Re: The all inclusive video game thread
Posted: Wed July 23, 2014 3:46 pm
Wii U doesn't count as next gen, so not me. Although i really want to play No Man's Sky.
You're not missing much.Simple Torture wrote:I will probably hold off on GTAV and The Last of Us just so I can play them on next-gen.
Disagree. Both were excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You're not missing much.Simple Torture wrote:I will probably hold off on GTAV and The Last of Us just so I can play them on next-gen.
GTA V is noticeably lacking in the transgressive thrill of Vice City and San Andreas, and the world, graphics, and physics feel considerably less impressive than in IV, simply because they're not as revelatory. I think it feels stale, lacking the vitality that made GTA so much fun in the past. It's certainly not a bad game, just a very disappointing one considering how consistently great GTA has been previously.CopperTom wrote:Disagree. Both were excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You're not missing much.Simple Torture wrote:I will probably hold off on GTAV and The Last of Us just so I can play them on next-gen.
This is true.Alex wrote:most video games would immediately improve upon the inclusion of a godzilla

Best character "relationship" in the history of video games.LoathedVermin72 wrote:GTA V is noticeably lacking in the transgressive thrill of Vice City and San Andreas, and the world, graphics, and physics feel considerably less impressive than in IV, simply because they're not as revelatory. I think it feels stale, lacking the vitality that made GTA so much fun in the past. It's certainly not a bad game, just a very disappointing one considering how consistently great GTA has been previously.CopperTom wrote:Disagree. Both were excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You're not missing much.Simple Torture wrote:I will probably hold off on GTAV and The Last of Us just so I can play them on next-gen.
TLOU was just a shit game, IMO. The writing was the standard bleak, cynical, post-apocalyptic dreck seen in countless movies and TV shows, the characters are irritating and make frustrating decisions (and the lack of decision-making makes this game feel thoroughly outdated and dull in a post-Walking Dead-and-Mass-Effect world), and the gameplay is just your boilerplate combat-punctuated-by-cutscenes formula. It's a GREAT opening (basically a much better version of World War Z) followed by a lackluster game.
The way he pivots on his face before the fall, crushing his foakleys, and then contorts his body like he is made of clay, mimics a display of both grace and dexterity not unlike that which one may find when viewing Swan Lake or La Bayader.tommymctom wrote:that is mesmerizing
Yeah...not even close. Grizzled, world-weary adult male who lost a child slowly lets his guard down and begins caring about a spunky little girl. How original.CopperTom wrote:Best character "relationship" in the history of video games.LoathedVermin72 wrote:GTA V is noticeably lacking in the transgressive thrill of Vice City and San Andreas, and the world, graphics, and physics feel considerably less impressive than in IV, simply because they're not as revelatory. I think it feels stale, lacking the vitality that made GTA so much fun in the past. It's certainly not a bad game, just a very disappointing one considering how consistently great GTA has been previously.CopperTom wrote:Disagree. Both were excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You're not missing much.Simple Torture wrote:I will probably hold off on GTAV and The Last of Us just so I can play them on next-gen.
TLOU was just a shit game, IMO. The writing was the standard bleak, cynical, post-apocalyptic dreck seen in countless movies and TV shows, the characters are irritating and make frustrating decisions (and the lack of decision-making makes this game feel thoroughly outdated and dull in a post-Walking Dead-and-Mass-Effect world), and the gameplay is just your boilerplate combat-punctuated-by-cutscenes formula. It's a GREAT opening (basically a much better version of World War Z) followed by a lackluster game.
that reminds me, have you met RM user: nah, LoathedVermin72?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah...not even close. Grizzled, world-weary adult male who lost a child slowly lets his guard down and begins caring about a spunky little girl. How original.CopperTom wrote:Best character "relationship" in the history of video games.LoathedVermin72 wrote:GTA V is noticeably lacking in the transgressive thrill of Vice City and San Andreas, and the world, graphics, and physics feel considerably less impressive than in IV, simply because they're not as revelatory. I think it feels stale, lacking the vitality that made GTA so much fun in the past. It's certainly not a bad game, just a very disappointing one considering how consistently great GTA has been previously.CopperTom wrote:Disagree. Both were excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You're not missing much.Simple Torture wrote:I will probably hold off on GTAV and The Last of Us just so I can play them on next-gen.
