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Wow the mainstream site favours mainstream games and gameplay. Shocking.
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CM_Ponch posted...

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Don't they own Humble Bundle? So it is true for any games sold on that store.

What article was that on anyway? I'm curious.

Pokemon

Veggeta X posted...

You think are websight is any different?

Gamefaqs isn't a journalism site

Doesn't come up for me. Maybe because I'm on the AU site?
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Uncharted 3 got the whole "why did you give this perfect game an 8/10!" controversy too lol
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Wow. After the whole Prey 2 saga they eventually got swallowed up by Bethesda. Which was apparently what Bethesda wanted all the way back then.
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Googling it brings me to a whole bunch of Daily Deal articles. Like this one

https://www.ign.com/articles/amazon-black-friday-2019-what-deals-to-expect

Which reviews have this disclaimer?
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Don't they own Humble Bundle? So it is true for any games sold on that store.

What article was that on anyway? I'm curious.
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Team Sonic Racing is a good game. Pretty overlooked.
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Verdekal posted...

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Johnson is immune and I don't think The Arbiter ever got bit or infected.

But there are spores. Look how misty it gets.

Pretty sure you get infected by those popper things.
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Johnson is immune and I don't think The Arbiter ever got bit or infected.
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I get that the game is disappointing to most of its fanbase.

But the discourse around it has been so incredibly pathetic. If you're getting upset about people liking it take a step back.

That's not getting into the sheer amount of ignorant bullshit about game development being spouted out over this game.
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TheGoldenEel posted...

the issue is primarily that there arent areas to explore,

The negative review you mentioned specifically talks about the wild area.

TheGoldenEel posted...

and everything has been dumbed down to the point of walking from point a to point b in a straight line

That's what most of Pokemon is for most people. What were the interesting dungeons in Sun/Moon? Or X/Y?
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Basically if you're happy to just collect the new Pokemon, explore the new areas and be done with it within 25-50 hours it's fun enough.

If you're a heavily invested fan who wants to carry over all of their old Pokemon and cares about the meta it sucks.
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https://youtu.be/I_amI4Vep00

Here's a presentation they did a few hours before The Lion King debuted in cinemas where they made a big deal about both the movie and the game (the game stuff is about halfway through). This was back when they got their in-house Disney animators to help out with the game. Apparently Hans Zimmer even made some music for the Lion King game too.

Weird how quick things can change. Disney was a pioneer in the video game space with Lion King and Aladdin. Apparently Lion King was the first game developed alongside the movie. Then they stopped giving a shit a few years later. Since then they go back to games now and again but they usually make weird decisions.
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darkphoenix181 posted...

People love Star Wars.
Then came prequels. Less people loved star wars.
Then came new trilogy. Less still love it.

Nah they both bring a new generation of fans which more than makes up for people who disliked them. Without the new movies less people would bother watching the old ones too.
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Skye Reynolds posted...

Gambling factored into the plot of Casino Royale. He hasn't done in outside of that one scene

Lol one scene. Maybe you should rewatch that movie sometime.

The gambling in Casino Royale alone outnumbers any other Bonds gambling screen time.

Skye Reynolds posted...

The big martini moment has been the aforementioned quote where he doesn't give a damn whether it's shaken or stirred.

I'm pretty sure the only movie he doesn't order a martini in is Skyfall.

Skye Reynolds posted...

And sexuality is treated more as a tool that he uses. He cuckolds the bad guy to show that he's the alpha male -- his own admission to Vesper. He uses sex as a means of gaining information. He lures a woman into a hotel room and then abandons her there to carry out a mission. It's an alibi. Hell, Bond might as well be a closet homosexual who uses women as his mask. It wouldn't be any less of a departure.

Sounds like Bond to me. A guy who uses sex as a tool.

He also seemed pretty attracted to Vesper to me. So no idea how you could claim he's closeted.

You're clearly a guy who has made up his mind and only sees what he wants to see. Which is pretty typical of you.
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Skye Reynolds posted...

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Skye Reynolds posted...

