Lurker > Wutobliteration

he's been raking in million of dollars on YT and now suddenly he just... vanished

bump.

we are hypocrites

we also advocate for a democratic society where we will say f**** you to the minority voices. only majority wins.

ironic isnt it??

which part "looks like s***"?

this is literally the most comic accurate Batman ever put on screen.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

It feels like there's an unspoken agreement between purchasers to duck this question like crazy.
The processing power graphics talk is at an all time high and the games are at an all time low.

It's the same thing as No Man's Sky or Cyberpunk, all hype no substance but since it's a console instead of a game it'll have you in anticipation of alleged games to come for a while after the purchase. It's grimy.

Cyberpunk actually did fit well for next-gen, although the graphics was still compromised for last-gen, which resulted in the mixed reviews it got. If you play Cyberpunk on next-gen only, it's a very solid game by itself.

Also another threat I see is the rise of the freemium gaming model. Game developers are realizing the lucrative market of freebie mobile games like how Activision jumped onto the bandwagon with Call of Duty Online. Honestly I think that's where the huge revenue stream now is.
I know friends that arent gamers but suddenly they're playing CoD Online despite never touching a CoD in their lives. Mobile games also has a far more wide-reaching market because it is more accessible to everyone in general, non-gamers included and people that game just to socialize with friends. Kids may also be deprived of consoles and can only game on mobile phones.

So why spend millions investing in some big budget AAA title these days which will wear out its use very quickly when you can just invest on a cheap ass free mobile game that can bring you a very very stable revenue that can last almost forever? Just look at game devs like Valve and Epic Games. They hit the jackpot with online games and now they're dont bother making new games any more

Solo_Wing posted...

Cheap last gen games with better performance if you skipped last gen?

I mean, you gotta be either too damn rich or too desperate if you're willing to shell out $1000+ for abit more fps with that same s***ty graphics of last-gen

it's a joke. It's like we have all these extremely high powered tech by AMD and Intel but no game dev is making full potential of it anymore.

I watch all the PS5/Xbox comparison vids and it's all basically the same few, very few in fact... games: Doom, Assassin's Creed, RDR2... And well, that's... it, right?

There are also other promising games but they were released too early for prev-gen consoles and so had to be downgraded eg. Witcher 3, Cyberpunk.

MelbuFrahma4 posted...

The Olympics are in 2 days. Russia isnt gonna invade and make China mad ruining the Olympics for them. Maybe after the Olympics but not this week or the next.

How'd Russia invading affect the Olympics though? China is the one hosting not Russia. and China isnt exactly involved with Russia's invasion plans (tho they probably do support it, being commie pals and all)

Indoril posted...

lmao shut the fuck up.

Yes, Russian imperialism is an issue in Eastern Europe. They want to reclaim basically everything that was formerly part of the Soviet Union. No, Russia does not want "the rest of Europe." No Russia would not "threaten to invade the US" (is that a joke, seriously?)

they freaking would if they could. you know that.

I'm sure post-WW1, no one would ever think Germany could rebuild itself and suddenly invade Europe all on their own

mustachedmystic posted...

Its been headline news for weeks, it sure, n one cares.

I mean sure journalists are covering it... but on the ground...in public, it's like the general population seem completely oblivious to this.

until it finally affects them of course.

another example is Covid. No one cared when it was causing ruin all over China till it finally came to the west

bladegash posted...

Wumaos?

A term of chinese trolls that perpetuate anti-western propaganda, similiar to the Russian trollfarms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party

Russia invades Ukraine.
No one cares.
Russia invades rest of Europe.
No one cares.
Russia threatens to invade US.
Suddenly everyone panic.

This is practically how WW2 went with the Nazis

meanwhile russian netizens and wumaos continue to criticize US for invading iraq and afghan.

MixedRaceBaby posted...

wow spoilers right in the title wtf

what? I put 'spoilers' right there. Also I didnt suggest anything about him in the movie. People could interpret it as Tobey commenting on Spider-man in general or NWH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=165DLsjxm04

Hope this doesnt count as NWH spoilers. Anyway when's the last time we ever saw this dude attend any interview?

Prismsblade posted...

