Post: #4651

(04-23-2019 12:58 PM)LEMONed IScream Wrote:  I don't see anything unusual. Jax's ending seems wholesome. I mean, it's about his wife and daughter, important, no?

The character proportions in MK9 were absolutely horrible, especially in the female models. They seemed overgrown and tacky, X and 11 have much better proportions regarding the vast majority of characters, which makes the game better IMO.

Sonya does have a bit of a bitch face, probably more due to Rhonda Rousey being involved in her character than anything else. Cassie is a cutie pie, per example. None of the other females look particularly weird, if you discount the Goddess Kronica....

Post: #4652

Well did I write something odd? I do think the character models in 9 were shit. They looked disproportionate and had huge clown-ish boobs and asses. At least now they are more realistic and proportional to actual human bodies. If one wants to see tits, either have a wahmen or the internet provides. No need to have perverted videogames as well.

Post: #4653

Tits and Gore is literally all Mortal Kombat has ever been about. Change one and you have a game that is not Mortal Kombat.

Post: #4654

MK is still gory. As for the tits, I mean... not as if graphics from arcade era and other powerful consoles have decent representations of tits...

Have you seen the game? It looks better than ever graphically and gameplay wise. Worrying about tits in this context seems kind of silly to me.

Post: #4655

< This is not about too much or too little Tits. 99% of the player-base of fighting games are men and the reason they cover up the women - and only the women - is because of SJW feminism and this should be clear to them.

The women are clad in burkas while the men go shirtless.

As for the woke Wakanda stuff - there is nothing wrong with making Africa into a paradise by having some divine powers, but the shit is textbook leftist propaganda. They literally show Europeans bowing to Africans and that should have created paradise already. That is pure SJW historical drivel. No mention of the 1400 years of Muslim slave trade, no mention of the internal conquests, no mention that most Africans did not even meet Whitey until the 1830s, some countries barely even in the 1940s. No mention also of immense internal slavery - of Europeans like the Italians in their late conquests freeing tens of thousands of slaves in some countries - the king of one country had 30.000 personal slaves - all of them black on black slaves. There were no Europeans holding them back whatsoever.

Aside from that connotation the scene is fine and everyone can be happy about a man doing good for him, his family and his people, but this simply would not have happened.

And honestly - he literally used the term woke on top of it.





Why not avoid the shit and simply go with his divine powers into Africa's history, tweak it earlier and have it develop strong even before Europe, make it go fully industrial revolution in the 18th century as well? That way Europe would not have conquered jack shit as they would have met an equal well-developed force. At best trade would have been possible - similar to what they did with Japan. (And that would also have solved the far bigger nuisance of Africa - the Islamic slave trade of tens of millions of men being castrated and sent up north.)

But of course - they could not do that, because good propaganda needs to "teach those toxic males" and it also has to deprive them from some free toxic male gaze. It's not about tits here - the entire crap is deliberately uglified when it comes to women, covered up in a fucking fantasy combat game where the SJWs complained about armor. Bitch - if the women were fighting in realistic terms then they would all be dead - it would be a sausage fest.

Post: #4656

(04-23-2019 03:48 PM)LEMONed IScream Wrote:  MK is still gory. As for the tits, I mean... not as if graphics from arcade era and other powerful consoles have decent representations of tits...

Have you seen the game? It looks better than ever graphically and gameplay wise. Worrying about tits in this context seems kind of silly to me.

You are right about the tits, I apologize for my quick judgement. I checked out MK3 sprites and the girls weren't as titty as I remembered playing it as a child. Not sure about the 3D ones though.

Post: #4657

MK games live and die on their multiplayer mode, nobody that is a fan of the series will care about the god awful story (MK X was terrible in that regard as well).

Post: #4658

I know Mortal Kombat has been discussed here.... but we did it. We have officially hit peak video game clown world.

Johnny Cage, in preview releases and builds, would do the "circle game" in certain screens. Now he flips you off.

