I seriously am starting to think that at least 40% of these bad takes on twitter are done by plants. Not even because they’re just that dumb, but because—esp in the gameosphere—so much of this nonsense just seems to be non-issues that people argue about to generate hype.

There is one point in the game in which Hawke must choose between the unfairly maligned but dangerous mages or the corrupt and fanatical templars. Gaider’s Snyder Cut DA2 would allow for a third, neutral option that sides with neither faction. Gaider also imagined an option to interrogate Anders, one of the player’s…

Came here to ask exactly this. WHY does this game deserve so much graphic power and updated re-re-re-releases when seemingly no one ever seems to play it/talk about playing it?

I mean, is this not the game that takes....*does a brief count*...at least three playthroughs, each at around 20 hours each, to get the full story? (With the final-final ending being found in a book and not the game itself?)

Like automata, its structured in a way that multiple playthroughs are required to get the full impact, and things that seem to have no emotional or story relevance in your first playthrough will suddenly get expanded and take on a completely different perspective on the second.

Theoretically, Rei—or one of her clones—could’ve piloted 01, along with a Dummy Plug. They also didn’t need the Unit to be “on” for Third Impact to occur—they just needed it to be intact and have a functioning S2 Engine.

A few points.

You could argue that, at that point, Unit 01 was rebelling against Gendo because his wife could not stand the emotional turmoil Gendo had put their son through.

Unit 01 did not require Shinji to be “unlocked”. Rei or a Dummy Plug with Shinji’s DNA could’ve been used as a pilot/key for Third Impact after the Lance of Longinius was lost—Gendo just ultimately needed/wanted Shinji there because it was the easiest way to keep 01 under NERV’s control.

It’s not, though? Their entire plan, from the get-go, is to have a certain sequence of events occur—broadly—in order for their different versions of Third Impact and Instrumentality to occur. Shinji isn’t really important to that other than, at least for Gendo, he’s easily manipualted.

The worst part is that so many people try to look for reasoning within every facet of Evangelion when Anno himself, paraphrasing, pretty much said at one point the only reason all the religious symbolism is in the series is because “it sounded cool.” Near everyone tries looking for something in the story, when at…

That’s the thing, though. They aren’t the only three children that can save humanity—and that is a huge, huge plot point. The entirety of Shinji’s class are children that could potentially pilot an EVA, and NERV can basically mass produce both pilots (Rei) and Dummy Plugs (AI controlled pilots).

Age of Ultron really isn’t that bad - flawed, yes, but not bad - and the blame for its flaws is not entirely Whedon’s fault

That’s explicit, yeah. It’s the whole “whether or not this is a dream or hallucination that is happening on their deathbed,” part that’s ambiguous.

How, though? Isn’t a large part of the game predicated on dreams manifesting in reality? On the thin line between nightmares and reality? You literally travel into nightmares.

The first trailer for the remakes was a teaser trailer, though. AFAIK. And Nintendo really doesn’t go off in teaser trailers more than what we saw—even the lastest trailer for BoTW2 was, what? Cutscenes and no real evidence that they’re trying to improve the overall hollow—but certainly fun—sandbox gameplay of the…

That’s the thing; I watched the trailer, and thought: “Okay, it’s cool. But it’s not like....the best thing ever? It’s very static and amateurish, but I get what they’re trying to do.”

I grew up with Pokemon, like a lot of thirty-somethings—some of my first and best memories as a gamer were staying up until 5 am battling against my cousin over a link cable lmao—so I get where you’re coming from. The 3D games, and their associated gimmicks, never really stuck with me. The last pokemon game I played…

I know every 20-30-something age fan is going to love this trailer as part of their “Let’s hate Ninty and Pokemon for not giving us exactly what we want,” phase they’re going through, but—