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joemodda posted...

Not sure how I feel about the battlepass-esque release model

It's more Civ content, so I'm fine. After 900+ hours and dicking around with a lot of mods, more options are nice.

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It would never happen, there's literally no world where this would happen, and Trump is talking out of his ass, as per usual.

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Hotel_Security posted...

Let's use this singular event to make sweeping statements about large groups of people or the country in general!

1) I'm not sure what group of people you are referring to, unless it's the anti-mask crowd. In which case, yeah, this is kinda on point about that group.
2) This is far and away from the only incident of something like this happen. A guard at a Dollar Tree was shot in the face and killed over telling someone to wear a mask. There's definitely a type out there not only refusing to comply, but straight-up going to violence when told to.

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Whoa, slow down there with the bold predictions, TC!

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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Watch insurance jump like crazy.

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Zedonra posted...

-Tales of JRPG mainline as long as it isn't trash like Zestiria

>_>
I bought that for Steam years ago (and it came with a free HD ToS), but I haven't played it yet. I never heard anyone talk about it...is it bad?

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I like crab, but I also get impatient cracking them open, to the point where I just skip ordering them at my local seafood broil place anymore.

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RCtheWSBC posted...

Lmao jeez Cyborg

>_> I mean, I didn't buy her the game thinking it would get me laid, it was just a happy coincidence.

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RCtheWSBC posted...

Duuuude no way! Those games are how I met my childhood best friend in 4th grade. We spent years buying each other and playing all those games together. We've even started replaying the games over Zoom together during the quarantine!

Truly. My younger sister got into games because I played them (she still plays Steam games and whatnot), and eventually got into the ND games. So in fairness, I played them along with her, and liked them. They aren't bad little point and click adventures. I started with #3 (the treasure in the manor?), but #5 (the Houdini theater) was my favorite (because magic). I played the first 10 and I think a few scattershot ones afterwards. My sister still has all of them and buys them when they come out. As it so happens, she's very good at Escape Rooms.

Hell, those games got me laid. I had a friendly flirtation with a co-worker, who went gaga when she found out I played the games ("IT'S LOCKED!", we'd like to quote). I bought her the newest one just for fun years ago. She came over so we could play together, which lasted about 10 minutes, until she realized the only mystery she wanted to solve was how quickly I could take her clothes off.

Good times.

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deoxxys posted...

That does sound like a good incentive.

Though maybe I played post-patch when they eased up on the timers? Because I'm 80 hours into my run and asides from once or twice, I dont think I have ever had less then 5 turns leftover, unless I was purposely sitting around waiting for reinforcements to farm for XP.

This. I played XCOM2 twice, once when it was released, and again after the Chosen DLC (and I got all the other DLC, too). I don't remember them being on that many missions, or feeling like they overburdened me.

A big drawback of TBS games is how easy it is to turtle and cheese most of them, and this was a big problem for XCOM 1, where Overwatch was a bit OP and you could just hunker down and overwatch your way to victory a majority of the time. Some missions being timed is an obvious solution to that. And honestly, sounds a bit like a casual vs. hardcore preference, since being forced to move and think faster, and less able to cheese it makes for a harder challenge.

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Jen0125 posted...

I have all those.

Then you need to do nothing, because you're already fine. Your systems worked and possibly scared someone off.

I say possibly, because I'm not seeing evidence that someone actually tried to break in. Your alarm could have just gone rogue. Even if it didn't, your system worked, so....

Jen0125 posted...

And there are no hurdles to becoming a gun owner here. I go to the store, I buy a gun. If I want to be safe I practice at the range and take a safety course. It'll probably be easier and less time consuming to buy a gun than it was to get my security system installed.

This is what I meant. Since America is a joke, obtaining a gun is laughably easy, which wasn't what I was referring to. Being the mythical "responsible gun owner" does require some hurdles, though. But seeing as you are debating getting one for illogical reasons, I'm doubting your plan to go that route.

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Jen0125 posted...

I don't understand the comment. Every home has locks on the doors and windows.

Then what are you worried about? No one is going to XCom style break through your window and come and harm you. No, seriously, the statistics of that happening nearly approach zero in America. If your solution is to get a gun because your alarm went off, it's a knee jerk reaction that will do the opposite of what you think it will (protection).

