Mindjack, huh? I guess it's possible that the developers watched "Gundamjack" one too many times.
Zero Punctuation: MindJack
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Possibly because of Calumon, Calumon.Jack and Calumon said:
OT: Between this and the Big Picture, there's a lot of hilarious bad vibes making the rounds.
I was disappointed with what they decided to call the game. MindJack? That's terrible! Especially considering that it's called MindHack in the game.HankMan said:
So my prediction of "Mind Wank" is pretty much accurate for this game.
(Jack-off being a euthism for wanking-off in Britain).
The suggestion of some etheral parasite using people as hosts while does sound interesting, it would of course fail in a video game if the UI is mentally challenged. The review does imply that the game developers wanted to create a new form of earthquake resistant skyscraper out of Dutch Edam Cheese, but lacked the technology and tools to make it work.
(Jack-off being a euthism for wanking-off in Britain).
The suggestion of some etheral parasite using people as hosts while does sound interesting, it would of course fail in a video game if the UI is mentally challenged. The review does imply that the game developers wanted to create a new form of earthquake resistant skyscraper out of Dutch Edam Cheese, but lacked the technology and tools to make it work.
I had a feeling this game would've been pretty interesting, turns out I was wrong. I felt it could've been a sort of, 3D, cover shooter with Abe's Odysee elements. I dunno, too bad it's awful.
I totally agree - while I have no problem with Yahtzee laying into a game and tearing it a new one he has several times bashed square enix (which he's fine to do) for a game that they have not made. published - yes - actually had a hand in the desgin etc. no.Onyx Oblivion said:
me thinks his bias agaisnt that company (steming from a hatred for jrpgs) gets the better of him...
...just sayin'
I haven't played any Square Enix's games since The Last Remnant since I want to leave that publisher in a good note...
Boy did i come to enjoy that decision...
Edit: I was gonna say FFX-2 but i quickly remembered TLR...
Boy did i come to enjoy that decision...
Edit: I was gonna say FFX-2 but i quickly remembered TLR...
The imp is unable to make sense of YZ interpretations due to inbreeding.zelda2fanboy said:
(At least he didn't put an American ball cap on the him)
OT: I laughed the hardest at the short bus joke. Does that make me a bad person?
Yes he did like it. He said it wasn't quite as good as portal but was still probably his second favorite game ever made.Natdaprat said:
Angry Joe said this was the very worst game he ever reviewed. Wonder if Yahtzee considers this above or bellow Too Human
Oddly enough, Square Enix published his GOTY last year. Just Cause 2. I don't see him mistaking them for the developer in that case.ILTE7 said:
MindWHAT? Never heard of the bloody thing. Squeenix have a horrible habit of never advertising anything without the words Final and Fantasy in it's name.
Man, I completely forgot about this game.
From the sound of things, I'm probably better off for it.
From the sound of things, I'm probably better off for it.
Oh yeah, this game. I remember that they made fun of it on Unskippable, and had joked that it might not even come out. I guess it did, and unfortunately so.
So, not an innovative idea, it's just eating the stale and moldy crumbs that Demon's Souls left behind after finishing its shit sandwich over a year ago. And those crumbs aren't any tastier now.
I see "SQUARE ENIX" printed on it. I don't see "feelplus" on there. When I was watching the video and the box-art popped up and it said only "SQUARE ENIX" on it, I thought they made it too, until I looked at the game info box under the video on the way to the comments link and went "oh, they didn't actually make it."
So I dunno. Maybe more research would have been prudent here. But on the other side of the coin... If Square Enix wants all the credit, why not let them have it?
Yes they do. The FF13 box art popped up in the video, and that's the first example I would point to as well. Again, just the box art is all you need: See that thing on the cover? That thing that looks like a man with extremely large breasts? That right there is very ugly. And that's one of the things SE is always doing that makes their games look ugly: they never seem to make characters that look like the gender they are a part of. No Square, slapping giant tits on a character doesn't make it look like a girl when it has an extremely manish face. It just looks like a man with huge boobs, which is very creepy. And very ugly.Onyx Oblivion said:
Well, first off, it wasn't innovative. And second, it's still bad. It was a bad game mechanic when I had to constantly kill myself after each boss in Demon's Souls so I could play the game without being interrupted by other players randomly joining my game to try and kill me without permission. And it's still a bad game mechanic now. I will remind you that it is called SINGLE player for a reason. It means one player, not two or three or four or more, but ONE. When you play SINGLE player, it means you want to play ALONE. It does not mean you want random players to join in and try to kill you.samus17 said:
So, not an innovative idea, it's just eating the stale and moldy crumbs that Demon's Souls left behind after finishing its shit sandwich over a year ago. And those crumbs aren't any tastier now.
Or maybe it's just the box:ILTE7 said:
So I dunno. Maybe more research would have been prudent here. But on the other side of the coin... If Square Enix wants all the credit, why not let them have it?
Just wanted to make a note about voice acting. It often IS done with the actors in different rooms, on different days. Often all the actor may have to go on is some stand in reading the dialogue back to them or dialogue the other actor has already recorded, hence why some voice acting is so weirdly disjointed.
Also it's harder to project emotion etc with just your voice than your entire body like normal actors and requires an entirely different skillset, hence why some proper actors who voice act often sound awful too.
Also it's harder to project emotion etc with just your voice than your entire body like normal actors and requires an entirely different skillset, hence why some proper actors who voice act often sound awful too.