Only one sperm can fertilize a egg, so millions will die regardless.

at least they served their purpose.

can you imagine sending soldiers into a minefield to die without an objective to accomplish? it's tyranny i tell you

think about how many die each time

One thing I learnt the hard way...

Keep your first few dates SHORT.
People are driven by scarcity. If the girl hangs out with you for too long, she'd feel like she has experienced all you got to offer already

Lorthremar posted...

no non-religious person says that they want to listen to worship music over non-worship music. it's not really a big deal, there's just no reason to lie about it

wow didnt know you can predict everyone the world like some kinda hivemind

Lorthremar posted...

neither of those people are country singers and you're clearly biased by following the religion

which is fine, but you're just blatantly wrong about like half the things you're saying

lmao. lol?
I think you're the one biased here by hating them due to their religion. I'm not religious like it wasnt crappingly clear enough

Steffenfield posted...

Good luck ever finding a live Hillsong that's under twelve minutes in length. :D

Here's a wonderful one to share for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR_hyZVAxO4

Cheers.

The ones I linked are all under 12 mins. In fact most of them are under 10 minutes..

Stop listening to the live concert ones. Obviously those will drag till god knows forever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfVd5x9W1Xc

1st song is the greatest song ever IMO. It's been years since I listened to it and it's still so f****ing beautifully written and sung.

Also yes I'd rather listen to songs about meaning and worship than another dumb country song crying about a romantic breakup

spikethedevil posted...

Coventry City 2 - 0 Hillsong United.

bro listen to their music and tell me that ain't some serious potential.

Their music is dramatic and beautiful. Sounds better than even top country singers like Adele, Swift etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfVd5x9W1Xc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy9nwe9_xzw

These could have made for some epic movie soundtracks, man

Smashingpmkns posted...

Same could be said about most sports games. They both have a lot in common. Both were better set during WW2 for one.

Cool. Never seen a WW2 sport game before.

Tyranthraxus posted...

The people playing CoD don't want creativity. They could just remake MW2 every year and people would still buy it.

Activision might as well just rely on CoD warzone in this case then, just like what Epic does for Fortnite. It's a constant stream of revenue and all they ever need to do is produce the occasional lootboxes and P2P items, sit back and make a s*** load of cash

Activision also doesn't need to release a CoD every single damn year (even BF series doesnt do that) but they're clearly doing it to make quick bucks. This at the expense of innovation and effort put into their games

Now Activision's strategy seem to be just about rebooting the settings ALL OVER AGAIN.

We're gonna have YET another stupid Modern Warfare 2 after Vanguard (which had abysmal sales btw) and I suspect yet another futuristic game that's basically Black Ops2 reskinned or something

They've done WW2, modern warfare, futuristic warfare and slightly futuristic but still modern warfare (advanced warfare, 2042 eg.).

So what settings are they left to play around with??

One_Day_Remains posted...

Yes

you know someone like that?

False until proven.

...and isnt religious?

TeaMilk posted...

i paid $250 for a macbook pro from a girl in college, and she just gave me her login password and all her private shit was still on the laptop

oh any good shit in there?

sitting in different classrooms in my time in college I always notice this.
Guys are more likely to use PCs and mouse

AsucaHayashi posted...

it's just weird there's such a glaring gap in western animation where on one end you have something that outright offends and on the other end animation aimed at kids/wholesomeness in general, but nothing in between like a pixar size budget/talent with themes that aren't meant to be wholesome.

What do you mean by that?

evilpresident posted...

Yes TC. You are all alone in the universe.

well, why not. the fact that no one else responded in agreement here

Like, why are people interested in movies meant for children and families for? I mean, unless you belong in that age group or demographic.

The story is predictable as hell (obv. a good ending for the main character) and the comedy is just childish lame at best.

Search algorithm at work.

But very unlikely so many of the same kind of vids will show up on your recc. page. Unless you're using a completely new account with no other browsing history?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnracFjiC_k
https://store.steampowered.com/app/933480/Enderal_Forgotten_Stories/

holy s***. Why have I never heard of this huge mod up until now? They should have included Skyrim in the title

As someone only interested in the single player aspect of CoD games, it's really such a shame they've never done something like that.

Imagine being able to play from CoD1 to Modern Warfare campaigns all in one go

The_Yahtz09 posted...

