Video Games and Gaming Technology (In A Positive Light)
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GTA V is technologically very impressive even to this day, and I can definitely see that there is fun to be had in that game if you can overlook all the degeneracy in all of the storylines, cutscenes and so on. But it's so over the top that I personally could not.
I felt the same way when I tried it years back. I got up to the mission where the game forces you to brutally/realistically torture someone and I dropped it on the spot. Grotesque stuff. Funnily enough your torture victim is naked except for a cross around his neck.
Yes I remember that too. My theory was they put a cross around the guys neck to make clear he was not a muslim. But yeah that scene was awful
It's a gacha game, so it's likely to be entirely PvE and thus no pay-to-win. However that does mean it's a big grind to unlock every character unless you pay the microtransactions. Similar to my enjoyment of Wuthering Waves stated earlier in this thread, these types of games offer flashy combat, non-woke character design and entertaining storylines in a free-to-play package so it's usually worth playing the open-world ones.
Two huge non-woke games came out yesterday and both are in the top 5 for player count on Steam, Marvel Rivals and Path of Exile 2.
Only played Marvel Rivals so far and I absolutely love the combat. After Concord flopped earlier this year even I was wondering if a new hero shooter is possible nowadays, but wow did they hit it out of the park with this one. Third-person POV was a great choice, it makes melee and high mobility characters much more viable than first-person POV games like Overwatch ever could. Feels superb web swinging around as Venom to then launch yourself at an enemy team, then being able to climb a wall to escape. Also, attractive characters in a Marvel production? Oh no wonder, it was made by Chinese devs.
Path of Exile 2 also looks incredible and whilst I've bounced off of ARPGs in the past I'm probably going to give this a go. I'm no stranger to mouse-based movement from my time with MOBAs but with PoE 2 it now supports WASD movement as well as controllers, so I'm looking forward to sitting back and playing that way. The graphics look dope, the bosses look challenging, there's like 36 class specialisations, there's a dodge mechanic available to all classes now and a bunch of other improvements from the still very popular PoE. Also has 2-player local co-op and 6 player online co-op so it seems like a great time.
I've been trying to play GOW Ragnarok after really enjoying the 2018 game but something just ain't right. The plot really has no drive to it, Odin the ostensible villain hasn't appeared or had any influence on the store for 10+ hours, Kratos doesn't seem to have any agency (nor the player), giants are black for some reason? There's a lack of cool bosses and enemy variety. I will say the one boss I remember fighting they did nail the horror aspect, quite terrifying...
Nothing as scary as a 30 foot black woman enraged that you're trying to steal her crack pipe.
Nothing as scary as a 30 foot black woman enraged that you're trying to steal her crack pipe.
I've got some mixed feelings about that one. It's a bit too over the top, but I also get that the intent of this scene was what I call "Education via forceful enema" about what the deep state does to people on a whim.
The overall plot of the game was a primarily a scathing critique of the Deep State and the greed/hubris involved.
These anime games are often very F2P friendly even when they have fairly aggressive monetization like gacha systems. I think I can get my hopes up for this one.
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>Marvel Rivals
Finally finished the Resident Evil 4 remake, the original being one of my favourite games of all time. Overall I enjoyed it, though I can’t help but miss the goofiness and camp of the original with Leon delivering one-liners and being smarmy towards female colleagues, all while comically unfazed by various horrifying PTSD inducing situations. They kept just enough in to not ruin the spirit of the game without going overboard and making it something it was never meant to be (actually scary survival horror.)
The graphics are an obvious upgrade, and they’ve retained enough of the design of the original game that it feels familiar, with similar story beats, yet refreshing enough to not be a total breeze to veterans of the 2004 original. I was impressed by the rewrite of Ashley. In the days of DEI I had feared she would chastise and berate Leon whilst being inexplicably badass, but to my amazement, she’s actually more grounded and likeable and the pair exchange well-written dialogue that builds their relationship in a realistic manner: Leon is a highly-trained and competent Chad, and Ashley naturally becomes attracted to him, knows her limits, trusts in him for her safety and wants to win his approval. There isn’t a single insufferable moment I am pleased to say.
