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Closed-Down Pizza Parlor posted:Complaining about the fifth game in a series having plot points that only make sense if you're familiar with the rest of the series is pretty lol
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Cleretic posted:I agree, gently caress Kingdom Hearts! i thought the same thing
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Apr 6, 2018 17:20
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FactsAreUseless posted:What is the series in question? Metal Gear
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Apr 6, 2018 17:22
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Closed-Down Pizza Parlor posted:Metal Gear ...Metal Gear!?
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Apr 6, 2018 17:23
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FactsAreUseless posted:What is the series in question? He's extremely mad that he couldn't pick up on any foreshadowing of the plot twist in MGS5 due to not knowing any of the plot or characters involved. It's the game's fault
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Apr 6, 2018 17:26
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Dewgy posted:...Metal Gear!? hnnnghhr.....
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Apr 6, 2018 17:28
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:He's extremely mad that he couldn't pick up on any foreshadowing of the plot twist in MGS5 due to not knowing any of the plot or characters involved. It's the game's fault
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Apr 6, 2018 17:53
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:oh no! this game makes no sense even though i jumped in at the end of a game that's notoriously unfinished and incomplete in a game series that might possiby be the most convoluted and mental game series in all of history
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Apr 6, 2018 17:53
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FactsAreUseless posted:But it doesn't matter. The game's story is fine without wider context. Each Metal Gear game stands on their own except maybe MGS4. They each fill in a piece of the ongoing world and story but it's not the same thing as a serial narrative where you have to know what happened before. Like, he's mad that it's made more satisfying by having played the previous games. At all.
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Apr 6, 2018 17:59
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:Yes but they dared to put in some story continuity in their sequel and that should be made illegal. They're five games in at this point. They should've pulled the cord and made something completely unconcerned with the plots of the last games years ago. Like Resident Evil 4.
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Apr 6, 2018 18:12
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RareAcumen posted:They're five games in at this point. They should've pulled the cord and made something completely unconcerned with the plots of the last games years ago.
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Apr 6, 2018 18:14
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Seventh Arrow posted:I had a different kind of camera problem in Seven: The Days Long Gone, it's third person but the camera is almost directly on top of you, looking down. You can move the camera left & right, but you can't tilt it down so that you can see a bit more of what's in front of you. It's a stealth game, I kinda want to see if there's a guard at the top of the stairs or not. Same. Great game, but maybe having an almost vertical camera in a stealth and platforming heavy RPG was a pretty bad decision. Neir: Automata had the camera pan down to level with the ground when running that I swear was meant to tease a panty shot when playing 2B's section. It made for some awkward running both because I had to keep flicking the thumbstick up to see past her, and when I was playing it and my wife walked in. OutOfPrint has a new favorite as of 18:28 on Apr 6, 2018 |
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Apr 6, 2018 18:25
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Having to be familiar with a property to understand the plot of later games is bullshit. Why should I have to watch seven Star Wars movies to understand what's happening in the newest one? I'm not being serious
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Apr 6, 2018 18:41
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RareAcumen posted:Having to be familiar with a property to understand the plot of later games is bullshit. Why should I have to watch seven Star Wars movies to understand what's happening in the newest one?
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Apr 6, 2018 18:43
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None of the side-ops in MGSV are terribly interesting, either extract this guy or destroy that tank, but the Wandering MSF soldiers are really contrived. Apparently the survivors from when your last base blew up have spent the past decade flailing around like Zombies while wearing the old colors, and when you extract them they're immediately of sound body and mind to resume working for you. It's bit like how supermarkets are full of supplies two centuries after the apocalypse in Bethesda's Fallout. And in a spoiler these soldiers are tied to a secret subplot which suspends disbelief to the point that it's obvious that there's a twist-ending. Inspector Gesicht has a new favorite as of 18:48 on Apr 6, 2018 |
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Apr 6, 2018 18:44
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RareAcumen posted:Having to be familiar with a property to understand the plot of later games is bullshit. Why should I have to watch seven Star Wars movies to understand what's happening in the newest one? Disney shares your concerns, and has ensured that all future Star Wars movies will be about rebels vs. empire, forever.
