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Man, wish I had waited for Detroit instead of buying into the 10/10 hype and getting God of War, which I've since played for like five hours. I don't want to buy a new full-price game every month. :( I guess I'll just download Beyond and wait for a sale.
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Aardark posted:Man, wish I had waited for Detroit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4BbxV3iJg8
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May 24, 2018 19:10
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I just finally tried the Detroit demo last night, and it really got me in the mood for some stilted David Cage storytelling with incommensurate production values. His games are the good kind of bad.
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May 24, 2018 19:16
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detroit woke, so what
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May 24, 2018 19:17
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Neddy Seagoon posted:My favourite demonstration of the caliber of writing in Mass Effect Andromeda is they designed a whole new signature helmet for the Ryders just so it would break for the intro's Dramatic Moment. How about when after pointedly telling you that in a first contact scenario to not assume new races action's are hostile, you shortly after have to shoot first (or your squadmate does) after seeing one of your shipmates on the ground with aliens standing over them.
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May 24, 2018 19:18
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Aardark posted:I just finally tried the Detroit demo last night, and it really got me in the mood for some stilted David Cage storytelling with incommensurate production values. His games are the good kind of bad.  I’ve never found the writing in his games bad either. It’s just... odd. It has a certain style that always feels like some sort of bizarro noir situation. I’m hyped to see how crazy the story gets.
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May 24, 2018 19:21
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can u gently caress the robot s?
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May 24, 2018 19:39
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beep by grandpa posted:can u gently caress the robot s? They're talking about Detroit, not Nier
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May 24, 2018 19:42
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Oxxidation posted:According to Eurogamer (who are one of the only review outlets I trust) this just means it doesn't go blindingly insane in the final act or try to pull pointless non-linear narratives etc. It's still clumsy and really doesn't lend proper respect to or take advantage of the social movements it's aping. Sounds like it's worth a play just to experience it. Congrats to Redbox on the new Quantic Dream release!
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May 24, 2018 19:55
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beep by grandpa posted:can u gently caress the robot s? 
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May 24, 2018 20:00
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I believe it.
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May 24, 2018 20:01
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Would love to see this like Brian from Spaced Anger Pain Fear Aggression Bombadilillo posted:The games seem designed to branch into multiple plays but would be insufferable to play twice. Didn't he flat-out say people should only play Heavy Rain once? Like he meant it to be each person should have their own singular experience of the narrative but as it turned out, yeah, each subsequent playthrough would only reveal how ridiculous it is and make everything fall apart
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May 24, 2018 20:05
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The beauty of branching narratives, if one can overcome the mental shackles of dollars-per-hour gameplay efficiency, is not that you need to go down every path, but the existence of alternatives makes the path you did choose more significant. Of course Quantic Dream's branching tends to be railroaded stupidity in any case so it doesn't apply to their games
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May 24, 2018 20:14
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:The beauty of branching narratives, if one can overcome the mental shackles of dollars-per-hour gameplay efficiency, is not that you need to go down every path, but the existence of alternatives makes the path you did choose more significant. Reviews say detroit has a fair number of scenes that are exclusive to certain choices which puts it above some of his others games where nothing interesting really happens one way or the other
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May 24, 2018 20:17
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Real hurthling! posted:Reviews say detroit has a fair number of scenes that are exclusive to certain choices which puts it above some of his others games where nothing interesting really happens one way or the other Unless you unluckily pick a boring path?
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May 24, 2018 20:20
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Even outside of Cage's games branching narratives are more interesting for the possibility of experiencing a different playthrough rather than actually seeing all the paths for yourself.
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May 24, 2018 20:24
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exquisite tea posted:Even outside of Cage's games branching narratives are more interesting for the possibility of experiencing a different playthrough rather than actually seeing all the paths for yourself. I guess, but that introduces some anxiety into the gameplay which I dont care for. What's with the flowchart, can you go back to any point and pick up from there? That's what I want.
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May 24, 2018 20:27
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I think that’s mostly how it works in Detroit. Not totally sure but the game is definitely designed around a “fog of war’d” story map.
