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(07-23-2023, 07:12 PM)oyakodon_khan Wrote: [ -> ]Always been intrigued by "rare" games with a cult following. Should be a concept impossible to manifest in our digital era, yet games like Rule of Rose and Eternal Darkness are permanently on the brink of either getting a re-release, or being lost to the ether.

"Furries" are manifestations of greed and gluttony— easy access to the internet (nigger technology) has opened pathways for the innately provincial to be hicks and drag into the dirt obscure subjects that were not possible for them to access in the past.
That is to say, with each new generation 'normalfaggotry' can become more extreme and more 'advanced' (ex: Twitter mulattos)— combated by the opposite end potential (cats) to become increasingly psychotic.

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon looks cool and I am excited to play it.

Blog update: I played Spec Ops: The Line for the first time. Like many other games, I am the first person to understand it. Everyone before me was wrong.



As you can see here, the 2010 buzzcut marine is doing the Oppenheimer Face. So this is a serious work about the moral weight of violence and the dehumanising effects of war? Right?



Wrong. This is a game about power-stancing civilians after you destroy their water in the middle of the desert. While you do this Captain Walker, the best western video game protagonist ever, will monologue about his own moral righteousness and how people won't stop forcing his hand. If you are a faggot you will interpret this as a narcissist driven by sheer hubris into madness and evil. But if you are smart, like me, you see this game for what it is.



Spec Ops: The Line... is funny. It's really, really funny. 



All of the game's supposed moral weight comes from lines like this, which feel like they were written by BHL, and from some of the most absurdly dated good writing tropes you'll ever see. This game wants to be a Christopher Nolan movie really badly. But there is a David Cage tier MINDFUCK TWIST so poorly worked into a premise that was obviously written without it that the whole thing becomes completely implausible and absurd. Not even taking the absurdity of the rest of the premise into account, which is already so deeply and utterly wrong. It's a fundamentally broken and incoherent libtard-poisoned premise bent further out of shape by pretentious aspirations the writers couldn't fulfill, all blown up to the level of comedy by the severity of the subject matter which these people try and fail to control.



Over the course of the game Captain Walker looks increasingly disheveled and ragged, he sounds increasingly hoarse and bloodthirsty. This is supposed to be a harrowing PTSD simulation. If you're a poser moron you'll pretend this deeply affects you. But if the game has completely failed to secure your respect as a serious intellectual endeavour what are we left looking at? This question might at first sound like a cutting critique, but this is where I really started enjoying myself. If the game completely fails in its intellectual and moral aspirations before you, what is left? What is left, is a pretty technically solid Gears of War ripoff which is about a hypercompetent and well-meaning peacekeeper who through a series of naive errors and sincere attempts at bringing about proper fulfilment of orders finds himself beating in the faces of Americans and refugees.



Spec Ops: The Line is the best Judge Dredd video game we're ever going to get. Captain Walker is the American/German answer to Judge Dredd and nobody noticed. There is absolutely incredible comic potential in the character and premise, a great deal of which is fulfilled within this game when they weren't even trying. I want a series of video games about Captain Walker being employed to different locales and every time finding himself driven by his stoic devotion to duty and sense of genuine moral purpose, and each time leaving behind a pointless conflict and a mountain of bodies, and a fresh wave of PTSD which he overcomes with the (genuinely correct) self-assurance that he was doing what he thought was best. If I can be serious for a moment, the most morally brave moment in the entire game is undeniably Walker's decision to keep moving after accidentally hitting civilians with white phosphorous. He refuses to feel sorry for himself, give up on the duty which drove him to the action, or to divert blame. He understands that his job created extreme demands and raised extreme stakes. He accepts all of this and keeps going no matter what because he's Captain Walker. A hero the world doesn't deserve.



As the game goes on Walker's already deeply violent vocalisations and "executions" of fallen enemies keep on getting more deranged. Again, meant to be harrowing. Again, hilarious. Walker is absolutely unstoppable and takes personal offense at the idea of anybody interfering with his desire to help. By the end of the game he is screaming, hissing, and cursing during battles whenever he has to reload because he has come so far along that mild disruptions in the pace of bloodshed drive him into a near-feral rage. This juxtaposition between sheer brutality and absolute focus and devotion to duty is incredible. And it is not winked over, or signposted. Because they didn't mean it to be funny. That makes it the funniest thing ever.



Captain Walker at his sanest will gun down 50 people over a misunderstanding that leads to exchanged shots and finish the wounded with rifle butts to the face. By the end of the game Walker is finishing off what's left of the entire army battalion he has personally killed with his bare hands. The wounded get broken necks if they're lucky. If not, a bullet to the kneecap followed by the forehead.