Get outdoor cameras or motion sensor lights. Hell, the cameras can be fake. Deterrence is the best way to end any fear of a break in. Way cheaper, and without the risks and hurdles of becoming a new gun owner.

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RCtheWSBC posted...

Used to be The Sims and Nancy Drew PC games. Now it's Animal Crossing

Heh. I've actually played, like, 10 of those.

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As in, when X game from Y series comes out, you basically put all other games, if not activities, on hold, and it goes to the top of your priority list?

Mine that I can think of:
-Zelda
-Borderlands
-XCom
-Fire Emblem
-Diablo
-Mario (mainline 2D and 3D entries).
-Xenoblade
-Smash Bros.
-Bioshock

Was a harder list to make than I thought, because even though I really like some other series, there are some iterations that I haven't even played (I skipped basically every Animal Crossing since the GNC one, for example) or some that have faded with time (I *almost* want to put Pokemon down, but I waited a week for S&S, and I haven't bothered with anything outside of the mainline series besides Go, including Hey You Pikachu).

And even THEN I'm not even being totally consistent- I didn't get the Link's Awakening remake, but I think it being a remake (even a very good one) allows me to let it slide.

So, what about you? What game series do you put everything else on pause for to play?

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You should probably tell him better home locks are cheaper, safer, and will go a way farther way to "keeping you safe" than a gun ever will.

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XCom 2 is a TBS masterpiece. That said, all the XCom games do need a bit more "readibility", in terms of when you're in range, cover advantages, when walls actually protect/cloak you, enemy ability/shot range, etc. You get used to it after playing the series after a while (almost all cover is just that, cover, and it's pretty hard to be untargetable in the game, etc.). At the very least, they should borrow from the Fire Emblem series, and allow you to backtrack your movement in order to see what the best shot you can get is, and how vulnerable this leaves you to an enemy. What likely happened to you is you moved into an area that had an unfavorable angle on how the enemy was covered.

That said, the XCom2 DLC makes the game such an ass-kicking of a good time. Had a level with one of the super-mutant things and a Chosen, and a super tough boss. My elite squad barely made it through it.

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Bulbasaur posted...

if you take the switch fanboys word as gospel, a switch pro is something that's been coming out every year for the past 3 years.

To be fair, it's been industry practice for a while now for companies to release a "super" console version like 3 years down the line. Nintendo is especially guilty of new iterations of the same device (although almost exclusively to their portables, not home consoles...but since the Switch is both, the jury is out).

Honestly, I hope Nintendo just sticks to the Switch design in the future, with incremental upgrades and improvements. The portable/docking style is just so damn useful.

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Actually, my answer is the same more or less as PO's. I never had a "big dream" or heroes/role models. I've really not had a lot of want in my life, so being content in the day-to-day could be why that is. Hell, I don't think it dawned on me until after college that being an author (as in, publishing a work and having someone buy it) would be something I would like to do. And other wants I have aren't what I would call "dreams"- like, I want to visit X country, or get my pilot's license is on the list, but I think the only "dream" I have besides writing is to hit the lottery and become stupid rich, so I can just do whatever I want.

It's annoying, because every new UPM/Producer you meet on a show (especially when you're lower on the totem pole) asks you "What do you want to do in your life/film?" I learned that it's better to give some bullshit fluff answer ("I wanna be a Producer!") or something than say, "I dunno, I'm kinda OK just working and seeing which way the wind blows."

That's not to say I'm not ambitious, but the range in which I'm willing to really pursue a goal is narrow. I mean, I would like to be a UPM/Producer someday, but I'm not willing to make it my driving motivation in life, considering the annoying amount of hard work/luck that would have to go into making that happen.

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How about don't do social meet ups during a pandemic.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Yes, every song that band does is basically about Tolkien or dwarves.

Reminds me of Alestorm, a Scottish group that has the gimmick of "pirate metal."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55CqLc6IR0&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1F6j9ld_O4kIsIxJFNpqvlCM2VnNt6E1dxYnKjdm-hLTQo643f_rxslhY

Or Sabaton, the Swedish group where all their songs revolve around WW2 battles or events.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVWEb-At8yc

Assuming the Judas Priest concert I'm seeing in October actually still happens, Sabaton will be the opening act.

