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Video game memes that are based on inaccuracies or misconceptions
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Shotgun Kiss
Member
You're not supposed to take it 100% literally in all instances. The quote is fine as it makes a perfectly valid point; it's better for a game to be delayed in order to give it extra polish than rush it out and it be forever bad (bear in mind that quote was made before patches were a thing).
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Yeah, because only 1% got to see it. If 99% people saw that bug then it'd be glorious.
KojiKnight
Member
There are two parts of the game that are at odds with each other. OoT is open world, but it wants you to progress linearly... So if you take time to explore outside of the path the game wants, Navi becomes insufferable. If you were the type of person who always followed the "proper" way to play, you probably don't get bothered by her.
Re-read the quote:
"A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever."
He isn't saying that a delayed will be good for sure, just that a delay might do the difference between a not so good game and a good game while if you stop earlier you just stuck to a bad game.
Yeah never understood the "X console has no games" thing. People conveniently forgetting that most people who own a specific console only play games on that console, and therefore play all the third party game there. Third party games making up the majority of any console's library.
That people still bring this shit up annoys the hell out of me. It's even worse when they drag the Pokemon review into it, or use it to shit on Gone Home getting a good review.
How can people be so dense when it comes to how reviews work? Or how, like, time and people working at a company works, even?
EDIT: The Dishonored talk on the last page confuses me. Isn't 2 actually changing how much chaos you get for lesser enemies because 1 punished you too much?
True, and the gif may have made some sense if it was made before release, but its lived on and is still posted as if its reflective of the game.
Well, except consoles that get no third party games like the Wii U. But I agree with the sentiment.
Some people claim that there were first person shooters before Halo, but this is false.
Halo invented the FPS.
Halo invented the FPS.
Nani?
Earthpainting
Member
The intention of the scene is pretty clear, even in the videos that went viral. It's just that there is not a large enough difference between the game's baseline quality and this particular scene's quirkiness. If the acting and writing was better, I think the added contrast would have made the idea work better.
This is true. Robert P. Halo was a visionary.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
No, I think a lot of people do misunderstand it. A lot of people saw it in a youtube video featuring just the laugh taken out of context and not from playing through the game so people laugh at it as if it's completely abysmal voice acting.
Graphics Horse
Member
The US Saturn launch gets referenced in a lot of new hardware talk like current NX threads.
A bunch of people seem to think it was announced and launched on the same day, when in fact it had already been on sale in Japan for 6 months at the time.
All that happened was the already publicised September release date got surprisingly moved forward to the E3 date with the collaboration of a few retailers, with mixed results.
A bunch of people seem to think it was announced and launched on the same day, when in fact it had already been on sale in Japan for 6 months at the time.
All that happened was the already publicised September release date got surprisingly moved forward to the E3 date with the collaboration of a few retailers, with mixed results.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
Uh, no, it was indeed a frequent complaint about Ruby and Sapphire for a decade. Whether or not you agree with it is irrelevant. Plenty of people complained about that.
^^ Woosh this guy too.
You're missing the point.
The meme is that Navi bombards you with "Hey Listen!" When the latter is actually optional and only happens if the player acknowledges Navi.
You're criticizing his semantic use of the word "sequentially."
You're missing the point.
The meme is that Navi bombards you with "Hey Listen!" When the latter is actually optional and only happens if the player acknowledges Navi.
You're criticizing his semantic use of the word "sequentially."
I never got why that became a meme at all. People have taken the piss out of Hoenn for its water, trumpets and overabundance of Tentacools for years. But suddenly when IGN says it, it's the dumbest thing ever.
Plus 7.8 ain't even a bad score for ORAS
UncleSporky
Member
You misread the post. He said the same thing as you.
I came here to post this. It exasperates me because not only was it not something that Inafune said, it was being said in response to someone asking if there would be any expansion content for Mighty No. 9 or if we'd just have to hope for a sequel. It wasn't some statement about the perceived quality of the game.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/why-they-call-it-an-xbox-360
Technically only true for MJ and those who moonwalk away.