I don't know if it's possible to sell in text how well this works. The game's technical proficiency serves it excellently in bringing this aspect to life. The violence feels more physically visceral than Kane & Lynch. Physical weight and impact are rendered far better here. You really feel the captain's fury as you go Walker-Mode on a bleeding man begging for his life.



Or a sobbing female refugee, also begging for her life.



WHO'S FUCKING NEXT? WALKER CAME TO THIS CITY TO SAVE LIVES AND NOBODY'S GOING TO STOP HIM. EVEN IF HE HAS TO KILL LITERALLY EVERY LAST PERSON IN DUBAI HE WILL ACCOMPLISH HIS MISSION.



Walker's greatest challenge. BHL astrally projecting himself before Walker to implore him to kill himself in shame. But Walker is strong. His will holds.



Captain Walker will kill again in...



For now I just wanted to share my screenshots. I could go on a lot longer about this game. It's incredible. I genuinely love Captain Walker.

You had become death, the destroyeg of wogds, misteg Walkeg.

As I said I might, I just played Atelier Marie last night. Very nice game. One of those light Japanese ones mostly about managing a schedule, which I actually quite like. Sort of like a VN physical action and success at tasks is taken for granted for the most part so it's just about the most essential choices. Very nice, easy game that's still stimulating.

Why this came to my mind was that I also tried Stardew Valley again, something I haven't played in years. Again, I got bored after not that long. Despite having more direct actions and options before you, arguably, it's not really a game since progress is a foregone conclusion even for a video game, you can't lose, etc. The Swedish leftist youtuber Pim, who I greatly enjoy gang-stalking, made a video on "work" in games. I don't remember much of it that wasn't personal funny stuff about silly Swedish things, but he was getting at one essentially interesting point which is that most retarded hopepunk libtard games about "work" aren't really true to any kind of spirit of "work" or a "job" at all. All retarded stuff about making three coffees a day in some kind of gay libtard cafe for lesbian orcs. Pim is more interested in talking about retarded meme-horror games as the spiritually true alternative to this because he is a swedish libtard, and all libtards are extremely racist towards video games.




Pim is such a treasure. 

The actual true work games are these Japanese ones. Recettear is the game that really made me want to play Atelier. Recettear is cute. It's meant to be fun and something you can relax to, but it's also a game about a girl who has to struggle for her life against debt collectors through commerce. It's sell or die and your conditions are genuinely tight while you're learning the game. You can build up and grow like Stardew Valley, and you can also be wiped out and rendered homeless by a bad week. That's economic honesty libtards will never give you in a video game. Genuinely wonder why. All libtard work games are therapy. Where's the drama and struggle? Apparently it's easier to get a localisation job in Japan and make a JRPG character say "capitalism" than it is to make Recettear set in New York or something.

Reminds me, Pigsaw and I need to make a thread on hopepunk.

(07-29-2023, 06:48 AM)anthony Wrote: [ -> ]Blog update: I played Spec Ops: The Line for the first time. Like many other games, I am the first person to understand it. Everyone before me was wrong.

I think this is the correct take. The game is not actually Apocalypse now/Hearts of Darkness but more like Lawrence of Arabia. It is one incredibly deserving man's quest for glory and purpose amongst savages. The only people who care about the Middle East are White people (often Anglos) with an interest in a since passed Orient.

I gave SaGa a try with Scarlet Grace. A very poor game and combat system. It essentially comes down to RNG for debuffs/instant deaths for both you and your enemies. The turn manipulation is barebones, especially compared to what Kiseki offers (even in the earlier games.)

Hopefully this post saves someone else who is considering it. The people praising the game are delusional.

On the positive side, the music was fairly good. The art was not particularly good, but I understand that some would praise it as "unique." The characters are a mixture of silicon fuck dolls and standard anime fare. Very odd proportions. Costume design was good enough at least.

Aside from this, you merely go from combat encounter to combat encounter. There are other events that provide you with a choice. Example: Feed this dog or not. I am sure they will wrap things up later. I simply don't care about choices and consequences like this. It is far more preferable to have an interesting narrative over this sort of "look what my decisions have reaped!"

I will return to Kiseki now with Trails of Cold Steel 2. SaGa was a large disappointment since it was so heavily praised. Still, I also have some random JRPGs that are not "known" (shovelware essentially), and many of these will likely be strong in one way or another.

