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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/ColinDangColin/status/1642946098485403665?t=hH0gjtthyueEo1kWRiyWmQ&s=19 https://twitter.com/ColinDangColin/status/1643101970486505472?s=20 I want to BELIEVE he's trolling but then again
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 12:38 |
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when you see that globe emoji it is not a bit, or it's such an elaborate and long running unbroken kayfabe that it really doesn't matter
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 12:41 |
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I admire Spec Ops: The Line for at least attempting to say something poignant about modern military shooters, even if it did come across a bit hamfisted in parts. Because let’s be honest, Call of Duty is hosed
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 12:52 |
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Palladium posted:the thing that really needs dividing are shitlib redditor brains the "let's break up China including an independent Manchukuo" maps are a dime a dozen, but it's a special kind of deranged fascist to go back and split Vietnam again Endman posted:I admire Spec Ops: The Line for at least attempting to say something poignant about modern military shooters, even if it did come across a bit hamfisted in parts. precisely
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 13:02 |
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Endman posted:I admire Spec Ops: The Line for at least attempting to say something poignant about modern military shooters, even if it did come across a bit hamfisted in parts. plus it felt badass when Deep Purple was playing during a firefight
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 13:13 |
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Personally I just like getting pwned for buying a product, by that product.
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 13:18 |
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projecthalaxy posted:Personally I just like getting pwned for buying a product, by that product. Me the first time I watched Funny Games
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 13:20 |
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Spec Ops isn't a great commentary on video games in general but it's a pretty good horror game about American intervention
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 13:29 |
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Zeroisanumber posted:Me the first time I watched Funny Games First in German, to then in English.
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 13:38 |
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Hi kids, do you like violence?
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 14:14 |
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DACK FAYDEN posted:like not stellar or anything but the average shootmans game doesn't even try Endman posted:I admire Spec Ops: The Line for at least attempting to say something poignant about modern military shooters they shouldn't, that's not the kind of game that is
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 16:21 |
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indigi posted:they shouldn't, that's not the kind of game that is like at some point you are actively whitewashing American war crimes rather than merely failing to comment on them in any way which is the lowest loving bar and yet somehow
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 16:27 |
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I agree that they shouldn't do imperialist propaganda either, but it is the kind of game to do that in
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 16:28 |
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I haven't liked CoD since it left ww2. All the modern warfare games feel extremely gross.
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 19:04 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:I haven't liked CoD since it left ww2. All the modern warfare games feel extremely gross. The original Modern Warfare had some moments where it felt like it had something to say. But there weren't many and it felt like they learned the wrong lesson from that nuke scene.
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 19:13 |
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indigi posted:they shouldn't, that's not the kind of game that is drat I didn’t realise we had the dude who decides what commentary is or isn’t allowed in particular kinds of video game
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 22:15 |
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it's allowed it will just be really clunky and poorly implemented
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 22:16 |
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Aim Down Sights more like... Maim Down Fights - Spec Ops: The Line
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 22:17 |
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The Leck posted:plus it felt badass when Deep Purple was playing during a firefight it didnt just feel badass, it was badass - spec ops: the line
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# ? Apr 5, 2023 22:19 |
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Who the gently caress plays campaigns in games like CoD I thought people only wanted them for the multiplayer? Someone post that steam group picture of every playing cod MW2 in the group saying they wouldn't buy it
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 10:25 |
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Spec Ops The Line really earns it because every part of its initial presentation, and gameplay, is of an absolutely standard and serviceable brown war shooter as were inescapably popular at the time, down to being at least nominally a sequel to the first Spec Ops game that played it entirely straight. I dunno how much the 'the good ending is turning off the game' discourse is actually on point, I got the idea that the point is more the protagonist insisting that killing people is the only way forward even when explicitly ordered not to, to the point where the game doesn't present you with any options to refuse to commit atrocities of questionable at best strategic value, kinda drives home more that you're not playing the good guys, and you are not in control of the narrative.
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 10:47 |
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McCracAttack posted:The original Modern Warfare had some moments where it felt like it had something to say. But there weren't many and it felt like they learned the wrong lesson from that nuke scene. Also it was somehow a more Tom Clancy game than most actual Tom Clancy games.
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 11:05 |
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Orange Devil posted:Also it was somehow a more Tom Clancy game than most actual Tom Clancy games. I mean, the devs would probably take that as a compliment.