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I tend to agree. The last JRPG series I enjoyed was the Xenoblade series, which takes a lot of cues from Western style MMOs. Before that, it's mostly the Takes series, or one offs like Baten Kaitos I liked.

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Entity13 posted...

On the contrary, I'm not speaking poorly of ToS, but I am acknowledging how trope-heavy it is. The difference here is that ToS handles those tropes well, the cutscenes are not obnoxious in length nor in number (DQXI makes you sit through doors opening or several items being acquired), and there's even a little replay value for the next time you feel like starting a file of it. ToS, for whatever flaws it may or may not have, tries to feel organic and have a flow to it.

DQXI goes out of its way to interrupt its own flow so you are fully aware you picked up that orb, or that you won some money in the casino, or whatever else.

Alright, this checks out.

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Entity13 posted...

Really, the only impressive thing about this game is how loaded with tropes it is, and this is coming from someone that loves "Tales of Symphonia."

We don't speak poorly about ToS around these parts.

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funkyfritter posted...

The story is bad. Core gameplay has some great additions compared to the previous games but their attempt at end game content just got overhauled and isn't in a good state right now.

Nah, the new Mayhem mode is great, and gives a reason to dive back into the game. The amount of DLC, free and paid, churning out at regular intervals has been impressive as well.

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Krazy_Kirby posted...

and people thinking bush cause katrina was any smarter?

The only ones who thought human beings have the power to cause hurricanes are the Evangelists that thought it was because gay people exist, and God was punishing us.

Bush's horrendous response to Hurricane Katrina is what you're *trying*, and failing to say here.

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CRAWWWLLINNGGGG INNN MYYYYYY SKIIIINNNN

I remember PotD where that was a common meme.

And man, LP's last album was shit, but RIP Chester.

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blu posted...

I can't tell if that's photoshopped or a trolling protestor...my guess is towards photoshopped.

Not sure if it even matters if it is, since there's plenty of real footage of people of this ilk saying stuff just as stupid.

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The good news is, the only people dumb enough to follow his suggestions are his supporters. So, you see, the problem kinda takes care of itself.

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Lokarin posted...

Depends greatly on the rules of the fight.

While these battle questions are always ridiculous, this is the most important question. Because with the Trifoce and Ocarina allowed, Link is basically a God that can also time travel, meaning he would win the fight before it even began. And that's just the OoT version -in MM, he actually can become a God.

But yeah, Link wins this. He has an insane amount of durability and tricks, with a varied arsenal and a good amount of offense, and that's even before you get into his god-like abilities. And hell, if glitches are allowed, there's a very easy to-do glitch in OoT that allows you to get 24 fairy bottles. But I'll assume that can be left out. Essentially, Link can just win a war of attrition against Cloud, if nothing else.

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The GFaqs demographic is basically:
East>West
Console>PC
Nintendo>all

There are very few exceptions to these rules.

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xjayguyx posted...

Where you hear that from? CNN? Lol..

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/?cid=rrpromo

Keep in mind, 538's aggregate tends to slightly over-weigh the popularity by a percentage point or two. He was hardstuck in the mid-high 30's his first year, and I can only assume his "climb" to low 40's is result of people accepting the new normal. Which is a tad odd, since there's been a harsh rubberband effect against him and the GOP ever since.

deoxxys posted...

With Bernie gone, Trump might get re-elected, thats a shame I would have voted for Bernie.

Biden is like an average +8% nationally on Trump in polling. Meanwhile, virtually no polls show Bernie doing better than tying Trump. Bernie simply wasn't electable, which should be obvious with how his campaign turned out this time around.

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darcandkharg31 posted...

Hasn't it been at like 40% for years? idk

It's basically been hardstuck around 41%, with minor fluctuations here and there. His rally to the flag bump is already falling off, though.

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Revelation34 posted...

It is?

Yep. Invented and founded in America. There's only like 16 million those that belong worldiwde, and like 90% of them live in America. I think the Philippines has the second most with like 600K. So it's pretty common for non-Americans to not really know Mormons are a real thing. And since they are (rightfully) almost always portrayed as a joke in American media, even foreigners heavily exposed to American media might not know much more of the subject matter than that.

