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The Last Of Us 2 - now with protagonist-murdering trannies

Discussion in 'General Gaming' started by imweasel, Jun 12, 2018.

  1. TheSentinel Arcane

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    She already is a mechanical aid. She can give you health, ammo, she warns you of danger, she can save you from an enemy that's grappling you.

    https://youtu.be/dnGzEn6swqo?t=2264

    This reviosinism is pretty entertaining. I suggest you replay RE4, because Ashley is completely worthless and is unable to escape even the slowest of mexicans snailing after her huge tits.

    I just checked, it's a 16 hour game on average, about the same as TLoU. It also has the same amount of cutscenes, around 1h20-30m. Hmmmm. Seems to me like it's just a different game than TLoU.
     
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  2. sullynathan Arcane

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    Actually, Joel's brother joined a group that did just build a settlement with people away from from others. That's in the game.
     
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    Isn't it a thing also that everyone outside the government controlled cities are considered hostile? So a bit of a clusterfuck situation.
     
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  4. Wunderbar Arcane

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    Running away would only make her unpredictable and thus annoying to deal with.
    She alerts player by yelling, that's more than enough.
     
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  5. TheSentinel Arcane

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    According to some people above that'd be a plus.
    But I meant that she could run towards the player, or even struggle a bit in place before being picked up, instead of the mexicans lifting her and carrying her away immediately.
     
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  6. sullynathan Arcane

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    Yes. Outside of the main cities and a few choice settlements like joel's brothers, you have different coalition of bandit groups.
     
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  7. agentorange Arcane Patron

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    I went back and checked some of the reviews for RE4 at the time of release and none of them even mentioned the escort mechanic. I would imagine if people really did hate it that much at the time then they would have taken some time in the review to criticize it. After all these reviewers were already the sorts of idiotic casuals who were praising the removal of the ink ribbons:

    "In a highly welcomed move, Capcom has eliminated the ribbon-based save system that has been the backbone of the Resident Evil series. Now, you can save wherever you can find a typewriter, and thankfully they're located conveniently about the huge world." https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/01/07/resident-evil-4-7

    and praising the general dumbing down of all the survival mechanics:

    "I have played all of the Resident Evil games, but rarely all the way through because of the series' unforgiving resource management. Ammunition was so scarce that I would often end up bulletless and surrounded by zombies.

    I often found myself at the end of a major battle in Resident Evil 4 with only three bullets left in my weakest weapon, but I soon discovered that this was not the end, as the game will spread just enough ammo around the next area to keep you going. You will also encounter merchants who exchange the treasures you find in your travels for weapons and health items and will upgrade guns to improve their power or reload time."

    Others were even wishing that the game was further steamlined and retardified:

    "There's one aspect of play that sometimes interrupts Resident Evil 4's exquisite pacing, and that's the necessity of having to fumble around in your inventory. Though you can readily switch between a gun and your trusty knife at the touch of a button, switching between different guns (or using healing items) requires you to go in to the inventory screen. A more streamlined means of weapon switching would have been convenient,"https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/resident-evil-4-review/1900-6115968/

    If these blithering mongoloids didn't find Ashley annoying enough to write about, then I'm not sure who did. My personal recollection is that people were generally surprised that Capcom had managed to design the first game with an escort mission that wasn't terrible.
     
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    I replayed RE 4 recently.

    Ashley is pretty easy to babysit, she occasionally gets grabbed by an enemy if you're slow but the enemies carry her away so slowly that it isn't exactly a big deal.

    If you're entering a chaotic area with lots of Michael Bay-esque explosions you just tell her to wait somewhere safe.
     
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    That's why I specifically mentioned the 'Fireflies'. The group killing people 'to find a cure'. (Was his brother a former 'Firefly'? It's been a while since I watched a 'Let's Play'. Doesn't matter though.)

    Their motivation is flimsy at best. They're incompetent and reckless. Which is why there wasn't really a reason to sympathise with them and nothing to be 'conflicted' about.
     
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    His brother might have been one a long time ago. The conflict is on Joe's end and because we know for a fact that Ellie was immune.
     
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    Why are you pretending that professional reviews reflect the opinion of people on the game? GTA4 got 10/10s everywhere and I remember the generalized butthurt and people calling it a shit game with no content compared to SA.
     
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    A picture worth a 1000 brofists :)

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    Sounds nice in paper but in practice there are precisely 0 people who have ever failed a stealth mission because the AI they were escorting decided to hug an enemy and responded with "Wow, cool challenge!".
     
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  21. ultimanecat Cipher

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    Who keeps letting this retarded comparison to RE4 happen? I’ve actually finished TLoU on Hard and there’s no comparison to be had:

    -RE4 is a masterclass in action gameplay, tightly crafted set-pieces, and methodical escalation in player expectations. That last one is important because that’s what Ashley is - she’s less an annoying escort and more a method to make a player who is beginning to get a hold on most of the core aspects of enemy management to change up his tactics. At literally no time is her interaction with enemies beyond your control and if she’s consistently annoying you while playing it’s because you fucking suck. Furthermore, I can’t imagine anyone identifying with her or her relationship with Leon because even in the context of the plot Leon couldn’t give two rat fucks about her outside the job he’s been given. Ellie, on the other hand, is ignored by enemies but does become slightly more competent as the game progresses as a mark of her growing bond with Joel. But her relative lack of involvement means she isn’t really a consideration during most gameplay.

    -Minus the plot, TLoU is a middling stealth game with okay shooting and action that emphasizes resource management on higher difficulties. Every aspect of what it does is done better by other games with a more focused approach, not least of which is RE4 which absolutely stomps the shit out of it when anything involving firing a gun is involved.

    -I have no idea about time in cutscenes but if you legitimately care about RE4’s plot beyond chuckling at how bananas it is, you are probably either 12 or retarded. Meanwhile if you are playing TLoU for any reason other than it being a Sony-brand-sad-single-father-simulator, you are wasting your time.

    -Big thing here: nobody cares about actually playing TLoU. It’s remembered for giving redditors and resetera wieners “the big feels“. I could live happily and never play TLoU again; meanwhile just writing about RE4 makes me want to fuck around with it some more.
     
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    Stopped reading here
     
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  23. TheSentinel Arcane

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    *proceeds to compare them*
     
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  24. ultimanecat Cipher

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    Mate, if you agree with me the comparison is retarded than why you trying so hard to defend its honor? Druckmann ain’t going to fuck you.
     
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    "Shoot this guy to progress the game!"
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