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pogo_rabid posted...

Family comedy movies are horrible.

Most, but not all.

I watch Youtube more than any other TV medium. I can't stand the giga dramatized, derivative crap on Netflix right now.

CoorsLight posted...

These. Shit is exhausting. Gamers just love to have shit to complain about. People have gone insane in like the last 10 years saying that the death of gaming is imminent, yet they still are super invested in it, even though it supposedly sucks ass (in reality it keeps growing bigger and bigger).

Sure there are some modern trends that suck, but people act like there were never shitty games 20-30 years ago, and never want to talk about all the good advances, like how easy it is to get access to good games at great prices.

I can see why you're mad, There are great games still...I mean, I love pretty much all of Nintendo's stuff the last ten years, RDR2 is game with that attention to detail lacking in games like EA's bullshit and Ubisofts BS.

I would make the most of it and try to elevate the people around me.

MrMallard posted...

I disagree with that video title, I think GTAV is amazing and while it's beloved today, GTAIV didn't exactly launch with the most goodwill in the world y'know. Saying that, if you've been following video game news over the past decade, then yeah - it's easy to see how the gaming space is getting worse.

Whether you watch YongYea's news breakdown videos, or listen to podcasts like the old TOVG podcast with Super Bunnyhop and MattVisual, or pay attention to public reception around games that limit their availability to players for no good reason (Diablo 3, SimCity 2013, Asura's Wrath with its DLC final chapter) - you can see how games are getting more and more anti-consumer. First it was microtransactions, then it was unnecessary online-only requirements, then it was XP boosters, then it was live service gaming, now it's the nebulous and disingenuous shoehorning of NFTs and blockchain technology into video games.

Hell, even game development is becoming more hostile for people who work in that industry. Look at how studios like Visceral Games were dissolved. Look at any talented dev in the past 12 years who've joined the multi-billion dollar publishing side of gaming, folded into internal studios that make resources for "tentpole" releases like Call of Duty. Shit, not even the Kickstarter boom was great for most devs - Ken Levine has proven to be a dickhead to work with, Playtonic is barely treading water, Keiji Inafune was basically outed as a fraud, and the only people who seemed to have escaped either of those scenarios with some degree of autonomy and respect are Hideo Kojima and Koji Igarashi. Even Platinum has struggled due to their nature as an external studio that works for other companies, as well as stuff like Scalebound collapsing and The Wonderful 101 underperforming on all accounts, even on Switch.

The thing about the centralisation of game development under a single conglomerate, i.e. Microsoft buying Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard, is that all of those monetization trends initially began in the seventh generation of consoles. And what's important to note is that that's the generation where companies like EA, Activision and Ubisoft really began to ramp up that centralisation model - snapping up smaller studios to fold into a far larger game producing machine. All this stuff with Microsoft and Sony buying up other companies? It's a decades long story of a small fish getting eaten by a bigger fish being eaten by the biggest fish, before that fish is devoured whole by a megalodon. And what we view as games getting less good is one symptom of that process, of which we may have seen the logical conclusion of - short of Disney buying Microsoft, of course.

So yeah, with game development turning into an industry that makes more money than the movie industry, we saw the difference in how game developers decided to answer the question of "how do we appeal to as many people as possible and make the most money". That used to be accomplished with a distinctive artstyle and imaginative features - because that's the extent of what they could do with the technology, but also because that sweet spot between draw distance and texture resolution and Kevin Spacey being uploaded into Call of Duty afforded people a lot of creative freedom to produce visually and mechanically interesting video games. From the seventh generation on, we saw a focus on realism, particle effects and celebrity tie-ins, and the gameplay became tedious and unpleasant so you would feel incentivised to spend money for the game to skip over the tedious bullshit they programmed in.

We traded in visual design and fun gameplay for Kevin Spacey in Call of Duty, and that's a result of game development becoming centralised under a handful of corporate conglomerates using people like fleshlights to shit out as many compromised corporate products as possible.

I think that's why "indie games" became such an essential part of the gaming ecosystem when they did. Independent development represents a more pure attempt at game creation, even if it tends to get clogged up with incompetent asset flips and derivative works. For every Vroom in the Night Sky or Windscapes, you have a Night in the Woods or A Hat in Time.

I dunno. Again, I disagree with the premise of the linked video because people gave GTA4 a mountain of shit when it came out, and to this day I still think GTA5 - while compromised, especially Online - is a masterpiece and one of the pinnacles of its generation. But there certainly is a lot to say about the state of the gaming industry today, and how if you pay attention for long enough, you can see and feel the soul of video games being sucked out through its own ass.

I agree with this post, and I also LOVE GTA Vand the single player campaign is one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had--not only was the campaign full of variety, a funny story and just FUN to play, the world itself was amazing.

GTA IV's campaign was not as good. I liked the story a lot, but most missions are "chase" "shoot" "dialog and driving" missions. It was still fun, but the variety is not there.

BUT....the systems were much more impressive. And the world was at least as impressive, though not as big, just as detailed even if the video technology was worse, the physics, animation and world interactivity seemed better.

