I noticed something peculiar about many movies on this site.. Now, I have to complain, this is just a lazy introductory sentence, when you can't think of anything else to write. Seriously, I know we aren't english majors, but can't we think of anything better to say?
I mean, I would never stoop so low as to use that as an....
Oh. Nevermind, carry on.
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I don't think we always need to have introductions for every game, but the whole "this game needs no introduction" thing is overused if it's used more than once.
Most of the instances on your link are fine. Banjo-Kazooie is the only one that I would argue with. Mario, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Space Invaders, Mega Man? All fine. Those franchises have been around so long that 99.9% of gamers have probably heard of them.
Most of the instances on your link are fine. Banjo-Kazooie is the only one that I would argue with. Mario, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Space Invaders, Mega Man? All fine. Those franchises have been around so long that 99.9% of gamers have probably heard of them.
Sure, I've heard of it, but I know next to nothing about the story line. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
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I agree with Brandon, I know of both the Banjo games and the Final Fantasy series, but I never bothered to play them so I have no idea what the story is. And during the SNES / PSX era, I hardly did anything but play video games.
This is being taken far more serious than tongue-in-cheek, than I expected.
Perhaps I needed a better introduction?
Sage advice from a friend of Jim: So put your tinfoil hat back in the closet, open your eyes to the truth, and realize that the government is in fact causing austismal cancer with it's 9/11 fluoride vaccinations of your water supply.
Most of the instances on your link are fine. Banjo-Kazooie is the only one that I would argue with. Mario, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Space Invaders, Mega Man? All fine. Those franchises have been around so long that 99.9% of gamers have probably heard of them.
Sure, I've heard of it, but I know next to nothing about the story line. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Well, stories that involve 2000 year time loops tend to have confusing stories.
This is being taken far more serious than tongue-in-cheek, than I expected.
Perhaps I needed a better introduction?
People on tasvideos take something super retarded and take it super seriously and discuss it at length over several threads spanning 6-8 months? Well color me surprised!
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Fabian wrote:
DarkKobold wrote:
This is being taken far more serious than tongue-in-cheek, than I expected.
Perhaps I needed a better introduction?
People on tasvideos take something super retarded and take it super seriously and discuss it at length over several threads spanning 6-8 months? Well color me surprised!
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Saying "this game needs no introduction" is a trope, so saying that and then negating it immediately is a subversion.
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(not really seriously arguing this so don't worry)
This is being taken far more serious than tongue-in-cheek, than I expected.
Perhaps I needed a better introduction?
People on tasvideos take something super retarded and take it super seriously and discuss it at length over several threads spanning 6-8 months? Well color me surprised!
..... Okay....
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For real, TASVideos is comprised of mostly semi-autistic nerds who play games in frame advance mode for fun, myself included, so it honestly doesn't surprise me. :)
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Fabian wrote:
DarkKobold wrote:
This is being taken far more serious than tongue-in-cheek, than I expected.
Perhaps I needed a better introduction?
People on tasvideos take something super retarded and take it super seriously and discuss it at length over several threads spanning 6-8 months? Well color me surprised!
All of the entries on the list except Banjo Kazooie and FF don't need any introduction indeed, if only because their plots mean absolutely nothing before their gameplay (i.e., could be completely ignored), and gameplay in each of them either belongs to a major archetype, or they were the ones to set it in the first places. FF games do need introduction because they rely on their stories a lot, and thus, but otherwise they're also very much archetypal.
I agree the trope itself is somewhat overused though. I tend to likedescribingobscuregames more because of it.
DarkKobold wrote:
Fabian wrote:
People on tasvideos take something super retarded and take it super seriously and discuss it at length over several threads spanning 6-8 months? Well color me surprised!
..... Okay....
hahahahahaha
Warp wrote:
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