Remember - the "circle game" is also the white supremacist "OK" sign. So in order to avoid getting burned by SJWs, they changed the OK sign to a vulgar gesture.

How the mighty have fallen

   

Post: #4659

Days Gone - obviously a Playstation exclusive, because the XBox doesn't have any of those - looks like it's come together quite well in the extra months of development time they took.
It went from a game I had little interest in to one I will almost certainly be playing this weekend.
Lots of gameplay footage up on YouTube from people who got it early. There's a review embargo until tomorrow, which is sometimes a bad sign, but Spider-Man (PS4 exclusive) had it too and was almost universally praised. I suspect Days Gone will fall a little below that but it's looking quite good.

Post: #4660

(04-24-2019 11:39 AM)MikeS Wrote:  Days Gone - obviously a Playstation exclusive, because the XBox doesn't have any of those - looks like it's come together quite well in the extra months of development time they took.
It went from a game I had little interest in to one I will almost certainly be playing this weekend.
Lots of gameplay footage up on YouTube from people who got it early. There's a review embargo until tomorrow, which is sometimes a bad sign, but Spider-Man (PS4 exclusive) had it too and was almost universally praised. I suspect Days Gone will fall a little below that but it's looking quite good.

I'm pretty pumped about it. Reminds me of Full Throttle, but with zombies and an open world. Maybe a bit of Uncharted thrown in.

Post: #4661

(04-24-2019 12:27 PM)Hammerhead Wrote:  

(04-24-2019 11:39 AM)MikeS Wrote:  Days Gone - obviously a Playstation exclusive, because the XBox doesn't have any of those - looks like it's come together quite well in the extra months of development time they took.
It went from a game I had little interest in to one I will almost certainly be playing this weekend.
Lots of gameplay footage up on YouTube from people who got it early. There's a review embargo until tomorrow, which is sometimes a bad sign, but Spider-Man (PS4 exclusive) had it too and was almost universally praised. I suspect Days Gone will fall a little below that but it's looking quite good.

I'm pretty pumped about it. Reminds me of Full Throttle, but with zombies and an open world. Maybe a bit of Uncharted thrown in.

I always have most fun with open world games. Even great linear games like Uncharted and The Last of Us just can't hold my attention and I never make it all the way through them, despite them usually having shorter campaigns than open world games.

There are admittedly many of those open world games I never finish either, but I can often spend dozens of hours just roaming around and having fun in the huge worlds. I recently reinstalled the underrated Ghost Recon Wildlands to do just that. I must have spent 40+ hours in the game in total and still have well more than half the story missions left.

Post: #4662

Well, sadly the Days Gone reviews are not particularly glowing. Mostly scores in the 6-8 range. About to watch the ACG review now, which is apparently a "wait for sale". Which, knowing myself, I'm obviously not going to do if I decide I want to play the game.

Post: #4663

The game doesn’t push some “diversity” propaganda constantly. What did you expect for reviews?

Post: #4664

(04-25-2019 07:35 AM)Easy_C Wrote:  The game doesn’t push some “diversity” propaganda constantly. What did you expect for reviews?

With the brief sections of reviews I've read there are certainly some - probably many - expected reviewers who can't seem to get past the fact that the protagonist is an angry, white man biker.
But even the few YouTube reviewers I tend to trust are a little lukewarm in their reviews. Though it seems to be mostly because of bugs (ACG mentions this is even after the latest huge patch) and certain design and story decisions.

I think I'll probably buy it, while hoping for quick additional bug fixes.

Post: #4665

(04-25-2019 07:35 AM)Easy_C Wrote:  The game doesn’t push some “diversity” propaganda constantly. What did you expect for reviews?

GameSpot 5/10 review (by a girl).
"The over-the-top libertarian character"
"Deacon also has a policy where he doesn't kill unarmed women, which does not affect the story in any way and goes completely unexamined. There's no introspection here; Deacon is selfish, and it's simply boring that the game is uncritical of him."

