i played the first metroid at my cousin's house because he had a nintendo and i did not
and never played another one i don't think
the stories always seemed p much like nonsense
i don't really understand why people are attached to them
there is no story in metroid beyond "samus lands on a planet, wrecks everyone's shit, leaves"
the prime series introduced a recurring foe and detailed the mythology, but the story was still very bare-bones
and while the other m is trying to go plot-heavy, it's by team ninja, so i expect the story there to be pretty dismal
it's just always been a great, atmospheric series of games that are fun to play, is all
that's what i thought!
it's impossible to gauge the depth and merits of something by the fans, because no matter how bare-bones the story or "universe" of something is, along will come fan-fiction and fan-art and fan-speculation and shit to fill it in with whatever they want it to be
so i honestly don't know what to make of this serious-looking metroid game
like i said
team ninja
apparently they've tried to chick up samus as much as possible, which really pisses a lot of people off, and i'm not too pleased with it either
samus was always an extremely minimalist character with juuust enough hints at a "feminine" nature to qualify as a female video game character, namely her interaction with the baby metroid in the game boy metroid game and super metroid
so making her drone on and on about babies and motherhood kind of sabotages that
Running around in a skirt, ending in a bikini in one wasn't "feminine" o_O Granted I haven't played the GC ones.
go away, you
that was an easter egg put in there because gamers are the most predictable people on the planet
I want a large parrot. I want something that can outlive me and annoy my grandchildren as I force them to take care of the pet as part of a trust I set up for it.
burned out ex-soldier and ex-criminal comes to America, is lied to and cheated by his useless family and even more useless "allies", makes zero attempt to escape the life, has nothing but bad shit happen to him, his life sucks, no matter what you do things are terrible
I just finished GTA IV... like two days ago. I loved it. Sure it has it's problems, but all games do. There is no game that is perfect on every single level.
But there was nothing serious about it to me. It introduced this world, drops you in it, and you get immersed. Characters in this game are much more vibrant than previous games.
It's more serious, realistic, and gritty than it's prior iterations, but a game where you can run into buildings, knock over lightpoles, and run people over and over is not a game I think is serious.
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Motherfucking Comedy Central. Stop playing the Mafia II commercial constantly. Last night they played it twice in a row! For a total of five times in under 30 minutes! I can't get that fucking song out of my head!!
Incidentally, I was just messaged that I'll be receiving the 360 version for review. It better be good.
I hear it's bad.
I played the demo... It was bad.
... what?
You heard me!
It.
Was.
BAD!
... no it wasn't, it was good. I enjoyed it greatly
I didn't. Then again, if I want to play GTA I'd just play GTA. Or RDR.
What do you do if you want to play a crime game that doesn't have Rockstar's trademark nihilism
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yeah no thank you
If you look at it with this piss poor attitude, it's a wonder you like anything.
And everything you described here is in the game in a satirical matter. It's not serious.
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the end
yeah no thank you
If you look at it with this piss poor attitude, it's a wonder you like anything.
And everything you described here is in the game in a satirical matter. It's not serious.
no it isn't and you are incorrect
niko is a mopey, pissy, mentally traumatized wreck living a hard knock life among giant-toothed juicers and flamboyant gay ex-military
the game did not know what the fuck it wanted to be
Samus to me is a bad ass with a gun who actually is a girl. Which I think is why any of my backgrounds are her in the armor. At most with the helmet off.
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the end
yeah no thank you
Like almost every character you meet in that game is utterly ridiculous bordering on caricature. Even the more serious ones like the Irish guys are pretty silly. I can see the argument that the meat of the story is pretty dark and depressing, but it's like dressing a motorcycle thug in a tutu. It can't help but be laughable.
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Motherfucking Comedy Central. Stop playing the Mafia II commercial constantly. Last night they played it twice in a row! For a total of five times in under 30 minutes! I can't get that fucking song out of my head!!
Incidentally, I was just messaged that I'll be receiving the 360 version for review. It better be good.
I hear it's bad.
I played the demo... It was bad.
