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I liked the writing during that last part, like when Daddy throws the spiked pins at you and yells "CATCH!" If you get hit, be says "I was kidding, you can't actually catch those!"
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I like how some of the enemies in Megaman X laugh at you if they hit you and I wish Capcom had kept little quirks like that throughout the rest of the games.
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Aug 22, 2018 06:25
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My favorite thing about Doom 4 has to be how they originally tried the soundtrack to have no metal, no rock, no guitar even... and they just couldn't do it. https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-composer-mick-gordon-one-of-the-pre-conditions-of-the-project-was-no-metal/
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PubicMice posted:My favorite thing about Doom 4 has to be how they originally tried the soundtrack to have no metal, no rock, no guitar even... and they just couldn't do it. His GDC talk is great. There's some audio-nerd specific stuff when he gets into how he set up his sound mix and creating the 'instrument' but otherwise it's a fun watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4FNBMZsqrY
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Something else I love about Terranigma's presentation is that it portrays the revival of the land in realistic, although still magical and accelerated, terms. Instead of just coming out of the tree and plants are back, you get a cutscene of a single, clearly mystical, dandelion forcing it's way through the barren soil, then the rains come and it grows and takes flower, then the winds blow the petals away and it forms a ball of white seeds that are then carried off and germinate the entire rest of the world. It's a pretty cutscene.
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RBA Starblade posted:Also it's pretty obvious but the first aliens you encounter in Enemy Unknown are the Sectoids and the Thin Men - the grays and the reptilians This really isn't a coincidence, many of the original's aliens are based (loosely) on real world supposed alien encounters. The original Floaters I think were inspired a bit by the Flatwoods Monster, and the Mutons by an encounter with supposedly huge green men. The Thin Men continue this, obviously, by being based on the Men In Black. (and a touch of Slenderman)
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I still refer to greys as "Sectoids" regardless of media
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A chunk of inspiration also came from UFO (Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson of Thunderbirds and such). Skyranger and the vehicles and a world-trotting Anti-Alien force.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:This really isn't a coincidence, many of the original's aliens are based (loosely) on real world supposed alien encounters. The original Floaters I think were inspired a bit by the Flatwoods Monster, and the Mutons by an encounter with supposedly huge green men. The Thin Men continue this, obviously, by being based on the Men In Black. (and a touch of Slenderman) And you can't forget the Cyberdisks being literal flying saucers. Are the Cryssalids anything in particular aside from Xenomorph takes?
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Cleretic posted:And you can't forget the Cyberdisks being literal flying saucers. Are the Cryssalids anything in particular aside from Xenomorph takes? I think they're just scary bugs that put eggs in you. I don't think Alien was even the first to do that they just did it the best. It's a pretty standard sci fi trope that will never go away because holy gently caress nuggets is that scary.
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It bears repeating how excellent the Yakuza 0 localization is. My favorite side story so far has been one where you're buying a kid a porn mag. Throughout the entire thing his name in the UI is innocent lad but the second you give it to him his name changes to sophisticated lad. Also Kiryu tells him not to hide it under his bed because it's not safe and it looks like a man speaking from experience.
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"I'll treasure it forever!" "Don't think like that. Someday you'll meet a nice girl and won't need this anymore."
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That's not all localization, though: that's good (Japanese) writing. And this is speaking as a translator. There's plenty of lovely writing that gets blamed as bad translation, so it's only fair to praise the original writers when the dialogue and story shine. Credit where credit is due! Although yes, the Yakuza series overall has good translation/localization, if I do say so myself. 
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Something fun with the dungeons in Terranigma is how varied their structure is now that I'm onto the third Restoration Dungeon (which is my term for the dungeons that fix part of the world, so far I've restored Plants and Birds). The 5 towers in the underworld all have unique challenges and gimmicks, with one being rope bridges to balance across, and one teaching you complex jump mechanics, but then the surface dungeons are cool too. The Tree has it's boss be right at the start, but you cannot enter it's chamber without using a key item elsewhere so you have to explore the entire place to counteract the boss's defenses. The dungeon to restore the birds is a large mountain, so of course you need to get to the top to fight that boss, straightforward but a fun climb. The one I'm currently onto is a sprawling savannah which is more wide than deep, but you have to find these spirits in certain enemies to gather at the shrine to do... something, I haven't beaten that dungeon yet. It's novel.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:I think they're just scary bugs that put eggs in you. I don't think Alien was even the first to do that they just did it the best. It's a pretty standard sci fi trope that will never go away because holy gently caress nuggets is that scary. The name is a reference to a John Wyndham novel about mutant humans.
