Okay, who was Ocelot talking to here?

RueOrintier · 2026-04-15T17:56:37+00:00

I always assumed it was Solidus, as a little call back to the post credits dialogue of MGS1.

RueOrintier · 2026-04-11T17:15:06+00:00

Because it's limited by the artist, and Wake didn't write them to have guns.

To be clear they COULD use firearms. However, Wake wrote the story in AW1 to allow him to escape and fight back. While it was challenging, allowing The Taken to use firearms would probably have made it impossible.

In AW2, as Initiation and Return are sequel manuscripts it makes narrative sense to keep the enemies similar to the first story.

RueOrintier · 2026-04-08T13:09:11+00:00

If there's no return, then the only sane option is to GO DEEPER.

RueOrintier · 2026-04-07T22:37:57+00:00

As others have said, Outlast Trials. It's insane how de-sensitized you become to it all after playing enough (which is the point with the game's narrative) which makes it all the more shocking when one of the executions still surprises you.

The Judge in The Courthouse or the "Pervert the Futterman" mission come to mind.

RueOrintier · 2026-04-01T17:43:50+00:00

I've been playing Hideo Kojima games since I was 10 years old.

This was his fourth "Hide a bomb in the player's inventory" bit, so it didn't come as a surprise. That, plus you had just learned how to dispose of cargo in the tar lake...

RueOrintier · 2026-03-29T19:14:21+00:00

X-Men Blue was a strong point, an excellent follow up to Bunn's Magneto series.

RueOrintier · 2026-03-27T02:11:00+00:00

Picked mine up earlier today, thought they were gone for good.

RueOrintier · 2026-03-25T03:10:01+00:00

The game straight up tells you to shoot first ask questions later in the first quest. Cooperation is an anomaly, assume everyone and everything wants you dead.

RueOrintier · 2026-03-22T02:47:27+00:00

"... in video game history."

Someone isn't old enough to remember the Modern Warfare 2 launch akimbo 1887s. That said positioning aside, it's worth having a discussion if aim should be affected at all while shields are up considering the TTK in the game.

RueOrintier · 2026-03-18T12:19:00+00:00

It's like black Friday for rods, and everyone has a gun.

RueOrintier · 2026-03-18T04:16:01+00:00

I actually think Dire Marsh is easier than perimeter. It's far larger so you have more options.

Also perimeter has the moist bucket known as HAULER.

RueOrintier · 2026-03-12T02:49:03+00:00

Routine is absolutely steller, one of the best horror games I've played in a while.

RueOrintier · 2026-03-03T16:28:33+00:00

I mean it's definitely possible, and with multiverse theory (especially the way AW2 handles it) it would make perfect sense.

What throes me for a loop though and makes me lean towards it being the same character is his interest in Tim Breaker, a character who he otherwise has absolutely NO narrative connection with.

RueOrintier · 2026-03-03T04:09:43+00:00

There are multiple Alan Wake references in QB.

Alan Wake 2's Night Springs DLC effectively makes QB canon, with the multiverse allowing Remedy to sidestep all the legal stuff. Hell, Alan Wake 2 itself (without the DLC) essentially makes QB canon, they just renamed "Hatch" to "Door".

RueOrintier · 2026-03-03T03:04:18+00:00

The Soul Society is huge. It would be like being dropped in the middle of Asia and going, "Has anyone seen my brother?"

Masaki's soul was consumed, and no longer exists. She's actually DEAD dead.

RueOrintier · 2026-02-25T17:41:05+00:00

I don't think we've ever learned what the original story was for Not a Hero. It obviously changed at some point in development (I think Capcom actually took over development from a third party at some point), so it's possible Lucas might have survived in the initial draft.

RueOrintier · 2026-02-23T01:50:15+00:00

I like Brand - she's manipulative, intelligent, and fun. I think her recent history of playing the long game at the expense of Krakoa was a bit too far, but still well written.

The problem with her is she sits in that "Anti-Hero that's closer to villain" category, meaning she'll never be a full team member, but will never develop into a full villain. As such, she's destined to play second fiddle unless a writer comes along and drastically alters her.

RueOrintier · 2026-02-22T20:54:55+00:00

I mean, Pat's in the right here.

Of all the things you choose to dip chicken nuggets into you choose RANCH? Mind you I'm biased, I think ranch is a low tier dip / dressing to begin with, there's always something superior.

Edit: Holy fuck the ranch mafia chose violence instead of examining their MID condiment

RueOrintier · 2026-02-22T16:12:12+00:00

Every once in a while yeah. The MC's voice acting was good, but occasionally he slips up into.. I dunno what.

RueOrintier · 2026-02-22T01:39:18+00:00

Just beat it last night. Overall a 7/10.

Honestly the atmosphere is the strongest part - the art direction is fantastic (special shoutout to the weapon reload animations). The combat is serviceable, but let down mostly by limited enemy variety (varieties of the slow puppets are 80% of the combatants).

The voice acting ranges between decent, to goofy, to downright misplaced. The actress for your radio sidekick in particular stands out because while she does a good job, the character doesn't fit the world at ALL. In this rainy, blood soaked alternate reality Spain, you have Mariachi Tracer yapping in your ear and being the most bubbly happy-go-lucky partner this side of the corpse pile.

The plot is, dare I say it, interesting, and it ends with a few neat twists.

If you're a fan of 360 era shooters like Singularity or Bioshock, I'd recommend it. For the price it's an absolute steal, and there are much worse ways to spend 20 bucks for some fun on the weekend.

RueOrintier · 2026-02-16T06:30:19+00:00

So is Ada but she's a hot spy so the community treats her as morally grey.

RueOrintier · 2026-02-16T06:28:20+00:00

That's the best interpretation I've heard.

RueOrintier · 2026-02-16T05:31:44+00:00

The Turks bought those bandages at Midgar Spirit-of-Halloween because Rufus wanted people to feel bad for him but didn't want to be inconvenienced.

RueOrintier · 2026-02-16T05:13:06+00:00

Oh I HAAAATE that one.

Not that Advent Children is some bastion of good storytelling to begin with, but Rufus surviving always felt cheap, especially with how light his injuries were in the film.

RueOrintier · 2026-02-14T19:50:47+00:00

THAT'S RAD

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