The constant factors though should be in his suave nature and his affinity for women, gambling, and martinis.

Which are all still there.

No, they're not.

Craig Bond literally started off with a movie entirely about his gambling skills.

Pretty sure he bangs a woman in every single movie. His most iconic scene will likely be when he emerges from the water in his trunks. He's still a suave motherfucker. He just has more of an edge to him.

He also still orders Martini's.

So you're literally wrong. Unless you're speculating about a movie where he likely will still bed a woman, will gamble at some point and will order a martini at some point. The only difference is that maybe a woman in her twenties will reject the 50 year old man trying to be seductive.
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Skye Reynolds posted...

The constant factors though should be in his suave nature and his affinity for women, gambling, and martinis.

Which are all still there.

You're basically making up a theory because you think a chief writer cared about grittiness more. Despite the gritty movie being considered the worst of the Craig era.

And yeah Spectre was pretty clearly inspired by superhero movies considering they basically gave Blofeld an origin story taken right from comic books.

If this chief writer only liked gritty dialogue and characters he wouldn't have hired Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
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Skye Reynolds posted...

Quantum of Solace was a bad film, but there was still purpose and drive in the scenes with dealing criticism of American foreign policy and Bond's dark "what he doesn't know won't hurt him" morality.

Meanwhile, when asked to write for a villain who can't feel pain or an adversary who wants to become Bond, there's virtually no material or motivation.

I don't get it. Do you want these movies to be 'cartoon-show-for-grown-ups' or not?

How is Quantum of Solace more inspired than Casino Royale or Skyfall? Hell wasn't Die Another Day the one that began with James Bond being tortured by North Koreans for a year?

Skye Reynolds posted...

But there's more to the character than just chasing trends. It's a deliberate creative decision to make him gritty; an independent one. If Bond were chasing trends in Spectre, he'd have acted like Chris Pratt.

The next James Bond after Craig probably will be. Bond actors typically swap between rugged and charming for each change.

You're in here in a topic where people are upset that James Bond gets rejected by a woman for laughs. Craig is most certainly at the 'Is there a place for a person like Bond in the modern world?' stage. Which isn't the first time a Bond movie has asked this question.
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Die Another Day had Madonna. That has gotta be one of the worst scenes in Bond history.
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Gobstoppers12 posted...

Until today I had no idea that Diamonds are Forever was unpopular.

Yeah I kinda had it logged as just 'okay but unremarkable'

I remember those two henchmen being weirdos so that was something.
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Skye Reynolds posted...

Neal has been the chief series writer since The World is Not Enough. It's clear that he doesn't care for the playboy antics, globetrotting, and cartoon-show-for-grown-ups approach. He'd rather have edgy dialogue and explore themes of black and gray morality.

Well he gave you Die Another Day. People didn't like that. If Bond continues to be a forever franchise it can't just be the same thing. Look at how Terminator is doing for example.

Skye Reynolds posted...

A screenwriter doesn't get the last say in tone or content, but it's clear that his writing was more inspired when Bond was allowed to be darker and edgier. I think he'd get more enjoyment out of seeing Bond casually justify leaving a friend in a ditch than he would writing a ski chase through the French alps.

Based on what?

Skye Reynolds posted...

I think there's a sort of mutual understanding between studio and writer. Directors have their marching orders too. It's just the fans who don't always understand that Bond is meant to be The Wire, Heat, or The Bourne Identity. Some still think he should be Goldfinger, GoldenEye, or The Spy Who Loved Me.

lol Bond has never been anything like The Wire or Heat.

Again it's literally just what is popular with movie audiences. Look at any James Bond movie and it's a reflection of action movies of that decade.

No Time To Die doesn't sound like a particularly gritty movie either. I doubt it will be because gritty action movies aren't really popular right now.
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Which walking simulators don't have any interactivity?
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lightwarrior78 posted...

And various forms of RPGs and Kart Racers, and Metroidvanias, and action platformers, and sprite based farming games, and visual novels, and fighters, and space sims, just to cover what I play.

