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stroopwafel

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This guy posts a shit video just to show why he thinks a game sucks he haven't even played. B-cell what are you..like 12? Can you even 'think' for yourself without hiding behind youtube douchebags? Remind me of those annoying people who should just get the silent treatment until they go away. Isn't there some fps you can play with manly dudes with big guns?
 

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This is the problem with people who thrive off of trivial pursuits like pop culture commentary on the interwebs; often times there simply isn't much worthwhile to discuss, so they pull stuff out of you-know-where as if anyone's supposed to care.

There are far greater issues than the cynicism surrounding strong female protagonists in gaming, like there has never been such a thing before *cough Metroid/Tomb Raider/Bayonetta/etc.*

Regarding the One Angry Gamer link being really that into criticizing inappropriate uses of "girl power", maybe they'd be better off starting here for example -

 

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Poetic Nova said:
Oh look, it's that guy who hates everything that's not a FPS with a bloke on steroids.
Objection!

...people like Doomguy don't need steroids. They're already too much of a "badass" for that ^_^
 

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LMAO at him complaining about being able to see the paths of enemies, you do that like once in the game.

Zhukov said:
Huh? What?

Sorry, I'm having trouble hearing you or your idiot youtuber over the sound of how much fun I'm having hunting bellowbacks.

I can take one down with a combination of rope arrows and ice bombs but the bastards keep coming at me in groups of three.
Tell me about it...
 

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B-Cell said:
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CritialGaming said:
Dude what even? You don't care, you only play 1st person shooters of the manliest of manly variety. Just let people enjoy things.
I'd guess he either is the WAB guy he keeps making threads to basically advertise videos of, or its a buddy of his. Like his last dozen or so threads have been the same videos with a couple of sentences tacked on.
He is best reviewer currently and say things professional reviewers will lose the job if they point out those flaws. I dont always agree with him for example his Doom review was terrible and complain about why its like old doom.
I'm glad I live in a world where we hold our reviewers to standards and fire the terrible ones. If we didn't we'd be flooded with hacks like him.
 

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Ezekiel said:
This is why I don't go on YouTube much. Jim Sterling raises similar issues over and over and does follow-ups to previous videos, often about problems that we already know are there. These people never make videos that will offend their subscribers, at least not many of them. They preach to the choir. Maybe it's because I hardly play new games anymore, but the politics just aren't that interesting anymore.
There's some pretty interesting Youtubers with regards to games like Super Bunnyhop and Errant Signal. Just like anything else, there's a load of crap out there.
 

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Ezekiel said:
hanselthecaretaker said:
This is the problem with people who thrive off of trivial pursuits like pop culture commentary on the interwebs; often times there simply isn't much worthwhile to discuss, so they pull stuff out of you-know-where as if anyone's supposed to care.
This is why I don't go on YouTube much. Have you seen those Star Wars speculation videos? They connect dots that aren't even there and talk at length about every new SCRAP of information, because they have to release videos regularly. Jim Sterling raises similar issues over and over and does follow-ups to previous videos, often about problems that we already know are there. These people never make videos that will offend their subscribers, at least not many of them. They preach to the choir. Maybe it's because I hardly play new games anymore, but the politics just aren't that interesting anymore.
I think printed media could arguably be worse. Take for example waiting in line at a grocery store, looking at a cover of Men's Health or some other fitness mag to see regurgitated topics like deja vu from years' past. It's the same way with women's mags. Amazing that so many of them are all still around. I'd rather talk a walk through a forest to appreciate the trees it must take to put out all of this crap year after year.

Bottom line, it too often takes more time than most people have to wade through the sea of marginal content out there in hopes of finding something worth spending it on.

More on-topic, as tropetastical and gamey as the heroics of a character like Aloy may be, she still has a humbleness and grace about her that's far more refreshing than the spoiled brats that the modern brand of feminism has conjured.
 

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hanselthecaretaker said:
And you had to make it political.

On top of pulling the Relative Privation (AKA appeal to worse problems) fallacy.

https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/155/Relative-Privation

OT: Man determined to not like a game doesn't like a game. For some reason, we all had to hear about it.
 

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Ezekiel said:
hanselthecaretaker said:
This is the problem with people who thrive off of trivial pursuits like pop culture commentary on the interwebs; often times there simply isn't much worthwhile to discuss, so they pull stuff out of you-know-where as if anyone's supposed to care.
This is why I don't go on YouTube much. Have you seen those Star Wars speculation videos? They connect dots that aren't even there and talk at length about every new SCRAP of information, because they have to release videos regularly. Jim Sterling raises similar issues over and over and does follow-ups to previous videos, often about problems that we already know are there. These people never make videos that will offend their subscribers, at least not many of them. They preach to the choir. Maybe it's because I hardly play new games anymore, but the politics just aren't that interesting anymore.
Have you looked in the comedic animation department? Lots of good talent there. I could post some if you want.
 

