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Post by mikegarrison on May 3, 2019 11:05:46 GMT -5
mln59 is obsessed with "beating the game", particularly on the hardest setting.
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Post by mln59 on May 3, 2019 11:11:05 GMT -5
mln59 is obsessed with "beating the game", particularly on the hardest setting. it's true. i'm stuck in a particular scenario in god of war. many enemies, not much room to move, and my lock-on skills are bad. i can get hit maybe 3 times before i'm killed.
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Post by mikegarrison on May 3, 2019 15:12:27 GMT -5
There is a story going around today that the Boston Red Sox have blamed their slow start this season on too much Fortnite being played in the clubhouse.
(As one player explained, maybe sitting around playing video games in the clubhouse is fine if you are winning, but it looks really bad if you are losing.)
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Post by mikegarrison on May 3, 2019 20:24:03 GMT -5
Some sports radio talking head was on the radio today as I was driving in to work, saying that he thought video games rot your brain. He didn't think they had any redeeming value except for entertainment. But he also thought TV in general and sitcoms in particular were different, because they were valuable social commentary and helped illuminate the human condition.
I've rarely heard anyone spouting off so cluelessly. I don't know what his experience with video games is, but to say that watching sitcoms has "redeeming value" compared to video games? He said it was because they tell stories about people that we can all identify with, and because at least they are full of humor. Obviously he had no idea that many video games tell stories (usually far more complex than sitcoms). He also didn't seem to understand that video games are also often full of humor.
I guess maybe he was thinking all video games are like Tetris or Pacman or something.
His co-hosts at least realized he was talking nonsense about the value of sitcoms (of all things!) versus games.
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Post by mln59 on May 4, 2019 7:44:06 GMT -5
didn't play at all yesterday. once i get done running errands, i'll give god of war another go.
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Post by mikegarrison on May 4, 2019 12:12:26 GMT -5
In AC: Odyssey I have stumbled into a showdown with one of the very late game bosses -- Medusa. This is one of those very annoying boss fights where you have to do everything three times. I have gleaned the following from the internet:
When it starts she is protected and she sends three dudes at you. If you kill those three dudes, her protection drops. You have to do 1/3 damage to her and then she sends 4 dudes at you. Again, you kill the four dudes and her protection drops. You do another 1/3 damage to her and guess what? Yup, she sends five dudes at you. You kill the five dudes and her protection drops. Then you can finally finish her off. The whole time she is trying to turn you into stone and also firing explosive lightning at you.
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Post by Wolfgang on May 4, 2019 12:24:07 GMT -5
In AC: Odyssey I have stumbled into a showdown with one of the very late game bosses -- Medusa. This is one of those very annoying boss fights where you have to do everything three times. .... Batman has a bunch of those 3X-kill bosses. It's the one thing I hated about the otherwise excellent excellent Batman series.
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Post by Wolfgang on May 4, 2019 12:34:59 GMT -5
Some sports radio talking head was on the radio today as I was driving in to work, saying that he thought video games rot your brain. He didn't think they had any redeeming value except for entertainment. But he also thought TV in general and sitcoms in particular were different, because they were valuable social commentary and helped illuminate the human condition. I've rarely heard anyone spouting off so cluelessly. I don't know what his experience with video games is, but to say that watching sitcoms has "redeeming value" compared to video games? He said it was because they tell stories about people that we can all identify with, and because at least they are full of humor. Obviously he had no idea that many video games tell stories (usually far more complex than sitcoms). He also didn't seem to understand that video games are also often full of humor. I guess maybe he was thinking all video games are like Tetris or Pacman or something. His co-hosts at least realized he was talking nonsense about the value of sitcoms (of all things!) versus games. Some thoughts: 1. I like sitcoms. I think comedy is really really hard to write and even harder to execute. Watching comedy makes one think more non-linearly and more out-of-the-box-y. For the most part. I like to think it helped me break out of perceived boundaries. 2. For video games, gameplay is everything. A good story is a plus, but not essential. Borderlands has a stupid story but the gameplay is so good that you don't care. Horizon Zero Dawn has a great story and great gameplay, but it's the gameplay that makes you want to play multiple playthroughs. 3. The story in video games is only appealing on the first playthrough. It loses its power in subsequent playthroughs. 4. Literature that really illuminate the human condition rely less on plot (i.e., story) and more on character development. I found that the plot-heavy novels don't do a great job of illuminating the human condition while the character-heavy novels do. However, the plot-heavy novels are more "fun" to read. Yes, yes, the plot-heavy novels do reveal the human condition but they're not interesting revelations. They're stuff I already knew. 5. There is humor in video games but I don't think it's as funny as humor in sitcoms. The humor in video games is more sophomoric, although at times it transcends that. I don't mind it because I like sophomoric humor. I mean, I'm a sucker for flatulence jokes. I was going to post some illuminating examples but I'm in a rush to get some chores done and get my exercise out of the way so that I can watch the Hawaii beach team compete in the NCAAs this early afternoon.
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Post by Wolfgang on May 4, 2019 12:38:27 GMT -5
Shiite! I got my time zones mixed up. The Hawaii beach team is playing now but I have to run errands. Oh, well...
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Post by mln59 on May 4, 2019 12:40:25 GMT -5
didn't play at all yesterday. once i get done running errands, i'll give god of war another go. okay. still trying to get through this tough part. i'm getting better but it's slow going
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Post by mln59 on May 4, 2019 13:11:23 GMT -5
didn't play at all yesterday. once i get done running errands, i'll give god of war another go. okay. still trying to get through this tough part. i'm getting better but it's slow going i would say that i have a one good run out of 5. once i dispatch 4 or 5 of them, new ones drop into the room and then some ranged enemies still on a ridge above me.
that is super unfair.
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Post by mln59 on May 4, 2019 14:36:44 GMT -5
got through that section. was not fun. when the ranged enemies appeared, i ran to and stood beneath the ridge and stayed there. they couldn't hit me.
then it was just a matter of parrying consistently so i could keep folks in front of me while keeping my back to the wall. took a bit.
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Post by mln59 on May 4, 2019 14:51:39 GMT -5
fantastic. i'm in the same area but now have tankier enemies. goodness.
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Post by mln59 on May 4, 2019 15:41:37 GMT -5
taking a break
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Post by mikegarrison on May 4, 2019 17:52:36 GMT -5
F*ck!
I went back and tried to fight Medusa again. Got through the first wave. Got through the second wave. Got through the third wave of henchmen, and was nearly finished with her, but I ran out of fire arrows and poison arrows and explosive arrows and my regular arrows just weren't doing damage fast enough. She killed me when I was so close to finishing her off -- and the only checkpoint was way back at the beginning of the fight.
This is the sort of BS that makes me ragequit games.
I'm thinking of pulling out the nuclear option and changing the game difficulty to easy for this fight. I'm tired of fighting the same fight over and over and over again.
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