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I had the biggest 180 experience with Doom 2016, so much so that I removed Doom Eternal from my wish list.

The first few hours are a lot of fun and intense, but it is just so repetitive and way too long for the kind of game that it is. A one trick pony like Doom needs to be only like 6 hours. Anyways, I was digging it well enough for the first half or so then just wanted to be done with it. Was determined to finish, got to the second to last mission, and the fucking game crashed and lost all save data. Don't have it in me to restart and see it through since there was really nothing to keep me invested in the first place which is unfortunate. I wanted to love it

Resident Evil 3
The Last of Us 2
Cyberpunk
COD 2020 if it has a campaign
Any PS5 launch FPS/TPS that look cool

I already own every Ps4 game interested in playing except for maybe A Plague Tale

Kaiganeer posted...

if you printed the entirety of bezos' wealth in pennies, that pile of pennies would only have half the mass of lizzo

You show that goddess some god damn respect

Shablagoo posted...

Why are you so sure?

Because it's pretty common god damn sense and I've been there

Shablagoo posted...

Why are a few of you guys saying the first fee is fine when they could easily just have it decline? You understand banks already make tons of money off of investing the money that we store with them, right?

If it it is a necessary purchase I'm sure the buyer would rather have a penalty and still get what they need vs not being able to buy it.

There was penis in The Order 1886

Vindris_SNH posted...

Ass shaking is a tasteless gimmick that only a simpleton would find entertaining within the context of a Superbowl halftime show.

Shut up nerd

The sections where the dudes had the mic are probably my least favorite style on music

Vyrulisse posted...

That J-Lo commercial was pure cringe yikes.

The worst part was them trying to convince us DJ Khaled could outrun anyone for any amount of time

If any of you mother fuckers try to tell me you didnt wanna see Joel hang loaf in part 1 I'm gonna tag you as liars. Here's hoping they get it right this time

Theres always some dingus that feels the need to announce they dont care about the Super Bowl

uwnim posted...

But the ones in charge of the Party don't want the party to move left. They are more of a centrist party and dislike the left folks that they are stuck with out of necessity.

Maybe but they certainly have pressure to move further left

I think if they were to lose, they would rather Biden lose than Warren or Bernie. In that scenario, they can make a point that they arent progress enough and lead the mainstream party even further to the left. Long game

More people die from the flu because more people get the flu. The death rate for coronavirus is significantly higher even using the number given by the Chinese government which is most certainly very accurate and not under reported at all.

MC_BatCommander posted...

When people do not properly respond to the question "do you mind if xyz?" They will often say yes to respond positively and that ain't right goddammit

I feel ya

• When someone refers to a celebrity by a name other than what they go by professionally. i.e "When I did that scene with Bill Shatner"
• When people say "to boot". Sounds so hokey
• When Americans say "cheers" instead of thanks
• When people say happy Monday, Friday,whatever day it is
• When adults say "yummy"
• When adults censor themselves or spell out cuss words to other adults
• When you are talking with someone and they repeat the last few words of every other sentence you say
• When someone references a song or movie scene by reciting some of it but keep going beyond the point that the reference is acknowledged

There's a few. Let's get petty

Questionmarktarius posted...

Movie adaptation games are only worthwhile when Lego is involved.

The Wolverine Origins game was muuuuuuch better than the movie but it could also have crashed 1 minute after launch every time and still have accomplished that

goldenBoi45 posted...

Yo that "maybe showers" is hilarious, you sure that's not already taken by a comic? Seems way too perfect. If not then yeah, I'd be glad to make that my flagship CE bit

Man I really dont think I've heard it anywhere before. I tried it out at work in front of dudes and girls. The reactions were different but positive. Like a shouldn't be laughing but laughing. Shit man maybe I'll hold onto it

You come off real charismatic and comfortable. Enjoyed the set bro!

I'll never do stand up but I dont want these two premises to go to waste so feel free to explore:

Baby showers during the first trimester should be called "maybe showers"

And Oscar Pistorious missing a huge opportunity by killing his wife with a gun when he has fucking blade legs

-Articuno- posted...

