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kesvalk
2012-03-11 07:14:03 am
Indie Lover
kinda agree with tbob on this one...

i don't think the story a mess, but it's not as good as ppl keep saying, it's basically your typical game story.
that's kinda on the level of B movie story i think.
Ntsc
Ntsc
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Ntsc: 2012-03-11 04:27:58 pm
2012-03-11 04:27:28 pm
In my opinion:
Movies > Games > Books for exact control over viewer perception.
Books > Movies > Games for story detail and depth.
Books > Games > Movies for viewer imagination and fan-fiction.
Games > Movies > Books for replayability.

With that said I enjoyed Heavy Rain - a game people commonly complain had a terrible story - more than I enjoyed Hugo - a movie that won like a stupid amount of awards. A lot of shit Hollywood produces seems to be really pretentious and contrived lately. Ask me the story of most movies I've seen and I won't remember because they were pretty mundane, ask me about the story from a game like MGS and I could give you a synopsis, opinion, and what impact the story had on me.

I'm not trying to argue opinions here I just disagree that MGS has a bad story. I think the games have good stories, are some of the best games made, and shouldn't be skipped for any core gamer.
TheGreenManalishi
2012-03-11 07:20:47 pm
MGS = Plot of a James Bond film + Rambo-esque lead character + Weird Japanese sense of humour
tomatobob
2012-03-11 07:24:20 pm
One shall stand, one shall ball.
- Any sense of pacing and word economy.

Please over explain the dumbest shit, that's what I'm playing the game for.
arkarian
2012-03-11 07:32:57 pm
red chamber dream
the thing with japanese humor is that "weird" IS their humor. there's nothing else to it than that - if it's weird, it's funny.

consequently that's why i don't care for japanese humor.
kesvalk
2012-03-11 08:11:16 pm
Indie Lover
i dunno if you guys know, but a new fire emblem was announced for the 3ds, it seems like a sequel for the marth one (which i forgot the name...)

the battles seems to be way better than the other 3d ones...



i think i saw ike on it too...
kesvalk
2012-03-11 08:12:03 pm
Indie Lover
and it will have DLC too...
arkarian
2012-03-11 08:12:31 pm
red chamber dream
and if people had bought more of the previous games in the series, it might see a western release!

shame that won't happen though
Metroid_Zelda Fan
2012-03-11 08:13:07 pm
Looks interesting. I didn't know anything about the Fire Emblem games before the one for the 3DS Ambassador program, but I really like the style and want another one. My fingers are crossed.
tomatobob
2012-03-11 08:13:20 pm
One shall stand, one shall ball.
Was announced for Japan and Europe only last I heard that plus being on 3DS makes it pretty who cares.
Metroid_Zelda Fan
2012-03-11 08:13:53 pm
I do, and that's really all that matters.
tomatobob
2012-03-11 08:18:07 pm
One shall stand, one shall ball.
I mean don't get me wrong I'd be happy to see it make it over here but I don't expect it. Don't think it's sold well previously.

Doesn't help that I've literally never seen a Fire Emblem game on store selves.
Metroid_Zelda Fan
2012-03-11 08:19:54 pm
I don't think I have either. Until the aforementioned Ambassador program game, I thought it was a Japan-only series that had somehow worked its way into Super Smash Bros.
Idkbutlike2
2012-03-11 08:20:11 pm
Well, it was until the GBA titles.
TheGreenManalishi
TheGreenManalishi
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TheGreenManalishi: 2012-03-11 08:20:26 pm
2012-03-11 08:20:18 pm
Is the 3ds region locked?
TheGreenManalishi
2012-03-11 08:23:28 pm
That sucks for you FE enthusiasts. I mean, I don't have a 3ds but it's nice, as a European, to not be shafted by Nintendo as much anymore.
tomatobob
2012-03-11 08:23:30 pm
One shall stand, one shall ball.
Quote from Idkbutlike2:
Well, it was until the GBA titles.

The second GBA title specifically, Roy's appearance in Melee was pretty much solely to sell a game most of the world would never see! /sperg
tomatobob
2012-03-11 08:25:00 pm
One shall stand, one shall ball.
Quote from TheGreenManalishi:
That sucks for you FE enthusiasts.

Emulation's been the only way to play most of them anyway, we're used to it. :v
tomatobob
2012-03-11 08:25:21 pm
One shall stand, one shall ball.
There's only like five of us anyway so it's hard to blame Nintendo too much.
Idkbutlike2
2012-03-11 08:26:41 pm
Hey, at least you guys have it better than the Mother series junkies.
Metroid_Zelda Fan
2012-03-11 08:28:41 pm
I have never seen or heard anything about the Mother series directly, just other people mentioning it.
Idkbutlike2
2012-03-11 08:30:04 pm
Earthbound is probably the most famous game in it. Some people worship that game like the holy grail, even more so than FF7 fan brats.
kesvalk
2012-03-11 08:35:17 pm
Indie Lover
earthbound freak me out...

for anyone that wants to see the entire video


it's quite long (48 minutes) but have a lot of announcements in it.
Prime Hunter
2012-03-11 08:39:22 pm
Earthbound had a very limited release didn't it? I remember seeing a used copy years ago at Gamestop/EB Games and I kinda regret not getting it at the time. (I think it was $30, which wouldn't be much of a problem today but this was 10+ years back if I'm remembering right.) I've always heard good things about it but because the game was so rare and they never brought Mother 3 to the US I've never had the chance to check the series out myself.