Like…here’s something I think of what Radiant and Gasarki we’re trying to say.
Objectively Pokémon has stripped away a lot of what people enjoy about Pokémon.
Getting rid of Global Trading System in favor of a paid service called Pokémon Home
Stripping over half of the Pokémon from the game.
Deleting almost 150 moves from the attack dex
I don’t know why Pokémon has suddenly decided to take this approach of “less is more” with their core titles. It’s above my pay grade.
But To me, that comes off as something that I don’t want to invest in. It comes across as a bad game. I don’t think I’ve outright said Pokémon SW/SH are bad games. I’ve vented my frustrations over them definitely but I’m pretty sure I haven’t flat out told anyone “it’s a bad game. Don’t buy it” cause I don’t know if it’s a bad game but it’s a game I have no interest in wanting or trying due to what they have taken away from the game.
When I’ve had friends IRL talk to me or message me about Pokémon I’ll talk about the few positives things I do like about the new games. I’ll voice my concerns about the game but I never told any of them to not buy it.
I never said Death Strandinf was a bad game either. Just too many things about it made me feel it was a game I’d hate.
Pacing in a video game can be super subjective based simply on how the person playing the game is…well…playing.
Jim Sterling has the patience of a 3 year old so I’d find his qualms with a games pacing to be suspect personally. He’s also a click whore who will drum up drama for traffic so I don’t personally find him very trustworthy over all. That’s my subjective opinion doe.
My problem with Strive is not about if is going to be good or bad, but that i disagree with the direction is going.
Perhaps it will end a fun game, and even can be considered good, who knows.
But it is clear that is not for me, since it no longer has what made me like GG in the 1st place.
Is clear that this game is made with the intention to be a hard reset in terms of gameplay, and it wants to attract a new audince, since they are clearly affraid that most of its current fanbase is approaching the geriatric age, lol.
ok.
then let me go out and film a 8 hour long movie.
cuz thats my pace.
enjoy your butt falling asleep while you sit there for 8 hours straight. and no. there wont be an intermission for you to stretch your legs in the middle.
my dude.
my dear dear dude. cmon with pacing is subjective. like there is limits in art. few. but some.
I know what your problem with Strive is. At this juncture in time I just don’t care. That’s all.
Edit: and most of us are getting geriatric.
That sounds dope. You should do whatever you want with your art.
There are 0 limits in art. 0.
Also pacing in a game can absolutly be subjective. Just because dude over there ran to the end of the game as quick as he could doesn’t mean I’m not gonna fuck around in Novigrade for 10 hours doing whatever I want, important narrative be damned.
The pace you play probably isn’t the same as mine and so the pace the game moves at is subjective to the whims of the person controlling it.
And art has 0 limits. This is a real important one. Zero Limits.
My only thing I dislike about strive right now is how fucking boring the meters are.
I like the idea of wall breaking to reset the flow of the match. It’s not exactly a comeback mechanic or a tech but it’s something interesting that I feel a lot of players will be able to utilize. No other 2D fighter has done something like a wall break except for SFxT iirc
The game is gorgeous, the roster right now is the obvious fan favorites (Bridget, Dizzy and ABBA plz) but I hope they introduce more new characters outside of the dude from the debut trailer.
tho the russian war and peace movie did last around 6 hours. and it was great. so anything is possible.
but i personally wouldnt make a movie over 3 hours long. you ask alot of the audience to sit and watch anything over 3 hours. theres a good reason why most movies only last 2.
I expect the game to be light on returning chars, if we assume that the new gui is an indication of what they want to use (they say they are placeholders, but lets face it, it is clear that they are pretty finished in many ways to be just placeholders) i bet they will try to spread the chars across different categories ala char slect screen of OW.
If we take into account their previous 1st entries for other games and the current char select screen, GGST will probably have around 14 to 16 chars.
Maybe 4 categories with 4 chars on each of it.
Lets say that of those 16, 8 to 10 will be returning chars, then that leaves us with 4 to 6 new chars, depending on how much chars the add in the game.
Also, by looking at Faust, i expect that some returning chars will be heavily altered that they could be considered new chars.
Also, dunno why, but i feel that none of the Valentines will be back, at least for now, the same for Dizzy.
I also dont see Slayer, Venom, Kum, Ino and Bedman coming back at all.
EDIT
And because the heavy damage nature of the game, i dont see my girl ABBA coming back
I think you doing what you want is dope. I’d have to see a trailer of the movie to know if I thought said movie looked dope.
Also dude…i spend 9+ hours straight sitting on my ass watching tv and playing video games on my days off. You think 8 hours of watching a screen is gonna have some kind of impact? Nah my dood. That’s my normal routine son.
Also the reason most movies only last 2 hours is because theaters demand it and generally skip showing stuff that runs over that 120 min mark. They want high seat rotation so they can sell more tickets. People stopped making long movies because of theater operator demand, not because people’s assess fell asleep in their seats. The movie going experience used to be a 6 to 9 hour affair. You went all day.
considering the way content for fighters have been released this generation and arguably last I fully expect character season passes. Where all the most beloved characters like I-No, Dizzy, Slayer, Testament etc will be behind paywalls.
Re Sterling: the only video I’ve ever watched by him was the history of microtransactions and how M$ ultimately started the trend when it came to console gaming. It was actually incredibly informative and well thought out