That I probably like these games
Final Fantasy 13 Trilogy
No Man's Sky
The Order 1886
The Division 1 & 2
Shadow the Hedgehog
Legend of Spyro Trilogy
Spyro a Hero's Tail
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric
Indie games
Anime Games
Games based on movies
Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World
Godzilla(PS4)
Starfox Adventures & Assault
Sonic Forces

I didn't hate The Order 1886. It was beautiful, dark, and compelling and had a brutal gore system but holy shit did it pry control from your hands for lengthy periods of time every few minutes. If it had longer sections of letting you just play and didn't resort to QTEs for the wolf fights it could have been an incredible experience. Doesn't have to be open world but it was WAAAAAAAY too linear

im not 13 posted...

Hmm. I watched a friend of mine play one of them and it didn't seem that interesting

But I might check them out you've sparked my interest

Please do. If you even like Batman at all in general it will be well worth it. Asylum is still a strong game and a good intro to the world, but City is an incredible experience and Origins, while it gets shit on a lot, is still very fun and has amazing boss fights. Haven't played Knight yet but will soon and it looks to be just as great

im not 13 posted...

The Arkham games? I think that's the name of them

Man you should REALLY give them a shot. I slept on them a long time but once I started couldnt get enough. Dropping into the center of a group of enemies and dominating them all is a great feeling

vigorm0rtis posted...

The only reason Halo has ever been considered good is because it popularized MP on consoles.

An entire generation of Japanese devs have had their storytelling abilities ruined by exposure to anime. Ok, there are (literally) a couple exceptions.

(Related) JRPGs haven't been consistently even decent since 2005.

Far Cry 3 was one of the smartest narratives of last gen but a lot of people missed it because the game satirized its own audience.

Bethesda does diegetic storytelling better than From (or at least, they have, who knows what the future holds with Bethesda now).

Regarding Far Cry 3, would you say Spec Ops The Line did a similar player takedown more effectively?

If only dogs were capable of learning to offer a paw for a shake

EffectAndCause posted...

Open world is almost always bad and only serves to artificially inflate game length.

Generally agree but a rich open world is so damn enjoyable. GTAV and RDR certainly benefit from it because it is so immersive. Something like Far Cry doesn't really benefit too much.

I think Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts did a great job in striking a balance. Learning that GW 3 was needlessly open world so they scaled back to individual levels that were still massive and dense.

specialkid8 posted...

I'm fairly excited for it. Combat has been greatly expanded and they've added some platforming/puzzle bits to shake things up. I still want another Doom 3 but Eternal looks like the perfected version of what DOOM set out to be. Still not paying 60 bucks for it but I'll buy it eventually.

I may do the same. I'm still just salty about Doom

specialkid8 posted...

Agreed. The only reason people didn't play it was because they didn't like the first game. Which is dumb because the first game was solid and the sequel is almost completely unrelated.

I liked DOOM well enough but outside of the core combat the game is completely barren and revels a bit too much in not having a story or framework at all. I would have preferred another Doom 3.

Doom's hyper violence and core gameplay along with the soundtrack did a great job at making you feel like the ultimate demon slayer in an exhilarating way, but that just wore off for me halfway through.

Agreed on Rage though. I dug the first game even though it had no ending and it was nothing but go do this go do that. The second one kinda was that way too, but it improved on literally everything.

The mobility, the powers, the brutality and satisfaction of the combat, everything. And both games looked amazing.

I took Doom Eternal off my wishlist after playing Doom.

averagejoel posted...

I have already addressed these points elsewhere in the topic. feel free to look through the other things I've posted here.

ok, that's fine for now then.

keep this in mind though: once you get to high school, teachers will generally expect you to include more than that.

