Penny Arcade - Comic - Move Name Exclamation Point

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Penny Arcade - Comic - Move Name Exclamation Point

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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Jgr9

Nail Gun?

Anon von Zilch

Imagine not saying the name of your attack, pretty cringe.

Ringo

Jgr9 wrote: »

Nail Gun?

Shit, that's good

OctoberRaven

Reminds me of a D&D campaign I once played in, where the monk would refer to her basic strikes as "Casting Fist"

FireballDragon

GUM-GUM PISTOL! KINNIKU BUSTER! KAMEHAMEHA!

TheSchaef

Goblin-slaying attack!

Bropocalypse

I think it's to do with "kiai"

ironhead

I know this could refer to just about any battle anime, but I honestly can't wait for the news post to explain which battle anime specifically led to this comic.

Lucascraft

It's Tales of Arise. The guy with the eyepatch in panel 2 gives it away.

Tofystedeth

I played Berseria and having a full party of people constantly screaming out their moves was a bit much.

ani_game_bum

"Ready for this? First Aid!"

Anon von Zilch

ani_game_bum wrote: »

"Ready for this? First Aid!"

Ah, memories of Tales of Phantasia come rushing back. I guess the basic healing spell is still called that in the Tales series?

MarcinMN

Anon von Zilch wrote: »

ani_game_bum wrote: »

"Ready for this? First Aid!"

Ah, memories of Tales of Phantasia come rushing back. I guess the basic healing spell is still called that in the Tales series?

My first thought was Tales of Symphonia, but I imagine it applies to many Tales games.

islington

Hot take: The title needs an exclamation point.

Steel Angel

I started training in Brazilian Ju Jitsu recently and specifically request my more experienced friends to do this if they get me in a submission I don't recognize and might not tap out to before I get hurt.

Golden Yak

FireballDragon wrote: »

GUM-GUM PISTOL! KINNIKU BUSTER! KAMEHAMEHA!

A fine selection.

H3Knuckles

Tofystedeth wrote: »

I played Berseria and having a full party of people constantly screaming out their moves was a bit much.

Yeah, that's the thing. In anime or manga, it's usually something that only happens once per episode/chapter. In a videogame it's a constant barrage of repetitive soundbites, which gets tedious very quickly. I'm not against having call outs for flashy moves, but I think in games there should be some system reducing how often they come up (like how in Final Fantasy Tactics there was a low chance of casters saying an incantation when their spell activates, but usually it just skipped right into the animation).

T-Danger

Tales of Arise is great, but man the constant yelling during the battles gets annoying after a while. Yelling attack names once in a while is fine, but the constant barrage of comments just kind of drowns out the gameplay. And it feels especially jarring during the more emotionally dramatic boss battles.

Phoenix-D

H3Knuckles wrote: »

Tofystedeth wrote: »

I played Berseria and having a full party of people constantly screaming out their moves was a bit much.

Yeah, that's the thing. In anime or manga, it's usually something that only happens once per episode/chapter. In a videogame it's a constant barrage of repetitive soundbites, which gets tedious very quickly. I'm not against having call outs for flashy moves, but I think in games there should be some system reducing how often they come up (like how in Final Fantasy Tactics there was a low chance of casters saying an incantation when their spell activates, but usually it just skipped right into the animation).

this should be applied to most game dialogue TBF. Plot related stuff fine always play. The guards yelling at you, attack names, stuff like that? RNG that stuff!

Tofystedeth

Phoenix-D wrote: »

H3Knuckles wrote: »

Tofystedeth wrote: »

I played Berseria and having a full party of people constantly screaming out their moves was a bit much.

Yeah, that's the thing. In anime or manga, it's usually something that only happens once per episode/chapter. In a videogame it's a constant barrage of repetitive soundbites, which gets tedious very quickly. I'm not against having call outs for flashy moves, but I think in games there should be some system reducing how often they come up (like how in Final Fantasy Tactics there was a low chance of casters saying an incantation when their spell activates, but usually it just skipped right into the animation).

this should be applied to most game dialogue TBF. Plot related stuff fine always play. The guards yelling at you, attack names, stuff like that? RNG that stuff!

I will destroy you!

Zilla360

I think Tales of Arise might seriously be my game of the year. IMO It's fucking wonderful, beating even Symphonia on my list of Tales games.

Ringo

Tofystedeth wrote: »

Phoenix-D wrote: »

H3Knuckles wrote: »

Tofystedeth wrote: »

I played Berseria and having a full party of people constantly screaming out their moves was a bit much.

Yeah, that's the thing. In anime or manga, it's usually something that only happens once per episode/chapter. In a videogame it's a constant barrage of repetitive soundbites, which gets tedious very quickly. I'm not against having call outs for flashy moves, but I think in games there should be some system reducing how often they come up (like how in Final Fantasy Tactics there was a low chance of casters saying an incantation when their spell activates, but usually it just skipped right into the animation).

this should be applied to most game dialogue TBF. Plot related stuff fine always play. The guards yelling at you, attack names, stuff like that? RNG that stuff!

I will destroy you!

Enemies everywhere!

RatherDashing89

One less to worry about!

hibryd7

I literally did not buy the game just on this one thing. It's so fucking annoying and distracting. I also hate it when there's this meaningless "ALL RIGHT, LETS DO THIS!" sound byte in parallel w/text and it has nothing to do w/what the text is saying.

I returned Monster Hunter World for the exact same offense. Words, like, communicate stuff; they're not glitter that you just randomly seed into your game and hope the player confuses it for content.

Steel Angel

Phoenix-D wrote: »

H3Knuckles wrote: »

Tofystedeth wrote: »

I played Berseria and having a full party of people constantly screaming out their moves was a bit much.

Yeah, that's the thing. In anime or manga, it's usually something that only happens once per episode/chapter. In a videogame it's a constant barrage of repetitive soundbites, which gets tedious very quickly. I'm not against having call outs for flashy moves, but I think in games there should be some system reducing how often they come up (like how in Final Fantasy Tactics there was a low chance of casters saying an incantation when their spell activates, but usually it just skipped right into the animation).

this should be applied to most game dialogue TBF. Plot related stuff fine always play. The guards yelling at you, attack names, stuff like that? RNG that stuff!

Can't believe I didn't link this earlier:

https://youtu.be/688z-4SWxOQ

Armored Chocobo

T-Danger wrote: »

Tales of Arise is great, but man the constant yelling during the battles gets annoying after a while. Yelling attack names once in a while is fine, but the constant barrage of comments just kind of drowns out the gameplay. And it feels especially jarring during the more emotionally dramatic boss battles.

Guess they were going for the Xenoblade fanbase

shadowysea07

took me a minute plus the comments section to confirm this was tales of arise(ia) based. It's ok but I don't care for it as much as older games in the series. The constant chatter repeating on loop during every battle definitely needs a turn it off option.

I think this is the first time they've done a comic on tales of series.