That's kinda what 1 or 2 of the Brits thought, that Mormonism was just a strawman that the musical had invented as an allegory to all religion being silly in general.

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Real answer: the game developers probably just kinda forgot, didn't care, or ran out of time (it's known that TWW was rushed a lot was cut from it).

Trying to lore it out doesn't make it much better. Sure, a massive, cataclysmic flood that turns the entire world into 95% ocean isn't great for a heavy, arid-based species that eats rocks. But you know what else a cataclysmic flood isn't good for? Virtually everything else. Since the Gorons live on Death Mountain/mountaisn in general, they actually should have had the easiest time surviving, since their territory would be the least affected by an ocean flood, due to elevation. This could be why that the few we see look to have not evolved at all, actually.

Strangely, the Zora should have thrived, but instead evolved into birds. I guess this could be because Zoras mostly live in shallow, fresh-water lake/river systems, and a (probable) salt-water, deep ocean environment would be death to them, and they would have nowhere else to go to, unlike the other species. And fuck knows what sense it makes for the Kokiri to "evolve" into Koroks.

Basically, it's best not to think too much on it.

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Unbridled9 posted...

For the people who say religion is not needed for morality.

It's not. Question answered, problem solved.

We know this to be objectively true, since rules of law that forbade murder, theft, etc. existed not only before Christianity, but in civilizations where their religion had no concept of sin, or no "commandments" that specifically condoned <insert sin here>.

It's entirely based on empathy and common sense, because society literally wouldn't be possible with wanton murder, rape, theft, and destruction. Humans would have been wiped out long ago. And even if it was, there's a good segment of the population that wouldn't participate, anyways. It's a known fact that some people just don't have the capacity to be amoral (in a grave, "sinful" way, I mean). If the Purge were a real thing, plenty of people simply wouldn't participate, for example.

And here's the final kicker: animal societies don't permit this shit, either. Virtually all animal societies ostracize their fellow beasts that violates social norms, steals food, etc. Beings with zero concept of gods don't tolerate reckless abandon, either, because again, it would lead to the collapse of said species.

This isn't up for debate. Religions co-oped moral codes because not only a natural thing, but because virtually all religions started off with the idea of ruling their societies. Might as well mix in moral codes and rules if you want said religion to be the law, instead of, you know, the law.

Had the Aztec religion survived and become the dominate world religion instead of Christianity I can practically guarantee you that something like murder would be seen as far less immoral than it is now.

See, this is really one of those situations where you really should know what you're talking about before spouting off. You clearly know nothing of Aztec society if you're going to equate sacrifice with simple murder, and amorality.

Murder was outlawed in Aztec society (no shit, it was outlawed in all societies). Sacrifice was rarely ever performed on a citizen, and instead was done to prisoners of war from other civilizations almost exclusively. And you seem to not know that pretty much all religions are totally OK with killing people (not the same as murder) if it's for <insert reason here>. Just like how plenty of Christians are OK with the death penalty. Or torture. Or war. Or dying from COVID, and getting a bunch of other people sick with COVID because they won't shutter their churches despite being ordered to. Or how the Lt. Gov. of Texas today literally said "some things are more important than living." Or hell, straight up murder, so long as the target was an undesirable, or it meant not having gun reform.

Crusades? Witch Trials? Inquisitions? Etc. upon etc.

As you can see, not only does religion not have the final say on morality, religion is almost uniquely gifted at finding ways to excuse and condone truly horrific, amoral acts. At least sacrifice was an act directly tied to Aztec society and religion.

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I was the unicorn kid that was in theater and on the football team in high school. So I'm well acquainted with doing musicals.

I actually bought a 20 DVD collection of musicals, because I realized there are quite a few "classics" I've never seen. I'm going to try and tackle some while quarantine persists.

And Book of Mormon is absolute gold. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is also a great time. Still, Avenue Q may always be my diamond in the crown of musical experiences.

I basically saw it without almost zero idea what I was walking into, aside from the fact that there were puppets akin to Sesame Street. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard in a theater, film or otherwise.And knowing almost nothing about it absolutely made it so much better. Most theater nerds tend to listen to the soundtrack and really get to know a show before finally seeing it. To me it's kinda strange, because it feels like looking up a movie or script leak before seeing it. But I get that the unique experience of theater makes it a little different, and unlike film releases, new shows come out only in a handful of cities, are expensive, often sold out, and take a long time to travel.

