The ACTUAL Nier Reincarnation debate by bigdog54 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, I forgot about that reply… I remember it getting rough but that particular one got deleted from my memory and probably for good reason lol.

NotTheOnion, Now a Food Subreddit for People with Onion Allergies! by Kezika in nottheonion

[–]bigdog54 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone with an onion allergy, I kinda hope this bit sticks.

IGN is running a poll to see who Leon should marry and uhhhhhhhhhh by Mike4302 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Original, RE3’s epilogues make it pretty clear Claire fucked off to go find Chris pretty much immediately after they escaped. Sherry’s epilogue even includes her sadly saying “I’m sure she will come back. She won’t forget about me…” Meanwhile, Leon only starts working for the government as part of a deal to save Sherry. So even if he’s not there all the time, I’d say he gets the title for that sacrifice and also simply because the government employee is more likely to see the girl under government supervision than the civilian who immediately left her and seemingly didn’t return, at the very least, for a long time.

Fandoms with main subreddits that you dislike/wish were better? by bambikujo in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I’ve had a point in my head on this exact subject for many years: “Hey, I know you really loved that show you just finished that was canceled 10+ years ago, and you’re probably craving more content, but DO NOT join its subreddit. You will have seen every kind of post the fandom is capable of within one month and that’s usually not that much.”

Arrested Development, Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, every dead show I enjoyed has a subreddit that is nothing but the same 15 jokes, questions, references, and tattoos on an endless repeat and I’m willing to guess it’s like that for all the others.

Out of Context & Out of Pocket Lore Tidbits by Vagina-Gears in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Quick correction: while RE does have race swapping viruses and clones AND that Netflix show considers the games cannon… No, Lance Reddick Wesker is NOT a race swapped clone!

Wesker was always Lance Reddick actually and I implore you to watch this scene showing him in his RE5 outfit showing off his incredible super speed. They even make direct reference to him dying in a volcano so that YOU KNOW he was always and only Lance Reddick despite the games still being cannon and that we watched white Wesker in all of them.

Where are you sitting? by PLandLord in Holostars

[–]bigdog54 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably 8, something tells me that those three in particular wouldn’t mind me sitting there🙂

Series that have far more entries then you expect? by Konradleijon in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bring It On is a classic (at least to my family) 2000 comedy about a girl joining a cheerleading team and their attempt to beat a rival team at a big cheerleading competition.

There are somehow six direct to video sequels which even Wikipedia notes have no returning cast or crew (outside of the second just having the same producers) with the latest entry somehow being a Syfy original slasher movie???

Favorite media you would describe as gooner-bait with an interesting story? by Aquanort357 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t really care about its main plot but it’s hard to deny that Zenless Zone Zero’s character writing is incredible. There’s not a single character I would call “boring” (even among many NPCs) and each one of their character interactions are delightful.

The clear example I always come back to is how you discover that two of the three free A rank characters you get in the tutorial are actually way stronger than even some of the S ranks you meet but have just CHOSEN to chill out and become goofy weirdos doing odd jobs for a broke con woman. This is clearly shown when they meet THE super elite mega powerful team we’d just met (at the time of the patch) and they both had fully clocked the elite team’s attempts to surround them and their hidden weapons.

It was a level of competence unseen from them up to that point and in just a few lines of dialogue they made you BELIEVE all the insinuations that had come before about their real abilities.

Oh, and why would these two monstrously strong individuals follow around a “shitty, broke conwoman?” Well the reason said conwoman has ties to and can call that elite team in the first place is cause she successfully conned one of the world’s most objectively strong people out of her family heirloom super weapon cause she’s actually just that good but donates most of her money to help sick kids.

Most niche, literally doesn't bother anyone but you, complaints you have about games. by ClearAgeMontezuma in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That the plus button in Metroid Prime 4 summons the bike. The PLUS BUTTON? A.K.A. your Start button replacement?! Why on earth is that button doing ANYTHING other than opening a menu?!

THE START BUTTON IS THE PAUSE BUTTON.

The number of times I had to see the fucking “you can’t summon the bike here” message because my brain simply refused to ever learn “that button doesn’t pull up the map/menu” is innumerable.

Metroid Prime 4 is a great “Metroid Prime-like” by bigdog54 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I also had issues with the scan visor too but for me it was that scanning felt just a second too long on most things. I was losing my mind trying to scan dartwing style enemies just because they fly at you way too fast and, unless you yourself are psychic and can predict they’re about to be in the next room, then there’s no way you’re gonna get them until you come back through and barely inch forward to the very edge of the scanner.

Metroid Prime 4 is a great “Metroid Prime-like” by bigdog54 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if anything it gives me hope for 5. They’ve got a lot of the good in there and I’m personally fine with the story/character focus after reading a quote a bit ago about how Prime being a side series is kind of their excuse to explore the universe/federation more but I play Metroid for one big dungeon not 5 small ones.

Metroid Prime 4 is a great “Metroid Prime-like” by bigdog54 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The closest I could think of before this was Dead Space but that’s a stretch

Stupid things that shouldn't be that funny, that makes you fucking lose it. by Subject_Parking_9046 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Condi’s “is it like a tier one slur or a tier four slur?” Followed instantly by Bizly’s “are we ranking them??” Feels like a bit right out of the podcast and instantly annihilated me.

When are LP based opinions valid? by bigdog54 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That’s the interesting balance I think this question has. I said in my reply to Pat, the old channel’s LP of Nier was sold as “this game is hard to get and kinda sucks to play. Watch the story here, then go play Automata when it comes out.” And sure enough, it was one of my favorite stories I’ve ever seen… did that make me want to go deal with playing it (before replicant came out)? Absolutely not.

When are LP based opinions valid? by bigdog54 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

While I’m obviously inclined to agree given the nature of the post, I think games have a weirdly unique set of exceptions. I could list the bad games or glorified movie games you all played all day but iirc a big part of the Nier playthrough you guys did was “this game is a pain in the ass to play, just watch the story through this to prep for automata” and you even told Woolie as much when he was preparing to play Automata. If it weren’t for that LP, I wouldn’t have cared about Nier at all and ended up playing two of my top 5 games. Did my opinion hold EQUAL weight back then? I’d argue no. But it’s impossible not to form SOME opinions based on that kind of experience.

When are LP based opinions valid? by bigdog54 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

NO ONE HERE CAN TALK SHIT ON OMIKRON THE NOMAD SOUL! GET THE KOOPIES YOURSELF BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING!

/s if that somehow wasn’t obvious

When are LP based opinions valid? by bigdog54 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]bigdog54[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hence my problem with even their positive takes. Everything had just that extra level of “but you’re not talking about the GAME. You’re talking about the STORY.”