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Post by windfisch on Feb 26, 2021 7:15:21 GMT -5
That "Ultra" thing is not that far removed from the above, it's just the next logical step: expanding the target audience even a bit further, which, let's not kid ourselfs, always has been teenagers. AND nostalgia-fuelded 30+ year-olds at this point.
With the strong CIA/Pentagon-ties to Hollywood (and the games industry), I'm almost certain that someone somewhere in PR must've thought that this might be a good opportunity to give that infamous term a different spin, as a little "bonus" so to speak. I mean, every second Hollywood action hero is a current or former "agent", while the other half have a military background (and the third half being presidents...). And Mortal Kombat has always had its fair share of those types already, so it's a perfect fit for that type of propaganda. That said, I'm gonna give them the benefit of doubt and assume that the creation of characters like Sonia Blade for the original games was mostly motivated by mindlessly aping movie tropes. In the long run that really doesn't matter, though.
Also, because it's just so perfect:
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Post by lurker on Feb 26, 2021 10:57:36 GMT -5
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Post by jorpho on Feb 26, 2021 11:29:55 GMT -5
On another note I tried seeing what was on Youtube about this MK Ultra Girls show and aside from one video on it my search brought up stuff on CIA mind control experiments! WTF. The Reddit post says:
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Post by toei on Feb 26, 2021 12:06:29 GMT -5
Hilarious "humor". Maybe they could have introduced a new duo, Moe and Lester. WB loves that humor for pete's sake.
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Post by windfisch on Feb 26, 2021 12:17:09 GMT -5
On another note I tried seeing what was on Youtube about this MK Ultra Girls show and aside from one video on it my search brought up stuff on CIA mind control experiments! WTF. The Reddit post says: So if these claims were to be true, they were just being disgusting assholes because it's in their nature? Thank god, they cleared that up.
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Post by dsparil on Feb 26, 2021 12:23:18 GMT -5
Probably going to pass on the Diamond/Pearl remakes, but Legends looks interesting. Seems like a version of what Gen. 9 will be like.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2021 12:55:35 GMT -5
A few positives and negatives I think from the Pokemon news.
I like that they're making mainline games that are very different from one another. We'll have 4 different approaches to mainline Pokemon after these release. I also think outsourcing remakes is a good idea.
On the negative end Diamond and Pearl seem to be very cheaply made. I don't have much faith in Game Freaks ability to deliver on Legends and footage looks very early. I'm very dubious.
That said, I know my partner will love both and between those two and BotW2 the Switch hogging will be significant. I think I might have to pick up a second system.
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Post by 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 on Feb 26, 2021 13:51:32 GMT -5
I think after SwSh I really have to see more from these to know whether they'll be for me. SwSh didn't deliver enough on the single player front IMO.
I also think a DP remake is completely pointless. And while I think a 3D top-down tile-based game should work very well for Pokémon, it doesn't look as good as I'd hope. Though at the same time it does look more like the GBA and DS games, which is a good thing. So I'm a bit mixed on it.
And for Arceus...I really don't know if GF can pull off an open world game. Now that they're working with a console with the specs of a Switch, they really oughtta step up their game and have a bigger team or something. Don't know if it's GF or Nintendo's call, but outside of the Sun/Moon and maybe B/W, the Pokémon game have never looked as impressive as other 1st party games on their systems. And after playing SwSh, having a full open world game is a bit worrying, performance-wise, to say the least.
I think Snap is the one I have the most faith in right now. I actually thought having different actions for each Pokémon to photograph sounds like a pretty interesting concept.
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Post by dsparil on Feb 26, 2021 14:38:14 GMT -5
Diamond and Pearl remakes were inevitable, and some fans have wanted it for years. Every gen. since 3 has had a remake except for 5, and gen. 7 had Let's Go instead. GF consolidated and moved into a larger office space in a building used by Nintendo so they probably did add staff too.
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Post by lurker on Feb 26, 2021 16:33:22 GMT -5
I just hope that they can fix Diamond/Pearl's shortcomings. Can't vouch for Platinum, but the base games were oddly sluggish. Also, it was oddly sparse with its fire types. Also, it seems like all the games displayed were outsourced to an extent. Especially, the Snap sequel, which is a Bandai Namco thing.
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Post by Bumpyroad on Feb 28, 2021 14:26:47 GMT -5
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Post by retr0gamer on Feb 28, 2021 14:42:33 GMT -5
Quite Disappointed with GnG Resurrection. GnG was my arcade game series growing up. I love all the games but was bitterly disappointed by Ultimate GnG. It was just too random and as a result unfair. It made the two hit mode unfair and just not fun.
Resurrection unfortunately feels like Ultimate. It's a bit better than ultimate but there's still too much randomness and feels unfair rather than deaths being the players fault. The two hit mode just isn't fun.
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Post by lurker on Mar 1, 2021 1:46:48 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2021 6:03:09 GMT -5
I'm contemplating dropping Subnautica. I love a good scary game, but this one just seems to creep me out more and more the further I go. Probably not a great idea for a thalassophobe to play an alien ocean survival game, but it is fascinating at the same time. I would love to see it through to the end, but I think I'm struggling to progress at this point anyway. Though it seems contrary to the survival goal of the game I wish I could turn enemies off and just concentrate on exploration. Also a real shame that it runs so poorly on the base PS4. I have no idea how that Switch ports going to go...I'm guessing badly. Anyway, I recommend the game for anyone of sterner stuff than I who also has the hardware to run it well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2021 2:35:50 GMT -5
I figured someone ought to post the Elden Ring leak here
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