Technically only true for MJ and those who moonwalk away.
IAmAnAgnostic
Member
Mass Effect 3 spoilers:
Totally misunderstands the Catalyst discussion at the end of ME3, which is too bad because there are plenty of actual logic issues to criticize.
I agree. It was slightly annoying to see this "issue" being a large focus of complaints out of so many legitimate ones.
DryvBy
Member
OP, that doesn't make that meme inaccurate. I knew that, but the game doesn't explain this at all. So if you do actually press A at that moment, it restarts his rambling.
As a kid who could care less for stories, I remember running into this and being annoyed by ol' Hooter Hoot myself.
As a kid who could care less for stories, I remember running into this and being annoyed by ol' Hooter Hoot myself.
Common misconception. Gears of War 2 actually was too good.
Yeah, this is one that folks loved to take out of context. He explained that Gears 2 was "too good" in the sense that it made him never want to go back to Gears 1, a game he really enjoyed.
Adam_Vania
Banned
"MGSV doesn't have an ending"
ffs it has 5 endings, all with full credit scrolls:
GZ ending
Skull Face ending
Truth ending
Quiet Exit ending
FOB/Nuclear Disarmament ending
ffs it has 5 endings, all with full credit scrolls:
GZ ending
Skull Face ending
Truth ending
Quiet Exit ending
FOB/Nuclear Disarmament ending
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
No one was surprised, obviously the design would carry over from the first game. As it turns out though, being a remake doesn't suddenly negate long standing issues with the region's design, issues that caused to widely be considered the worst region in the series by most fans.
Mr Fahrenheit
Member
A popular misconception is that the Tidus laugh being made fun of is, in itself, a misconception of the scene. Everyone knows it's supposed to be a forced laugh, smarty pants, that doesn't make it not funny.
I love Navi's voice and I never found it to be annoying ever.
GhostOfSparta305
Banned
Nah, it had a better spread of exclusives throughout its life cycle than 360, which didn't even get its first notable one till a year after launch.
royox
Member
Muffdraul
Member
Right.
royox
Member
Mass Effect 3 spoilers:
Totally misunderstands the Catalyst discussion at the end of ME3, which is too bad because there are plenty of actual logic issues to criticize.
I did that EXACT SAME pic years ago...my gosh how are people still saving it!?
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
When Shadow the Hedgehog says "This is like taking candy from a baby. Which is fine by me!" He actually means that he's fine with it being easy. Not that he's fine with taking candy from a baby.
Adam_Vania
Banned
this is kind of hilarious
you had all these people saying "What do you do? huh huh huh"
then the game comes out and suddenly people are fully informed experts on every single thing that could have possibly gone into the game typed up in painstakingly researched lists
Chocobo being renamed "horse bird" in Final Fantasy XIV 1.0
The devs just wanted to make a kanji for "chocobo".
They chose 馬鳥, which is literally 馬horse + 鳥bird, but it's read the same as the usual チョコボ (Chocobo). The new kanji was used in some instances, and the usual katakana was used otherwise.
Since kanji are inspired by Chinese, some people fantasized and thought it meant the game was developed in China and it was supposed to explain the problems of the game.
The rumour derailed so much, I'm sure there are people who think we could actually read "horse bird" in the english version of the game.
Full and better explanation : http://ffxiv.zam.com/story.html?story=23333
The devs just wanted to make a kanji for "chocobo".
They chose 馬鳥, which is literally 馬horse + 鳥bird, but it's read the same as the usual チョコボ (Chocobo). The new kanji was used in some instances, and the usual katakana was used otherwise.
Since kanji are inspired by Chinese, some people fantasized and thought it meant the game was developed in China and it was supposed to explain the problems of the game.
The rumour derailed so much, I'm sure there are people who think we could actually read "horse bird" in the english version of the game.
