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I often find myself frustrated at final boss battles, especially in RPG's. Often they require absurd amount of grinding to even stand a chance. Most other games (except fighting games) make the last boss an appropriate challenge, but not too absurdly tough.
However, when I get to the end of a game and have to fight a big foozle--I normally prefer it to be an easy and ONE TIME affair. I hate getting to a last boss and having to constantly restart the fight because I don't have enough HP, or I can't quite hack it.
I believe that a great many games would be improved if the last boss was impossible to lose at. Make it epic, make it inspiring, but make it a total beatdown. By the time you are at the end you just want to kill the bastard, not reload a save five times."
Arguing that games should allow for experimentation (of gender and sexuality) is a fair point of contention. Unless a game is trying to tell a specific sort of story about a specific sort of character (such as "Johnny Straight fights the martians", or "Lonnie Notalesbian battles the Chimera") why not allow the avatar to bend gender, or be gay? Why can't my burly Fallout 3 character where the female version of sexy sleepwear?"
Is it fun to play Heavy Rain? Not really. It is many things, but not really 'fun'--however it is a hell of an experience.
Games are on the same level as novels or films. They are not 'fun'. The word "game" is a misnomer, really. Videogames are interactive entertainment, and have been so for some time. They provide different experiences. Some experiences are competitive, or sad, or frightening, or fun. Silent Hill should not be judged based on how 'fun' it is, just as For Whom the Bell Tolls is not judged on that same criteria."
The way EA handled the protesting from the homophobic masses was fairly admirable for such a large corporation. They did the right thing, despite being voted the worst company evar (from a bunch of short sighted idiots).
With oil spills and mercenaries existing, you would think that EA would be off the list completely. Plus, everyone knows Activision is the worst company.
Anyway, back to the issue.
This really should not be an issue. The fact that most people are looking at these gay-bashing morons and basically saying "Uh...Uh-huh. Well, we are going to continue into the 21st century, thanks." is a testament to how much things have changed, and how positive the gaming community can be.
Now, I don't have any problem with gay people myself, but only as long as they show it off in front of my proverbial kids. Little bastards need to learn that it's okay, after all."
The second game in the series is only on PS1 as far as I know. It was released in the US extremely late in the PS1's lifespan as a budget title. It should be cheap and fairly easy to come by, but they totally changed the artstyle to a more "adult" robot design. Still a good game!"
I own/play way too many goddam games, and my collection is literally overflowing. It gives you a good perspective when you run into something that fits into one genre, but has a certain spirit that is utterly unique.
A lot of the time it is a game like the above three where the developers ambition is way higher than either their budget or ability. A lot of people feel that the tone in a game is simply based on things like lighting and music--and to a certain extent that is true--but the music in Steambot is a bit crap, and the graphics struggle just to keep everything on screen.
Tone is a complicated and frankly ...agonizing thing to try and analyze. Especially games that are as flawed as Steambot and Road Trip. They are fun and relaxing to play, sure, but the tone they evoke is something that rises above all the clearly visible flaws in the game."
"And if you think this stuff is offensive you have never talked on xbox live have you?"
Yeah, I have. I immediately retreated back to the hope of civility on the PSN network. This guy was not being clever, he was being a disgusting...gentleman.
If she was being trash-talked on the same level as the guys, there would not be a problem here. The fact that she went DAYS with this abuse is both commendable and sad. I really don't think you understand the situation, It is not a matter of being offended at all.
Did you watch the videos? I really have no idea how you can claim that it's simply trash-talking."
People have the right to say what they want, and if you want to tell someone to shut their pie hole because they are a sexist child, you better exercise that right."
I had an idea that gamers had a tendancy to a be a bit more enlightened on the whole than a lot of other people--simply due to the friends I keep. I guess the friends I keep are (luckily) not the sort of cloistered and ignorant blowhards which apparantly exist in the fighting game commuity. They are overgrown children, except children usually develop a sense of self-knowing pretty rapidly.The most disturbing part was this guy's defense of his actions--utterly ignorant.
People who hide behind the (idiotic) defense of free speech, or "This is America! Arn't we in America? This is merrika!" frustrate me to no end. Yes, you can say what you want, but if you say things that are disgusting and repulsive and hateful enough to other people, they have the right to tell you to shut up or ostricise you if they choose. Yes, you can say what you want, you can publish a book of whatever you like, but other people have the right to shout louder than you about how wrong you are.
This guy also seems to hide behind cultural relativism, which is utter bullshit in itself. If stopping sexism would stop the fighting game community as we know it, than go nuts. We don't need a bunch of sheltered overgrown children spewing bile at one another.
Quick note: Not to say that the fighting game community is REALLY sexist, I don't know that. Not to say all fighting game fans are the scum of the earth--because I am one, a big one. I have almost every fighting game released on both PS2 and PS3. I just think it is unacceptable to give this bearded fu...gentleman in the videos a modicum of respect in society until he can learn to stifle his creepy hatred. Get him off the show. I never knew about it until this controversy (the controversial realization that the lovable nerds in our society have a hateful underbelly) happened, and although I have some interest in watching it I never will while this guy is still on it--and any others who think his brand of "culture" are worth paying attention to."
Whenever I find a customer who is actually passionate about videogames I get enthusiastic and make sure they know all the rare or hard to find games we have in stock.
I am a bit of a special case, however. There are very few people who know as much about games as I do within a ten mile radius. if someone has heard of Poy Poy or General Chaos I know they are into the "deep tracks" and can converse on a scary level about the really crazy gamer shit available. Then I will tell them to buy Nier, and they will either love or hate me for i"