Only three of those get AAA budgets though. You're even seeing RPGs gradually getting streamlined into being similar to each other.

Stagnation in the AAA segment is definitely a thing. It's pretty rare for a AAA game to have a learning curve these days unless you're playing multiplayer. So many games are being streamlined to play similar to each other.
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I thought "hmm maybe this is meant to be a foggy day/section and it's out of context"

then the trees popped up.
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Like the bully isn't worth defending over it but really I think after you're done with high school it's time to just move on and break ties with anyone you dislike. So I don't really see the point of doing this.
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Skye Reynolds posted...

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Casino Royale worked because you knew he was on the path to being Bond. That's what the whole arc with Vesper was about.

That was a lie told by marketing.

The proof is in Quantum of Solace. He'd made no progression whatsoever toward becoming classic Bond.

They never had any plans of having him develop into a smooth spy. They wanted him to remain a rugged blue collar antihero. Claiming it was a prequel simply allowed them to change Bond's personality without complaint from the fans. They figured they'd be let out of their obligation because of how well Daniel Craig's performance would be received.

Well, they were half right. People liked Craig's performance, but they did still expect him to act like Bond at some point. That happened in Skyfall, the studio's last pitch to keep the character alive, but then they pulled a 180 and had him start acting like the Bond of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace again.

"Shaken or stirred?"
"Do I look like I give a damn?"

That's the image they want for the character.

Quantum of Solace is just a bad movie.

Bond movies always rise and dip depending on who's working on them. You're talking about a 'they' in a way that's total nonsense. Quantum of Solace exists because Bourne movies were seen as the spy movie standard back then. Bond movies always are basically their take on what the currently blockbuster trend is. Has been like that since at least the Roger Moore era.
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Moonraker.

Despite the zany concept it's not even a fun movie. It's just boring.
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Wait until the sales results come in before celebrating.

Call of Duty axed a single player campaign, went through controversy only for it to sell just as well as always.
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I remember this headline for Overwatch.

I guess it's the headline for any controversial Switch release now.
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008Zulu posted...

vigorm0rtis posted...

008Zulu posted...

I like it when it's service to the story, but if it's not, I feel as if the studio is just saying it to get positive coverage in their promotions for the show/movie.

Sexuality exists outside of narrative.

But if it doesn't serve the narrative of narrative based content, what's the point?

Gives the character another character trait.

The only reason it still comes up as 'positive coverage' is because people still constantly click into headlines about it.
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Casino Royale worked because you knew he was on the path to being Bond. That's what the whole arc with Vesper was about.

Also if he's still hitting on younger women then it still sounds like he's a playboy to me. Doesn't really matter if he gets rejected. He's always been rejected by Moneypenny anyway.

Also apparently Phoebe Waller-Bridge is writing this movie? If she has full input there's absolutely nothing to worry about. Killing Eve is fantastic.
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I'm sure some of it was due to being a teenager at the time but I remember there being a stigma that if you liked or wanted to watch Brokeback Mountain you must be gay yourself.

Hell a large amount of people online hated Heath Ledger being Joker because of his role in Brokeback Mountain.
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Ellen's sitcom had her character come out as gay in the 4th season. This causes a massive controversy and the show then had a parental disclaimer before each episode before it was cancelled the following season.

That was only 22 years ago. Crazy how far we've come.
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Some people are worth melting for
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Also Sarah Connor's backstory after Terminator 2 doesn't really make sense.

So she's hunting down Terminators sent back in time thanks to the info from Carl. But this should stop after 1999 because from Skynet's perspective that's after Judgment Day. Would be sort of weird for them to send Terminators back during that period.

Unless she's killing Legions Terminators but that should indicate to both Carl and Sarah that there's something else going on. It would also rely on Legion sending old, easy to kill Terminators for some reason. Sarah didn't know how to handle the Rev-9.
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The only real connective tissue the new future needed was a Terminator.

We already rely on machines so much they don't even need to launch nukes to take over. How about a future that was run by an AI that felt like enslavement to some and a utopia for others. How about actually having the target being involved in developing the new AI instead of being the one to fight against it.