I actually work for a living and am not a bitter commie, so I understand perfectly well. Millions use Amazon every single day. Countless businesses thrive because they are able to operate through amazon. Those two things happen not by force, but because people choose to engage with Amazon because it makes things easier.

averagejoel posted...

never said they had to work at a specific place or starve to death. but they do have to work or starve to death, which gives the employer a distinct advantage in terms of bargaining power.

yes, because they choose to not starve to death.

this further highlights the power imbalance.

but also: without people to do the actual work, the company cannot exist.

the workers are taking more risk than the founder. they depend on their job for survival; the founder does not depend on the company for survival.

this could... use some elaboration

the issues I am describing are systemic. this is a solution at the individual level -- it does not fundamentally change anything.

I am not talking about risks the founder currently has, but the risks they took on in the first place. their current rewards are a long delayed return on their assumption of massive risk, investment, and time being the only one building the company.

Every individual low level employee is replaceable from day one of their employment. That is the opposite of the case for the creator.

And I don't need to elaborate on how companies like Amazon and Apple and Microsoft improve QOL for everyone. It is self-evident

Loan forgiveness is a garbage idea and even though I would personally benefit from it, I can't be for it. It completely absolves people of personal responsibility.

That said, the debt issue and action regarding it should be focused on interest. I would be fully on board with capping the interest way low and retroactively applying all payments made to the principal balance minus the adjusted interest rate.

That would help millions of people and likely eliminate their debt entirely, but it would eliminate it by using money they've already paid and make remaining debt for everyone else much more manageable

Nacen posted...

how is this remotely unpopular

I think it's certainly more unpopular to dislike games like the Witcher, which I'm pretty sure I do. I just have no interest in epic, long RPGs. My gaming preferences are much more casual and "plebeian"

"it isn't voluntary if the only other choice is "starve to death"

This is exactly what you said. No ones only choice is work at a specific place or strve to death. They work for billionaires because they choose to. They agree to their wage because they choose to.

Without any single one of them, the company doesn't notice. Without the founder and the risk and enormous investment on their part, the company ceases to ever exist along with the vast amounts of jobs and the economic stimulus they provide. Not to mention the ways in which they vastly improve QOL for pretty much everyone.

They gave a higher general net benefit to the country at large than any individual employee of theirs ever will.

If the employees want the same rewards, go create, innovate, lead, and take on the same risks necessary to start and build a mega company

averagejoel posted...

yes they do. from their employees who earned it. that's literally how they make money.

[citation needed]

corrections:
-they themselves do not provide the product or service. their employees do.
-they gain their wealth by underpaying the employees. if they paid their employees the actual value of their labour, they would not make any money themselves.

it isn't voluntary if the only other choice is "starve to death"

You think the choice is work at Amazon or starve to death? I dont work at Amazon, I'm not starving. And they literally don't steal it. A company they created, one that would not exist, along with its hundreds of thousands of jobs, without them creating it.

Warehouse workers enter employment voluntarily. They execute processes created by other people and are cogs in a machine they did nothing to create and do not innovate.

Are you under the impression they dont know their wage when they accept a job?

You reek of envy and bitterness.

averagejoel posted...

the issue is that people frequently frame donations like this as though the billionaire is being generous when that is not actually the case. billionaires essentially gained their wealth by stealing it from their employees and the general public, and by not paying their taxes (which charitable donations like this help them to do)

in addition, this is just one case of charitable donations. we don't always know that money donated to "charity" is always going to a good cause. many wealthy people can afford to create their own organization and get tax breaks from funding it. that's how we get The Heritage Foundation and other similar organizations.

This is all so full of shit. They dont steal their wealth. And they pay more in personal taxes than you and multiple generations of your family will ever even make. Do you voluntarily donate more in taxes then the minimum required? Thought not.

They gained their wealth through voluntary tary transactions made in exchange for whatever product or service they provide. And people choose to be a part of their companies. Everything is voluntary.

HaHaClintonDix posted...

Oh I know it's surely somewhere, likely on page 42 of this dense 69 page contract full of legalese that no sane person ever actually reads. It's a scummy practice and I'm not on any grounds to dispute the charge or anything, but it's absolutely fucked that it's just an industry standard.

