Haba
Harbinger of Decline
There is no trick, it is pure RNG. Timing doesn't matter, character luck doesn't matter. If you are lucky, you can just mash button and win it right away. And if you are unlucky... welp.
There is no trick, it is pure RNG. Timing doesn't matter, character luck doesn't matter. If you are lucky, you can just mash button and win it right away. And if you are unlucky... welp.
Yup. I did everything besides the extra roulette rounds.
I remember reading that this game was partially inspired by A Boy and His Dog. If it wasn't, then that book just did it infinitely better because the explanation of why there aren't any women isn't nonsensically magical. Alongside there being protagonists who actually have conversations and a semblenace of personality.I liked the whole post-apocalypse if it was shaped by a bunch of adolescent boys -theme of the game. But that sort of clashes with the more serious aspects that are going in the background. It kind of makes it hard to take the drama seriously, since the whole thing could just as well turn out to be the product of a child's dream.
Thematically the game is bit of a mess. Since it lacks the background from Lisa the first, some things don't really make sense - or at the very least they aren't as effective. I would've added some scenes from the perspective of Brad.
I liked the whole post-apocalypse if it was shaped by a bunch of adolescent boys -theme of the game. But that sort of clashes with the more serious aspects that are going in the background. It kind of makes it hard to take the drama seriously, since the whole thing could just as well turn out to be the product of a child's dream.
I remember reading that this game was partially inspired by A Boy and His Dog. If it wasn't, then that book just did it infinitely better because the explanation of why there aren't any women isn't nonsensically magical. Alongside there being protagonists who actually have conversations and a semblenace of personality.
LISA's "hardcore" aspects are just tedious and stupid. It's about as "hardcore" as a Half-Life mod that spawns you in an open room with 30 different enemies.
I never thought it was very important exactly what happened to the women in the game, and I think the game tells you not to care too much with how Nerns story that teases you about it. What does it matter? It's not important, and it's better left unexplained in a world were nothing matters anymore.
Uh wut, most of those things were explained rather explicitly.
But why couldn't it have just made you know, sense. It's not better left "unexplained" if the entire plot hinges on it and you directly talk about it several times (even if it is jokingly)- why couldn't he have just ripped the plot point from A Boy and His Dog.t was very important exactly what happened to the women in the game, and I think the game tells you not to care too much with how Nerns story that teases you about it. What does it matter? It's not important, and it's better left unexplained in a world were nothing matters anymore.
He doesn't talk. There is no intricacy to the blatantly obvious aspects of his character (ALCOHOL, REGRETS, DADDY ABUSE). 1. Because the writer liked martial arts (TO BE STRONG BECAUSE DAD ABUSE). 2. BECAUSE OF THE (((((((((TRAUMA)))))))) 3. DEEP. 4. Because he was forced to take crazy person drugs? Lol. 5. Again, drugs.How does Brad not have a personality? Why is he a martial artist? Why did he raise Buddy the way that he did? Why does he say that the world finally makes sense to him as he is about to kill his friends? Why could he not stop himself from beating up Buddy after finally finding her? Why does he turn into a mutant?
Tedious. The "haha if you try to heal, you can get poisoned" is tedium- Dingaling, in what he's said of his game, clearly wanted there to be "CONSEQUENCES". Most people don't seem to have read what the guy has actually said about his game.Nah, they are funny, and that's not a good comparison. Aside from the roulette it's just light teasing from the game.
I'm fine with people thinking this is a game with good execution and not much else (I still strongly disagree) and those who say that Brad is a good character for it (which if you thought the execution was fine, makes perfect sense) but I don't get why people think Brad is a GREAT character and this game has GREAT writing. That just fucking baffles me.
I tend not to get invested in "MUH FEELS" the game number #649,582I'm fine with people thinking this is a game with good execution and not much else (I still strongly disagree) and those who say that Brad is a good character for it (which if you thought the execution was fine, makes perfect sense) but I don't get why people think Brad is a GREAT character and this game has GREAT writing. That just fucking baffles me.
Maybe because most people have a soul which you seem to be lacking !?