Full and better explanation : http://ffxiv.zam.com/story.html?story=23333
BossDarkseid
Member
Mass Effect 3 spoilers:
Totally misunderstands the Catalyst discussion at the end of ME3, which is too bad because there are plenty of actual logic issues to criticize.
Ooo yeah, good one.
I hope Andromeda has BioWare settling on an identity for the series going forward because the constant changes from 1 - 2 and 3 hurt the trilogy overall, even if I still love them. It could have been better if it was planned from day 1 because I understood the conversations and the "plan", but maybe its a case of being exposed to similar storylines in sci-fi.
Out of interest what other logic issues are you on about?
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
This ended up being referenced in game for the Heavensturn 2014 event, which was the year of the Horse. NPCs from the far east visited to convince us that their horses were superior mounts to our "horsebirds".
Barry Burton
Member
The bigger issue I had with Dishonored 1 is that the lethal abilities were a lot more fun to use, and while "punishment" might be a strong word, the game discourages their use. I wouldn't have had nearly as much of a problem with the chaos system if the non-lethal route was as satisfying from a gameplay standpoint.
It's a mostly well-designed game, but I found that one aspect of it to be misguided.
Rexatality
Member
Long story short, you'll get different effects of chaos depending on the NPC's moral standing (If sympathetic, you'll get more chaos. If guilty or murderous, you'll get less chaos).
While its true that non-lethal playstyle were limited compared to lethal playstyle in the first game, both playstyles will be given equal treatment in the sequel.
The whole discussion is about whether Dishonored truly punishes you for playing lethally when the whole truth is just giving you a darker ending (I wouldn't call a darker ending a bad ending).
Jaded Alyx
Member
And that's clearly not true.
I always heard this in relation to the GBA Sonic games, not the originals.
It's supposed to be awkward you dummies
Got 'em!
Bakkus
Member
This one works for two Nintendo franchises with similar names, Pikmin and Pokemon. You always read about how Captain Olimar and the Pokemon trainers turns their creatures in to slaves to do what you demand from them when in reality that's completely untrue for both of them.
In Pokemon's case all of them want to be trained and tested to their limits, that's a part of their natural instincts and having a trainer to help them accomplish that is the best they can dream of. The anime constantly reference this, and in later generations so has the games, yet this comment gets spewed out regardless.
As for Captain Olimar turning the Pikmins in to slaves, they are very fragile creatures, if you look up some backstory of them, you would know they were close to facing extinction because of all the stronger predator animals on the planet eating them up like the Bulborbs. The only way they could survive was through the help of a smarter man organizing them properly, which is why all of them immediately flock to him as soon as they're grabbed up.
In Pokemon's case all of them want to be trained and tested to their limits, that's a part of their natural instincts and having a trainer to help them accomplish that is the best they can dream of. The anime constantly reference this, and in later generations so has the games, yet this comment gets spewed out regardless.
As for Captain Olimar turning the Pikmins in to slaves, they are very fragile creatures, if you look up some backstory of them, you would know they were close to facing extinction because of all the stronger predator animals on the planet eating them up like the Bulborbs. The only way they could survive was through the help of a smarter man organizing them properly, which is why all of them immediately flock to him as soon as they're grabbed up.
FormallyFamicom
Member
Years ago, GAF used to intentionally mix up games made by Capcom and Konami. It always got a giggle out of me.
"They pay me money!"
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
PC gaming is expensive
Grinding is required for JRPGs
Grinding is required for JRPGs
Snapshot King
Member
The specifics of the Xenogears complaint are wrong, but the core of it isn't. In Xenogears, whenever the game starts to prep a random battle, for some reason you lose the ability to jump. In the Tower of Babel, this lead to you getting ready to hit the jump, and then you not jumping at all for no reason, and entering into a random battle afterwards. On the disc versions of the game you can hear the disc spin up and you can avoid the jump, but on the PS3 digital version or an emulated one, you have to prep jumps by forcing a random battle beforehand. It's a legitimate complaint and makes some tricky jumps way harder than they have a right to be.