Off-Topic General Discussion - Page 4351

On February 23 2015 09:14 WaveofShadow wrote:

I've never seen ahs;I hear it's good.
As far as disturbing shows go, I won't watch sons of anarchy with my wife because it's literally violence gore and rape just for the hell of it on that show, but even worse is probably criminal minds.

The shit the writers come up with for serial killers to do on that show actually made me stop watching it. I mean I love a good horror/gore movie (SoA took its dealings with it too seriously when the action was far from, so I was less disturbed by it and more 'this is just stupid') but some of that criminal minds stuff is so truly disturbing and worst of all plausible.

On February 23 2015 09:22 onlywonderboy wrote:
I'm changed into gym clothes we are making progress.

On February 23 2015 09:13 TheYango wrote:

I mean, I don't disagree, I just would never go into Divinity expecting PST or Arcanum, though that's also because I've played Divine Divinity, so I have some idea of what kind of game to expect from the series.

I haven't played it yet, though while I expect it's good, it's probably not Black-Isle-golden-age-good, but I have no clue why you'd ever expect that. You don't go into games expecting them to be that good, because that just sets you up to be disappointed (see SC2).


Bethesda games aren't RPGs, IMO.

They're more like exploration games with ham-fisted RPG mechanics tacked on top.

On February 23 2015 09:19 red_ wrote:
Why does the existence of 'basic bitches and bros' at the gym deter you from going?

On February 23 2015 09:27 Parnage wrote:
The very idea that I can't expect games made in 2015 to not be as solid as those made 2001 just breaks my little nerd heart. I have no idea about the series I'm just looking for something that is actual open ended preferably that doesn't also make me sick after an hour of playing it due to camera view.

On February 23 2015 09:29 Eppa! wrote:

Superiority complex.

On February 23 2015 06:58 WaveofShadow wrote:

This exactly.
Who the fuck cares about lol, stop talking about it

Edit:

The silent c sheep
Strikes those who get on his nerves
From the deep shadow

On February 23 2015 09:41 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:


I just woke up I wasn't even here D:

On February 23 2015 09:38 TheYango wrote:

I mean, the good games in 2001 were anomalous too. Most of the games released then were also shit, it's just that after playing video games for like 15-20 years, there's gonna be some outliers that were exceptionally good and you happen to remember those. It's still unreasonable to expect games that come out to be as good as the outliers that got lucky.

On February 23 2015 09:05 jcarlsoniv wrote:


I'm inclined to agree with this, but you don't get gainz from bodyweight training. Depends on what you're looking for.

On February 23 2015 07:14 WaveofShadow wrote:
WB btw, frudgey.
Your post yesterday made me smile.

On February 23 2015 07:04 mordek wrote:
I got all hypey watching soniv, bought viktor, feed in mid lane to a jarv.

I don't know how to play lol

On February 23 2015 09:38 TheYango wrote:

I mean, the good games in 2001 were anomalous too. Most of the games released then were also shit, it's just that after playing video games for like 15-20 years, there's gonna be some outliers that were exceptionally good and you happen to remember those. It's still unreasonable to expect games that come out to be as good as the outliers that got lucky.

On February 23 2015 09:49 PrinceXizor wrote:

I mean 2001 is a bad example for that, because 2001 was an insane year for game releases.

runescape, FFIX, Black and white, Bejeweled, throne of Bhaal, FFX, Advance wars, Silent hill 2, Ico, GTA 3, Wrath of Cortex, Stronghold, DMC, Halo, Super monkey ball, Melee, Pikmin, Arcanum,

On February 23 2015 09:44 Parnage wrote:
I don't think it's unreasonable to ask to have the same amount of options and freedom in a rpg made in 2001 as a modern blockbuster rpg made in 2011. I mean I could understand more thematic experiences(along the lines of bioware qusi linear/look at this awesoem story RPG) but when your game is supposed to be some open world awesome freedom and it's being outdone in that freedom by a game made by a now defunct studio a decade previously. We got problems in the gaming industry.

On February 23 2015 09:52 TheYango wrote:
IDK, design elements in creative media tend to improve super slowly. Ideally it could be an incremental process like you say, but the industries never really work that way.

If you think about it, other media are exactly the same, it's not really unique to games. Like other than the obvious technological advancements that apply to both industries, can you really say that the creative/design elements in movies are better now than they were 20 years ago?