Author Topic: Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed) (Read 5245779 times)

Himu · « **Reply #16080 on:** October 09, 2013, 10:01:26 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on October 09, 2013, 05:53:29 PM

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on October 09, 2013, 12:24:34 AM
Journey to the West is a Buddhist allegory. It takes the historical westward journey of Xuanzang (of the Tang dynasty) to obtain sutras, to expand the knowledge of Chinese Buddhism. JttW subplants this into a folktale, full of bodhisattvas, buddhas, all of the realms of Buddhist mythology, and marrying it with Chinese folk tales. It contains wit, humor, wisdom, sprituality, and cute anecdotes. Which is the opposite of what Enslaved tried to accomplish. In Enslaved, you still have Tripitaka, and Son Wukong, but the rest is discarded to tell a story of a post apocalyptic story without a hint of the things I liked about it.

It's like Dante's Inferno being turned into a mindless hack and slash. Wait, they did that. I'm all for different interpretations, but Enslaved goes a bit far to the point where I didn't see the point in it. Dynasty Warriors, Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) and Suikoden (The Water Margin) are far more respectful towards their original sources. Sucks because out of the four classical Chinese novels, Journey is easily my favorite and it would have been cool to play a game version.

I'm just a Chinese history/folklore nerd who wants Chinese history/folklore games.

cant remember if i ever asked you this before, but you ever play this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiyuki:_Journey_West

Saiyuki as a srpg is pretty middling. Saiyuki as an adaptation to Journey to the West is pretty fucking solid.

StealthFan · « **Reply #16081 on:** October 09, 2013, 11:31:33 PM »

Jade Empire was the beginning of the end for Bioware.

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #16082 on:** October 09, 2013, 11:45:26 PM »

Was Bioware ever good? Because every game I've played by them has been disappointing.

Himu · « **Reply #16083 on:** October 09, 2013, 11:53:38 PM »

Baldurs Gate is meh.
Baldurs Gate 2 is a classic.
MDK2 is fantastic.
Neverwinter Nights sucks.
KOTOR is meh.
Jade Empire is terrible.
Mass Effect is okay.
Mass Effect 2 is pretty damn good.
Mass Effect 3 I have not played.
Dragon Age Origins is great.
Dragon Age 2 I have not played.

In my experience, Bioware has like, four good games under their belt, but I could consider Mass Effect half a good game, so it's more like 4 and a half good games.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16084 on:** October 09, 2013, 11:55:29 PM »

Mass Effect 1, 2 and the Mass Effect 3 Citadel DLC are all fantastic.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16085 on:** October 09, 2013, 11:56:47 PM »

For as much shit as it gets, SWTOR is actually pretty well made.

Himu · « **Reply #16086 on:** October 09, 2013, 11:56:50 PM »

While I don't think Mass Effect 1 is "fantastic" I do think it's probably the best C game Ive played.

StealthFan · « **Reply #16087 on:** October 09, 2013, 11:59:36 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on October 09, 2013, 11:53:38 PM

Baldurs Gate is meh.
Baldurs Gate 2 is a classic.
MDK2 is fantastic.
Neverwinter Nights sucks.
KOTOR is meh.
Jade Empire is terrible.
Mass Effect is okay.
Mass Effect 2 is pretty damn good.
Mass Effect 3 I have not played.
Dragon Age Origins is great.
Dragon Age 2 I have not played.

In my experience, Bioware has like, four good games under their belt, but I could consider Mass Effect half a good game, so it's more like 4 and a half good games.

archie4208 · « **Reply #16088 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:00:55 AM »

KOTOR 2 is better.

Himu · « **Reply #16089 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:01:18 AM »

Kotor sucks.

Awful combat system.
Terrible corridor dungeons.
Awful graphics.
Repetitive structure (planet -> solve new quests -> new planet -> solve peoples problems).
Predictable plot-twist.

Kotor 2 is the real deal.

Himu · « **Reply #16090 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:02:54 AM »

And the fucking characters. GOD. I hate Carth.

Himu · « **Reply #16091 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:14:52 AM »

Yeah but the original Carth is more annoying than the other Carths.

And Bastilla's a bitch.

Himu · « **Reply #16092 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:22:48 AM »

Dragon Age Carth, who is that again? Thing about Mass Effect Carth is that he's so fucking boring and forgettable he's not really that offensive.

Himu · « **Reply #16093 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:33:16 AM »

While some is lost from 1, the actual game is much better. Better side quests, better variety, better pacing, much better combat, better character arcs, and better set pieces and more memorable moments (Jack's science lab and its atmosphere, Mordin and his struggle for making the genophage, Thane;ect.).

