Fucking wow @ the Stadia’s social media response to a dude not getting what he paid $140 for.
Just an “oops all berries. Thanks for the money!”
The fucking audacity
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To be honest with you, Google’s response to customers about Stadia, the huge amount of issues they are having with the YouTube platform, be it their lazy and useless attempts to police innapropriate content, to the recent Markiplier fiasco with how they fucked his base over…i seriously see a good deal of legal trouble in Google’s future.
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I wouldnt say that NMS came as garbage, but it certainly came short when it came to the hype expectations.
After its launch it has been getting plenty of free patches that have been improving massively the game each time.
Wait a minute… is Death Stranding a game about a guy carrying a bunch of Metal Gear? 
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BASED DUNKEY, DOING THE LORDS WORK!!!
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Friendly reminder that the Nexus lineup was one of the only things Google has ever gotten right (besides the Maps/Gmail/YouTube)
Youtube didnt start as part of google though, they bought it once it became popular, and aftery purchasing it, yt has steadly going to the shitter.
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Yea Google buying Youtube was a HUGE mistake.
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bitchute is a good alternative to youtube, but it still has a looooooooooooooong way to go.
Damn, the only streamer I watch is ditching YouTube for Twitch. Gonna actually have to DL the Twitch app on my PS4 now? Was the only reason I watched, cuz I could do it on my PS4 through the YouTube app, but Google done fucked YouTube up all the way now it seems with these new COPPA rules being forced on them cuz they are too fucking retarded to do their job themselves.
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Coppa rules affects streams too? The fucking idiots
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It effects everything you upload to the channel. Just the thumbnail for the stream could get you got, not even the stream itself.
Yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and say ya’ll can definitely pass on Death Stranding.
It just seems like everything that’s cool about this game is the stuff that alleviates the process of actually playing the game. And the story/dialog pretty much amounts to a stoner conversation about how “disconnected we all are maaaaan. Social media and likes are Killin us maaaaan, they’re chaining us all down and isolating us maaaaan”. Christ.
Dialog feels straight condescending sometimes. Some of the stuff Higgs says actually pissed me off lmao. I mean the subtext is so in your face and lacks any subtlety. Everything is explained in painful exposition dumps, and anything that isn’t exposition is laughably childish dialog. It’s dissapointing to see Kojima have such little faith in the intelligence of his audience. Bad storytelling non-withstanding.
Characters have personality traits instead of actual personalities, every single little detail is explained but given no context, and the over arching plot pretends to be more profound than it actually is. It feels like Kojima is just trying to ram this rhetoric down my throat when I already get it, and I got it an hour ago. I mean shit, Kojima’s response to the mixed reviews is indicative that he doesn’t understand people’s gripes at all. Literally blamed every bad review on Americans not liking games that aren’t first person shooters. Which is some high level asinine shit to say. Maybe it’s not getting soaring reviews because every aspect of the gameplay has to do with either walking, or doing something to make walking easier. On top of the walking itself feeling more like a chore than it is an exciting gameplay experience. Don’t even get me started on the combat, which usually amounts to mashing square on MULES or spamming grenades at braindead AI.
The social media/technology aspect is hammered in constantly throughout the game. Sam wears literal handcuffs that acts as a communication device to link him up with others. The Mules are literally a faction of people who got addicted to the likes they received as deliverymen, and now covet cargo. Sam himself quite literally can’t even touch or connect with other people because of a phobia. Everything is sooooo on the nose and played out. It has about as much subtlety as the claw end of a hammer ramming itself into your temple.
And even as simple and obvious as these themes are, they still manage to feel confused in their intent because likes are a positive gameplay mechanic. Technology is a positive gameplay mechanic. So which is it? I feel like he has so much to say but ends up saying so little.
It’s extra annoying because the presentation is there. The graphics, music, and overall design of the world are all awesome. But the primary things that keep me engaged and playing a game aren’t executed well.
I don’t know, I think this game has just made me realize that all this time I thought I was a Kojima fan, but maybe I’m just a Metal Gear fan. This seems like the type of game that comes into existence when the creator is surrounded by nothing but yes men at every turn.
By the time I got to chapter 3, I uninstalled and just watched someone stream it. Out of sheer curiosity I have to know how this mess ends.
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Oh, and the goddamn product placement. I almost forgot. The product placement is beyond tacky as fuck. It totally removes me from the experience every time I see one of those dumbass Monster energy drinks. Or an ad for Norman Reedus’ new TV show every time you take a shit.
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Hail Kojima/Satan!
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he reminds me alot of George Lucas in that regard. he is talented at seeing the big picture but has trouble with the devil in the details. a good game editor would benefit him greatly, i think.
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i will ROFL if Reedus doesnt win the award for best actor and it goes to a no name video game actor.
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