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I haven't seen any full reviews, but there's a few brief impressions of it and they seem to be universally positive.
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The point of these early preview reviews is to generate hype. They’re a marketing stunt, you’ll never hear people attending these screenings and tweeting about how they sucked.
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May 2, 2019 08:00
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The suicide squad ones gave pretty bad impressions before real reviews were out.
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May 2, 2019 10:40
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I think we can count "Better than Suicide Squad" as a win for a video game adaptation.
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May 2, 2019 10:48
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Vegetable posted:The point of these early preview reviews is to generate hype. They’re a marketing stunt, you’ll never hear people attending these screenings and tweeting about how they sucked. No, negative buzz happens occasionally after these kinds of things if the movie is truly awful, that's why sometimes studios just bite the bullet and have no early screenings of a movie at all. That's kind of the Hail Mary pass of the film world, anyone who pays attention will know right away that "No early screening = huge red flag", but the studios still think (hope) they can trick enough people into going to the theater so that they can make some kind of profit before word of mouth gets out about what a stinker they've made. So, if nothing else, we now know the Detective Pikachu movie won't be COMPLETELY terrible.
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That’s not accurate in my experience. I used to program at a movie theater and we got preview screenings of everything from garbage zombie comedies to medium-budget Oscar hopefuls. The only common factor was that the movies weren’t tracking well (in terms of expected box office) and they thought the audience could generate some organic buzz. The more consistently damning indicator is the review embargo. They still have one week to lift it so I don’t think this movie is necessarily getting that treatment. e: yup, just read that embargo will be lifted Thursday this week. Vegetable fucked around with this message at 12:14 on May 2, 2019 |
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May 2, 2019 11:36
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They’re also really leaning I to Ryan Reynolds' charisma and charm to promote the movie which totally works
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May 2, 2019 11:58
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They’re probably waiting until the last minute to let the reviews out because they need as much distance from Avengers as they can get.
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May 2, 2019 13:04
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here’s my review: detective pikachu is “Super Effective”
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oddium posted:here’s my review: detective pikachu is “Super Effective”
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May 2, 2019 13:36
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Nth Doctor posted:They do happen on occasion, but sweet scent is the fuckin' way to go. I spent so many weeks trying to catch a goddamned Taillow in X before learning about sweet scent. I'm playing through second gen and there's an NPC in Ilex Forest that explains how Sweet Scent can be used out of battle. Second gen! Summoning horde encounters with it in 6th gen blew my mind.
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May 2, 2019 13:51
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I'm playing ORAS, my first real Pokemon game (I'm also playing GO and Let's Go Eevee)! Anybody wanna be friends? 1564-5336-4476
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May 2, 2019 14:16
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Hamethyst posted:I'm playing ORAS, my first real Pokemon game (I'm also playing GO and Let's Go Eevee)! Anybody wanna be friends? 1564-5336-4476 I'm about to start up OR again after my copy was stolen few years back, sure. 3883-6060-4109. I'll add when I'm out of work and have internet on my 3ds.
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May 2, 2019 14:49
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Oyster posted:I'm about to start up OR again after my copy was stolen few years back, sure. 3883-6060-4109. I'll add when I'm out of work and have internet on my 3ds. Hell yeah! Thanks Oyster.
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May 2, 2019 15:10
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Speaking of ORAS, got a bunch of Aron's yesterday. Highlights include Steel Head, Superpower, a couple HAs, but most importantly a Head Smash/Rocky head combo. Then I went and got mad at Dad's gym and its inverted difficulty. Those Delicatty trainers were way more threatening than the tough linoones. The Zangoose were ohko fodder, and lmao slaking has Truant.
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May 2, 2019 15:38
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SuperKlaus posted:Is there any trick to catching the Gen 1 legendary birb in X or am I really stuck roaming Kalos forever praying the annoying thing doesn't decide to change routes across the country before I can reach its location? If you're still having trouble with this, yeah there's a trick. Head to the first town (the one with the bug gym - sorry, I forgot its name) and hop on your bike. The upper exit of the town is a gate that is conveniently next to several patches of grass and has no load screen to exit/enter. Put a Pokémon below the birb's level (50 iirc) but above the wild Pokémon of the area's level and use a repel. Bike around in the grass for a bit, cycle down, reset the birb's location, cycle up, repeat. Carry lots of repels. Don't even bother checking the location honestly. Just repeat this process until you get the encounter. I did it three times, one for each birb, and it never takes more than about 20 minutes.
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Rich Uncle Chet posted:The biggest thing about Detective Pikachu is that all the Pokemon designs at least look like someone gave a poo poo about the source material. As stated before by previous goons, it feels like a labor of love, and it feels like at least SOMEONE working on it looks like they gave at least a bit of a poo poo about the end product. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6t_CyLNnZo&t=507s This guy sums it up pretty well.
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May 2, 2019 18:23
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Rich Uncle Chet posted:The biggest thing about Detective Pikachu is that all the Pokemon designs at least look like someone gave a poo poo about the source material. As stated before by previous goons, it feels like a labor of love, and it feels like at least SOMEONE working on it looks like they gave at least a bit of a poo poo about the end product. the writer is a frequent guest on Doughboys and he definitely cares. he’s just also a really boring and unfunny loser
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indigi posted:the writer is a frequent guest on Doughboys and he definitely cares. he’s just also a really boring and unfunny loser For Pikachu or Sonic?