But I've made a concrete choice to not listen to the music or look up too much about a show if it sounds like it'll interest me. Because I know for me, it absolutely makes it that much better. I intentionally avoided finding out too much about Book of Mormon, and it was that much more enjoyable.

Hamilton I know way too much about, mostly because too many of my friends basically forced it on me. But it's supposed to come here next year, and I'll see it anyways.

Also: The first time I saw Book of Mormon, I was in London. Which might have made it even better in some ways, because I enjoyed explaining to a few Brits sitting next to me that, yes, Mormonism was a real thing (a few of them didn't know that, and I had to check myself that it was a uniquely American thing).

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The Wave Master posted...

I like to think that people are inherently good, but my life experiences tell me otherwise

I would buy that most people are "good" instead of "bad", charitable instead of cruel.

My problem is I tend to think almost all humans aside from me are morons or heavily flawed, which leads to them doing thing that are bad/cruel, but due to ignorance instead of malice. The means don't really get points though, since the end is still that a lot of society is an annoying and miserable place because the people that inhabit it are moronic and selfish.

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I still play.

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Mead posted...

These morons likely contributed to a stronger second wave of the virus which has a good chance of extending the stay at home order that theyre so upset about

Cant get much more stupid than that

A hallmark of conservative ideology is to do the very thing that they constantly claim to dislike.

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TC's very first article says the company didn't change the logo because of racist claims.

Flopic.

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The annoying thing is you can't even arrest these people, since throwing them in jail could just spread the virus in a tightly confined space, if even 1 of them has it.

Fines should be in order.

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Revelation34 posted...

The Wii's initial release proves your post wrong.

Quite the opposite: the Wii is the absolutely easiest example to disprove.

Nintendo had just come off of the Gamecube, which sold so poorly that they literally SHUT DOWN manufacturing of them for a time in order to clear stock. And it wasn't until they slashed the price to $100 and started selling the console at a loss (which they traditionally never do) to finally get sales back up again.

So not only could Nintendo not have known the Wii would sell like hotcakes, they were already understandably gun shy out of the gate due to their recent failures. But don't take Nintendo's own surprise- just look at literally every game publisher being astonished at the Wii sales, and promising to ramp up game development to accommodate (to the result of endless shovelware, mostly). Or, you know, how every gamer was equally surprised that the Wii was selling so well. Or the fact that Nintendo opened up an entirely new production line to meet demand once it became apparent the Wii was a hit.

Which, naturally, bit them with the Wii U, as they had to slow production on that once it became apparent that the console was a flop.

This isn't rocket science, but you people really are trying to make it out to be. I'm more curious how you think companies have crystal balls to see what will be hot and what will be not.

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adjl posted...

Yeah, given that it is easily the most influential game of the decade (and one of the most significant games ever published), I'm amazed Minecraft did so poorly. I understand Spiderman's good and all, but there must have been some kind of anti-Minecraft bias at play there.

The rule of thumb for GameFaqs is:
East>West
Console>PC
Nintendo>all

In that order. The first 2 are waaaay more influential than "NintendoFAQS" ever has been. Which is why Minecraft getting bodied isn't that surprising, and why "influence" is only so much.

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faramir77 posted...

Doesn't have the same cultural influence as Skyrim had. BotW is my second place game of the decade, and finally dethroned Ocarina of Time as my favourite Zelda, but it doesn't touch Skyrim.

I don't know if that quite counts if much of the cultural influence came from memes and making fun of it. And if we're speaking culturally in pure gaming circle sense, I'd argue any of the Fallouts have achieved a stronger lasting impact (which might not be exactly fair, seeing as there have been way more of those released).

I wouldn't try to use that claim, anyways. Not only is it extremely relative to gage, Skyrim likely isn't even top 5 in influence in this competition. After all, Minecraft and GTA 5, the 1st and 2nd highest selling games EVER (with about 6x and 4x the sales of Skyrim respectively) easily have a better case of impact and influence. Hell, millions of kids are and have growing up with Minecraft as their gateway game, as Pokemon and Mario and others before them.

