Then you haven't gave it a decent shot at all, I didn't enjoy it for 20 minutes until it clicked with me and I got into the exploration and discovery.
A mistake a lot of people make when approaching that game is that they treat it like Minecraft.
The most pretentious games you've ever played
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A mistake a lot of people make when approaching that game is that they treat it like Minecraft.
Minecraft. Oh gawd, some of the most hyper-hyped crap ever. A game which is an empty shell. You mine, build a house, get diamond then what? Yes, you might spend ages building stupid crap with redstone and such, but I want a GAME to play, not Legos (otherwise I'd be playing IRL with Lego Technic. That shit was ace).
Worst thing of all? There's NO push whatsoever from the game to go "forward". ...If you can call going "forward" building a stupid portal to the Nether which is a mostly unplayable randomly generated inferno in which you have to dig randomly around hoping to meet the Enderdragon. Awesome (not).
Worst thing of all? There's NO push whatsoever from the game to go "forward". ...If you can call going "forward" building a stupid portal to the Nether which is a mostly unplayable randomly generated inferno in which you have to dig randomly around hoping to meet the Enderdragon. Awesome (not).
This x1000. Terraria is an infinitely more various and engaging game. You might spend 90+ hours on it and still not have the last equipment in the game.
You must lack taste for beautiful things. There can't be any other explaination.
That's probably where I went wrong then. I will keep trying though because, dammit, that was £2.03 I'll never see again.
That's nothing new to me. I've played MMORPGs.
I don't really know what to answer, as I don't know how to define "pretentious" in a game.
Personally, I'd go with any game that sacrifices gameplay for story*. Especially if that story is just stretching out for epicness or reaching for plot**. And I think that if I were to look that up in a dictionary, I'd see a picture of later final fantasy games.
*keep note: a game like 999 is meant as a sort of interactive novel. As such, there's not as much gameplay in there to begin with, so it's not exactly sacrificing it.
**just imagine your protagonist going to the baker on a normal day. If you picture him/her doing so with overly dangerous music, striking thunder when (s)he's handing out for cash and/or speaking a whole morning worth of monologue with the baker ... then the game is stretching out for epicness or reaching for plot.
Personally, I'd go with any game that sacrifices gameplay for story*. Especially if that story is just stretching out for epicness or reaching for plot**. And I think that if I were to look that up in a dictionary, I'd see a picture of later final fantasy games.
*keep note: a game like 999 is meant as a sort of interactive novel. As such, there's not as much gameplay in there to begin with, so it's not exactly sacrificing it.
**just imagine your protagonist going to the baker on a normal day. If you picture him/her doing so with overly dangerous music, striking thunder when (s)he's handing out for cash and/or speaking a whole morning worth of monologue with the baker ... then the game is stretching out for epicness or reaching for plot.
StarCraft Ghost.
Or how about Resident Evil for Gameboy Color? It was 90% complete in development before the plug was pulled... I was PISSED. Until they did a remake for the DS, which was nice. :3
Or how about Resident Evil for Gameboy Color? It was 90% complete in development before the plug was pulled... I was PISSED. Until they did a remake for the DS, which was nice. :3
You don't know what the word "pretentious" means until you play "Flower, Sun and Rain" by SUDA51.
...seriously, what the fu*k is going on in this game?
...seriously, what the fu*k is going on in this game?
Your comment is a total swing in the opposite direction of my opinion. lol
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Ouch...yeah...If someone revives this thread in 2'000 years, I bet they'll say something like that.
Man...sometimes, publicity really goes to people's heads. If I say I'm writing a story nobody will ever read for 2'000 years (including myself because I'm typing it blindfolded), I'll be laughed at by anyone with half a brain.
If a gaming programmer says it, they'll give him a stage.
Man...sometimes, publicity really goes to people's heads. If I say I'm writing a story nobody will ever read for 2'000 years (including myself because I'm typing it blindfolded), I'll be laughed at by anyone with half a brain.
If a gaming programmer says it, they'll give him a stage.
Diablo 3
Also: Inb4 "Look at your name durr hurr hurr" Diablo 1-2 were epic, that's where that's derived from
Also: Inb4 "Look at your name durr hurr hurr" Diablo 1-2 were epic, that's where that's derived from
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I don't think you guys understand what pretentious means. An example of a pretentious game would be like Dear Esther, or The Graveyard. Shit that tries to be all edgy and artsy, when it's really just garbage.
Hmm...nope. Can't get much more pretentious than Blizzard these days. Really, they have their own conventions... I don't see any THQcon or Valvecon...who do they think they are?
No wonder I couldn't progress in that game...
my choice however goes to the sonic franchise as a whole. Sega, back when he was introduced, was trying to "bad ass" it's way into our hearts with a marketing campaign that tried to convey a "anything but us is made for losers" mentality. the whole "blast processing" and "sega does what nintendon't" campaigns ring true to this. Not to mention every time Mario did something, Sonic had to give it a try and even tried to force its way into new genres before hand (sonic 3d blast and sonic the fighters, comes to mind) Even now Sonic is forcing himself in the spotlight with cartoons and games more often than the plumber ever had despite loosing both his home and potential relevance.
That being said I still enjoy sonic games but it still feels like he is trying to one up nintendo even from within its ranks instead of trying to simply be unique.
I liked ME3, but everything after that little elevator at the end is the line in the sand that separated the game from itself and total horse shit.
Also, not really sure it fits the definition of pretentious though.
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