The concept of a new future should have opened up all sorts of new possibilities and twists.

It's like they forget that the reason Terminator 2 is one of the best sequels ever was how it flipped your expectations of what the sequel would be.
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L0Z posted...

The point of the movie is that its inevitable that man creates an ai that will gain consciousness and take over the world. If they stop the legion computer another will take its place. Itll probably be amazon alexia on a pc with 90 teraflops of power next

Even with that concept they could have done an AI uprising and rebellion in a different way. It was done exactly the same way with a nuclear Judgment Day and a central Resistance leader.
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Frogles posted...

fuck it just remove the slipping. realism doesn't translate to fun in this case. it was just really frustrating to basically have to put your plan on hold when it started raining.

I think it was sort of neat for weather to actually impact gameplay. Made the world feel more alive. One of my favorite memories in the game was finding some cover in an old ruin during heavy rain and setting up a fire to rest at until it passed. Usually there'd be no reason for me to care about rain.

The execution can be improved though yeah.
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I don't hear anyone clamoring for LittleBigPlanet anymore.

bobbaaay posted...

Since you mentioned Lemmings -- what about Worms?
Also I don't think Heroes of Might and Magic has the same following it had back in the days of 1-4, even though they're on 7.

Worms seems to chug along as one of those games that keeps getting new entries but nobody really talks about it. People must still be buying them. They're often expensive too.
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Building off Terminator 2 where they did stop Judgment Day? But eliminating Skynet's future also meant sacrificing John Connor's future? Cool. That's a creative idea for this franchise and fits the theme of time travel that nothing comes without a cost. Pretty much an opportunity for a fresh start. I can even dig the T-101 gradually building a life after being stranded in a new timeline and having no purpose.

Oh but instead of Skynet it's Legion and instead of John Connor there's Dani. There's even still Judgment Day. It's literally the same thing with different names. Oh I suppose the Terminator has a fresher OS.

Is that seriously the only idea that could be thought up? Why not a mysterious future that justified time travel for another reason? It doesn't even need to be a robot uprising! AI overlords aren't the only thing capable of sending Terminators back in time. Bring back some damn mystery to this franchise.

I can't think of a movie that tried to change things up and was still so damn samey and uninspired anyway. It's almost impressive. Surely the third time we see Arnold Terminator sacrifice himself will still feel emotional.

Oh well this franchise is probably dead now. Can't see them ever bothering without Schwarzenegger.
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I don't even know why EA bought Bioware. I can only assume the guy who ran EA at the time had different priorities to the current leadership.

They're probably the most mismatched developer/publisher in the industry.
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I wouldn't mind if they added stats and perks to give even more incentive to do shrines and explore. That and the ability to craft weapons.
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The new Scar sucked.

There's really nothing they could have done to improve on the original. As you said it's basically perfect. Perfectly paced and not a moment wasted.
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It's a shame they didn't just build on the foundation Inquisition started. The game had flaws but they were on the right track compared to where they are now. It had a much better foundation than Anthem.
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If this is basically live action Sonic Boom it would be great but I doubt it'll reach those heights. I don't think it'll be very self aware.
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Paper_Okami posted...

i envy people who have TLJ is one of the worst movies they've ever seen

they've lived a charmed life

Star Wars fans have it good compared to perhaps every other sci-fi franchise ever.
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Kaliesto posted...

I think the lame outrage culture created some issues that was holding Gay Characters back at first because any attempt at the portrayal is met with gigantic amount of shitposts.

There were a lot of people who got angry or dismissive over movies like Brokeback Mountain.
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Kojima is boosting Monster Energy Drink stock

https://segmentnext.com/2019/11/12/death-stranding-monster-energy-stocks/
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Make it a Blu-ray feature. I need a new Halloween movie for next year.

Maybe it should be called the Sanic cut.
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I don't think Sonic is literally an alien from space. I think he goes to Earth using a ring portal so from their perspective he's an alien.

Regardless the setting for Sonic has never been consistent, made sense or had any logic since Sonic Adventure.
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