Board 8 > Balan Wonderworld final boss can trigger seizures

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ninkendo
03/26/21 1:38:29 AM
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Kenri
03/26/21 1:48:27 AM
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I wonder if people are going to get death threats for pointing this out like they did with Cyberpunk.

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paperwarior
03/26/21 1:50:46 AM
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I was just thinking, the demo of this got panned, and were they possibly going to be able to come back from that? Well, they aren't off to a great start.

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ninkendo
03/26/21 2:01:39 AM
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I think giant bomb said theyre not even getting review codes and will have to go out and buy it on release day so we already know what square enix thinks about this

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Xiahou Shake
03/26/21 2:46:47 AM
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I was legitimately flabbergasted by the demo to this game. Like, in the worst possible way. At this point I just want to learn what happened. The reactions tomorrow should be interesting if nothing else.

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UshiromiyaEva
03/26/21 2:53:11 AM
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Xiahou Shake posted...
I was legitimately flabbergasted by the demo to this game. Like, in the worst possible way. At this point I just want to learn what happened. The reactions tomorrow should be interesting if nothing else.

This was my exact thought process as well. Lots of times you get demos and it's like eh this isn't for me, or it a obviously garbage but you can see why they thought they had something here, or it's just a hilarious dumpster fire you laugh at.

I have no idea how Balan Wonderland even exits. How did anyone on earth think this was a game that could be released by a major publisher with a big name behind it and have it just be...this? Like this wouldn't have flied as a Dreamcast oddity. There's nothing to laugh at or be mad at here, it almost feels...unsettling??

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ninkendo
03/26/21 3:08:31 AM
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UshiromiyaEva posted...


I have no idea how Balan Wonderland even exits.
Out the door along with Yuji Naka's career

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firefdr
03/26/21 5:04:41 AM
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ouch

like playing this long to get to the final boss wasn't punishment enough
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ninkendo
03/26/21 5:10:54 AM
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Don't forget to buy the novel that actually explains the story since the game has no spoken dialogue

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688166/balan-wonderworld-by-square-enix/

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Nanis23
03/26/21 5:54:32 AM
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I hate myself for saying this game looks good when it was first revealed
What a damn trainwreck

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Nanis23
03/26/21 6:07:19 AM
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Anyway looking at the video it does feel like it's a graphical error and not intended imo

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TotallyNotMI
03/26/21 8:15:39 AM
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ninkendo posted...
Don't forget to buy the novel that actually explains the story since the game has no spoken dialogue

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688166/balan-wonderworld-by-square-enix/
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what

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HeroDelTiempo17
03/26/21 9:12:39 AM
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Kenri posted...
I wonder if people are going to get death threats for pointing this out like they did with Cyberpunk.

It's actually the same game journalist who broke this story too and the answer to this is uh, probably?

https://twitter.com/DirtyEffinHippy/status/1375429277743726593

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Nanis23
03/26/21 9:16:07 AM
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Why is she getting harassed over this?
I know the answer is "because people suck" but I am trying to find some kind of logic
There is none whatsoever...so..why?

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PrinceOfKoopas
03/26/21 9:43:17 AM
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TotallyNotMI posted...
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what

ninkendo posted...
Don't forget to buy the novel that actually explains the story since the game has no spoken dialogue

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688166/balan-wonderworld-by-square-enix/
I...thought this was a joke. wtf >_>

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Mac Arrowny
03/26/21 9:55:14 AM
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Remember, this is from the team that made Blinx the Time Sweeper
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ninkendo
03/26/21 9:56:37 AM
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Pirateking2000
03/26/21 11:53:34 AM
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ninkendo posted...
Don't forget to buy the novel that actually explains the story since the game has no spoken dialogue

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688166/balan-wonderworld-by-square-enix/

the fuck?

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Brayze_II
03/26/21 11:58:10 AM
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Nothing says 'coming of age tale' like a tonic-clonic seizure

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GranzonEx
03/26/21 12:48:12 PM
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looks like they won't be returning to the Golden Age with this release

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PrinceOfKoopas
03/26/21 1:13:54 PM
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Metacritic is slandering Dragon Quest XI:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-series-x/balan-wonderworld

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firefdr
03/26/21 7:51:56 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYthT8aB-wM

and apparently the seizure part is still in the game with the 1.01 patch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYhOw7kh6Oc
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MoogleKupo141
03/26/21 8:08:41 PM
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExbfkZ2XEAEE6EP?format=png&name=small

yikes, no sequel coming I guess
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Shonen_Bat
03/26/21 8:29:22 PM
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the game's opening cutscene did nothing to prepare me for what this game actually was. it was vibrant and full of energy and then... yikes

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Zyxyz0
03/26/21 10:13:39 PM
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https://twitter.com/TomRMarks/status/1375555112635047936?s=19

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Grand Kirby
03/26/21 10:27:18 PM
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Wait, is that supposed to make the game look bad? Because that Box Fox thing is amazing.