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Apr 6, 2018 18:49
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Speaking of MGSV, god that intro sucks playing it a second time. I put 60 hours in on PC and now I’m starting over on PS4 since I got it with PSPlus and my computer died. Holy mother of god it takes forever and it’s so dull.
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Apr 6, 2018 18:51
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Woah woah woah who's this Mario guy and why's the rescuing some princess apples or something? Why don't they have a plot synopsis of the previous games so I can know how they met and stuff - I mean it's stretched across like five consoles they can't expect me to know all the backstory, what bullshit
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Apr 6, 2018 18:51
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Speaking of MGSV, god that intro sucks playing it a second time. I put 60 hours in on PC and now I’m starting over on PS4 since I got it with PSPlus and my computer died.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Speaking of MGSV, god that intro sucks playing it a second time. I put 60 hours in on PC and now I’m starting over on PS4 since I got it with PSPlus and my computer died. The very end of it, on the romantic horse-back ride is totally worth it though. Ocelot: "First things first, we gotta head to Afghanistan" Snake (in his first line of dialogue in the whole game) : "Afghanistan?!?" Horse rears up, flash of lightning, cut to black.
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Apr 6, 2018 18:54
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The thing dragging down the Mario sequels is that they backed off of the batshit insane plot of the original Super Mario Bros. where the enemies (and the bricks and coins) were all normal human citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom until Bowser came and cast a spell to take over the land. The reason he kidnapped Princess Toadstool was that her voice could break the spell, much like Mario broke the skulls of her temporarily transformed countrymen. e: VVVVV very much agreed Rockman Reserve has a new favorite as of 19:02 on Apr 6, 2018 |
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Apr 6, 2018 18:57
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exquisite tea posted:Disney shares your concerns, and has ensured that all future Star Wars movies will be about rebels vs. empire, forever. I was legitimately disappointed that rey didn't join up with ren to create a new empire and break out of the old lovely grooves. I was momentarily hopeful the story would go in an interesting direction, but nah we gotta keep doing the same thing.
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Apr 6, 2018 19:00
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FactsAreUseless posted:The hospital sequence is far and away my favorite part of the game. Out of the all the missions I unlocked before I stopped playing, it's the only one I didn't S rank because I didn't want to go back and improve on that A rank. It's so looooooong.
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Apr 6, 2018 19:35
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You guys mean the very opening scene, right? I thought it was pretty cool and liked it a lot. And then a dude made of fire or some poo poo sprang out and I was sure I was going to die. I'm going to reinstall MGSV tonight. I think that's my next game to play, right after I beat DMC4:SE.
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Apr 6, 2018 19:55
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When I play a game that has earlier stuff that I am supposed to already know about, I go read the wikia about it or whatever. I do not complain on the Internet about it. My first Borderlands game was Tales from the Borderlands, then I played Borderlands 2, then I played Borderlands the Pre-Sequel, then I played Borderlands 1. I enjoyed it just fine and there were dozens of websites busting with joy to tell me all about the things I needed to know.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:13
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Leavemywife posted:You guys mean the very opening scene, right? I thought it was pretty cool and liked it a lot. And then a dude made of fire or some poo poo sprang out and I was sure I was going to die. It's cool the first time you play, but, much like the opening to a Nintendo game, it's not so great when/if you decide you want to replay the game and must endure a half hour of tutorials that you cannot speed up.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:17
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My issue with MGS:V was that it was missing a lot of what I enjoy in my MGS games: Cutscenes and weird bosses. I felt the bosses disappointed, and the cutscenes were pulled back too far. I am not saying they needed MGS4 levels, but a bit more would be nice. The opening was my favorite bit, just because it felt the most metal-gear-weird of all of it. I thought the gameplay was excellent though, most fun I've ever had in a stealth game.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:20
