Shyrka posted:

I feel bad because I used to watch Sterling's videos fairly regularly, but yeah, rip. Every time I see one on youtube's front page I just hear the nasally "Triple AAAAAAAA," in my head and grimace.

Also I've been watching Tehsnakerer's Yakuza videos as I work through the series myself and they're legit good, would recommend.

Hel posted:

Sterling also did work for the Vampire Survivor DLC, the game which was intentionally about bringing over dark patterns from the gambling industry, so they are kind of a hypocrite, about what ruins game.

Endorph posted:

i think if you willingly type this you should be sent to jail

Shyrka posted:

I feel bad because I used to watch Sterling's videos fairly regularly, but yeah, rip. Every time I see one on youtube's front page I just hear the nasally "Triple AAAAAAAA," in my head and grimace.

Also I've been watching Tehsnakerer's Yakuza videos as I work through the series myself and they're legit good, would recommend.

Dawgstar posted:

Sterling's last video I saw was about Dragon's Dogma 2 and I couldn't bring myself to watch because they're also complaining about the Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC.

Endorph posted:

i think if you willingly type this you should be sent to jail

Endorph posted:

she outright lied about how it worked and when people corrected her she got into a giant argument on twitter

Endorph posted:

i think if you willingly type this you should be sent to jail

wizard2 posted:

on a whim, I preordered my son the deluxe DD2 version. he was saying, yeah, DLC is bad, but the negative reviews are difficult to understand and it's very weird that there's so many of them. lol.

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

i watched the nearly 2 hour long dan schneider video and would you believe me if i told quinton didnt make a single salient point the entire video its incredible...

Austin "Underscore" Walker posted:

This is such an incurious position, I'm a little surprised by it. One of the most vital tasks I have as a critic is exploring my taste in relation to that of others. But to do that well, I have to accept that other people aren't lying about what they like and build from that.

Spaced God posted:

Is Stirling still doing the early 2010's style humor that's just like a lot of whining and calling games things like "a puddle of human wank" or whatever or are they at least moving on from that while also still hating loot boxes

Shyrka posted:

DoctorWhat posted:

Silent Hill is interested in implementing gameplay mechanics that induce negative emotional experiences for the player. When modern games include mechanics that do not produce dopamine, Sterling has a habit of crying foul and claiming that no person has ever appreciated or desired such design choices.

Endorph posted:

i think if you willingly type this you should be sent to jail

Endorph posted:

i dont think weapon durability in the switch zelda games is implemented that well but for some reason people's brains broke and they decided that meant literally all weapon durability ever was bad

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

neither bloodborne nor silent hill 2 have weapon durability

Endorph posted:

your stock of blood vials replenishes when you die,

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

neither bloodborne nor silent hill 2 have weapon durability

Judge Tesla posted:

Bloodborne does, you just don't notice it unless you are doing one of the weird blood gem builds that lowers weapon durability in exchange for attack boosts.

Or you main the Tonitrus, that things made out of paper.

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

DoctorWhat posted:

Silent Hill is interested in implementing gameplay mechanics that induce negative emotional experiences for the player.

Endorph posted:

i think its more just that theres a lot of people who pretend to be game design experts but only play nintendo and western aaa poo poo (and fromsoft games) so botw was the first game they ever played where weapon durability was a major factor

fun hater posted:

look, as a huge, huge SH fan, this is cope. the gameplay mechanics are bad because all horror games had bad mechanics at the time. they were not unusual or interesting in how unpleasant they were to play

Endorph posted:

i think if you willingly type this you should be sent to jail

Endorph posted:

honestly, i wouldnt really call bloodborne and silent hill 2 that frictive. bloodborne is *hard* but the actual experience of playing the game does not really get in the player's way much. there are generally fast travel points near the bosses, there is rarely any need to grind, your stock of blood vials replenishes when you die, it is fairly hard to make a 'bad' build, all the starter weapon movesets are good, etc. silent hill 2 likewise has fairly clunky combat and some backtracking but its not really the same kind of thing as, say, a dragon's dogma, or some classical style dungeon crawlers.