The newest example on his channel is the new game that's a clone of Left for Dead compared to Left for Dead. In the over 10 year old game, The zombies are wayyyyyyyy more dynamic, have more AI routines attached, have more animations and physics attached, the environment is far more interactive, etc. Games are becoming like plastic toy stores you watch events thru....when it gen VII it seemed like we were getting close to fully interactive game worlds with it's own rules and systems.

I think this is part of the reason why BoTW was so successful. It was a return to that 7th gen style of game design of physics, world interactive, rules, etc.

Doom_Art posted...

Did Rockstar not tone down the physics realism after IV because a bunch of people complained the game wasn't fun with them

I think it was just the driving being too realistic people were upset with.

But messing with the physics in GTA IV is the best part of the game. Pushing people into water, having Niko realistically go flying thru the window and dying in slow mo is hilarious.

Although games look prettier on the surface, in reality the systems, physics, dynamism and simulation elements of games are getting glossed over in favor of lighting and resolution. It's happening in almost every major franchise. Games feel so placid and fake right now. There are exceptions, but the 7th gen with their multi-core, giga advanced CPU's seemed to be pushing simulation elements wayyyyyyyyyy more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWVtZJo-HqI

I can't choose.

I'm pretty sure Rogan had doctors on with thousands of papers published between them, and both were vaccinated...? I've never heard anti-vax rhetoric from Rogan. I've seen Doctors on his show comment on on the vaccines differently than what you might see on CNN and I've seen Doctors criticize certain aspects of how the CDC handled/is handling things, but never truly "anti-vax" stuff. Anti-mandate isn't anti-vax.

DirkDiggles posted...

@Veggeta_MAX is a huge fan of this game.

huh?

spikethedevil posted...

Weeb doesnt mean what you think it means TC.

I'm not great with Gen Z jargon.

I think I missed the Delta outbreak

But I did get what imagine to be Omicron just recently. Taste dulled for a few days and one day I had body aches/chills, but i got over it the next day thankfully. The headache was the weird symptom. It was unlike any headache I've had before Not the worst headache ever...i've had worse migraines that were borderline unbearable.....but this was as if there was a layer of something attacking the inside of my head as opposed to a tension-like feeling. The headache was gone when I woke up.

Garioshi posted...

Final Fantasy X
Chrono Cross
Tales of the Abyss
Chrono Trigger
Xenoblade X

I love Final Fantasy X, Chrono Cross is interesting. I always had heard it has a shallow story because of all the characters and not enough screen time?
BroodRyu posted...

I think Breath of Fire III fits some of those points pretty well.

I love the look of sprite based PS1 games, but isn't BoF kind of generic and "teenagers save the world"?

I'm looking for a story about as serious as FFVII but without the campy element...and not as cheesy as something as lets say, Tales of Symphonia.

Something with meaning, a commentary and/or a message the developers intended. Maybe some metaphor or something but especially in dealing with:

How to find meaning
Consciousness
Mass hypnosis/indoctrination
Fundamentals of Good vs Evil
Conspiracy
Time Travel
Integrity of Institutions
Relationships
Politics and it's role/institutions

Resident Evil 2 is one of those PS1 games that feels timeless to me. Have fun TC.

Honestly since I was young I would say the overall vibe towards women in gaming has becoming much better, especially now that if you are a sexist prick there's a good chance you'll be exposed.

I'm not sure what her deal is but Adam gets A TON of crap from the community, I know that for sure. People on here hated him I thought. This video seems like a reaction to twitch chat or youtube streaming chat that's happening in front of her. Just ban the perverts, they will learn quickly.

Imagine thinking you're smarter than a self taught rocket scientist.

One of the reasons why so many don't consider Elon part of the hyper rich is his honesty---he will go on a 3 hour podcast and speak freely. You will never, ever, ever catch Gates or Bezos doing the same.

People need to leave the cities.

ExtremeLuchador posted...

The only thing interesting about anti-work threads are the dudes who come in and flame the topic creator. The dudes are always claiming to make over 100k per year.

haha i've also noticed this.

refmon posted...

You can't surrender in Dota.

Hell no brother

I played LoL

nothing like people giving up 20 minutes into a winnable game. Some of the best moments in my Dota career have been coming back from crazy deficits. Dota is a more defensive game. You can always come back (almost)

Ther were creepy casters but they all got exiled.

There is more evidence to support the contrary.

Also, the CDC has yet to find a case of "re-infection". There was a study done with 11 million people. They couldn't find it.

If it was possible to get Covid twice, we would be facing much dire circumstances...hopefully that's obvious.

I would wait as since this study isn't officially sourced it seems that is has not yet been peer reviewed, and by it's own admission it's making assumptions. I wouldn't jump the gun here. Science in other countries is telling us the opposite.

Wait until the data is out, but it should be obvious to dog owners with children that a mother dog can act irrationally and out of the ordinary with puppies. Especially if the kid was making a puppy yelp.

I don't remember politics being so prominent before on here. It started with Trump i think.

In his stand up he said he has a small dick though.

It will never end until people stop caring.

At this point what franchise isn't "formulaic"

this is coming from gamefaqs users who play the same dating sim JRPG every year

https://twitter.com/culturecrave/status/1213996733291610112

LOL

It's a terrible time to manage a fast-food joint. The people working don't care.