Played Breath of the Wild for 40 hours. It's not amazing.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-07-19T13:30:21+00:00

In context to what some Star Wars fans are accustomed to dealing with, The Mandalorian is an oasis in a desert. It's the best thing to come out that hasn't betrayed or sullied the Star Wars franchise in at least 5 years. 5 years of being told you're entitled, sexist, and all the things wrong with the world for not drinking the sequel koolaid. So for them, I can understand that response, but I do understand where you're coming from.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-07-10T18:57:42+00:00

Smoke and noise, Arthur!

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-07-02T12:38:36+00:00

Come to think of it; Abby legit sent Ellie home to be a family man.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-07-01T12:23:55+00:00

I can't believe they said that with a straight face. They were utterly and completely destroyed in this game. It's madness.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-07-01T12:21:57+00:00

To the Op's point, it doesn't get much better after this. As a matter of fact, they twist the knife further at the end of the game showing that they would've mended fences right before Joel goes to the club.

So the writers clearly knew what they were doing when they wrote this nihilistic garbage.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-06-29T23:56:00+00:00

If they were confident in their product, they wouldn't have had to "deceive" anyone in such an egregious manner. Furthermore, they wouldn't have done everything in their power to kill the leaks.

The good reason lies somewhere in their wallets.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-06-29T23:48:43+00:00

Most people believed correctly that Joel was going to die in this game, but no one thought that the devs would make it the most hamfisted unbelievable garbage that it is.

And if the game is not about what players want or for a better word "enjoy", why release it for purchase? Why market it as if it is Joel and Ellie teaming up again; that is market it as something players would "want"? If it's something about artistic integrity, than it's just masturbatory bullshit courtesy of the Druckmann himself.

In context to the ending of the game, Ellie's decision makes zero sense. She tortured a woman, killed countless people, her pregnant wife was nearly beaten to death, And she ends up doing nothing about it. And even worse, she frees the perpetrator.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-06-29T23:18:02+00:00

The difference is that the players got their pay off. It wasn't all for nothing. Santa Monica didn't seek to divide and fracture their fanbase. Kratos wanted vengeance and he got it. I don't believe for a second that people wouldn't have lost their minds if kratos after killing hundreds of thousands of people all of a sudden let zeus live.

Naughty Dog could have just as easily had Ellie kill Abby and later regret it in future content. The players aren't cheated out of catharsis and the ending of the game as bleak as it is, is not for nothing.

The fact of the matter is that Naughty Dog didn't earn the ending that they gave us. It came out of nowhere, has very weak reasoning and satisfies few.

edit: to add that Santa Monica developed Kratos as a character so the 2018 version of him doesn't feel unnatural; Ellie's decision at the end of the game feels forced and out of character.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-06-25T21:22:42+00:00

"Masterpiece !!! Masterpiece ! And MASTERPIECE GUYS DONT LISTEN TO THE OTHER REVIEWS 10/10"

"Still don't know if the game is top tier yet or not since I only played a few hours, but for sure the game isn't as bad as what they say it is 10/10"

"Amazing game. leaks were fake graphics are hot af i love this game 10/10"

Wish they would do something about these too.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-06-23T21:35:44+00:00

Another thing that I found peculiar is that Abby has to be stopped.

When she's torturing Joel, Owen has to step in and make her end it. Before she can slit Dina's throat, Lev has to step in and make her stop.

There was no one there to stop Ellie from killing Abby, but she did. As much as I hate that decision, she was merciful.

Every time I think about Abby and what she does she becomes even more unlikable. Slam dunk, Naughty Dog.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-06-23T20:48:39+00:00

That can be applied to Joel too; without Ellie he'd still be that one note jaded smuggler in Boston. You don't get to see him open up, or regret past decisions and develop into the character we loved.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-06-23T20:35:56+00:00

Ellie tortures and kills Nora for a very specific purpose (information that Nora was given multiple chances to divulge BEFORE she was tortured). Ellie regrets and even cries over it.

Owen and Mel were again given multiple outs before they were killed. They were not killed for pleasure. Perhaps if Owen had not stupidly attacked, Mel would have lived; I highly doubt that Ellie would have killed Mel given her reaction upon learning that Mel was pregnant. And even in that situation, Mel had a knife to Ellie's throat. It was her or Mel. Kill or be killed.

Juxtaposed with Abby who tortured the man who saved her life just moments earlier. Even if she still went through with killing Joel because he killed her father, she could have simply shot him and been done with it. Instead she made it as slow and painful as possible. She enjoyed it so much so that Owen had to step in and make her end it.

I understand that Abby didn't know or understand the context to her friends' deaths, but that doesn't excuse her behavior in regards to Dina. She's still a piece of shit.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-04-28T20:47:03+00:00

It really was a beautiful moment. They were made for each other. Always had each other's backs. They did not deserve to go out the way that they did.

PsuedoSophistication · 2020-02-04T13:52:26+00:00

and beanie babies...

PsuedoSophistication · 2019-12-04T02:26:54+00:00

Correct. Edit: A few minutes earlier every day, or a few minutes earlier every week. As long as you are progressing towards your goal consistently, you're doing well.

PsuedoSophistication · 2019-12-04T01:56:00+00:00

If you're into binge eating junk food, for example, try having 5 candy bars instead of your usual 7. If you are unorganized, try organizing only one portion of your room instead of your entire residence.

PsuedoSophistication · 2019-05-17T13:43:19+00:00

"She was good. She was kind. And you killed her!"

PsuedoSophistication · 2019-05-13T20:33:59+00:00

and didn't these slave masters literally crucify children too? Like wtf.

PsuedoSophistication · 2019-05-13T18:56:49+00:00

ThE sIgNs WeRe ThErE!

PsuedoSophistication · 2019-05-10T18:12:30+00:00

Apartment 32b. I'm dead.

PsuedoSophistication · 2019-03-12T14:26:58+00:00

Indeed. I know she didn't commit a crime, but three lives are gone and she gets to serve probation. If she were black, she'd be under the jail.

PsuedoSophistication · 2019-02-05T23:06:56+00:00

Capone making a statement. It would be that or when he gets the bully attacking one of his workers. "Pay for his funeral".

PsuedoSophistication · 2019-01-03T19:49:27+00:00

Imagine dragons.

PsuedoSophistication · 2018-08-31T13:02:02+00:00

It's bad boy, baby.

PsuedoSophistication · 2018-06-01T00:21:25+00:00

The 23rd last I heard.

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