I'll read the Kotaku and Polygon reviews later for what I expect will be a good laugh.

After watching a few YouTube reviews I've decided to get the game, despite clearly suffering from bugs in some areas. So I'll probably be playing at midnight.

Post: #4666

(04-24-2019 01:16 PM)MikeS Wrote:  I always have most fun with open world games. Even great linear games like Uncharted and The Last of Us just can't hold my attention and I never make it all the way through them, despite them usually having shorter campaigns than open world games.

There are admittedly many of those open world games I never finish either, but I can often spend dozens of hours just roaming around and having fun in the huge worlds. I recently reinstalled the underrated Ghost Recon Wildlands to do just that. I must have spent 40+ hours in the game in total and still have well more than half the story missions left.

I think a lot of games that are open world, would benefit from not being open world. I load up GTA and after 5 minutes I have seemingly limitless options to go from. I just can't find the interest in that anymore. Would be nice to have more restrictions to begin with. What's wrong with having open world, but having areas shut off until it makes sense from a storyline?

Your post made me think about Tomb Raider, which I think does this really well. The second installment in particular was great. Is it linear or open world?

Post: #4667

(04-25-2019 08:07 AM)nomadbrah Wrote:  

(04-24-2019 01:16 PM)MikeS Wrote:  I always have most fun with open world games. Even great linear games like Uncharted and The Last of Us just can't hold my attention and I never make it all the way through them, despite them usually having shorter campaigns than open world games.

There are admittedly many of those open world games I never finish either, but I can often spend dozens of hours just roaming around and having fun in the huge worlds. I recently reinstalled the underrated Ghost Recon Wildlands to do just that. I must have spent 40+ hours in the game in total and still have well more than half the story missions left.

I think a lot of games that are open world, would benefit from not being open world. I load up GTA and after 5 minutes I have seemingly limitless options to go from. I just can't find the interest in that anymore. Would be nice to have more restrictions to begin with. What's wrong with having open world, but having areas shut off until it makes sense from a storyline?

Your post made me think about Tomb Raider, which I think does this really well. The second installment in particular was great. Is it linear or open world?

Metro Exodus does it too. I shelved that game (for now) just a few hours into it (I made it to the first open area, I think I read there are 3-4 large ones, plus many linear sections). That was primarily due to its clunky controls, but if it had been true open world it's certainly possible it would have hooked me - like any clunky and buggy Bethesda game - rather than move on to something else.

I guess we look for different things in game entertainment. I rarely care all that much about finishing a story line - I have probably finished less than 20 games in 30+ years - these days I usually find most enjoyment in large open combat playgrounds with beautiful landscapes that I can just roam around in and cause carnage and maybe find some new weapons or skill upgrades. Whether it's for 20 minutes or several hours at a time.
Not that I would enjoy those games as much if they were completely devoid of story and missions, but those things are secondary to the freedom of an open world with entertaining (if often repetitive) gameplay mechanics.

Post: #4668

On the MK11 point, I'm playing through the story mode and unfortunately, it really does feel like it is a game that came out of the California Art Academy, if such a thing exists. The diversity and SJW traits shoved into the game are obvious and offputting. I can tell this was all deliberately done to stick with the California culture, which I am not about. The game has not changed much on the gameplay side, either, so I give it a 4/10.

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Post: #4670

(04-25-2019 11:47 AM)Cr33pin Wrote:  

Saw it earlier. The guy on the right does very long and thorough reviews on his own channel Skill Up, although he said this one will take a few more days.
My game is downloaded and ready to go at midnight in 40 minutes. They have released another large patch today which has hopefully taken care of some of the reported technical issues and bugs.

