Recent content by BarryMcCociner

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    Happy one Year Anniversary of Doom.

    Narrative-wise, this game did something... unexpected. I view this game as debunking the "Gamers want good characters" psuedo-myth. Nobody gives a fuck about complex characters, the thing people want is strong characterization. The Doom Slayer has virtually no character, what minuscule...
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    Hidden Game Mechanics

    How about the battle system for Crusader Kings 2? The manual, the digital manual they give that describes the battle system? If you printed out just the section on how the game weighs two armies against each other is so thick you could probably use it as a weapon if you printed it off. If...
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    One Hour Video Game Review?

    That's called a first impressions. They're kind of shit as far as gauging opinions go.
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    COD WW2 doesnot have Regen health

    CoD knows the thing every entertainer knows. You can only do the exact same thing so long before even your most devoted fans start getting bored. If they want to try doing something different than normal then that's just the good shit right there. I wish CoD campaigns would feel the same way...
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    So...Dawn of War III...

    For a Dawn of War game to come out with a roster this small? It feels so naked and cold. I mean shit, Space Marines, Eldar and Orks. Bullshit, that's all the game has. Where's Chaos? Where's the Sisters of Battle? Where's the Imperial Guard? Where's the Dark Eldar? Where's the Necrons...
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    Games that peaked too soon

    If you liked running on rockets and Rules of Nature, you're gonna lose your mind on Armstrong. I won't spoil a thing, I refuse. This is a fight where I literally had to pause the game, giggle like a schoolgirl for a good half minute, then get right back into it only to do the exact same thing...
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    Games that peaked too soon

    That was your peak in Metal Gear Rising? Nothing tops the Armstrong fight for me. It's so fucking well designed from a gameplay perspective, and well presented from a thematic perspective it hurts. The only bad thing about the Armstrong fight is that it completely overshadows the Metal Gear...
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    Character Design Debate; Beauty or Lust?

    What this guy said. Lust can be inspired by facial features that suggest youth and health. You don't even need to see below the neck, trust me I've done it.
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    Games with "Anime-esque" Intros

    Are we forgetting the king of Anime games, here? Persona 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NphRI3pfJ9E Persona 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73LvR8V2LA Persona 4 The Golden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H5pYCw4ET4 Persona 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLQOTD5Ctdw...
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    I wish to whine a bit about Total War: Warhammer.

    That thing about battles? Yeah, that's kind of bullcrap you're posting. See, I've managed to win battles with small armies against much larger armies even on Legendary. Things that auto resolve would have destroyed me on. You can max stack and auto resolve all you want, but that's not as...
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    stiffing a prostitute: rape or theft?

    Australian here, where prostitution is regulated and lawful. Legally, prostitution is considered a service, and refusing payment to a prostitute is theft of services.
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    Skyrim special edition. how are people enjoying it?

    It's Skyrim with a defunct and outdated early 2013-tier weaksauce ENB. Looks like a gimped RealVision to me. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30936/? Translation: It's not bad considering I didn't have to pay for it.
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    Let's Discuss: How reasonable is a reasonable videogame consumer?

    Well, you see false advertisement is tricky. You know in the breakfast cereal advertisements? How the milk looks so clean and so white? That's because the milk isn't milk. It's Elmer's glue. Now, it's underhanded given how humans associate milk with "white" and Elmer's is "whiter" than milk...
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    Warhammer Total War is now getting Squigs.

    I fucking hate CA's DLC plans. They earned back so much of my goodwill when Attila came out, then the DLC dropped and all I could do was roll my eyes. Then they outright lied about the Chaos DLC. "Oh we can't afford to make the game without Chaos being a paid DLC" months later and it's free on...
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    So Mass Effect Andromeda...

    Agreed, you can't expect it to sell was well as ME3 after ME3.