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DoomTheGyarados posted...

The only time I hear about them is when right wingers bring them up

Basically my experience with social justice warriors.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Hades also has a contest appearance that involved him getting murdered by Gordon Freeman and pre-Smash Simon Belmont.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Yeah I heard there was criticism over BOTW having weaker dungeons and plot than some past Zeldas.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

swordz9 posted...

Its an opinion and a lot of people are split on the weapon durability. Nothing wrong with saying its terrible. Sure there are tons of weapons to replace them, but its still tedious having them break constantly and having to pull out a new one mid battle. None of them really feel different enough either so its not like it matters what weapon you are using anyways

There's no problem with not liking it. There's a lot of problem with acting like it's indefensible. This sounds like kind of the point of the game though.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Was just skimming through your Mass Effect write-ups and now I actually remember watching a Let's Play of the game way back in 2012.

I returned to Crash Bandicoot, got FIVE Game Overs in the process of fighting Ripper Roo, and then the next level promptly kicked me something good again. Part of me feels like the level design might be improving, but I'm not entirely sure. I think most of my difficulty with this game comes from getting used to the jump physics - this feels A LOT different from the Mario and Sonic platformers I typically used to play. Doesn't help that I used to have similar problems with the 2D Mario games when I was younger, until from 2010 onwards I somehow no longer had them.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Holy hell, that's a lot to unpack.

First of all, weapon durability in BotW is the single worst game mechanic in any game I have ever played. It absolutely destroys the pacing of the game in order to artificially increase the play time.

Secondly, what the absolute fuck is that ranking list?

Sounds like you just refuse to adapt. Which is fine if you don't want to play a game like that, but then don't go acting like the mechanic is terrible.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

I've never had trouble getting used to Mario 64's controls.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Would anyone be interested to know what I think might be another reason there was no plan for the sequel trilogy?

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Regarding the sequel trilogy as a whole anyway, I just feel like a lot of problems people have with the films are pure nitpicks, many of which can be handwaved easily, for instance people complaining about Kylo Ren's real name being Ben when his mom didn't know Obi-Wan. Well, his dad and uncle did!

Also, many of the bigger problems people have with the films, particularly The Last Jedi, are problems that have been done worse by many other films. The entirety of Armageddon once the film gets to the asteroid is an even more aggravating waste of time than the space chase in TLJ, and movies like Bad Boys have idiotic subplots revolving around mis-communication.

Finally, I never really understood the problems people have with there being "too much humor" in the sequel trilogy movies. The original trilogy had its fair share of snark, after all. To be fair this might just be me viewing the new Star Wars films as simple blockbuster entertainment and therefore measuring my expectations accordingly.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Super Mario Sunshine's levels are better-designed for exploration than linear platforming while 64's are the opposite.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

I remember no such thing TBH.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

100%'d it for the first time back in 2014, still one of my favorite games. But it does show its age at times.

I never found the camera to be THAT bad, it mostly just has problems in tight spaces. Otherwise it's fine.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

The recent police activity is what I felt people might have feared from a Hillary Clinton administration.

Yes I'm still sore she lost, not even just because Trump. I swear people just didn't want a woman in office.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

What I find especially interesting is that after all is said and done, RE2make is projected to get a similar result against RE7 as RE4 is projected to get on RE1 in 2015 (they were both in the same eightpack and even faced a common opponent).

I don't know what to think of Mass Effect 2 being worth 54% on Bloodborne. That makes Bloodborne worth 59% on RE7 and Fire Emblem: Awakening worth 41% on Mass Effect 2. Feels like this might have been the weakest division strength-wise.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

In 5 and 6 yes, before that not so much.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Safer_777 posted...

SPOILERS

The movie was bad. Obviously not one of the worst ever but the worst Star Wars movie for sure. I mean they bring bad Emperor as the Big Bad. Do I need to say more? After 2 movies that we haven't heard anything about him now suddenly he is the Big Bad AND he had been orchestrated everything for more than 30 years and he has build all these ships. Sure. Oh and he was a Clone too. Yeah.

How even 1 fan of the series can support this movie I don't get it.

What really gets me is how out of the sequel trilogy, it's The Last Jedi that is often held up as emblematic of everything wrong with it and not Rise of Skywalker. But to be fair TLJ is slower-paced and puts more emphasis on its fan-unfriendly aspects so there.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Mewtwo murdered Pikachu in a similar bonus match that contest for what it's worth.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

What does that even mean?

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

HanOfTheNekos posted...

I don't remember a single person saying a good thing about Ultron when it was released. If anything, it was utterly forgettable.

