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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Last several hours of the GB West stream, the extra-life website went down, so they missed out on collecting a bunch of money. :(

  • nightmarennynightmarenny Registered User regular
    According to the Metal Gear wiki that was all apparently a reference to the comedy Twins where Arnold got all the 'good' genes and Danny DeVito was left with all the 'shitty' genes.

    Oh was it a translation issue?

    Also Metal gear is good but I don’t wanna fight about it.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    that all being officially a joke reference to a comedy movie and not intended to be taken seriously in the game's plot seems like a bit of a stretch

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  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    I thought the story was that Kojima was like "Yeah, I know that's not how genes work, but Liquid doesn't"

  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    I thought the story was that Kojima was like "Yeah, I know that's not how genes work, but Liquid doesn't"

    I think the most likely story is that Kojima didn't know when he wrote it, later learned he was wrong, and passed it off as Liquid's misunderstanding

    Functionally, for the plot, Liquid is just required to feel that he is inferior to Snake to motivate his rivalry, and the rest is just scrambling to justify some iffy writing

  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    Listening to that FF14 version of WotW:

    Yoko Taro should make a third Nier

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2019
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    I thought the story was that Kojima was like "Yeah, I know that's not how genes work, but Liquid doesn't"

    I think the most likely story is that Kojima didn't know when he wrote it, later learned he was wrong, and passed it off as Liquid's misunderstanding

    Functionally, for the plot, Liquid is just required to feel that he is inferior to Snake to motivate his rivalry, and the rest is just scrambling to justify some iffy writing

    Yeah like, it was absolutely Kojima's understanding because the post-credit scene has the "twist" that Snake had the 'recessive' genes and Liquid had the 'dominant' ones.

    But the important thing for the story is just Liquid's chip on his shoulder, not that he was the 'better' clone who was beaten by the 'inferior' one.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    "Liquid doesn't know about genetics!" is the coward's way out of this situation and I will not accept it as canon

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Listening to that FF14 version of WotW:

    Yoko Taro should make a third Nier

    Nier's main composer is Keiichi Okabe, Taro is the writer and director

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    We also blew past three Niers a long time ago.

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    I'm now in the unfortunate position of being incredibly interested in Death Stranding mechanically after listening to both the Beastcast and Waypoint episodes on it, but knowing that it won't be implemented to my liking and also be dumped in the middle of a horseshit story.

    So if someone makes a better version of that concept please @ me

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  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Why would you hurt me like this

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    You probably don’t have a high enough intellect to get those jokes

  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    Reynolds wrote: »
    We also blew past three Niers a long time ago.

    What? I thought it was just the two versions of Nier and Automata, totalling three

  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    Crippl3 wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    We also blew past three Niers a long time ago.

    What? I thought it was just the two versions of Nier and Automata, totalling three

    Depends on whether or not you include the Drakengard games.

  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Zxerol wrote: »
    Crippl3 wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    We also blew past three Niers a long time ago.

    What? I thought it was just the two versions of Nier and Automata, totalling three

    Depends on whether or not you include the Drakengard games.

    Nier Gestalt/Replicant is essentially the same game. Just with the protagonist's appearance and relation to Yohna changed.

    But yes we're way past three Niers cause there's the stage play, and a light novel, and a radio thing?

    And the FF14 crossover stuff is apparently canon.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    Also I'm pretty sure the cameos in SiNoAlice and Soul Calibur are canon, somehow.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    august wrote: »
    I think a lot of Metal Gear is an age thing. I was in my early 20s when a friend of mine showed me the end of MGS 1, starting with the Liquid fight. And I was like “Wow! This is fuckin’ bad, man.”

    A couple of things for context.

    How old was the game then, and was it the Twin Snakes version or not?

    But also like, that fight is only super memorable after the context of the entire preceding game.

    The original, probably 99 or 2000.

    After Metal Gear Scanlon I am positive that no amount of context is going to make me enjoy listening to Kojima characters talk.

  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited November 2019
    Let me rephrase it then:

    Square should give Yoko Taro a ton of money and let him make another Nier.


    I would willingly sacrifice 7 Remake to make it happen.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    The shit that Kojima is doing with his writing is often comically blunt, overwritten, and at times absurd and thus difficult to take seriously

    That being said I wouldn't call it bad, especially considering some of the ideas he’s tackling are pretty big for video games (cultural genocide, mutually assured destruction, the military industrial complex and capitalism’s role in war, information and propaganda in the digital age and the loss of self, etc etc etc) and that he addresses them without flinching and with some success is proof of a certain level of craft

    Kojima has his flaws which are almost universally related to his female characters (he’s written like two good ones and one exits the story pretty quick) but the rest of the complaints about his writing often lead to the same reviews someone like Wes Anderson gets: “who could like this shit?”

    And I get it, I really do, but at the same time, it’s me, I’m the guy who likes that shit, feed me more doped up symbolism and metaphor, mmm delicious

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  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    I don't know if Yoko Taro will make another Nier game.

    But I think it's pretty safe to say he'll get to make something. Automata sold better than anyone expected and Square seems to get that he brings a valuable appeal to their lineup of games even when they don't sell amazingly.

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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    If Square Enix gives Yoko Taro money he will create anything is what I remember him saying

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Yoko Taro is a very funny dude

  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Peas wrote: »
    If Square Enix gives Yoko Taro money he will create anything is what I remember him saying

    hmmm, what's the best prompt for this

    I'm gonna say Just Dance x RPG

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Let Yoko Taro made a game all about asses

  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    Let Yoko Taro remaster Nier Gestalt, the superior Nier game

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Let Yoko Taro made a game all about asses

    is

    is that not Nier: Automata

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Let Yoko Taro made a game all about asses

    is

    is that not Nier: Automata

    That game is ass-heavy but I wouldn’t consider it all about asses

  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    turtleant wrote: »
    Why would you hurt me like this

    Spite?

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Let Yoko Taro made a game all about asses

    is

    is that not Nier: Automata

    It's also about very sad robots!

  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Let Yoko Taro made a game all about asses

    is

    is that not Nier: Automata

    It's also about very sad robots!

    sad robot

    asses

  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    SHIT SQUARE ENIX

  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Blank Check's Miyazaki series is over as of today, but there's a bonus episode on the Kingdom of Dreams and Madness coming this Thursday before they start up Jonathan Demme next week

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    Yoko Taro, speaking of his success with Nier Automata, has said that he would like his next several games to be bad, because making a good game is a lot more work.

  • HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    Maddoc wrote: »
    I think there is distinction to be made between a well written story and something you can have fun with

    This is actually incorrect your personal enjoyment is the only metric of quality, for this reason a compilation of Tom Savini head explosions is better than literally any other thing

    Broke as fuck in the style of the times. Gratitude is all that can return on your generosity.

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  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Let Yoko Taro made a game all about asses

    is

    is that not Nier: Automata

    That game is ass-heavy but I wouldn’t consider it all about asses

    It's just mostly about asses

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    Liquid was actually mad that he thought Solid's pants looked cooler than his. The subtitles just got it wrong. He was ranting about jeans this whole time.

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  • HybridHybrid South AustraliaRegistered User regular
    SimBen wrote: »
    Liquid was actually mad that he thought Solid's pants looked cooler than his. The subtitles just got it wrong. He was ranting about jeans this whole time.

    With a dad like punished "denim" snake can you blame him

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