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NeatoAnAccount
03/27/21 3:02:00 AM
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i for one am amazed that a square game was bad

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Nanis23
03/27/21 3:02:16 AM
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Grand Kirby posted...
Wait, is that supposed to make the game look bad? Because that Box Fox thing is amazing.
Yeah it isn't that bad
It's a gimmick, and it depends on how often this gimmick shows up in the game
If it's a one time thing then who cares

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BlackMageJawa
03/27/21 12:02:42 PM
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Somehow the weirdest thing about this game is still that title.

How do you start with "Balan Wonder-" and decide the last syllable should be "world" instead of "land"?
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Shonen_Bat
03/27/21 12:06:55 PM
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My brain automatically filled it in as 'wonderland' at first and I only realized it wasn't that later

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Underleveled
03/27/21 12:08:52 PM
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Shonen_Bat posted...
My brain automatically filled it in as 'wonderland' at first and I only realized it wasn't that later
Same.

Shonen_Bat posted...
the game's opening cutscene did nothing to prepare me for what this game actually was. it was vibrant and full of energy and then... yikes
Yeah it's some of the most tame platforming ever, and the story (or at least what I can follow of it) is actually kinda depressing.

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Steiner
03/27/21 12:18:50 PM
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finally, a final boss with some challenge

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DeepsPraw
03/27/21 1:08:36 PM
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don't all games run the risk of triggering epileptic seizures?

I can't abide this targeted smear campaign of 2021's GOTY.

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paulg235
03/27/21 1:17:02 PM
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I just watched the part of the boss fight where Seizure Trigger thing happens out of curiosity and HOLY SHIT I had to tilt my head away from my laptop and cover half of the screen/my vision with my arms! My eyes actually hurt a little after watching that. WTF were they thinking letting that into the final product!?

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Grand Kirby
03/27/21 1:31:33 PM
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UltimaterializerX posted...
Can't any game trigger seizures? I'm asking seriously. Most games now have bright lights and such.

In this case it's not like it's just a bunch of flashing lights, the ENTIRE screen flickers while disappearing and reappearing multiple times. It's such an absurd looking special effect it honestly looks like a glitch.

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UshiromiyaEva
03/27/21 8:03:03 PM
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Nanis23
03/27/21 8:21:52 PM
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
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https://twitter.com/PSIMax1/status/1375956397670739968?s=19
This is so sad

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GranzonEx
03/27/21 8:28:43 PM
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oh look Chinese bot Amazon reviews

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MoogleKupo141
03/27/21 8:50:34 PM
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UltimaterializerX posted...
Can't any game trigger seizures? I'm asking seriously. Most games now have bright lights and such.


There are different levels of risk for this stuff.

If the average game is like eating a cookie made in the same facility that processed peanuts, this boss fight is like shoving a peanut down an allergic persons throat. (this may not be a totally perfect analogy, but its clear that this is substantially more dangerous than anything in most games)
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Underleveled
03/27/21 8:52:12 PM
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
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https://twitter.com/PSIMax1/status/1375956397670739968?s=19
For some reason NiGTHS was the part that made me laugh the hardest.

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NeatoAnAccount
03/27/21 9:08:00 PM
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Remember when Square made Final Fantasy X?

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ninkendo
03/27/21 9:10:10 PM
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I do, but that has nothing to do with this game

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NeatoAnAccount
03/27/21 9:12:14 PM
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you're correct, it is literally unbelievable that there's any connection between the 2

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Crescent-Moon
03/29/21 11:21:36 AM
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Gonna be honest... I was watching for a little while and wondering what was so bad... Then I physically said "what the shit?" as the epilepsy bomb showed up. Then I watched it again in amazement at what I just saw.

It didn't really get to me too much, though I think if I saw that too many times it would. That should be a jailable offense to include something that ridiculous.

Edit: My stomach is now bothering me *just* a little about 3 minutes after watching it those two times. It may be related.

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UshiromiyaEva
03/29/21 11:33:33 AM
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I watched it myself and it straight up looks like it's designed to give seizures. Like obviously not actually, but if for some reason a medical practitioner was creating a device meant to inflict a seizure on a patient, it would be something like this with a longer loop.

Incredibles 2 wasn't this bad!

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Crescent-Moon
03/29/21 12:11:15 PM
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I just had a thought: Isn't Square going to potentially be in a whole lot of legal trouble?

The game has no seizure warning, and the company publicly promised to patch out the seizure issue right away, but didn't.

This feels like a very cut and dry lawsuit.

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