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Phoenixmgs said:
LMAO at him complaining about being able to see the paths of enemies, you do that like once in the game.
Erm. Actually, you can do that to any enemy.

Scan them then hit R1.

Personally I don't bother using it much. The stealth is pretty easy without it and the paths indicators can clutter the screen a bit.
 

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Zhukov said:
Phoenixmgs said:
LMAO at him complaining about being able to see the paths of enemies, you do that like once in the game.
Erm. Actually, you can do that to any enemy.

Scan them then hit R1.

Personally I don't bother using it much. The stealth is pretty easy without it and the paths indicators can clutter the screen a bit.
It only occasionally works on anything outside of actual quest setup enemies. The random encounter AI just kind of wanders a non-set path, so it doesn't show anything.
 

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Seth Carter said:
Zhukov said:
Phoenixmgs said:
LMAO at him complaining about being able to see the paths of enemies, you do that like once in the game.
Erm. Actually, you can do that to any enemy.

Scan them then hit R1.

Personally I don't bother using it much. The stealth is pretty easy without it and the paths indicators can clutter the screen a bit.
It only occasionally works on anything outside of actual quest setup enemies. The random encounter AI just kind of wanders a non-set path, so it doesn't show anything.
*tests*

Ah, I see. It only shows on random enemies when they're patrolling, not when they're alerted or wandering.

I stand corrected.
 

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Zhukov said:
Phoenixmgs said:
LMAO at him complaining about being able to see the paths of enemies, you do that like once in the game.
Erm. Actually, you can do that to any enemy.

Scan them then hit R1.

Personally I don't bother using it much. The stealth is pretty easy without it and the paths indicators can clutter the screen a bit.
Yeah, it's not something you're really going to use. The dinobots you can stealth kill are easy enough to kill when attacking anyways, then Lure makes seeing paths even more pointless. And, the dinobots that are tough to kill, seeing their paths ain't going to help much. And if you really feel like getting by an area without fighting, the stealth outfits work nicely.
 

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Ezekiel said:
The last Super Bunnyhop video I watched was the critical close-up of MGS3. He spent so much of the beginning randomly shitting on MGS2 that I stopped caring about the qualities of the game the video was actually about. So I didn't get far into that video. He probably didn't have much to say that I wasn't already aware of.
Huh? There were just a few minor quips about MGS2 in that video. He likes the entire MGS series I believe and did a video about how awesome MGS2 is.
 

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You need to tell me why I should care about his opinion when he calls Witcher 3 derivative but praises Farcry Primal.
Hello I don't see why he liked primal over this.
 

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CritialGaming said:
Dude what even? You don't care, you only play 1st person shooters of the manliest of manly variety. Just let people enjoy things.
Though I have absolutely no interest in either game, I will say that because of this, I'd be far more likely to get Nier: Automata than I would Horizon: Zero Dawn. Mainly because the story of H: ZD is preachy as all hell.
Is it preachy I need the same way Mad Max Fury road was preachy? Also it's funny that people are calling this a feminist when their are anti-SJW defending it as the opposite.
https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=r-D_elwYtT8
https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=11_4Gq2Rvsk
 

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So there's the one person who hasn't absolutely adored Horizon Zero Dawn. Neat!

If it's not in your wheel house, that's fine (that could be the greatest damn apple that has ever existed but it won't help someone who doesn't like apples) but I think I'm going to go with...well....just about everyone else except for that guys opinion and buy the game.
 

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Ezekiel said:
Phoenixmgs said:
Ezekiel said:
This is why I don't go on YouTube much. Jim Sterling raises similar issues over and over and does follow-ups to previous videos, often about problems that we already know are there. These people never make videos that will offend their subscribers, at least not many of them. They preach to the choir. Maybe it's because I hardly play new games anymore, but the politics just aren't that interesting anymore.
There's some pretty interesting Youtubers with regards to games like Super Bunnyhop and Errant Signal. Just like anything else, there's a load of crap out there.
The last Super Bunnyhop video I watched was the critical close-up of MGS3. He spent so much of the beginning randomly shitting on MGS2 that I stopped caring about the qualities of the game the video was actually about. So I didn't get far into that video. He probably didn't have much to say that I wasn't already aware of.
Videos about games that the author fanboys about are usually the weakest.