Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Right now there's a GameFAQs thread at the very top about how the Smash community should beat up the Undertale community and I think it's hilarious because everyone is awful and I'm fanning the flames.
Man, the funny thing is, while the "non-violence" aspect of Undertale is all fine and good it's not really what interests me. I find its mindscrewy metanarrative aspects to be the best part, really. But I suppose these TROO GAMER types don't even know about that.
so the end result of this discussion is more negative energy, and this forum really doesn't need more of that at the moment, with everyone all super on edge as of late
The main thing that interests me about Undertale is how it blends together both the conventional and the unconventional into its being.
It is the perfect sort of video game for middle-roaders such as myself.
As for this specific topic, this kind of thing isn't really capable of making me sad. I do find this mockery annoying for other reasons that I find hard to articulate, though.
It's certainly not the happiest discussion, in part because we're all more or less agreed that this particular type of backlash is silly (I'm pretty sure). So I'll probably just go on ignoring such talk.
Some people believe that videogames should only ever be a certain way.
These people argue that Undertale sucks as a game because it prioritizes storytelling. These are the same people who argue that JRPGs aren't "real games" because it's possible to overlevel and go through the game with trivial difficulty (only ever use Fight), or that Medic is the worst class in TF2 because you primary function is not to fight using your own skill but just rely on others to fight for you.
Some people believe that the term "game" should only apply to things that have play mechanics, and a subset of them believe that that term should only apply to things that have play mechanics _as a focus_.
The latter probably is also a subset of those people who generally skip through the dialogue in a game just to hurry on to the next opportunity to kill some dudes or get the next objective macguffin or build their character/city/whatever.
Because the radio stations around Maryville are shit awful I've been listening to the only CD I own, that being the Super Smash Bros. soundtrack (I know I'm a nerd, go ahead and pelt me with stuff.) and like daaaaamn, Stickerbrush Symphony is such a weirdly beautiful song.
Like, it was mildly amusing the first time i guess, when it was just the one post about the flower who loves everyone regardless of their chosen gender
but stuff like the post Clock quoted is just depressing, that the people saying this stuff are mad about a video game doesn't make it any less unpleasant to read
it doesn't make me happy to see people raging in blind fury at something they don't understand, it makes me sad.
I agree. I think that is part of the reason why I cannot really tolerate SA as much as some people can. "Making fun of dumb nerds" is just not funny to me, especially because I feel like things tend to be a bit more complicated than "I'm smart and they are dumb." Sometimes I think focusing on the faults of other people can make us less likely to acknowledge and deal with our own.
I'm on the naughty list for splatting LW with a seeker the second he landed from a super jump.
Super jumps seem super dangerous unless you have that ninja super jump ability, so I cannot really blame you for splatting me when I took a risk like that.
Because the radio stations around Maryville are shit awful I've been listening to the only CD I own, that being the Super Smash Bros. soundtrack (I know I'm a nerd, go ahead and pelt me with stuff.) and like daaaaamn, Stickerbrush Symphony is such a weirdly beautiful song.
isn't that originally from the Donkey Kong Country soundtrack? That CD is a secret classic.
I just beat Wonderful 101 and I'm just so jazzed. It's like Gurren Lagann, the video game. Everything just keeps escalating and exploding and being wonderful.
Because the radio stations around Maryville are shit awful I've been listening to the only CD I own, that being the Super Smash Bros. soundtrack (I know I'm a nerd, go ahead and pelt me with stuff.) and like daaaaamn, Stickerbrush Symphony is such a weirdly beautiful song.
isn't that originally from the Donkey Kong Country soundtrack?
DKC 2 specifically, yes. It is brilliant. So serenely beautiful and picturesque and yet for some of the hardest and most inaccessible levels in the game. It's like a reward for getting that far.
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but us talking about it doesn't change it, it just makes us all feel kinda bad
It is the perfect sort of video game for middle-roaders such as myself.
As for this specific topic, this kind of thing isn't really capable of making me sad. I do find this mockery annoying for other reasons that I find hard to articulate, though.
I enjoyed them both
These people argue that Undertale sucks as a game because it prioritizes storytelling. These are the same people who argue that JRPGs aren't "real games" because it's possible to overlevel and go through the game with trivial difficulty (only ever use Fight), or that Medic is the worst class in TF2 because you primary function is not to fight using your own skill but just rely on others to fight for you.
Some people believe that the term "game" should only apply to things that have play mechanics, and a subset of them believe that that term should only apply to things that have play mechanics _as a focus_.
The latter probably is also a subset of those people who generally skip through the dialogue in a game just to hurry on to the next opportunity to kill some dudes or get the next objective macguffin or build their character/city/whatever.
Like, it was mildly amusing the first time i guess, when it was just the one post about the flower who loves everyone regardless of their chosen gender
but stuff like the post Clock quoted is just depressing, that the people saying this stuff are mad about a video game doesn't make it any less unpleasant to read