Absolutely. Where I work, I added an inclusion in our contract that while we could increase rates at our discretion, we can only do so after providing a 30 (maybe 60, dont remember) day notice of the increase

clyde_frog posted...

This is like if you had $4000 in savings and donated $13. How is this anything to complain about? Joe Rogan did a great thing here in my book.

What I am disgusted with is someone like Jeff Bezos donating $680k to combat the wildfires when he could just as easily pay for the entire cost. I mean dear god, $680k for him is 0.00068% of his wealth. If we used the same metrics as before that would be like donating $0.03 on a $4000 savings. Thats fucking pathetic.

The money doesn't spend any differently than if it was a higher percentage of total wealth. Do you think Australians care or do you think they see $680k put toward their relief efforts?

It is absolutely not the same as you donating 3 cents of your 4k savings because 3 cents cost them more to accept than decline and 680k actually makes a difference.

Smashingpmkns posted...

The Last of Us has terrible gameplay.

Elaborate. I see this pop up a lot but I honestly loved everything about that game. Not rooted in nostalgia either since I just played it the first time a couple months ago

Tonyjaa posted...

1. Mass Effect Andromeda is a great game.
2. Mass Effect 3 is better than 2 in every way.
3. Bloodborne was just okay
4. Witcher 3 is the best game ever made.

I own the ME trilogy on 360 but never made myself start it. Seems like too much of a grind

The language is very likely in your contract which the consider notification

Edit: it is very customer unfriendly to increase rates without specific notification. Not defending the practice but it is technically something you agree to have happen

This may not be unpopular and is more just my personal preference, but I cant imagine caring about collectibles or achievements/trophies. Any achievement I get is an accident and let's say I clear out all outposts in a Far Cry game, it isnt to hunt a trophy for it but just because I dig the process.

FL81 posted...

* Street Fighter games are incredibly clunky and are outclassed by most other fighting games
* Monster Hunter is a long, boring grind of a game and isn't fun at all
* At no point was Sonic ever better than Mario

MK just seems so much more interesting and creative

It's kind of like planes vs. cars. Yes, cars are technically more dangerous, but I imagine where not every bad car crash ends in death, pretty much every bad plane crash ends in multiple.

Wedge Antilles posted...

Fun puzzle games with really solid humor.

Puzzles are my least favorite part of games that have them, but if it is the primary mechanic I imagine it would be a lot more fun

There are also readily available preventative and treatment options for the flu. Is it the same for the coronavirus?

Wedge Antilles posted...

Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion, but...

Portal 1>Portal 2

Portal 1 was the perfect length while Portal 2 felt like it dragged on way too much.

Whats the appeal of the Portal games? Never tried them and they don't seem in line with my norma, very basicl gaming preferences

Gurifisu posted...

Vanilla SMTIV was great
Umvc3 is the best MvC game
MGS4 is the best MGS
Ni no Kuni > Pokemon
Resident Evil 5 was great

Big agree there. I remember loving it. I started it early afternoon one day just to try it out and I think I played the entire game in one 16 hour sitting. I wasn't very good at it and fucked away all my ammo before Wesker and must have spent 3 hours retrying the boss fight. Played straight through the night and finally finished at like 8 the next morning.

EffectAndCause posted...

Mortal Kombat 4 is the best one.

It has one of my favorite Scorpion fatalities where he transforms into a giant scorpion (I guess after he decided being a penguin made no sense), pinchers the opponent's legs and impales them with his stinger then pulls them in half.

Would love to see that on current gen

Ranlom posted...

I really like Quan Chi's neck stretch fatality

I prefer his leg beating one

Shablagoo posted...

Thats not really what I meant. The money itself doesnt have some magic power. We either have the resources/ability or we dont.

I'm not really understanding what your point is though. Money doesn't necessarily have a magic power, but it does allow things to happen. Things, especially on such a huge scale, can't simply be free. There is a cost to everything