So, I'll just stick to quality. And BotW is damn near flawless.

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faramir77 posted...

Came here to say this.

It'll be BotW. Which is fair, considering it wasn't a glitchy train wreck.

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To be fair, almost all the games Nintendo ones had to compete with were utter lightweights that likely would only stand a chance against other lightweights.

The lone exception would be AC: New Leaf over SF V, but the new Animal Crossing is definitely giving the entire series a boost. In the inverse, I'm surprised FE: Awakenin lost to Bloodborne.

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TheSlinja posted...

Zues anybody who tried to buy any of the early amibos know they shortprinted those shits to create scarcity, the only one talking out their ass is you, unless you have a good reason for why they made so few of them

Amiibos are probably the most cited "example" of this, but this, too, is very easily explained away:

1. The shortage really on applied to SSB amiibos. Other games didn't really have this problem.
2. Making something like amiibos was a new thing for Nintendo.
3. SSB4 needed to have 50+ different amiibos for it, which is a hefty challenge.

Nintendo really couldn't have guessed just HOW popular amiibos would be, seeing as they had no data to support how well a toy-like device would sell for them. But the big challenge is the shear number of different types of amiibos Smash required - one for every fighter. That's a shit tone of molds to make. Further more, it's not like Nintendo knows how popular each one would be. They could bet that Mario, Pikachu, Link, etc. ones would sell, but how do you determine how many Wolf, or Mr. Game & Watch ones would sell? You would never make the same amount of Wolf ones as Mario, and it's no mistake that the first wave was of Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, etc. - popular figures that could be used to gage customer interest. Hell, we know this to be true, because some, like the Shulk amiibo, were Gamestop exclusives, and never made again. Which makes sense, but he's not exactly a headline character compared to the rest of the bunch.

Since seeing how popular amiibos were since SSb4, Nintendo really hasn't had a problem meeting demand since (and it certainly helps that they only had to make a handful of new ones for SSBU).

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Mead posted...

Doesnt nintendo have a history of intentional creating scarcity of their products? Im sure the game is selling very well but its got some steep competition this year

No. There's a history of people making this idiotic claim, though, despite it going against even a child's understanding of economics. You don't artificially create a shortage of something you ALREADY think will sell really well- you'd make MORE of it. The *only* way it'd make sense to make an artificial shortage is if you price gouge, especially on future production waves. But that doesn't happen. Not to mention, video games are very heavily reliant on pre-sales/Day 1 sales. Sales tend to have large falloffs right after, which is why you see AAA games go on 30-50% sales just months after release. So the idea would be to flood the availability out of the gate, and then taper back from there (which is what actually happens).

The idea of forced scarcity makes even LESS sense than the already no sense that it does when you consider all games are digital now. The time and effort spent looking around town for a physical copy could be achieved with a $20 micro SD card purchase, if you don't have the space.

No other Switch games have been hard to find. It just so happens it dropped right as large-scale stay-at-home orders were going into place, and it's a fantastic time sink for those stuck at home. COVID is spurring the sales of an already popular game.


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I'm at once both intrigued and dismayed. Really, all RE4 :needs" for a remake is a total graphics overhall, and that's basically it. The dialogue, the scenes, the atmosphere, the fights, the rest if damn near perfect.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's almost as if, if you write a character who is interesting and relatable, people will like them, regardless of whatever social politics are attached to them. But if you craft a character who is literally nothing but social politics posturing aimed directly at jerking off Tumblr, no one actually buys the comics (because it's pretty clear at this point that SJWs don't actually consume the media they complain about, even when it gives them everything they claim to want).

Current Hollywood is painfully learning this obvious lesson as well. Execs have a million reasons why films like Ocean's 8, Ghostbusters, or new Charlie's Angels flopped, but none of them seem to be "people don't like gender-swapping established properties in a shallow and obvious cash-grab attempt (well, Charlie's wasn't gender-swapped. Rather, it was subversive and tried to go against the very reason anyone gave a shit about the series to begin with: hot women playing spy by being hot and fun).

As you said a few paragraphs down, it's both sad and confusing, because it shows how little faith they have in creating original content that headlines a woman, while simultaneously having piles of examples that have been around for decades to work from (Alien, Kill Bill, Westworld, etc.).

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