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Inviso posted...

It's just really good writing compared to how the writers did Zhao in season 1, losing to Zuko very early in the season and always being a jobber who just kept upward advancement from that moment on.

Zhao is meant to be a jobber. He's literally there for his job, not his birthright or family, which is a major theme for all the other characters.

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pepper2012 posted...

@Reg it's not mandatory here so I will not wear one unless it's the law or a store requires it

So you won't wear one except in all the cases that everyone else wears one, that's real hardcore man

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KLK sucks azzzzzz

I did compare it heavily to TTGL which is a big reason I didn't like it, but it's mediocre in general

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VintageGin posted...

Also the game seems perfectly tuned time-wise-- the 22 minute time limit always felt about right. I can't imagine how much playtesting had to go into this.

It's a game that just couldn't be made in less than the 7 years they had. I wish they would pump one of these out every year, but it wouldn't be possible. Or maybe it would. Majora's Mask was made in just 1 year after all. But what I think it comes down to is that these games can't be mass produced. We just have to appreciate and savor them when they show up.

Also I wonder if the 22 minutes idea came from TV episode length...

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After X amount of hours in this world, slowly learning about how the loop works, there's no way you won't feel the massive dread of that last mission. It's a brilliant magic trick that you WANT to fool you.

MrSmartGuy posted...

I dunno, I feel like if you aren't feeling horrendous dread while navigating the Bramble without a lifeline, then you aren't playing the canonical way.

This didn't happen on my final mission, but the first time I got to the ship on the inside of the Bramble, I lost my ship on the way. The fish attacked me in just the right way that it completely split open my ship, and left me barely alive, floating in the detached cockpit. Took me a few seconds to look around and realize what happened (good thing I always wore my suit inside). So I finished the trek using my jetpack, which quickly lost fuel. I got to the ship and was just frantically rushing in to investigate, and lost all my air right before getting to the room with the trees.

Even though I knew I go back there really fast in the next loop, it felt so dire.

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Show is way better than the movies

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I thought all the Code Talker stuff was just the right balance of serious and camp that classic MGS is about. And the tapes are kinda fine too, since like you said in PW they were good. And MGS4 was mostly codec too.

But something about the combination of everything in MGSV ended up being worse than the sum of its parts.

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I def enjoyed the generic missions and combat a lot more in XV than MGSV, but both got tiring fast. XV had enough twists in each chapter to keep the gameplay fresh.

Story is hard to say. There is nothing to compare XV's story, so who cares if it's unfinished and you just get some cool anime bro scenes. That's fine.

MGSV is entirely familiar(ish) characters in a universe you're already deeply steeped in, in a series that is known for story before anything else. The lack of story is so glaring that is shines through every line of interaction, every line of dialogue, every silent minute you spend trekking across the desert. Each fulton gives you a split second of joy, enough to forget what you're actually playing. But as hard as they tried, there are not enough fultons to really fill the void left by the story.

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It's life changing

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After MGSV I really appreciated that they did dump all that narrative on us even if it made no sense. Much better than nothing.

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That part was sad af after getting to know all the characters

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Oh yeah you often have to kill yourself. But there's always easy ways to do that.

This kind of passive game does have a big risk of the player missing some key elements and getting overly frustrated. It's amazing how well they polished that out, but it's def still there. I think it's worth it to make the game possible.

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Xiahou Shake posted...

I mean that past chapter 9 the whole experience is rushed.

That's what I mean too. Obviously the linear part is way faster, but the open world parts skip ahead massively each chapter too. If you don't do all the side missions each time, it doesn't feel too different.

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Vlado posted...

The Japanese know what truly matters.

Half of the main characters are homosexual

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SmartMuffin posted...

If you think that games should actually be fun and enjoyable to play, giving you a sense of reward and progression, you will hate this thing

It's not my fault you can't understand that you're playing a literal demo of a game

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Strife2 posted...

It's such a missed opportunity. FF7R reaffirmed that SE shouldn't have even tried the open world format

Disagree because the day night cycle they achieved was revolutionary. Also the glimpses of their true vision of open world adventuring in chapter 6.

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Tag for BCS watch through

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Xiahou Shake posted...

It's mostly how everything after that point is so clearly rushed

Everything before it is rushed too. I dunno how you didn't notice that. Just because it has open world filler doesn't mean it's not rushed.

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You order stuff and they deliver it

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MSGV is also unfinished, but the key difference is there is nothing to MGSV. No pathos, no narrative, no novel mechanics. There's no indication that, given 10 more years, they would've made a legendary game. It failed at things MGS2 and 3 nailed 15 years earlier. There's 1 awesome 30 minute mission in the whole 60+ hour experience.

XV is full of novelty though and will leave a mark on the industry (already has with how much 7R took from it).

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Goty 2019 and maybe gotd. I can't wait until I've forgotten it enough to replay it.

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The game is just completely unfinished. It makes no sense to compare it to other games or to play it like one. There's absolutely no way it can be "good" from that lens.

So I like to think of it like a museum, a tour through an incomplete game that had an immense amount of effort and creativity poured into it. Because that's what it is. A tasting menu in JRPG form. It's over a thousand devs scrounging up over 10+ years of experiments and set pieces, and sharing it with you. It has a serious "behind the scenes" kind of vibe to it.