I've been playing Paradise Killer, which seems to be a fusion with early hopepunk and Suda's style. I've collected a few screenshots which I think are important and might post them in the hopepunk thread. I had a hard time playing because the sensibilities don't match well with classic Suda, which has potential for comedy that can be even self aware. It's also a walking simulator where you collect coins, called blood crystals, to walk better. Walking allows you to better look at the vapor-wave scenery, but what does this scenery have to do with Suda? I just want to instantly go to each puzzle location NMH2-style from a menu.

I am playing the second Atelier now because these are just really fun.

(07-04-2023, 11:39 PM)oyakodon_khan Wrote: [ -> ]I have something to note about the Mario movie, which I'll preface by saying that I never watched it, and never will. What I want to point out is Donkey Kong, the caricature of an ape with humanoid features, now being voiced by a member of the tribe of Jacob. Oh, what a cruel irony of fate. Surely from their point of view, it was a safe pick. A free paycheck. Did you know that an episode of Family Guy costs more than an entire season of your favorite anime? Look it up. It's basically just the studio laundering money through the voice actors. This is the same.
In the 1960s, the Jungle Book was criticised for having an African-American caricature in the form of the orangutan King Louie, who was based on Louis Armstrong. The producers cast a white singer to voice him, indicating that the caricature was but a homage to the style of song that the Ape sings in the movie, but contemporary critics were still able to find fault with it. Now, Donkey Kong. He's the leader of the bunch, you know him well. You probably also know Seth Rogen well, a completely talentless unfunny hack, with flop after flop, one can only wonder how he stays afloat in such a competivie industry. I'm sure you can come up with a reasonable explanation. 
Of course, Donkey Kong doesn't need to talk, he's an ape. They are inherently charismatic and cartoony. Why does he need to be piloted by a fat ugly skeksis? Go on youtube right now and type in "Ape noises" I assure you're more likely to smile or laugh, than hearing anything that would come out of Seth Rogen's mouth. To me this may be more indicative of an incidental racial charicature than the Orangutan which aped Louis Armstrong. Probably some type of subconscious deed of confession. It makes perfect sense. Seth Rogen is where he belongs, him, Gonzo, the Rugrats, Krusty the clown, Barton Fink... Roman Polanski, Woody Allen... Well, not to digress, all other neurotic cartoonish buffoons. The supposed high verbal IQ yet endlessly low-brow... They're finally united in this ultimate charicature. The earthly, material force of darkness from the African continent has been complete'd by the cthonic, spiritual force of darkness hailing from the east. The dream of every single one of the villains of history. A powerful body with which to perform unspeakable evil. Their only limitation done away with. The phrase coined by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on December 12th, 1968, brought to it's truest meaning, with no irony. And the woman of races rejoices. A mad dance ensues, the unholy ying and yang tears the world into shreds.

I hope you die or go to prison before you shoot up an elementary school or something

(07-04-2023, 11:39 PM)oyakodon_khan Wrote: [ -> ]I have something to note about the Mario movie, which I'll preface by saying that I never watched it, and never will. What I want to point out is Donkey Kong, the caricature of an ape with humanoid features, now being voiced by a member of the tribe of Jacob. Oh, what a cruel irony of fate. Surely from their point of view, it was a safe pick. A free paycheck. Did you know that an episode of Family Guy costs more than an entire season of your favorite anime? Look it up. It's basically just the studio laundering money through the voice actors. This is the same.
In the 1960s, the Jungle Book was criticised for having an African-American caricature in the form of the orangutan King Louie, who was based on Louis Armstrong. The producers cast a white singer to voice him, indicating that the caricature was but a homage to the style of song that the Ape sings in the movie, but contemporary critics were still able to find fault with it. Now, Donkey Kong. He's the leader of the bunch, you know him well. You probably also know Seth Rogen well, a completely talentless unfunny hack, with flop after flop, one can only wonder how he stays afloat in such a competivie industry. I'm sure you can come up with a reasonable explanation. 
Of course, Donkey Kong doesn't need to talk, he's an ape. They are inherently charismatic and cartoony. Why does he need to be piloted by a fat ugly skeksis? Go on youtube right now and type in "Ape noises" I assure you're more likely to smile or laugh, than hearing anything that would come out of Seth Rogen's mouth. To me this may be more indicative of an incidental racial charicature than the Orangutan which aped Louis Armstrong. Probably some type of subconscious deed of confession. It makes perfect sense. Seth Rogen is where he belongs, him, Gonzo, the Rugrats, Krusty the clown, Barton Fink... Roman Polanski, Woody Allen... Well, not to digress, all other neurotic cartoonish buffoons. The supposed high verbal IQ yet endlessly low-brow... They're finally united in this ultimate charicature. The earthly, material force of darkness from the African continent has been complete'd by the cthonic, spiritual force of darkness hailing from the east. The dream of every single one of the villains of history. A powerful body with which to perform unspeakable evil. Their only limitation done away with. The phrase coined by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on December 12th, 1968, brought to it's truest meaning, with no irony. And the woman of races rejoices. A mad dance ensues, the unholy ying and yang tears the world into shreds.

