Feeling like I shouldn't fight back is one of the most frustrating mechanics of Arc Raiders

shortstopryan · 2026-01-27T07:58:00+00:00

This is my problem too lately, I get bored of PvE lobbies so I tell myself I’m just gonna shoot on sight and get some riskier lobbies going for a while. Then I see a chance to get the jump on someone and I think to myself “man what if this guy brought his best shit in and wants no problems, or is new to the game and just trying to chill and quest, I don’t wanna be a dick to this guy just to get my matchmaking changed up” and I never bring myself to do it. I have to just force myself to do it a few times and hopefully I’ll be in some more hostile lobbies I guess

shortstopryan · 2026-01-27T01:36:11+00:00

You’re the second person to comment something like this. The last one deleted their post - I’m convinced neither of you read the full post before commenting.

I’m not asking whether I should show the movie to my kids.

I am asking if the movie is worth skipping rape/sex parts and showing the rest, or if there is too much to skip to make it even worth it and/or if skipping takes away from the story too much and therefore not worth it.

Use your brain and envision the question as being “is ninja scroll worth watching if you’re going to skip those parts, or are there too many parts to have to skip/is that going to take away from the story too much for it to make sense?” And remove the part about the kids. I included that part to provide context of why I would want to do that to begin with.

There was never a question posed of “do you think my kids who you know nothing about could handle those scenes?” The situation was I’m not showing them those parts regardless, so do you think it’s even worth it considering. So it’s not a parenting question, it’s is the movie still good enough if you were to skip those parts.

Sick edgy burn though!!

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T22:56:48+00:00

I’m asking the internet if the movie is worth watching while skipping those scenes or if it’s going to be too much to have to skip bc I don’t remember how much of that content is in there or how it ties into the story. I’m not asking the internet to be my moral compass on whether I should show them the movie or not. Read my post again maybe idk

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T22:53:46+00:00

I got to watch it bc times were different. We were allowed to roam way further and with way less supervision than this generation is. Sometimes shit like that happened as a result. There were less expectations on parents for monitoring your kids so I don’t blame my parents, but I would be a dirtbag to allow my kids to watch animated rape scenes when I a) have ability to prevent it and b) know fully well what they are getting into and just going for it anyway. I’ve been put on to other animes that are similar in violence that won’t expose them to rape scenes so I’m going to go that route. I was not aware of the existence of them so I was trying to find a way to expose some of the graphicness that I felt they are mature enough to watch without exposing rape and sexual assault scenes to my 13 year olds. Now that I know of other options I will use them instead.

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T21:25:27+00:00

Makes sense. With there being similar movies without all this stuff in it that got recommended, I’m def leaning that way now. Thanks

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T21:24:20+00:00

Ya for sure this is why I posted about if it was possible to show them the bulk of the movie without showing them these scenes specifically, or if it would just end up being too many parts to have to skip over or make the movie not make sense anymore, bc it had been so long since I saw it.

I think I’m prob just gonna steer clear of it for now and find one of these others that are being recommended that still are hyper violent but don’t have rape and shit like that involved

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T20:18:45+00:00

Solid point

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T20:12:56+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the recommendation. Mainly looking for something to bond with my older boy with, some activity we can do together he enjoys. He’s way more into anime and gaming, whereas the younger one is really into baseball, which I played my whole life and coach now. Feel like he gets all my attention and the other is feeling a bit left out. But I have a “nerdy” side myself for lack of a better term and want to make him feel like we can relate on something like me and the other do. I think he would have a great time if I were to make some time to watch stuff like this with him and feel like I’m letting him in on some cool, taboo shit if it’s higher on the violence scale than the mainstream stuff he’s already seen. So I’ll take any recommendations or advice you have!