Compared to going to random crappy worlds to get minerals, shoot down mercs in copy pasta depots. Terrible.

Michael Moaner · « **Reply #16094 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:37:55 AM »

Quote from: Needs More Cowbell on October 09, 2013, 06:11:54 PM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85442972&postcount=9594

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Left my business card on a girl's car I saw park near me in our parking lot at work this morning. Our company is pretty big (5000 people). Tell me what you think of the note I wrote on the back:

Dear White Chevy,

My owner caught a glimpse of your owner this morning and wanted to come say hello but she was too fast. Do you think if I left this note she'd text/email him sometime? He'd love to hear from her. If not, no big deal.

Sincerely,
Blue Audi

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85499917&postcount=9620

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #16095 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:47:09 AM »

Girls find stalkers cute duh.

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #16096 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:54:13 AM »

Quote from: Michael Moaner on October 10, 2013, 12:37:55 AM

Quote from: Needs More Cowbell on October 09, 2013, 06:11:54 PM
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85442972&postcount=9594

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Left my business card on a girl's car I saw park near me in our parking lot at work this morning. Our company is pretty big (5000 people). Tell me what you think of the note I wrote on the back:

Dear White Chevy,

My owner caught a glimpse of your owner this morning and wanted to come say hello but she was too fast. Do you think if I left this note she'd text/email him sometime? He'd love to hear from her. If not, no big deal.

Sincerely,
Blue Audi

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85499917&postcount=9620

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85502125&postcount=9621

Quote from: meow;85502125

This isn't very many data points, but I shared that note with two of my (girl) friends and none of us thought it was creepy. You got smiles, aww's, and a "audi, nice."

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #16097 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:56:01 AM »

Pretty sure the only reason why he wrote the note was to say he has an Audi.

Michael Moaner · « **Reply #16098 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:58:33 AM »

Hopefully that reinforces his autism so he can continue to provide everyone more entertainment. What a fucking idiot...

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #16099 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:58:59 AM »

Whimsy muthafuckaa!!!

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #16100 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:00:09 AM »

Quote from: Michael Moaner on October 10, 2013, 12:58:33 AM

Hopefully that reinforces his autism so he can continue to provide everyone more entertainment. What a fucking idiot...

Maybe he'll get lucky and she's just as clueless as he is.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #16101 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:01:25 AM »

Quote from: Mary Tyler Whore on October 10, 2013, 12:56:01 AM

Pretty sure the only reason why he wrote the note was to say he has an Audi.

Nailed it.

Michael Moaner · « **Reply #16102 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:12:16 AM »

No wonder none of his coworkers ever want to hang out

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=678845&highlight=

Also, this gem: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=566773&highlight=

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #16103 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:16:50 AM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=47112029#post47112029

Clueless.

Rufus · « **Reply #16104 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:26:51 AM »

Quote from: Eschaton on October 10, 2013, 12:50:54 AM

There are in fact many people that don't enjoy driving a scooter around randomly generated maps for ~20 hours, believe it or not. The combat in ME1 is a clunky, terrible hybrid. The graphics come together in an ugly way, the equipment and inventory system is bland and clunky. Pretty shit game, minus the lore and music ()

I actually liked the Mako. Trying to take as straight a route as possible was fun. As was running over those giant Geth. I knew that you'd get less XP if you killed them in the Mako, but it was too good to see them crumble into a pile and then back up over them as they tried to get up.
Complete shite handling on anything but wide open terrain though, I'll give you that. Instead of fixing it they just took it out entirely. Same with the inventory.

Plot-wise, all three games made glaring mistakes, but I think I cared most about ME2 in the end. Mordin alone made up for the pretty but pointless intro and assorted other nonsense, like the scale of Cerberus or the whole thing about the military not defending the colonies, when apparently one AA cannon would have sufficed...
As a game, it was a lot more fun than ME1, too. The occasional triple health bar notwithstanding.

Himu · « **Reply #16105 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:28:25 AM »

Probing is fine on consoles. I hated it on PC due to mouse controls.

And I find it impossible to spam in ME2. In ME2 you fight A LOT of robots which need to be debuffed before they can be shot up. Add in the different kinds of ammo for different enemies and there's no way at all combat has been dumbed down from ME1.

Rufus · « **Reply #16106 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:38:47 AM »

Fuck, forgot all about the resource gathering, argh. And whut? You liked it more on console? On PC it was piss easy to drive the cursor around. Up until now I only ever saw console people moaning about how slow it is.