And it's really awesome. Some of the stuff they manage to achieve in this game is on a whole nother level compared to other JRPGs. I'm not sure if it could be done in a complete game, because they clearly couldn't do it, but seeing it work for real in these bite size chapters is enough. It's just really inspiring.

They do completely nail the beginning and ends of the game though, so you leave it with a really good impression no matter what. It's just the middle is all disjointed.

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wholesome af Raka

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Punnyz posted...

Way more good than bad

but the bad, like, no offense but I could be doing better things than being here lol. I just go here out of instinct and I don't think its a healthy habit

This pretty much

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imo BCS does well with time between seasons. It's not nearly as bingable.

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iiaattgg posted...

made something better of himself

He's still a b8er, don't get ahead of yourself.

But yeah my point is that a garbage man is still better than whatever the Parasite family did to scrounge up money. There's a lot in the movie that shines the light on him.

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SmartMuffin posted...

After a month of doing absolutely nothing while a literal communist revolution took over a part of a large American city.

Like I said, too little too late.

That's it? It's always been a good thing that he toothlessly talked out of his ass. There must be something else going on that makes it so bad now.

It might be that the protests are just so loud that you can't ignore them, but that's nothing to do with Trump, it's your neighbors. But I guess that is the kind of thing you wanted him to keep out of your backyard. That's giving a lot of credit to the protestors too. If you're not careful you might end up joining them.

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I'm pretty sure he knew all along that his meth produced by Jesse was still out there. I never felt that he ever hated Jesse for matching his skills. He clearly had the utmost disdain for anyone who tried to copy his method (see Box Cutter) but Jesse truly mastered the chemistry. Walt was proud of his work in Mexico and Vamonos Pest.

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SovietOmega posted...

So he was ready to call it quits I guess, until something sparked him into action. Was it hearing that blue meth was still going strong?

Come onnnn, it's because Elliot was erasing Walt's achievements and contributions to his company again. "It's just the name".

Probably the most hype episode ending ever.

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SovietOmega posted...

there's gotta be at least one geek on the show's writing staff

you ever heard of this guy called Vince Gilligan?

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The whole point of S5 is that Walt massively let his guard down, since "he won" in S4. If Hank didn't figure out the WW on the toilet, it would've been something else. If Jesse didn't figure it out from Huell, it would've been something else.

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SmartMuffin posted...

It's about Trump, and the GOP nationwide, completely selling out and pissing all over their base

How did he do this though? He's still highly nationalist and says what "everyone's thinking". He even wished for a couple massacrings of Americans - the ultimate Trumper fantasy.

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Nelson_Mandela posted...

Lol my dad drove a garbage truck for a living dude

So your family was literally higher class than the middle class one in the movie

That's a great job nowadays

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What if I'm really bad at the game and can only think of 1 way to beat a fight, does that make it a gimmick?

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SovietOmega posted...

whatsherface and poisonkid

Vince Gilligan's next spinoff

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tennisboy213 posted...

In the past, I've booked trips/vacations weeks or months ahead of time and when it came time to leave I just didn't feel like going anymore. Too late to get my flights/hotels refunded. Probably has added up to a few thousand dollars. Nowadays I never plan my trips until like a week or less before departure.

I both totally relate to this (I feel it often) and also completely not at all (I would never let myself waste something like that)

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Punnyz posted...

I was about to bring attention to this

I can't picture foolmo asking someone to marry him

Pokalicious posted...

If I was foolmo's SO, I would be proposing to him.

She kinda did :x

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Taxes

Lots of things for my wedding

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Are we treating all of S5 the same, or is the second half S6 or what?

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Forceful_Dragon posted...

Is it possible to watch that episode and not immediately watch the season finale?

Yes because I had caught up to the show after my 2 week binge, and had to wait 4 more days for the finale to come out

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no dont i miss you

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She gave it to ted

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goat episode if not for the rest of the episodes

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New York. I have no idea what the 3 states are tbh, but I know NY is one of them.

Never heard anyone say Delmarva before, it's always DMV.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

What the fuck is wrong with you?

He's right tho

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Personally no.

Globally I don't think so, there were some during the heights of the anti-terrorism wars that were worse, showing absolutely no hope for the future. At least the current disasters have a sense of progress and future attached to them. The death and violence is more visible and harder to ignore, which is a good thing, and does not mean it's worse than before.

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Dean Norris is low key one of the best actors in the show

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SeabassDebeste posted...

the training section was way too easy for aang i though

I def agree with this but they had to go through 7 chakras in 22 mins with THREE other stories to track. And the parallels and callbacks were masterfully done, especially the metalbending reveal.

Plus the conclusion was the same - Aang fails the training. It wouldn't be much different if he struggled more in the process.

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Even if the story is badly written it doesn't matter because it's a god damn video game story. People will take out their sophomore year intro to screenwriting textbooks and slam it against a game like this for weeks, then you ask them what they think a well written story is and they say FF7.

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It's just typical playbook-style politics. It's way easier to just follow the script.

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