Haven't bought a new TRIPLE AYYY game in years :michael-laugh:

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I think they earnestly did try to make something that would appeal to Westerners, but didn't realise that constant Marvel-style Whedonisms are now seen as irritating and passé

    In terms of Japanese devs trying to make experiences that are more palatable to Western tastes I guess they at least did a better job than Tecmo with Quantum Theory

    • Esoteir [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      quantum theory

      holy shit it's art nouveau gears of war :michael-laugh:

      • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Some Japanese dudes looking at a gameplay video of the first Gears of War for five minutes and going "This is what the gaijins like? Okay, I think I got it. Big ugly man wearing an entire scrapyard shooting at equally big monster dudes with huge guns from behind chest high walls in ruined cityscapes and also everything is dark and murky"

        As bad as everything in the game looks the worst part might still be the name, just... what the fuck, guys :lenin-confused:

      • pyrpelo [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        looks exactly how i remember GoW 1 looking lmao

          • Esoteir [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            gears of war fuckin slaps, and they did a much better job than halo continuing the series past the original devs :comfy-cool:

            • pyrpelo [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              at least 343 managed to release MCC on PC, only good thing they did :dumpster-fire:

              • Esoteir [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                yeah good point, without the MCC I couldn't have tricked my friends into playing The Library on legendary so there's that going for them

                • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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                  2 years ago

                  Provided you can actually get the incredibly patchy co-op working. Seriously, it's so bad for 1 and 2 :sadness-abysmal:

              • Esoteir [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                100% agree on all sequel complaints, the spooky hollow earth aesthetic was way fuckin better

                that being said the cosmodrome section of 5 was pretty rad :stalin-approval:

                  • barrbaric [he/him]
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                    2 years ago

                    wasn’t the UIR supposed to be even more callous towards human life than the already monstrous COG?

                    Pretty sure that's just in-universe propaganda. The COG were the ones who used the hammer of dawn to blow up the entire enemy civilization and then destroy the biosphere.