Also, to clarify, Brad, of course, has a personality. I didn't literally mean that. But he's just so stoic and written to be so single-minded and blah blah blah that he comes off insufferably boring and no amount of backstory can truly make up for that. You don't *really* get the nuances of how someone thinks from a shit-ton of lore dumping. Especially not in a way that's satisfying to experience as a story.
There are no nuances on how Brad's thinks and it really doesn't matter because his sole reason to live is to save and protect Buddy. You are asking for bullshit which doesn't make sense in the game's context."No. You don't understand. I've been dead for 35 years. Today is the day I live."
―Brad Armstrong
I tend not to get invested in "MUH FEELS" the game number #649,582
But why couldn't it have just made you know, sense. It's not better left "unexplained" if the entire plot hinges on it and you directly talk about it several times (even if it is jokingly)- why couldn't he have just ripped the plot point from A Boy and His Dog.
He doesn't talk. There is no intricacy to the blatantly obvious aspects of his character (ALCOHOL, REGRETS, DADDY ABUSE). 1. Because the writer liked martial arts (TO BE STRONG BECAUSE DAD ABUSE). 2. BECAUSE OF THE (((((((((TRAUMA)))))))) 3. DEEP. 4. Because he was forced to take crazy person drugs? Lol. 5. Again, drugs.
These last two of course have very blunt meanings but mostly, it's just drugs. There really, really, REALLY isn't much you can do with a character if they barely talk, you can't read their thoughts, and it isn't a straight-up book (with some artful, symbolic language).
I'm fine with people thinking this is a game with good execution and not much else (I still strongly disagree) and those who say that Brad is a good character for it (which if you thought the execution was fine, makes perfect sense) but I don't get why people think Brad is a GREAT character and this game has GREAT writing. That just fucking baffles me.
Yes, there are elements to Brad's character but they aren't really explored as much as alluded to. And in what is essentially a laser-focused character study, it comes off incredibly fucking boring.
Tedious. The "haha if you try to heal, you can get poisoned" is tedium
Because it's a set-up for boring writing.There are no nuances on how Brad's thinks and it really doesn't matter because his sole reason to live is to save and protect Buddy. You are asking for bullshit which doesn't make sense in the game's context
Lol.The game is all about "MUH FEELS". If you are so emotionally rigid that you cannot empathize with Brad then you got a problem: either you lack a soul, you are a psychopath or you are emotionally retarded.
Honestly, stop posting about the Lisa. You missed the whole point of the game because you cannot empathize with anything. The issue is you, not the game.
Neither did much of the game.would not do anything for the theme of childhood abuse
Literally the only reason why I said that was because of something Dingaling said in an interview. I just thought it was funny because that was the reason he gave.Brad is not a martial artist just because the writer likes martial arts,
That's all I needed.Brad is not the most nuanced character ever,
No shit but it certainly undermines the narrative meaning of him even doing that in the first place.No, it's not just drugs that makes Brad act the way that he does and you know that
Try braindead obvious.but joy has an obvious metaphorical side
And then he literally becomes a monster to emphasize this because the game was written by me when I was 13.This is how he becomes a monster.
Again, I'm only saying this because of the perspective Dingaling outlined for the game when he talks about it- frankly bordering on self-delusion. The game was mildly annoying to me- mostly owing to minor platforming bits with painfully clunky and slow controls.I think it's funny and only once did it caused me any unreasonable trouble. The game sets a stage where I appreciate some abuse of the player. Perhaps you were put in some situation that I was not, I don't remember the game ever slowing down because of these moments so there was no tedium for me.
And then he literally becomes a monster to emphasize this because the game was written by me when I was 13.
Don't give this man fist buttons for preaching to the choir. I'm doing a civil service by being one of the 3 people on the Internet to actually express a differing opinion on this game.
That sentence said a lot less about what I think my writing capabilities are and more about how eye-rolling some of the stuff in LISA is to me. I think most preteen boys could write something like "drug makes you into a monster" Probably not the whole game though.By know I reckon you are a pretentious bullshiter but the question is: Are you also a delusional tranny
You are doing a civil service nobody asked for. How kind of you.
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