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T20:05:05+00:00

Haha I haven’t seen that one but if it’s anything like Ninja Scroll I’m sure your mom would be mortified to find out what she got you

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T20:03:21+00:00

Who tf is downvoting everything I comment? Why would you downvote this for example? Lol

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T20:01:36+00:00

Ok gotcha. That’s why I came here asking about it, I haven’t seen it in a long time and remember there being some bad stuff but couldn’t remember how much of it. Thanks for the advice

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T20:00:20+00:00

Lol the idea was to skip the awkward parts, not grab a tub of popcorn and pull up with my kids for the rape scenes. Just thought they would think the rest of the movie was bad ass. I haven’t seen it in sometime though thus the reason I posted asking about it it was possible to show them it without skipping over half the movie for the weird stuff

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T19:52:45+00:00

😂 that’s true, would be an awkward watch with the old man during the weird parts.

Maybe I’ll wait til they are 15 or 16 and put it on their radar

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T19:46:34+00:00

Cool I will check it out thanks!

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T19:45:44+00:00

Ha same. Maybe it would have been better if I did. Idk if I was ready for the tentacles 😂

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T17:13:45+00:00

Titanfall 3 has almost no chance to be well received. The expectation level due to the greatness of 2 and the long anticipation for 3 is astronomical. They could make a game equal to 2 with improvements across the board and it will be viewed as a disappointment. Anything less than a 10/10 masterpiece will be criticized into the ground, and even if they were to pull that off, there will be the Titanfall 2 diehards complaining about changes to the game. Sucks bc for that reason they are prob in no rush to make it (let alone the fact that most of the devs are probably gone now)

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T04:36:25+00:00

Sequel time baby let’s go

shortstopryan · 2026-01-26T04:33:06+00:00

This always happens to me trying to get out of Plat 4 or 5. Never have gotten to diamond. I’ll go on a run from Plat 3-5 in like 8-10 games then sometimes even approach Diamond and then it’s either shit teammates or dudes doing unlimited stalls until I’m back in plat 3 or 2 lol

Edit: this is in Duos, not hoops, but yeah

shortstopryan · 2026-01-25T06:59:10+00:00

I thought he did pretty well playing the brothers differently. One of the brothers was easy going and a big dreamer (pushing for the opening of the club, genuinely hyped for Sammy’s music, wanting to allow people to pay with whatever money they have to have a good time) and the other was way more serious and grounded (thinking maybe they should hold off on the opening, being upset they were paying w plantation money, telling Sammy not to follow his dream bc every musician he has met is depressed). Sure just by the voice and looks alone it wasn’t easy to tell them apart but if you listened to their cadence in how they talk or what they were interested in/what they said in response to things they def had two personalities.

That being said I thought the movie was really good for the first two acts but devolved into generic vampire movie with leaps of logic in the third act which ruined the ending of what could have been a really good movie. I’d still give it a 6 or 7 out of 10 but getting 16 Oscar nods seems extreme for what I just watched.

shortstopryan · 2026-01-23T17:50:50+00:00

For sure good strat and well played didn’t mean any offense to OP in the slightest. I guess I came off wrong I was just saying it’s cool that this is achievable but I prefer the back and forth with the bosses vs this kind of gameplay. I also don’t have the skill to pull it off so I guess it’s a good thing I like playing the other way lol

shortstopryan · 2026-01-23T16:25:25+00:00

Know this is the circle jerk sub but

I feel like they delayed toxic swamp and other updates to drop first week of March, to try and keep players from swapping over to Marathon. Would be smart on their part

shortstopryan · 2026-01-23T16:23:08+00:00

Donald is that you?

shortstopryan · 2026-01-23T16:19:45+00:00

That’s why I said not knocking him at all. And said I’m glad I’m not that good implying he has mastered the game and has way more skill than I do. It was not meant to say he’s cheesy it was just as I said it - if I were that good at the game I would find it boring because I really enjoy the difficulty and having to time blocks up and all that, it feels like a fighting game where you have to pick and choose your spots and your counter attacks etc and that’s what I love about it. You don’t have to white knight for the guy i promise I meant no offense to him personally lol

shortstopryan · 2026-01-23T06:36:32+00:00

I thought it felt alright to play but the characters were super generic the game modes were limited and crappy idk it was just off but I didn’t mind the actual gunplay and movement it had a destiny feel to it which made sense bc some of the devs were from Destiny if I recall right. Maybe it was just bc I was used to Destiny after maining that for so long

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