expensive disasters still mean people got paid, so yes
let there be jank
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Free Yuji Naka
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no, he’s good where he is tbh
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I really like the post-Adventure Time aesthetic and vibe of Olli Olli World (a lot more than the pixel graphics of the previous two entries) but it’s the third game in this series where I really just can’t get the hang of executing anything at more than a basic level. Odd that I can manage something like fighting games and reach a certain level of competence (dare I even say mastery) but this just doesn’t click into place in my brain. I won’t continue on.
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Thank you, this reminded me I need to play it!!
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gonna ruin the joke by mentioning that yuji naka got a suspended sentence, so doesn’t actually need to be freed from anywhere
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REmake should have dispensed with the whole idea that fixed camera survival horror games are dated/clunky by nature. it practically seemed designed to do that lol
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Oh no that sounds like a markedly less than ideal way to experience the game, the apple orchard part is a mess regardless, thankfully it isn’t randomized so it is less awful on repeat visits.
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playing dark souls 1 on a crt on ps3 having a great fucking time this game has never looked better lol. i hear the 15khz whine…
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a videogame just wished me happy birthday
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somehow the 3rd person shooter section of Death Stranding was a much better 3rd person shooter than any other I’ve played, and it’s like 20 minutes of the game
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Have tuned the button layout in Dead Space to give me two schemes to work with (exploring and aiming) so just have to practice switching between them. Also bumped it down to easy just so I didn’t have to fire three times to cut a limb whilst practicing this new schema.
Now that I’m able to focus and play a bit more it’s remarkable to me how dull the remake is. Like there’s no sense of fun behind the situation or the more game-y elements. A small example is that in the original you can flip your plasma cutter between horizontal and vertical instantly which is one of those fun actions to just do e.g. while waiting for a lift. In the remake they add a pause before you can switch the cutter’s orientation which either feels like a concession to game overbalance (‘the player shouldn’t be able to switch so fast!’) or to realism (no silliness in our horror game). The voice performances also have very little energy to them. They’re more dry like it’s a limited run TV series instead of a pulpy Event Horizon ghost ship. Maybe it’ll pick up once the cult stuff starts up. It’s missing that PS360 feeling even though it’s functionally the same game. Something about how games of that era really skirted the line between game-game (ragdoll limb gore engine) and limited cinematic aspirations.
Also they change it so the ship is a continuous space without tramrides between levels. This is not particularly interesting since the levels don’t meaningfully interconnect except for the corridors between levels so why bother? I guess I could theoretically backtrack later but the original game sets this up anyway. Feels like a design decision motivated by what can be done now but adds almost nothing to the experience.
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oh he needs to be freed from something
something he can never escape
what did yuji naka do to deserve life imprisonment or death exactly
financial crimes which are the only crimes where it’s funny when they go to prison
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there’s also rumours that he’s horrible to work with/for, though that’s not technically a crime
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veilguard is actually pretty decent from about 3 hours in when it opens up a bit, the writing gets slightly less remedial, you have to start doing crowd control, and it starts showing off different environments. the game is doing most of what I want it to and I expect it will continue. I wish the gear was slightly less boring.
I am now 4.5 hours in and do not yet have a single male party member
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every youtube video on death stranding has comments saying it was “underrated” , maybe i wasnt paying attention around the time but most reviews seemed pretty positive on it?
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