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on: February 06, 2013, 09:57:08 AM
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Really, you like Heavy Rain, Crispy? I think you need to go back and listen to one of our older episodes. I simply don't have the space to go into how fucking awful that piece of pretentious shit is.
All kidding aside, Heavy Rain tries really hard to do some cool things. I personally think it fails miserably at just about all of them (how it handles Madison sexuality/vulnerability, the giant freakin' plot holes, generally awful narrative, piss poor acting, etc.) but I think Thomas Wayne said it best when it comes to these things.
Eh, I'm not saying its far and away my favorite game, but I thought it did a very good job of creating tension. For instance, I'm really claustrophobic, so the crawling through the tunnel scene (besides the plot hole of him not pushing the glass aside like a normal person would) freaked me out. I don't think I've ever said "Oh HELL no!" out loud to myself that many times. But hey, maybe I'm confusing story-induced stress with QTE-induced stress. I thought it did a great job of this too. Some of the story problems are fair but I really don't see them as worse than the average game or even movie frankly. I thought a couple of the scenes were actually quite moving. It's also the only game my wife actually demanded I play to see what would happen next. Yeah, the Tunnel scene and the saw scene were unbelievably tense. My roommates were watching when I did the saw scene and we were all like 'AIEEE' |
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The Rest / General Discussions / Re: RPGFan Podcast Thread
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on: February 06, 2013, 01:45:04 AM
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Really, you like Heavy Rain, Crispy? I think you need to go back and listen to one of our older episodes. I simply don't have the space to go into how fucking awful that piece of pretentious shit is.
All kidding aside, Heavy Rain tries really hard to do some cool things. I personally think it fails miserably at just about all of them (how it handles Madison sexuality/vulnerability, the giant freakin' plot holes, generally awful narrative, piss poor acting, etc.) but I think Thomas Wayne said it best when it comes to these things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR3uAiGqZ7Y |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Thread -- Making people crazy since 1987, kupo!
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on: February 05, 2013, 11:55:47 PM
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I really wanted to like XIII a lot more. I loved the art style and the music and the combat, but the linearity and the cutout characters just killed it for me. I liked a lot of their designs, but their character arcs were totally unrelatable (except maybe Sazh) for me.
I hope the next FF spends a little more time on making the characters likeable. Drama is more effective with some comedy and some likeability! Make me CARE about these characters, then I'll really buy into the melodrama.
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Media / Miscellaneous Games / Re: Naughty Dog's The Last of Us
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on: February 05, 2013, 11:35:14 PM
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You can only crouch in the dark and not be detected, as far as I've seen.
Also I am buying this on day one, holy shit am I excited. <3 Naughty Dog.
EDIT:
Also, depends on the enemy. Clickers are blind and see via echolocation. Runners can see you.
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The Rest / General Discussions / Re: RPGFan Podcast Thread
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on: February 05, 2013, 09:35:52 AM
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I'm in a lit-centric program in grad school, and most of professors actually argue for the opposite-- that putting literature in context with other literature is the BEST way to understand and evaluate it, so I have to disagree that comparisons between games aren't meaningful. On the other hand, comparing D3 to EVVVVERYTHING probably isn't the most engaging thing, so I can see where you're all coming from :D
And thanks for the feedback!
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The Rest / General Discussions / Re: RPGFan Podcast Thread
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on: February 04, 2013, 12:46:09 PM
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Looking forward to checking it out. I think it's a very good idea, as I found podcast 16 to be one of my favorites. Game soundtracks was actually what drew me to the site back around 2001, so I think it's great that the music section is coming to the forefront more on the site.
I'm very glad to hear it! Music isn't going anywhere, either, so stay tuned ;) |
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