TLOU was just a shit game, IMO. The writing was the standard bleak, cynical, post-apocalyptic dreck seen in countless movies and TV shows, the characters are irritating and make frustrating decisions (and the lack of decision-making makes this game feel thoroughly outdated and dull in a post-Walking Dead-and-Mass-Effect world), and the gameplay is just your boilerplate combat-punctuated-by-cutscenes formula. It's a GREAT opening (basically a much better version of World War Z) followed by a lackluster game.
Regardless of originality, they pulled off "love" better than any other game has. Like it or hate it, it deserves it's due for what it does well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah...not even close. Grizzled, world-weary adult male who lost a child slowly lets his guard down and begins caring about a spunky little girl. How original.CopperTom wrote:Best character "relationship" in the history of video games.LoathedVermin72 wrote:GTA V is noticeably lacking in the transgressive thrill of Vice City and San Andreas, and the world, graphics, and physics feel considerably less impressive than in IV, simply because they're not as revelatory. I think it feels stale, lacking the vitality that made GTA so much fun in the past. It's certainly not a bad game, just a very disappointing one considering how consistently great GTA has been previously.CopperTom wrote:Disagree. Both were excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You're not missing much.Simple Torture wrote:I will probably hold off on GTAV and The Last of Us just so I can play them on next-gen.
TLOU was just a shit game, IMO. The writing was the standard bleak, cynical, post-apocalyptic dreck seen in countless movies and TV shows, the characters are irritating and make frustrating decisions (and the lack of decision-making makes this game feel thoroughly outdated and dull in a post-Walking Dead-and-Mass-Effect world), and the gameplay is just your boilerplate combat-punctuated-by-cutscenes formula. It's a GREAT opening (basically a much better version of World War Z) followed by a lackluster game.
You just got off on the pedo romance, didn't you?CopperTom wrote:Regardless of originality, they pulled off "love" better than any other game has. Like it or hate it, it deserves it's due for what it does well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah...not even close. Grizzled, world-weary adult male who lost a child slowly lets his guard down and begins caring about a spunky little girl. How original.CopperTom wrote:Best character "relationship" in the history of video games.LoathedVermin72 wrote:GTA V is noticeably lacking in the transgressive thrill of Vice City and San Andreas, and the world, graphics, and physics feel considerably less impressive than in IV, simply because they're not as revelatory. I think it feels stale, lacking the vitality that made GTA so much fun in the past. It's certainly not a bad game, just a very disappointing one considering how consistently great GTA has been previously.CopperTom wrote:Disagree. Both were excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You're not missing much.Simple Torture wrote:I will probably hold off on GTAV and The Last of Us just so I can play them on next-gen.
TLOU was just a shit game, IMO. The writing was the standard bleak, cynical, post-apocalyptic dreck seen in countless movies and TV shows, the characters are irritating and make frustrating decisions (and the lack of decision-making makes this game feel thoroughly outdated and dull in a post-Walking Dead-and-Mass-Effect world), and the gameplay is just your boilerplate combat-punctuated-by-cutscenes formula. It's a GREAT opening (basically a much better version of World War Z) followed by a lackluster game.
Nope. It's clearly father-daughter-esque anyways.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You just got off on the pedo romance, didn't you?CopperTom wrote:Regardless of originality, they pulled off "love" better than any other game has. Like it or hate it, it deserves it's due for what it does well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah...not even close. Grizzled, world-weary adult male who lost a child slowly lets his guard down and begins caring about a spunky little girl. How original.CopperTom wrote:Best character "relationship" in the history of video games.LoathedVermin72 wrote:GTA V is noticeably lacking in the transgressive thrill of Vice City and San Andreas, and the world, graphics, and physics feel considerably less impressive than in IV, simply because they're not as revelatory. I think it feels stale, lacking the vitality that made GTA so much fun in the past. It's certainly not a bad game, just a very disappointing one considering how consistently great GTA has been previously.CopperTom wrote:Disagree. Both were excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You're not missing much.Simple Torture wrote:I will probably hold off on GTAV and The Last of Us just so I can play them on next-gen.
TLOU was just a shit game, IMO. The writing was the standard bleak, cynical, post-apocalyptic dreck seen in countless movies and TV shows, the characters are irritating and make frustrating decisions (and the lack of decision-making makes this game feel thoroughly outdated and dull in a post-Walking Dead-and-Mass-Effect world), and the gameplay is just your boilerplate combat-punctuated-by-cutscenes formula. It's a GREAT opening (basically a much better version of World War Z) followed by a lackluster game.