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Gaming Community / Re: PlayStation Community Thre...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Today at 05:48 PM

Sometimes I forget how good TLOU Part II looks

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<img src="https://www.denofgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Last-of-US-Part-2-ellie-and-dina.jpg?resize=768%2C432" alt="The Last of Us Part 2 Ellie and Dina" title=""{width}{height} class="bbc_img"><br><br><img src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/bCrh2iVYVUNi7PvVM-v7F6MTqLM=/0x0:1440x808/1200x800/filters:focal(442x368:672x598)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66853277/vita_tlou2.0.jpg" alt="Ellie holds a knife to the throat of a woman playing a PlayStation Vita in a screenshot from The Last of Us Part 2" title=""{width}{height} class="bbc_img">

I swear it still looks better than 99% of games on PS5.

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Off-Topic News Discussion / Re: Boston Dynamics reveals ne...

Last post by Legend - Today at 03:44 PM

Boston Dynamics’ Robert Playter on the New Atlas - IEEE Spectrum

No testing in factories until next year. A few robot companies will sleep better knowing that. Also confirms that the head was partially inspired by Pixar's logo.


The hardware just sounds incredible. Stronger than a peak athlete. It's a true terminator which most companies like Tesla wanted to avoid. Will be interesting to see if that comes with battery and price tradeoffs or if other companies were silly for making weak bots.

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Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by Legend - Today at 02:54 PM

Actually I guess Interstellar would fit for me. I like a lot about it and it has some great scenes, but I just don't love it.

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Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Today at 01:49 PM

Does anyone have any movies that they feel like they should like more?

There's a movie called "I want to eat your pancreas". (It's about a girl who has some kind of pancreatic disease.)

The movie quality wise reminds me so much of my favorite anime movies, and I don't feel like the movie fails at anything.

And yet, I don't love it as much as Your Name or A Silent Voice, and I really feel like I should.

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Gaming Community / Re: The Gaming Community Threa...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Today at 01:45 PM

So I have a tendency to listen to a song on repeat for hours. That's pretty much how I have always listened to music.


When I was a high schooler playing PS3, I was playing a lot of Mushroom Wars, and it let you play a different song from your library. So there was a song I was listening to, on repeat.

And then like 7 years later, I heard the song somewhere again, and I felt an urge to play Mushroom Wars again, and it was weird.

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Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Today at 03:32 AM

I'm 20 minutes into A Silent Voice and I've already teared up twice. It's a hard watch and it does it so well.

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Gaming Community / Re: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 06:33 PM

I think the difference is that those reviews talk about how the port is unnecessary or things like that. Lots of skyward sword hd reviews trash the original. Also 93 to 81 is a lot bigger drop than 92 (3 games averaged) to 88.

Skyrim's drop between the PS3/360 version and the PS4/XBO is pretty comparable.

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Gaming Community / Re: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom...

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 06:26 PM

I feel like that's the norm. I feel like it's unusual if a remaster/port/remake does as well as the original critically. The Uncharted remaster bundle scored lower than any individual Uncharted game in the bundle.

I feel like that's also an issue that playing a game the second time around, usually isn't quite as fun/rewarding as the first time.

Demon's Souls Remake is a weird instance where the remake did notably better than the original.

I think the difference is that those reviews talk about how the port is unnecessary or things like that. Lots of skyward sword hd reviews trash the original. Also 93 to 81 is a lot bigger drop than 92 (3 games averaged) to 88.

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Gaming Community / Re: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 05:48 PM

It's not a Nintendo exclusive problem, but Skyward Sword is maybe the best proof of hype impacting a game's reviews. The game got a 93 on metacritic when it first released, yet the HD switch port got an 81. Most reviews talk about how the port is an improvement lol.

I feel like that's the norm. I feel like it's unusual if a remaster/port/remake does as well as the original critically. The Uncharted remaster bundle scored lower than any individual Uncharted game in the bundle.

I feel like that's also an issue that playing a game the second time around, usually isn't quite as fun/rewarding as the first time.

Demon's Souls Remake is a weird instance where the remake did notably better than the original.

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Gaming Community / Re: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom...

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 05:26 PM

This is clear evidence that anything Nintendo is reviewed with bias and they just get high scores because they are Nintendo franchises

It's not a Nintendo exclusive problem, but Skyward Sword is maybe the best proof of hype impacting a game's reviews. The game got a 93 on metacritic when it first released, yet the HD switch port got an 81. Most reviews talk about how the port is an improvement lol.

that all sounds pretty lazy and not a game of not at all worthy of its 96 rating.  

i'll never understand how some games get put though the ringer with even the most minor of flaws being blow out of proportion while other games can have massive problems and get praised to high heaven.  

Yeah it's a brutal lottery. Totk has so many weird minor flaws too. It has good stuff, I still think it's a 7/10, but it'll be interesting to see how it ages.