Post: #4671

Bruh.....
I've only put 4 or 5 hours into this game but its the bee's knees. I bought it a few years ago when it was on sale and it just sat in my cache of games I buy on sale cause I may one day wish to play them (along with 200+ other games I bought on sale an haven't played) I've come close to starting it numerous times cause I always see reviews and comments that talk about how underrated it is. So last night I was strolling through that long list and actually stopped on Mad Max but didn't start it. Instead I started playing on my phone and ended up on Instagram and saw a story banned forum member Vinny made and it was a picture from his lovely balcony and it had the sticker of the crazy guy from the Mad Max movie saying "its a lovely day" so I took that as a sign to play Mad Max.... Thanks for that Vinny cause this game is everything those praiseful reviews an comments were saying. Great graphics even for a older game, story has twist and turns that keep you engaged, characters are interesting and well voices, the atmosphere is amazing, combat both on foot and in car feels fluid, plenty of things to do at your own pace in this beautiful open world.... this game blows most AAA titles out of the water.

Post: #4672

Critical mode kh3 is brutal

Post: #4673

(04-29-2019 11:15 AM)Cr33pin Wrote:  Bruh.....
I've only put 4 or 5 hours into this game but its the bee's knees. I bought it a few years ago when it was on sale and it just sat in my cache of games I buy on sale cause I may one day wish to play them (along with 200+ other games I bought on sale an haven't played) I've come close to starting it numerous times cause I always see reviews and comments that talk about how underrated it is. So last night I was strolling through that long list and actually stopped on Mad Max but didn't start it. Instead I started playing on my phone and ended up on Instagram and saw a story banned forum member Vinny made and it was a picture from his lovely balcony and it had the sticker of the crazy guy from the Mad Max movie saying "its a lovely day" so I took that as a sign to play Mad Max.... Thanks for that Vinny cause this game is everything those praiseful reviews an comments were saying. Great graphics even for a older game, story has twist and turns that keep you engaged, characters are interesting and well voices, the atmosphere is amazing, combat both on foot and in car feels fluid, plenty of things to do at your own pace in this beautiful open world.... this game blows most AAA titles out of the water.

Yeah this game is amazing

Post: #4674

(04-29-2019 11:15 AM)Cr33pin Wrote:  Bruh.....
I've only put 4 or 5 hours into this game but its the bee's knees. I bought it a few years ago when it was on sale and it just sat in my cache of games I buy on sale cause I may one day wish to play them (along with 200+ other games I bought on sale an haven't played) I've come close to starting it numerous times cause I always see reviews and comments that talk about how underrated it is. So last night I was strolling through that long list and actually stopped on Mad Max but didn't start it. Instead I started playing on my phone and ended up on Instagram and saw a story banned forum member Vinny made and it was a picture from his lovely balcony and it had the sticker of the crazy guy from the Mad Max movie saying "its a lovely day" so I took that as a sign to play Mad Max.... Thanks for that Vinny cause this game is everything those praiseful reviews an comments were saying. Great graphics even for a older game, story has twist and turns that keep you engaged, characters are interesting and well voices, the atmosphere is amazing, combat both on foot and in car feels fluid, plenty of things to do at your own pace in this beautiful open world.... this game blows most AAA titles out of the water.

Mad Max was awesome. Definitely an underrated game. It does get repetitive, but so do most open world games and as long as the game systems are entertaining I don't mind.
Never did finish it though, but that goes for nearly every game I play.

Days Gone, which I'm playing at the moment, has been compared to a mix of Mad Max and Last of Us, which I more or less agree with.
It's buggy and a little unpolished (more fixes are coming) but a very good game and in my opinion also rated too harshly by many critics (for other reasons than bugs).

Both these games are a solid 8-8.5 in my opinion.

Post: #4675

Man MK has a lot of little SJW/Woke moments that wouldn't mean much on their own but once you put them all together its pretty obvious they are trying to appeal to Polygon, Kotaku, and soy boys everywhere




Get Woke, Go Still financially successful but sold at least one less copy cause I ain't buying this woke garbage