My girlfriend and her crappy video games

[ampa451]

Anime taught me the ways of the sucktacular voice acting.

 

[thiosk]

good lord if the girl likes jrpgs let her play the damn jrpgs for gods sake.

whats your epically awesome game you wish she would play? Something involving chopping nazis into little pieces, zombies, or committing car theft while banging prostitutes (a talent, to be sure)?

 

[Hey Joe]

His "girlfriend's" real name isn't Erin --it just happens to be my middle name. Yes I am Decoy's GIRLFRIEND....... words

Dude, I told you to tread lightly...

 

[Ursus Astrorum]

*chuckle* This has gotten to be quite entertaining.

I'd say my part on the matter, but I think it's been said before: Could be worse, stop whining about something so insignificant, enjoy the couch, etc.

 

[Syntax Error]

good lord if the girl likes jrpgs let her play the damn jrpgs for gods sake.

whats your epically awesome game you wish she would play? Something involving chopping nazis into little pieces, zombies, or committing car theft while banging prostitutes (a talent, to be sure)?

It's not that DD hates JRPG's, he just hates JRPG's which happen to suck.

And I'm still not sold on this whole Bevvie affair. As what Arntor said:

This is probably the best troll I've ever seen or DD is in hot water.

 

[CrafterMan]

I hate arguments like this!

Let the girl play her games!

-Joe

 

[sanzo]

This has been bugging me for a while.

I own quite a few current gen games, about 80 at the last count, lots of these games are good. In fact I'd say with a few exceptions which I'll put down to personal taste they're all good. It's a nice mix of Triple A 9/10 Mainstream blockbusters and cult hits. Shadow of the Collosus is there, GTA4 is there, Valkyria Chronicles, Psychonauts, Ratchet and Clank etc etc.

You have valkyria chronicles? wow. Someone actually knows it exists. Well done. Well done indeed.

Off Topic: That game is amazing

On topic: ...I got nothing

 

[Enigmers]

Hell, just give her ANY Final Fantasy game (except FFIX of course) and say, "See this? This is a quality JRPG. What you have been playing is pure shit."

Lesson learned.

What's wrong with FFIX? I found it to be one of the most enjoyable moreso than V, VI, VII, VIII, or X, probably on par with XII and maybe Tactics, but nevermind.

In response to the OP, I think you should consider yourself lucky your girlfriend plays video games at all, you'll eventually find one or two games you'll both like, the girls where I live have never heard of any game that isn't a rythm-based rock 'n' roll game made by Harmonix (or perhaps Activision) with one notable exception who knows about Half-Life 2 and Portal, only because a friend of hers apparently talks about it like it's the holy juices of Virgin Mary or something.

 

[matrix3509]

Hell, just give her ANY Final Fantasy game (except FFIX of course) and say, "See this? This is a quality JRPG. What you have been playing is pure shit."

Lesson learned.

What's wrong with FFIX? I found it to be one of the most enjoyable moreso than V, VI, VII, VIII, or X, probably on par with XII and maybe Tactics, but nevermind.

In response to the OP, I think you should consider yourself lucky your girlfriend plays video games at all, you'll eventually find one or two games you'll both like, the girls where I live have never heard of any game that isn't a rythm-based rock 'n' roll game made by Harmonix (or perhaps Activision) with one notable exception who knows about Half-Life 2 and Portal, only because a friend of hers apparently talks about it like it's the holy juices of Virgin Mary or something.

Its just my least favorite of the Playstation era FF games. I thought everyone thought so, guess I was wrong. Granted, it IS fun, but not as.

 

[The Wooster]

~snip~

Real or not, it was great to read this post.

But you didn't finish Final Fantasy VIII? That breaks my heart.

(Now, where did I put those Final Fantasy XI discs...)

I am real I assure you. I'm sure a mod could check that the IP matches Decoy's if you really wanted them to. And I didn't finish FF8, because unfortunately I lost my game save after I moved and I was on disk 3. I did play it, I just did not finish it.

And no I am not forcing him to play any games. It would be amusing to try though. Set up my cows full of booby traps if he tries to stop playing or if he leaves the room sounds good to me.

And right now, he's hogging the TV after I got home from a grueling day of trying to get our car fixed, playing the game I bought, Valkyria Chronicles. So who is up for some Chaos Wars, on full blast hmm?

Did I mention she blew up the car? I didn't mention that did I? It was right after she blew up the 360.

 

[Snotnarok]

Could be worse, my friend likes "Tim and Eric Awesome Show" and "Tom goes to the Mayor" from Adult Swim and if they're not the most unfunny, aggravating to hear, agonizing to see people on the planet I'm not sure who is. I almost thought I'd say Steve Martin with his awful Pink Panther "remakes" but he's done good stuff in the past I guess, just not Pink Panther.