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Just finished Detroit and I can't believe I really enjoyed a David Cage game. I think what helped was that I purposefully took every single violent and psychopathic action with Markus and Connor as well as trying my absolute best to go against the game's message. I ended up with an ending that 5% of players have seen and a bunch of scenes in the finale that (apparently) "0%" of players have seen. Good times.
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Finished Resident Evil Revelations 2 - and the final boss was a really good blend of being super unsettling - and at the same time, pretty hilarious - due to the voice actor for it sounding like they are making baby gaga sounds at a three year old. Though the build up down the final corridors to her is on par with the guy yelling "mayday" from the first revelations. The end of the 2nd phase is also great, you switch between Claire sniping the Wesker to slow her down as Barry auto-runs to a cave, and then switches to him for a bit and repeats. After you get enough hits in - Barry's like "I'm done" and tells Claire to use the real gun a rocket launcher that was right next to her the entire time - and that Barry knew about apparently and she just instantly kills it. And something about that was just really wonderful about how cheesy and pointless drawing that fight out really was.
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Hirayuki posted:That's not all localization, though: that's good (Japanese) writing. And this is speaking as a translator. There's plenty of lovely writing that gets blamed as bad translation, so it's only fair to praise the original writers when the dialogue and story shine. Credit where credit is due! Although yes, the Yakuza series overall has good translation/localization, if I do say so myself. Ive always appreciated the translation in the Dragon Quest series. It's always full of corny puns and inventive names (DQ7 had some great location names in particular), and every character feels like they have their own voice.
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Necrothatcher posted:Just finished Detroit and I can't believe I really enjoyed a David Cage game. What happened?
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A bit of love to an unreleased game, just because of Polygon doing a video about it: The upcoming Insomniac Spider-Man game gives him a fighting style that includes authentic lucha libre moves. Partly because a brief wrestling career is Spider-Man canon, but it's specifically lucha libre because it's exactly the fighting style that a smaller, quick guy like Spider-Man should be using. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSo15ekYEM4 I know nothing about real-world fighting styles, but I love when I occasionally get to hear about how and why characters adopt certain parts of them, especially when it's a character that doesn't really fight 'normally' otherwise.
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Morpheus posted:Ive always appreciated the translation in the Dragon Quest series. It's always full of corny puns and inventive names (DQ7 had some great location names in particular), and every character feels like they have their own voice.
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BioEnchanted posted:Something else I love about Terranigma's presentation is that it portrays the revival of the land in realistic, although still magical and accelerated, terms. Instead of just coming out of the tree and plants are back, you get a cutscene of a single, clearly mystical, dandelion forcing it's way through the barren soil, then the rains come and it grows and takes flower, then the winds blow the petals away and it forms a ball of white seeds that are then carried off and germinate the entire rest of the world. It's a pretty cutscene. I just finished Soul Blazer and you're getting me all jazzed to play Terranigma. I'm gonna attempt Illusion of Gaia first, since that was a game I rented but never beat as a kid and I want to see how it ends.
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Blind Sally posted:I just finished Soul Blazer and you're getting me all jazzed to play Terranigma. I'm gonna attempt Illusion of Gaia first, since that was a game I rented but never beat as a kid and I want to see how it ends. The ending of the game is exactly as predictable as the rest of it. Have fun!
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Hel posted:Hey, Barry telling his daughter a loving oneliner makes that fight totally justified. Barry gives all his kids one liners when he tucks them in for bed. Barry probably says good-bye to his wife with a one-liner when he leaves for work. Another REV 2 thing: The ghost and goblins minigame where you play as Barry is also a really amazing little thing.  And something that applies to Resident Evil as a whole, is how oblivious or in blatant denial the guys that write notes and journals are. There's an entry late in the game about how weird it is that they keep hiring all these new people constantly that seemingly never leave the building. "Guess there must be another exit I don't know about. Thank you for all the jobs.  "
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I'm super into all of you going through Terranigma for the first time, it's one of my all-time favourites.
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My Lovely Horse posted:I'm super into all of you going through Terranigma for the first time, it's one of my all-time favourites. I look forward to them all crashing into the wall that is Bloody Mary. It is one of those things that make you wonder if the dev team was actually listening to playtesters, because how could they not have noticed? All of a sudden your default attacks are useless.
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My wall wasn't that one but rather the guardian in Beruga's lair.