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May 2, 2019 19:24
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Sonic
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May 2, 2019 19:36
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Anyway we should stop pitting Sonic and Pikachu they are clearly friends https://twitter.com/Cleytito_/status/1058007846422376449
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May 2, 2019 19:43
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Electric Phantasm posted:Anyway we should stop pitting Sonic and Pikachu they are clearly friends https://twitter.com/akioco/status/1123875751688843265
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May 2, 2019 20:22
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All I see is that Detective Pikachu, much like his voice over DeVito, is too fat to run.
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May 2, 2019 20:29
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Do NPC Pokemon ever have EV bonuses? And their Natures are random right? I was feeling pretty good about how one of my team took a super effective Flamethrower from an equal-level Chandelure and (barely) lived because that's a solid move from a very high Special Attack user. Then I realized it probably had no EVs or helpful Nature and with those would have killed my guy.
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May 2, 2019 22:29
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SuperKlaus posted:Do NPC Pokemon ever have EV bonuses? And their Natures are random right? I was feeling pretty good about how one of my team took a super effective Flamethrower from an equal-level Chandelure and (barely) lived because that's a solid move from a very high Special Attack user. Then I realized it probably had no EVs or helpful Nature and with those would have killed my guy. Usually only the E4 and stuff in the Battle Tree/tower/etc have EVs. They usually also have set natures.
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May 2, 2019 22:33
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Rich Uncle Chet posted:Sonic, on the other hand, you can feel the design-by-committee this is what sonic has been since literally 1991
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May 2, 2019 22:48
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Oyster posted:I'm about to start up OR again after my copy was stolen few years back, sure. 3883-6060-4109. I'll add when I'm out of work and have internet on my 3ds. Added you both. Feel free to hit me up if you want to evolve a trade evo Pokemon or something
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May 2, 2019 23:18
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Hamethyst posted:I'm playing ORAS, my first real Pokemon game (I'm also playing GO and Let's Go Eevee)! Anybody wanna be friends? 1564-5336-4476 Oyster posted:I'm about to start up OR again after my copy was stolen few years back, sure. 3883-6060-4109. I'll add when I'm out of work and have internet on my 3ds. Added you both. I'm 3798-2728-5770. Xander B Coolridge posted:If you're still having trouble with this, yeah there's a trick. Awesome! Thanks! Zore posted:Usually only the E4 and stuff in the Battle Tree/tower/etc have EVs. They usually also have set natures. That actually makes me feel better because the Chandelure was Phoebe's in the OR E4 rematch battle, so maybe it *did* have some Special Attack EVs and/or Nature and I soaked the hit anyway! Thanks a lot for the information.
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May 2, 2019 23:57
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Huh, I always thought of Venusaur as slow but it actually has a decent speed(and is actually slightly faster than Blastoise).
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Zore posted:Usually only the E4 and stuff in the Battle Tree/tower/etc have EVs. They usually also have set natures. While not the same, Cynthia's team has perfect IVs for all her champion fights in DPPt. She also has pretty good coverage in both pokemon and moves. I remember way back then a lot of people being caught off guard by this.
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May 3, 2019 00:51
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Anyone play Pokémon Rumble World? How is it, and how heavy are the freemium parts? I really enjoyed the original Rumble on Wii when it came out but I haven’t played one since.
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May 3, 2019 02:13
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Zore posted:Usually only the E4 and stuff in the Battle Tree/tower/etc have EVs. They usually also have set natures. I don't know if recent games are any different but no Elite Four I've ever fought has had EVs. (You'd be able to tell drat near immediately if they did. EVs can make even regular trainers substantially more threatening.)
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Sun and Moon were the first games with any non-battle tower trainers having EVs. Most games have had IV spreads. 250 is typical for Elite 4. Though from what I can tell the IVs are spread mostly evenly.
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Crosscontaminant posted:I don't know if recent games are any different but no Elite Four I've ever fought has had EVs. (You'd be able to tell drat near immediately if they did. EVs can make even regular trainers substantially more threatening.) Ah, I checked into it some more and its specifically a thing only in Gen VII where they gave EVs to a ton of poo poo. So like the E4, Trial Captains, Guzma, and a bunch of the other storyline bosses have EVs (along with all those optional 'beat everyone else on the route' trainers). In previous gens it was just the Battle Tower/Tree/Subway/Facility/Whatever
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RatHat posted:Added you both. Feel free to hit me up if you want to evolve a trade evo Pokemon or something Thank you!
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SuperKlaus posted:Added you both. I'm 3798-2728-5770. Thank you, friend!
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Detective Pikachu reviews rolling in and looking really good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlFvAJswzVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAAzdII3W8A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WngVLufaUmM Flopsy fucked around with this message at 04:48 on May 3, 2019 |
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May 3, 2019 04:35
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In that same vein I think that Coach Trainers juice up their mons with candy compared to normal trainers that don't in Let's Go..
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May 3, 2019 05:47
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Of note, Nanu's Persian-A has a Timid nature and EVs and IVs maxed out to be as fast as possible. Which made it really weird when I sauntered up to him with a Ribombee (that had been outspeeding everything I'd met up until now, even had a speed boosting nature and, I eventually learned, a natural 31 Speed IV) expecting to one-shot it and it instead one-shot me with Power Gem. Paul.Power fucked around with this message at 06:50 on May 3, 2019 |
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Bleck posted:this is what sonic has been since literally 1991 But back then he was just Felix the Cat recoloured with spikes. Design by committee comes in a few different forms; the lazy 'rip off what works and make token changes' result and the platypus result.
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