The hate comes from watching it, and realizing it is a bad movie.

Doug Walker liked Age of Ultron. I think he said he preferred it to the original.

He's a huge MCU fanboy though. The only Marvel movies he doesn't like are Hulk, Iron Man 2, The Dark World, and Captain Marvel.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Alucard did better against Cloud than Squall did against Zelda. Cloud managed to hold off Zelda later in the contest. Case closed.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

I beat the level I finished off on yesterday, but I got I think four or five game overs in the process, not kidding. Thankfully the level in question (Native Fortress I think it's called?) had a ton of extra lives right at the end, as if anticipating how difficult players would find it. I went into this session planning only to beat the one level, but I felt so good afterwards that I went right on ahead to the next one, which I finished without much hassle. Then Ripper Roo kicked my ass all the way to Sunday and I decided to stop here for now.

I don't know entirely how to put this, but the takeaway from this session for me is how good it can feel to know the specific sequence to take and execute it closer to perfection each time. It may involve a lot of trial-and-error, but the feeling of accomplishment is worth it. That said, the thing that tripped me up the most was not really knowing how to make longer jumps. XIII_Rocks told me in a PM he finds the controls in the collection overly responsive, which I might agree with. I hear the other two games are easier though, so another good sign.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

I disagree with the latter but I don't entirely know why. Maybe just a hunch.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Well keep in mind many of those people don't dislike the prequels.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Way back in 2002, and never since.

Nominate Purple Tentacle (Day of the Tentacle)

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Got the N. Sane Trilogy on Switch and started Crash 1. It's a fairly basic linear 3D platformer. It does do a lot well, namely how it successfully replicates the feel of a classic 2D platformer in 3D, the variety in environments, and the steady introduction of new mechanics, but the game largely feels unremarkable so far. I got a few levels in, past the first boss, and my gameplay started out careful but then gradually got more and more lax to the point I got a game over. Lost a lot of lives on the first hog level, that was pretty annoying.

Thankfully I hear the other two games are supposed to be better, which is a good sign. I suppose I should also mention that I do really like the presentation of the N. Sane Trilogy!

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

City states are so dumb.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Alucard probably beats Squall too.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Count me as one of those guys who vastly prefers Civ4 to 5.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

There are three different DCEU films that were worse-received than any of Disney's Star Wars films though.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

MGS2 is a massive prank.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

I'd have to "objectively" state the DCEU because everything about how it has been managed is an ungodly mess. Literally doing a Zack Snyder's Justice League series on an upcoming streaming service for heaven's sake.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Also I feel like people really overstate how badly the Star Wars IP has been managed. It's nothing compared to the DCEU (literally putting a Zack Snyder's Justice League mini-series on HBO Max, that's how desperate they are) or Sony Pictures in general.

At worst, Star Wars went from being the biggest movie franchise to being just another big movie franchise. Actually maybe that is really bad considering.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Safer_777 posted...

But is this true? I mean Yakuza games and Sonic games have nothing in common. So why not release both of the series?

It's not so much that, as the case that until recently Sonic was basically Sega's only cash cow franchise, which kept Sega releasing games of questionable quality in that franchise. Now that they have other stuff, they don't need to lean on Sonic so hard anymore.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

When I watched Return of the Jedi to cap the original trilogy two years ago, I thought it was pretty much the perfect conclusion. I definitely get the issues people have with the movie, and it's still probably the weakest of the three, but as a feature-length 3rd act it is pretty amazing IMHO.

It's not even so much original trilogy purists as it is, to at least some extent, George Lucas purists.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Captain Marvel > Shazam confirmed

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

The whole thing about The Last Jedi to me is that a subset of Star Wars fans act like it's some massive atrocity and then list reasons that don't sound anywhere near that bad to me.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Keep in mind Yakuza has becoming another cash cow franchise for Sega, helping to revive the company's fortunes as of late. It's also the reason no new Sonic game has come out since 2017.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

If I end up playing it, I'll probably just write about the game in this thread rather than creating a new topic.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Rocket League is definitely casual bait, just not the same kind as something like GTA.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Thinking of getting the Crash Bandicoot Trilogy on Switch.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

I'm not entirely sure why I just picked Portal 2 to win without thinking twice TBH. Probably just operating on the assumption that KH3 would be weak, which turned out to be correct!

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

I should mention that YouTuber Thor Skywalker polled his viewers on whether their opinion on the prequels has improved, and more than 60% of them said they never disliked them in the first place. Given the new Star Wars films were made largely to win back those turned off from the franchise by the prequels, it's not surprising that this approach could backfire among this subsection of the Star Wars fanbase.