... what?
You heard me!
It.
Was.
BAD!
... no it wasn't, it was good. I enjoyed it greatly
I didn't. Then again, if I want to play GTA I'd just play GTA. Or RDR.
What do you do if you want to play a crime game that doesn't have Rockstar's trademark nihilism
People seem to like Saint's Row. I've not played it so no comment from me.
I don't play a lot of games in this genre, so the few I do have to be of a certain type for me. GTA is the only one that has hit that level of satisfaction for me. RDR did the same thing, but in a western feel.
I just finished GTA IV... like two days ago. I loved it. Sure it has it's problems, but all games do. There is no game that is perfect on every single level.
But there was nothing serious about it to me. It introduced this world, drops you in it, and you get immersed. Characters in this game are much more vibrant than previous games.
It's more serious, realistic, and gritty than it's prior iterations, but a game where you can run into buildings, knock over lightpoles, and run people over and over is not a game I think is serious.
i kind of admired it relative to their previous offerings
i guess because i'm really jonesing for actual adult-calibre drama from a videogame to start existing
and GTA4 seemed like a respectable stab at it
but i just find Rockstar's sense of humor puerile and offputting and couldn't take it after a while
burned out ex-soldier and ex-criminal comes to America, is lied to and cheated by his useless family and even more useless "allies", makes zero attempt to escape the life, has nothing but bad shit happen to him, his life sucks, no matter what you do things are terrible
the end
yeah no thank you
If you look at it with this piss poor attitude, it's a wonder you like anything.
And everything you described here is in the game in a satirical matter. It's not serious.
you know satire of things i don't like runs the risk of being indistinguishable from the things i don't like
for example, Order of the Stick is a webcomic that satirizes the absurdity of dungeons & dragons and the ridiculous behavior of players and their characters
yet because i actually find the things they're satirizing to be incredibly infuriating, i don't actually derive a great deal of humor from being reminded of them!
satire is delicate in this way
if GTA IV is at all satirical of melodramatic crime stories and shit like that, it's on the bad side of that line for me
the side that just makes me go "I hate this shit, why am I playing this?"
coupled with the god-awful gameplay and you got a game i got the mad hates for
burned out ex-soldier and ex-criminal comes to America, is lied to and cheated by his useless family and even more useless "allies", makes zero attempt to escape the life, has nothing but bad shit happen to him, his life sucks, no matter what you do things are terrible
the end
yeah no thank you
Like almost every character you meet in that game is utterly ridiculous bordering on caricature. Even the more serious ones like the Irish guys are pretty silly. I can see the argument that the meat of the story is pretty dark and depressing, but it's like dressing a motorcycle thug in a tutu. It can't help but be laughable.
Finally. Someone that gets it.
Orem, you and I are on the same level.
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I haven't listened to it yet, but I hear a lot of great things about their latest album, 'Life of the World to Come'
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I thought GTA IV's plot was serious while the entire atmosphere of pretty much everything else around you was still a little silly like the previous games.
It kind of clashed at times, but I still liked it.
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yeah no thank you
Like almost every character you meet in that game is utterly ridiculous bordering on caricature. Even the more serious ones like the Irish guys are pretty silly. I can see the argument that the meat of the story is pretty dark and depressing, but it's like dressing a motorcycle thug in a tutu. It can't help but be laughable.
you know it's a lot less funny when it reminds you of your life and people you know, putting an over the top spin on it all doesn't lessen the fact that you don't like revisiting that stuff even when it's "satire"
but i just find Rockstar's sense of humor puerile and offputting and couldn't take it after a while
That, I think, is a very fair criticism. In fact, I think their writers really have trouble with restraint in general. I'm reminded of a mission in RDR where you are required to
Help a corrupt Mexican general burn down a town, kill all the men within it, and kidnap all the women to be raped repeatedly
And I'm like, this doesn't fit with the "redemption" thing at all. In fact, I don't want to be doing this. Why is Marston doing this? Wouldn't he draw the line somewhere?