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 11:08 |
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Spec Ops The Line really earns it because every part of its initial presentation, and gameplay, is of an absolutely standard and serviceable brown war shooter as were inescapably popular at the time, down to being at least nominally a sequel to the first Spec Ops game that played it entirely straight. I think the “you can always turn the game off” thing might have been an offhand comment from one of the devs and idiots on the internet ran with it. I think your insight is spot on and that’s how I felt about the game myself. I think the game wants you to play it, and it wants you to feel bad about the things you do in it. I personally like that, but I get why that rubs some people the wrong way.
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 11:54 |
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Spec Ops The Line really earns it because every part of its initial presentation, and gameplay, is of an absolutely standard and serviceable brown war shooter as were inescapably popular at the time, down to being at least nominally a sequel to the first Spec Ops game that played it entirely straight. but the nature of the game reinforces the opposite of that reading. the point of a(lmost every) video game, and especially shootemup games, is to take on the role of the protagonist and beat it. you go into the experience with that meta goal locked and loaded. any impediments to this - while in the real world or from a detached observer's perspective (like reading a book or watching a movie) could be identified as a correct choice or whatever - is something to be overcome rather than examined philosophically, and when provided with only one option to continue making progress it's the only thing you're even able to consider within the framework of "be the guy, beat the game." so killing people is automatically the correct action, simply because completing the objective is your meta-goal. offering no other option to the player isn't going to cause them to stop and reflect any more than running out of ammo would, it's simply a problem to be overcome. e: this type of video game is structured from the outset to subvert a person's typical decision-making process because it's so thoroughly on-rails, even if the creators set out to encourage the opposite, just because of how its mechanics work. it's not the right type of game to make this point. you wanna combine it with RPG or more open world storytelling, you can probably make that point, but that's a different game for a different audience indigi has issued a correction as of 17:14 on Apr 6, 2023 |
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Maybe fps fans are just brain-dead sociopaths and shouldn't be catered to. Really a lot to consider here, hmmmm
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 17:51 |
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I saw a reddit comic whining about the line so I assume it's a great game
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 18:00 |
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https://twitter.com/Itmechr3/status/1643902381329883136?t=2XjHeQddymHlv7wH9bZaFQ&s=19
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 20:09 |
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man the ~cultural appropriation~ discourse doesn't have the juice it used to — and thank god, those were some of the dumbest and most convoluted args ever argged this person (NYT food writer?) is gettin cooked in the replies and QTs for making GBS threads on this guy for trying to make homemade naan, people are posting pico de gallo she made 2 years ago lmao https://twitter.com/ourobororoboruo/status/1643652398810791958 https://twitter.com/ourobororoboruo/status/1643980341840052229
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 20:13 |
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lmao, is this about the state sponsered media tag?
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 20:13 |
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critical support for all whitebois making naan.
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 20:17 |
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I'm culturally appropriating nyt writers by being a loving idiot
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 20:20 |
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Tankbuster posted:critical support for all whitebois making naan. i tried making injera once and got some teff from an ethiopian restaurant and the lady who ran it was so happy and explained how to do it and even gave me a little starter (tho she was like, you better not use this to start your own ethiopian food biz) of course i hosed it up hard (a just cosmic punishment for my cultural appropriation) and had like 4 pounds of leftover teff i never used
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 20:21 |
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I appropriate from multiple cultures by making naan pizza. although I guess Italians don't count
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 20:26 |
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this terminally online moron seriously thinks the Taliban is watching twitter like a hawk to decide how to treat Westeners
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# ? Apr 6, 2023 20:35 |
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why tf would an "anarchist" care about NPR lmao
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:why tf would an "anarchist" care about NPR lmao because they're stupid
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my bony fealty posted:this terminally online moron seriously thinks the Taliban is watching twitter like a hawk to decide how to treat Westeners TBF I bet the Taliban are spending all day on twitter instead of working because they have desk jobs now
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:why tf would an "anarchist" care about NPR lmao Scooby-Doo meme where "liberal" is under the hood
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christmas boots posted:TBF I bet the Taliban are spending all day on twitter instead of working because they have desk jobs now the fact that taliban guys are like "hey wait being a government bureaucrat sucks" is kinda funny
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