I've had it with these Hollywood celebrities. Keanu Reeves gets to sit in his car lobbing old chicken bones at people outside the shopping parade without a blind bit of notice. Me, I get arrested for farting on the bus. Unfair
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 6 November 2021 09:21 (two years ago) link
Sorry, didn't realise this was ILG. Bit still
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 6 November 2021 09:22 (two years ago) link
*but
What they should do about cut scenes: All these games should have an option to let you watch a whole bunch of extended cut scenes that explain the lore and backstory of the game while you eat your dinner, and then as soon as you're done, you just jump straight into the action.
I actually like cut scenes
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 6 November 2021 09:28 (two years ago) link
So as not to derail the Elden Ring thread... I don't know why I'm so sensitive to not enjoying sacred cows, I'm not that way anymore with other media nowadays. Maybe because I'm overconsuming a very monolithic slice of games criticism that constantly bangs on about the same bunch of games?
― Mobile Suit Gundam Style (Leee), Thursday, 24 February 2022 22:13 (two years ago) link
I could see how it would be annoying since the Souls games are critically beloved.
I, on the other hand, agree with thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q38fjcyP1IQ
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 24 February 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
Hah ha, fair enough. But for simpletons like me, running on a 20 year lag, this game (well the last game at least) is the stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 February 2022 00:49 (two years ago) link
I'm not disagreeing with Dunkey there (after watching the video for 20 seconds), but I assume it glosses over a lot of what makes Horizon better than other open world games (that I've never played and probably will never play).
― Mobile Suit Gundam Style (Leee), Friday, 25 February 2022 01:22 (two years ago) link
(I'm getting my terrible opinions out of my system.)
i can't listen to that cunt's voice
i can't vibe with From games tbh
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Friday, 25 February 2022 07:59 (two years ago) link
Dunkey's voice is quintessential "guy who is rude to fast food workers"
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 26 February 2022 17:34 (two years ago) link
i wd disagree with the 15 seconds of his premise that i hung in for anyway
i'd happily forever play iterations of games i already like with different stories and locations, innovation's fine but i don't think it matters much to lots of gamers
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 26 February 2022 17:38 (two years ago) link
if your favorite band puts out a 5x LP you're probably overjoyed while the average person isn't interested in hearing the band's 20th through 50th best songs. open world games almost always feel like this unless the gameplay fundamentally makes use of distance and space (e.g. forza horizon). i don't think breath of the wild or elden ring are at all exempt here, theres just a lot of people whose favorite band is zelda or dark souls
― ciderpress, Saturday, 26 February 2022 18:40 (two years ago) link
my favorite band is marble madness but the debut was too perfect to follow-up so they retired
― dig your way out of the shit with a gold magic shovel! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 26 February 2022 18:42 (two years ago) link
along the same line of reasoning, botw's world being so sparsely populated is actually an important part of why it was such a hit
― ciderpress, Saturday, 26 February 2022 18:56 (two years ago) link
Disco Elysium as an exemplar of writing? IDGI, and don't feel the itch to ever play it again.
― Kira Nerys Witherspoon (Leee), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 04:11 (four months ago) link
Stories in videogames are maybe the worst and least interesting stories in the history of humans telling stories.
― beard papa, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 04:38 (four months ago) link
You mean like on a PC? That would get annoying fast.
I actually like a lot of video game stories, and the immersion of playing them often lifts even the boilerplate stuff. I also find, just as no bad lyrics sink a great album but great lyrics make great albums better, that when you *do* come across great writing in video games, it makes an impact. I think of something like "Hades," an otherwise simple game which is really lifted by the quality (and quantity) of writing. "Red Dead Redemption 2" is an example of a relatively boilerplate story that is improved by the quality/quantity of writing. Or even "Hollow Knight," where the translated jibber-jabber of the characters give the (non) story more appeal, and your exploration more interest.
Though I'd argue both "Last of Us" games are elevated not really by the quality of the writing (which isn't bad) but the quality of the *acting*, which is especially unusual in video games.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 13:16 (four months ago) link