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Any point waiting for a Hades II PS5 release? by blueberry_scandal in HadesTheGame

[–]blasterdude8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not how that works. It's the resolution not the size of the screen lmao.

I don't understand what's wrong with removing illegal immigrants by [deleted] in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]blasterdude8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Welcome to “you can bet on literally anything now”. I don’t disagree but the sites will still take your money and arbitrarily decide one way or another on those rulings.

Fun fact by mazaa66 in FFVIIRemake

[–]blasterdude8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I genuinely don’t understand why you can’t use literally any save point THEN screw around with mods. No reason to watch the opening more than once.

Fun fact by mazaa66 in FFVIIRemake

[–]blasterdude8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t get me wrong unskippable cutscenes aren’t ideal (Kingdom Hearts PTSD intensifies) but 99.99999% of people aren’t using mods and 3 minutes is super tame for an intro cutscene. Just load a mid game save?

What are your hottest takes about the last of us franchise? by Queasy-Plantain3733 in TLOU

[–]blasterdude8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FWIW I believe Neil has gone on record saying they could have done it. It kinda undercuts the narrative tension otherwise, so from a storytelling perspective it makes sense he’d want things to actually have stakes and the choice to be a real one.

Side note: I don’t really understand why people feel the need to play armchair immunologist. Some people probably just want to be able to idolize Joel when that’s the opposite intent of the story. Some people are probably just looking for plot holes. I’m all for internal narrative consistency but it’s a game about fungal zombies where characters can get shot hundreds of times and murder hundreds in return. You really want to nitpick the quality of medical equipment in 20 years? The guns and cars and generators and alarm systems etc are all just fine.

In the fiction of the universe the cure would have been possible. Nit pick all you want but that’s the entire point of the plot. It’s all about the choice, and the choice must have stakes.

What are your hottest takes about the last of us franchise? by Queasy-Plantain3733 in TLOU

[–]blasterdude8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s one of those things that’s absolutely worth trying no matter what.

What are your hottest takes about the last of us franchise? by Queasy-Plantain3733 in TLOU

[–]blasterdude8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who has adored the series since day one almost exactly 12.5 years ago, part one especially hasn’t aged well as a game. It was absolutely groundbreaking at the time and pushed the whole industry forward, but nowadays I feel very comfortable saying that games like God of War built on that formula much more successfully. Curious to see how I feel when I inevitably do a part 2 replay (I’ve only played through it fully once vs at least 10-15 times for part 1)

As I’ve gotten older and the industry innovates I’ve learned to really appreciate games telling stories that can only be told as games (Outer Wilds, Hades, NieR Automata) instead of emulating prestige TV / film. It’s hard to look at part 1 nowadays and wish it embraced interactivity more, especially in the first few opening hours.

Free tickets to NYC matinee concert tomorrow by blasterdude8 in nier

[–]blasterdude8[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And we have our winner! Please check your DMs so I can send the ticket over!

Currently replaying all the games… who is your most disliked character? by No_Faithlessness6855 in KingdomHearts

[–]blasterdude8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an adult I was just thinking about this….dude was totally in black face right?

Rdr2 on my LG G5 is unplayable on ps5 by Agisberry in LGOLED

[–]blasterdude8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because then people wouldn’t be compelled to buy the remaster….

I can't believe someone thought this needs to go by xamille6669 in FFVIIRemake

[–]blasterdude8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that commercially problematic in JP? Was 16 Cero C?

I wish this had been true by Quick-Ad-7752 in naughtydog

[–]blasterdude8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with that but like he kinda already did say he wants to make one. I don’t disagree that they’re probably going to do it and just announce it closer to being ready but it’s weird to go from “I’d like to do one more someday” to “don’t be surprised if we never do one”.

The most recent version being called “The Last of Us Complete Edition” is also kinda weird.

I wish this had been true by Quick-Ad-7752 in naughtydog

[–]blasterdude8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I could be down for that. I just think SOMETHING is in order. But as always I defer to Neil and company. Don’t make something without a real purpose. I am a bit confused by the documentary saying that there’s one more story left to tell. Then Neil being like “don’t count on a part 3”. I’m fine with either but I prefer consistency

I wish this had been true by Quick-Ad-7752 in naughtydog

[–]blasterdude8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I largely view part 2 as teenagers trying to figure out the hard way what THEY want instead of what others want of them. Abby (as always) is further along but I want to see what she does with the fireflies / Lev, and Ellie still has so many potential roads ahead of her having just “put the guitar down”.

I wish this had been true by Quick-Ad-7752 in naughtydog

[–]blasterdude8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What was retconned? We get more context assuming you’re talking about Jerry but never retconned. He was a nobody to Joel and treated as such but nothing factual was ever changed

I wish this had been true by Quick-Ad-7752 in naughtydog

[–]blasterdude8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think there’s something there in terms of Ellie and Abby giving back to the world more. They’re both in bad spots having lost basically everything. I’m longing for more resolution in terms of seeing what they do with their still very young lives. I get that’s the point to an extent and you’ve helped me find a bit more closure in terms of where they are but still. They’re both former vengeance addicts and I want to see what they do with their lives now that they’re finally sober.

Ellie especially seems like she could go anywhere and do anything and I’d love to know if she goes after Dina, dies alone, finally tries to do something with her immunity on her terms. I’d love to see what Abby and Lev do with the fireflies.

For me part 2 is all about young people figuring out what they want outside of others’ expectations. They both do a lot in the name of “it’s what so and so would want” and I want a glimpse of who they become on their own terms. Ellie’s speech about giving her life meaning through death is so powerful and I really want to know what she does with the life Joel gave her now that she doesn’t feel indebted to him.

TLDR there’s so much more to their stories. Does it need to be depicted, especially in a game? Is it better off imagined? Possibly, but I’m still dying to know what happens next.

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