SquallTheBlade said:
Mutant1988 said:
Did you even read what I wrote? I did say this was a way for me to pass time. So by definition it's a waste of time.
As for if I have any personal investment on this. Yes I do. This is for my enjoyment.
I'm not trying to convince you of anything. I'm just trying to understand your view on the subject. And I still only get "boohoo too bad cry me a river" and not an explanation. But I guess it's okay if you don't want to answer.
There is nothing to discuss about the merits of the game because it isn't out yet. Like, that's impossible. We have to wait untill it's out and play it. How can you say something has no merit when it doesn't even exist yet? Trailer exists yeah and you can say stuff about it but as for the whole game? Not possible. And even if you think the trailer sucks there is no reason to attack those who do like it.
And what should I get over? This conversation? Like I said this is for my own enjoyment. I don't see a reason to "get over it".
The developers made this to create controversy - I think that's a really juvenile thing to do.
The game itself doesn't look good - So why are people interested? People seem to be interested in the concept, but that seems to be it. The game itself seems secondary to the "concept": Take mediocre game, staple on "controversial content" and voila - Marketing success. It looks just like a run of the mill isometric shooter in lazy monochrome (I find that aesthetically unpleasing) that would be completely ignored, had it not been for the "controversy" (Well played, you manipulative PR exec).
As for the concept, well, liking the concept of this game tells me that you're the kind of person that enjoys rubbing your entertainment in the face of those that find it disturbing or objectionable.
The one that's willing to champion the "It's just a game" defence, to feel good about themselves for their games not being censored. Which it shouldn't be, won't be, but I'm still going to call it shit, because it looks like it. Want to rally against censorship? Pick a game that doesn't look terrible.
As for me not wanting you to like or buy it, that's motivated solely by self interest. If it doesn't sell, we see less garbage like this. Or better efforts, whichever. Maybe we get another Postal, which tempered it's anti-social themes with satire. That would be nice, because Postal 2 was an awful game. Or I just played it too late after it's release. The gameplay feels incredibly dated.
tl;dr - The game looks mediocre. The concept is terrible without a good game. The people interested in it seemingly are so only for the concept, which as previously stated was just tacked on to a terrible looking game to create controversy in the name of profit, selling it to all the juvenile morons who gets off on it existing uncensored and wanting to rub it in the face of whoever.
As for the defence that it's interesting from a moral point of view... Do you know what misanthropy means? There's not a whole lot of nuance to hating absolutely everyone (So the main character is 100% unsympathetic) and the reason for doing so is usually mental illness. So yay, we'll likely get an even greater stigmatization of mental unhealth because of this dreck, how fun. That or just an absurd representation of it, like usual - Video games sure love those hallucinations.
That's my reasoning, take it or leave it.
SquallTheBlade said:
And what should I get over? This conversation? Like I said this is for my own enjoyment. I don't see a reason to "get over it".
Get over the fact that I don't like people that like garbage. Your appeal to civility or understanding is both trite and forced and comes across as thoroughly condescending.