Why are people obsessed with studios remaking their old games? Particularly ones that are still very much playable, fun, and easy to play legally now? Id much rather them make new games.

Yes, I'd rather they make TES6 too. But I'm saying, if they can have the time to keep remaking stupid Skyrim over and over (and not like they're even doing much apart from just tossing over assets from FO4 and modders to bundle into a new 'very special edition' BS crap), then they might as well invest into remaking their older games. Players would KILL to get a remade Oblivion or Morrowind.

DarthAragorn posted...

I know

They'll still never finish it, much like the Beyond Skyrim people won't finish theirs either

They will. If you watched the video, they already said almost all the locations are complete. These are handcrafted locations, not the same.
After this just comes the quests and NPCs, which should be a lot more faster to do since they just need port all the voices and scripts over.

And even if they abandon the project for some weird reason, another team of modders will eventually no doubt pick up where was left off, since so much was completed already

Also this is a project made out of passion and love by fans purely alone. There is no money involved. Just blood, sweat, time and resources. Your comment just reeks of apathy and snobbiness.

S***thesda seems more concerned making new platforms for Skyrim and yet another Special Anniversary 3.0 2025 version of Skyrim than ever remaking their old games

DarthAragorn posted...

Too bad that shit will never release

They've been working on it for like 9 years

need you be reminded it's a team of modders working on this for FREE out of their own spare time?

It'll def be released way before S***hesda ever releases even a teaser trailer for TES6 I bet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Azgum0W7s&t=22s

cant wait for it to be out

Gobstoppers12 posted...

I watched the video in the OP, and...the explosions were pretty cool, I guess? But most of the action isn't even close to John Wick's level. There's a ton of random cuts, a lot of "main character shooting guns toward the camera, then shots of random goons dying with blood mist popping off their heads"

It was pretty underwhelming. I like shots with high clarity and readability. I want to see the gun fire and the guy get hit within the same cut. That's good action to me. Slow motion helps, but only if it enhances the detail.

Honestly, a lot of the video you posted is just McAvoy running and flailing his arms around while making muzzle flashes for people to react to. Or maybe they're CGI muzzle flashes; can't really tell, but it's not that amazing to watch.

Watch the full movie. You're getting the wrong idea.

Also this is by all means meant to be a fantasy movie, not a realistic one. And that's a good thing but it does so well in indeed, being unrealistic and high octane.

As much as the action goes, I dont really like John Wick because it's the movie producers dont know what the f*** they want it to be. Is it realistic? NO. They just want you to think it is. Action is cool but seriously, just choose one. Action or realism. You cant have both and I hate movies that try to pretend like they are. John Wick is the sort of movie caught in between both and leans toward tossing all logic out of the window.

You have John Wick reloading empty guns for no reason, shooting silencers that are somehow actually...silent, blasting guns full-auto, tackling down opponents who are somehow all so eager to quickly appear in the line of fire even after seeing the person in front of them getting shot. Nobody in real life is so dumb to charge through a doorway like that or go around a corner not expecting to get stabbed. Nothing the hell makes sense in John Wick. It's what I call "pathetic fake realism".

FortuneCookie posted...

I would agree with you that more realistic protagonists would be refreshing. But this is a movie where people leap from rooftops and cause bullets to curve at impossible angles.

The film's problems stem from the way that Angelina Jolie's character was set up to overshadow the protagonist. She gets the climactic showdown, she gets the action that matters, she gets the emotional content, and gets the winning record against James McAvoy's character. This would be great if she were the star instead of him. She's not. Her character comes into the story late. The story doesn't follow her. She's a supporting character through and through. When it comes time for those moments where the protagonist typically gets a chance to prove himself or herself, the film gives them to a character who was never intended to be the star. That is a flaw in the film's story structure.

And it's not like the movie lacks a fight scene. The main character has that knife fight with the guy who helped train him. The action in that scene is solid. The problem is that the opponent is nobody in terms of the story. It's not an emotional payoff or meaningful conflict to see our protagonist fight Trainer #2.

It's not whining to critique a story. The story has structural flaws. That's why I got it out of a $5 DVD bargain bin at Wal*Mart in 2009.

again lol
what the hell is up with you judging based on who fights who. it's really childish.

also do you have the same issue with Kickass then (assuming you watched that movie but seems like you didnt)

FortuneCookie posted...