Resident Evil games always make for enjoyable speedruns/challenge runs which gave you real in-game rewards and I was glad to see that aspect come back. However the only issue is with the Mercenaries mini-game is extraordinarily easy and the reward (Handcannon which can be upgraded to infinite ammo and used on any difficulty setting) renders playthroughs on higher difficulties trivial. I found myself contemplating getting the Platinum trophy for this game, but beating the game in under 5 hours with only 15 saves on the hardest difficulty with no infinite ammo magnum is just obnoxious and requires an unreasonable time investment for someone as bad at games as I now am.
Worth getting on sale, but don’t pay full price for it. Watching the trailer leads you to believe that this remake is far darker and grittier than the original which was beloved for how absurd it could be. Fortunately, while it is darker, it still doesn’t take itself fully seriously, which is fortunate as RE4 is ultimately the story of an incompetent enemy making terrible decisions and failing to stop one guy they could easily take care of with a modicum of sense.
The graphics are an obvious upgrade, and they’ve retained enough of the design of the original game that it feels familiar, with similar story beats, yet refreshing enough to not be a total breeze to veterans of the 2004 original. I was impressed by the rewrite of Ashley. In the days of DEI I had feared she would chastise and berate Leon whilst being inexplicably badass, but to my amazement, she’s actually more grounded and likeable and the pair exchange well-written dialogue that builds their relationship in a realistic manner: Leon is a highly-trained and competent Chad, and Ashley naturally becomes attracted to him, knows her limits, trusts in him for her safety and wants to win his approval. There isn’t a single insufferable moment I am pleased to say.
Resident Evil games always make for enjoyable speedruns/challenge runs which gave you real in-game rewards and I was glad to see that aspect come back. However the only issue is with the Mercenaries mini-game is extraordinarily easy and the reward (Handcannon which can be upgraded to infinite ammo and used on any difficulty setting) renders playthroughs on higher difficulties trivial. I found myself contemplating getting the Platinum trophy for this game, but beating the game in under 5 hours with only 15 saves on the hardest difficulty with no infinite ammo magnum is just obnoxious and requires an unreasonable time investment for someone as bad at games as I now am.
Worth getting on sale, but don’t pay full price for it. Watching the trailer leads you to believe that this remake is far darker and grittier than the original which was beloved for how absurd it could be. Fortunately, while it is darker, it still doesn’t take itself fully seriously, which is fortunate as RE4 is ultimately the story of an incompetent enemy making terrible decisions and failing to stop one guy they could easily take care of with a modicum of sense.
The Witcher 4 released a reveal trailer last night at "The Game Awards"
I'm not playing it and I hope you kids don't either.... Not just because of uglified girl boss Ciri, but because of all the woke nonsense CDPR has been caught up in as of late. I think if it was done organically a Ciri Witcher game could have been worth while, but nothing about this is organic. I am adamant about not spending my money on DEI and Woke products, especially games. I want these modern gaming publishers and studios to burn to the ground so that something better can come and take their place.
I'm not playing it and I hope you kids don't either.... Not just because of uglified girl boss Ciri, but because of all the woke nonsense CDPR has been caught up in as of late. I think if it was done organically a Ciri Witcher game could have been worth while, but nothing about this is organic. I am adamant about not spending my money on DEI and Woke products, especially games. I want these modern gaming publishers and studios to burn to the ground so that something better can come and take their place.
Male neanderthal phenotype. Incredible.
Since Geralt's voice actor, Doug Cockles, gave away that he is not much in the game, it was entirely predictable they would be going with an uglified girl-boss-Ciri. I won't be touching it, and didn't even watch the Netflix series because of what they did to that with the casting.
I watched about twenty minutes of the series, it was the King & Queen leading their army into battle in the vanguard that made me realise I wasn’t going to watch the rest of the series. It just doesn’t make any modicum of sense for this to be a reasonable battle plan if your nation relies on a system of hereditary monarchy.
Also the black-as-night sub-saharan Africans in the frost-glazed tundra forests. I know I’ve belaboured this point on this forum before, but just because it’s fantasy doesn’t mean it doesn’t have to make logical sense. There is no indication in the world of the Witcher that different skin colours are caused by different influences than in the real world, furthermore, in the world of the Witcher we can clearly see that migration across vast distances and through different climes is largely inaccessible to the common man. So why are black dudes in fantasy Eastern Europe?
But Redditors are like; “so you’re fine with sorcery and werewolves, but not a black person?” Completely missing the point that I carefully mask my inherent racism in a reasonable and logical in-lore objection.
This is also why my friends hate watching movies with me.
