SPLIT: what is an RPG

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:04 pm

Hey, no problem.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:06 pm

All of my posts are of a highly relevant nature.

postscript ---> FF sucks.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:37 pm

You blind FF hater you.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:27 pm

The problem with FF and linear games like it is that you can play it once and then you're done. Sure, you can go back to gather more chocobos or rape more preschoolers or whatever the fuck that game has, but there's only one way through it. Fallout, however, you can go back and play differently several times. It's all about the replay value, which is almost nil for games like BG2. Every time I try to fire up a new game of SoA (I do generally like the game, it's a good D&D game even if RP is weak and the combat is mediocre), I lose steam fast because you always do the same old quests at the start.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:19 pm

I gotta agree for BG2, except FF doesn't do that to me. I played each of them multiple times, except FFX, which I didn't finish.

LlamaGod · Post by **LlamaGod** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:16 am

because you're a dumbass, susan.

final fantasy sucks, shitbags.

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:08 am

Christ, this thread is bad.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:03 pm

no mang, you suck pat

Burnov · Post by **Burnov** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 7:59 pm

I think it's subject to interpretation but I know a lot of people who are determined to assert that a game isn't an RPG unless it has shitty combat. It's bad enough some games have the whole anime theme going on, however it's like salt in a fucking wound when the combat is so trite and repetitive that it makes you want to pull your eyes out with a pair of salad tongs.

final fantasy sucks, shitbags

Fuckin rights nigga.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:48 pm

anime doesn't necessarily equal shit you bunch of fuckheads

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:02 am

It sure does.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:33 am

Nicolai's right. It's the fifth law of thermodynamics, or something. Anime = suck.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:08 am

fucktards

LlamaGod · Post by **LlamaGod** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:49 am

ANIME SUCKS LIKE SUSAN

DISCUSSION OVER AND WON

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:59 am

I never thought I'd say this, but I AGRE WITH TEH SAURON!!1

Not all anime sucks. Most(~87.567%) does, that's true, but most of _everything_(TV shows, movies, games, whores, etc.) sucks.

LlamaGod · Post by **LlamaGod** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:02 am

What a weak excuse. Yeah most things suck, but anime sucks the most (I.E. 100%).

SO SHOO OFF BUZZWAX

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:13 pm

The best metaphor I can think of for anime goes something like this :

In front of you there is a gigantic heap of excrement. The smell is awful, and it looks bad. Ib front of you is a large sign that says, "inside this ridiculously large and smelly mountain of shit, is a small gem". Would you start digging? Of course not, you stupid fuck, because that one glittering stone is realy not worth digging with your bare hands through a mountain of feces, helplessly hoping you'd find something good.

BUT WE'RE TEH SLIDING OFF TOPIC HER

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:43 pm

Meh, who am I talking to.

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:38 pm

I never thought I'd say this, but I agree with Koki. Anyway, Guardian's analogy is inappropriate, because nobody actually goes into anime with zero prior knowledge... if they do, they have a friend who knows which anime to show them. There's about a million anime series that I know I would hate, and I don't watch them because I KNOW I won't like it. By contrast, I only watch series that I know I'll like, or a friend recommends.

So you don't have to dig through a mountain of feces to find an enjoyable anime.

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:38 pm

People who probably don't share your views on anime, of course. The people who will *realy* understand you and share the same perverse need to worship bug eyed monsters are thataway ---->

EDIT

Well, alright, maybe I got a little off with the analogy, but you wouldn't believe the crap that's out there.