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Discuss: Things that are don't like but nevertheless acknowledge as being extremely good
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I'll start: Spelunky 2
Snake-Kun
Pokemon
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I'm just so exhausted and tilted every time I try to play it to the point that i've dropped it
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but like
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that's 100% on me
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Spelunky is incredible
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one piece
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valid
Snake-Kun
The design of the pokemon hits a perfect balance between "This thing is a monster and looks bad ass" and "this is a cuddly friend for kids"
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it's probably super good i just feel immense ennui whenever i think about it
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also:
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ocarina of time & majora's mask
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oh, mood
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I have never finished either of these, objective masterpieces
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and probably never will
Snake-Kun
The games are designed so that whatever team you end up with you feel an incredible personal connection with them
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i hate time management in games ANYWAY bc it stresses me out intensely and add that to ocarina's gameplay which i just super did not jive with and it's like damn.... guess i have bad taste in video games
Snake-Kun
They're YOUR partners
Snake-Kun
They have spent like 20 years perfecting the pokemon experience to make a game that's got incredible depth to it while still being accessible to kids
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I just
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don't like RPGs
Snake-Kun
And I missed the original rush so I don't have a lot of nostalgia for it
Quinnfernal
my favorite brilliant aspect of pokemon's design was how the original anime season was a tutorial on how to play the games
Snake-Kun
YEAH
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Ash learns something about the world of pokemon that's applicable to playing the games in like every episode
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and it allowed them to put a lot of complexity into a game with a very young target audience
Snake-Kun
Ain't no way a seven year old is gonna memorize the type chart
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it's up there with the Left 4 Dead intro cutscene
Snake-Kun
But they WILL remember when Ash learned that, uh
Snake-Kun
Flying beats Ground?
Snake-Kun
Fuck if I know I've already established myself as an outsider
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that sounds right
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u don't even like pokemon and you remembered that shit.... truly poetic
Snake-Kun
I didn't remember because of the anime though because I never watched it
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NO WAIT
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I'M STUPID
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IT'S FIGHTING....
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like I remember an episode where Misty loses a match because she assumed that she'd win because of her type advantage and has to learn the lesson that even if you have advantage you aren't untouchable
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NOT GROUND....
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I'VE BEEN PLAYING POKEMON FOR 16 YEARS I AM JUST VERY STUPID SORRY
Snake-Kun
o ok
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that's a gameplay tip disguised as character development
NekoIncardine
I have a variant of that experience with Pokemon - I just want my adorable fluffballs but the game strongly encourages evolving them at the appropriate times and what if my Litten doesn't want to become The Heel Wrestler Pokemon? T_T
NekoIncardine
(This is not to diss on Inceneroar.)
NekoIncardine
(I just love Litten too much T_T)
Snake-Kun
There's a lot of good things to be said about pokemon
Snake-Kun
It's just
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Not My Thing
expired milk
All I've seen of JoJo is very well-done, I can see why people like it, but to me it's hideous, repulsively dark even with the bits of levity, and there are way too many buff dudes and not a moe girl in sight.
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yeah Jojo's striking visual style definitely flirts with being ugly
Snake-Kun
I can get that for sure
Snake-Kun
It is not a Cute series
(it's a helmet)
dark souls
(it's a helmet)
just, not just the game itself and its sharp difficulty curve but astoundingly high skill cieling, but also the userbase that has cultivated because it makes people feel "better" because they can do Difficult Thing
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getting into the fandom is straying away from the premise of things you dislike but respect
(it's a helmet)
fair then
(it's a helmet)
i also dislike but respect dark souls on its own merits, though, so i will keep it here
Doge-lover Joja
Undertale.
Doge-lover Joja
I get that it's a huge deal, but I don't really have a mind for bullet hell to begin with
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I still think Undertale really would have benefited from an Easy Mode
birdzodia
roguelikes in general honestly. i can appreciate the time and effort and love that go into these games, like crypt of the necrodancer and the like, but my reaction time is crap and i'd only get tilted if i tried to play one myself
birdzodia
but they're so good and fun to watch on their own merits, especially when the people playing are vibing with it
EsperBot
Neon Genesis Evangelion
EsperBot
Very important to the history of anime as well as many people
EsperBot
but god I cannot get into it