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Shameful to see an apparent owner of a PS3/4 that hasn't played the Yakuza games I played yakuza 1 and it was great,i've never had a ps3 but i'll keep my eyes out for one because it doesn't cost five billion pounds nowadays :P Also i'm thinking of getting the first monster hunter cause it always looked great when i was younger but for some reason was never sold where i live. content : Underrail is a good game but there's alot of grey soulles areas and backtracking,i just wish there was a bit more variety or colour or fauna.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:27
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:
What, no, why would you do this to yourself? Like, I'm a huge fan of the series, but it has only gotten better over iterations, and going back to the original where the attacks were mapped to different directions on the right analog stick is folly.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:30
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MHW is frustrating enough to control at times and it's "the good" Monster Hunter.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:32
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MrAptronym posted:My issue with MGS:V was that it was missing a lot of what I enjoy in my MGS games: Cutscenes and weird bosses. I felt the bosses disappointed, and the cutscenes were pulled back too far. I am not saying they needed MGS4 levels, but a bit more would be nice. The opening was my favorite bit, just because it felt the most metal-gear-weird of all of it. Agreed on all points,what i expected of Mgsv particularly after Peace walker was not what i got,i personally enjoyed Pw more and thought it was more fun.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:33
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Morpheus posted:What, no, why would you do this to yourself? Is it that bad? it's one of those series that's passed me by.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:35
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:I played yakuza 1 and it was great,i've never had a ps3 but i'll keep my eyes out for one because it doesn't cost five billion pounds nowadays :P The PS3 Yakuzas are on PSNow, at least in the US.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:39
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Is it that bad? it's one of those series that's passed me by. It is that bad. Monster Hunter has really really really improved with every iteration, and while I enjoyed many of the older ones if you've never played the series before there's really no reason to not just buy and enjoy the latest generation and forget about any of the earlier stuff.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:46
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Is it that bad? it's one of those series that's passed me by. It's extremely, extremely rough around the edges. Many quality-of-life improvements have been made since then, even simple things like telling you what skills do weren't introduced until later in the series. If you want to play an older-style Monster Hunter, I'd recommend either MH4 Ultimate or MH Generations, both on the 3DS. If you own a PS4, I'd definitely recommend MH World, which is by and large the best of the series, bar none, especially in terms of introducing new players to what are still some pretty byzantine mechanics.
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Morpheus posted:It's extremely, extremely rough around the edges. Many quality-of-life improvements have been made since then, even simple things like telling you what skills do weren't introduced until later in the series. Agent355 posted:It is that bad. Monster Hunter has really really really improved with every iteration, and while I enjoyed many of the older ones if you've never played the series before there's really no reason to not just buy and enjoy the latest generation and forget about any of the earlier stuff. Ugly In The Morning posted:The PS3 Yakuzas are on PSNow, at least in the US. Thanks guys.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:50
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Hollow Knight is fun and cool, although I haven't got to the first boss yet, just unlocked fast-travel, but one annoying thing is that when you get hit it makes a big distracting to-do about it. It's like, yeah, I know I got hit, could you let me see what I'm doing so that it doesn't happen again? The enemy variety is great though.
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Apr 6, 2018 20:56
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BioEnchanted posted:Hollow Knight is fun and cool, although I haven't got to the first boss yet, just unlocked fast-travel, but one annoying thing is that when you get hit it makes a big distracting to-do about it. It's like, yeah, I know I got hit, could you let me see what I'm doing so that it doesn't happen again? The enemy variety is great though. Yeah, half the time when I get hit the game's reaction makes me think I died for a second.
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Apr 6, 2018 21:05
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You get used to it but yeah I hated it as well initially
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:Iris and Aranea are cool characters who don't get anywhere near enough screen time. In particular Iris, there's no reason whatsoever for her not to come along and the game even talks about it and then just sort of shrugs it off. Old post but https://twitter.com/Siliconera/status/982365843953672192 I supposed maybe by 2022 we'll have an Iris episode as well.
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