Himu · « **Reply #16107 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:52:37 AM »

On PC you they didn't change how you drag the mouse. So you end up constantly sending the mouse over the edge of the mouse pad. Reset mouse to center, click and drag to the left, mouse falls off mouse pad, reset to center, repeat. Do it with your mouse right now. It sucks and is tedious. It was clearly made for a game pad.

Your Stalker · « **Reply #16108 on:** October 10, 2013, 02:51:17 AM »

How many people from GAF would you pay to have killed/tortured?

Tasty · « **Reply #16109 on:** October 10, 2013, 02:53:12 AM »

Quote from: Your Stalker on October 10, 2013, 02:51:17 AM

How many people from GAF would you pay to have killed/tortured?

When he's done, there wouldn't be a GAF left.

fizzel · « **Reply #16110 on:** October 10, 2013, 06:42:50 AM »

Quote from: Your Stalker on October 10, 2013, 02:51:17 AM

How many people from GAF would you pay to have killed/tortured?

at least that many.

radioheadrule83 · « **Reply #16111 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:47:47 AM »

RE: the thread about John Lewis UK suggesting Xbox One could be more popular here than PS4
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=694702

GAF are treating the execs comments with an unfair degree of derision, and even going so far as to scrutinise their online store in a way that will allow them to suggest bias

John Lewis are a business with a 9.5bln turnover, they own the Waitrose brand among others, and they're at the height of their powers. Games aren't their bread and butter but they've had consistently increasing profits until 2008, rising again since then, and 13+ consecutive years of significantly increasing revenues. It shows a fair bit of disrespect to dismiss what he's saying out of hand.

If what zomgwtfbbq's source has said about UK pre-orders rings true, then PS4 is going to sell more here out of the gate than Xbox One, but I think all present trends point towards the next Xbox doing very well indeed. Xbox 360 versions of recent major titles have all held significantly higher shares than PS3 counterparts, XBL is likely to have some degree of retention, and the Xbox One launches a full week earlier here. Not to mention the recent debacles of retailers trying to push price-advantage-nullifying PS4 bundles on those with pre-orders.

I've got my phasers set to Crow-serving. There's a half decent chance people can be eating it early next year.

Yulwei · « **Reply #16112 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:27:15 AM »

Definitely. Just 1.5 yrs ago you would have been run out of gaf if you had told people the WiiU was going to be doing Vita numbers.

king of the internet · « **Reply #16113 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:27:18 AM »

Quote from: Needs More Cowbell on October 10, 2013, 01:16:50 AM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=47112029#post47112029

Clueless.

I tried to follow the dating thread on GAF, but I was pretty quickly turned off by stuff like this. It's full of people giving advice who are so not qualified to give advice. They have no valuable experience, which is immediately evident when they try to present regurgitated, boiler plate advice as insight or just post straight BS like the above that would only work in a movie. That being said, I would love to sit back and watch some of those dudes try to operate in real life.

fizzel · « **Reply #16114 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:27:45 AM »

Zomg is a sony arselicker.

The ps4 will sell more, but i sincerely doubt it's gonna be a ps2 style obliteration of the competition.

El Babua · « **Reply #16115 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:36:36 AM »

Sure Mass Effect 2 was a more polished game, but ME1 had HEART.

That, and the story wasn't a pile of crap.

Mupepe · « **Reply #16116 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:22:12 AM »

Quote from: Bobby Doucher on October 10, 2013, 09:36:36 AM

Sure Mass Effect 2 was a more polished game, but ME1 had HEART.

That, and the story wasn't a pile of crap.

Yeah but how about those vehicle controls, eh??

Brehvolution · « **Reply #16117 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:28:51 AM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85522309&postcount=3

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16118 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:34:55 AM »

I played Mass Effect 2 first and loved it so much I played Mass Effect 1 and found it to be awesome as well. The differences aren't necessarily bad, just different. I liked the tone of ME1 and the overall story was better told. I didn't mind the Mako rover sections.

ME2 has a better style and better characters and the loyalty missions were awesome.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #16119 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:38:02 AM »

Mass Effect 1 is too filler, not enough killer.

At least ME2 cuts most of wandering around to push the story forward out to get through the game quicker.

Tasty · « **Reply #16120 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:59:14 AM »

ME1 had such whimsy guys, you just don't understand.

DCharlieJP · « **Reply #16121 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:59:29 AM »

i applied for a new account back in Feb

just noticed i got rejected because of "STANDARDS!"

ah welll, there you go - sorry, you people are stuck with me

Tasty · « **Reply #16122 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:01:11 AM »

Bribing Stumpokapow paid off.

