That's fitting, because that type of storyline and storytelling hasn't evolved in 20 years either.
Anyway, back on topic, this terrible fight animation made me laugh my ass off:
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Has any game top FFX's laughing scene in terms of awkwardness?
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Anyway, back on topic, this terrible fight animation made me laugh my ass off:
Well the Japanese Vexen laugh sure is something.
Sure it's on repeat but still xD.
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories btw.
Sure it's on repeat but still xD.
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories btw.
That was nowhere near as awkward as the fact Johnny was actually this guy
Oh god. Twin Snakes as a whole is awkward. Gross.
Isn't that scene from Yakuza 4?
Anyway, it's not really weird, just uncomfortable. It's actually a very honest cutscene and it's there to further establish the character's morals.
But yeah, it's really uncomfortable.
You play final fantasy XV for a bunch of hours.
One evening, we meet up at a hotel with some people from the kingdom.
There's an announcement made that Jared die. Everyone loses their shit over Jared dying, even people we don't know.
Meanwhile, you are left wondering "who the hell is Jared, who is this kid, why is everyone going crazy?"
https://youtu.be/buoJmQuCYP0
One evening, we meet up at a hotel with some people from the kingdom.
There's an announcement made that Jared die. Everyone loses their shit over Jared dying, even people we don't know.
Meanwhile, you are left wondering "who the hell is Jared, who is this kid, why is everyone going crazy?"
https://youtu.be/buoJmQuCYP0
Honestly, I believe MOST of the scenes in Star Oceon 4 are cringy. It was the first game I genuinely got angry/baffled at how stupid the cutscenes and dialogues were. I stopped playing despite my best efforts.
And after that the party decides to act in his name and get revenge! it's awesome.
I'll add the scene when you defeat Mantis in MGS4, be sure no one is around when you're playing it unless you don't care being embarrassed.
Also Heavy Rain Jason classic.
Every time this thread comes up there is a huge defense force for the laugh and I still don't get what people are talking about. The laugh is ridiculous even in the context of the scene. The point is that Tidus is laughing because he is trying to lighten the mood and cheer up Yuna. Him laughing at nothing is supposed to be the focus of the awkwardness. But because he laughs like a robot who was told what laughing is it completely grabs the focus of the scene from him laughing at nothing to him not knowing how to laugh? I don't know, the first time I played the game was like 3 years ago so it might just be a time a place thing.
Don't worry lol. You just have different values for awkwardness.
There are worse scenes in FFX. The scene where Tidus learns the Jecht shot is pretty agonizing.
I don't think it's possible to top Star Ocean IV but this is real bad:
I don't think it's possible to top Star Ocean IV but this is real bad:
I think that it's been surely topped and there are some good examples of that in this thread. The reason why the Laugh Scene has endured longer is because of how some fans responded to it, and hey will you look at that... there are fans doing that right on this very thread again... some things will never change.
For me I think that most games that take themselves too seriously usually end up with some awkward scenes more often than not, specially if they had to cut corners for some reason.
For me I think that most games that take themselves too seriously usually end up with some awkward scenes more often than not, specially if they had to cut corners for some reason.
I just posted this yesterday in another thread, and it seems to be appropriate here, too.
From Breath of the Wild (starts at 9:11):
Yunobo laugh is the Tidus laugh of this generation.
From Breath of the Wild (starts at 9:11):
Yunobo laugh is the Tidus laugh of this generation.
That, in itself, is more cringe-tastic and awkward than the laughing scene itself. When you have people that say, "Nah, I didn't feel the scene!", or "I thought it was stupid", and a whole group of people flocking in saying, "But... you just don't get it!" and then those other people saying, "Yeah, we do, we just don't like it/thought it was still stupid regardless of the fact!" and the defenders respond, "But... you don't get it..."
Nah, those people DO get it, goddammit! You can GET something and still dislike it or find it stupid, awkward, annoying and bad. There is no rule in the infinite saying that when you GET something, you automatically have to LIKE it or APPRECIATE it. The fact there are so many people believing people with these sorta opinions "just don't get it" are really the ones that JUST DON'T GET IT.
I can't link youtube right now due to computer limitations, but my vote goes for the Infinite Undiscovery "dinner dance". People who have played it know what I'm talking about. Hell, the name of that game alone is a joke.
Final Fantasy XV galore.
- The Chocobros learning of Insomnia's invasion (Moreso the dialogue than the way they learned of it)
- This fucking travesty
- Anything involving Cindy, prticularly when she cleans the Regalia
You're mixing awkward and extremely awesome.
Same goes for the Lloyd/Colette scene.
The game is riddled with just poor dialogue and directing (except when it's just the bros being bros). It's a symptom of Tabata being a director who doesn't know how to direct a scene for the life of him. It's the reason why I see FFXV never being held up as much any of the other FF games, even FFX has a better directing. XIII, love it or hate it, has really well directed scenes.
That bit in Gears of War 2 where they find yer man's wife was pretty awkward. Awkward, and also, quite hilariously bad, and funny.
Exactly, and I did the same.
If a scene is supposed to be awkward... well, than that's that. Doesn't mean it's a "bad" scene or "poorly written".
Overall... yes. I feel it's one of the reason (the main?) why the main plot is so badly told throughout the game.
Some scenes are cool though. The ending, while tragic and not giving you all the answers, was pretty powerful. Really struck me.
I have never played FFX but man this is what everybody is calling awkward? I found it kind of funny and charming.
I get the feeling some of you guys have VERY low threshold for being uncomfortable.
I dont agree with most of these being "awkward" but yeah this one? Yeah its pretty bad lol
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I just posted this yesterday in another thread, and it seems to be appropriate here, too.
From Breath of the Wild (starts at 9:11):
Yunobo laugh is the Tidus laugh of this generation.
I played through the whole game and thought the dub was fine. In retrospect, it's pretty bad. Yunobo in particular is so bad.
Her VO is great. She dead-pans everything entirely on purpose (it's supposed to be that way).
I mean, it's kind of gross in certain contexts (why would you design a character that's basically a living doll), but it's part of her character. And she can be quite funny when she approaches serious things with that emotionless voice ("I'm really angry now, 'kay?").
Two younger kids (who are generally precocious) just trekked through a desert with refugees to a village, and now they've been invited to a local woman's house to have dinner. So they do their little dance because the adults are being too slow.
The main protagonist is portrayed as a more carefree individual (contrasted with the more serious characters that are involved in the story), so he joins in the dance (also, the woman in that scene has JRPG jealousy because she's in love with the protagonist but hasn't realized it yet, so he's also just trying to cut her off).
Somebody post the beastiality of Sonic and that girl from Sonic 2006.
Fuck, WTF was Sonic Team thinking???
Fuck, WTF was Sonic Team thinking???
I felt shame and embarrassment when my wife watched me play xenoblade 2. Thank god for being able to undock and use headphones
No. Hand-waving with a "it's suppose to be that way" doesn't discount the criticism. That's why the Tidus laugh scene isn't okay. The context is understood, but it doesn't make it any less terrible. So no, her VO is not "great." It's bad VO. If the character was designed that way, then it's a poorly designed character in which an actress was ordered to voice poorly.
Your criticism is "I don't like it". Which is fine (a lot of people can't stand Lymle), but it's something I have no interest in engaging with (you asked who approved the VO, and as I said, it was a person who knew the character and how she should sound).
The performance itself is fine (except for oddities that come from the way voice-over work is done for localized games, especially ones done in the 2000s). That doesn't mean you have to tolerate it or enjoy it, but on a technical level, she sounds like a dead-pan little girl (with only minor slips of more expression on occasion).