The climax is a bigger problem than the win/loss record. It's true that the hero looks a little wimpy because of it, but

you have Angelina's character shooting McAvoy's character and wounding him. She has that "I'm the bad guy?" moment. Then she takes herself and the other assassins out. Afterward, McAvoy picks himself up to find Morgan Freeman has escaped. We get a closing narration and Freeman is assassinated in an anticlimax.

The star of the movie isn't really a factor. If he had a big final showdown with Morgan Freeman, the ball would have been back in his court. Instead, his victory is a footnote to Jolie's victory/sacrifice. That scenario would have worked far better with her as the star of the movie and him as the apprentice/narrator.

Even if you like the movie, it ends on a forgettable note for our young antihero.

imagine whining about a movie simply by counting wins-losses like some WWE match. Because your dear MC didnt get to have a wonderful cliche final punch-kick battle with the baddie.

lol the fact that this movie strayed from an expected MC trope is exactly what makes it so good. We need more weak ass realistic MCs out there. Not over-dominating overpowered MCs. Go watch your shounen anime for that crap

Compsognathus posted...

The movie Wanted made the comic Wanted look good.

I hated the comic.

yeah, the comic was horrendous edgy trash. Everyone in the comic were douchebags doing every despicable thing you can imagine and trying to toss in as many vulgarities into every word they utter in dialogue boxes. i get it's about villains, but I think Millar went way too far to borderline edge territory (well, like he always does). I dont even know why the movie producers even call it an adaptation. Just call it an original IP and make more money without the royalties to pay to Mark Millar.
Not like most people even knew the comic to begin with anyway

If they're gonna adapt it, at least give Wesley his costume, man. He looked so badass in that

Prestoff posted...

Holy shit, I never knew it was Chris Pratt that was the guy that gets slapped by the keyboard. That's pretty fucking hilarious.

Anyways it's a very good movie with some amazing action scenes. I guess my problem was that the plot was very basic, which probably isn't even that bad of a deal since John Wick films are also basic. I guess I'm a more "hand to hand" kind of combat guy than gun shooting, but Wanted did an amazing job with it's "bullet bending" premise.

The story revolves around one big twist in the end if you recall. It's actually pretty good since it misleads you at the beginning to believe who is good and who is bad

FortuneCookie posted...

The problem with Wanted is that Angelina Jolie dominates the movie from a supporting role.

It's never a good structure to have a big sidekick and a little hero. They should have made it Angelina Jolie's movie or else they should have cooled her character off a bit and let James McAvoy shine a bit.

((MAJOR SPOILERS))

Angelina Jolie's character defeats James McAvoy's character in three consecutive fights, then takes out ALL of the bad guys while committing suicide. The only thing McAvoy gets to do in the entire movie is shoot Morgan Freeman in the back.

Oh, and he hits Chris Pratt with a keyboard. I guess that's something.

bro, McAvoy just went from computer nerd loser to badass gun-wielder solo-killing dozens of armed guys all at once.

expecting him to overpower Angelina Jolie, a seasoned trained assassin, is too much. Also that sounds kinda misogynistic for you to somehow be disappointed Jolie is winning? I actually like that. Not often we have a dominating female sidekick (at least back then that wasnt a trend...)

DrizztLink posted...

I'm pretty sure it violated the laws of every single field of science.

Even geology.

I'm good with it.

RenescoStCewl posted...

Is this the movie were they said you could curve bullets by swinging your arm while shooting? It looked really stupid to me.

And that's what makes the movie so great. The willingness to go overboard is just so rare in hollywood blockbusters.

The movie also shines in being just as realistic as it was overboard, as compared to the outlandish Miller comic source material. Wanted is basically the very epitome of gun fu fights. The assassins are so good with guns they can literally shoot each other with their bullets slamming together pinpoint and cancelling each other out. They can literally BLOCK BULLETS with BULLETS. They can also snipe people from god knows how far away with CURVED SNIPER BULLETS.

Also that scene where Wesley punches the guy while shooting at the same time (I call it "a punch shot") is probably what inspired the same moves seen in John Wick