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Anthem Legends: Exodus (Dunkey)
- Thread starter Tophat Jones
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That's pretty savage. Should have put videogamedunkey in the title though cause apparently no one will check this thread out otherwise lol
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to be frank this is another video where i have no idea what dunkey is trying to say at the cost of any kind of humor is the point just "all these games are bleeding together for me and lacking a distinct identity" or what
the video game critics video implies that hes actually serious with all criticisms he makes to some extent so i cant just like toss it off as some stream of consciousness thing
this whole video doesnt work because he brings all these older games into it
the comparison points he uses are like so many and so diverse across more than one genre of games that it gets legitimately lost in a sea of comparisons of games that all set themselves apart
if hes trying to be reflective of aaa gaming today, why bring turok into it?
that game is about killing dinosaurs. a pretty far cry from far cry or really any one of these other fucking games he lists
its really fucking stupid to generalize an actually very diverse set of games that in actuality, maybe are only connected because you shoot a gun.
the video game critics video implies that hes actually serious with all criticisms he makes to some extent so i cant just like toss it off as some stream of consciousness thing
this whole video doesnt work because he brings all these older games into it
the comparison points he uses are like so many and so diverse across more than one genre of games that it gets legitimately lost in a sea of comparisons of games that all set themselves apart
if hes trying to be reflective of aaa gaming today, why bring turok into it?
that game is about killing dinosaurs. a pretty far cry from far cry or really any one of these other fucking games he lists
its really fucking stupid to generalize an actually very diverse set of games that in actuality, maybe are only connected because you shoot a gun.
I got a chuckle out of the "walk across a map for 30 minutes before being killed by a tiny black pixel" bit. But is the video as a whole just commentary that shooters are popular?
I chuckled, but it didn't really make sense since Apex Legends is pretty much the exact opposite of that. That's more of a commentary on other BR shooters.
Yeah, I have no idea what this video is trying to say other than there are a bunch of different first person games out and some of them are old and he doesn't really like the new trends.
why bring turok or horizon or any of the other non-battle royale games into it though? it confuses his point so much.
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another thing that just blows my mind about this video in how baffingly poor it was executed is that it's not saying anything. theres no central point, no thesis. he's not talking about anything except how these games bleed together in the most mind-numbingly simple comparisons possible. both fallout 76 and metro take place in a post-apocalypse? truly they are just the same game.
So what, you've been tired since 2001 when Halo Combat Evolved came out?
Just don't buy them. Like I'm tired of Marvel movies but people love them and they make lot's of money. There are plenty of other films for me to watch still being made, and I'd wager there are plenty of games being made for you to play.
Some genres are being under served in my opinion, but I don't think shooters being popular has a lot to do with that.
yeah, I don't think there's really an argument here. genre...exists? game design is iterative? different objects in a given medium bear similarities to each other? it feels like he's implying that all that's bad somehow, but I think he'd actually have to follow that thought through to really have a point.
I don't really expect dunkey to have some incredibly lucid critical project with his videos or something, but this video does feel in the vein of a lot of common under-considered gamer sentiment from the "pro-consumerist" crowd—hatred for reused assets without a consideration of why they're good and what they do, obsessive focus on a very superficial kind of 'novelty' or innovation, simultaneous distaste for GaaS elements and an unconditional expectation that games should work as both entertainment and software, etc.
not to overascribe meaning to the short goof video, it just seems to be a tidy encapsulation of a particular strain of thinking
I don't really expect dunkey to have some incredibly lucid critical project with his videos or something, but this video does feel in the vein of a lot of common under-considered gamer sentiment from the "pro-consumerist" crowd—hatred for reused assets without a consideration of why they're good and what they do, obsessive focus on a very superficial kind of 'novelty' or innovation, simultaneous distaste for GaaS elements and an unconditional expectation that games should work as both entertainment and software, etc.
not to overascribe meaning to the short goof video, it just seems to be a tidy encapsulation of a particular strain of thinking
Mario is actually the same as Tetris if you squint very hard at the blocks.
Dont buy em? In today's gaming world you have so many options, some people cant even seem to keep up.
I like Dunkey, but this was a bit aimless. He's trying to make a point about every game that focuses on gunplay... I guess? Not sure why Saints Row and Alan Wake had to be there.
Exactly what I was thinking. I think this video is entirely misplaced in the year 2019. We have a wider breadth of genres and styles of games than ever before in this industry, especially if you venture beyond AAA.
I'm kind of done with Dunkey. Trying to make some point, and taking Metro Exodus with it.
Those devs are a little bit more talented than Dunkey and they're not trying to be smart. No offence. :)
Those devs are a little bit more talented than Dunkey and they're not trying to be smart. No offence. :)
I dont know how you can say this. Dunkey doesnt really make a point to make it so his video goes back in game development time, especially with how it suddenly goes back to anthem mid way through. Maybe the ending but he doesnt make a point to compare any of these games with modern ones so...?
WHICH GENRE? The shooter genre? Why are all these survival games apart of these comparsions? Why is the battle royale genre also here?
I'm not sure what the overall point here was, but it did very much remind me how much the post apocalyptic trope does nothing for me so I got plenty of chuckles from "...things changed" as well as "engage in an uninpsired story that no one in the world cares about".
I always remember timeshift, something about its trailers where it's like "the noob player just shoots the guy, but the elite player does it like THIS" *following footage involves awkwardly trying to use the game's main gimmick in a way to justify it over just shooting a dude in front of you*, good times!
I always remember timeshift, something about its trailers where it's like "the noob player just shoots the guy, but the elite player does it like THIS" *following footage involves awkwardly trying to use the game's main gimmick in a way to justify it over just shooting a dude in front of you*, good times!
I know you're joking but there's some truth to that. There's just so much you can do with guns and bullets, so they all kinda blur together.