owners Bidet for the hardcore 
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Nov 9, 2017 14:31
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Someone post the ms paint animation of the dude wiping his butt by just pulling toilet paper straight from the roll and looping it between his legs. The pic that gets posted any time the goon debate about the correct way to wipe comes up.
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Nov 9, 2017 14:38
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I think these are all debates that have already been settled through splatfests
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Nov 9, 2017 14:40
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Help Im Alive posted:I think these are all debates that have already been settled through splatfests Gross
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Nov 9, 2017 14:42
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Let's get this out of the way: People who shower in the morning are maniacs.
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Nov 9, 2017 14:44
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Man people are scared to poo poo about Red Dead 2 being potentially full of microtransactons and/or lootboxes. But more so at this point I think people are scared that no matter how much they protest, there's too many potential whales and dolphins and other aquatic life that will support the game as as service. Unless they like, I dunno actually become vigilante outlaws and specifically attack people in whatever online mode the game will almost assuredly have who prance about town in fancy DLC clothes and horses. There will be DLC clothes FOR your horses. Not just armor but like, fancy poo poo.
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Nov 9, 2017 14:47
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Don't talk to me until I've had my morning shower
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Saint Freak posted:Let's get this out of the way: [casually ringing up goons.txt] that's right... it's a big one...
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Saint Freak posted:Let's get this out of the way: 
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Nov 9, 2017 14:53
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Saint Freak posted:People who shower in the morning are maniacs.
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Nov 9, 2017 14:53
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Just lmao if you are not living in your shower, posting from a waterproof phone.
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Nov 9, 2017 14:54
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No matter what you prefer you are probably scum, so game on.
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i bought a blind bag of a little gudetama charm and it had the one i wanted so my day is set
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Viewtiful Jew posted:Man people are scared to poo poo about Red Dead 2 being potentially full of microtransactons and/or lootboxes. Red Dead 2's multiplayer will almost certainly have those stupid Shark Cards and a way to buy your way to the first game's one hit kill gold weapons and infinite stamina horses, because they make Rockstar literal millions of dollars
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Viewtiful Jew posted:Man people are scared to poo poo about Red Dead 2 being potentially full of microtransactons and/or lootboxes. I think they said at some point they had made like half a billion from people buying GTA Online $$$
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CJacobs posted:Red Dead 2's multiplayer will almost certainly have those stupid Shark Cards and a way to buy your way to the first game's one hit kill gold weapons and infinite stamina horses, because they make Rockstar literal millions of dollars Yeah it's more of a question whether the single player will have that garbage this time
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CJacobs posted:Red Dead 2's multiplayer will almost certainly have those stupid Shark Cards and a way to buy your way to the first game's one hit kill gold weapons and infinite stamina horses, because they make Rockstar literal millions of dollars At least the whales will get to live out their fantasy and be just like Dave Carradine. I mean John. Or do I mean Dave?
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