 

[JediMB]

I am real I assure you. I'm sure a mod could check that the IP matches Decoy's if you really wanted them to.

[Jim Carrey]Aaaaaaallrighty then![/Jim Carrey]

And I didn't finish FF8, because unfortunately I lost my game save after I moved and I was on disk 3. I did play it, I just did not finish it.

I've had similar things happen to me. In one case it took me years to get back into the game.

If I want to play a PS1 game today I'll just go through an emulator, though. Can't be bothered with finding that barely functioning PS1 memory card.

And no I am not forcing him to play any games. It would be amusing to try though. Set up my cows full of booby traps if he tries to stop playing or if he leaves the room sounds good to me.

And right now, he's hogging the TV after I got home from a grueling day of trying to get our car fixed, playing the game I bought, Valkyria Chronicles. So who is up for some Chaos Wars, on full blast hmm?

Well, I wish the two of you the best of luck in clearing this mess up off-board. As much as people enjoy picking sides (as seen in this thread), I believe your relationship is the only side worth rooting for.

Take care, both of you.

 

[Fightgarr]

Because video games completely determine a relationship.

 

[Littaly]

I'm speechless.

 

[JediMB]

Because video games completely determine a relationship.

Not really, but posting shit about your girl-/boyfriend on a messageboard can have its effects. >_>

 

[seaofpain]

try little big planet i think all girls like that game even you mum will

 

[Sylocat]

This has been bugging me for a while.

I own quite a few current gen games, about 80 at the last count, lots of these games are good. In fact I'd say with a few exceptions which I'll put down to personal taste they're all good. It's a nice mix of Triple A 9/10 Mainstream blockbusters and cult hits. Shadow of the Collosus is there, GTA4 is there, Valkyria Chronicles, Psychonauts, Ratchet and Clank etc etc.

I have a wonderful selection of games that I'd just love to share with my girlfriend. But I can't. Why? Because my girlfriend loves shitty games. I don't just mean she likes one game that I think is shitty. I mean she likes games that are shitty. No matter how shoddy a game is, no matter how derivative, no matter how much the voice acting makes me want to die she will play it, she will unlock every secret and she will add it to her fucking compendium of shitty games.

At first I thought it was a genre thing you know? Like she really likes JRPG's and she's willing to play anything in the genre. But the thing is her response when asked how good a game is will always be the same no matter which fucking game she's playing. Oh so you're playing Ephemeral Fantasia [http://ps2.ign.com/articles/163/163594p1.html] are you? How is it? Oh it's good is it? Is it really! No it fucking isn't! You are a monster wrapped in human skin!

Erin's addiction to pure shit has been eating away at me for years but today... today it's reached the boiling point. She brought home a copy of Chaos Wars. Chaos fucking Wars. I don't even think they 'made' this game per-se. I think they actually just pasted in code from every other turn based strategy JRPG. The game is, naturally, fucking atrocious but it did have one thing going for it, one tiny little golden nugget in a giant pile of shit. The voice acting. The voice acting in Chaos Wars is so bad it actually transcends shitty, like a planet reaching one end of the universe only to appear at the other.


The greatest voice track ever committed to record (emphasis on committed) [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=jyNjSAv_OuY&feature=related]

I was overjoyed. Sure the music sounds like something you'd hear in an elevator in Hell but the voices... the voices could keep me going. It'd be something to laugh at. But no. Because she wants to "Appreciate the story" (ugh) she's playing the game in fucking Japanese. I spend every day sitting on a pile of awesome games any game fan would murder for and she's playing through a generic pile of shit... in Japanese. Now I'm going to kill myself.

Take a deep breath. Turn off the computer. Go outside. Take another deep breath, this time of fresh air. Build a snowman, take a walk in the park, and/or something else that doesn't involve sitting in front of a screen.

 

[Zersy]

I have a wonderful selection of games that I'd just love to share with my girlfriend. But I can't. Why? Because my girlfriend loves shitty games.

i have the same thing as you i absoulety HATE people who get play and enjoy shitty games and the fact that she's your girlfriend just makes it worse

my advice

Blackmail her

play the no Sex card (i know that sounds retarded but you got your hands ?)

and give her a GOOD game of a genre that she will like e.g. try giving her oblivion it may not be what she thinks is good but it's the closeest you can get

anyway with oblivion like we all know there's alot of stuff someone like her is BOUND to want to do

if that doesn't work then simply Interrgate her ask her what's good about the game
then point out all the faults on the point she made

if all else fails then sneak to her system when she's not around then scratch up the disc !!
that way the only game's that can be instantly played by her are yours !!!