DCharlieJP · « **Reply #16123 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:03:12 AM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on October 10, 2013, 10:28:51 AM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85522309&postcount=3

SHOT IN THE DANCE
BUT YOUR EDUCATE....
ED.... YOU GIVE TALIB
AN A BAD NAME

El Babua · « **Reply #16124 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:04:40 AM »

Quote from: Eschaton on October 10, 2013, 10:55:56 AM

Quote from: Bobby Doucher on October 10, 2013, 09:36:36 AM
Sure Mass Effect 2 was a more polished game, but ME1 had HEART.
Gayest thing ive read on The Bore. Congratulations, you've actually managed to out gay descriptions of gay sex, cocks etc.

I try my best.

radioheadrule83 · « **Reply #16125 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:05:08 AM »

Neogaf should supplement the existing Ignore List functionality. Add a 'Report to FBI/CIA Watch List' and 'To Catch a Predator List'

Quote from: Eschaton on October 10, 2013, 10:55:56 AM

Quote from: Bobby Doucher on October 10, 2013, 09:36:36 AM
Sure Mass Effect 2 was a more polished game, but ME1 had HEART.
Gayest thing ive read on The Bore. Congratulations, you've actually managed to out gay descriptions of gay sex, cocks etc.

maybe he meant 'heart' in a humbert humbert throbbing-in-my-pants sort of way too

Tasty · « **Reply #16126 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:06:38 AM »

Quote from: DCharlieJP on October 10, 2013, 11:03:12 AM

Quote from: Zero Hero on October 10, 2013, 10:28:51 AM
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85522309&postcount=3

SHOT IN THE DANCE
BUT YOUR EDUCATE....
ED.... YOU GIVE TALIB
AN A BAD NAME

2/10

Terrible, just terrible. GAF was right to keep you out.

DCharlieJP · « **Reply #16127 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:27:20 AM »

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Terrible, just terrible. GAF was right to keep you out.

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yeah, I can see what they meant with that standards thing.

you two just lack the musical dexterity to make it work! Jellys going to be jelly... life trundles on

GAF were still probably right to keep me out - it's not like i have anything of value to offer recently if i am perfectly frank.

Tasty · « **Reply #16128 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:56:13 AM »

You barely even post here.

DCharlieJP · « **Reply #16129 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:02:14 PM »

i am too busy being all corporate !

Tasty · « **Reply #16130 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:02:49 PM »

Well then stop being corporate!

Rufus · « **Reply #16131 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:08:13 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on October 10, 2013, 01:52:37 AM

On PC you they didn't change how you drag the mouse. So you end up constantly sending the mouse over the edge of the mouse pad. Reset mouse to center, click and drag to the left, mouse falls off mouse pad, reset to center, repeat. Do it with your mouse right now. It sucks and is tedious. It was clearly made for a game pad.

I didn't have to do that. High dpi mouse.

Compared to the 360 speed:

Himu · « **Reply #16132 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:54:55 PM »

That's not a fair comparison. That 360 player is just slow as shit, also that planet the person is mining on pc has more minerals, so of course it's faster. Also, the console version is more stable. Clicking a mouse, and dragging it all over the planet is tedious.

Mupepe · « **Reply #16133 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:00:53 PM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on October 10, 2013, 10:28:51 AM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85522309&postcount=3

Doesn't he realize this is how it always works? They find the person that will capture the biggest audience for these types of things. The same way Rosa Parks got the backing she did even though there were multiple women who did the same thing before her. But they weren't as marketable.

Tasty · « **Reply #16134 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:02:26 PM »

How was Rosa Parks more marketable than the "others"? Hotter?

Himu · « **Reply #16135 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:04:49 PM »

Yes.

Tasty · « **Reply #16136 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:06:58 PM »

Mupepe · « **Reply #16137 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:23:06 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on October 10, 2013, 01:02:26 PM

How was Rosa Parks more marketable than the "others"? Hotter?

European ancestry, not an alcoholic, not a single mother, etc. Other women did the same thing before but activist movements didn't want to shine a light on them because they had issues which could be exploited by the opposition in the media.

Rufus · « **Reply #16138 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:27:56 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on October 10, 2013, 12:54:55 PM

That's not a fair comparison. That 360 player is just slow as shit, also that planet the person is mining on pc has more minerals, so of course it's faster. Also, the console version is more stable. Clicking a mouse, and dragging it all over the planet is tedious.

What? The cursor moves faster on the PC version, that's why I posted the videos. It would be even more obvious if the PC dude didn't mine every piddly resource he found.

Himu · « **Reply #16139 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:29:27 PM »

Enjoy holding right mouse button and moving your mouse off the mousepad, Rufus!

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Author Topic: Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed) (Read 5245779 times)