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Cacophony said:
I wish there were a way to see that. Just think, a space with an absolute absence of visible light!But then the Green Lantern oath won’t make any sense!
Esoteric reference!!!!!
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no one has yet been able to disprove the theory that there is an invisible force in the universe capable of affecting matter millions of light-years away…instantly.
Tee-hee!
I’ve played on TF2 servers like that. All the characters wear party hats, and when they die, they explode into balloons and birthday presents.
Let’s map this out:
You said “All products made by Microsoft will end in fail.” This was clearly a joke aimed at Microsoft. Fine.
I said “360>PS3.” This was clearly a joke aimed at Sony. Equally fine.
Then, you called my comment immature and innacurrate, despite the fact that you did the same *edited* thing and my comment was not ment to be taken seriously. You used my comment as a jumping board into a tirade. Why the hell shouldn’t I take it personally?
Bitey said:
Saying things like Xbox>PS3 is immature and completely inaccurate, *edited* *edited* *edited* stfu.Dude… no.
First off, this is an opinionated forum, so I am well within my rights to state my personal preferences when it comes to consoles.
Second, I didn’t say the PS3 sucks or tried to influence anyone’s decisions. I said I personally like the 360 over the PS3. I actually own a PS3 and have started to get more interested in it lately. Neither immature nor inaccurate. Just opinionated.
Third, when a president says something like “shut the *edited* up” or “stop being nazis” to fellow club members, they remember.
Last, the Virtual Boy may have sucked, but it had a few good games. Teleroboxer was cool.
Spoiler Warning: This video contains a major GTA4 easter egg. If you don’t want to see it, don’t click.
Best easter egg ever!
Bitey said:
Don’t say Xbox because we know that all Microsoft products will ultimately end in fail.Xbox>PS3
/discussion
Alright, alright, alright. One more comment, then I’ll try desperately try to forget this whole blasted subject. After giving it some thought, the best explaination for an all-female army would be the female body being better equipped to handle nanomachines. Ocelot thought an all-female army would be the easiest to cybernetically control. Realizing that all his soldiers are female, Ocelot decided that his elite inner-circle unit should have a clever feminine theme. Thus, Beauty and the Beast.
Also, I tried to remember and explain the storyline to all the games to myself as a refresher. I got as far as the end of the tanker mission in MGS2 before exclaiming, “*edited* it! What a terrible story!” and dropping the project altogether.
There. I’m done. Goodnight, internet.
Also, http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/vie…al-Gear-Solid-4
Cacophony said:
Considering the naming of every major villain in these game seems to have some theme to it (Decoy Octupus was the disguise expert, Psycho Mantis the psychic, Fortune was ‘lucky’, Vamp was bisexu…I mean a ‘vampire’, Fury was *edited*ed, The End was old, etc etc) does it really surprise you?
Well, when it came to Foxhound, Dead Cell, and the Cobra Unit, I would assume that the team members were enlisted first, then a theme was chosen. Like, Foxhound got together and said, “Hey, let’s have animal names! The psycic guy’s mask makes him look like a bug, so he’s Psyco Mantis. The big guy has birds following him and he carries a big gun, so he’s Vulcan Raven. How fun!”
When it came to Beauty and the Beast, a theme was chosen first (Beautiful women in beastly armor), then soldiers were chosen to fit the theme. That isn’t efficient at all.
Wow. This thread has gotten all kinds of messed up. Skrew it. I’ll just play the game some time and figure it all out later.
Cacophony said:
perhaps he just wanted his soldiers to be more agile and quick, since they are very much like the Tengu’s from MGS2 with their bouncing about and clinging to walls.
That wouldn’t explain an exclusively female army. Apparently, if a totally average male and female work out at the same rate, the male will be quicker and more agile, but the female will be more flexible. That isn’t supposed to be a dirty joke or anything. I heard it from a fitness instructor. Of course, he was kind of a weird guy, so… You know what? Never mind.
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As for the Beauty and the Beast all being females, again I figured that just stuck with the Beauty part of the titles. So, they avoided males.
So, the selection process for Ocelot’s inner-circle of private soldiers is based entirely upon a flare for literary puns? Dammit, Kojima! That’s just stupid!
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And yes, the backstories for the members are generally *edited*ed up. And it actually just gets more *edited*ed up the farther you move up the hierarchy of the squad.
If these women had such screwed up childhoods, wouldn’t they seek out, like, counceling or something. Given the choice, I think they would choose therapy to healing-through-robot-armor any day. Maybe I’m looking at this a little too closely, but it seems sorta unlikely.
I know I’m eventually going to get this game, play it, and mostly-like it. There are just a few things keeping me from going for it. I’ve heard a little bit about the plot and am not pleased.
One of the first bits of info I got was about the Beauty and the Beast Squad. It seemed a little wierd to me. What are the odds that the five soldiers that were selected to wield powerful robot-suites would all be female? I know there are plenty of female soldiers out there, but they are still a minority in just about every army, so it’s strange that not a single male would get in the squad somewhere. I also heard some of their origin stories. They were unspeakably sickening and totally convoluted.
Now then, I got curious and did a little research, braving those horrible spoilers. It suddenly made sense that all the robot-soldiers are female because all of Ocelot’s private soldiers are female. Why? I’m guessing/hoping it’s explained in the game, but if it turns out the only reason is because Ocelot wanted to be around lots and lots of women at all times, I’m going to introduce my palm to my forehead.
Admitedly, this is all minutia and won’t really matter, but I consider it a taste of what’s to come: as bad and confusing a story as ever.
I know how the Philosophers were formed, and I know that the Patriots stole a bunch of money from the Russians and Chinese… somehow. Now, how we got from that to dead people with presidential names kidnapping Olga (long-russian-name)’s daughter and hiding a big aircraft under an oil rig, I’m not so sure.
Now, I don’t think the games are bad; just terribly overrated. Here’s what I think the series does well: they have an excellent sense of presentation and atmosphere. Even if the story is unforgivably aweful, it is still presented in such a dramatic way that I usually don’t care and enjoy myself. I’m just not a fan of having to work really hard to understand a game’s plot. That’s probably why I’ve never completed a Final Fantasy. Also, I think the stealth is cool, when it works.
Suck on that, Applan!
I like how the magazine calls them “Lan Parties.” I’ve always been a little confused as to why we call them “Lan Events.” It sounds a little too vague to me. “Party” conveys more of a sense of fun and its what most people call them anyway. /nitpicking
Bump!!!!!
I am considering buying this game, but am still hesitant for a number of reasons. For one thing, I just know the story will be long, complicated, and completely nonsensical. Also, I assume about 50% of my time will be spent watching cut scenes explaining the plot and I still won’t get it. I know this because I played all the other games and still have no idea who the Patriots are supposed to be. Something about White House documents coming to life and Americans getting *edited*ed off at the Chinese and Russians.
Also, I’ve heard a lot of people complaining that the action segments suck out loud. I know that in all the other games, if a guard saw me, I might as well drop a grenade on top of Snake, because it’s pretty much over from there.
Still, for all their warts, I’ve liked the other games. That is, I like when the stealth bits go off flawlessly. I just don’t like having to pace back and forth for a half-hour to figure out what the hell is going on or wait for the guards to kill me because I can’t find a locker or something. I’m not saying the games suck; I just don’t think they’re TEH BEST GAMES EVER PERFECT10PERFECT10!!
What do you guys think?
