Video Game General 7.0: Day Juan Ys: MoC June 9th & Wonderful 101 June 30th!

[Volt]

@Hawkingbird

TLOU2 thread is a spoiler thread. Besides, this being a general there no reason why it can’t be talked about here.

Not anymore. Pertho shot down that idea with the quickness.

Just in case…

The Last of Us 2 Thread - This thread is full of spoilers, please don't click on it until you finish the game

Got a list handy? Because I’m not buying that at all. In fact, from a storytelling perspective, TLOU1 was straight up good. It’s just the overall plot that is braindead formulaic and predictable. Characters are solid, the storytelling works, the gameplay isn’t disconnected from the story… There aren’t glaring flaws in it.

[Pertho]

Because I dont want shit to accidentally spill here and suddenly get a bunch of tantrums about the lack of moderation.

[Hecatom]

The title of the other thread directly states that there will be spoilers inbound, and this being a general purpose thread, the talk falls into the umbrella of this thread. plus we are not talking specifically about the game, but the controversy that has surrunded it.

[Darc_Requiem]

Really…wow. I didn’t realize that. Everything I saw only mentioned The Uncharted franchise.

[Volt]

Let’s be honest though, if we’re talking about the controversy, or pretty much whatever about the game and there’s a thread for it, we should move it there.

I get that this is a general VG thread, but Perth isn’t asking for anything unreasonable.

[purbeast]

All I am saying is that disliking a game for things that have nothing to do with the game is dumb in my eyes. To each their own.

You can dislike a company for various reasons and not purchase a game because of your view of the company and not support them, but that doesn’t mean a game is bad or anything.

Those people trying to return an open game must be new to gaming.

[Pertho]

YES

Please

[Darc_Requiem]

@Hecatom

Just to give you an example, my friend that has a vg store has been dealing with people trying to return or trade in the game the whole day, simply because people dislike the product they got.

At least they were rationale about it. I mean I laughed at it, but the streamer stopping the game, pulling out both game discs, and cutting them in half is stupid. You already gave them your money.

[Hecatom]

The thing is that i know the people playing the game would prefer to not have to deal with the shitstirm and be left alone, so it woud be better to leave that here, and let them have their “safespace” to enjoy the game while we meme the shit of it here.

[Darksakul]

@Darc_Requiem

and cutting them in half is stupid. You already gave them your money.

They are feeding into the expectations of their audience.
It was expected to happen by someone at some point.

The Twitch streamer probability made 10 times that money back in that one stream.

[Darc_Requiem]

Not just with games but I see this stupid mindset in sports. It’s like, if you really want to hurt them, sell your copy to someone else so they don’t buy a new one.

[Pertho]

Fucking Heca beat me to the Arcana Heart steam code.

Where’s thst banhammer at?

[Hecatom]

Streamers, ytubers and other reactors from social media are expected to overreact.

He very likelydid it for the ciews and not necessarily because it was he feeled that moment.

[Hecatom]

I have not claimed it yet.
I can pass it to you if you really want it.

[Darksakul]

I agree, they are pandering to their audience.
They see from the chat feed what their audience wants and do what they can to keep that audience and make that audience grow. And if that means snapping a disc mid game or even smashing a console mid game (while it’s operational).

They will do it if it nets them notoriety, which gets then attention, thus more money.

[Gasaraki]

People change but that doesn’t mean they suddenly lose the knowledge they had.

Joel

I can buy Joel regaining his humanity from his relationship with Ellie. I can’t buy him suddenly losing all of his know how in understanding how bandits work, the danger of giving out his name, etc. There was a VERY specific scene in the first game where they encounter bandits on the road and Joel is completely prepared for the situation BECAUSE he’s been on the other side. He’s not someone that gets taken by surprise much or let’s his guard down much.

[Volt]

@Hecatom

The thing is that i know the people playing the game would prefer to not have to deal with the shitstirm and be left alone, so it woud be better to leave that here, and let them have their “safespace” to enjoy the game while we meme the shit of it here.

It was supposed to be the opposite. We leave the non-spoiler stuff here and go meme freely on the TLOU2 thread with people that already know the story.

But I got informed that Spoiler Tagging is a GD rule, Perth changed the thread title and I had to put a bigass warning about it.

No, seriously.

So now we’re all discussing it in the general thread while the TLOU2 thread is almost empty (and worse, with almost no memes. )

Mod came in, told us to take that shit to the proper place. I dunno about you, but I don’t wanna get clapped out of stupidity [spoiler]like half of the game’s cast. [/spoiler]

[Stuart_Hayden]

Disney putting their foot down in regards to EA’s handling of Star Wars is continuing to pay off.

'Star Wars: Squadrons' won't have microtransactions or constant add-ons |...

[GPK]

@Hecatom

She was the head writter for TLOU too.

GamesBeat: What do you remember most now about The Last of Us?

Hennig: I didn’t work on it, since I was working on Uncharted at the same time. What I remember most about all the projects is how we just crunched, and it got worse with every project. It was weird for me because I was always in the midst of it myself. It was odd being on Uncharted and not being on The Last of Us and being able to objectively watch people crunching and seeing the effect it was having.

[Hecatom]

Well, i stand corrected, i could swear she was one of the head writers.