I hope you die or go to prison before you shoot up an elementary school or something

"I hope you die or go to prison before you shoot up an elementary school or something"

TND I can accept, but disliking Seth Rogen is beyond the pale.

(07-04-2023, 11:39 PM)Jordan B. Peterson Wrote: [ -> ]I have something to note about the Mario movie, which I'll preface by saying that I never watched it, and never will. What I want to point out is Donkey Kong, the caricature of an ape with humanoid features, now being voiced by a member of the tribe of Jacob. Oh, what a cruel irony of fate. Surely from their point of view, it was a safe pick. A free paycheck. Did you know that an episode of Family Guy costs more than an entire season of your favorite anime? Look it up. It's basically just the studio laundering money through the voice actors. This is the same.
In the 1960s, the Jungle Book was criticised for having an African-American caricature in the form of the orangutan King Louie, who was based on Louis Armstrong. The producers cast a white singer to voice him, indicating that the caricature was but a homage to the style of song that the Ape sings in the movie, but contemporary critics were still able to find fault with it. Now, Donkey Kong. He's the leader of the bunch, you know him well. You probably also know Seth Rogen well, a completely talentless unfunny hack, with flop after flop, one can only wonder how he stays afloat in such a competivie industry. I'm sure you can come up with a reasonable explanation. 
Of course, Donkey Kong doesn't need to talk, he's an ape. They are inherently charismatic and cartoony. Why does he need to be piloted by a fat ugly skeksis? Go on youtube right now and type in "Ape noises" I assure you're more likely to smile or laugh, than hearing anything that would come out of Seth Rogen's mouth. To me this may be more indicative of an incidental racial charicature than the Orangutan which aped Louis Armstrong. Probably some type of subconscious deed of confession. It makes perfect sense. Seth Rogen is where he belongs, him, Gonzo, the Rugrats, Krusty the clown, Barton Fink... Roman Polanski, Woody Allen... Well, not to digress, all other neurotic cartoonish buffoons. The supposed high verbal IQ yet endlessly low-brow... They're finally united in this ultimate charicature. The earthly, material force of darkness from the African continent has been complete'd by the cthonic, spiritual force of darkness hailing from the east. The dream of every single one of the villains of history. A powerful body with which to perform unspeakable evil. Their only limitation done away with. The phrase coined by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on December 12th, 1968, brought to it's truest meaning, with no irony. And the woman of races rejoices. A mad dance ensues, the unholy ying and yang tears the world into shreds.

I hope oyakodon_khan shoots his way out of the prison he's already in and into an elementary school.

VaatiVidya enables people that google "(movie) ending explained" to also enjoy Video Games.

(08-16-2023, 09:06 PM)oyakodon_khan Wrote: [ -> ]VaatiVidya enables people that google "(movie) ending explained" to also enjoy Video Games.

He allows them to think they are indefinitely. And as long as they remain like this they'll never actually be able to.

Skyrim is the best Elder Scrolls because it is Nordic.

(08-19-2023, 08:56 PM)BillyONare Wrote: [ -> ]How about we mod cyberfunk so it's all white guys and you can spray paint swastikas, stars of david, black suns, etc.?

A mod for Fallout 4 that turns most of the major characters into white men was recently released. It looks like a solid passion project with a lot of effort put into it, including real voice acting.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/grounded-commonwealth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyJO1dGdr2g

(08-20-2023, 05:40 PM)Guest Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-19-2023, 08:56 PM)BillyONare Wrote: [ -> ]How about we mod cyberfunk so it's all white guys and you can spray paint swastikas, stars of david, black suns, etc.?

A mod for Fallout 4 that turns most of the major characters into white men was recently released. It looks like a solid passion project with a lot of effort put into it, including real voice acting.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/grounded-commonwealth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyJO1dGdr2g

I was thinking of that exact project when writing my post. The nicest and shortest way I can put it is if your belief on how Fallout 4 is wrong as a work amounts to the characters aren't the right demographics, voice acting and some cosmetic changes of certain locales to good old American values needs to be done, I don't believe you have the right picture on what the work fundamentally is, which is feed based off a nostalgic property that is likely one of the most over rated in gaming both at the time and now, nor on what makes a good work.