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From what I have seen it is like Goodfellas: the vidjagame
and that is something I can see myself enjoying greatly
It really isn't very serious.
go away, you
that was an easter egg put in there because gamers are the most predictable people on the planet
burned out ex-soldier and ex-criminal comes to America, is lied to and cheated by his useless family and even more useless "allies", makes zero attempt to escape the life, has nothing but bad shit happen to him, his life sucks, no matter what you do things are terrible
the end
yeah no thank you
But there was nothing serious about it to me. It introduced this world, drops you in it, and you get immersed. Characters in this game are much more vibrant than previous games.
It's more serious, realistic, and gritty than it's prior iterations, but a game where you can run into buildings, knock over lightpoles, and run people over and over is not a game I think is serious.
oscar wilde is a lot of fun
frankie watched the newish picture of dorian grey movie on the tv the other day
i didn't watch it but the little bit i saw did not look real good
ew gross i will pass then
What do you do if you want to play a crime game that doesn't have Rockstar's trademark nihilism
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If you look at it with this piss poor attitude, it's a wonder you like anything.
And everything you described here is in the game in a satirical matter. It's not serious.
she's really unpretty, will
what use is my affection for oscar wilde if it only ensnares women who i don't want to be inside of
Yeah.
It's Not For Pony
this is not the same as Bad, though
no it isn't and you are incorrect
niko is a mopey, pissy, mentally traumatized wreck living a hard knock life among giant-toothed juicers and flamboyant gay ex-military
the game did not know what the fuck it wanted to be
Like almost every character you meet in that game is utterly ridiculous bordering on caricature. Even the more serious ones like the Irish guys are pretty silly. I can see the argument that the meat of the story is pretty dark and depressing, but it's like dressing a motorcycle thug in a tutu. It can't help but be laughable.
What up!
People seem to like Saint's Row. I've not played it so no comment from me.
I don't play a lot of games in this genre, so the few I do have to be of a certain type for me. GTA is the only one that has hit that level of satisfaction for me. RDR did the same thing, but in a western feel.
i kind of admired it relative to their previous offerings
i guess because i'm really jonesing for actual adult-calibre drama from a videogame to start existing
and GTA4 seemed like a respectable stab at it
but i just find Rockstar's sense of humor puerile and offputting and couldn't take it after a while
you know satire of things i don't like runs the risk of being indistinguishable from the things i don't like
for example, Order of the Stick is a webcomic that satirizes the absurdity of dungeons & dragons and the ridiculous behavior of players and their characters
yet because i actually find the things they're satirizing to be incredibly infuriating, i don't actually derive a great deal of humor from being reminded of them!
satire is delicate in this way
if GTA IV is at all satirical of melodramatic crime stories and shit like that, it's on the bad side of that line for me
the side that just makes me go "I hate this shit, why am I playing this?"
coupled with the god-awful gameplay and you got a game i got the mad hates for
was that gta or saints row
not yet, will give it a peek over the weekend maybe
Finally. Someone that gets it.
Orem, you and I are on the same level.
GTA4. He was fucking hilarious and awesome.
GTA
they seem pretty crazy prolific
I haven't listened to it yet, but I hear a lot of great things about their latest album, 'Life of the World to Come'
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It kind of clashed at times, but I still liked it.
it's pretty great, have you seen the title?
probably tallahassee
tallahassee and get lonely are also pretty good, but i'd recommend tallahassee first
get lonely is a lot more low-key
I dunno what that makes me, but that's where I stand
you know it's a lot less funny when it reminds you of your life and people you know, putting an over the top spin on it all doesn't lessen the fact that you don't like revisiting that stuff even when it's "satire"
so many ways, i'm achin now
i'm achin now
That, I think, is a very fair criticism. In fact, I think their writers really have trouble with restraint in general. I'm reminded of a mission in RDR where you are required to
And I'm like, this doesn't fit with the "redemption" thing at all. In fact, I don't want to be doing this. Why is Marston doing this? Wouldn't he draw the line somewhere?
maybe someone fucked up her secret portrait chu