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user-inactivated  ·  3860 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Teenage Hubskiers?

Hey. I'm 19 going on 20 in 8 days, but I act like a 13 year old. Does that count?

Let's talk about videogames and cartoons and other things that young people do, I think.

Edit: 166 days ago is recent? :P





havires  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thoughts on Resident Evil 5 (the game, not that steaming pile of crap that was the movie)?

user-inactivated  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, so you mean the steaming pile of crap that was the game?

I dunno if you've played Resident Evil 4, but it did a lot of awesome stuff that really moved the survival horror genre forward. Then RE5 showed up and just shat all over that, besides the fact the game was offensive all around. It's fun as a co-op game that you don't have to think about, but overall it was just...bad...

havires  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Even as a story (or a means to progress everything)? What made it offensive? (I want your opinion, even though I could probably find someone else's with some digging).

user-inactivated  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There was a story?

Coulda fooled me, because I had no idea what was going on. And I've played the previous 4 games before this. Maybe I just wasn't playing close enough attention, but...Also, I don't know how much you've played of it, but that Boulder scene pretty much ruined any credibility that game could have had.

HERE IT IS, FOR ANYONE WONDERING:

I...just...whyyyyyy.

If this was some Jojo, ZA. WARUDO, WRYYYYYY shit, then fine, I'd let it slide. But it took itself too seriously and then got silly.

I meant offensive from a gameplay standpoint, not in a serious way, heh.

sardis  ·  3857 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    But it took itself too seriously and then got silly.

i feel like re4 did a similar thing but it seemed much more self-aware in its goofiness. i think if re5 maintained re4 level goofy at least from the first quarter onward i would've appreciated it a lot more.

user-inactivated  ·  3857 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Exactly, it was goofy in a "yeah, we know this is campy as hell" sort of way that I can appreciate. It felt like RE5 wasn't in on the joke. Nobody likes the guy that isn't in on the joke!

galen  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Does that count?

Absolutely.

    Let's talk about videogames and cartoons and other things that young people do

All right, I'll bite. Play any good games lately, "bro"?

user-inactivated  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am playing:

Ni No Kuni. It's great!

Shovel Knight. It's great!

Final Fantasy XIII: It sucks!

Shameless plug! My sister and I are doing a Let's Play of Chrono Trigger here. It's a learning process, but we're having a ton of fun.

galen  ·  3858 days ago  ·  link  ·  

After a brief Google: STUDIO GHIBLI DOES GAMES? That's so cool! I'll have to check Ni No Kuni out. And definitely not Final Fantasy XIII.

galen  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    166 days ago is recent? :P

Oh shit, I'm still getting used to posts sorted by activity. I just came over from reddit, so I tend to assume stuff on my feed is pretty recent. My bad!

lil  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I noticed the use of "recent" as well. I suspect that galen was being kind. "He" (gay teenage girls all date older women) knows that when you're "old" 166 days is like yesterday. When you're a teenager (like you), 166 days is half a school term, otherwise known as an eternity.

(tee hee)

kleinbl00  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know 13 year olds and you, sir, are no 13-year-old.

user-inactivated  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Alright, I'm not 13...I'm 8.

nowaypablo  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

8... bit....

Yeaaaaaah