February game chat: I bet this Valentine was Sonixpected

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Phantasium: Dec 27, 2012

CHUNK boys is jump rumfield play mode, written for Reds.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:08

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Jay Rust: Sep 27, 2011

I thought straight teenage boys loved hotties in their media

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:11

cheetah7071: Oct 20, 2010; honk honk; College Slice

Jay Rust posted:

I thought straight teenage boys loved hotties in their media

Yeah but not as the main character. The hottie is supposed to be just out of reach for the self-insert main character, so they can identify with the struggle of finding their own hottie

it's somewhere between moderately and greatly hosed up just how common this pattern is

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:14

LawfulWaffle: Mar 11, 2014; Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.

Is HUNK an acronym?

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:16

Cowcaster: Aug 7, 2002

theoretically human unit never killed but i think it just might be they like capitalizing it because whatever

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:17

Andrast: Apr 21, 2010

cheetah7071 posted:

Yeah but not as the main character. The hottie is supposed to be just out of reach for the self-insert main character, so they can identify with the struggle of finding their own hottie

it's somewhere between moderately and greatly hosed up just how common this pattern is

More shonen needs do it like Dragon ball and have the main character get married and have kids (and grandkids!)

Jojo works too

Andrast fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Feb 13, 2019

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:19

axelblaze: Oct 18, 2006; Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

_{and...oh my...could you please...

oh my...}; Grimey Drawer

I feel it being for teen boys only excuses so much. I mean first of all teen otakus to love their waifus too and also because most of these series do in fact have plenty of female characters. Part of the problem is because it's the type of game it is, you get mostly main characters, who, often, are the blandest character in their series with the least interesting powers. There are exceptions but it makes the lineup, despite it's size, really samey and really dull if you don't know the character. Another thing is while there are female characters in these shows, they are always the love interest, or the motherly one or the smart one but rarely are they the one that ever gets to do cool poo poo, so they rarely make the cut. Then there's the selection, which tends to go on popularity rather than if they would be good in the game, so even when you have women, you have someone like Boa Hancock who frankly is always one of the least interesting One Piece characters to play in any game she's in, but she's popular so she always gets in.

Like I understand why the cast is kind of dull but the reasons are still not something that reflects well on the game or what it's based on and it just seems like the wrong things were prioritized at certain points.

Really the best way for something like this is how Capcom originally were with the Marvel fighting games, where after they got the basics down, they didn't really give a gently caress about the characters in the context of the original thing, just in who they thought would be fun to play and who people wanted to play.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:20

Saint Freak: Apr 16, 2007; Regretting is an insult to oneself; Buglord

You were almost a HUNK sandwich!

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:20

axelblaze: Oct 18, 2006; Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

_{and...oh my...could you please...

oh my...}; Grimey Drawer

cheetah7071 posted:

Yeah but not as the main character. The hottie is supposed to be just out of reach for the self-insert main character, so they can identify with the struggle of finding their own hottie

it's somewhere between moderately and greatly hosed up just how common this pattern is

I honestly respect One Piece more than most because the creator literally seems to be 12 and seems to think romance is gross but boobs are cool. This is somehow the far less hard to stand way to approach things.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:21

BattleCattle: May 11, 2014

Jump Force, but everyone�s arale.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:27

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I've never heard of Jump Force in my life.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:28

Ometeotl: Feb 13, 2012; It's MISSEL! Or SISSLE!
I confused myself...

BattleCattle posted:

Jump Force, but everyone�s arale.

I'd buy that

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:28

Phantasium: Dec 27, 2012

exquisite tea posted:

I've never heard of Jump Force in my life.

i remember it because it takes effort to look that awful

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:29

BattleCattle: May 11, 2014

exquisite tea posted:

I've never heard of Jump Force in my life.

Good! It was just announced, just came out, and is just as broken as Sonic 2006! It�s quite an impressive trainwreck.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:29

Samuringa: Mar 27, 2017; Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.

I'm trying to think of someone they could've included but my knowledge of anime is very limited so my options are either "Has A Gun"(Faye, Kirika, Revy) or "Bends Reality Itself"(Sakura, Madoka, Noriko)

I think MHA has loads of superpowered girls, given all the fanart, so that's probably the most obvious choice?

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:36

Mercury Crusader: Apr 20, 2005; You know they say that all demons are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Pyro Jack and you can see that statement is not true, hee-ho!

They won't put Arale in Jump Force for the same reason they won't put her in DBFZ: she's too powerful.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:40

Grapplejack: Nov 27, 2007

Andrast posted:

How did you post art from a game that doesn't exist

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:42

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Relax Or DIE posted:

Cooking Mama BR where the cooking gets faster and more difficult until there is only one Mama left

The rest are killed

Cooking Mama BR: the only permitted ingredient is fresh long pig

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:46

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

jump force more like jump, the shark !!

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:53

Turtlicious: Sep 17, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

i like apex.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 20:58

axelblaze: Oct 18, 2006; Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

_{and...oh my...could you please...

oh my...}; Grimey Drawer

That reminds me that I've been meaning to ask:

What the heck is Apex Legends and why does it seem like was suddenly everywhere overnighr?

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:03

Help Im Alive: Nov 8, 2009

it's fortnite's worst 'nite'mare

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:06

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

axelblaze posted:

That reminds me that I've been meaning to ask:

What the heck is Apex Legends and why does it seem like was suddenly everywhere overnighr?

It's a new free-to-play BR game from Respawn, the people who everyone thought were making Titanfall 3. Its main innovations are a) squad play, b) ults, and c) a system by which you can communicate with teammates without typing or voice.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:07

Cowcaster: Aug 7, 2002

axelblaze posted:

That reminds me that I've been meaning to ask:

What the heck is Apex Legends and why does it seem like was suddenly everywhere overnighr?

new fortnite

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:07

Phantasium: Dec 27, 2012

axelblaze posted:

That reminds me that I've been meaning to ask:

What the heck is Apex Legends and why does it seem like was suddenly everywhere overnighr?

because it was suddenly everywhere overnight

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:08

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

Apex Legends of the Overfiend

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:10

I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

Grapplejack posted:

How did you post art from a game that doesn't exist

It use to exist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breath_of_Fire_6 Was a free to play mobile game released only in Japan and lasted for about a year in a half before shutting down.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:10

Saint Freak: Apr 16, 2007; Regretting is an insult to oneself; Buglord

axelblaze posted:

That reminds me that I've been meaning to ask:

What the heck is Apex Legends and why does it seem like was suddenly everywhere overnighr?

HOBBY GRADE META GROWTH ESPORTS ETC ETC

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:10

Phantasium: Dec 27, 2012

I said come in! posted:

It use to exist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breath_of_Fire_6 Was a free to play mobile game released only in Japan and lasted for about a year in a half before shutting down.

hmm... this link doesn't seem to go anywhere

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:11

I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

axelblaze posted:

That reminds me that I've been meaning to ask:

What the heck is Apex Legends and why does it seem like was suddenly everywhere overnighr?

There was zero hype leading up to the release. Respawn Entertainment announced it on a Monday morning and then released it that day. It's exactly the same game as all other Battle Royals, bringing absolutely nothing new to the genre.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:12

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I don't really understand all these new Battle Royale games coming out, maybe if somebody could personify each one as some big bapped anime girl I would have a more familiar point of reference.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 21:13