BigBusiness
Neo Member
Yeah, I've been going blackout for Odyssey ever since I saw them showing so much of the game at E3. Would prefer to keep as much to discover as humanly possible!
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Media blackouts make games so much more fun for me
- Thread starter psyfi
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It's something of an impossibility right now but I went into both FFXIII and Brutal Legend knowing 0 about the game (except there was a character that looks like Cloud for FFXIII) and thoroughly enjoyed both.
Watched Your Name likewise literally not knowing anything except that it was being talked about (and not even why it was being talked about).
Watched Your Name likewise literally not knowing anything except that it was being talked about (and not even why it was being talked about).
I did more or less the same. Only with the latest Direct.
They showed too fucking much, for fuck sake.
Also, this is my first media blackout ever. I cannot forget what I already saw, but I hope what I didn't get to see is much more.
Same. I knew it was good, but didn't know anything else. I fucking loved it.
Flying Fish
Neo Member
Playing Etrian Odyssey V completely blind even though the game came out around a year ago in Japan. I'm eagerly anticipating the stratum themes.
Story-based is something I can understand more. I've never been "spoiled," by a game's story through media coverage but I guess I can see that.
But often people go on media blackouts for like...Mario/Zelda/Pokemon, indie platformers, etc. Games wherein the enjoyment hardly comes from the story. Fighting games and not knowing what secret characters are in is another big one as well.
alf717
Member
Had to resort to using Video Blocker cause Youtube doesn't give a fuck about spoilers. There was one for keywords on forums someone posted once and I forgot which extensions that was. Any info on a game is harder to avoid these days cause every damn Youtuber wants to be first even if the info is wrong. Kind of sucks the lengths you gotta go just to avoid this stuff. I'm just glad the tools exist to get around this.
KyanMehwulfe
Member
Yeah if I'm trying to blackout a few, I don't watch anything on Youtube if I can, and if there's one or two things I do wanna at least preview a bit, I sure as heck hide the recommended video bar haha. 'No, no, Youtube, because I just watched a 'preview' or 'game demo,' that does not mean I want to watch 'Shocking! An Analysis of Why X Was Murdered' about the ending.