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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Side Note: I personally think Anita Sarkeesian is more misandrist than Trump is misogynist.

Good thing she's not the President and also has zero power or relevance to how the country is run.

I agree. Of course, she has been working hard to slander the games industry and gaming community...
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Deku Scrub for President!
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On the one hand, Trump has done so much stupid crap and I keep thinking "Hillary would not do this."

(side note: my Dad is a huge Hillary fan, so I can't exactly claim to be unbiased. Plus I'm not white and haven't lived in the US since '09)

On the other hand, I feel like the press is trying to exaggerate how bad Trump is, poor guy can't even breathe without the media hounding him, in particular trying to construe everything he does as being sexist or racist. While he isn't exactly not bigoted, I just have to oppose that kind of false narrative on principle.

Side Note: I personally think Anita Sarkeesian is more misandrist than Trump is misogynist.
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charmander6000 posted...

Red Dead Redemption

Basically it turns into Sonic 2 vs. Metal Gear Solid

So Shadow of the Colossus breaks 60% on Uncharted 2? Actually I wouldn't be surprised.
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Okay, Uncharted 2 vs. Red Dead Redemption, who wins?
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Implying Trump does.

Then again Anita Sarkeesian and SJWs make it hard to stay mad at Trump for too long at a time. What a mess.
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Apparently fighting back against social justice warriors was more important than electing someone who actually knows what they're doing.
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Uncharted 2 vs. Skyward Sword who wins?
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I caught The Phantom on TV yesterday and ended up watching the whole thing. Why do people hate this film so much?
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LinkMarioSamus posted...

To elaborate on one of my previous points, to me 64's levels felt well-designed for linear platforming but started to become tedious when actually exploring them. Sunshine felt like the opposite, to the point that stuff like the 100-coin stars were far less tedious and more fun. Also Sunshine improves on 64's camera noticeably.

It's been a while since I played 64, but I remember its camera being better than Sunshine's. In Sunshine, the camera constantly got stuck behind stuff for me.

GameSpot's review of the game mentioned that a while back, but I never had that problem all game.

I don't think 64's camera is that bad, it just tends to go haywire in tight spaces.
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Is there any indicator of what blue coins you still need or how many are in a level that you haven't found yet? Because if not, it seems like finding them all would be a huge pain.

Either there is, or you're supposed to logically figure it out from how many Shine Sprites you have.

When I last played through the game, I tried to find as many as I could on my initial run-throughs of levels, but then I just used a guide to find all the blue coins I couldn't find initially.

To elaborate on one of my previous points, to me 64's levels felt well-designed for linear platforming but started to become tedious when actually exploring them. Sunshine felt like the opposite, to the point that stuff like the 100-coin stars were far less tedious and more fun. Also Sunshine improves on 64's camera noticeably.
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About the levels being really easy and simplistic, I felt like they were more fun to explore than 64's levels but otherwise I agree.

I found Sunshine easier to control (or at least pull of complex maneuvers) than 64.
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Surprised by some of the opinions in this topic. The one time I watched Tim Burton's Batman I thought Jack Nicholson was one of the best things about it (I'm now a huge fan of Nicholson though after having seen some of his other stuff).

I tagged along with some friends for Suicide Squad and thought it was one of the worst big-studio movies I've seen. Caught Batman v. Superman on TV once recently and it seemed incredibly pretentious to me.
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We admittedly saw the round before that Sonic 2 gave away 45% of the vote to Portal 2, so...would Portal 2 beat Uncharted 2 that easily?
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Speaking of Uncharted, should Sonic 2/Uncharted 2 from the last games contest be taken as an accurate indicator of how that match would go under "fair" conditions?
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If Vivi can beat Mario...
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Watch the original trilogy, then I guess you could watch The Force Awakens if you want to refresh yourself on that before watching The Last Jedi.

Ideally if I wanted to introduce Star Wars to someone, I'd just show them the original trilogy and then tell them to watch whatever else they're interested in.
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

LinkMarioSamus posted...

For the record, ALL the pre-Casino Royale James Bond films are supposed to take place in the same continuity.

even the original casino royale?

No, that's not an official Bond film. Same deal with Never Say Never Again.
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I used to be pretty bored watching the Lord of the Rings movies but then I re-watched the trilogy last year and somehow I was able to get into it (though Return of the King felt a little patience-trying).

For the record, ALL the pre-Casino Royale James Bond films are supposed to take place in the same continuity.
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I voted Star Wars but I did not see LOTR as a poll option. That's the only franchise here that I'm all that big on.
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MenuWars posted...

I don't have an issue with FLUDD I have an issue with how fucking tedious spraying away the paint was. Even during speedrunning it looks slow, never mind a first time playthrough.

Never felt slow to me.
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SSJBGenkiDama posted...

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Leonhart4 posted...

Sunshine has great platform segments. It is not a great platformer.

See, this is what I said earlier: I think 64 and Sunshine are at opposites where 64 does linear platforming well but things start to fall apart when it comes to the more exploratory objectives, whereas Sunshine is more or less the opposite.

That being said, I didn't think the FLUDD-less segments were some kind of magical highlight from the rest of the game. Although I didn't think the Chuckster Pianta shine was that bad.