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Samovar posted:What happened? Detroit spoilers: Markus: Successfully led ultraviolent robot revolution including sick as hell action scenes where he demolished a squad of riot cops, CQC'd a whole load of army dudes without sustaining a scratch, successfully liberated the android camp, blew up a tank with a bazooka and got it on with North. Has fully embraced destiny as robot tyrant. Detroit now in android hands, humans fleeing in terror. Kara: Crossed Canadian border with Alice by sacrificing Luther. Luther held a gun to Alice's head, which I guess caused them not to scan us. Living it large in Canada. Connor: Psychopathic robot fuckhead who got his kicks from torturing Hank. Cold and unfriendly to everyone he met, never missed a chance to remind Hank that androids are just machines. Drove Hank so crazy he shot him in the head at one point, only to turn up at work the next day looking smug. When the police chief fired Hank and Connor for being screwups Hank quit the force and Connor didn't care about the plot, so headed home to Cyberlife where all Connors were permanently and voluntarily deactivated."
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Cleretic posted:A bit of love to an unreleased game, just because of Polygon doing a video about it: The upcoming Insomniac Spider-Man game gives him a fighting style that includes authentic lucha libre moves. Partly because a brief wrestling career is Spider-Man canon, but it's specifically lucha libre because it's exactly the fighting style that a smaller, quick guy like Spider-Man should be using. My issue is that sure Spidey's a scrawny short guy but he’s also a guy who’s able to lift 10 tons on a normal day so he can probably take guys twice his size just by windmilling his arms around, no fancy ufc mma moves necessary
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Calaveron posted:My issue is that sure Spidey's a scrawny short guy but he’s also a guy who’s able to lift 10 tons on a normal day so he can probably take guys twice his size just by windmilling his arms around, no fancy ufc mma moves necessary The issue there is that if he doesn’t learn to control his body in a fight, he’s going to kill a lot of people
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Calaveron posted:My issue is that sure Spidey's a scrawny short guy but he’s also a guy who’s able to lift 10 tons on a normal day so he can probably take guys twice his size just by windmilling his arms around, no fancy ufc mma moves necessary It's not about strength, it's about using leverage and dodging blows from larger opponents with a much longer reach. Being able to hit hard doesn't matter if the guy you're fighting can plant one in your face before you can get close enough to hit him.
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Also he probably doesn't want to be punching dudes' faces off even if he's perfectly capable of it.
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Calaveron posted:My issue is that sure Spidey's a scrawny short guy but he’s also a guy who’s able to lift 10 tons on a normal day so he can probably take guys twice his size just by windmilling his arms around, no fancy ufc mma moves necessary His super strength sorta comes and goes by the writer and story. The Sam Raimi Spider-Man doesn't really use it to my knowledge, but the MCU Spider-Man does, sparingly. And I'm fine with it, because I see his super-strength as more of an equalizing force when poo poo gets wild rather than a core part of his powerset. Something that means he's not just bouncing off of villains that threaten on a global or cosmic level. Bringing in his super strength when fighting thugs on the street corner would totally kill the tension in any fights and the dynamism in his fighting style (as well as probably the street thugs), so it can go ahead and stay home.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Also he probably doesn't want to be punching dudes' faces off even if he's perfectly capable of it. You should see videos of him fighting. He basically ragdolls guys around or like full on spinny smashes them against poo poo
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Calaveron posted:My issue is that sure Spidey's a scrawny short guy but he’s also a guy who’s able to lift 10 tons on a normal day so he can probably take guys twice his size just by windmilling his arms around, no fancy ufc mma moves necessary He also regularly fights supervillains so... Cleretic posted:His super strength sorta comes and goes by the writer and story. The Sam Raimi Spider-Man doesn't really use it to my knowledge, but the MCU Spider-Man does, sparingly. MCU does more often but Raimi stopped that train, that was neat.
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Calaveron posted:My issue is that sure Spidey's a scrawny short guy but he’s also a guy who’s able to lift 10 tons on a normal day so he can probably take guys twice his size just by windmilling his arms around, no fancy ufc mma moves necessary
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Even comic book Spider-Man you forget his strength a lot because he only really displays it when he's pissed.
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When Doc Ock takes over Spidey's body for a while he punches Scorpion's jaw clean off without even trying and has a brief moment where he realizes just how much Peter was always holding back.
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scarycave posted:Another REV 2 thing: The ghost and goblins minigame where you play as Barry is also a really amazing little thing. What how do you unlock that?
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