The problem then is that these fans act like the franchise is entitled to them and only them, which is unbelievably ridiculous and destroys any sympathy I have.. This franchise has been a mainstream phenomenon since its inception, as opposed to something like Star Trek which built up a cult following over time, so this idea of Star Wars being for a relatively small group of people makes no sense to me. The most they can claim is keeping the franchise alive through the popularity of the expanded universe, but even then that doesn't excuse this horrible conduct.

It's like nowadays, if something isn't a masterpiece it's completely terrible, and every single aspect of it must come under heavy criticism. What the heck? I also think the notion that critics praised The Last Jedi just because it aligned with their political views, while not without a tiny amount of basis, is a load of hogwash, and I didn't even like the movie! Though I don't like most newer movies, to be fair.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

All right, I'll start listening to it now.

With Star Wars, it was a constant presence in my life ever since Episode I came out, but it took me until 2018 to fully appreciate the original trilogy - and even then mostly in the context of when they came out, since I had gotten comfortable enough watching movies from the '70s and '80s. Watching the movies again that summer helped shed light on the problems I have with the later Star Wars films.

I haven't seen The Force Awakens since it came out, but I vaguely remember liking it and think I still would if I watched again, albeit with plenty of reservations. I saw The Last Jedi at home with my family in 2018 after watching the original trilogy and while I didn't like it a whole lot, I still didn't find it anywhere near as bad as many say, although I definitely understand where the hate comes from (and no it's not entirely because people are racist or sexist, though there is a fair amount of that). To me though, the movie still did what it needed to do and it just could have done it better. Rise of Skywalker is I swear the most generic Hollywood blockbuster ever made.

What truly astonishes me about the fan culture surrounding these films is how viciously people hate them. I've never seen anything like this, not even with stuff like Metroid: Other M, and all this for three movies which were overall well-received and have their fair share of fans anyway. But no, these so-called Star Wars fans act like the whole trilogy is a waste and that nothing good came out of it, which is insane. I can rationalize this seething hatred for the films, but mostly due to outside circumstances that have little to do with the movies themselves and more with the people watching them and industry trends. So yeah, these Star Wars "fans" come across to me as entitled whiny cry-babies who didn't get what they want, some of them even stooping to such a low as to accuse the movies of being bad because they have more women and people of color in them (the horror!) and then complain when they get lumped in with Trump supporters. Did I mention how much I hate the politicization of film discussion these days, all because there are more women and POC in movies nowadays? Newsflash: white men are not the default state of humanity guys! Stop saying stuff that can get you painted as racist or sexist. It shouldn't be that hard.

I could go on, but I'll stop here for now.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

It's not even just that New Vegas wasn't actually made by Bethesda. It was made by a studio that included some of the people who worked on the older Fallout games, and as such is considered to be their true successor within the Fallout fandom. Dark Souls III is often accused of being too similar to its predecessors.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

VVVVVV felt like one of those games installed into a space station you play up there.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Rallies bring out the worst in the board. And this is the one contest I wanted to see rallies in.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Peace___Frog posted...

Lms, no one would dare accuse you of being a feminist. Many users here actually are feminists.

Good. Because I'm starting to seriously believe that Trump is president just because people didn't want a woman in office.

I mean, obviously it's not as simple as that, but it's what it comes down to.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

Xenoblade is a game few have played but many respect.
Overwatch is a game many have played but few respect.

Especially with the ongoing s***show that is Blizzard as of now. And I actually can believe the whole Blitzchung thing was just Blizzard not wanting people to express their political views while playing their game, but oh boy.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.

BetrayedTangy posted...

I'm with you on VII's minigames, but the random encounters are great. Them being so weird just makes them memorable.

Hey yeah, tells you how much I like the game for that to be one of my "complaints".

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Dancedreamer posted...

I feel like the only ad Joe Biden needs to run is one that plays him underestimating the corona virus, and then putting up the stark figure of 100k americans died under his watch.

This whole thing just really irks me. Apparently it was super horrible that Hillary Clinton committed war crimes even though she had already been cleared of wrongdoing (plus she helped coordinate the attack that captured bin Laden), but those same people say nothing about the millions of CIVILIANS whose lives have been put in danger through Trump's negligence? WTF.

Yes, I'm still bitter Hillary Clinton lost. Not just because Trump. And I don't give a toss about feminism anyways, so don't accuse me of that.

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People complaining about SJWs are such hypocrites when they're just as easily offended, if not moreso.