You are going off the rails in a different discussion. Game play and story are completely separate. "Realistic simulation", Who said anyhting about that or relating to it? Gameplay is divorced from story, so your accusations are invalidated.Amnestic said:You mean millions of pixels?stiver said:Definitely, keep glamorizing and mocking the death of millions.Amnestic said:I'm sorry, I assumed games were made for escapism not trying to make me feel shit about the state of the actual world.stiver said:God forbid war isn't camp, might forget people actually die and aren't all standing around showing tits.Amnestic said:Oh yes that's exactly what games need. More dark grittiness. 'cos we haven't got a bunch of those around have we?stiver said:RA1 was pretty dark when you go through it again. I want that back. Not the bullshit that happened in 2-3.
Okay, I will.
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Seriously, get off your high horse. It's a fucking game. I could argue that by desiring a realistic simulation you're cheapening what actually goes on by mercilessly parodying it in a close reconstruction but one without any of the dangers or psychological torture. At least RA3 didn't pretend to be close to that but just said "Fuck it, let's go nuts."
The story is about Albert Einstein who invented a time machine and then went back in time to assassinate Hitler. The game has always sounded like a bad fanfiction. It just took them 'til RA3 to face it head on, accept it, and dive right in.stiver said:You are going off the rails in a different discussion. Game play and story are completely separate. "Realistic simulation", Who said anyhting about that or relating to it? Gameplay is divorced from story, so your accusations are invalidated.
The story is about a World War where millions died, and millions more are going to die, and in the sequels all the characters might as well have showed up in clown makeup. It's terrible.
I personally don't agree that it's terrible. Brilliant fits better I think.stiver said:The story is about a World War where millions died, and millions more are going to die, and in the sequels all the characters might as well have showed up in clown makeup. It's terrible.
Unfortunately franchise can't go back to Westwood as the Evil Alliance bought them out.Aylaine said:For EA to give the franchise back to Westwood. And leave it alone.
And then they went defunct 5 years later.Skelebob Skeleton said:Unfortunately franchise can't go back to Westwood as the Evil Alliance bought them out.Aylaine said:For EA to give the franchise back to Westwood. And leave it alone.
Yeah, the main C&C series, but I don't think EA mentioned Red Alert specifically. Could be wrong though. As for RA4, if it gets made, I'd like it to be less ridiculous and more exciting and emotionally intense, like the first game. I'd also like to finally see a functional MMO dimension to the RTS genre, a global coop and a global versus map where players wage war and capture small parts of the terrain with each victory and acquire ranks, experience and cosmetic rewards depending on their contribution. That would be interesting. Also, no more tactical bullshit. We have CoH for that (and DoW2 unfortunately). Leave it alone.FightThePower said:Err...I think the C&C series officially ended with C&C 4. What a disappointing end to the series.
Sorry, but this made my day. Fucking hilarious. But yeh, hundreds of Goombas have died in countless Mario games. It doesn't mean we should feel bad.Amnestic said:You mean millions of pixels?stiver said:Definitely, keep glamorizing and mocking the death of millions.Amnestic said:I'm sorry, I assumed games were made for escapism not trying to make me feel shit about the state of the actual world.stiver said:God forbid war isn't camp, might forget people actually die and aren't all standing around showing tits.Amnestic said:Oh yes that's exactly what games need. More dark grittiness. 'cos we haven't got a bunch of those around have we?stiver said:RA1 was pretty dark when you go through it again. I want that back. Not the bullshit that happened in 2-3.
Okay, I will.
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Amen to the story being ridiculous, that was the whole cool part, I was even amused by the cutscenes.Amnestic said:The story is about Albert Einstein who invented a time machine and then went back in time to assassinate Hitler. The game has always sounded like a bad fanfiction. It just took them 'til RA3 to face it head on, accept it, and dive right in.stiver said:You are going off the rails in a different discussion. Game play and story are completely separate. "Realistic simulation", Who said anyhting about that or relating to it? Gameplay is divorced from story, so your accusations are invalidated.
The story is about a World War where millions died, and millions more are going to die, and in the sequels all the characters might as well have showed up in clown makeup. It's terrible.
The premise has been wearing clown makeup since day 1.
The "story" is ridiculous, and that you're giving it any weight like "millions are dying" is ridiculous. Once again: It's a game.