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By your retarded definition, the entire concept of video games is a scam, since you’ve established that they’re just arbitrary and worthless crap, right? It’s not real, therefore it has zero value, as determined by you, the almighty arbiter of value?
At this point, it sounds like you should just fuck off and stop yelling like a belligerent idiot in the video games community here, since you so clearly have zero fucking interest in the subject beyond crying for your big government to make sure nobody is allowed to disagree with you
Do you believe that every game that uses a central server should be required to compensate players when eventually those online services are shut down? Because I would say that games shutting down is a completely reasonable part of how these things work, and a reasonable expectation by the players when they buy into that system. You’re paying for access to content for the lifespan of the game, not an eternal entitlement to active servers until the heat death of the universe.
Believe it or not, the majority of people don’t just default to “but I could just pirate this instead”, especially when a decent computer will easily be more than twice as expensive as a switch.
Beyond that, you lose out on the multi-player aspect of things. The switch is also far better in terms of portability than the alternatives in pc space, both in terms of size and battery life.
This is probably the best chance foamstars is going to get, and tbh it sorely needs it. It’s a game that wears it’s inspiration on its shoulder a bit too proudly. It needs to get itself out there and actually show people what makes it unique, rather than just “you wanted splatoon but couldn’t be assed to get a switch”. Because from what I’ve seen, it definitely has the potential to be it’s own thing, but the advertising so far does an abysmal job at really setting it apart.
Pokemon black/white is definitely an interesting game while still bringing it in to a satisfying return to status quo. You’re initially introduced to team plasma right after you get your first pokemon, and have not only had a chance to catch some early game mons, but are even encouraged to catch as many as you can by your friends. Team plasma, then, provides a stark contrast, the proposal that pokemon should be free from humans, and humans are just oppressing them. You then bump into N, who sees your bond with your pokemon, and has his own worldview challenged, that maybe humans and pokemon are strongest together.
Further into the game, you discover that team plasma is just a farce to separate people from their pokemon in order to make it easy for ghetsis to take over, and that he carefully manipulated N’s gift to be able to talk to pokemon in order to make him truly believe in the cause of pokemon liberation. And this is displayed through the gameplay as well. N doesn’t have a permanent team. Rather, he uses pokemon from the nearby routes whenever you battle him, and he lets them go afterwards.
The conclusion of the story is that there is no one right answer, that neither truth nor ideals are the way forward on their own. N is convinced by you through your efforts that pokemon and people are truly capable of achieving greater heights together, while still accepting that there are pokemon being abused that are deserving of help.
Insert b2w2. It’s a few years later, and team plasma has split. There’s the faction who follows ghetsis, neo plasma, and the traditionalists who still follow N. While the latter is focused on righting the wrongs of plasma’s past, neo plasma has moved to be more extreme, with ghetsis still seeking power.
Fun side note, the climax with ghetsis and kyurem is the only time in the series where the antagonist tries to kill the player. Not beat you in a battle. Kill you. Directly and personally.
but Druckmann’s take on “fun” was a valid one. A work of art can be engaging and emotionally impactful even if it isn’t “fun”,
Nah. The opposite of a fun game is a boring, frustrating, and uninteresting one. I’m glad you brought it up, because Papers please is a perfect example of a game that isn’t just neon colors and Mario kart style light hearted action, but is absolutely still a fun game. The gameplay is satisfying, flows well, and does a good job at integrating into what the game is trying to convey.
And to that end, naughty dog absolutely nailed making sure their games aren’t fun. I’m solidly with Reggie on this one. “If it’s not fun, why bother”
I’m not an expert, but the purpose of this filter is for people who are all but blind. And while it definitely looks trippy, it makes sense. Black/white is the highest possible contrast, which is important for people who, y’know, can’t really see that well. And the stripes are anchored in place, the character outline just moves over them, meaning that so long as someone can see the difference between the vertical and horizontal stripes, even vaguely, it’s difficult for them to lose which is which when everything is moving since the pattern never moves
It played like utter shit, and the story was just some c tier Netflix special garbage. Funny though how all the people who defend naughty dog just jump back to a single game released over a decade ago on ps3, and literally never anything else. Niel druckmann was right about one thing, and it’s that he doesn’t make fun games.
Why should I fuck off? I’m not the one going on unhinged rants about how government intervention is necessary because other people have different opinions on what’s worth their money