Whether you see it or it it's painfully obvious they were. The Fluddless segments were unreal well done. Many of the best moments of the series in those few shines. Just platform bliss. Proof they could still do it, but decided to give us this dumb ass water hose instead to suck the fun out of so much of the game.

Why do people have so much issue with FLUDD? I thought it was a great way to mix up the gameplay from past Mario titles (which, I have admitted, I have little to no nostalgia for).
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Leonhart4 posted...

I don't ever act like that unless I'm just messing around actually (like right now)

But thanks for admitting you're just trolling and thus verifying my statement that trying to have a real conversation with you is a waste of time

I don't see how half the board is any different, including you. You admitted you're just messing around, so am I.
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Leonhart4 posted...

Sunshine has great platform segments. It is not a great platformer.

See, this is what I said earlier: I think 64 and Sunshine are at opposites where 64 does linear platforming well but things start to fall apart when it comes to the more exploratory objectives, whereas Sunshine is more or less the opposite.

That being said, I didn't think the FLUDD-less segments were some kind of magical highlight from the rest of the game. Although I didn't think the Chuckster Pianta shine was that bad.
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Leonhart4 posted...

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Leonhart4 posted...

Because you have bad taste in video games

Good, the easy cop-out answer.

At least I'm not Chuggaaconroy whose favorite Mario is Sunshine.

Because it's a waste of time to try to have an actual discussion with you

I don't see how you're any better, constantly acting as if your opinions are hard fact.

Admittedly I'm mostly trying to get a rise out of you guys because it's stupidly fun.
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Leonhart4 posted...

Because you have bad taste in video games

Good, the easy cop-out answer.

At least I'm not Chuggaaconroy whose favorite Mario is Sunshine.
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SSJBGenkiDama posted...

LinkMarioSamus posted...

How do people think the Galaxies are so much better than Sunshine? Last time I tried playing all those games I 100%'d Sunshine in two months whereas I lost interest in both Galaxies quickly (this may be because I played them to death when I was younger admittedly).

When I replayed 64 and Sunshine three years ago, to me it felt like 64 got linear platforming right but design flaws started to show up in regards to the more open objectives. Sunshine fixed up most everything wrong with 64 but ultimately the locales weren't as memorable, and the game showed obvious signs of being rushed.

Also I never had much in the way of camera issues in 64 outside of tight spaces, of which there aren't many (maybe it helped that I was playing Sonic Adventure and Pac-Man World 2, both of which have much worse camera issues, at around the same time). Sunshine did fix that up thankfully.

Because Sunshine isn't a great Platformer, and the Galaxy games are the 2 best designed platformers ever Everything makes sense, they work in gravity and flight in incredible ways. The power ups and the way they are used is astoundingly well done.

Sunshine IS a great platformer though. Just because it has some flaws doesn't mean it's the end of the world.

Okay, TBH, Sunshine has enough BS and is enough of an oddball within the series that I can understand why it's so polarizing. I'm just asking why people see the Galaxies as being SO much better.
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LeonhartFour posted...

People think the Galaxies are so much better than Sunshine because they are.

Then how come last time I played both games I got bored with the Galaxies so quickly while I had loads of fun with Sunshine?
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How do people think the Galaxies are so much better than Sunshine? Last time I tried playing all those games I 100%'d Sunshine in two months whereas I lost interest in both Galaxies quickly (this may be because I played them to death when I was younger admittedly).

When I replayed 64 and Sunshine three years ago, to me it felt like 64 got linear platforming right but design flaws started to show up in regards to the more open objectives. Sunshine fixed up most everything wrong with 64 but ultimately the locales weren't as memorable, and the game showed obvious signs of being rushed.

Also I never had much in the way of camera issues in 64 outside of tight spaces, of which there aren't many (maybe it helped that I was playing Sonic Adventure and Pac-Man World 2, both of which have much worse camera issues, at around the same time). Sunshine did fix that up thankfully.
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pjbasis posted...

Sunshine is like actually not a bad game at all.

This.

Not a whole lot worse than any other Mario game IMO. Then again I have little nostalgia for any pre-2000 Mario game (maybe a tiny bit for 64 because it was the first video game I had ever heard of).
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FFDragon posted...

I don't think Die Hard is really an "80s movie."

Like there is nothing that really screams 80s about it like some others do. It could have come out in 93 or 99 or even 04 and it wouldn't really change much.

Computers, lax security at airport, Holly's hair.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the first Terminator yet (or maybe I missed it).

Back to the Future is a good answer. Maybe Scarface?
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Is it still worth playing?
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So how does FFIX/FFX go now?
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Final Fantasy X vs. Skyrim, who wins?
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Actually Harvey and his brother Robert founded Miramax in 1979. I'd heard of him because he had a hand in every Tarantino movie (usually as executive producer), but over the past year I haven't watched anything he was involved with.
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Predict this contest match: Legend of Dragoon vs. Grand Theft Auto III
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Is the Xbox One really that bad?
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Looks like business as usual for Metroid. At least going by the GBA games.
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Honestly Super Metroid itself feels kinda clunky to me. I prefer the control in the GBA games (and outright prefer Zero Mission).

As for Other M, it's enjoyable but pretty forgettable by the end of the day. When I replayed Prime I year later I kept reflecting back on MOM's bad stuff.
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