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This was a great adaptation of the game, the series stayed strong through until the end of the season. If we're making comparisons though, if we count Arcane does that mean animation counts in terms of ranking/comparing purposes? Because if so I'd put Castlevania and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners up there (among others). But, if we're limiting ourselves to just TV (and not film adaptations) and just to live-action, ignoring anime and animation in general, The Last of Us is probably the only competition but that and Fallout are doing different things which makes them hard to compare. This is easily better than Halo and Resident Evil. I'm not sure Gangs of London counts though that is based on the The Getaway/Black Monday/Gangs of London trilogy of games by Sony London Studio back in the day, but it is a great show. That just leaves Twisted Metal which, like Fallout, is a post-apocalyptic wasteland black comedy (with a very different tone even with the similarities) and I actually felt that Twisted Metal did a pretty good job adapting its games as well. Fallout is the better show, but Twisted Metal did good and is better than Halo and Resident Evil as well.

I don't know if they count as "new game plus" as opposed to "game makes you do multiple playthroughs of some or all of the game again for more story" but of the two, I only really care about the latter. In those cases, some immediate examples I enjoyed that come to mind are Nier Replicant, Nier Automata, Triangle Strategy and Armored Core VI (which is on the list). As much as I enjoyed Alan Wake II, there wasn't that much worthwhile added to New Game Plus in terms of story - a 13 minute Youtube video covers every single new thing so it's not worth a second playthrough just for a bunch of small story bits I think. Not sure what Dead Space remake or RE4 remake new game plus modes offer, I beat each game on hard difficulty, I don't think you get more story at least on subsequent playthroughs.

This shit just got even better.

I do remember that user as well - that takes me back.

I'd probably switch it to the handle I use everywhere else most likely. Maybe a new one entirely but I don't think so.

I should have made clear earlier it's always been the same screenname since I registered in April 2001. I don't like the screenname very much (I didn't come up with it) and I use a different one everywhere else but since it's been the same community here since the IGN days I've kept up with this screenname here.

With EA it's certainly possible.

Out of curiosity, have you played any of the previous SaGa games? If so, what's your take on them?

But Obama was in office starting in 2009.

The show is great so far, nails the black satire of the games well, I'm 3 episodes in.

The bear scene, especially with the reveal of the actor in the suit, was so good. "Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck".

When you're 14 years old in 2001 and having to ask your mom for their credit card so you can pay for online features of one website, it's a lot of money. As most here know I was mostly on the Anime Community Board and Anime General Board only for many years before eventually jumping to the DVD General Board (which is where all movie and TV discussion mostly happened). Most of those peeps did migrate to Bad Cartridge and then to D1P though most I remember from that time have now left, unfortunately. The strength and diversity of conversations during those days were so good, I miss that vs. the very little to absolutely nothing we get on the board these days. Everyone just goes: "this is how I feel" and moves on, I miss the days of dissecting scenes and really breaking things down. Everyone just presenting their feelings and moving on isn't really discourse.

Indeed, we just discussed this very thing in this thread:

You definitely understand and enjoy the fan service and easter eggs and nods to the games, of course, but this is easily a show anyone could enjoy. As a game player you already understand everything that's going on, I imagine as a new viewer everything comes off as more of a mystery but the show plays out as if most won't know the games so it being somewhat "what is this world?" works.

As a huge fan of the Fallout games, two episodes in this is pretty great! Not only a good show so far, but a good adaptation. It's nice that it's a canon story within the universe, but not an adaptation of any of the games. It takes place 11 years after Fallout 4 in 2296, 219 years after the bombs fell in 2077. Edit: Walton Goggins is so damn good, as usual. The slo-mo V.A.T.S. system shows up too!

I don't think realistically anyone is saying to genuinely put billionaires to death, that's a disingenuous argument to make. People are just so sick of how powerful and consolidated that power is with billionaires, so much so that they get away with almost anything, that to see such a harsh repercussion on a billionaire elsewhere is refreshing. It's just indicative of how bad the billionaire problem is, not that us regular progressives want more, not less, capital punishment, but only when we say so.

This is correct, as I remember it. It was initially free, but by the time I registered in April 2001 all the message boards I believe were put behind a paywall, alongside some additional features on the main website, etc. And yeah I never got a magazine, which I believe they had promised.

I love Conan, but why be gross about it? Still, I'll be watching.

It's been 23 years this months since I first signed up (and paid!!) for access to the IGN message boards. Good lord 23 years. I was 14 when I signed up and I am now 37 years old.

Get working on the second Command & Conquer Remastered Collection! They've hinted at it recently, let's hope these sales help make that happen.

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You gotta love distinctions without a difference.

So true, it's like, "tell me who you are without telling me".

Barbie is indeed The Lego Movie made live-action and about dolls for girls as opposed to lego bricks for boys but "over the top" is a bit harsh. Its messaging is right on point for the dum-dum mass audience its appealing to in the same way that The Lego Movie's messaging did the same thing (aka: have fun with your toys between parents and children). The patriarchal messaging is funny and amusing in what is mostly a comedy, if one doesn't get a laugh out of the scene of all the dudes explaining The Godfather or playing the same song on guitar or at the naming of "Mojo Dojo Casa House" I'd say that person is pretty insecure. Then again, this is the same board that felt Nope's messaging was over the top and heavy handed but then when I ask a regular person they've never even seen the movie, and the few that have "didn't get it". So not sure how "over the top" something can be when casual dum-dums aren't getting it. Edit: I mean, there are MAGA incel chuds who don't get Fight Club or American Beauty or American History X. They take the wrong message that the films are actually skewering. So "over the top" seems hard to imagine with people who can't even understand basic film language.

I know a lot of people say this, but it's not an analogy that really works for films. If the theatrical cut of a film is, let's say, a 4/10, and a director's cut of that same film is a 6/10, that's a difference worth noting even if someone is a viewer that wouldn't bother with 4/10 films or 6/10 films. So not every turd is equal.