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May 24, 2018 20:29
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The first trailer really made it look like you could rewind time and try other things almost to a puzzle game degree, everything since looks like it's a live with your choice cagefest. I was/am more interested in the puzzle game.
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May 24, 2018 20:30
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Bombadilillo posted:The first trailer really made it look like you could rewind time and try other things almost to a puzzle game degree, everything since looks like it's a live with your choice cagefest. click  seems like you’ll get your wish
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May 24, 2018 20:33
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homeless snail posted:I was watching the Giant Bomb vid for it and they had the Jesse Williams character getting beat up by a white human, and then the cops bust down the door and shoot the black android. Holy poo poo.
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May 24, 2018 20:37
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I can't think of any time the branching narrative thing actually worked except for Alpha Protocol, that was cool as hell
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May 24, 2018 20:39
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May 24, 2018 20:40
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Holy poo poo.
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May 24, 2018 20:41
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Shadow225 posted:They're talking about Detroit, not Nier The only penetration in NieR is that of my exceedingly large blade into pink orbs or spiraling strands of metallic anal beads covered with drillbits.
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May 24, 2018 20:42
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Detroit sounds exactly like what real future america will be
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May 24, 2018 20:44
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I must be offended... by video games!!!
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May 24, 2018 20:44
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Why are people dunking on Detroit for lacking grace? That's not necessarily a bad thing...one of the reasons people like comic book movies is that they aren't subtle, they literally have the character wear their themes as costumes and beat each other up. No real problem with a game that's like "YES, THEY ARE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS" from the jump
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May 24, 2018 20:47
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Wait...I'm lost, are people mad in this thread?
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May 24, 2018 20:49
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Been playing Nier for a few hours and just died because I ate a fish!!! Got a cool swift credits sequence and then returned back to where I had just saved  Also I finished a quest where a resistance member was trying to make a family with old disused robots and there was an inbox update that he had died and it made me sad  Still loving this game!
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May 24, 2018 20:50
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VideoGames posted:Been playing Nier for a few hours and just died because I ate a fish!!! Got a cool swift credits sequence and then returned back to where I had just saved All the robit feels.
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May 24, 2018 20:54
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VideoGames posted:Been playing Nier for a few hours and just died because I ate a fish!!! Got a cool swift credits sequence and then returned back to where I had just saved There are lots of endings like that, but most of them are dumb, "you went the wrong way, the world was never saved" and a lot of fun ones like that.
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May 24, 2018 20:55
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I'm probably not going to get Detroit, but I appreciate Quantic's existence just because they're exploring an under-explored category of storytelling. Even the mistakes are useful information for posterity. edit: VVVV If you're referring to me, I'm talking about the branching storyline business Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 21:00 on May 24, 2018 |
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May 24, 2018 20:56
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Ah I see some goons are having their first encounter with the literally half a century old trope of androids as stand ins for minorities
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May 24, 2018 20:58
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:Ah I see some goons are having their first encounter with the literally half a century old trope of androids as stand ins for minorities
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May 24, 2018 21:01
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:Ah I see some goons are having their first encounter with the literally half a century old trope of androids as stand ins for minorities By laughing at cage's sledgehammer subtlety? Ok
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May 24, 2018 21:01
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Steve Yun posted:I'm probably not going to get Detroit, but I appreciate Quantic's existence just because they're exploring an under-explored category of storytelling. Even the mistakes are useful information for posterity. Choose your own adventure books have a rich and storied tradition of elementary school bookfairs thank you.
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May 24, 2018 21:02
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homeless snail posted:Its less that and more David Cage actually thinks that he came up with that idea I...don't think that's true???
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May 24, 2018 21:03
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I...don't think that's true??? 
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Bombadilillo posted:By laughing at cage's sledgehammer subtlety? Ok I highly recommend checking out janelle monae's dirty computer where it's even less subtle. I honestly don't know anything about detroit human but I also don't know where the sentiment came from that messages about race sexuality etc need to be subtle to be poignant
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